Saturday, January 31, 2009

LP Review: Heinrich Dressel - Escape from the Hill

Heinrich Dressel (1845-1920) was a German archaeologist who excavated at Mons Testaceum, classified ancient amphorae and discovered the Duenos inscription, an invaluable piece of Old Latin. Heinrich Dressel has been reborn in Valerio Lombardozzi. Renown for his love of broken pots, he already excavated Mons Testaceum with an Elka Synthex for Strange Life Records. Read more (click here.)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Target Moments

No one noticed he had landed and not before long celebrations were in order.

Mig Alley

Servicing on home turf can be jovial.

Home Turf

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Exemplary Places

Exemplary
There is no slump or crisis when it comes to well-executed and timeless typography.

My kind of style
A great stylistic amalgam is the pragmatic approach to urban planning. This is somewhere to be admired.

Staging Ground
The human element is gone but the drama remains.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Overdue Revue: Odessa - Polar Intrusion (Disco Praline DP-003)



This is Odessa's debut release and Belgian label Disco Praline's first non Starlight Boyz related outing. Odessa hails from Rotterdam and is both at home making jewelry and behind the vocoder live with Alden Tyrell. Online, she counts him as her 'special friend' and 'musical partner'. He indeed co-writes this 12" and clearly brings some of his magic but I don't think this is the whole story. Read more here ....

Monday, January 19, 2009

On assignment in the South

Covert
Tell-tale signs of deep cover. Uncompromised and comfortable.

Getaway
Exotic getaway for people with objectives.

Receiver
The only form of respite is the telephone if it's not being monitored.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Key West

Key West

Risky route before the night falls.

Key West 2

This is no longer Dade County.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Mr Pauli EP Review

Have a look at the review I wrote about Mr Pauli's recent EP 'Jap Fab' out on dutch label Clone. You can listen to the EP as a satisfying vinyl record (from Clone or other distributors) or as a convenient download (from itunes, zero and beatport)

Read on here

Meanwhile this is a surveillance image of Mr Pauli.