V/A Requiems Of Revulsion: Tribute To Carcass (Deathvomit / Necropolis) cd 14.98
Covers comp, hailing the genius of British grindcore (grindgore?) masters, the late great Carcass. The more melodic, death n' roll of Carcass' last few albums (y'know, what the Champs sound like, when they're not doing the Thin Lizzy thing) is ignored in favor of their original, groundbreaking gross-outs: short, nasty, and noisy. The brutal riffs are matched in number by the multisyllabic medical terms employed. Such great underground metal bands as Exhumed ("Exhume To Consume" of course), Impaled, Cattle Decapitation, Nasum, Pig Destroyer, and 13 others appear, all showing much respect to the band that so inspired them. Heck, the first two mentioned definitely wouldn't exist if it weren't for Carcass. Pioneering Polish Carcass worshippers General Surgery even rise from the grave to appear on here!

V/A Reslab (Mitek) cd 14.98
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Mikael Stavostrand has done all that he can to distance himself from his earliest recordings in Archon Satani, whose bleak post-industrial work parallelled the earliest manifestations of the Norwegian black metal scene. No longer embracing the dark theatrical atmospheres embraced by the Cold Meat Industries label, Stavostrand is currently championing the minimal, tasteful, dubby techno also favored by Vladislav Delay, Sutekh, SND, and the rest of the "Clicks and Cuts" roster. "Reslab" (released on his Mitek imprint) is Stavostrand's answer to the "Clicks and Cuts" compilation featuring likeminded glitch techno from Andreas Tilliander, Grecl, Silent Comfort, and himself.

V/A Resonance volume 5 number 2 magazine+cd 7.98
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V/A Resonant Embers (Edition Sonoro / Twenty Hertz) cd 16.98
Edition Sonoro is the parallel label to Twenty Hertz, both of which are run by the British drone artist Paul Bradley. Resonant Embers is collection of artists who have crossed paths with Mr. Bradley over the years and may be delivering work for Edition Sonoro in the future. There's irr. app. (ext.), jgrzinich, Ueboet, Colin Potter, Bradley himself, Maile Colbert with Tellemake, and Andrew Liles. AQ's beloved bewilderer of sound Matthew Waldron returns to his irr. app. (ext.) moniker with a disorienting chorus for vibrating objects, chiming strings, and distant moans phasing in a tripped out sonic equivalent to a funhouse mirror. Another favorite comes by the way of jgrzinich, who layers together windswept clatter from multiple recordings from high tension wires and the post-Soviet crumbled landscape of his current home in Estonia. A cold, sodden atmosphere oozes from these turnbuckle creaks and (literally) post-industrial ambience. Ubeboet is a newcomer to us, offering a majestic track of dark ambience haunted with distant strings and underwater operatic vocals. Colin Potter propagates a liquid drone from a series of harmonic belltones, which have all of the sublime power and angelic beauty of a Ligetti chorale. Paul Bradley constructs a series of interwoven guitar loops of midrange timbers that reflect similar ideas found in Aidan Baker's solo work. Maile Colbert flickers her voice through a series of looping devices and VLF recordings, recalling the early albums of Grouper but with Jarboe's vocal style instead. And finally, the comp is completed with a track from Andrew Liles, whose deeply minor chord piano keys and lilting gypsy violin have a noirish, horror film quality, perhaps in homage to Coil's lost soundtrack to Hellraiser?
MPEG Stream: IRR. APP. (EXT.) "Whickering mechanical parapropalaehoplophorous"
MPEG Stream: JGRZINICH "Animate structures No.1"
MPEG Stream: COLIN POTTER "Bella (direct current)"

V/A Resurrection (Second Coming) cd 16.98
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Subtitled, "The Amplified Side Of Heavenly Grooves". This ain't your momma's gospel music. Nope, this collection brings together some bizarre, funny, and downright groovy '60s/'70s tunes by/for Jesus-loving hipsters. Everything from garage rock to folk to lounge-jazz, and more, including some hilarious spoken word from the "Sunworshippers" (Jesus Freaks up in Eureka, CA). Then there's John Ylvisaker's demented "A Gay Cliche", a song so bad yet so good that it sounds like it belongs on "The Beat Of The Traps". Pat Boone and Dick Hyman also make appearances. Righteous. MOJO writer Will Hodgkinson makes a good point in the liner notes: "I've always maintained that the finest psychedelia is created by people who have only imagined what drugs are like rather than experience them first hand, so who better to make groovy acid rock than Christians?"
RealAudio clip: "A Gay Cliche"
RealAudio clip: "Know They're You"
RealAudio clip: "The Sunworshippers Speak"

V/A Return Of The DJ 3 (Bomb) cd 16.98
Finally! This is the third collection from Bomb Recordings, documenting the flash, the wizardry, and the techniques of the turntablist. Features DJ Faust, Z-Trip (who presents another triumphant hip hop collage of metal and classic rock in "Rockstar II"), Mr. Dibbs, Shortee, Eddie Def & Extrakd, DJ Design, Cold Cutz Crew, and many others!

V/A Return of the DJ vol. 1 (Bomb) cd 16.98
Back in print! With a new color cover, akin to that of vol. 2. If'n you don't know, this is the crazy acrobatic hiphop turntablist state of the art, a real must-have for anyone interested in exploits on the wheels of steel. Live sound collage mayhem to kick your ass, courtesy of such luminaries (better known now) as Rob Swift, Z-Trip, Peanut Butter Wolf and of course the Invisible Scratch Pickles.

V/A Return of the DJ Vol. II (Bomb) cd 16.98
At last, the compact disc version of this amazing all-DJ, all-scratching compilation. Truly a worthy sequel to the insane turntable antics of 1995's volume one. AMAZING collection of scratching and other turntablist skills sounds so ALIVE and refreshing and immediate, it brings smiles to all who hear it. We are the first store anywhere to carry this groundbreaking collection of turntable strategists kicking lesser DJ ass far and wide. Contributors hail from the likes of Paris, Finland, Cincinnati, and New York City. For fans of more well-known DJs like QBert, ShortKut, Disk & Mixmaster Mike of the Skratch Picklz, LA's Beat Junkies and Manhattan's X-Men (here represented by Roc Raida). You MUST hear this.

