THIEVERY CORPORATION
Shadows of Ourselves CDEP
Don't stop 'til you get enough!! Thievery Corporation return with four gems from its ultra-chic Mirror Conspiracy sessions Honchos Eric Hilton and Rob Garza invite you to their table for the new sonic discussion: topics include Jobim's blissed-out bossa beats, the scores of Morricone's sophisticated Italian thillers, and that magic made by Astrud Gilberto way down by the surf in Brazil! If your motto is "Last Night A Cocktail Saved My Life", then we suggest a round on the Thievery Corporation!
CDEP 9.98
MONOLAKE
Gravity CD
Gravity works on you at a rate of 9.8 metres per second. If you fell out a window, this is the rate you'd fall at. Depending on how high the window is, you'd see your whole life flash before you in a about one second. Berlin based post-minimal techno purists Monolake well know that seconds can seem like an eternity. Their sound designs are typified by slow evolutions of shifting timbre and beat. Listening to their discs can easily cause one's heart rate to lower. Close your eyes and you may drift away, but don't worry.... Gravity will bring to back to earth.
CD 19.98
KID 606
GQ On The EQ CD
This sweet-pants main guy in the young electronic scene makes more cute broken beats that bug most people but keep us happy! Nerds that we are, we own all the vinyl that these tracks are gathered from, but it's nice to have them all in one place. Dreamy!
CD 16.98
BOARDS OF CANADA
In a Beautiful Place out in the Country CDEP/12"
The cold wind blows in and pinches my cheeks; everything outside looks so clear. The Boards of Canada hang onto the grooves from their last record but now cloak them with keyboards that draw from Brian Eno's ambient series. Simple, haunting melodies have never been so beautiful.
CDEP 10.98 12" 10.98
VARIOUS
The Lyricist Lounge Vol. II CD
Consistency, in a word, is what makes for a well rounded label. Let's break this down. Consistency is the sum of the parts: knowledge, the eye for talent, and a will to break out from the standardized form Ñ while evolving the self. Rawkus Records is recognizeable for hip-hop consistency. Rounding out a stellar year with this fine instalment in their Lyricist Lounge series, Rawkus pulls up for the perfect year end coda: Featured tracks include Mos Def & Ghostface Killah, Q-tip and Words, Kool G Rap, Dilated Peoples, Big L, Pharoahe Monch with Nate Dogg, plus others. What comes next?
CD 16.98
AMOR, BELHOM, BURNS, CONVERTINO
Tete A Tete CD/LP
Staring at an inch of Perno in a skinny blue glass, I realised the French cabaret scene had destroyed my liver. In the cafe, the band turns up by midnight - ready to hash out the remnants of a daydream, a deep fog of reverie. They look spooked out - too many hours with Gitanes in their mouths and a Gide paperback. Back in America they are known as Calexico; here, they've modified their Giant Sand-esque tumbleweed sounds into a more jazz-cat loungey elixir. The room fills with liquorice root suave sounds, ready to ferment every last inch of your virgin body. I pour a little water in my glass and let the liquor cloud up. "Paris, you got my liver - but you left my heart alone."
CD 19.98 LP 16.98
JOHN ZORN
Filmworks IX:Trembling Before G-D CD
Like a bullet in the Brooklyn night, the beat bounces through the cobbled streets reverberating in the shadows below red brick apartments. This is not be-bop - this is sinister jazz. Cool. Ghost-dog cool. Pariah jazz. Hexed breaths, up through the reeds of the outcast sound, born to pierce the safety of silence. Read on. Continuing our spotlight on John Zorn and Masada, we present Zorn's first soundtrack work in over three years! Joined by clarinetist Chris Speed and Jamie Saft on organ, these filmworks are the sounds of things you'll never see.
CD 16.98
MOUSE ON MARS
Instrumentals CD
While polishing my glasses on my cardigan, I became greatly intrigued by the sounds of the stereo. "What are these cutting-edge minimal sounds?" I asked myself. Upon investigation, I was pleased to discover that the tracks were formulated and lovingly crafted by none other than Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma - Mouse on Mars! The smart and intellectually stimulating sounds of this relaxed outing peaked my interest, and so I emptied my alrready meagrely-filled pockets to purchase these sound pieces. Didn't I feel like a fool (however well-educated I may be) when I got home and realized that "Instrumentals" is a re-release, and I already owned it on EP!
CD 19.98
MAGNETO-PHONE
I Guess Sometimes I Need to be Reminded of How Much You Love Me CD
In London, apartments are rather cramped. But then again, how much square footage does one need to make some noise in the culture industry? Minimal. Instead, marry talent with technology and one finds making music a desktop possibility. London's latest indie-electro-pop upstarts Magnétophone understand limitations, as well as their possibility to transform them into favourable aesthetics. Their sound is lush, organic and dreamy -imagine My Bloody Valentine playing water polo with Third Eye Foundation in a pool of Calla Lilies. This image would be expensive to realize, so keep it as mental magic and check out Magnetophone!
CD 16.98
THE GENTLE WAVES
A Swansong for You CD
These pages have long sung the praises of Belle and Sebastian, and now, like sparrows knowing that there is a full world beyond the nest, they must take flight. Sorrow-laden songs like these enchant the Norwegian Woods and provide the perfect fodder for winter walks with a Walkman beneath your faux-fur lined parka. Isobel Campbell finds time away from her duties as cellist and vocalist for Belle and Sebastian to branch out as a chanteuse ˆ la Nico, Sandy Shaw and Dusty Springfield! A nice wintery listen!
CD 19.98
THE NASTY
On Lester Bangs CDEP
Hot rockin' is nigh, Vancouver! Finally the debut release by these gravel-throated, power-chording bad boys. Here are six tracks that are sure to endear the band to the black hair and leather crowd and beyond. Excellent front cover illustration of that legendary rock scribe who would surely love them as much as we do. Devil-horn salutes all 'round!
CDEP 8.98
RALPH
This is for The Night People CD
French inhaling, the smoke curls through the gills of the late night streets. Who's out at this hour? Shimmy up to your lonely shadow and get with the beat of Ralph's latest '60s jazz-poetry soundtrack. Bongo's seduce boxcars, boxcars, boxcars as the exotic evening slowly twists towards daylight. Experience... honey, that can't be bought!!
CD 14.98
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