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More info on those records I been posting about.

Blake Baxter : Poetry And Rhythm – Session Two (Nice covers of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence)

Etiop: Sub + Sub (Recognition Poland) 12″: (Newcomer on Jacek Sienkiewicz’ Recognition label. ‘Mysticism’ has a kinda-acidic bassline, merged with detuned pads and slightly-clicky beats)

Solo Action: Opulence (Solo Action Germany) (*PROPER* techno. All three tracks killer)

Analog Fingerprints : Age of Hypocrisy (New Marco Passirani on Submerge-affiliated label, churning out classic Detroit and full-on rave sounds. All four track = detonation)

Kirk Degiorgio : EP3 – (Four tracks of kinda-slow Detroitiotechno)

Duplex 100 : Extrapoliert (MJ goes UR)

Horror Inc. : I Plead Guilty (Akufen goes deep dark piano)

Karizma : Strings Emotional EP (Interesting ‘deep burnt’-style strings with a kinda UR synth taking over the second half. A bit tracky, but good)

Sebo K : Changes EP (Drum ‘n bass producer doing acid and old school Chicago stuffs)

Ultradyne : The Privilege Of Sacrifice (Sinister stuff Alex! I totally scared a hungover friend with it Sunday morning. Some of the synths remind me a bit of Skinny Puppy, which is a big compliment in my book)

DJ Rels : Theme For A Broken Soul (Madlib and Peanut Butter Wolf go broken beat, and end up sounding something like Theo Parrish were he to do the same. A few gems on here, solid throughout)

Umod : Enter The Umod (Differently broken beats from Domu. ‘For Funk’s Sake’ and ‘What Melody’ are sick, particularly the latter, which has as much attention to detail as any track I’ve hear. Domu’s stil on a roll. The 12″ of ‘Tromboline’ is also worth getting for the flip)

Various Artists : Del Alma Sampler Vol.1 (New on Amalgama, featuring a tasty Titonton stuff that may be atyically broken enough to not scare away those who don’t usually feel broken beat stuff)

808 State : Prebuild (Ancient rarities unearthed on Rephlex. Particularly enjoying ‘The Ride’, ‘Sex Mechanic’ and ‘Automatic’)

Population One : Earth 2976 (Old Terrence Dixon reissue on Metroplex. All three tracks nice. Crappy recording or pressing but still playable)

Mike L & Lanoiraude : Mystic River EP (Sounds like a Charles Webster Remix.

It is a Charles Webster remix!)

Bjork : Medulla (Mostly acapella album featuring Icelandic choruses and Razell, formerly of The Roots. A must for fans)

Ame : Mifune / Shiro (Two excellent new tracks on Sonar Kollektiv, the first reminding me a bit of Attend 1 without being unoriginal)

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble : Running In The Streets (Another Charles Webster Remix. A slow builder. Really tasty if that’s your thing)

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Blake Baxter : Poetry And Rhythm – Session Two – 12″

The Godson : Soul Edge EP 2 – 12″

Pirahnahead : Dreams – 12″

Prince / Hawkeye / Vangelis : Kiss (Remix) / Born / Blade Runner (Re-edit) – 12″

Rhythm & Sound : The Versions – LP

Savath & Savalas : Manana – LP

ANANDA, Gabriel: Wegeschwindel (Trapez Germany) 12″: (TRAPEZ 23)

CURTIN, Dan: Shadow Locked (Inzec Germany) 12″: (INZEC 019)

ETIOP: Sub + Sub (Recognition Poland) 12″: (R-EP 010)

INDUCEVE: Time To Begin (remixes) (Classic) 12″: (CMC 15RMX)

LINDBLAD, Klas/ASSHOLE & GENTLEMAN/HENRIK SCHWARZ/GEORGE SPRUCE: Sunday 3 (Sunday Music Germany) 12″: (SMR 003)

SAMUEL, Jeff: Knob (remixes) (Trapez Germany) 12″: (TRAPEZ 28 )

SOLO ACTION: Opulence (Solo Action Germany) 12″: (SOA 1203)

UR: Millennium To Millennium (Underground Resistance US) 12″: (UR 2001)

WEI CHI: Faces & Places (Compost Germany) 12″: (COMP 164-1)

Panic in Detroit Sampler

Analog Fingerprints – Age of Hypocrisy

Native Funk – Retro Elements

DJ Bone – Physics

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I got these vinyls

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Afronaught Presente Son De Batey : Carnaval – 12″