V/A Return of the DJ Vol. II (Bomb) 2lp 19.98
AMAZING collection of scratching and other turntablist skills sounds so ALIVE and refreshing and immediate, it brings smiles to all who hear it. This groundbreaking collection features turntable strategists kicking lesser DJ ass far and wide. Contributors hail from the likes of Paris, Finland, Cincinnati, and New York City. You haven't lived until you've heard Phoenix's Z-Trip mess with Black Sabbath on the album's closing track "Rock Star." Yay. For fans of more well-known DJs like QBert, ShortKut, Disk & Mixmaster Mike of the Skratch Picklz, LA's Beat Junkies and Manhattan's X-Men (here represented by Roc Raida). You MUST hear this.

V/A Return of the DJ Volume IV (Bomb Hip-Hop) cd 16.98
Volume 4 of the Bomb label's acclaimed all-scratching DJ compilations. Somehow Bomb Hip Hop, with these comps, has managed to consistently corral all the new 'n exciting scratch DJs you've never heard of, constantly introducing fresh talents and remaining exciting and forward-looking. The most known name here is Q-Bert, but his track actually pales in comparison to the raw stuff found on other tracks here.
RealAudio clip: 89 SKRATCH GANGSTAZ "Lesson 89"

V/A Return of the DJ Volume IV (Bomb Hip-Hop) 2lp 19.98
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Volume 4 of the Bomb label's acclaimed all-scratching DJ compilations. Somehow Bomb Hip Hop, with these comps, has managed to consistently corral all the new 'n exciting scratch DJs you've never heard of, constantly introducing fresh talents and remaining exciting and forward-looking. The most known name here is Q-Bert, but his track actually pales in comparison to the raw stuff found on other tracks here.

V/A Return of the Fight Club (Tigerbeat6) 12" 7.98
Second in this series of 12"s collecting the crashing, crunching, bashing smunching, thrashing...ummm...twunching(???...well you know what we're getting at) sound of todays electronic underground. The tag team format is still enforced, foisting some of our favorite noisemakers on, well...some of our other favorite noisemakers!! Lesser gets chopped and spanked by Venetian Snares, Kid 606 gets bum rushed by Dat Politics, Knifehandchop gets sliced and diced by new-to-us 0=0, also-new-to-us CB4 gets schooled by Kid 606 (again) and two tag team match-ups offer up some more fresh faces: Casino Vs. Japan and Nudge whip up a little rhythmic hypnotronica workout while Fanny and DJ Paedophile bring the (caustic, face-melting) noise. Pretty cool.

V/A Return Of The Instro-Hipsters Vol 2:Groovy Instrumentals From The UK 1965-1973 (Psychic Circle) cd 16.98
It's again time to liberate your inner Austin Powers, and get down to the Swingin' Sixties sounds of Return Of The Instro-Hipsters, Vol. 2! That's right, another 20 "groovy instrumentals from the UK, 1965-1973" compiled by noted collector Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond. His first volume, entitled On The Brink, was a big hit 'round here, and this second one is just as much fun! This is what you'd have heard in the hip discotheques of Swinging London back then, rock n' roll beat music influencing jazz orchestras to get all freaky and psychedelic, filling dancefloors with shiny, bubbly tunes considered totally sophisticated and hip at the time. Honkin' organs, bright stinging horn sections, and swirling rock guitar are all part of the many lush arrangements found here. There's slinky lounge vibes, and fully day-glo, go-go dancin' funkiness.
In addition to getting you wigglin' your hips, there's definite goofy kitsch value to a lot of this, ferinstance the gimmick track "Fuzz Duck" by Jerry Allen, with all its crazy quackin'. Another group, Thunder Road, does a version of "Peter Gunn" that certainly fits right in. And Cliff Adams's track appears to be from an advert for P.G. Tips tea... Other artists heard here (and almost nowhere else, these days): D. Cordell's Tea Time Ensemble, The 4 Instants, The Roger Coulam Quartet, Harold McNair, Music Through Six, Sounds Sensational, The Masked Phantom, The Johnny Harris Orchestra, Tony Newman, The Tony Evans Band, Kenny Clare, Sharks, The Outer Limits, Oliver Bone, Paraffin Jack Flash, The Helmut Zaccharias Orchestra, and Ning. Groovy, baby.
MPEG Stream: THE 4 INSTANTS "Discotheque"
MPEG Stream: CLIFF ADAMS "The Brooke Bond Beat"

V/A Revenge of the B-Boy (Bomb) cd 14.98
'Revenge of the B-Boy', the soundtrack to the upcoming film 'I Saw Your Mama Breakdancing Bucknaked, features custom-made-for-breakdancing b-boy anthems from producers around the globe like Faust & Shortee, Hydroponic Sound System, Knights of Bass, Jeep Beat Collective, Clockwork Voodoo Freaks, Blade, Metabass, and more! Hip hop, turntablism, electro, big beat, and breaks from the same label that released those Return of the DJ albums. We also have a bunch of big full color posters, if you want one, just ask!

V/A Revenge of the B-Boy (Bomb) 2lp 14.98
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'Revenge of the B-Boy', the soundtrack to the upcoming film 'I Saw Your Mama Breakdancing Bucknaked, features custom-made-for-breakdancing b-boy anthems from producers around the globe like Faust & Shortee, Hydroponic Sound System, Knights of Bass, Jeep Beat Collective, Clockwork Voodoo Freaks, Blade, Metabass, and more! Hip hop, turntablism, electro, big beat, and breaks from the same label that released those Return of the DJ albums. We also have a bunch of big full color posters, if you want one, just ask!

