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name your price: Dance Of The Mancavettes, by Convex Mancave

It's probably got something to do with womens' gymnastics, but Greyhound Out Of Mainline and Matthew Collings have returned to the Mancave. The last we heard from them was Big In Mogadishu (broken down into...

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name your price: Night Drops, by Indian Wells

For those readers who think electronic music is a racket, you might stop reading now. To wit: Indian Wells, the Italian "tennistronic" outfit, whose roster lists Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and Andrè Agassi, among many others....

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still warm: Future Nostalgia for sale, by Hiva Oa

The first half-minute, indeed the first ten seconds set the terms. This whitewashed chorus is the sound of inner dissonance, nothing really to do with the external world of instruments or processing. This...

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name your price: The Rigged Orchestra, by Temi I Idei

One of our most frequently-revisited songs from 2009 is "02," track #6 from the fydhws release Impresii. The artist behind fydhws identifies himself only as "R" and the song truly is a six-minute continent,...

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name your price: “Mist,” by Black Swan & 36

Black Swan is back in the news: a one-track collaboration with Dennis Huddleston's alias 36. It's lush, ringing, and over far too soon. Both artists are referring to this as a one-off, but...

name your price: Night Drops, by Indian Wells

For those readers who think electronic music is a racket, you might stop reading now.

To wit: Indian Wells, the Italian “tennistronic” outfit, whose roster lists Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and Andrè Agassi, among many others. Within ten seconds of album opener “Wimbledon 1980″ you’ll see what they’re up to: tennis ball percussion, commentary samples, well-mannered applause, and a touch of synthesizer for flavor. The title track creates a glitchy net of loops, underspins and volleys. Our favorite service is “Deuce.” Slower, murkier, best of three. Game point.

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