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Artist:	BAG RAIDERS
Title:	Turbo Love
Label:	BANG BANG RECORDS (SPAIN)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BANG 011EP

"Its still got the filtered, old school French touch inspired sound, but its got something else. Maybe its got a bit more drama, even more adventure, some Vangelis soundtrack vibes. Whatever it is, it's hard to describe, it's like truffles. You know that weird taste, you're full of food, you don't want to eat more but you just have to so you can put your finger on the truffle taste? You know the feeling. That's what the Bag Raiders sound is, it sounds so good, a bit familiar, but you can't pick it so you just keep dancing. Yep, that's it. Truffle house! That's what it is. I think I just invented a genre. Or the Bag Raiders did anyway. If the Bag Raiders were quicker in the studio they could rival Danny Tenaglia for the 24-hour set. People would not be able to stop dancing! But for now you just have to be content with this EP. Track one, 'Turbo Love,' is a straight-up Bag Raiders can't-get-off-the-dance-floor party action -- blah blah blah -- full of some balls-chopped-off high pitched super vocoding and a lead to make you play air keytar to. Track two is a thicker and faster version of the first track that makes you feel as though you were at a slamball convention without your knee pads and mouthguard. 'Shooting Stars' features the first real life vocal (meaning not a robot voice) for the Bag Raiders, and who else to feature than our very own Rhys from like woah! The kid has soul, not Marvin Gaye soul, but enough soul {to get your not-so-brand-new Olympic edition Air Max Ones resoled while he hits the highs) to get some plays on by Pete Tong if he is feeling moody. Track four is the dub of 'Shooting Stars' and it is awesome. I love the vocal, but I really love the dub. I even just love the word dub. Hey dude what's up? Nuttin much, just listening to dub. Yep, dub is where it is at. And this is where it's at, it has thump, it has drama, it has everything you want for the club, for the car. Not for the dinner table but for me that's enough, I mean who wants to listen to the dub version at a dinner table, unless your listening to dub as in ragga, as in Bob motherfuckin Marley. (Sorry couldn't help it)."

Artist:	LOST VALENTINOS
Title:	The Bismarck
Label:	BANG BANG RECORDS (SPAIN)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	BANG 014EP

"The Valentinos or as I should say now The Lost Valentinos? Or the band 'formerly known as' the valentinos before their legendary name change? Anyway. Poor little conquistadors just want to make music... Not stress over clause 23 in the trademark agreement over who has the rights to a name. Fuck those people, if they only knew about music, if they had a soul, they would pay these kids to share their name! Man there is some whackheads out there without a vision. But thank god we do. And thank god the Lost Valentinos do. Together we are like the Aussie version of Obama. 'We don't need to change the players, we need to change the game.' Amazing. Anyway. These kids have a vision and a good vision it is. Last time Kim 'party machine' Moyes of Presets and 6 million ARIA fame produced their album. This time with the addition of the human metronome, Simon Parker (formerly of Damn Arms) they sacrificed their cushy Sydney digs and suntans and koala bongs and to moved to a shithole some thought was a good place called East London or 'shoreditch' to the people that read Dazed and Confused. Now that's a sacrifice. You might think oh god! Poor kids! How could they do that? But the trade was well worth it. Ewan Pearson traded his shoreditch based production talent for their Conquistadisco souls and it was a good trade. Worked for the Rapture and Goldfrapp and its definitely worked for the Lost Valentinos. We signed the first single, The Bismarck, and it is sweet. It's kinda Aussie with a touch of INXS vocal style, kinda dark but not too dark, a bit dance, a touch sad, a bit heavy and with a whole lot of groove. It has building, gnarly synth lines balanced with soft melodies, gothic choir like vocals a driving bassline and more sonic layers than the band has moustaches. Woah! The remix package is big. Real big. First up is the Goldenbug mix -- proper nuevo dancefloor cool from the Parisian slash Barcelonan cut up disco doctor on Berlin punkfunk label, Gomma. Next the local Sydney via Perth nu disco (yeah even more disco!) heroes the Canyons have come through with a slow drugged out version that you could imagine Bez loosing his nut too at the Hacienda before he was on celebrity big brother, Knife Machine take things even darker and more wonky with their mix and the Japanese duo the Dexpistols have come up with a remix so noisy you wish you had brought some of those ear muffs ravers wear.'

Artist:	VA
Title:	The Spanish Trip
Label:	BANG BANG RECORDS (SPAIN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	BANG 003CD

"Brand new CD-only compilation featuring up to 23 great and obscure tracks mostly into psychedelic and hard but also including some brilliant pop, fuzzy instros and even a fantastic hard-bubblegum track. Many, many monster tracks here. All taken from very rare (and mostly unknown) Spanish 45s, with remastered sound and now together with a 12-page booklet with info and pictures." Artists: Nuevos Horizontes & Jose y Manuel, Sangre, Control, Los Pops, Los Beta, Los Roller, Los GoGo, Los Gatos, Afrokings, Ritmo Pile, Darwin Teoría, SigloXX, Clock, Albert Band, Epoca, Storm, Mi Generación, Furia, Imagen, La Llave, Café con Leche, Los Brios.

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