Tracks EAT ME, DRINK ME
- The Red Carpet Grave
- Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)
- Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)
- If I Was Your Vampire
- Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery
- EAT ME, DRINK ME
- They Said That Hell's Not Hot
- Putting Holes In Happiness
- You And Me And The Devil Makes 3
- Evidence
- Just A Car Crash Away
- Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)
- Are You The Rabbit?
Release date: 2007-06-04
Run time: 62 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.89
Review EAT ME, DRINK ME / Marilyn Manson:
Tracks The Rex the Dog Show
- Italian Skyline
- Intro
- Tony The Beat - Sounds (4)
- Gecko
- Heartbeats - Knife
- Frequency
- Circulate
- I Can See You Can You See Me
- Prototype
- Bubblicious
- I Look Into Mid Air
- Maximize 2008
- Itchy Scratchy
- Heartsong
Release date: 2008-09-08
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.98
Review The Rex the Dog Show / Rex The Dog:
Tracks Outside World
- Das Testament des Dr Mabuse (13th Life mix)
- Duel (Bitter Sweet)
- Complete Machinery
- Lied
- The Lesson
- Femme Fatale (The Woman With The Orchid)
- Frozen Faces (12" version)
- Jewel
- Echo Of Frozen Faces
- Das Testament des Dr Mabuse (DJ promo version)
- p.Machinery (Beta mix)
Release date: 2002-08-12
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.64
Review Outside World / Propaganda:Serving to remind us that Dusseldorf could be famous for something other than Kraftwerk, Outside World is an accurately compact retrospective of German synth collective Propaganda's all-too-brief flirtation with popularity in the mid-1980s (and that's hardly surprising, given their label's obsession with tugging on the udders of Frankie Goes to Hollywood for all they were worth). At a time when English musical ears were suspicious of post-Abba foreign accents-was "99 Red Balloons" really all our European neighbours could contribute to the EEC pop mountain?-and yet strangely in awe of all things efficiently cold and Teutonic when it came to synthesisers (the Mobiles, Ultravox, New Order) Propaganda were not found wanting. In Claudia Brucken, they had the archetypical blonde German ice maiden who sang with all the sang-froid of a devil-worshipping abattoir supervisor while their slickly produced (man of the moment Trevor Horn, of course) and sinuous synth-pop reached its classically melodic apex on the timeless "Duel" (a UK Number 21 in 1985) and its grievous, piston-rhythmed punk sibling "Jewel". As with Frankie Goes to Hollywood, you'd need a box set to collate the manifold vinyl remixes issued by designer label ZTT at the time, but Outside World cuts to the chase and tells the Propaganda novice all he/she needs to know in a delightfully silvery disc-shaped package. -Kevin Maidment.
Tracks Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life
- Dance with Me
- Stop What You're Doing
- Welcome
- Grey Skies
- Nothing Else
- Get Silly
- Beauty
- So Good Today
- Pusherman
- Bright Future
- Get Closer - Die & Clipz, Ben Westbeech
- Hang Around
- Gotta Keep On
- In/Out
- Taken Away From
Release date: 2007-03-26
RRP: £12.99
Price: £8.25
Review Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life / Ben Westbeech:
Tracks Labcabincalifornia
- Bullshit
- It's All Good
- Emerald Butterfly
- Hey You
- Drop
- Just Don't Matter
- Splattitorium
- She Said
- Little D
- Pharcyde
- The E.N.D.
- Moment In Time
- Groupie Therapy
- Devil Music
- The Hustle - The Pharcyde, Big Boy, Schmooche Cat, Randy Mack
- Somethin' That Means Somethin'
- Runnin'
- Y?