V/A Revenge of the B-Boy Episode 2 (Bomb Hip-Hop) cd 12.98

V/A Revenge Of The Robots (Definitive Jux) 2dvd 19.98
Pretty sweet collection of music/video/documentaries from probably our favorite hip hop label. Def Jux continue to blaze their own unique path in pretty much every thing they do. The DVD features an hour long tour documentary, tons of live concert footage, videos from El-P, RJD2, Mr. Lif, and Murs as well as a making of documentary for the Murs video, as well as a documentary about the label itself. All in 5.1 digital surround sound. The cd contains an exclusive RJD2 megamix, 5 exclusive live tracks and a hip hop trivia game.

V/A Rewind Records: Soundmurderer + SK-1 (Rewind) cd 16.98
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I'm sure you remember how we raved (no pun intended) like crazy about the Soundmurderer record a few lists ago, a wicked collection of the finest old school jungle. Well, here we go again. This time, Soundmurderer (aka Todd Osborn) is joined by SK-1, who may be more familiar to some of you as Dabrye, on this collection of 12"s released by Michigans premiere Jungle label, Rewind Record. Huge bombastic, old school ruffneck ragga, with spastic beats, rumbling basslines, crushing synths and wicked toasting. Folks who miss the old days of jungle will be floored, and all you folks who have been getting into dancehall (and have been digging stuff like the Bug) should check this out.
MPEG Stream: "Dreader Than Dread"
MPEG Stream: "Bad Sound"

V/A Riddim Box (Soul Jazz) 2cd 21.00
Another week, another forward thinking electronic music off shoot, another new genre. It's sort of always been like that. Acid house begets jungle begets drum and bass, begets drill and bass, begets UK garage or dark step or about a million other variations, which beget dubstep and grime, which then leads to this stuff, dubbed UK Funky, which was supposedly born out of the aggression and intensity inherent in grime and dubstep, moving back toward house music, a little lighter, with that 4 on the floor beat, and still lots and lots and lots of BASS.
As always, Soul Jazz leaps right in to document this new scene and do a bang up job. Right off the bat, you'll notice a handful of familiar names, Kode9, Roska, Shystie, Grievous Angel, that's cuz Funky is not that far removed from dubstep, it's almost the same sound pallet, just with that dubstep lurch and swing replaced by a more steady driving beat, but around that beat, synths still bloop and bleep and bloop and buzz, the bass rumbles and warbles, and like jungle, Funky has a bit of a ragga vibe, so there's a definite dancehall feel, with some killer toasting on some tracks.
This comp is pretty solid all the way through, and ANYone who's been digging the various Soul Jazz dubstep comps, will definitely dig this too.
MJ Cole's "Volcano Riddim" takes super dramatic soundtrack strings and wraps them around a killer main groove and a very dubsteppy beat, Altered Natives' "Rass Out" is a cool murky muted minimal shuffle with live drums, moody minor key melodies, and some swooping swirling synths. Warrior Queen contributes to Sunship's "Almighty Father" creating a super funky grimy dubfunk workout, Zumen's "Rolexx" features some incredible tongue twisting flow from the awesomely named Leafnuts, Lil Silva lays down a skittery beat underneath bleating synths and woozy funk bass, super stripped down, but seriously bad ass, DVA gets super bassy and buzzy with his "Natty" that sounds like a skipping jungle record slowed down and swathed in synths. We could go on, but why bother, this stuff all rules, and for dubstep obsessive and grime freaks, this is just another collection of bass heavy dancefloor destroyers that should get your toes tapping and rib cage rattling.
Like all Soul Jazz comps, includes a big booklet with lots of liner notes, info about UK Funky, the history of UK dancemusic and more. The cd comes housed in a cool extra wide half sized dvd style case, the lp split over two pricey but super swank double lps...
MPEG Stream: ZUMEN FEATURING LEAFNUTS AND AARON PHIRI "Rolexx"
MPEG Stream: MJ COLE "Volcano Riddim"
MPEG Stream: GHOSTS ON TAPE "Predator Mode (Roska Remix)"
MPEG Stream: LIL SILVA "Pulse Vs. Flex"
MPEG Stream: SHYSTIE "Pull It (Ill Blu Remix Instrumental)"

V/A Riddim Box Vol.1 (Soul Jazz) 2lp 24.00
Another week, another forward thinking electronic music off shoot, another new genre. It's sort of always been like that. Acid house begets jungle begets drum and bass, begets drill and bass, begets UK garage or dark step or about a million other variations, which beget dubstep and grime, which then leads to this stuff, dubbed UK Funky, which was supposedly born out of the aggression and intensity inherent in grime and dubstep, moving back toward house music, a little lighter, with that 4 on the floor beat, and still lots and lots and lots of BASS.
As always, Soul Jazz leaps right in to document this new scene and do a bang up job. Right off the bat, you'll notice a handful of familiar names, Kode9, Roska, Shystie, Grievous Angel, that's cuz Funky is not that far removed from dubstep, it's almost the same sound pallet, just with that dubstep lurch and swing replaced by a more steady driving beat, but around that beat, synths still bloop and bleep and bloop and buzz, the bass rumbles and warbles, and like jungle, Funky has a bit of a ragga vibe, so there's a definite dancehall feel, with some killer toasting on some tracks.
This comp is pretty solid all the way through, and ANYone who's been digging the various Soul Jazz dubstep comps, will definitely dig this too.
MJ Cole's "Volcano Riddim" takes super dramatic soundtrack strings and wraps them around a killer main groove and a very dubsteppy beat, Altered Natives' "Rass Out" is a cool murky muted minimal shuffle with live drums, moody minor key melodies, and some swooping swirling synths. Warrior Queen contributes to Sunship's "Almighty Father" creating a super funky grimy dubfunk workout, Zumen's "Rolexx" features some incredible tongue twisting flow from the awesomely named Leafnuts, Lil Silva lays down a skittery beat underneath bleating synths and woozy funk bass, super stripped down, but seriously bad ass, DVA gets super bassy and buzzy with his "Natty" that sounds like a skipping jungle record slowed down and swathed in synths. We could go on, but why bother, this stuff all rules, and for dubstep obsessive and grime freaks, this is just another collection of bass heavy dancefloor destroyers that should get your toes tapping and rib cage rattling.
Like all Soul Jazz comps, includes a big booklet with lots of liner notes, info about UK Funky, the history of UK dancemusic and more. The cd comes housed in a cool extra wide half sized dvd style case, the lp split over two pricey but super swank double lps...
MPEG Stream: ZUMEN FEATURING LEAFNUTS AND AARON PHIRI "Rolexx"
MPEG Stream: MJ COLE "Volcano Riddim"
MPEG Stream: GHOSTS ON TAPE "Predator Mode (Roska Remix)"

