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Artist: FROST JOCKEY
Title: Burgundy Trax Vol. 2
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $10.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 014EP
"Second release on Planet Mu from 26 year old Underground Resistance fanatic Chris Morrison. Fusing a love of Drexciya and early Aphex, the result is a mix of startling analog percussion and classic electro stylings recalling Autechre. Includes 2 new collaborations with Mike Paradinas, both featuring trademark µ-Ziq sounds and melodies."


Artist: LEAFCUTTER JOHN
Title: Concourse E.E.P.
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $17.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 017CD
"Debut release (as Leafcutter John; one side of a split 7" with Pale White Horse on the US Indie Loose Change under his Christian name) for one John Burton, a London residing (ex?-) aficionado/emuladór of 'Palace Brother-esq(ue) folk' turned avant/micro digital savant via subtle manipulation of standing air waves made possible by various plugin solutions and credited 'hog sound manipulation software'. Easily the most surprising artefact to rise out of the pµ camp in some time, hip-checking post INA-GRM/desktop academic computer music technique (and possibly it's 'street' counterpart: Mego). And not even a hint of breakbeat absolution or melodic badgery (in fact, there's even a folk tune on here, appropriately if not snidely monikered 'Beat'). An unexpected turn of events, well received." --Hrvatski


Artist: LEAFCUTTER JOHN
Title: Microcontact
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $17.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 022CD
"New album from Leafcutter John (recent Badly Drawn Boy remixer) which consolidates his previous electro acoustic experiments in a well thought out, superbly structured album which puts him firmly among the leaders of the new acoustic/microsound movement. In much the same way as Markus Popp has found warmth in distortion and pop structures to add to his glitsch works, John has added his previous love, folk music, to the brew. Melancholy songs of desolation and schizophrenia with the electro acoustic process of the magic Leafcutter."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES AND SPEEDRANCH
Title: Making Orange Things
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $17.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 028CD
"Who's up for the world's first breakcore techno/grindcore metal mash-up? Collaborative venture between Venetian Snares (aka Winnipeg's Arron Funk -- real name) and Manchester's Speedranch (singer with experimental grindcore band 'Atomsmasher' and partner of the V/VM affiliated Jansky Noise). If you thought the Hellfish and Producer album was too hard you better rethink your ass. But this is actually a very accessible album and once you get past the mind-numbing hardness & speed there are countless joys to behold."


Artist: ELECTRIC COMPANY
Title: Slow Food
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $17.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 039CD
"After last year's brilliant Exitos on Kid 606's Tigerbeat6 imprint and 99's Omakase on SF label Vinyl Communications, Slow Food consolidates those album's experiments with a more structured and melodic side recalling his past indie-rock exploits in the 80's and 90's (in Medicine). The CD includes collaborations with Venezualan wunderkinf Kid 606 (men's pocky) and Orange County 'idm star' Lexanculptl (oiyaho)."


Artist: DECAL
Title: 404 Not Found
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 048CD
"Planet Mu present the first album for 4 years from Dublin's electronic duo Decal (aka Alan O'Boyle and Dennis McNulty. Having previously worked for labels such as Warp, Leaf, Sabres Of Paradise, Lo Recordings, Satamile (NY), Moss Transit (Miami) and their own Ultramack and Trama labels, they have become known for their tough uncompromising electro and smooth Detroit influenced techno grooves. However this album is a departure from those styles, featuring no electro or techno at all... just guitars, vocals and electronics. It is almost ambient in its atmosphere and presents a maturity of construction, arrangement and melody which shows that here are styles which have been worked upon for years alongside their more well-known dancefloor sounds; the whole album sounds remarkably natural and unforced as if this is their regular shit. Reminds me of: Arovane's Tides, In The Nursery, Boards Of Canada, Steve Reich."


