‘Sui-Gin’ by Ueno

Release date 16 June 2008 on room40.
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Ueno, along with his partner Saya, is one of the core members of Tenniscoats, who’ve released a number of fantastic discs of straight-up melodic to the core sing-songing joy. 2007 saw the release of Tenniscoat’s ‘Totemo Aimasho’ for room40 and ‘Tan Tan Therapy’ for Häpna/Headz.

In addition to his contributions to the Tenniscoats mothership, Ueno has released a string of solo releases, most of which explore his engaging approach to the guitar. ‘Two Things Always Happen Simultaneously’ released in 2003 on Majikick as a cdr and then re-issued two years later as a ‘proper’ CD on Commune-Disc lays the foundations. Whilst ... [More]

‘Reflux EP’ by Blaubac

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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Having previously released two albums and an e.p. for Moth Records, Blaubac follows up his disco_r.dance compilation appearance with 3 new tracks of his distinctive jazz-infused electronics. Beautifully detailed and moody atmospheres that will appeal to all those who appreciate quality electronic music.

3 inch CD limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘The Intrusive Thoughts EP’ by Point B

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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Richard Bultitude, who has previously produced releases for Combat, Erratica and SCSI-AV, presents an e.p. of dark, dubstep-influenced electronics. Totalling 20 minutes runtime, Point B seamlessly melds together the five tracks on offer here.

3 inch CD limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘Bootleg By’ by Fronce De Bonque

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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French artist/musician Andreas Marchal curates the long-running mp3 label, Vaatican Records, and produces his own music under many different pseudonyms including Qualité Prix, Peter Percept and Ian Breno. As Fronce de Bonque he makes his disco_r.dance debut with six tracks highlighting his playful and inventive style of electronic music making. The e.p. comes complete with his own unique and distinctive artwork.

3 inch CD limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘Annoyed’ by Mothboy Vs Startslow

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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Mothboy has been producing quality, bass-heavy electronics for many years now and is currently recording for Ad Noiseam. Always keen to collaborate, he joins forces here with long time friend Gus Startslow to offer up something a little more experimental / schizophrenic….

"Basically we did a ten minute mix where we made a minute each, then megamixed it together… we took the parts for the mix apart and made a 5 minute mix each."

3 inch CD limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘Oisheedy Anna’ by Now

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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Formed in London 1998 by songwriter Justin Paton, Now make inventive and exotic music with ever shifting instrumentation and styles. They have recently released an album for Pickled Egg "Frisbee Hotpot", contributed to numerous compilations, collaborated with Damo Suzuki and supported bands such as Faust, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Tunng, amongst many others.

For this release, Now deliver a 9 track mini-album, full of engaging and inspiring kraut-folkiness.

3 inch CD limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘The End Of The Garden’ by Same Actor

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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Same Actor's Chris Cook has previously released material for Wrong Music under the name Hot Roddy. His first release under the Same Actor moniker was "Sharp Edges" for Bip-Hop in 2005. For his disco_r.dance debut, Same Actor offers up a five track e.p. of sitar and detuned acoustics, fused with atmospheric electronic treatments.

Limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘Gold Medal Dubbin’ by Kwerk

Release date 9 June 2008 on Disco_R.Dance.
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Kwerk follows up a track on the disco_r.dance compilation and numerous enthusiastically -received appearances at disco_r.dance live events, with his debut e.p. These six tracks perfectly highlight Kwerk's energetic fusion of dancehall, drum n bass and electronic styles. Definitely of particular interest to fans of Kid606's Shockout label / Death$ucker / The Bug etc.

Limited to 150 copies worldwide, come with full-colour artwork and booklets and all are wrapped in a generic disco_r.dance sticker.

‘11 Easy Pieces’ by Leighton Craig

Release date 2 June 2008 on room40.
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On 11 Easy Pieces, his first widely available solo LP, Craig offers an intimate yet robust collection o works recorded on an array of cheap analogue keyboards, including his instrument of choice the Casio MT40. Recorded to cassette at the kitchen table between 2003-04, these recordings have been lovingly toasted by valve tubes during mastering to reveal not only a true sense of analog adventurousness inherent to Craig's mode of operation, but also his ability to unveil a rare tonal richness from his instruments. Leighton Craig casts out an audio net and collects together an essential haul of tonal gradients, ... [More]

‘Svartbag’ by Svartbag

Release date 26 May 2008 on Rump Recordings.
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Noise and Silence. The band Svartbag is an entity full of contradictions. Like its namesake the gull, Svartbag is a free bird, but also a scavenger with a black back. An outsider impelled by an underlying primitive force. A black sheep. Elements, that on the surface seem violent and indigestible for everyday people are, in the hands of Svartbag, transformed into something oddly fascinating, alluring and soothing.