V/A Riddim Box Vol.2 (Soul Jazz) 2lp 24.00
Another week, another forward thinking electronic music off shoot, another new genre. It's sort of always been like that. Acid house begets jungle begets drum and bass, begets drill and bass, begets UK garage or dark step or about a million other variations, which beget dubstep and grime, which then leads to this stuff, dubbed UK Funky, which was supposedly born out of the aggression and intensity inherent in grime and dubstep, moving back toward house music, a little lighter, with that 4 on the floor beat, and still lots and lots and lots of BASS.
As always, Soul Jazz leaps right in to document this new scene and do a bang up job. Right off the bat, you'll notice a handful of familiar names, Kode9, Roska, Shystie, Grievous Angel, that's cuz Funky is not that far removed from dubstep, it's almost the same sound pallet, just with that dubstep lurch and swing replaced by a more steady driving beat, but around that beat, synths still bloop and bleep and bloop and buzz, the bass rumbles and warbles, and like jungle, Funky has a bit of a ragga vibe, so there's a definite dancehall feel, with some killer toasting on some tracks.
This comp is pretty solid all the way through, and ANYone who's been digging the various Soul Jazz dubstep comps, will definitely dig this too.
MJ Cole's "Volcano Riddim" takes super dramatic soundtrack strings and wraps them around a killer main groove and a very dubsteppy beat, Altered Natives' "Rass Out" is a cool murky muted minimal shuffle with live drums, moody minor key melodies, and some swooping swirling synths. Warrior Queen contributes to Sunship's "Almighty Father" creating a super funky grimy dubfunk workout, Zumen's "Rolexx" features some incredible tongue twisting flow from the awesomely named Leafnuts, Lil Silva lays down a skittery beat underneath bleating synths and woozy funk bass, super stripped down, but seriously bad ass, DVA gets super bassy and buzzy with his "Natty" that sounds like a skipping jungle record slowed down and swathed in synths. We could go on, but why bother, this stuff all rules, and for dubstep obsessive and grime freaks, this is just another collection of bass heavy dancefloor destroyers that should get your toes tapping and rib cage rattling.
Like all Soul Jazz comps, includes a big booklet with lots of liner notes, info about UK Funky, the history of UK dancemusic and more. The cd comes housed in a cool extra wide half sized dvd style case, the lp split over two pricey but super swank double lps...
MPEG Stream: LIL SILVA "Pulse Vs. Flex"
MPEG Stream: SHYSTIE "Pull It (Ill Blu Remix Instrumental)"

V/A Riddimentary : Diplo Selects Greensleeves (Greensleeves) cd 12.98

V/A Riddimentary : Diplo Selects Greensleeves (Greensleeves) lp 21.00

V/A Right In The Nuts: A Tribute To Aerosmith (Small Stone Records) 2cd 18.98
Double cd covers comp in tribute to Andee's favorite rock band of all time, the mighty Aerosmith! The participating bands mostly hail from the realm of "stoner rock", such as Natas, Alabama Thunderpussy (who do a great "Sweet Emotion"), Atomic Bitchwax, Fireball Ministry, Drunk Horse, The Want, Core, Raging Slab, Altamont, and 18 more! As these tribute things go, a pretty good one. Furthermore, Andee sez: If this sounds even remotely appealing, you oughta order the Aerosmith cd "Draw The Line" too, which we also carry. It's probably one of the best 'rock' records ever. Aerosmith may suck now, but their first 5 records were '70s hard rock at its best; heavy and groovy and amazingly catchy. Their "Greatest Hits" were not their greatest hits. Trust me.
RealAudio clip: FIREBALL MINISTRY "Movin Out"

V/A Ringtones (Touch) cd 15.98
Well, it's an intriguing gimmick that piqued our interest when we first heard about it -- 99 ringtones for cel phones, contributed by a panoply of musicians and sound artists (many of whom AQ holds near and dear), compiled by the virtually always trustworthy Touch label. When the day comes that mobile phone ringtones can easily be recorded onto ones phone, and don't depend on the annoyingly limited spectrum of metallic notes currently available, then this comp will actually be useful. But, until then, it's my understanding that you can't really load these onto your phone yet, so unfortunately, for now Touch Ringtones is more of an art object than good listening.
The list of participants is certainly exciting -- everyone from naturalist soundcollectors Douglas Quin, S.E.T.I., and Chris Watson; to glitchsters Fennesz, Mika Vainio, and Pita; to soundwave conjurers Ryoji Ikeda, Carl Michael von Hausswolff; to pranksters People Like Us, Gilbert and George; to radio transmissions, a Conet Project snippet, New Order, Wire's Bruce Gilbert, and ever so much more.
But honestly, even though all of the above have made full length records we've enjoyed, listening to more or less 10-second snippets from these artists' signature sounds is frustrating, you keep wanting to hear more from a particular contributor, to figure out where in the lineup you are, having to constantly check the cd player to see which track you're on, then ruin your eyes referring to the *tiny tiny* track listing on the cd digipak. It's a headscratching, sort of frustrating exercise. As one big listen straight thru (or even on shuffle) without caring who is doing which track, the experience is schizo but not unpleasant. But collage without any sort of sonic theme besides "short" and "wouldn't it be funny if this was a cel phone ringtone" falls squarely, for me, into the cool-concept-but-bad-listening-experience category.
RealAudio clip: MIKA VAINIO "Polar / Tele / Whale / Sounder"
RealAudio clip: DOUGLAS QUIN "Arrowfrog / Baboon / Emperor Penguins / Hippopotamus / Hyrax / Oropendola"
RealAudio clip: RADIO BULGARIA "(excerpt)"
RealAudio clip: SCALA "Naked"
RealAudio clip: LEIF ELGGREN "Help! / MansLaughter"
RealAudio clip: NEW ORDER "Video 5-8-6"