- All Live
Release date: 1996-04-01
Run time: 76 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.44
Review Labcabincalifornia / The Pharcyde:People who love the idea of hip-hop and believe it can be as complex and broadly emotional as any music, but who are weary of the rigidity with which rappers define themselves, salivate over groups like the Pharcyde. The foursome comes from the gangsta rap mecca of South Central L. A. but their musical vision veers closer to the worldwide vibe of east coasters De La Soul than any Gat-toting sellout. Their 1992 debut Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde unveiled a group with flair and personality-both smart and whimsical-and an honesty rarely heard in rhyme. During the three years that followed its release, group members Imani, Tre, Romye, and Fatlip moved from their Pharcyde Manor in South Central to a suburban L. A. home/studio, Lab Cabin. The long-awaited sophomore effort, Labcabincalifornia, reflected the group's new environment with a sound more polished, more mature, but a lot less uproarious than before. The group apparently labored meticulously in Lab Cabin, where they cleaned and tightened the Pharcyde sound. [+]But, it seems their upscaled style sanitized the energy and enthusiasm so abundant on Bizarre Ride. Tracks like "Runnin'" and "She Said" roll with more subdued and disciplined west coast jazz/soul samples and feature technically strong but often aimless and uninteresting rapping. Even a promising cut titled "Splattitorium" turns out to be a quiet stoned mumble over mellow piano tinkles. Perhaps with Labcabin, the Pharcyde guys grew too much. Hopefully next time around they'll remember how to be kids again. -Roni Sarig.
Tracks La Peste
- 2129
- Strange
- Mansion on the hill
- Hotel California
- Thrills have gone
- Too sick to pray
- Sad eyed lady of the lowlife
- Woke up this morning
- Sinking
- Wade into the water
- Cocaine
- Walking in my sleep
Release date: 2000-10-16
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.69
Review La Peste / Alabama 3:Before Gomez got a taste for tequila and campfire blues there was the Alabama 3. Led by Reverend Dr D. Wayne Love, aided by the gospel choir of The First Presleyterian Church Of Elvis The Divine and the bleeps and beats that they call "sweet, country, acid-house music", their debut album, Exile On Coldharbour Lane, was both ingenious and intentionally comical. For the follow-up, La Peste, the humorous caricatures have been toned down-Dr Love is now just Rob Spragg-and the blend of hobo folk and electro eccentricity has been refined to the point of perfection. Spragg still does an amazing impersonation of a fallen preacherman looking for redemption with his Southern States drawl (although he's actually from Brixton, South London) and the bible-bashing parables of "Too Sick To Pray" and "Wade Into The Water"-coming across more disturbed than his previous slapstick incarnation. Even the hobo-house cover of The Eagles' "Hotel California" rates as inspired. La Peste is brilliant, beat-fuelled, Jack-Daniels-drenched hillbilly techno. -Dan Gennoe.
Tracks The Very Best of the Three Degrees
- When Will I See You Again
- My Simple Heart
- Set Me Free
- Year Of Decision
- TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
- Red Light
- Without You
- Take Good Care Of Yourself
- Runner
- Jump The Gun
- Givin' In
- Falling In Love Again
- Golden Lady
- Out Of Love Again
- Body Check
- Dirty Ol' Man
- Woman In Love
- Hot Summer Nights
Release date: 2000-03-28
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.19
Review The Very Best of the Three Degrees / Three Degrees:
Tracks Music for Accelerated Learning
- Arabesque
- Comfort Zone
- Eventide
- Oasis
- Dawn
- Pachelbel's Canon
- Learning Zone II
- Alpha Zone
- In the Flow
- Waterfall
- Pastorale
- Learning Zone I
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.13
Review Music for Accelerated Learning / Steven Halpern:
Tracks Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)
- Extreme Ways (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Release date: 2007-09-17
RRP: £4.99
Price: £1.93
Review Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum) / Moby:
Tracks In Silico (Special Edition)
- 9,000 Miles
- Propane Nightmares
- Granite live video (From Electric Ballroom)
- Propane - VIP remix
- The Other Side
- Mutiny
- Propane -Celldweller remix
- Granite
- Showdown
- The Tempest
- Different
- Propane Video (edit)
- Midnight Runner
- Visions
Release date: 2008-05-12
RRP: £19.99
Price: £11.40
Review In Silico (Special Edition) / Pendulum:In Silico might be the second album from Pendulum, but it's their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album Hold Your Colour was a muscular collection of hard drum'n'bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On In Silico, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band's production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum's fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener "Slowdown" imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progressive rock-out mode, while the elegiac "Propane Nightmares" commences with a Mariachi trumpet serenade. Dance connoisseurs will probably complain Pendulum's beats lack a certain finesse, but if you like your dance music a) fast and b) hard then In Silico has all bases covered. -Louis Pattison.
