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Modern Cliche - Flaness and Fairytales

AFD SHIFT - Crusade

Sarah Warne

Brainwash

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Andensum

Lucky Witness

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Harmonic vocals, acoustic breaks, emense heavy powercords are just some of the treats in store with this ten song box of delights. Bicester based six piece, really go hammer and tongues with these songs. Momentum kicks the ignition key with more force than evil. I like the way the music always slows down for the acoustic breaks. This is like a signature for the bands music and is there throughout the album. Then flies into heavy double peddles then rockets, well produced and written. The Neverending is one of my favs all the album, clear vocals, metal riffs, UP LOUD!. Broken Man ( going to be next single)releases the double peddle drums mayhem. Great overlay of lead and rythm guitar. Saying that i like Nahil Atumae, the rolling metal riffs. Clear sound, instruments, vocals, a little swallow the mic deep throat, you got to have that, fine album, seems to get heavier the more you play it. Addictive!
also goto link below to their myspace for some non album songs and a outstanding videos
bands myspace
Offical site

Simple Reason

Simple Reason rock / sreamo out Match 2006, to download / CD

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Andra Sunchy - Patchwork Story ( country / Rock/folk )

CD Cover above

I original contacted Andra through myspace about broadcasting one of her live shows, because she was promoting one of her local gig in the U.S. she sent me her latest album because she didn't have any live recordings.
She is not signed ( why not?). You get that nice warm feeling when you listen to it.
10 songs, superb music worthy of commercial success, Relaxed rock / country / folk.
Andra has got a folk / country background, from a musican family upbringing, very nice long journey up load with the top down on the car music.
Acoustic / Electric acoustic rock, mellow great vocals by Andra, nice clean lyrics, words influenced from where she come from a growing up and her musical travels with her family.
Little Things introduces you to the Andra Suchy sound and flows through the rest of the album. Lucy is a more agressive guitar flowing through then mellows in the chorus. Right here is the song with most country influences with nice overlayed vocals.
Estilline, would sit well on a western film score. Summernight, only song with more of folk/tribal drum style. more emotion is evident, amazing song. Better Me the last song on the album leaves you wanting more.
Produceer by Andrew Pierzine who also runs the studio where they record and also in the band. Not a demo, profesionally produced CD.M
For all information and to buy the CD
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Mmm digital- Obsolute zero album - unreleased

John Leyton & the orients - Hi Ho Come on England

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Sister Morphine

This is fine band with a outstanding recording. From the phonic stable, with musicans coming from various line ups comes a louder, heavier sound. Sister Morphone sound is all about rock style riffs, twin vocals, Maude and Jim. The song that stands out is Down Stairs mix up, could chart if it was promoted that way, fine slab of indie rock, the best i have heard from these musicans. Even though there is nothing wrong with the phonic sound. ( former band namw). Deffinitely packs more of a punch, if that was intention then they have succeeded. This ep was recorded at esteeme robot club in Bristol and recorded in two days, fine work as well. This does NOT sound like a demo, far from it

Nussian - three track demo

Originally from Russia, now living in the London, this fine solo artist, with a James blunt kind of sound, acoustic / electric guitars, piano and the guys got fine vocals as well. Do you feel is the nice piano song of the three, very nicely produced in his own studio 23 and again does not sound like a demo, recorded and produced in an excellent equipt studio and it comes though also

Negative Space Field - three track demo

First demo from the band, full up metal. A brother drummer and bass player combo with two guitarist, creating some of the best metal music around.
The first outing very nice steady paced powercord songs, shouting twin vocal arrangment, very nice quality recording as well clear enough vocals, hear every instrument. Nothing is hidden in the overlays
Second song from dusk til dawn mexican guitar plucking influenced intro. slightly more vocal driven song, slight calmer track, heavy chorus. Very nice well written song, with a few more guitar effects, the variety of styles is coming through.
3rd song, guitar / drummer intro, blodding bass, coming together to blast out a heavy powercord monster. Fine guitar solo from smith, deep throat power vocals the song builds up to thrash with heavy laidened basstrack.
fine demo by the band, nicely recorded, really brings out the live qualities of the band, take it that was the intention and works well.