Artist: REMARC
Title: Sound Murderer
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 084CD
"Planet Mu are more than proud to be releasing the first ever re-issue jungle 'artist album' -- by the legendary junglist Remarc. The '95 era 'cut-up breaks' and 'ragga' sound is making a resurgence in the scene thanks to DJs such as Bailey, Hype & others... as well as being very popular as an influence on the 'drill'n'bass' scene and artists like Squarepusher & Aphex Twin. The album compiles 12 jungle ryddims from the '93-'97 era from the labels Suburban Base, Kemet, Labello, White House & Dollar, and are now becoming increasingly hard to find in good condition. Many of these tracks are being released for the first time in digital format -- on CD."


Artist: REMARC
Title: Unreleased Dubs 94 - 96'
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 085CD
"Following hot on the heels of the massive success that was SoundMurderer -- a collection of Remarc's jungle classics, Planet Mu brings you the awesome sequel -- Unreleased Dubs 94-96. The title says it all -- 11 previously unreleased stone-cold classic cuts by the ultimate don of the Amen break -- the man like Remarc. Many of these dubplates were rinsed back in the day by DJs like Hype, Shy FX and Remarc himself, but for some reason they remained unreleased until now. These tracks document a time of change in drum'n'bass -- from the last embers of hardcore's fire in the heyday of jungle to the birth of drum'n'bass and the 'jump-up' style. 1994's 'Ricky (Remarc V.I.P Mix)' cuts up and junglizes Remarc + Lewi's original hardcore classic into a jumpier more amphetamine-fuelled amen beast while still retaining the original's atmosphere between jittery funk and fear. 1995's 'Suicidal' and 'In Da Hood' anticipate jump-up's obsession with hip-hop samples, but still keep the cut-up amen funk, combing it with billowing sub bass and g-funk whines respectively. Early '95's 'Bad No Bloodclart' was intended as the follow-up to 'R.I.P.' and possesses the same dangerous ragga vibe & yard-tape atmosphere with possibly the most funked and shredded Amen sample in a jungle track ever. Other coups are the unreleased Remarc remix of Prizna & Demolition Man's classic ragga-jungle hit 'Fire' and Remarc's finest ever mellow moment -- 'Andre's Dream', written for his young son in '95. With it's stark minimal piano and string vibe it creates an atmosphere not unlike early Strictly Rhythm house 12"s, and not an Amen in earshot. This album displays Remarc's versatility as a producer within the genre, as well as the change in sound between those years, ending as it does with '96's 'Darkaworld' -- a proto-techstep monster with filtered amen and sci-fi FX, and 'Da Drumz' -- which displays Remarc's canny way with pitch bent sub-bass and breakneck jump-up breaks."


Artist: SHITMAT
Title: Killa Babylon Cutz
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 089CD
"Shitmat's long-awaited debut album is a propa mash-up ragga-rave dubplate bloodclot jungle tekno tour-de-force sampling everyone from The Ruts through to Queen and Ace of Base. Follow up to the warmly received seven inch Shopliftin, Gabba (3 plays on Peel and 1 on Breezeblock). Featuring 10 (8 on the vinyl) tracks using the 'Babylon Bwoy' a cappella to devastating effect over rhythms such as 'Amen Brother', 'Think (About It)', 'Theme From Benny Hill' & 'Eye Of The Tiger'. Shitmat (aka Henry Collins) has risen to the upper echelons of the breakcore firmament after playing his legendary live-set at literally tens of free parties and raves over the last year and a half."


Artist: SHITMAT
Title: Killa Babylon Cutz
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $18.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 089LP
Double LP version.


Artist: CHEVRON
Title: Everything's Exactly The Same
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 092CD
"The debut album from Chevron (aka Jonathan Valentine), with its melodic breakcore, poppy 2-step and cartoon jungle, is the most upfront work yet from the breakcore scene. Quite a few vocal tracks litter Everything's Exactly The Same and remind one of Mouse on Mars's earlier period but with a strong rave and Belgian hardcore influence."


