I went to the "World's Largest Garage Sale" again on Wednesday of this week and got a lot of stuff. Here's what I bought for only $6.50:
Adam X:
Fate Unknown
Reviews on the Internet describe this 2xCD set as a mix of techno and industrial, which seems like a good enough description to me. Apparently this guy is also the brother of
Frankie Bones. I don't really listen to this harder kind of techno very often, but for what it is it's not bad at all.
Bear vs. Shark:
Terrorhawk
Not for me. It's on my list of things to trade.
Blue States:
Man Mountain
I remember reading somewhere that the first album by this artist was good. I don't know if it was from a source I'd trust or not, but these things are only costing me a few cents so I figured there's not much to lose in taking a risk. I haven't listened to this one much but it seems to me to be very generic "chillout"/"downtempo" music. I'll probably hang on to it but so far it hasn't impressed me at all.
Chab:
Dub, Edits & Whisky-Coke
Right now I would give this album something like 9/10. It's house and it just works. I had heard of this guy because he collaborated with some other guy on a track that was on some DJ compilation I have. And I don't even think that track was especially that good. But this album is a lot of fun and consistently excellent.
Conjure One:
Extraordinary Ways
Ugh. This is just a bit too much "worldbeat"/"female vocalist" new age cheese for me. Of course, I haven't been able to get through the album, maybe there's some good stuff on here, who knows.
Grey Area:
And Then The Clouds
An interesting album from an artist I know nothing about. For the most part the album is dubby electronic music; a few of the tracks might even feel at home on a label like ~scape... there are a lot of sounds similar to those used by
Kit Clayton on
Nek Sanalet. I like this one. It's pretty minimal and laid back.
H-Foundation:
Environments
Deep house. I haven't listened to this one that much either, but it seems like a good enough album.
Sweet Trip:
Velocity : Design : Comfort
I first heard this band (I think it's a band) through the track "Noise is a Social Skill (v.0.8)" on a label compilation. It seemed like a pleasant pop song so I picked this disc up. Well, some tracks keep that pop song feels while others are a lot more experimental or just plain noisy, such as the first track "Tekka", which is "breakcore", at least according to what I think that genre is, and most of the time I just can't listen to stuff like that anymore. I think this one requires some more time before I can tell what I think of it.
The Locust:
Safety Second, Body Last
This is quite out of character for me, since I'm not really into whatever this is called. "Grindcore"? LOL. I actually think it's interesting enough to keep around though.
Tiga:
Sexor
Is this sort of stuff still popular? This is a fun album but there really seems to be a
lot of filler. There are about four or five tracks that I really like and a lot more that I skip over.
Tosca:
Souvenirs
I'm not really into Tosca (except for the excellent second disc of Dehli 9), but I'm hardly paying anything for these. This is a remix album I guess, though I'm not exactly sure what the focus of it is, maybe remixes of their most recent album. I noticed a few familiar names on the list of remixers, although I haven't really listened to anything from here at all yet. Well I'm listening to the
Burnt Friedman mix now and it's OK.
V/A:
Sounds of Om v.5
I don't even like this label but once again if the price is low enough I guess I'll buy things I don't even have any interest in. Decent dance music compilation.
I also bought second copies of these CDs and traded them the same day:
Infected Mushroom:
IM The Supervisor
Murs & Slug:
Felt
Frankie Bones:
Computer Controlled 3