New Releases for March 2008

Index of New Releases for March 2008

FREUDE AM TANZEN (GERMANY)

Artist:	KADEN, MATHIAS
Title:	Lucidas EP
Label:	FREUDE AM TANZEN (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	FREUDE 035EP

Mathias Kaden presents his first culinary solo trip for Freude-Am-Tanzen. Three pots are stewing, presented with German tidiness and foreign spice. Minimal blends with maximal in just the right balance. "Swahili": industrial tones are caramelized with drums, piano and flute without being too sweet. "Lucidas": technoid, but perfect for the early morning hours. "Saloee": a nutritious techno dish with voodoo flavors -- a tribal ode to deconstructing a club. Enjoy your meal.

FRISBEE TRACKS (GERMANY)

FUSED FORCES (UK)

GDR (ITALY)

Artist:	KORAY, ERKIN
Title:	Elektronik Türküler
Label:	GDR (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$33.00
Catalog #:	GDR 706LP

"You probably won't find any other Turkish psych record better than this. A real killer from start to finish, this was originally released in 1974, and is a brutal masterpiece of psychedelic rock blended with Turkish traditional music. The electric guitar of Erkin is outstanding, so is the electric saz used here too, and all tracks are absolutely fantastic. We cannot recommend this one more than we do. Limited reissue of 500 copies with the original artwork in a beautiful gatefold cover."

GENERATOR RECORDS

Artist:	MAUSER
Title:	Jack Orchestra
Label:	GENERATOR RECORDS
Format:	12"
Price:	$7.50
Catalog #:	GEN 030EP

"First launched in 1992, Generator became one of Detroit's most revered techno labels for straight ahead dancefloor techno. Guided by the multi-talented Alan D. Oldham aka DJ T1000 (Pure Sonik/DJAX Records/Tresor), Generator boasted inspired releases from himself and Woody McBride, remixes from UK superstar Dave Clarke and seminal first releases by Sean Deason, Marco Passarani, and many others. Generator is now back in gear and releasing electronic music influenced by Chicago and Detroit. Chicago native Mauser aka Miles Christian drops his debut 12" featuring 4 seriously bangin' tracks crafted in the spirit and excitement of acid classics from artists like Larry Heard/Fingers Inc., Sleezy D, Scrappy, and Phuture yet employing modern techno characteristics. 'Jack Orchestra' is the 303ish lead track incorporating Detroit soul with constantly shifting patterns and deep chord progressions to shape a dramatic aural experience."

GET BACK (ITALY)

Artist:	POP, IGGY
Title:	Pop At His Top
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	GET 162CD

As w/ the prior LP version, the description below might suggest this is some kind of "greatest hits", but there is no information as to the origination of the tracks. It's bootleg-crackle live material from some unknown date, with un-credited backing, shamelessly packaged. Buying this CD is like talking to your dad about how to unclog a drain. "After the Stooges fizzled away into commercial oblivion (as so many legendary bands of the era did), David Bowie saved our heavenly father of punk rock from obscurity, and jumpstarted his solo career. Don't miss this perfectly weeded garden of Iggy's most prized petunias. In other words, buy this if you want to hear Iggy rip through 13 of his most classic tracks."

Artist:	POP, IGGY
Title:	Pop At His Top
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	GET 162LP

LP version. The description below might suggest this is some kind of "greatest hits", but there is no information as to the origination of the tracks. It's bootleg-crackle live material from some unknown date, with un-credited backing, shamelessly packaged. "After the Stooges fizzled away into commercial oblivion (as so many legendary bands of the era did), David Bowie saved our heavenly father of punk rock from obscurity, and jump-started his solo career. Don't miss this perfectly weeded garden of Iggy's most prized petunias. In other words, buy this if you want to hear Iggy rip through 13 of his most classic tracks."

GET PHYSICAL MUSIC (GERMANY)

Artist:	JONA
Title:	Manta
Label:	GET PHYSICAL MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GPM 083EP

Jona is back with Manta -- a sick, expertly crafted new EP. The title track is a peak-time club weapon, with a hard kickdrum, kinetic drum edits and pressurized FX while a dizzying synth motif ravishes the listener into submission. "Amon" is all rolling bass line, acidic synth cycles, crisp percussion, jump-up vocal samples and surging narcotic effects. "Exoplanet Dub" features addictive, zig-zagging melodies guaranteed to turn your dancefloor inside out.

