Mice Parade – Bem-Vinde Vontade (Fat Cat)
I have to admit that I hated this album when it first came out. Its…
Jackie-O Motherfucker – Fig.5 and Liberation (All Tomorrow’ Parties)
These ATP reissues are certainly timely. Fig.5 and Liberation, recorded in 2000 and 2001 respectively,…
Shadow Huntaz – Valley of the Shadow (Skam)
By any measure it has been a pretty lean year for forward thinking hip-hop albums.…
Re-edited film trailers
You need to put your broadband connection to good use and watch these great re-edited…
Calico on Rupture
Our very own (ha!) Matt Calico interviews dj/Rupture on the future of music. MATT: What…
Various Artists – Symbiotic II (Sensory Projects)
The new compilation from Melbourne’s Symbiotic collective is finally out. The last compilation eclipsed the…
Playlist 20050926
A live set from Funckarma tonight. Blippy, gurging, crunchy sounds generated on a veritable b-boy’s…
Sampling / Future Of Music Conference
Great discussion of George Clinton and Hank Shocklee at the Future Of Music conference in…
Return of Ubu
There is so much stuff that Cyclic Defrost as a magazine cannot even start to…
On grafitti
Fascinating label text to an exhbition I saw in Berlin on street art at Neurotitan…
Funckarma at Frigid
Holland’s Funckarma are playing at Frigid this Sunday. Imagine if Autechre stopped experimenting around the…
Will Straw on record collecting and shops
I’ve had a few enquiries about Canadian professor Will Straw so here you go. Here’s…
Soulseek & Aimless Downloading
Great article on the perils of convenience.
Playlist 20050919
dsico – Fever Narco Stalker (Disjunction Reunion Mix) [Fool EP] (Spasticated) Pivot – Incidental Backcloth…
Carve on, my friends
The Frigid/Cyclic/Sub Bass behemoth keeps carvin its way through the darkest corners of music and…