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Maarten Schiethart
Profiles
Maarten Schiethart looks back on the life and career of Jamaican producer and musician Lee "Scratch" Perry who died in August.
Miscellaneous
Toots Hibbert
Aurlus Mabele
Florian Schneider
Maarten Schiethart highlights some of his favourite 7 inch and 12 inch releases of the year.
Maarten Schiethart reflects upon the life of pioneering reggae artist Toots Hibbert, who died in September.
Maarten Schiethart looks at the career of Soukous' star and Le Groupe Loketo singer Aurlus Mabélé who died in March.
Maarten Schiethart reflects on the groundbreaking career of the late Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider
Live Reviews
Ergo Phizmiz
Maarten Schiethart enjoys avant-garde musician Ergo Phizmiz's offbeat and surreal opera about Salvador Dali at the Arcola Theatre in London
Ergo Phizmiz
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Arcola Theatre, London, 16./8/2015
Melt Banana
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Nijmegen Doonroosje, 26th September
Melt Banana
Triple bill! Me, Rah Bras, both pretty crap, and then the long awaited debut on a Nijmegen stage of Melt Banana. One of the most innovative bands of the decade, Melt Banana released the impressive 'Teeny Shiny' earlier in the year which hinted at an occa
Favourite Albums
Rubik
Disco Zombies
Lapre
Maarten Schiethart reflects upon Finnish maths pop pioneers Rubik’s under-rated third album ‘Solar’, which has its tenth anniversary this year.
Disco Zombies, who were post-punk proteges of John Peel. get an essential reissue – and send Maarten Schiethart on a trip down memory lane.
Maarten Schiethart reviews a retrospective of vintage synthesizer nostalgia from Berlin duo Lapre.
Features
Profile-Scene is Now
Elliott Smith
Bohemian New York art rockers The Scene is now have released just four albums in their 24 year history. Maarten Schiethart looks back over their erratic career, and examines their latest album, 'Songbirds Lie'
Maarten Schiethart pays a personal tribute to the American singer-songwriter, Elliott Smith, who died in October
Joy Zipper
Miscellaneous
Not available from Pennyblackmusic, but still definitely worth checking out, Joy Zipper's lo-fi second album 'American Whip' is the latest release of David Holmes' 13 Amp records. Maarten Schiethart writes about one of the early great albums of the year
Rataplan is an alternative Dutch radio station which specialises in playing independent and dance music, and that transmits from the town of Nijmegen in the South East of the Netherlands. Its radio
Reviews
Peaches
Craig Fortnam
Don Zilla
Snapped Ankles
Confrontational single sided 7 inch from Berlin-based experimental artist Peaches
Glorious orchestral avant garde and tongue-in-cheek English pop on debut solo album from North Sea Orchestra frontman Craig Fortnam
Baffling avant garde wizard electronica from Kampala-based musician and producer Don Zilla which is graced with a divine touch
Environmentally=concerned third album from Snapped Ankles who mourn forest demise with a set of cracking tunes.
La Jungle
Various
Motorpsycho
Last Days Of April
Urgent punk disco pop from French speaking Belgium band La Jungle
Re-issue of abstract and new wave compilation from 1984.on Belgian label Crammed Discs
Dull and cliched harmonic rock on latest album from Norwegian band Motorpsycho
Appealing indie pop on tenth album from Stockholm popsters Last Days Of April who reveal increasing maturity
Eric Malmberg
Jimi Tenor
Mouse On Mars
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Excellent seven inch single which takes two tracks from Swedish composer from a 2007 album
Excellent anthology of unshelved material from the 1990s from Jimi Tenor who has helped to shape the course of electro jazz
Computed coordinated chaos on anarchic latest album from German electronic duo Mouse On Mars
Pessimistic and misconstrued indie Americana blues from Philadelphian project Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Khalab and M'berra Ensemble
Kasai Allstars
Raoul Vignal
Hedvig Mollestad Trio
Italian DJ Khalab and Malian refugees the M'berra Ensemble fuse traditional desert sounds and buzzing electronics.
Appealing fourth album from Congo collective Kasai Allstars which finds them returning to basics
Exquisite and rich folk on latest album from French singer-songwriter and guitarist Raoul Vignal
Baffling and energetic cross genre album from Norwegian act Hedvig Mollestad Trio, which combines loud krautrock, prog, jazz and garage punk rock
Coldharbourstores
Fanfara Awantura
Virginia Wing
Sharhabil Ahmed
Sweetly jangling but flawed fourth album from London-based band Coldharbourstores
Ingenious blend of brass and techno music from Polish act Fanfara Awantura
Fifth LP which captures the present difficult times from experimental Manchester trio.Virginia Wing
Festive frenzy funk on compilation album from 1970's era Sudanese musician Sharhabil Ahmed
Urlaub in Polen
Kode9
Pose Dia
Half Japanese
Impressive sixth album and first in nine years from Cologne new wave krautrockers Urlaub in Polen
Energetic new digital only single from Scottish dubstep pioneer Kode9
Cinematic but flawed debut album from Pose Dia, the project of Hamburg-based DJ Helena Ratke
Impressive and enjoyable nineteenth album from America's unlikeliest pop band Half Japanese
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