Articles by Roman Sokal

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  Fontanelle

  F

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Former Jessamine cohorts Andy Brown and Rex Ritter summoned additional players to step up the flow of their liquid space jazz funk to the n...

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  Ulver

  Perdition City

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Subtitled as "music to an interior film," Ulver come across more as remixers of budget film scores by taking meagre conventions of musical...

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  Vitriol

  I-VII

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  For 12 months, Ben Christian Green (of Godflesh) deposited himself within the Cambrian mountains to escape modern civilisation and search w...

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  Atlas Strategic

  Rapture, Ye Minions!

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  With quirky keyboards and a lust for pop culture, Atlas Strategic takes country from a street level. The initial impression from this album...

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  Haymarket Riot

  Wax!

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Haymarket Riot is a relatively a good example of the intelligent punk scene that inhibits the Chicago, IL region. Their first self-titled E...

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  Kitchens and Bathrooms

  Thousand Yard Stare

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  What is peculiar about the inventive avant-rock music of Kitchens and Bathrooms is that it has a sort of third person narrative quality to...

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  Mother Superior

  Mother Superior

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Although having already existed for a handful of years, Los Angeles-based group Mother Superior is best recognised as the musical accompani...

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  Opium Jukebox

  Music To Download Pornography By

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2001

  Opium Jukebox will perhaps be the first album of "muzak" to be rejected by banks and department store chains simply due to its repulsive na...