Artist: CHEVRON
Title: Everything's Exactly The Same
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: LP
Price: $14.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 092LP
LP version.


Artist: GASMAN, THE
Title: The Grand Electric Palace of Variety
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2CD
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 093CD
"For his second album, Portsmouth's Chris Reeves plies us with more unsettling moods and weird insect-like skittering percussion. Chock full of strange atmospheres and chord changes, The Gasman makes sure the feeling is always uncertain. This time there is a definite bit of a choir / church organ / haunted pirate ship / broken ghost train vibe. Also a smidgen of Belgian techno, smashed wine glass and lime cordial organ renditions. Influenced by Belgian techno, early '90s breakbeat hardcore and the Cardiacs."


Artist: PHTHALOCYANINE
Title: No One Said You Didn't
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 096CD
"Some of the most listenable and melodic work yet from L.A.'s Phthalocyanine brings slight rave and hardcore flavors to his off-kilter, harmonically 'wrong' melody clusters. Like slabs of jazz noise heard through pastoral electronica with waves of gabba and Belgian techno fighting spidery, distorted rhythms and breaks."


Artist: VIBERT, LUKE
Title: Lover's Acid
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 098CD


Artist: VIBERT, LUKE
Title: Lover's Acid
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 098EP
"Four new tracks of analog acid, breaks and funk from Cornish electronic maestro Luke Vibert. This is his third 12" for Planet Mu and a prelude to the Lover's Acid CD."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Meathole
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 099CD
"Canadian Aaron Funk (aka Venetian Snares) has risen from the breakcore underground to become one of the most exciting musicians working in electronic music today. Meathole, a follow up to the majorly acclaimed Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett, is a return to the dark atmospherics of earlier Funk efforts like Doll Doll Doll and Find Candace. Here Funk eschews the charming melodics and baroque strings of recent works and sinks again into a dark world of murder, devil worship and child abuse. The beats are unrelenting and odd time-signatures and spooky pads are perfectly employed throughout. Another well constructed opus from an artist who can't seem to stop making experimental breakcore and d 'n' b classics."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Meathole
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 099LP
Double LP version.


Artist: DDAMAGE
Title: Pressure
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 108EP
"Follow up EP to the fantastic Radio Ape album, dDamage takes France by storm with eclectic instrumental hip-hop beats and electronic sounds. Pressure backs the album's lead track with three new compositions from the Parisian brothers. Blasts of analog noise, pummelling hip-hop beats, buzz-saw synths and delicate female vocals make a strange combination, but it works."


Artist: EIGHT FROZEN MODULES
Title: DJ, Riddim & Source EP
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 109EP
"New 12" in an electronic dancehall style from L.A.'s Eight Frozen Modules (also known as Ken Gibson, veteran of releases on Kompakt & Narita, Tigerbeat6, Orthlong Musork, City Slang, Lo Recordings, Too Pure, Phthalo, and more). Fans of DJ Scud and The Bug take note."