Tracks Dancehall '69: 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities
- Peace Maker - The Hippy Boys
- Cherrie - The Soul Twins
- The Split - The Rudies
- The Conqueror - Derrick Morgan
- Annie Pama - The Bunny Lee All Stars
- Soul Fight - The Medetators
- Devil's Lead Soup - The Rudies
- Walk With Des - Des All Stars
- Clap Clap - Max Romeo, The Hippy Boys
- Zion I - King Horror
- Warfare - The Bunny Lee All Stars
- Bush Doctor - The Music Doctors
- Tear Them - Desmond Riley
- Dreams To Remember - The Hippy Boys
- In The Spirit - Lloyd Charmers
- The Thief - Joe Mansano
- Bossa Moon - S S Binns
- Shake Me Wake Me - Dandy
- Ba Ba - The Reggae Boys
- One Thousand Tons Of Megaton - Roland Alphonso
- Return Of The Bad Man - Hot Rod All Stars
- Fight For Your Right - Busty Brown
- Black Scorcher - Des All Stars
- Your Boss DJ - Dice The Boss
- My Last Date - Hortense Ellis
- Kick Me Or I'll Kick You - Cimarons
- Power Cut - Glen Adams
- Black Panther - Sir Collins
- Red Ash - Carl Bryan
- Music Doctor, Chapter 1 - The Music Doctors
- Revenge Of Eastwood - The Prophets
- The Saint (The Saints Go Marching In) - Tommy McCook
- Cutting Blade - King Horror
- What's Your Excuse - The Hippy Boys
- Walking Thru' Jerusalem - The Corporation
- Reggae Pressure - The Hippy Boys
- Reggae Buddy - The Victors
- Teahouse From Emperor Rosko - Dice The Boss
- Musical Resurrection - Roland Alphonso
- Going Strong - The Music Doctors
Release date: 2008-02-26
Run time: 111 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.87
Review Dancehall '69: 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities / Various Artists:
Tracks Black Secret Technology
- Survival
- Cyberjazz
- So Many Dreams
- Reno
- Finleys Rainbow [Slow Motion Mix]
- Dreaming of You
- Energy [Extended Mix]
- Cybergen
- Nile
- Voodoo Rage
- Silent Cry
- Alita's Dream
- Life Unfolds His Mystery
Release date: 2008-07-25
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.23
Review Black Secret Technology / Guy Called Gerald:
Tracks The Trojan Dub Box Set Vol.1
- Love Of Jah Jah Children - GG All Stars
- Do you dub - Aggrovators
- King Tubby's badness dub - King Tubby
- King Tubby's Conversation Dub - King Tubby
- Long Time Dub - Upsetters (1)
- King Tubby's patient dub - King Tubby
- Rema Dub - Observer All Stars
- Black ash - Sly & The Revolutionaries
- Death of Mr Spock - Roots Radics
- Version I Can Feel With Love - McCook, Tommy & The Aggrovators
- Nigger - Isaacs, Gregory
- Rebel Dance - Observer All Stars
- Right down to dubland - Jahlights
- Slum - Isaacs, Gregory
- Dubbing Sandra - Upsetters (1)
- White Rum - Sly & The Revolutionaries
- Marijuana - Sly & The Revolutionaries
- Son of Darth Vadar - Roots Radics
- Big boss of dubs - McCook, Tommy & The Aggrovators
- Miss Know It All - Scientist (1)
- Dubbing with the Observer - Observers
- Scientist ganja dub - Scientist
- Leggo Beast - Isaacs, Gregory
- Rasta locks - Observers
- African dub - Silvertones
- Sir Niney's rock - Observers
- Dread dub - Lloyd's All Stars
- Collie - Sly & The Revolutionaries
- Mission Impossible - Roots Radics
- Mosquito dub - GG All Stars
- Gorgon of dubs and horns - McCook, Tommy & The Aggrovators
- Dancing Version - McCook, Tommy & The Aggrovators
- Jah Jah dub - Aggrovators
- Leaving - Isaacs, Gregory
- Cocaine - Sly & The Revolutionaries
- King Tubby's explosion dub - King Tubby
- Crabbit Version - Aggrovators
- Herb - Sly & The Revolutionaries
- Freedom dub - Upsetters
- Alien aborts - Roots Radics
- Dub so - Upsetters
- Tam tam - Isaacs, Gregory
- Public Eyes - Isaacs, Gregory
- Dub dat - Upsetters (1)
- Dubbin' And Wailin' - Velvet Shadows
- Turntable dub - Observers
- Rock me in dub - Thompson's All Stars
- Gigantic dub - McCook, Tommy & The Aggrovators
- Storming The Death Star - Roots Radics