Artist:	ITALOBOYZ
Title:	Zinga
Label:	GET PHYSICAL MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GPM 084EP

Italoboyz aka Marco Donato and Federico Marton consolidate their position as dancefloor alchemists par excellence with Zinga for Get Physical. The title track is based around a looped violin, a fat kick-drum and razor-sharp hi-hats that make it a peak-time monster. The "DRAMAdub" is soaked in echo and delay, while a wraith-like counterpoint curls around it. "At De Stella" is a bleepy minimalist number with a no-nonsense groove and a voice listing food items. Italoboyz are masters of the unfamiliar.

Artist:	BOOKA SHADE
Title:	Planetary/City Tales
Label:	GET PHYSICAL MUSIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GPM 086EP

Booka Shade return to their roots with a 12" of sheer dancefloor firepower. "Planetary" appears on this 12" in two forms: club and dub. The club mix features low-end tweaks, crowd-hyping drums and a melodic stylophone refrain. The dub mix is a darker, more minimalist affair -- serious, seductive and mind-bending house music. Booka's version of "City Tales" is an uncompromisingly dark but delicate scorcher with a sensuous swing. Booka Shade invites you to chase the night and the neon light.

GLOBAL A RECORDS (GERMANY)

Artist:	LIPSETT, ARTHUR
Title:	Soundtracks
Label:	GLOBAL A RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	GLOBAL 007LP

"Arthur Lipsett made an impressive series of collage films during his lifetime. He began his collages under the employment of the National Film Board of Canada. During a sound workshop, he was given the assignment to tell a story by editing together found sound materials. Lipsett took the assignment further by editing images to the sound collage he created. The result was to become Very Nice Very Nice, sharing his view of the phantasmagoria of a world he saw around him. This first effort earned him an Academy Award nomination at the age of 25. Soundtracks is a document that celebrates the work of Arthur Lipsett, while highlighting his sound collage as an art form in itself. The National Film Board of Canada granted the license to create this sound document from the original film masters. These originals were lovingly re-mastered and pressed to high quality vinyl that they will last into the future. Mostly from the 1960s, emerging from the Beats, his films are dense cut-ups to do with themes like science and spirituality, religious mania and Cold War paranoia, Apocalypse and nuclear melt-down, consumerism and nothingness, rituals and machines, all that good stuff. The films started out as the sound collages finely presented here in a top-notch pressing -- tightly compacted clips of spoken word (Marshall MacLuhan, religious loons, newsreel announcers, TV scientists, bullshit politicians), in with noise (factories, helicopters, bombs) and music (jazz, gospel, parade-ground, church) -- sometimes manipulated, often highly rhythmic, still so captivating and chilling."

GLUCKSKIND SCHALLPL. (GERMANY)

Artist:	RESIAK, SANTOS
Title:	Derrape EP
Label:	GLUCKSKIND SCHALLPL. (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	GLK 007EP

"Santos Resiak, a 24 year-old Argentinian musician who happily ventures out to invade the strangely limited world of minimal techno, is an open-minded guy. Just what we need to fuel the floors! Santos' deep and downright dirty sounding, relentlessly jolty, pounding bass drums wake the party instinct in every rhythm-conscious being while also stirring up some deeper sense of emotion. 'Georgina,' far from monotonous, involves little clicks and shuffles while grooving deep down and dirty and hitting you in the right places at the right times. Well hidden in the breakdown lurks a tiny Kraftwerk reference that ties in nicely with the fine arrangement and well-placed sounds. 'Derrape,' in contrast, does not hold back at all. Heavy hitting bass drums stir up old techno affiliates and ignite dancers hungry for moments that let you rise above. For those in need of a swinging groove full of sophisticated funkiness in a reduced context, there is always the Ryan Crosson remix to turn to. Crosson, Detroit's ghetto answer to Ricardo Villalobos, is an excellent producer who keeps a caring eye for percussions and bass, while keeping it real, true Motorcity style: when the sparse keyboard sifts reminiscent notes, the waft of Detroit lets true blue hearts bleed."

GREAT STUFF RECORDS (GERMANY)

Artist:	TOMCRAFT
Title:	Boogie Nights (Like An Eagle)
Label:	GREAT STUFF RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	GSR 061EP

"A big welcome to Tomcraft. Finally the Great Stuff boss himself with his first release on his own label. After 3 albums, countless 12" singles, a UK #1 with 'Loneliness' and recording for nearly 15 years for Kosmo Records, he can now open his second chapter with Great Stuff. Together with his studio partner Lützenkirchen, he produced this awesome track using the same sublime strings that Par-T-One already sampled some years ago in his groundbreaking 'I'm So Crazy.' What a huge tune."

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Artist:	VA
Title:	10 Years Frisbee #03
Label:	FRISBEE TRACKS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	FRISBEE 077EP

Artist:	FUSED FORCES
Title:	The Fused Force EP
Label:	FUSED FORCES (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	FFP 001EP