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I’ve been listening to this a lot lately, and I’m digging it. It’s just in your face with good flow, New York style. But the guy is … Russian. I love music.   I gotta pick this up. but for now, BEHOLD !WebsiteMySpace

HHT: I think I need more LoDeck

Oh, the joys of working at a record store: slave wages, managers who couldn’t manage, stoned employees who showed up late, groupies. Playing whatever record you wanted to.Making fun of suits who were obviously lost and wandered into the wrong store looking to waste time.And the inevitable two questions:“Do you know who sings this song? It goes like …” Or, my personal favorite:“Do you know who sings the song from the video with that guy in it who wears a blue suit?” Come on slaves:…

Record Store Flashbacks (for JacklynnK and all the former and current slaves)

Protect Ya Neck!  

Alright I really am going to bed after this, just never forget to . . .

In 1999, Australian Brendan Perry released his first solo project after Dead Can Dance. While Lisa Gerrard had been releasing albums at a pretty steady clip after the duo split, Brendan floated out of the public eye, and when his solo record was released, it created barely a blip on the radar screen. He was criticized both for not sounding exactly like DCD and for sounding too much like DCD , something he could hardly avoid as his percussion and voice brought many people into the DCD sound.

Sunday Covers: Brendan Perry sings Tim Buckley

I am always intrigued by any music that blends cultures together, as the state of our world is always in flux and there is nothing that can ever be called “pure.” In fact, I think trying to distill anything into “pure” essences is an anti-human endeavor. Humanity is messy, music is messy, and none of us can separate the thousand strands that have made us what we are, thank the gods for that. On eMusic I found this group from Norway called Streif. Nordic Winter, released here through CDBaby…

Scandinavian snowscapes: Streif

   

Divin’ in to NEW WAVE WARS#1: Crush That Fly

ciphermedia’s recent post about Clock DVA reminded me how much of a DVA -geek I was for a while and sent me on a search for their recordings. I dug up “Man-Amplified,” released on Contempo around 1990 or 91 if I am reading their discography correctly. I got into DVA in 1988/89 with the Wax Trax release of this single, “The Hacker,” which was like an industrial, cyberpunk uber-anthem in the making that didn’t get much attention, unless you were starting to become a serious electronic geek…

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