New Releases for October 2007

Index of New Releases for October 2007

CONFUSED RECORDINGS (GERMANY)

Artist:	UMEK AND I TURK
Title:	Anxious On Demand/Sun Drenched Land
Label:	CONFUSED RECORDINGS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	CON 068EP

"Oliver Huntemann's Confused label returns after a little summer break with a slice of Slovenian killer electro techno. No other than Mister Umek himself teams up with his buddy Turk to deliver a fierce piece of electronic dance music. Known from countless super-successful releases on various labels including his own cult label Recycled Loops, Umek has been a true champion in the techno circus for more than 10 years. On Confused, he offers two epic and intense neo-trance masterpieces with pitch-modulated chords and bass lines, pumping drums and super-hero special efx, adding some serious drama. It has never been easier to turn a packed dancefloor into total craziness."

CONSTELLATION (CANADA)

Artist:	CHESTNUTT, VIC
Title:	North Star Deserter
Label:	CONSTELLATION (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CST 046CD

"We have been massive Vic Chesnutt fans for many years. Prior to starting Constellation together in 1997, among the first records we bonded over was Is The Actor Happy, a slab of vinyl played so often (and so often late at night) that its grooves are well chewed. Our friend, Brooklyn-based filmmaker Jem Cohen (Benjamin Smoke, Instrument, Chain), has known Vic for many years. When Jem proposed that Vic make his next album at the Hotel2Tango studio in Montreal, with various Constellation musicians (along with a couple of American friends) as players for the session, we were thrilled. When we heard the results, we were floored. When offered the opportunity to release the record, we were honored. Vic Chesnutt is one of the finest songsmiths we know. His words knock us out, his voice is like no other, and the two combined can deliver lyrical phrases that echo in your brain for weeks, months, years... that you find yourself adding to your quotidian vocabulary of sardonic asides, devastating metaphors, witty rhymes... words that are never clever for their own sake, but smart and substantive as all hell. The songs on North Star Deserter are some of the most bracing and intense we've ever heard from him: macabre and fearless, playful and funny, at times deeply personal and at others, incongruously hopeful."

Artist:	PERRI, SANDRO
Title:	Tiny Mirrors
Label:	CONSTELLATION (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CST 047CD

"This is the first full-length recording by Sandro Perri under his own name, following an EP on Constellation in 2006. Working with some of Toronto's finest avant and improv players, Sandro has fully re-invented himself as a singer, lyricist and guitar player, and Tiny Mirrors is the culmination of this transformation -- a highly personal collection of songs, shaped by an utterly original approach to composition, performance and melodic and vocal phrasing. Tiny Mirrors incorporates elements and sensibilities -- albeit in subtle hues -- as diverse as Vanguard-era Skip James (and his weary falsetto), post-tropicalia Caetano Veloso (the compositional twists), and the '60s-era axis of hybrid songwriters like Tim Buckley, Tim Hardin, Harry Nilsson and Fred Neil (whose 'Everybody's Talkin' is covered here, re-cast as a rumination on the 'epidemic' of second-hand experience). Overall, Perri strikes the perfect balance of sophisticated writing (melodically and as a lyricist) and, with the help of his band, deceptively effortless, relaxed, unconstrained performance. These songs abound in subtle texture and flourish, and the burbling swirl of instrumental work is a through-line to his earlier recordings as Polmo Polpo, where a similarly simmering brew of interweaving melodies yielded such an original and seductive take on 'electronic' music. Perri brings the same originality, warmth, energy and intelligence to his eponymous singer/songwriter work; Tiny Mirrors pulses and froths and lounges and glides with inimitable ingenuity, genuineness, substance and style."

Artist:	HRSTA
Title:	Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes
Label:	CONSTELLATION (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CST 048CD

"Hrsta (her-shta) is the brainchild of founding Godspeed You! Black Emperor guitarist Mike Moya, who is joined on this third album (the band's second on Constellation) by Brooke Crouser (Jackie-O Motherfucker) on organs, guitars and various effects. Brooke has emerged as the core second member of the band, joining Mike on live dates since 2006, and contributing to composition and arrangement on this new record. The ever-faithful rhythm section of bassist Harris Newman and drummer Eric Craven provide additional backbone on select songs. Ghosts Will Come And Kiss Our Eyes is a collection of gently foreboding psych-folk, anchored as always by Mike's unique guitar sound and otherworldly, cracked vocals (think a sedated Daniel Johnson or Wayne Coyne). With Hammond and pump organs now featured prominently in the mix, much of the new material here sits on a thick, saturated foundation of shifting tones, drones and sustained chordings. Alternating between vocal tunes and instrumentals, the album creaks and cascades through hazed visions of cataclysm and calm, worry and wonder."

Artist:	FEU THERESE
Title:	Ca Va Cogner
Label:	CONSTELLATION (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	CST 049CD

"Feu Th�r�se caught spark from the embers of Fly Pan Am's break-up in 2005, when FPA guitarist Jonathan Parant joined forces with longtime collaborators Alex St-Onge (bass, electronics) and Stephen de Oliveira (synths, voice) to form the new group. Painter turned drummer Luc Paradis completed the new line-up. Their debut self-titled album, released on Constellation in spring 2006, expanded on FPA's sonic agenda, while relying more on instrumental juxtapositions - rather than electronic interventions or intentional sabotage at the mixing desk - to hijack the music. The Feu Th�r�se mandate of knitting critical and non-conformist elements right into their song structures, instead of having these 'collide' with the music as if from outside, has reached a new level of bizarre sublimation on their new record."

CONTAGIOUS (UK)

Artist:	SKITTLES
Title:	2 Pints of Brandy & A Packet of Skittles
Label:	CONTAGIOUS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CON 013CD

"Contagious returns with another CD album, this time enter Skittles with his debut album 2 Pints of Brandy & A Packet of Skittles. Skittles, originally hailing from Manchester, has claimed the Manchester scene and is now ready to take on the world. His eclectic sound and poetic lyrics have been dubbed as 'the next Mike Skinner.' The album itself is a portrayal of life and inspirations that surround him on a day-to-day basis and is a realistic snap shot of the trials and tribulations that surround the youth today. The album features productions by MRK1, Chimpo, Sam Skitt and Skittles himself. There are also a number of guest appearances from Virus Syndicate on the album."

CORWOOD INDUSTRIES

CRATER (UK)

CREME RECORDS (NETHERLANDS)

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Artist:	JANDEK
Title:	Newcastle Sunday
Label:	CORWOOD INDUSTRIES
Format:	DVD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	COR 0783DVD

Artist:	DST
Title:	The Suburbanite EP
Label:	CRATER (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CRATER 001EP

Artist:	KOSH
Title:	Brassic/Alien
Label:	CRATER (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CRATER 002EP

Artist:	F1
Title:	The Peng
Label:	CRATER (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	CRATER 003EP

Artist:	ROBOTNICK, ALEXANDER
Title:	Made In China RMX
Label:	CREME RECORDS (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	CREME 024EP