Artist: LAWES, ED
Title: 14 Tracks/Pieces
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 110CD
"As the title suggests, this collection of works by Birmingham-based musician and contemporary composer Ed Lawes is divided between pieces (scored for or improvised on more traditional instruments) and tracks (more computer-based or electroacoustic works). 14 Tracks / Pieces includes studies for violin, double bass and tenor saxophone, and works for mixed ensemble, among others. The performances, recordings and improvisations are carefully edited and processed, layered and combined, yet Lawes wrings a tremendous depth of emotion from them. Brief references: Ligeti, Stockhausen, Autechre, Anthony Braxton."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 111CD
"Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett is his 12th studio album and most mature work yet. Inspired by a trip to Hungary while on European tour, Funk found himself on the Kiralyi Palota (Budapest's Royal Palace) imagining himself as a pigeon. This somewhat unlikely scenario was an epiphany for Funk, inspiring some of his most heartfelt work to date. The baroque strings and eastern European melodies were the starting point for these compositions, with Funk's trademark jungle rhythms added only later as accents to increase the intensity. For this record Funk learned the trumpet and electric violin which both feature prominently. It even contains a cover of Rezso Seres' notorious 'Hungarian Suicide Son' aka 'Gloomy Sunday' in its Hungarian title 'Ongyilkos Vasarnap'."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES VS BONG-RA
Title: 4 Adaptations of Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 111EP
Three Bong-ra remixes. "It was on a rainy Easter Sunday 2005, when I listened to the Rossz album for the first time. I had heard this was Aaron's best album thus far. I wasn't really in the mood for a Snares Megacore attack, but it was either him or the Pope's Easter speech on TV, so I loaded the tracks into iTunes and by track three, I was mesmerized. It was a lovely, miserable afternoon. There was no option but to indulge myself in this sonic heartache. So, these four tracks are really personal adaptations rather than remixes, as the originals need no extra fiddling with anyway." -- Bong-Ra.


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 111LP
Double LP version.


Artist: B. AND EXILE, JOHN
Title: Broken Language (Exile Remix)
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 113EP
"John B (Beta, Prototype, Metalheadz) and Tim Exile (Moving Shadow, Frequency, Ram / Beta) originally created 'Broken Language' for John B's in:transit album; Exile mangled the original files into a hardcore, twisted, dark monster of a tune, as rinsed on dub by Concord Dawn and Evol Intent and more. The bassline and 2step beat mix in with current drum'n'bass but a distorted gabba beat kicks in, phased and mangled Amens fly around, and ghastly voices utter. The flip, a masterpiece of experimental drum'n'bass, is an Exile solo track with 4/4 pressure, futuristic FX and breaks with a dirty bass."


Artist: VEX'D
Title: Degenerate
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 115CD
2005 release. "Vex'd's first two singles on Bristol's Subtext label blew the lid off the dubstep scene and left legions of club-goers desperate for more. Degenerate, the band's debut full-length, delivers twelve tracks of dark electronic dub and industrial rhythms, including VIP versions of their Subtext classics. Influenced by grime and dubstep as well as the electronic underground scene, Vex'd have a truly unique sound. Distorted, repetitive waves of bass have more in common with early Aphex classics or drum'n'bass by Matrix or Optical than the rest of the dubstep scene. The rhythms are constructed with Swiss precision with the correct weight on the kick and snare for maximum club impact. But it's not all about the club; there's a dark, foreboding atmosphere at work here, too. Degenerate could possibly be the first gothic dubstep album."


Artist: VEX'D
Title: Degenerate
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $20.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 115LP
Double LP version. "Vex'd's first two singles on Bristol's Subtext label blew the lid off the dubstep scene and left legions of club-goers desperate for more. Degenerate, the band's debut full-length, delivers twelve tracks of dark electronic dub and industrial rhythms, including VIP versions of their Subtext classics. Influenced by grime and dubstep as well as the electronic underground scene, Vex'd have a truly unique sound. Distorted, repetitive waves of bass have more in common with early Aphex classics or drum'n'bass by Matrix or Optical than the rest of the dubstep scene. The rhythms are constructed with Swiss precision with the correct weight on the kick and snare for maximum club impact. But it's not all about the club; there's a dark, foreboding atmosphere at work here, too. Degenerate could possibly be the first gothic dubstep album."


Artist: EXILE
Title: Pro + Agonist
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2x12"
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 116LP
"2005's drum'n'bass masterpiece, Pro Agonist, announced Tim Exile's intention to stamp out generic d'n'b and bring more quirkiness to the electronic music scene. This abbreviated vinyl edition, featuring two brand-new exclusive tracks, delivers yet another blow to the status quo. Initiated into the realms of the broken beat at the tender age of twelve, Exile discovered a path he loved so much that his age has more than doubled without one deviation from the route (which has embraced leading orchestras, directing choirs and composing scores for television). Genre-transcending versatility has helped Exile earn a masters in electroacoustic composition, claim prizes in international competitions, and rustle up the kind of twisted drum'n'bass that wipes the floor with punters and savvy journalists alike."


