A BASKET OF GLOWING DEAD FISH or LOVE IT, LOVE IT NOT

At a certain,  nearly foreseeable point in critical analysis,  one gets it:  some of the stuff that has been touted as "essential" is merely disposable,  over-hyped,  or worse.  One may even glimpse hints of genius in these objects of adoration,  but that soon fades as the recordings one has purchased in good faith (thanks WIRE) become mired in the verbiage of commerce,  advertising dollars,  and the good old boys club.  What follows is a list of performers whose work has been described as transcendent,  but is more often than not,  tedious.  Enjoy.

                            1.  Sunn ((O)))
                            2.  Emeralds
                            3.  Broadcast
                            4.  Gas
                            5.  Oneotrix Point Never
                            6.  Skullflower
                            7.  Ramleh
                            8.  James Ferraro
                            9.  Jandek
                          10.  Prurient

CURRENT SPINS

          1.  Maurizio Bianchi - THE SELF-PORTRAIT OF MB
          2.  Sutekh - PERIODS.MAKE.SENSE.
          3.  Leighton  Craig - 11 EASY PIECES
          4.  Vivenza  -  FONDAMENTS BRUITISTES
          5.  Esplendor Geometrico - BOX 2
          6.  Severed Heads - VIVA HEADS!
          7.  The Hacker - REVES MECANIQUES
          8.  Benge - TWENTY SYSTEMS
          9.  Kevin Drumm - IMPERIAL DISTORTION
         10. Keith Fullerton Whiteman - MULTIPLES
      
      

 
      

CURRENT SPINS

Here are some of the discs I've been enjoying during the last few weeks, presented in no particular order:

1.  Cabaret Voltaire -  "The Original Sound of Sheffield '78/'82 Best Of"
2.  John Foxx -  "Metatronic"
3.  Monoton -  "Monotonprodukt 07"
4.  Karlheinz Stockhausen -  "Elektronische Musik 1952-1960"
5.  Pulse Emitter -  "Oppressive Nature"
6.  Rene Hell -  "Porcelain Opera"
7.  Martial Canterel -  "Refudge Underneath"
8.  Carlos Giffoni -  "Severance"
9.  Various -  "The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume One"
10.  square_wave -  "Sec Coma"
11.  Saverio Evangelista & Federico Spini -  "Works II"
12.  Merzbow -  Another Merzbow Records"