New Releases for April 2008

Index of New Releases for April 2008

COMMUNITY LIBRARY (UK)

Artist:	DJ C FEAT. ZULU
Title:	Darling (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Label:	COMMUNITY LIBRARY (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	CL 022EP

"The dynamic duo of DJ C and MC Zulu hook up again for another rugged bashment squeeze on Darling. The title cut tracks a similar route to their killer 'body work' riddim, rolling on the same mid-paced bashment tempo, but this time adding a rude, grinding electro riff and industrial cowbell to rough it up some more in vocal and instrumental versions. Ghislain Poirier steps in on remix duties, adding a much-needed slab of bottom end pressure and tweaking the rhythm with subtle phasing and flanging killer 12"."

CONNAISSEUR RECORDINGS (GERMANY)

Artist:	DASO
Title:	Tinnitus
Label:	CONNAISSEUR RECORDINGS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	CNS 022EP

Daso is back with his third release on Connaisseur. This newest output has a specific theme: tinnitus. Daso kicks asses with the A-side, and heralds the open-air beach party season with the B-side. "Tinnitus" is a rumbling techno machine -- a ringing sound sidles through a dull echo chamber -- like tinnitus. This track will cause states of raving emergency on the dancefloor. "Pars Tensa" features a knobbly but hypnotic acid bass line matched with a Spanish guitar. Outstanding.

CORWOOD INDUSTRIES

DANCE ELECTRIC (GERMANY)

Artist:	DA FRESH FEAT. XENIA BELIAYEVA
Title:	Oh Boy!
Label:	DANCE ELECTRIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	DAN 020EP

"This is not the first time Arnaud Caschera has teamed up with Xenia Beliayeva. Their output so far has always been an exceptional combination of tight and atmospheric techno-electro and intense, cold vocals. Oh Boy! is definitely their best production to date. Made to turn clubs into hell. The B-side belongs to Copenhagen's no. 1 poster boy, Out Of Orbit and Re:connected label boss and world-travelling DJ, Martinez. His twist on techno house and minimal has already created some buzz around the scene including Richie Hawtin and his Minus clique or Steve Bug and many others. Dance Electric's #20 is a deadly application for all friends of tripped-out emotional electronic music."

DEFRAG SOUND PROCESSING (ITALY)

Artist:	BORATTO, GUI
Title:	Tales From The Lab Remixes 1
Label:	DEFRAG SOUND PROCESSING (ITALY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DFRG 025EP

"After the huge hit 'Tales from the Lab' by Gui Boratto, we are proud to present the follow up with a very special edition of remixes. A1: the first track grows out of the hands of Sian, one of the coolest producer actually around. In the 'No Lab Animals' remix Sian took the hook of the original track merged with a strong bassline and an incredible huge sound. The B side is by Axel Bartsch, already known for his productions on Sportclub, Kompakt, Spielzeug. His 'Dirty Disco RMX' is a sexy and polished tune with percussion, an hypnotic synth that will blow your mind and a funky bassline. Both tracks give new life to this anthem."

DIAL (GERMANY)

DISTRICT OF CORRUPTION (GERMANY)

Artist:	BEESTON, SIMON
Title:	Krankenwagen
Label:	DISTRICT OF CORRUPTION (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	DOC 023EP

"DoC births yet another up and comer to 12" club, Simon Beeston. 'Krankenwagen' is a super twisted rave bomb and features two heavy-hitting remixes from Liebe ist Cool and DoC label boss, Aaron Hedges. Liebe ist Cool provides a stripped down and dirty Berlin minimal take on 'Krankenwagen.' Working with tight grooves and tribal rhythms, their remix builds quickly to a fiery pace and keeps the energy. Layered on top of this percussive aphrodisiac are super quirky sound effects and stripped vocal samples. Aaron Hedges provides a down and dirty rave bomb of a remix. You really just have to hear this one! Pushing high energy percussion and slowly developing arrangement patterns make this track a real journey."