Artist: BIZZY B
Title: Science EP Volumes III + IV
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 117CD
"Bizzy B's follow up to the 1993/94 volumes one and two on Whitehouse Records brings the old-skool sound of hardcore jungle into the new millennium. 'Darkside' and 'Afraid Of The Dark' both use 'Amen' and 'Mentasm' to awesome effect -- the catchiness of the stabs and riffs just won't let go, and the breaks are propulsive. But this time the undertow of sub-bass catches listeners unaware. Deep dub waters. Bizzy B (Brain / Joker / Sub Base / Whitehouse) was there from day one playing the raves and on the radio (Centerforce, Fantasy, Kool FM, Conflict). He's been releasing records since 1991 and set up one of the most influential hardcore / jungle labels, Brain, which also released the debut material of Peshay, Zinc, and Marc Caro (Technical Itch), among others."


Artist: BIZZY B
Title: Science Volumes III + IV
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2x10"
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 117LP
Double 10" vinyl version.


Artist: RA
Title: Ev.Panic Redone
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $11.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 125CD
"Parisian producer Ra (aka Raoul Sinier) takes a rest from Sublight Records for a bit and presents this remix collection of 'Ev.Panic.' The EP features remixes by cybergoth breakdancing champ Venetian Snares, mental patients dDamage, original IDM prick µ-Ziq and Ra himself. Originally meant for Coredump Records last year but cancelled after the sad death of label-owner, Jay Jedlicka. All profits go to his wife and child."


Artist: RA
Title: Ev.Panic (Redone)
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: PIC. DISC
Price: $17.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 125LP
Picture disc vinyl version.


Artist: KYLER
Title: Pur Cosy Tales
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 126CD
"Kyler is the latest alias of sonic changeling Henry Collins (aka Shitmat). In his new guise, he creates moods and atmospheres using samples and found sounds to evoke feelings of childhood, warmth, wonder and memory. Pur Cosy Tales is a concept album about the Norfolk, UK village where Collins grew up. The album features thirty-two tracks of inventive electronic composition, clever sampling and concise, effective musical ideas. This is a soundtrack so inventive it doesn't require a movie."


Artist: BIZZY B
Title: Science EP Vol. V
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2x10"
Price: $15.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 127EP
"Bizzy B continues his journey into the dark side with four brand new tracks and the fifth installment of his Science EP series. Lead track 'Jah Works' devastates dancefloors with its sub-bass depth charges and savage amen, lightened up with a dose of sweet dub vocals before crashing back in with Bizzy's famous edits and some choice rave stabs. 'Sound Test' surprises with a little Soca guitar riff, while 'Flava' brings some G-funk synth into the equation. The closer, 'Exceeding The Speed of Sound,' beefs up the classic Bizzy sound to round out a nicely varied set."


Artist: DOLPHIN & THE TEKNOIST
Title: Dolphin & The Teknoist
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 128EP
"First appearance on Planet Mu for Deathchant stalwarts Greg Dolphin and Mike Teknoist revitalizing the gabber 'n' glitch genre with their brutal 4/4 spazouts. However, both artists show their feminine sides eventually, by using piano (Dolphin) and strings (The Teknoist) to show that they're nice boys at heart."


Artist: VEX'D
Title: Bombardment of Saturn
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 131EP
"Dubstep dons Jamie and Roly follow one of last year's most astonishing electronic albums, Degenerate, with another landmark release. Side-A's 'Bombardment of Saturn' fires off a descending horn riff and the deadliest of basslines while side B's 'Killing Floor' hurts with ruff distorted bass riffs and stabs."


