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Photo courtesy of Deputy Dog

Doom – Gazzillion Ear - from the upcoming Born Like This long player, and now dropping the MF from his name. Yes, one of the worst concerts I’ve ever been to, but also part of one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, Madvillainy.

Thomas Brinkmann – [Untitled Track] 7 – from the Studio 1 – Variationen series of Wolfgang Voigt, a true physical remix in the vain of the Concept series for Plastikman (Richie Hawtin). Finding hidden rhythms with 2 needles on the turntable.

Animal Hospital – Good Times – Boston’s Kevin Micka blends subtle textures that make snow melt away and the sky open up for a new arrival of a cigarette butt.

Seam – Autopilot – Off of the 1993 classic, The Problem With Me, Sooyoung Park and crew were a fixture on the Touch & Go label with other stalwarts that eventually would help to cultivate modern staples like Pinback and TV On The Radio. Seam made some of the best indie rock/pop music of the early to mid nineties that people are still discovering today.

Richie Hawtin’s Concept 1 series was a revolutionary achievement in terms of creativity, and the distribution by means of 12″ monthly singles limited to 2000 copies make it an expensive and quite sought after commodity to this day. The CD version has been remastered by one Stefan Betke (Pole) as well as the Variations by Thomas Brinkmann which is included in this double CD pack. The Concept series marks a moment of minimalism in music that still fits in nicely to the nature of techno today. The Brinkmann reworking with a custom made two-arm turntable, slowing the speed and separating the right and left channels brings out more of the genius contained in these recordings. Listen up, because these recordings are part of the reason that we are here right now in techno.

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now, for the music:

Aretha Franklin – The Happy Blues (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) – from the ‘Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul”, these recordings show a more stripped down version of songs from most of aretha’s career. it also displays the diversity of music from jazz, to standards, to soul and beyond.

Bangers & Cash – Loose featuring Amanda Blank – spank rock and benny blanco are on this 5 track EP which samples the work of 2 live crew. most of the tracks have been all over the interweb, but the sound quality has been pretty low. once you can hear the music especially the bass, this EP is the party continued. spank and amanda blank are two of the best mc’s out there right now.

The Celebration – Tame The Savage – the organ based drama is still there. guests from tvotr and the yyy’s are all here. the songs seem to be there, but katrina ford’s vocals seem to be lost or muddled in the mix. it’s hard to listen to the whole album.