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PRETTY BOY CROSSOVER - 'The Building and Formation'
"Originally intended for release on UK label Skam Records,
"The Building And Formation" is the second album from Pretty
Boy Crossover [PBXO], the first with the band as a two-piece.
Far removed from the computer-based digital trickery of many
of their peers, this Australian duo (Cailan Burns and Jason
Sweeney) produced these tracks entirely at their homes using
an 8-track recorder. The imperfections of the cassette masters
are as much a part of the aesthetic as the crunch of lo-fi drum
samples and the hum of wire and circuitry. The old machines
that the band use (including a variety of analogue keyboards
and an 8-bit sampler) lend an organic quality to the music through
their unpredictably. The band members themselves often can't pick
the trajectory of their sounds, the way in which they may emerge.
While certainly being concerned with the sound of machines, Pretty
Boy Crossover aren't interested in letting the technology be the focal
point. Instead they use it here to create ten different emotional
atmospheres. The duo may play with machines like hildren with
access to new toys, making strange sounds with their boxes, but
they always create something beautiful, expressive and moving
from the artefacts.
:: tracklist ::
01. x-3 fader
02. speeldos
03. blu-glo
04. lines half spoken
05. dekoi
06. insect architecture
07. 2-26 transformer
08. sub holiday
09. oranjebloom
10. audio letters
Track 09 'blu-glo' is available on net-label Monotonik as MP3:
http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp24.html
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VIM! - "Linden - Home of the hits"
Vim [aka keith baylis], has been wowing underground 'demo-scene'
collectors for years with his heady blend of nostalgia, classic video-game
style, and fractured beats, agit-prop style. If you ever wondered what a
blend of Tim Follin (classic Commodore64 composer!), and a mellowed-out,
nostalgicised Squarepusher would sound like, then you've come to the right
place.
As well as receiving airplay from UK legend John Peel [ under his guise
'Vom' - on Welsh label Oggum ], Vim has had music included on a Playstation
game ['Tank Racer' ], and has just recently remixed US artist Marumari
Carpark Records].
:: tracklist ::
01. art of spelling it rite
02. winging it
03 you know laura
04. the snow set
05. shut down and sit up
06. hot darts action
07. just some pings
08. how we wrote promotional video
09. hot rum and lemon, gannet!
10. exists in bad sectors
11. leopold 45
12. jackie batey
13. better known as craprak
14. having a tinkle
15. saftey blitz
16. angel delight saved me
17. thin strips of you
18. something about winter
Three tracks from the album are also available at the excellent
net label 'Monotonik' as MP3 !
[ thin strips of you / jackey batey / angel delight saved me ]
http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp29.html
Both releases are available from : www.skimo.com ,
www.safetyinnumbers.net , www.pelicanneck.com ,
www.bentcrayon.com , www.synrecords.com
and please remember, Surgery can make you a better lover.
Tim.
[ www.surgeryrecords.com.au ]
[ tim@surgeryrecords.com.au ]
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