With the use of guitars, loop-pedals and analogue effects, Svartbag creates a minimalist instrumental music, where generated coincidences are intuitively integrated in a repetitive universe of drones. The references are clear: krautrock (Neu/Can/Popol Vuh), ... [More]

‘Live At The Living Room - Session no.1’ by The Surface Constructors

Release date 23 May 2008 on Brumtone.
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The style is ambient layered analogue and electronic trio jazz. Easy listening, easy to like, but still with a complexity of layers that brings out new details every time you listen to it!

Even though you hear influences from bands and musicians like The Necks, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock and Abida Parveen, The Surface Constructors brings in fresh new inventions and dímensions to the piano trio format on this their first release.

Live at the living room is the first session ever by The Surface Constructors. It’s 100% improvised and live, only mixing and cutting into smaller pieces is done after the ... [More]

‘Brolt’ by Scorch Trio

Release date 12 May 2008 on Rune Grammofon.
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Third album from a free spirited power trio that should need no long introduction by now.

The hand in glove rhythm section of Nilssen-Love and Håker Flaten has graced a large number of recordings over the years. Björkenheim has been around since recording with Edvard Vesala and Krakatau for ECM back in the days. As with their previous albums Scorch Trio and Luggumt , Brolt is an old school analogue recording, meaning the band set up in one room, instruments and amps miked up with vintage microphones, playing live and recording to analogue multitrack tape with no overdubs ... [More]

‘Electric Wisdom Sound System’ by The Sun Paulo

Release date 12 May 2008 on Malicious Damage.
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Mating rock guitar with electronic dance dance rhythms, Japan's The Sun Paulo can only be described as a musical roller-coaster, careering through impossibly-convoluted twists, turns and dazzling displays of kinetic virtuosity shot with rampant, crazed energy. Although musical reference points aren't hard to spot, the freewheeling, quite natural way they're gobbled up and spewed back out at often blinding speed makes for a listening experience quite unlike anything else on the planet.

Leading the charge is guitarist and founder member Taiji Sato. He started the project in 2000 with DJ Really? who left in 2002 to be replaced by renowned session ... [More]

‘Myam James Part 1’ by Kettel

Release date 12 May 2008 on Sending Orbs.
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After two magnificent Sending Orbs albums (‘Through Friendly Waters’, ‘My Dogan’), and last year’s acclaimed ambient electronic / jazz / classical hybrid ‘Whisper Me Wishes’ on Clone / DUB, Kettel aka Reimer Eising re-emerges with the first part of the ‘Myam James’ series.

Kettel manages to squeeze uplifting, warm, cheerful and enjoyable maximal electronic music out of his kettle and pottery factory, which is sad, melancholic and sensitive all at the same time, characteristic of the paradoxical twist in much of his work : beauty lies in the melancholy. Add to this Kettel's profound knowledge of composition and his passionate ... [More]

‘Now’ by various artists [Underscan Records]

Release date 5 May 2008 on Underscan Records.
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Previously released as a set of four 12" records this compilation series titled "Now" is now available as a sixteen track CD showing the contemporary musical focus of Berlin based Underscan Records.

"plentiful moments of simple musical brilliance" 4 out of 5 (IDJ magazine)

‘Heartcore’ by Wildbirds & Peacedrums

Release date 28 April 2008 on The Leaf Label.
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums are charismatic singer Mariam Wallentin and drummer Andreas Werliin. Together the Swedish duo have forged an extraordinary hybrid of spiritual pop, primal blues and ecstatic soul music. Seesawing between pagan rhythms and sparse, bewitching ballads, their self produced debut is a declaration of intent: immediate, exhilarating, and just plain new.

“I really felt that there was more to come out of the drum set, other sounds and feelings,” says Andreas, explaining the depth of emotion and dynamic rhythmic palette that colours the duo’s expressive music. Having met at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg in 2004, ... [More]

‘v1.1’ by Fessenden

Release date 28 April 2008 on Other Electricities.
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Joshua Convey, Stephen Fiehn, and Steven Hess (On, Pan American, Haptic) have been actively writing and performing as Fessenden since 2004. This Chicago/New York-based electro-acoustic trio creates distinct, atmospheric and progressive sound collages, at times weaving quietly subtle textures against harsh moments of volume, or low hums and buzzes against crisp percussion, while drones interplay with staccato chords. Each performance by this trio displays a delicate balance of acoustic and electronic sounds. Fessenden's approach to recording and releasing sound varies, yet consistently reflects the subtle movement within sessions.

Fessenden recently collaborated with UK drone artist Keith Berry to create Bleu:resultat (Chat ... [More]

‘Wolfhour’ by Baja

Release date 28 April 2008 on Other Electricities.
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Daniel Vujanic's third full-length release under the alias Baja, entitled Wolfhour, intensively displays the composer/musician's exciting approach towards a "free electronica" genre. Baja incorporates organic and digital textures, intuitive forms of songwriting, dynamic and almost classic-like complexity and - Vujanic's trademark - the manic and seemingly endless processing, editing and re-editing of the source material until it eventually becomes a wall of sound; a beautifully radiating, fractured, multifaceted digital isotope. Disregarding traditional song structures, Baja’s arrangements are duplicitous to the listener, evading predictability of their beginning or end points.

