In Rotation, January 2002
Mistress McCutchan
The Damned – Grave Disorder
Track Listing: Democracy, Song.com, Thrill Kill, She, Lookin for Action, Would You Be So Hot (If You Weren’t Dead?), Absinthe, Amen, Neverland, ‘Til the End of Time, Obscene, W, Beauty of the Beast.
Even after 25 years of kicking ass, The Damned are still here and kicking. Fans of the older albums will not be disappointed in the less with this new gem of punky and quirky rock. More information is available at the official website.
Attrition – Keepsakes and Reflections
Track Listing: Kill the Poor (Dr. Speedlove Mix), Thin Red Line (Pankow Mix), Underpass (click, click drone), Memory Uncaring Friend, Kharb, Cannibal Song, Keepsakes and Reflections, Metamorphosis, High Tide, Thin Red Line (Instrumental Mix), Red Letter, L’echange, Nine Tails to Follow you Round.
Amazingly infectious, dark and dancey tunes. This one is much too easy to listen to on repeat, especially The Thin Red Line.
Arabesque
Track Listing: MC Sultan - Der Bauch, Tranquility Bass - Cantamilla, Natacha Atlas - Kidda, Stereo MC’s - Fever (Steve Hillage Mix), Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Shashkin (Hefner Remix), Gnawa Diffusion - Istikhbar (Prelude) & Ombre Elle, Dahmane El Harrachi - Ya Rayah (Bi Polar Remix), Rachid Taha - Valencia, Momo & Christophe Goze - Sirocco, Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Shashkin, Radar - Caravane, Cheb Mami - Parisien Du Nord, Khaled - Wahrane, Hamid Baroudi - Desert Roots, O N B - Alaoui (Remix).
It tends to be an expensive CD because it is an import, but Arabesque is a must-have for fans of Middle Eastern music. Dark, dancey ethnic pop.
Loretta’s Doll – Creeping Sideways
Track Listing: Saved, Nature, Song of Solomon, Albemuth, Covered in the Wild Roses, Center of Nothing, The Disconnected, Crawling Over the Face of the Moon.
Their strangest album yet. This will definitely give you the willies as you listen to it in your headphones in the dark. Available through Middle Pillar Presents.
Les Secrets de Morphee – 5 Avril 2000
Track Listing: Ys, Leiln’, Tristiscia, Dictamen, Reflets d‘ Enulid, Le Génie du Froid, La Dormeuse, Sortilèges, Thébaide, A Vous.
This live album has a compelling theatric kick to it. Even if you can’t understand the language being sung, there is a powerful emotion being communicated, not unlike Liz Fraser’s mouth music. This dramatic ethereal is available through Prikosnovénie.
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