V/A Rio Baile Funk 2: More Favela Booty Beats (Essay) 12" 9.98

V/A Rio Baile Funk More Favela Booty Beats (Essay) cd 16.98
If you love your booty shakin then you probably got the first installment of this totally endearing and bumpin' collection of Baile Funk deep from the heart of Rio. That held us over for a bit but our booty's were in need of a recharge and we got it thanks to this 2nd volume in this collection. A raw, mutant mixture of booty bass, hip-hop, carnival, and mash-up culture at its most contagious. What makes this collection so infectious is that you can't help but hear how these songs were made free of irony, and giving us a little peak into what a colorful and risquŽ kind of party scene is happening in Rio. Throw this on in between some M.I.A and Lady Sovereign and you're sure to get everyone around you shaking their booty like it's meant to be shook. 100 percent F-U-N!
MPEG Stream: EDU K FEAT. DEIZE TIGRONA "Sex-O-Matic"
MPEG Stream: OS MAGRINHOS "Japonesa"
MPEG Stream: ISAAC DJ "Montagem Jiu Jitsu"

V/A Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Essay) cd 16.98
Dirty, DIRTY! sex rhyme booty beat music from Brazil. Sounds interesting, mmmmno? I think it might be called a couple of other names, but this comp's titled Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats. The sound is a rudimentary hodgepodge of beats/breaks/melodies appropriated from all sortsa other music: Os Mutantes, Def Leppard's "High and Dry", an assortment of late 80s/early 90s Hip Hop, and 90s New Wave/Top 40 all mixed into an incessant percussion, over which a (for the most part) singular (and sometimes a child's) voice yells totally explicit sex rhymes! Now, I don't know Portuguese, but it doesn't take rocket science to imagine what they're yellin about here. First of all, what comes to mind with the term dirty sex ryhmes? Hmm, ok. If you haven't gotten the hint yet, imagine where it comes from: the ghettos of Rio and its millions of homeless children ruling the sprawling city with violence day and night. In a place like this, nothing but this type of music would be appropriate. Regardless, the beats are amazing, the lyricism (well, yelling) is hilarious but fierce, and the overall sound is fresh, inspiring and ridiculously fun. Crazy recommended!
MPEG Stream: RICARDO E ESQUISITO "Muhler Coca Cola"
MPEG Stream: BONDE DO TIAGRO "O Baile Todo"

V/A Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats (Essay) 12" 9.98
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Ok, how does this sound: Dirty, DIRTY! sex rhyme booty beat music from Brazil. Sounds interesting, mmmmno? I think it might be called a couple of other names, bt this comp's titled Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats. The sound is a rudimentary hodgepodge of beats/breaks/melodies appropriated from all sortsa other music: Os Mutantes, Def Leppard - or is that Ace Frehley?, an assortment of late 80s/early 90s Hip Hop, and 90s New Wave/Top 40 all mixed into an incessant percussion, over which a (for the most part) singular (and sometimes a child's) voice yells totally explicit sex rhymes! Now, I don't know Portugese, but it doesn't take rocket science to imagine what they're yellin about here. First of all, what comes to mind with the term dirty sex ryhmes? Hmm, ok. If you haven't gotten the hint yet, imagine where it comes from: the ghettos of Rio and its millions of homeless children ruling the city with violence day and night. In a place like this, nothing but this type of music would be appropriate. Regardless, the beats are amazing, the lyricism (well, yelling) is hilarious but fierce, and the overall sound is fresh, inspiring and ridiculously fun. Crazy recommended!
MPEG Stream: RICARDO E ESQUISITO "Muhler Coca Cola"
MPEG Stream: BONDE DO TIAGRO "O Baile Todo"

V/A Riot Zone (DHR) cd 21.00
From Atari Teenage Riot's furious electro-punk to Christoph de Babalon's glacial darkness, "Riot Zone" is features Digital Hardcore's "greatest hits" so far. Along with the aforementioned acts, you get Shizuo, Hanin Elias, Alec Empire, Ec8or, Bomb20, and Patric Catani. DHR-heads will have some of this already, but unless you've got all the 12" vinyl this is still essential. And of course it features a manic neo-situationist manifesto from Mr. Empire.

V/A Riot Zone (DHR) lp 17.98
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From Atari Teenage Riot's furious electro-punk to Christoph de Babalon's glacial darkness, "Riot Zone" is features Digital Hardcore's "greatest hits" so far. Along with the aforementioned acts, you get Shizuo, Hanin Elias, Alec Empire, Ec8or, Bomb20, and Patric Catani. DHR-heads will have some of this already, but unless you've got all the 12" vinyl this is still essential. And of course it features a manic neo-situationist manifesto from Mr. Empire.

