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Artist:	METAMATICS
Title:	Rewired In My Manor
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	DUKE 112CD

"The first in a series of three remix projects involving Lee Norris, Rewired In My Manor sees Lee operating as Metamatics (parts two and three are under his Norken and Nacht Plank guises). What links these projects together is not only that they stem from the same person, but the fact that all three are reinterpretations of Lee's tracks done by artists that have found Lee through the internet. The result of brief conversations of appreciation and inspiration which developed into friendships and have now become regular brainstorms via the www.NeoOuija.co.uk chat room, those involved became part of the 'family' through sharing a common love for glitchy electronics and seductive, pulsing rhythms -- it is these parameters by which they have reinterpreted the Metamatics project. With the exception of two tracks taken from Metamatics most recent album, From Death To Passwords When You Are a Paper Aeroplane, the bulk of Rewired In My Manor started as one previously unreleased track, 'Pod'. All the remixers were given elements of the track via the internet, which they interpreted and sent back, also via the net. The result is a fusion of melody, clicky percussion and warm, blissful ambience, blending sounds that will in turn please the ear and assault the brain with the unexpected." Artists include: Yasume, Verbose, Ilkae, Sleepy Town Manufacture, ENV(itre), Sabi, Kero, Stars As Eyes, Kettel, Xela vs Aeiou, Bauri, and Mati:K. Limited stock.

Artist:	HARDWAY, JAMES
Title:	Big Casino
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	DUKE 126LP

"With Big Casino, our man has beaten the house once again, this time around with an enhanced fusion of the fusions of his previous acclaimed output. By dovetailing hybrid jazz, mesmerizing electronica, tribal percussion, dub trickery, Latin rhythms and assorted exotic and eclectic hues, Hardway has created an upbeat anthology of headphones-to-dancefloor action that stands apart by virtue of its high grade, hand-reared quality. So while the feel is locked-in and the structures arranged to evolve in tune with the carefully measured steps of the finest house music, the unmistakable pulse of real life permeates each track... Vibrant vocals, slinky brass, riffing flutes, spiraling strings, funky keys and, of course, that allimportant foundation of bass and beats are immaculately rendered on an album charged with positive energy and brimming with proper soul."

Artist:	METAMATICS
Title:	Mind Mushing Git (Midnight Sun Pig)
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	DUKE 128LP

LP version. "The one-man multi-tasking musical machine known to his Mom as Lee Norris has found a hidden treasure: a new Metamatics album made before From Death To Passwords When You Are A Paper Aeroplane. Previously released only in Scandanavia and limited to 200 copies, Mind Mushing Git (Midnight Sun Pig) is now being given a proper release. If you've been following along the last couple years, Metamatics is but one of Lee Norris's musical monikers, also working under the guises of Norken and Nacht Plank. Mind Mushing Git (Midnight Sun Pig), more than any other Lee Norris project, strikes a balance between is all three of his guises, with the result is possibly the best Metamatics album to date. Evoking the ghosts of classic Artificial Intelligence' era IDM circa 1993 -- Plaid, B12, Autechre, Beaumont Hannant -- It encompasses the deep Detroit lushness of Norken with the off kilter melodies of Metamatics and the sweet ambient lullabies of Nacht Plank."

Artist:	METAMATICS AND NORKEN
Title:	My Favourite Kind of Irrelevance 1997-2007
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	DUKE 147CD

My Favourite Kind Of Irrelevance is a timely retrospective from the UK's Lee Anthony Jude Norris, whose numerous albums and singles across a string of labels as both Metamatics and Norken have captivated electronica aficionados for over a decade. Metamatics and Norken's output has long been making blips on the populist radar and this retrospective really brings together the highest points on the Metamatics & Norken musical map. Also features work from Metamatics/Norken side-projects and future-projects from A1 People, Tone Language and Nacht Plank. The result is a beautifully fluent, absorbing listen, full of soulful digitalism and hand-reared glitch-techno that holds its momentum from beginning to end. Either available as a regular CD or limited 2CD version with a bonus disc of ambient works.

Artist:	GLOBO & TELEMARK
Title:	Whip It/The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	7"
Price:	$6.50
Catalog #:	DUKE 148EP

This single is the third in the Hydrogen Dukebox Sing & Play series. Globo's connection with Devo doesn't go only as far as this cover alone -- they were responsible for bringing Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh's first art exhibition to the UK. Often compared to the likes of Underworld and Orbital, Globo's performance-art minded live show always set them apart -- a style that has been adopted by the current crop of indie-dance bands doing the rounds today.

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Artist:	BLACK DOG, THE
Title:	Genetically Modified
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	DUKE 115LP

Artist:	NACHT PLANK
Title:	Lost And Damaged
Label:	HYDROGEN DUKEBOX (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	DUKE 122LP