Juan Atkins : Rebound – 12″

Declaime : Heavenbound – 12″

Kirk Degiorgio : EP3 – 12″

DJ Rels : Theme For A Broken Soul – LP

Duplex 100 : Extrapoliert (w/Mathew Jonson remix) – 12″

Horror Inc. : I Plead Guilty – 12″

Impossible Beings : Too Late (w/Brooks remixes )– 12″

Karizma : Strings Emotional EP – 12″

Metro Area : Metro Area 5 – 12″

Moodmusic Limited : Unreleased Vol.5 – 12″

Sebo K : Changes EP – 12″

Ultradyne : The Privilege Of Sacrifice – 12″

Umod : Enter The Umod – 2xLP

Various Artists : Del Alma Sampler Vol.1 – 12″

808 State : Prebuild – 2xLP (ancient rarities unearthed)

Population One : Earth 2976 – 12″ (Old Terrence Dixon reissue on Metroplex)

Mike L & Lanoiraude : Mystic River EP – 12″ (Charles Webster Remix)

Charts

Charts

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September 2004 Top 15 (caught up)

1. Juan Atkins : Back To Basics (Part 2) 12″

2. Mathew Jonson : Decompression EP 12″

3. Ame : Mifune / Shiro 12″

4. Omar S : Oasis – Detroit #1 12″

5. Henrik Schwarz : Supravision EP 12″

6. Freeq Unique : Who Are We / Mind & Soul 12″

7. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble : Running In The Streets – Charles Webster Remixes 12″

8. Bjork : Medulla 2 x 12″

9. Omar S : Always There 12″

10. Mathew Johnson : Love Letter To The Enemy EP 12″

11. Henrik Schwarz : Chicago 12″

12. Kenny Dixon Jr : Private Collection – 12″ 12″

13. Mathew Jonson / The Mole : Moss Rocks EP 12″

14. V/A : Bad Acid – Album Sampler 12″

15. Alex Gopher & Etienne De Crecy / Etienne De Crecy : Overnet / Soul Seek 10″

August 2004 Top 20 (making up for lost time)

1. Madvillain : Madvillainy 2 x 12″

2. V/A : Bigger Bear Vs. Hairy Claw – Clash Of The Big Paws 10″

3. Silvio Manuel : The Master Of Darkness EP 12″

4. Umod : Tromboline – Domu Mix / On The Down Low – Zoltar Mix 12″

5. Orgue Electronique : Texas Brooklyn Heaven 12″

6. I:Cube : F33z EP 12″

7. Madlib : Remixes 2 : 1980s Saturday Morning Edition (All Samples 1977-1982) 2 x 12″

8. DJ Yoav B : First Blood EP 12″

9. Spymusic : Cloak 12″

10. DJ Spinna : Compositions 2 LP

11. Rima : Subdued (Amp Fiddler and Isoul8 remixes) 12″

12. Bounce : Drop the Ball 12″

13. Lazyboy feat. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry : Penguin – Mad Professor & Manasseh Remixes 2 x 7″

14. Just One : Love 2 Love 12″

15. DJ Genesis / Omar S : Tribute To Betty (Tonight) / U 12″

16. Renaissance : Do it to It 12″

17. Dabrye : Game Over (Feat. Jay Dee And Phat Kat) 12″

18. Lindstrom : Plague the Kid 12″

19. RJD2 : Exotic Talk (Ltd edition) 12″

20. Amy Winehouse : In my Bed (BITA Remixes) 12″

Concerts

Accidental Power Cut

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Here’s the original press release from the show I went to last night. Same place I saw Monade, The High Llamas and The Sea and Cake last year.

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The hub and Accidental Records are proud to present:

THE ACCIDENTAL POWERCUT

AN EVENING OF ENTIRELY ACOUSTIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC at UNION CHAPEL on Thursday 23rd September 2004

Commencing at 8 O’clock

The night will feature the incomparable vocalist Ms Dani Siciliano and keyboard maestro Mr Phil Parnell playing the music of big band leader, producer and accordianist Mr Matthew Herbert, Mr Max de Wardener will play with his band on their incredible musical bowls and indescribable devices!!! Ms. Mara Carlyle, accompanied by her group of first-class musicians will perform songs and airs featured on her debut Long Player “The Lovely”, and Mr John Matthias singer songwriter extraordinaire.

To these esteemed artists we will add special guests who cannot be named on this piece of promotional material

Artists appearing will be playing without recourse to or assistance from electrical instruments, amplification or sound reinforcement to whit:

THEY WILL BE PLAYING ENTIRELY ACOUSTICALLY.