V/A RIP city school for gifted children: Portland, OR Bands Comp cd 8.98

V/A Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three (Sanctuary) cd 16.98
Hopefully all of you are now familiar, probably thanks to the HBO's Paradise Lost documentaries, with the unjust plight of the West Memphis Three: Arkansas teenagers Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelly and Jason Baldwin, convicted of murders they in all likelihood are innocent of, more on account of their supposed goth/alternative "weirdness" than any real evidence. If not, go please rent the first Paradise Lost film, it'll shake you up...or look for a new book about the case called Devil's Knot. Anyway, more publicity (and money for lawyers) for the WM3 can only be a good thing, and ol' Hank Rollins (whatever you think about his post-Black Flag music, spoken word and film career, he's a well-intentioned individual) had just the idea: another benefit album (there's already been one), but one with a "must-have" concept: a whole bunch of well-known singers doing their favorite Black Flag songs. With his current Rollins Band line-up on bass, guitar and drums, Rollins invited everyone from fellow former Black Flag singer Chuck Dukowski to Iggy Pop to Chuck D into the studio to take on 24 Black Flag classics. It's celebrity Black Flag karaoke, basically. Henry himself shows up on six songs, such was his enthusiasm... So, if you're at all curious to hear Ice-T sing "Police Story", or Exene Cervenka dueting with Rollins on "Wasted", or Dean Ween's version of "Gimme Gimme Gimme", or just want to support a good cause, here you go. And boy, does Lemmy's "Thirsty & Miserable" sound like a Motorhead original! Some other participants: Mike Patton, Keith Morris, Ryan Adams (performing solo, making "Nervous Breakdown" sound like a PJ Harvey song), Tom Araya of Slayer, and members of Rancid, Queens of the Stone Age, Poison The Well, The Mars Volta, and Slipknot. (Look online at www.wm3.org for more info about the three, or if you want to send $$$ to 'em directly rather than buying this cd!)
RealAudio clip: LEMMY "Thirsty & Miserable"
RealAudio clip: RYAN ADAMS "Nervous Breakdown"

V/A River Songs Of Bangladesh (Arc) cd 14.98
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Field recordings by ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya, freshly recorded in February 2001. Traditional Bangladeshi music can be divided into two forms, the more traditional Indian-influenced Raga-Tala system, and the more simple form known as Deshi ('of the land'). Deshi is what we hear on this cd: gorgeously simple, stark folk songs played on just a few instruments including multi-stringed lutes made out of jack-fruit wood, single-steel-stringed drone intoners, bamboo flutes, and wooden clappers. Male and female voices are melancholy and sing of hard river life, such as "The river banks are crumbling down and falling into the water / My heart too is dissolving in pieces like the river itself."
RealAudio clip: ANURUPA RAY WITH NARAYAN CHANDRA RAY "Dhalla Nodi"

V/A RKK13CD (Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge) cd 13.98
Between 1995 and 1997, Hrvatski and various accomplices put together a vinyl only collection of two minute electro-shock / drill 'n' bass tracks called "Attention: Cats." That homage to the short attention span has in turn been reworked into even an even larger collection of hypercondensed / digitally fucked remixes from Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Cex, Kid 606, Pita, Push Button Objects, Pause, Cartesian Faith, Drusca, Framers Manual, Blitter, Solvent, JayRope, Rupture, Electric Birds, Chessie, Adrien 75, ESP, Suetsu, Cathars, V/VM, and a few dozen more. With so many tracks / remixes / deconstrutions, "RKK13cd" runs the risk of becoming wildly incoherent. Fortunately, almost everybody on the compilation understood that Hrvatski has a soft spot for the "Amen" break and favored that breakbeat in reconstructing his tracks. Sometimes it's the simplest of things that makes art work. File next to your favorite Lesser record, who was strangely absent from the roster.
RealAudio clip: BLITTER "Shifty's Cut Bait Shoppe"
RealAudio clip: ADRIEN 75 "Soft-Corpse Mix"
RealAudio clip: CATHARS "Implements Amenable"
RealAudio clip: ELECTRO ORGANIC SOUND SYSTEM "Steaktippin Freerange Mix"

V/A Road to Nowhere (Poison Tree) cd 12.98
Road To Nowhere? No way, this road leads to stoner rock heaven. Hot shit badasses Fu Manchu, Nick Oliveri, Brant Bjork, Burning Brides, and The Dwarves share the joint (heh heh, pun intended!) with lesser known indie upstarts Big Truck, Winnebago Deal, Truck Fighters, Dig, The Sammies, In The Detail, Baby Woodrose, Leech, and locals Turn Me On Dead Man (unfortunately misspelled as "Dean Man" on the packaging -- guess spelling took a back seat to rawkin'). Oh yeah, and there's also a lil' band here called The Freeks whose lineup includes members of Kyuss, Monster Magnet, Nebula, Skin Yard and Earthless!
MPEG Stream: OLIVERI, NICK AND THE MONDO GENERATOR "Lie Detector"
MPEG Stream: FREEKS, THE "The Go Go Get"

V/A Roaring Blue: The Return Of The Instro-Hipsters Vol. 3 (Psychic Circle) cd 17.98

V/A Robert Crumb Presents Hot Women: Women Singers From The Torrid Regions (Kein & Aber) cd 17.98
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Here's an interesting collection. Put together by Robert Crumb, at the behest of his wife Aline, from his personal collection of 78's. The collection moves across the globe by continent, starting in Louisiana, USA moving south through Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America; then touching down in Europe (Spain, Sicily, Greece and Turkey), moving south through Africa, on to India and South East Asia (Burma & Vietnam), and finally resting in the South Pacific. Most of the recordings come from the 30's (with a few from as early as 1927 and as recent as 1950) and are quite likely to be tracks you've never heard before in your life. Some artists, like Greek singer Rita Abadzi, first lady of Cajun Cleoma Falcon and Norteno musician Lidya Mendoza are well known, and have plenty of recordings assuring their place in history. But of much of the others on this disc, very little is known. In a typically erudite, but self deprecating and witty form that is unique to himself, Robert Crumb leads us through his recordings armed with what little knowledge he's been able to glean about each performer (mostly from the internet and, Crumb insists, with the help of others who understand such modern technology).
MPEG Stream: GRUPO DE "LA ALEGRIA" "El Tambor De La Alegria"
MPEG Stream: MABOUDANA AND BADOLO "Chant d'Invitation A La Dance"
MPEG Stream: CO BA-THINH, KHAM-THIEN "Hat Du"