- Dub on my pillow - Aggrovators
Release date: 1998-10-19
RRP: £14.99
Price: £10.65
Review The Trojan Dub Box Set Vol.1 / Various Artists:
Tracks The Teaches of Peaches
- Diddle My Skittle
- Suck And Let Go
- Felix Partz
- Cum Undun
- Rock Show
- Lovertits
- Set It Off
- Fuck The Pain Away
- Sucker
- Hot Rod
- AA XXX
Release date: 2002-10-28
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.00
Review The Teaches of Peaches / Peaches:
Tracks Ghosts
- 12 Bar Acid Blues
- So You Say
- Medevac
- There's A Place
- Coming Up For Air
- Ghosts
- Goldfish
- Halcyon Days
- Don't Give It Up
- Make It Right
- Sometimes
Release date: 2007-06-25
RRP: £11.99
Price: £6.49
Review Ghosts / Siobhan Donaghy:Siobhan Donaghy probably imagined she'd get some decent mileage out of being an ex-Sugababe - little did she know that her sort would soon become about as commonplace as the tears of an X-Factor reject clown. And after an underperforming debut album (Revolution In Me), she might seem about as likely to succeed. But that would indeed be a cruel and ill-fitting fate to befall such a dreamy-toned red-haired delight. Her muted elegance was always the foil to the sultry sass manufactured at the Sugababes' core, and on her second solo album Siobhan Donaghy allows that quality to mature yet further, finding a taste of the accomplishment that perhaps evaded her previously. Adopting a pitch somewhere between the sumptuous nonchalance of her former band and All Saints, and the full-bodied grown-up pop of Texas or, at her best, The Sundays Ghosts finds strength in its own comforts. Its range is narrow but assured, never punching above its weight, firmly hitting its targets. And though steady and mid-paced it enjoys a perky production standard giving it a tight modern sheen that holds its head above the water. The hypnotising single 'Don't Give It Up' and sun-kissed cloud-skipping ethereality of 'Sometimes' exemplify this best. -James Berry.
Tracks Best Of Cafe Del Mar - New Version
- Come Back - Jose Padilla
- Entre Dos Aguas - Paco De Lucia
- In A Little While - U2
- Trans Fatty Acid - Lamb
- Music For A Found Harmonium - The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Angelica - Lamb
- Uschi's Groove - The Ballistic Brothers
- Olas De Sal - Zuell
- Smokebelch II - The Sabres Of Paradise
- Sunbeams - UKO
- Talking With Myself - Electribe 101
- Adios Ayer - Jose Padilla
- The Messenger - New Funky Generation
- Gula Gula - Mari Boine
- God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - Coldplay
- Gymnopedie No.1 - Erik Satie
- Northern Lights - Lux, Tudor Moore
- Whispering Wind - Moby
- Troubled Girl - Karen Ramirez
- Sunshines Better (Talvin Singh) - John Martyn
- Letting The Cables Sleep - Bush
- Lula - Phil Mison
- Tatouage Bleu (Avec Chet) - Ben Onono
- Paradise - Nookie, Larry "Mr. Fingers" Heard, Nookie featuring Larry Heard
- Mad World - Tears For Fears
- Easter Song - A Man Called Adam
- Mumbai Theme Tune - A.R. Rahman
Release date: 2004-03-29
Run time: 136 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.46
Review Best Of Cafe Del Mar - New Version / Various Artists:
Tracks The Sun & The Neon Light (Limited Edition)
- Redemption
- Control Me (Non Vocal Mix)
- Comacabana
- Numbers (Extended Vocal Mix)
- Sweet Lies
- You Don't know what you Mean (J's Lullably)
- Karma Car (album version)
- Duke (Arrival Mix)
- Psychameleon
- Planetery
- The Sun & the Neon Light
- Outskirts
- Sweet lies (Spotlight Mix)
- You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (J's Lullaby)
- Duke
- Outskirts (Babelsberg Mix)
- Karma Car (Club Mix)
- Solo City
- Redemption (Factory Mix)
- Dusty Boots
- Charlotte
- Charlotte (Extended Mix)
- Monkey On My Deck (Studio Version)
- Control me
- Dusty Boots (High At Noon Mix)
Release date: 2008-05-26
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.66
