My poor bank account. Along with the Beef Terminal CDs I ordered up they
threw in their Sampler Vol2, so now I have to get the whole discography.
The music on the label is varied, but a common thread runs through --
melody and quiet, and percussion that doesn't try to mug you. Delightfully
shoe-gazer-esque without succumbing to nostalgia for the late 80s...
Sparrow Orange "Dreams About Motion" -- ice cream truck melodies, naive
guitars and subtle drumming. Reminds me of the Eno album "Before and After
Science."
K.C. Accidental "Nancy and the Girdle Boy" is like My Bloody
Valentine, Band of Susans, and Rhys Chatham drinking shandy together in a
rowboat.
Tinkertoy "Why doesn't my coffee have good creama?" -- straight up minor
chord tech-house but nicely varied without violating any of the
regulations governing minimal techno. In a good way.
Robin Judge "Quadra" flirts with Basic Channelism but chock full of vague
twitterings, and it even modulates briefly to the relative major key!
Beef Terminal "Daydreams of wasted time" -- I don't like the percussion
on this one as much as some other Beef Terminal tracks, but I love the
elliptical way the guitars loop around.
Naw "Orialis" Tech house along the lines of Akufen or Hakan Libdo but
nicely textured and layered.
Beef Terminal "An Early Start" -- beatless, loopy, lush guitars. Like taking
a warm bath in guitars.
Broken social Scene "Love and Mathematics" breakbeats, major chords, sweetness.
Like a Bjork song only without that crazy dwarf yowling over the top.
Naw "brittle sticks" -- scary, ambient rumblings set to that rocking techno
beat.
K.C. Accidental "Ruined in 84" -- short and sweet, ruined, presumably, by
listing to Wire and Sonic Youth.
Beef Terminal "Sick Love Under Toronto" -- Do you remember when U2 was cool
because of the Edge and his delay pedal? So does Beef Terminal!
Sparrow Orange "Hands and Knees Music" -- lush and wistful. Lovely.
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