Artist: VIRUS SYNDICATE
Title: Ready to Learn/Major List MCs Remixes
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 132REP
A special remix edition featuring re-worked instrumental mixes from Jammer.


Artist: PINCH
Title: Qawwali
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 133EP
"DJ Pinch is one of the main souljah's of Bristol's dubstep scene with his popular club nights Subloaded and Dubloaded. 'Qawwali' is a haunting, melodic dubstep tune with the deepest subs and a stark refrain that sticks in your mind. The V.I.P. mix on the flip ups the bass pressure with an almost triplet feel and sparse atmospheric interjections."


Artist: EQUINOX
Title: Acid Rain V.I.P.
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2x12"
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 134EP
"Marlon Sterling (aka Equinox) is one of drum'n'bass's longest serving choppage practitioners with multiple releases in circulation on labels such as Brain, Bassbin, Inperspective, Breakin' and Intasound. His debut EP on Planet Mu promises to be one of the hottest jungle releases of the year. 'Acid Rain V.I.P. (Breakage Final Chapter Mix)' became one of the most sought-after tracks on the scene after it was promised to never be released commercially. Well, Planet Mu made them break that promise!"


Artist: BREAKAGE
Title: Drowning
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 135EP
"Scientific Wax's Breakage finally releases these two blissful tracks which seem to have been on dub for years. Both push the boundaries of what was once known as oceanic jungle, 'Drowning' with blissful vocal samples and 'The 9th Hand' with detuned drum pads and an amazing chopped-up Apache break."


Artist: SILENI
Title: Cold Sweat
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 136EP
"US drum'n'bass and techno musician Sileni (aka Chris Leamy) unleashes this long-awaited jungle breaks monster. On 'Cold Sweat,' the bass twists and growls while splintered breaks filter and swarm in perfect harmony. Leamy's B-side remix of 'Actual Proof' builds around a summery guitar figure that slowly morphs into technoid robot beats and cut up vocals."


Artist: GASMAN, THE
Title: This One's For You
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 138CD
"This One's For You, the fourth full-length release from Portsmouth, UK's Christopher Reeves (aka The Gasman), is perhaps his most rewarding work to date. On this follow-up to 2005's Multiplex (released by Canada's Sublight label), Reeves embellishes other-worldly electronica with clusters of organ-like chords and slabs of murky reverb. In the cross-fire of wavering grooves and humming tape loops one can imagine giant insects being poked and prodded by alien machines designed to extract their unusual sounds. Reeves works meticulously to create this eerie ambience, patching samples together on tinkered PCs and feeding reel-to-reel tapes through his laptop. This One's For You is genuinely refreshing audio for the ears."


Artist: THE KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ ENSEMBLE
Title: Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 141CD
"Their mutant jazz slithers and slides, each song a delicately painful little story of heartache, hope and perseverance. These are soundtracks to non-existing movies, inspired by the worlds of Hieronymus Bosch, Pablo Picasso, and Francisco Goya. Jason Kohnen (aka Bong-Ra) and Gideon Kiers, both graduates of the School of Arts, started The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble around the turn of the century, creating new soundtracks to silent movies like FW Murnau's Nosferatu and Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The audio/visual concept behind the band grew to incorporate 'visual' music performed alongside existing film fragments to intensify the audio. Philadelphia filmmakers and surrealist animators The Quay Brothers were also a big influence on the duo's early music."


Artist: UNIFORM
Title: Protocol
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 144CD
"Uniform is Wajid Yaseen of Mute Industrial Electronics act 2nd Gen. His second album under the Uniform moniker, Protocol, features twelve tracks of electronic fragmented fury and beauty aided and abetted by a weird and wondrous list of collaborators including Lydia Lunch, Alan Vega, Terry Edwards, Dalek and others."