V/A Rock En Arequipa (Repsychled) cd 14.98
Fuzz and groove from the Andes, mostly circa 1969-1974, uh huh! If there's anything we've learned from all the cool comps and reissues that have come out over the years, is that almost ANYPLACE on Earth you can think of, no matter how out of the way, chances are they had their own happenin' psychedelic garage rock band scene back in the day, chock full of cool bands that we'd never have ever heard of but for the diligent efforts of collectors and compilers. Certainly we already know this to be the case in '60s/'70s Peru, as we're already in love with such great bands from that land as Traffic Sound, We All Together, and Tarkus. Now from the same Lima-based label, Repsychled, that just so happens to be responsible for reissues of albums by all of those, we get this killer compilation devoted to bands from Peru's second largest city, Arequipa, located in the south of the country, high up in the Andes. None of these groups recorded full albums, but they did release rare singles and make live 'party' cassettes and left behind enough cool music that this disc is packed, 21 tracks from five bands: Los Texao, Free Love System, Los Incognitos, Madera Fresca, and Opus.
Los Texao, named after the type of flower associated with Arequipa, have the lion's share of the tracks, ten of 'em, including some covers (Cream, The Guess Who, Steppenwolf). They are also responsible for several of the best originals on here, especially their druggy groovy freakout "Stone", which by itself may justify the purchase of this disc, and exemplifies their own musical style called niebla (= fog in English), we're told "because of the effect produced by the band's rotor amps and reverb and echo effects". But Free Love System don't let us, or Arequipa, down either (with a name like that, you gotta be good!) and their four cuts are also pretty cool and, uh, foggy, including one with driving fuzz guitars and a kind of "You Really Got Me" riff, entitled "Correteando Anoranzas". They (as well as Los Texao and the others) also do some dreamy pop stuff, with melancholic psych guitar solos, so it's not all heavy and rockin', but mellow and moody too.
Meanwhile Los Incognitos have more of a twang, sounding a bit like something out of a Spaghetti Western on their four cuts. And then there's a couple by Madera Fresca. In particular, their track "Anytime" is pretty crazed, though also extremely lo-fi (fortunately it's the exception in that regard amongst the tracks here), and heck even if it wasn't, that'd be ok with us, we'd happily crank a whole album of this sort of distorted worbbly-warbly instrumental jamming. And then Opus, a band formed by Free Love System's former guitarist in '76, wraps up the disc with track #21, the only one on the disc that's not actually from the '69-'74 time frame, though it sounds it, despite being recorded as late as 1982.
Whoo! Along with our recent initiation into the wonderfulness of the "chicha" sound (which combined Andean folk traditions with psych/beat influences), this comp certainly adds to our infatuation with Peruvian music of the psychedelic era. If you dig stuff like the Love, Peace & Poetry: Latin America comp you'll want to hear this. The cd booklet is illustrated with vintage photos and press clippings, and includes informative liner notes in Spanish and (somewhat abridged) English.
MPEG Stream: LOS TEXAO "Stone"
MPEG Stream: FREE LOVE SYSTEM "Correteando Anoranzas"
MPEG Stream: LOS INCOGNITOS "Ya Sera Tarde"
MPEG Stream: LOS TEXAO "Pobre Gato"

V/A ROCK IS HELL - 7" Club Box Set (Rock Is Hell) 8 x 7" / box / 2 buttons 64.00
Just 3 copies left!
We reviewed this a while back, a mind blowing, ear destroying, super limited collection of strange sounds, noisy weirndess and fractured heaviness, all gorgeously packaged in a silk screened box with inserts and buttons and all kinds of stuff.
We discovered a small handful of these tucked away, and figured some of you may have missed out the first time around. Maybe your last chance to snag one of these....
Everyone around here is a huge fan of weirdo music label Rock Is Hell, as are most of you judging from how fast we sell out of their stuff and how quickly it all goes out of print. Pretty much everything on Rock Is Hell has blown us away, the Dig That Body Up It's Alive lp, the crazy Nate Denver's Neck etched one sided lp box set thing, the super limited Octis lathe cuts, the XbXrX / Total Shutdown double 5", all gorgeously packaged and jam packed with mind melting sounds. With that in mind we worked out a special deal with Rock Is Hell, which will give AQ customers first (and maybe only) crack at this ULTRA limited 7" box set!!!
The set is limited to only 400 copies, it was almost completely sold out on preorders, minus the 8 or 9 we just got, so this will be your last and only chance to get one of these, if you didn't already preorder one. All the records are on white vinyl with white labels, and the records are housed in a silkscreened cardboard box with an inlay and 2 buttons designed by BONGOUT (http://frre.fr.freee.frfr.e.free.fr/). And all the copies we got have the secret bonus 7"!!! Only 50 or so of those! The singles included are:
Foot Village (USA)
Z's (USA)
Sasqrotch (USA)
Child Abuse (USA)
Death Sentence: Panda! (USA) / Fugu & The Cosmic Mumu (AUT)
Bulbul (AUT)
Bug (AUT) / Reflector (AUT)
Rokko Anal (AUT)
So if you want to be one of the lucky few to own this crazy chunk of sonic and visual weirdness, click the buy button and you'll be all set! So there you go, don't blow it!!!
And remember, ROCK IS HELL!!!!!

V/A Rock Music : A Trubute To Weezer (Dead Droid) cd 14.98
Does there need to be a tribute to Weezer? Maybe, although need is a strong word. Could there be? Sure. Should there be? Probably not, especially when the bands and their versions deviate very little from the original. Pretty pointless. Features Weezer wannabes The Stereo, Dashboard Confessional, The Impossibles, The Ataris, Mock Orange, Piebald and more.

V/A Rock Scientist (Spaced) lp 6.98
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Local favorites Fuck, Grady Sisters, Snowmen, Baby Carrot, Ponyride, etc.