DRAG CITY

Artist:	SPACEMAN/SUN CITY GIRLS, J.
Title:	Mister Lonely: Music From A Film By Harmony Korine OST
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	DC 360CD

"When Harmony Korine started the production for his film Mister Lonely back in 2006, he asked two of his favorite artists to send him music to accompany the images and scenes he was putting together. They were busy, so fuck 'em, they get no ink here -- but both Jason Spaceman and Sun City Girls were actually his favorites anyway. Some of the sounds these two formidable musicals acts made comprise the all-new soundtrack album, Mister Lonely -- Music From A Film By Harmony Korine. Korine's previous films have found their truths in unblinking realities cross-cut with surreal images, exposing an emotional core that remains elusive after the movie is over -- ennui, delight, disgust, celebration... soft-core snuff porn? Mister Lonely subtly heightens all these effects with a narrative involving celebrity impersonators searching for a place where they just can be themselves and nuns who have discovered a new way to fly. The soundtrack for Mister Lonely is deceptively minimal -- a guitar or piano line that blinks past repetition and blushes into something grander; a motif reappearing under new auspices; link pieces that become spotlight moments, densely worked-out, stars in their own right. Classic soundtrack sounds are modern and nostalgic, which may make the progressive tilt of Mister Lonely 2008's #1 dark-horse chart-topper! Working independently and never collaborating (would you believe in studios right next door to each other? How about in same studio during different hours of the day?), Jason Spaceman and Sun City Girls employ an instrumental approach for the sounds here, with one or two chanted exceptions. Their music conspires in an exquisite corpse-like fashion -- without knowing what the other was doing, they've each brought half a body to the film, supplying the apparitional and austere sounds of a world in which everyone is something they're not, i.e. the people they dream of being."

Artist:	MONOTONIX
Title:	Body Language
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DC 361CD

"Monotonix are a punk trio from Tel Aviv, featuring guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) and vocals (Ami). They formed in November 2005, set up on the floor of the club with the audience, and the party began. But the party usually got too wild, the power got cut, the cops were called and Monotonix were banned from playing again almost everywhere. Before long, they were looking for good places to play outside of Israel -- and they were delighted to find that there are more rock and roll party places outside of Israel than inside! Body Language sounds almost like a Monotonix show. The only thing you can't hear is the sound of your heart beating in your ears after having been chased around the room by a vocalist with his pants literally on fire, then getting doused with beer and dancing your ass off to the guitar riffage, then ending it all by carrying the drummer around on your shoulders while a few other guys hold his kit up so he can keep drumming. You don't end up quite as out of breath when listening to Body Language, but you do get a ton of excitement anyway, courtesy of a killer guitar sound, precision power drumming and lusty lead vocals (with just a few little overdub touches, to add even more excitement)."

Artist:	HAMBURGER, NEIL
Title:	Sings Country Winners
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	DC 363CD

"America's hardest working, most profoundly suffering Funnyman returns with his eighth Drag City release. No two Neil Hamburger albums have ever been alike, but this one will throw even the staunchest fan for a loop: Neil Hamburger sings country and western. As with the classic 'celebrity vocal' album by the likes of William Shatner and Telly Savalas, Neil's personality shines through, even when his vocal chords don't. Seven originals and three obscure covers pack in a maximum of storytelling and pathos in the tradition of the late great Porter Wagoner. On this once-in-a-lifetime release, Neil is backed up by a 'too good for Neil Hamburger' band who ensure that the sound is vintage country rather than unwanted novelty -- or worse yet, the universally-hated sound of contemporary country radio."

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Artist:	JANDEK
Title:	Glasgow Friday
Label:	CORWOOD INDUSTRIES
Format:	CD
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	COR 0791

Artist:	DOMINIQUE
Title:	More Love Now
Label:	DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	DIAL 011LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	You Are My Mate
Label:	DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:	2x12"
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	DIAL 040EP

Artist:	SWEET N' CANDY
Title:	The Wicked Keeper EP
Label:	DISTRICT OF CORRUPTION (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	DOC 024EP