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MEOW 098CD
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"Numbers are Eric (ex-Xerobot), Dave (ex-Xerobot), and Indra (Dynasty), a rock'n'roll trio formed in the fertile post-wealth post-rave San Francisco dot-bomb underground. They play fast, primal punk disco beats, trading detached boy/girl vocals amid intermittent bursts of noisy guitar and fuzzed-out berserk bass. The influences they cite (no wave, Gang of Four, Kraftwerk, Wire) seem typical enough, but Numbers chew these up and spit it back out all their own."
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MEOW 061CD
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"Eleven tracks of pure musical reinvention and rebirth by these Providence, Rhode Island, ex-pats -- orchestral in scope but punk at heart; forsaking ambience for drums; turning down the synths and pads and turning up the guitars and samples. Freshly inspired by relocation to Austin, Texas, Stars As Eyes composed these songs on piano and guitar (without completely ignoring samples), from minimal to psychedelic to IDM to krautrock to electro to Providence rock. It's a stellar change of pace from their debut CD Freedom Rock -- heavier, thicker, more intense, yet cognizant of their emo-IDM roots. Songs like 'The French Method' and 'Suspension Days' contain a subtle, sustained beauty unequaled by their previous output, with melodies that would make Múm, To Rococo Rot or Boards of Canada proud. 'Important Youth Movement' is a slice of inspired electro-kraut with off-kilter, deadly guitar stabs, pounding drums and searing synth lines that build to a fever pitch and land in a soothing bed of soft breaks, piano, and a lullaby of strings worthy of Aphex Twin. Like a third of Flying Saucer Attack and half of Autechre stuck in a rehab center with a computer."
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MEOW 060CD
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"Cex's first two albums, Role Model and Oops, I Did It Again! are regarded as unprecedented classics among followers of ambitious left-field electronic music. Because of his penchant for complex beats and catchy melodies, Kidwell has garnered critical acclaim from mainstream and underground press alike for bringing daring pop sensibilities and sensitivity to a genre mostly frequently strapped for personality or accessibility. His quick wit and bona-fide mic skills have delighted music fans of many persuasions: hip-hop heads, indie rockers, electronic music geeks, and even the occasional frat boy. After refining everything about his sound in the forge of the ultimate live show, the much-anticipated album version of Cex's unique blend of hip-hop, experimental electronic music, and pure pop is finally ready for the world to absorb and admire."
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MEOW 037EP
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"Three years in the making and drawing from a very wide range of influences from krautrock, hiphop, IDM, punk, emo, electro and beyond. Beautiful melodies combined with thoughtful song structures and almost lyrical rhythms, with so much more involved than todays current crop of electronica underachievers. Stars as Eyes utilise a calculated mix of old keyboards, organs, guitars, old effects pedals, live drums and even saxophone along with todays most useful computer and modular DSP synthesis techniques and hard disk recording without ever overcomplicating things or losing touch with the rock and roll spirit they insist on flaunting in a time when most electronic musicians are to busy worrying about how much ram they have rather than how much soul there music does."
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MEOW 056CD
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"Gold Chains is a crooner, a modern day Ian Curtis or Scott Walker. His music is heavily orchestrated, triumphant, and anthemic. The bass is heavy. The outcome inevitable: straight from your radio through to your cerebral cortex and down to your ass. On this second release (his first for Tigerbeat6, following his self-titled debut on Orthlorng Musork), Gold Chains leaves behind his not-so-straight-up brand of hip-hop and dives deeper into the murky waters of, huh, 'electronic dance music'. Each track on this six song ep crosses so many boundaries it's not even worth putting words like techno, ghetto tech, ragga, glam rock or punk into sentences. Gold Chains still gives a history lesson or a tale of sex, drugs and rock and roll with each song, but this is not story time. Straight From Your Radio is for the clubs and anyone left standing when it's over deserves a purple heart."
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MEOW 056LP
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MEOW 048CD
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"Coming straight outta the superhot San Francisco underground, Numbers debut record gets hipsters smiling (smirking?) and asses shaking. This trio has been whipping live audiences into a frenzy since the summer of 2000. Lead singer and drummer Indra Dunis lays down disco-punk beats a la Gang Of Four or Devo that jack into your dance cortex. Dave Broekema whacks away at his Gibson SG making jagged No Wave skree along the lines of the Contortions. Eric Landmark's Moog and his homemade 'Buzzerk' synth machine pump out robotic bass and bleeps that would make both Kraftwerk and Adult proud. Lyrics about work, the proliferation of technology, consumerism, and elitist attitudes all go hand-in-hand with Numbers' egalitarian vision -- undoing late-capitalist subroutine with some much-needed rumpus."
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MEOW 023EP
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"Fight Club combines the best elements of a great mix tape with the intimate knowledge of an international scene forcefully coming into its own. Featuring some of the best work to date by all the artists involved, the beat-centric Fight Club stands out as a hyperactive take on a classic dub directory, pounded out by producers raised on the loud-fast-rules ethos. Dark, contemplative and consistently driving, contributors (Kid 606, Stars As Eyes, Adrien 75, Lusine Icl, Lesser, Knifehandchop, Meccaknifehandchop, Com.a, Gamers in Exile, Cex) bang out a twenty nine-minute EP of totally over the top digipunk dynamics, subtle ebbs, and dramatic flows.
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MEOW 039CD
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"Assembled by A. Nosnitsky for Ostian Mele Productions, this release finally sees the light of day with Tigerbeat6. Features tracks from regular Tigerbeat6 artists Pimmon, Electric Company, Lesser, Phthalocyanine, Kid606, with tracks from No Human Intervention, Farmers Manual, Blitter, Underwood, Suetsu, Blitter, and Viratone Ballad, conjoined by anonymous bits of feedback and astrally projected noise. Quick jumps from golden trebles to space dust create rhythms where no bass exists to link them. The result is music that's architectural rather than melodic, with listeners left to graph shifts in pitch and leaps in rhythm by moving their arms and legs. Compulsively danceable (or at least head-noddable), always surprising even though its many artists maintain a consistent tone, this compilation unlocks the soundtrack in your mind, as the mothership passes and leaves you bobbing in its wake. This fusion of noise with pristine, ear-popping minimalism represents an expansion and redefinition of the Tigerbeat6 fam."
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MEOW 027LP
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"The triumphant return of Tigerbeat6 favorites Dat Politics. There amazingly well received Sous Hit (pronounced 'sweet') CD recently released on Digital Narcis issued here on gloriously eyecatching clear red vinyl along with new full color artwork and two amazing new bonus tracks."
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MEOW 010EP
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"A limited edition 12" featuring 5 tracks from the Tigerbeat6 Inc. compilation as well as an exlcusive new Kid606 track. Track listing : 1. Kid606 - youjustdontunderstand 2. D84 - rocketship 3. Dwayne Sodahberk - nu_maschine 4. com.a - hallucinatino acid lobot 5. Nutnhoney - eskimokisses 6. Kid606 - break22 7. Kevinblectum - klardiscopic remedy 8. Fossil - kick'SC. Limited to 600 copies worldwide."
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MEOW 018EP
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"Another very good split 7" by two very cool artists."
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