Junkie Brush- hearts and mines ep

Fine ska /rock band hailing from Oxford. Like EXP from Banbury, their raw punk little more rocker and it comes across. Exhume his Corpse ( good title) (and make him dance for money), rocky track, nicely produced, managing to capture the live feel with the recording with twin vocal track, with a little cure feel on the solo acoustic electric. Here comes the noise, rawer song, now shes dead, bit more thread and slighty more shouting vocals someone dont give a f***k. little bit of beastie boys come through here. here comes the ska, find another way is right, the song is tigherm slidding more into punk ska as the ep rolls on, draws you closer to the speaker or stage where your playing the CD or see them live last but not last a sample intro with money grinder, this is a remix by Nicile Steal, Kidlington based who's done some production and remixer for a few of the band tracks, little more dancer, heavy bass overtone, simpe vocals, nice mix. goign into beastie boy remix production territory, very nice touch. then the zombie goes back into his grave, lol

Staedler and Waldolf: electronic bluresque

Cardiff based duo Steadler and Waldorf (Paul Smith & Steve Jones) with their blend of House, trip hop and ambient music with funk and worldy sounds. They have created some fairly unique and don't just sick with a certain sounds
Weather it be ambient Planet Earth, or more dance beat drum & bass of Turn it on with vocals with a slice of old skool. Bangera is obvious from the title, but fine twist with a female Mc over the beats. Angel is the main drum & bass feel tune, kind like a hospital records element to the style with ambient synth production. Because i want you has a hiphop feel to it, slower beats and breaks beat. Bak to the bone is the dance / rock cross over. It is suprising these guys are not
signed to XL(basement jazz / Prodigy label) or some kind of label. The production is commerical standard, no question, don't sound as if it was thrown together in five minutes, vocals by beat Muppets.Peanut and Lacey Chaiff on the various tracks. They have been in several projects
over the last six years, producing dance, funk and rock. I think their funk background helps in various ways with the level of production on the beats and vocal

Be spoke - Rymers lane

Local R&B star Bespoke, returns to our ears with a nice lightheart then down the dark alley to the club dance floor 5 track ep, Rymers Lane, featuring Jodie Davies vocals on Cross that path. Each tunes lyrics are ryming from the ground up, down to earth
lyrically solid, flowing then gets deeper as the ep progresses. The tone is set by ordinary man and dormitory life, as the titles suggests Busta rymes influence of hummer, deep bassline. Nice sampling of Zorba the Greek on Cross that Path, nice piano intro, darker side of his
Going the dance floor way with Up Jumps da boogie, feeling the vibes through the dancefloor speakers, the kind of tone set by Sticky with mis dynamite, boo, very simplistic, nice tune

This is a fine ep its avaible in Chalkys and Record Savings in Banbury �5

for more information and to buy this ep
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Various artist - The next tractor : ( rehab records)

Various artist - The next tractor

One of guys behind this series of albums is drum & bass mystero TMS1(also known as Prisoner of Technology), with ROBIN EE, M.L.E, K-DUB . His most famous commercial release is his remix of intergalactic by the Beastie Boys. The Rehab label is the sister label, all hiphop style, chillout, triphop breakbeat tunes with some fine sampling, some you might recognise from his dnb tunes
Blackclouds is calm intro and young bucks is the first tune with breakbeat. hiphop style feel ( you can see someone breakdancing in the street to this). The main theme of 2 different stories centers around a sample a girl talking about her drug experiences, with a calm laid back synth, makes you think about what she is saying. Then into Fat Boy Slim country with funky disc house Diva and just slides into the other songs, all simulalr, hiphop style beats and very well placed sample and a sample from samuel J jackson ( can't remember movie), but that not a bad thing.... It's a good thing.