Hamfatter/ Fireworks/ Pink Hedgehog CD
Superb, melodic Brit pop with jazzy undertones and hooks that can catch fish.
eoin@hamfatter.net
R. Stevie Moore/ Nevertheless Optimistic/ Innova CD
Essential best-of collection from the Hometaping Godfather,song after incredible song.
innova@composersforum.org
Majestic 12/ Searching For The Elvis Knob
Fantastic melodic rock from Kenyata Sullivan and friends. Easily one of theyears best. Shot from the heart dramas.
kenyata@juno.com
The Rabbits Hat/ Orion/ Stone Premonitions CD
Once again our friends Tim Jones and Terri B have released one of the finest CDs of the year. How do they do it?
Shimmering production and unbelievable musicianship and memorable tunes. Progressive Indie rock does not get any better than
this.
info@archhouse9.fsnet.co.uk
Frank Pahl/ The Back Of Beyond/ Novel Cell Poem CD
Beautiful collection of automatic instruments and occasional whistling.Unique, charming and a shining star of this
years releases.
fpahl@umich.edu
Census Of Hallucinations/ Hard World/ Stone Premonitions CD
Wonderful full production values from these prolific and immensely talented Brits.
info@archhouse9.fsnet.co.uk
Terry Munday/ Divinity from The Liberty Project/CD
Soaring and fabulous guitar features. He wows me.
terry@mundayt.freeserve.co.uk
R. Stevie Moore/ Report Card/ r$m CD
Mr Moore with a sprawling double disc of eclecticism. A veritable variety show that includes an hilarious Jewish
scat singer amongst many treats.
RSMko@webtv.net
Michael J Bowman/ Bad Faith/ Semper Lo Fi CD
Home taper on a downer produces one of his finest moments. It hurts so good. Includes the introduction of his "rant
rock" style.
mjb@semperlofi.com
Minmae/ A Record About Us/ Best Kept Secret K7
Imagine Sonic Youth with only Thurston Moore doing lo fi pop vocals and no feedback. Now combine that with intelligent
arrangements and good use of mood and you have it.
bks@telemar.it
Mind Map/ Plochy/ Black Orchid CD
Beautiful down tempo moods. Dim the lights!
matko@isternet.sk
A. Molotkov/ Invited/ Discord Aggregate CD
A swirling out there morass of unusual vocals and strange sounds.
nonamolotkov@discord-aggregate.com
Alex Temple/ Agape Ludens/CD
Lots of ground covered and it all adds up to one unique, adventurous and different sounding ride.
electricwalrus@isoamerica.net
Milo/ Darkside Of The Rumours
Darkly humorous indie rock with subtle undercurrents of satirical unrest .
milo@gloomytunes.com
Squires Of The Subterrain/ Strawberries on Sunday
Pop rock in a XTC vein that pulls me in with its wall of sound production and Chris Earls distinctive vocal flair.
TCRR@aol.com
Sauvie Island Moon Rocket Factory/ Wy'est Can't Sleep/ Best Kept Secret K7
Stumbling high harmonies go hand in hand with that dreamy and wispy alt. pop home recording sound.
bks@telemar.it
Simon Felton/ The Latest Thing/ Pink Hedgehog CD
Solo outing from member of Garfields Birthday checks in with quality pop,folk and rock numbers.
pinkhedgehog@dumbangel.freeserve.co.uk
Polly Moller/ Celullar Hill/ Silver Wheel CD
Spoken word delights of expression from this Bay Area poet and flautist.
polly@silverwheel.com
Mark Ritchie/ I Am Mark Ritchie/ KAW K7
Once again Mark bares his soul and takes full credit this time operating under his own name. Perhaps he would be
tired of the "sadcore" tag but I've said it anyway. Lo fi heartbreak.
kawtapes@atozasia.com
Tunsi/ Stategy/Parana CD
Strong and compelling hip hop out runs the pack.
tunsi77@hotmail.com
Minmae/ No End/ Blackbean and Placenta CD
Moody weird and fuzzy alt pop. Excellent band.
fakeminmae@hotmail.com
Jliat/ War/ Jliat CD
The sound of the bombing of Afghanistan. Real and scary.
james@jliat.demon.co.uk
Infant Cycle/ Ephedrin Bird Samba/ The Ceiling CD
Glitchy and nervous atmospheres.
jdejong@nas.net
Hutch/ The Beast Within/CD
Huge sounding hooky rock from LA.
