Articles by Roman Sokal

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  Onesidezero

  Is This Room Getting Smaller

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  The one plus to Onesidezero is that they are constantly changing their sound throughout their debut disc. They make the listener ultra awar...

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  The Residents

  Icky Flix- Original Soundtrack Recording

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Any artist that has been around for a while eventually releases a compilation, but how about a compilation of a compilation? In the shadow...

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  Sebastien Tellier

  L'Incroyable Verite

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Sebastien Tellier is a one-man prodigy of necromantic weirdness. He plays every instrument himself - no doubt the only method by which his...

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  US Maple

  Acre Thrills

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  When the vocals on this disc start, the Residents immediately come to mind. The singer takes on the conceptual and philosophical traits of...

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  Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band

  Bongo Rock: The Story of the Incredible Bongo Band

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Michael Viner, a high-rolling music business executive in the '70s, needed some soundtrack music for a couple of projects and thus put toge...

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  Corona Borealis

  Corona Borealis

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Corona Borealis play a very old and raw traditional style of Celtic-like music with an East Indian flavour. The instrumentation is kept to...

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  Astroqueen

  Into Submission

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  While there is nothing wrong with Astroqueen (or was it Lowrider?), there is also nothing new. Their efforts are commendable - they prolong...

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  Zeni Geva

  10,000 Light Years

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2001

  Japan's Zeni Geva are relentless, forceful and ultra-intelligent; their steam-rolling assault of progressive jazz noise rock hymns inbred w...