Well, after a couple of months not buying anything and listening to a fair
amount of obscure indie rock I just bought a bunch of CDs from the
following:
Sh*tmat - Full English Breakfast (Planet Mu)
DJ/Rupture - Special Gunpowder
Unkle - Never, Never, Land Ltd 2 CD (MoWax)
VA - Grime (Rephlex)
VA - Shockout (Shockout)
Finesse & Runway (Schematic)
VA - Children of Mu (Planet Mu)
Secret Frequency Crew - Forest of the Echo Downs (Schematic)
Sora - re.sort (Plop records)
Have to say, by far, my favorite is the Sh*tmat CD. Full-on jungle rave
mayhem. People around me complain about the noise, which is always a good
sign.
The Unkle CD is crap mostly because of the extra CD containing remixes by
Hybrid and Sasha and some more crap progressive house rmixes. What the hell
were they thinking?
I know I bad-mouthed the whole "Grime" thing but I take it back - something
clicked finally. Stuff works well with UR releases.
The two Schematic CDs are great. I prefer the Secret Frequency Crew to
Finesse & Runway. I prefer the melodic electro sounds to the more retro
sounding Finesse/Runway.
Sora is really cool - Japanese minimal and quiet "glitch" with samples of
Bossa Nova Latin.
The Shockout compilation is nice as well - ragga/dancehall w/Guislain
Poirier, Kid 606, Teamshadetek, DJ/Rupture, and more.