Artist: BOXCUTTER
Title: Tauhid
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $9.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 146EP
"Guitarist and producer Barry Lynn (aka Boxcutter) became the talk of the dubstep scene in 2005 with the release of his astounding Brood/Sunshine single on London's taste-making dance label, Hot Flush. On his second release, Tauhid, Lynn continues to revolutionize the garage and breaks sound with a fresh mix of fractured breaks, Eastern inflections and a deep dub sensibility. The title track is a micro-symphony of writhing bass, FX-laden guitars and blurry half-step rhythms that quickly devolve into pure breakbeat abstraction. Other tracks, like 'Silver Birch Solstice,' harken back to the two-step garage craze of a few years ago. With heavy rotation from influential DJs like Ras Kwame, One World and Breezeblock, Boxcutter comes into 2006 as one of the hottest dance artists around."


Artist: BOXCUTTER
Title: Oneric
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 147CD
"Northern Ireland's Barry Lynn burst upon the Dubstep scene in 2005, generating major hype with his Brood/Sunshine single on London's Hot Flush label. The CD edition of his new full-length, Oneric, features both single tracks plus ten new tracks while the DJ-friendly double-vinyl edition features a V.I.P. mix of 'Sunshine' and seven others. The Boxcutter sound is cosmic dubstep with guitar, flutes and twisting breaks. The melodies and production evoke prime mid-'90s electronica, but the bass attack is purely up to date."


Artist: BOXCUTTER
Title: Oneric
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 147LP
Double LP version. "The DJ-friendly double-vinyl edition features a V.I.P. mix of 'Sunshine' and seven others. The Boxcutter sound is cosmic dubstep with guitar, flutes and twisting breaks. The melodies and production evoke prime mid-'90s electronica, but the bass attack is purely up to date."


Artist: LAST STEP
Title: Last Step
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 149CD
"After his debut EP, You're a Nice Girl (included here in its entirety), and his appearance on the Sacred Symbols Of Mu compilation, Canada's Last Step unleashes his debut album, called simply Last Step. These tracks use original analog equipment such as the Roland 303, 606, 707, Jupiter, etc. Last Step is a bit of a mystery, as he only communicates anonymously and via vocoder. All his royalties (if he ever makes a profit) are destined for the St. Bernadetta's Synth Hospital. He's listed his influences as The Carpenters, Giorgio Moroder, Drexciya, Phuture, Depeche Mode, Luke Vibert, Mozart, Jean-Michel Jarre, Roland, The Human League, DMX Krew, Throbbing Gristle, Vav Jungle, Jeff Mills, Simon and Simon, 808 State, and Glass Tiger."


Artist: LAST STEP
Title: Last Step
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 149LP
Double LP version.


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 150CD
"The true follow up to last year's Hungarian masterpiece. Consisting of ten tracks written over the last eighteen months, it shows Funk's versatility with form and mastery of his tools. Melody is at the fore recalling the 2004 release Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding, but the rhythms are still jackhammer heavy and wildly fluctuating."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 150LP
Double LP version.


Artist: FANE, JULIAN
Title: The Moon Is Gone/Rattle
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 7"
Price: $4.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 161EP
"Julian's first release since 2004's Special Forces album sees him in fine voice, 'The Moon Is Gone' being probably his finest composition to date. The B-side 'Rattle' is a doomy electronic riff-based track with Julian's plaintive vocals soaring over it. Limited edition, 500 only."


Artist: MRK1
Title: Copyright Laws
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 169CD
"Manchester UK's MRK1 (aka Markone) is in top form on this long-awaited full-length follow-up to 2004's dub-step classic One Way. From the anthem 'The Underworld' (featuring the voice of Virus Syndicate MC Poet Shado) to the Eastern motifs of 'Caveman Boogie,' Copyright Laws brings the early ragga-rave sound of The Prodigy and SL2 into the new millennium with plenty of bass for dub step lovers everywhere."


Artist: MRK1
Title: Copyright Laws
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 169LP
Double LP version.