We believe that such a night as this, offering wholly acoustic interpretations of electronic music, is a debut presentation by any impresario or collection of performers anywhere in the world.

Tickets may be purchased using a computer connected to the World Wide Web for the sum of £10 sterling at www.unionchapel.org.uk

the hub and The Accidental Records Company assure you that this performance will be second to none!

Further information can be found at http://www.thehubuk.com/powercut.html

UNION CHAPEL

CONFIRMED EVENTS FOR WINTER SEASON ‘04

23rd September ACCIDENTAL POWERCUT

Tickets £10 from www.unionchapel.org.uk

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Aside from Dani Siciliano’s microphone problems, it all went great. Max de Wardener had these huge glass bell things that he and two other percussionists were playing, although he mostly played the bass. He also used the mamothing organ. The music really translated well from the album from what I can tell (although I’ve only heard it straight-through once). Really hipnotic, slightly Reich-y stuff.

Siciliano and Mara Carlyle both used mics – the only amplification all night. Originally it was supposed to be amplification-free, but when John Matthias sang without one you could see why they chose to birng them out (he was really hard to hear). Part of the problem with Siciliano’s mic was that it clearly wasn’t the sort you are meant to sing directly into (it was clipped to her shirt originally), and when she did sing directly into it you often got loud nose sounds and shit like that. Nothing horrendous, but a distraction. She gradually got more acustomed to it as her set went on though, and when she closed with some more upbeat tunes she was well on-form. What a voice! Sounded just like it does on the recordings. She played all Herbert songs that she originally sung on, except one from her album, if I count correctly.

John Matthias was good, but eventually started to sound like the soundtrack to I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!.

I mean, what was up with the dude who had the maracas in his pocket? Or was that not part of that show??? Poop. Can’t remember.

Mara Carlyle was fucking stunning. She opened up with her three ‘angels’ singing some hymnal shit while she played the saw. She followed that up with a good chunk of her album. Her voice is just amazing. It’s been so long since I’ve seen someone who sings across so much range that they actually use their body to get the notes out right. She kinda reminds me of Allison Moyet, but better. Totally enthralling. Really glad I went.

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Mathew Jonson – Decompression EP – Minus

Chez Damier – Spiritual Warfare V.1 – Track Mode

Bjork : Medulla

Freeq Unique : Who Are We / Mind & Soul

Troubleman – Strikehard

Ohmega Watts – A Request/Illuminate (feat. Lightheaded & Lifesavas)

Mike Huckaby – Harmony Park Calssics Vol. 1

16B: Doubt (Hooj Choons) [Disclaimer re: Hooj, there’s a decent sounding Brooks remix on the cheap]

Crusho: Frontline EP (Q Tape France) [2nd try. Stock listing error last time]

Jonson, Matthew/The Mole: Moss Rocks EP (Arbutus US)

Willis: You Know Who (remix) [Another Brooks remix, which I think is something I really want, but not sure if it’s the right one. Was also cheap]

Mathew Johnson – Love Letter To The Enemy EP – Itiswhatitis

Ame : Mifune / Shiro

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble : Running In The Streets – Charles Webster Remixes

Omar S : 002

…which may help explain why I’m broke again despite the tax refund this month!

Gigs

T-Funkshun @ The Magnet, Liverpool

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Scott picked us up at Lime Street and took is to his abode, which happened to be in one of the coolest areas in Liverpool. We watched some Takeshi’s Castle and got some pizza. Headed to the Magnet, which is a really unusual place. It’s got loads of mafia booths and a small runway at the front of the downstairs stage, plus a separate DJ booth.

The pizza and the heat upstairs made a bit queasy early on, but by the time the early rock band (featuring a dude on Theremin) was done we got to check out Scott’s and Mark’s sets, which helped settle everything down a bit. The back room had a big fish tank beneath the booth. Wish I had pictures of some of this stuff. Both the early sets were nice, although I was a bit anxious to get on with my set after Scott started his set with six records I own!

My set went pretty well, although it wasn’t as tight as I would have hoped. I think there are at least 5 mixes I wish I had back. The crowd was great though. There were a handful of people who followed me throughout my set, which I was really happy with, since I covered a lot of territory. But what was really cool is that at every point in the set there were other groups of people who got totally into it. Even during the broken beat bit Mark’s girlfriend was singing along to everything, and I had feared that would be the part that would lose everyone. By the time I got the tempo up the dance floor was fairly consistently rocking – so I’m really happy with how well it went over.