Review The Sun & The Neon Light (Limited Edition) / Booka Shade:
Tracks Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 4
- Electric - Styles & Breeze
- Like I Feel - D:Code, Emma
- Doesn't Matter - Hypersonic Vs Jorg Schmidt
- Come With Me - Styles & Breeze
- Rise Again - Breeze v Lost Witness
- Maybe - Breeze & UFO
- Cruising (Beachball 2006) - Nalin & Kane, Alex Prince
- See The Light - Paradise
- The Dream - Various Artists
- Party People - Styles & Squad E
- Come Running - Darren Styles, Francis Hill
- I Need You - Darren Styles, Junior
- Light Of My Life - Darren Styles, Francis Hill
- Sunshine - Darren Styles, Andrea Britton
- You And Me - SHM
- Heaven - Manian, Aila
- Love For Life - Sy & Unknown, Emily Reed
- Hands Of Time - Sy & Unknown, Lou Lou
- Intro - Fiona Merry
- Girlfriend - Darren Styles, Whizzkid
- If I Were You - Breeze, Ritman
- Burning Love - Katie Jewels
- Dancing In The Dark - Micky Modelle, Jessy
- Dark & Light - Dj Demand
- Beating Of The Drum (Can You Feel It) - Re-Con
- Save The Rave - Re-Con
- Paradise & Dreams - Ultrabeat V Darren Styles
- Rippin' - Gammer
- Sometimes - Breeze v Lost Witness
- Magic Touch - M&C, Rebecca Rudd
- Don't Go Away - Breeze, Ritmen
- Jealous - Darren Styles
- Wii Go Crazy - Dougal & Gammer
- Filthy - Breeze & UFO
- Do You Want Me Honey - Styles & Breeze
- Baby I'll Let You Know - Darren Styles, Hypasonic
Release date: 2007-12-03
Run time: 155 min.
RRP: £17.99
Price: £11.96
Review Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 4 / Various Artists:
Tracks From the Archives Vol.4
- Plasmatik
- Absent With Concept
- Mango Tree
- 5 Months 5 Acres
- Climbing
- Golden Burnt
- Shingles
- 100 Baby Spiders
- Wookii
- Hidden Sign
- Speed Ball
- West Path
Release date: 2008-05-12
RRP: £11.99
Price: £4.99
Review From the Archives Vol.4 / Future Sound Of London:
Tracks Geogaddi
- The Smallest Weird Number
- Alpha And Omega
- Energy Warning
- Magic Window
- Over The Horizon Radar
- Julie And Candy
- Ready Lets Go
- Opening The Mouth
- 1969
- In The Annexe
- Dandelion
- Dawn Chorus
- The Devil Is In the Details
- Diving Station
- Music Is Math
- I Saw Drones
- Beware The Friendly Stranger
- You Could Feel The Sky
- The Beach At Redpoint
- a is To b is To C
- Corsair
- Gyroscope
- Sunshine Recorder
Release date: 2002-02-18
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.34
Review Geogaddi / Boards Of Canada:Geogaddi follows on from Boards Of Canada debut album, 1998's Music Has The Right To Children, a real slow-burner that gently infused its way into the consciousness like a rolling fog of sepia-tinged psychedelia and child-like lullaby melodies. Ironically, though, the greater the plaudits afforded to this enigmatic Scottish duo, the further they retreated into their shell, shunning interviews and resolving themselves to a reclusive existence in their Hexagon Sun studio in the hills of North Scotland. If anything, this has only focused their resolve. BOC's long-awaited second album Geogaddi opens with no fanfare, the bare hum of "Ready Lets Go" blossoming into the soporific, hypnotic chimes of "Music Is Math". But for the next 65 minutes, it's clear that while Boards of Canada move slow, they do so with the power of shifting glaciers. All their old influences remain: the noise-as-melody drone of My Bloody Valentine, the brave futuristic synths of Neu, and the drifting soundtracks of old education television documentaries. But more than anything, Geogaddi is about the feelings that linger when the music fades out-a surprisingly vivid sense of warm melancholy that puts an intriguing spin on the currently fashionable chill-out sound. It's another slow-burner, but Geogaddi is as utterly essential as its predecessor. -Louis Pattison.
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