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Artist:	LE ROCK, SID
Title:	Fatal Distraction
Label:	LADOMAT 2000 (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	LADO 2190EP

"His unholy beats still stomp through weak standards. His tracks still cut in your head like a thousand knives through butter cream. His rusty sounds still scrape over the blackboard of life and still no-one's reached the mindbending peak of sweat and emotion, that this not-so-lonely wanderer from the Canadian woods calls his edge. Sid LeRock's bone-breaking funk knows more about euphoria than meets the eye, but also finds his way through dark and sad alleys of your mind. You might even call it precise pop, wouldn't it be for the good ole distortion pedal that reminds our hero of his origins and his goals: those sharp riffs, the rattling voices and dem waving booties. It's on purpose, that 'Fatal Distraction' feels like the secret center of the album and will be the first single taken to the crowd. Sulfuric voices and a stoic bass lurk in front of a guitar-driven wall-of-noise, that keeps the refrain from any indecision. The 12" comes with the brilliant RMX from Misc. (Sender Rec.)."

Artist:	LE ROCK, SID
Title:	Tout Va Bien
Label:	SHITKATAPULT (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	STRIKE 115CD

The Franco-Canadian and Berlin-based producer Sheldon Thompson (aka Pan/Tone, Gringo Grinder ) aka Sid LeRock presents his third album Tout Va Bien, with 11 fresh and bright tracks that never stop rocking. All his work can be described as very personal electronic music that keeps on searching for the human touch -- the errors, wrong paths and trials that one can find in all creative works. The computer and electronic instruments are just alternate ways to create sound and rhythm, just as with drums, guitars, and bass. Sid Le Rock makes use of all these mediums and fights to stray away from the machine's calculated ways of the straight track. Human error is vital. Tracks such as "Swollen Member," "Incliner," and "Pow Wow" are examples of great, rocking, funk tunes with the typical Sid tchak (snare/clap/boom!) style, combined with classical, melodic rock riffs and techno bass patterns. And best of all, are the wonderful hidden gems with amazing vocal tracks such as "Still Life" and "Walk Alone" -- classical songs, classical moods, and wonderfully charming singing from a bearded man. After the bankruptcy of Ladomat, Sid LeRock was without a home, so he focused his attention on his other alias, Pan/Tone and his own imprints, Cereal/Killers and Beachcoma. As Pan/Tone, he released with Kompakt, Sender, and Sub-Static and completed some random productions as Sid LeRock with remixes for Depeche Mode, Gui Boratto, Fairmont and Placebo. It took him 4 years to return to a big Sid LeRock album, and it's about time.

Artist:	LE ROCK, SID
Title:	Gentlemen's Intermission
Label:	SHITKATAPULT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	STRIKE 126EP

This 12" by Shitkatapult pal Sid Le Rock (aka Pan/Tone) rocks the shit. "Devil's Night" is a serious 8+ minute smooth melodic techno piece from the hands of the Franco-Canadian-Berlin meister. The B-side opens up with a majestic Soul Center remix of "Made For You." Thomas Brinkmann re-arranges the original by adding a straight funkyness with filter warmth, bass drums and extra bass. "Hello Gorgeous" finishes it all off with surprisingly smooth, melancholy indie-rock and deep pop feeling.

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