V/A Rock You Sinners! The Dawn Of British Rock and Roll (Rev-Ola) cd 15.98

V/A Rockin' Bones: 1950's Punk & Rockabilly (Rhino) cd 79.00

V/A Rocksteady Fever (Kingston Sounds) cd 21.00

V/A Rocksteady Fever (Kingston Sounds) lp 21.00

V/A Rocky Mountain Low: The Colorado Musical Underground Of The Late 1970's (Hyperpycnal) 2lp+cd 29.00
Every city in every state, every country, has its own little musical scene, one that has grown and changed over the years, bands playing gigs, recording records, breaking up, moving on to other gigs, finally getting real jobs and settling down and having families, those records and gigs and bands forgotten. But think about all the places, all the cities, all the years and decades, and how many bands and records that we've never heard or heard of must be lurking out there. Records that were given to friends, consigned at the local store, or just stashed in the garage or basement. Rare record reissues are nothing new, and there's enough that they can't all possibly be good. In fact it's gotten to the point where if a record is old, and nobody heard it, it suddenly becomes a rarity worth unearthing. Which is not always the case. But with all those records out there, all those forgotten bands, some with only a song or two legacy, it's worth digging though all the rest, on the off chance of stumbling on to something amazing. And scenes have always fed off themselves, often where there was one good band, there was two, and where there was two, there was a whole bunch. Which brings us to Rocky Mountain Low. A killer collection of seventies rock and punk rock and power pop from Colorado, which is a place we're pretty familiar with, at least from the eighties onward, but we didn't know a single band here, and some of these groups are amazing. AND, for such a sprawling varied collection, there's very little chaff. In fact, this could very well have been a Numero Group reissue, super well researched, incredible song selection, a totally unknown lost scene, a bunch of amazing bands, and tons of killer tracks, maybe a bit more punk rock and lo-fi, but then, that's fine with us.
The Ravers are crunchy and jangly and sound like they're from Minneapolis, Radio Pete might be our favorite, effortlessly creating some gloriously rough edged reverb drenched garage pop, the sort of thing all those new groups are desperately emulating, sounds like Ariel Pink or the Oh Sees or Ty Segall if they were from the early seventies, the Front are snarly almost metallic sounding punk rock, Defex kick out the muddy murky bass heavy jams, all squiggly angular leads, wild drumming and killer pop hooks, the Cells are total Romantics style new wave power pop, the Profalactics are all yelpy Riot Grrl sounding lo-fi punk rock three chord lo-fi crunch, the Instant are woozy low fidelity punk pop psych, a lot of this reminds us of Guided By Voices too, that sort of British sound filtered through a US punk rock aesthetic, and it goes on and on. So many kick ass bands, so many amazing tracks, a double lp AND a cd, with a massive full color magazine sized booklet, jam packed with extensive liner notes on EVERY band here, cool stuff for sure, and an awesome glimpse of yet another lost and forgotten scene...

V/A Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys (Anti) cd 17.98
Who doesn't love pirates? Y'know the eye-patched, peg-legged, sword-totin' ones in storybooks and movies? Mind you of course, out on the real high seas they're a whole 'nother subject, but within the relatively safe confines of a leatherbound hardcover or a multi-screen cineplex... well, shucks! Anyway, this double cd set is most definitely pirate-themed, and while it's not technically a soundtrack album for Pirates Of The Caribbean 2, Rogue's Gallery was produced by that film's leading man Johnny Depp, director Gore Verbinski and Hal Willner (the man also behind the recent Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man soundtrack). Think of it more as a companion work, and a big one at that. This compilation is a whopping 43 songs in total -- all of them olden day seafaring songs as interpreted by modern day artists. Many of them are performed in unexpectedly strange and entertaining fashion, such as the opening track by Baby Gramps who sounds like a drunken Tuvan throat singer! The list of participants is quite astounding, it includes Van Dyke Parks, Nick Cave, Richard Thompson, Lucinda Williams, David Thomas, Lou Reed (very staid), Stan Ridgway, Jarvis Cocker (an awesome number that builds to a frenzied stormy climax!), Bill Frisell, Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus Wainwright, Kate McGarrigle, Gavin Friday, Bryan Ferry with Antony (injecting the comp with a little melodramatic flair), Mary Margaret O'Hara (a surprise appearance by this mysterious, captivating Canadian artist and sister of actress Catherine O'Hara!), Jolie Holland, Akron/Family, White Magic, John C. Reilly (!), a couple of guys named Sting and Bono too, and more! We won't make you walk the plank for this one, but we will politely attest to the fact that this is indeed for the most part a jolly good listen!
MPEG Stream: WAINWRIGHT, RUFUS AND KATE MCGARRIGLE "Lowlands Away"
MPEG Stream: COCKER, JARVIS "A Drop Of Nelson's Blood"
MPEG Stream: FERRY, BRYAN W/ ANTONY "Lowland Low"

V/A Roll Your Moneymaker (Early Black Rock 'N Roll) (Trikont) cd 24.00

V/A Roma Violenta (Cinevox) cd 18.98
The subtitle says: "rare tracks from the best Italian '70s crime movie soundtracks". A *great* collection of music from these flicks, with lots of previously unreleased or unreleased on cd stuff by soundtrack composers Cipriani, Vasile, Bixio, and of course the mighty GOBLIN (who did lots of crime movie soundtracks in addition to their famous occult horror film scores). As the liner notes state, the music is "firmly rooted in the atmosphere of the late '70s and early '80s where disco-rock reigned supreme and rhythms oscillated between boogie and funk", plus suspenseful string arrangements for those moments of film tension. So, "Roma Violenta" provides funky, stylish '70s filmic thriller music that can't be beat, appropriate for any car chases or gangster gunfights you might get involved in today (keep it in your car stereo, just in case!). As a single disc collection of some choice cuts in this genre, "Roma Violenta" is highly recommended.
RealAudio clip: GOBLIN "La Via Della Droga"
RealAudio clip: STELVIO CIPRIANI "Mark Il Poliziotto"
RealAudio clip: PAOLO VASILE "Il Giorno Del Cobra"