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Arcane Candy’s 2011 Favorite Releases
(In alphabetical order by artist name.) New Releases • Boris – Attention Please CD (Sargent House) • Alice Cooper – Old School 1964-1974 DVD + 4-CD + LP + 7” + book box…
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Keeril Makan – Target
Although you’ve probably never heard of Keeril Makan, and his CD Target may not be available at Target, that shouldn’t stop you from seeking it out, buying a copy and letting it float…
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Prism Quartet – Dedication
Dedication is an apt title for a CD full of pieces by a myriad of composers dedicated to the Prism Quartet for their 20th anniversary in 2004. I was surprised as punch that…
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Dave Nelson – Logistic Minutia
Hey Dave, just checking in. What have you been up to? I got your new CD, Logistic Minutia, in the mail. Thanks for sending it. Your name’s missing from the cover, though. I’m…
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Fadensonnen – Black
Fadensonnen is back in Black for their third color-titled half-hour EP. (I can’t wait until they cross the entire color spectrum and end up at Burnt Sienna or Turquoise.) The opening track, “Night…
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Fadensonnen – White
Whereas Fadensonnen’s first album, Grey, was named after the most well-known type of alien, White pays tribute to that most beloved paranormal phenomenon: the ghost. (Punching the cobweb-covered clock at just 25 minutes,…
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Fadensonnen – Grey
PD and RD (I’m on an initials-only basis with these guys!), also known as Fadensonnen, is a duo of din-makers who hail (a cab) from Brooklyn, New York. (Soon to be re-named Old…
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Berger Rond – Un Doux Rêveur Dans. Homme Sauvage Dit.
Like a rotting burger submerged in a stagnant pond, the music of Berger Rond is composed of just the type of sonic gastro-intestinal chaos that instantly repels most people. Well, I’m not like…
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The Dagons – Upon the Dull Earth
Hailing and wailing from sunny and smoggy Los Angeles, California, Karie Jacobson and Drew Kowalski–a musical duo known as The Dagons–ditch the brightly lit warm weather and head straight for a Louisiana swamp…
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Sebastiano Meloni + Adriano Orru + Tony Oxley – Improvised Pieces For Trio
Closely miked and cleanly recorded free improvisation from two Italians and a Brit. As soon as these three men man their instruments–piano, drums and bass–they proceed to push out vivid yet subtle sound…