Fusing stripped-down folk, (free-)jazz, twisted pop, electroacoustic sound, maximized- minimalism, indietronics, eerie ... [More]

‘Tomavistas: (selected rarities 2002-2007)’ by Dot Tape Dot

Release date 28 April 2008 on Other Electricities.
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Tomavistas is something like an old video camera - literally taking in and recording the landscapes of contemplative, visual sound. It is a collection of Daniel Romero's rarities and personal favorites recorded as Dot Tape Dot.

Tomavistas is culled from different places, consisting of material released in the "worldwide underground scene" through non-standard labels: cd-r labels, netlabels and even those making private compilations. Tomavistas is born of a love of the domestic flavor of the "underground" and the pleasure derived spending time making music for this scene. Considering the difficulty for listeners to find these tracks, it became time to compile ... [More]

‘Ends Of Love’ by Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love

Release date 14 April 2008 on Other Electricities.
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Initially intended as musical outlet for Kelly Dyson, Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love's full inception came in the form of a sudden, unplanned collaboration between Kelly and vocalist Natalia Brightmore. Instant musical chemistry coupled with a brief period of writing & recording yielded a complete body of bittersweet, forthright folk songs, self-released on the band's own Birds and Rodents label (UK) in 2004.

Ends of June is Low Low's second outing and first U.S. release, boasting twelve new, intimate tracks saturated in the same undeniable warmth and familiarity offered on their debut. Here, the music's immediacy and ... [More]

‘Kaotic Brain / Beautiful Noise’ by August Engkilde

Release date 14 April 2008 on Brumtone.
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"Crank up the volume of old noisy transformers, your kids toys or even your own brain and find out it’s singing by it self! I hope you enjoy it too."
- August Engkilde

".....Kaotic Brain continues where "Police Beat Box" on Cheap ended! A stunningly good record! It´s densly layered and even after repeated listening one discovers new aspects. A framework of well crafted grooves, hard-swinging bass-lines, combined with noise and apparent chaos in change with dark sound collages, melancholic chords - in between snatches of friendly melodies, a brass orchestra and weird sounding instruments.... everything is perfectly arranged, produced and mixed. ... [More]

‘Caravan’ by Efterklang

Release date 7 April 2008 on The Leaf Label.
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Caravan is taken from the acclaimed album Parades (a top 25 album of the year in Mojo magazine) which was released last October. The band have completely transformed their live act in a few short months, winning over thousands of new fans, and recently won two Danish Music Awards.

The B-side to the 7”, ‘The Romance On Mammoth Hill’ (exclusive to this release), is a brooding track recorded during the Parades sessions that the band was unable to squeeze into the final album sequence.

As download exclusives, you can find a stunning remix of ‘Caravan’ by the London-based multi-instrumentalist composer ... [More]

‘Studies For Stradbroke’ by Lawrence English

Release date 7 April 2008 on room40.
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Hydrophonic recordings made January and August 2007, Stradbroke Island, Queensland.

Limited edition CDR of 150. Housed in letterpress sleeve and released on Winds Measure Recordings.

‘Little Lucid Moments’ by Motorpsycho

Release date 7 April 2008 on Rune Grammofon.
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Motorpsycho was founded in 1989 in Trondheim, Norway´s third biggest city, when mainstays Bent Sæther (bass, vocals) and Hans Magnus “Snah” Ryan (guitar, vocals) were joined by drummer Kjell Runar ”Killer” Jenssen. The first album, “Lobotomizer”, was released in 1991 after which Killer quit and Håkon Gebhardt took over the drums for many years to come. Gebhardt left in 2005 before the recording of ”Black Hole / Blank Canvas” where Bent and Snah did most of the drumming themselves. With ”Little Lucid Moments” they have a new, permant drummer; Kenneth Kapstad (also a member of Animal Apha and Monolitich and ... [More]

‘A Heart Against Your Own’ by The Rational Academy

Release date 1 April 2008 on Someone Good Records.
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Birthed from of an explosive DIY underground in Brisbane, Australia sometime during the early moments of 2004, The Rational Academy are the epitome of shimmering avant-infused pop. With an unerring willingness to dispense with the pleasantries of expectation and convention, The Academy’s songwriting duo Benjamin Thompson and Meredith McHugh have forged a unique place in the heartland of melodic song writing, etched with glistening electronic interludes and wall of sound guitars. Their songs are replete with sweet melody, reflective lyrics and a presence that’s both engulfing and expansive for the listener.

Produced by Room40’s Lawrence English and featuring Iceland’s Ben Frost, ... [More]