Artist: DISTANCE
Title: My Demons
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 170CD
"Planet Mu proudly presents the debut album from Bromley, England's top dubstep producer, Distance. A resident DJ on influential UK radio station Rinse 100.3 FM, Distance rose to prominence with Sting Records tracks like 'Breathing Space,' 'Shiverz' and 'Tropical Rub.' After releasing a string of singles on labels such as Boka, Hotflush and Tempa, he joined up with Planet Mu in 2006, delivering two massive cuts on the Traffic 12". His new album My Demons is another leap into uncharted dubstep territory. The album collects all the dubs the artist's been working on over the past year including the haunting 'Mistral,' the booming breaks of 'Weigh Down' and the long-awaited 'Night Vision.'"


Artist: DISTANCE
Title: My Demons
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 2LP
Price: $19.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 170LP
Double LP version.


Artist: GASMAN, THE
Title: Love Collection
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $16.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 171CD
"Portsmouth's The Gasman delivers his most consistent work to date. Is it a concept album on love? Who knows? Who's asking? These twelve beautiful electronic nuggets sound clearer and smoother than ever before. Christopher Reeves is refining the Gasman mode. 'White' sounds white, and 'Mint' sounds mint. Incredible electronic loveliness."


Artist: MILANESE
Title: Adapt
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: CD
Price: $11.00
Catalog #: ZIQ 172CD
"This EP, the follow up to Milanese's wicked debut album, Extend, features remixes of said album's tracks (and remixes from 1Up, his Warp release) by Chris Clark, DJ Distance and Hrdvsion, plus Milanese himself. The CD version also includes a bonus new track 'Double Face' featuring Kate Kestrel on vocals... dubby industrial grime raga."


Artist: MILANESE
Title: Adapt
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 172EP
12" vinyl version, 4 tracks.


Artist: DURAN DURAN DURAN
Title: Face Blast
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 177EP
"Philly's Ed Flis brings his brand of booty breakcore to Planet Mu after releases on Cockrockdisco and Peace Off. On the A-side, 'Face Blast,' Flis asks whether you would like to '... be a ho tonight.' In addition he states: 'Face down, hands up, that's the way we like to fuck.' The flip is a high-tempo 'pure breakbeat hardcore techno' number."


Artist: VENETIAN SNARES
Title: Pink + Green
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 180EP
"Venetian Snares, aka Gonk the 8-Legged Viking, is back with yet another record that sounds nothing like Boards of Canada! From the catchy title track opener, which blends demented punk vocals with hyper-complex grooves and gut-gurgling bass blasts, this is something fresh and funky from producer Aaron 'funk' Funk. Not to worry though, the sub-rattling low-end blasts and jackhammering hardcore anthems are still here and in full-effect on tracks like 'Sporto Fucking Sellout Cocksuckerface' and 'Husikam Rave Dojo' that revisit the days of pilled-out candy raving. This is cyberpunk at its finest! Welcome to the interzone! 15-year-old K-heads will love this shit!"


Artist: CEEPHAX
Title: Megalift EP
Label: PLANET MU (UK)
Format: 12"
Price: $7.50
Catalog #: ZIQ 181EP
"The four-track Megalift EP is Ceephax's first release on Planet Mu. Ceephax is Andy Jenkinson (from Chelmsford in Essex). He cut wicked acid releases on EDMX's Breakin' and First Cask (the Belgian label), plus a recent album on Rephlex. The first track here is a hardcore roller with trippy synths, dubby bass and an embarrassing interlude. Keep listening to it and it grows on you. 'Friend Track' is 'emo acid' --again, quite trippy. On the other side, we have 'Time Tunnel,' with a Roland 909 plus the Amen break (unmistakable), some 303, and a charming melody of neither the major nor minor persuasion. The last track, 'Castilian,' is one of those IDM video game thingies that people will love. It builds up and up with notes and chords and shit into a massive hands-in-the-air anthem."

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