FlyingBridgeProds@yahoo.com
The Duds/ Myriad Contortions OF Yolande Mahwengwe/ Rockit CD
Quirky, lo fi Welsh nuggets. Very cool and catchy.
catchpenny@lycos.com
Pop Threat/ Ripen/ Mook CD
Tough Brit rock with a touch of the dirt that I like. Its grunge-hook.
popthreat@hotmail.com
The Bran Flakes/ Perversion For Profit/ Happi Time CD
Tremendous sound collaging and fun sampling.
otis@otisfodder.com
John Dickinson/ Searching For Lambs/ Salient CD
Crystal clear acoustic guitar picking and tasty light, but not lightweight tunes.
sales@rolledgold.co.uk
Hookers/ Werr Hatt Jeschwaat/CD
Ballsy and bluesy German language raveups, some covers and good arrangements.
nc-schellal@netcologne.de
Eric Wallack-Greg Segal/ Zapn The Capn/ Phantom Airship CD
Double headed experimental string bending.
gregsegal@gregsegal.com
Dan Susnara/ Existing In When/ Mumble Mumble
Home taping mini operettas and song sequences with nicely arranged bent rock elements.
(no email, contact me for address)
Mark Kissinger/ All The Lucky Others/CD
A mix of hot guitar, experiments with feedback and confessional self parodies.
M-K@worldnet.att.net
Ray Carmen/ I Could Be Wrong/ Cut And Paste CD
American jangle pop guru at work. Ho hum, another hit.
raycarmen@yahoo.com
Goff-McGee/ Unertia from Verge Of The Void/ Haltapes CD
Glacial cascades of sound sheets drift out into the galaxy.
Haltapes1@aol.com
or padukem@idir.net
John Bartles/ I Met Her At A Bills Game/CD
Another essential collection from this grizzled and funny vet of the underground scene. He is releasing old tapes
as theme CDs. You must have some Bartles if you know anything.
(no email, contact me for postal address)
Sneaky Pete/ Green Booger/CD
Hilarious and spot on satires from this college professor.
rizzo@mail.bio.tamu.edu
MC Potbelly/ Horizontal/CD
Only a single song but gut busting and rocking white boy rap.
aoertel@pacbell.net
Evan Peta/ Railyard/ Scorched CD
Hot, in your face lead guitar that he works into almost every song. He rocks, I mean, really rocks hard.
scorched_2@yahoo.com
Zanstones/ Prostitution Of Ambiguity/ ZH 27 CD
Hard to describe assemblage of strange sounds mixed by Zan Hoffman.
zanhoffmanzh27@airmessage.net
7th Day Buskers/ Busker Bounce from Long LIve The Caboose/CD
Tastefully picked acoustic music with nods to British Isles, bluegrass and country folk. Excellent clean sound.
seventhdaybuskers@hotmail.com
Wayne Butane/ Stupid from Swipes/CD
Insane and hilarious sound collage pieces. Amazing editng.
Wbutane@aol.com
OVS/ Floe And Spin/ Black Orchid K7
Sinister and pounding darkcore coming at you in Slavic ( I think).
emile@pobox.sk
Chris Becker/ Preacher and The Devil/CD
Funky but intelligent sampling and arranging. Neat EP length work.
beckermusic@yahoo.com
Clare/ Womb Fantasy/ Best Kept Secret K7
This Japanese duo gets all delicate and innocent or so it seems on this gauzy and wonderful production.
bks@telemar.it
DLH Posse/ Che Addesso Ti Migiloro/ MFF CD
Italian collective that does hip hop, sing alongs and what sounds like carnival music. All in the same song sometimes.
A wild bunch.
info@dlhposse.com
A Northern Chorus/ Louder Than Love/CD
Shoegazin, folky, progressive, slowcore Brit rock with outstanding production and arranging.
promo@sonicunyon.com
Mic Gendreau/ Two Worlds For Now/ 23five CD
Vibrational surfaces interact in conjunction with special equipment to amaze the ear once audible.
cwt@colingordon.com
Zanstones/ Cultural Crisscross/ ZH27 CD
Merging noise and textures into a spicy stew.
zanhoffmanzh27@airmessage.net
Neil Rambaldi/ Edge/CD
Well produced NY area shredder takes aim and fires.
prismism@neilrambaldi.com
Blurred Images/ On The Horizon/ Best Kept Secret K7
Jangly, dream pop performed by Jose Banuelos. Nice with a capital N.
bks@telemar.it
Francisco Lopez/ wasps/ Longbox 3" CD
Spectacular sonic immersion without the usual immense spaces of silence make this concise work so powerful.
franciscolopez@csi.com
Six Heads/ Small Rubber Voice.../ Disembraining Songs CD
Goofy and wondrous Canadian experimentalists. If this was a record you would think it was at the wrong speed.
w.a.davison@rogers.com
Eric Wallack/ Spirals/ imcr CD
2003 was a breakthrough year for this talented multi instrumentalist. From this solo improv guitar outing to his
other interesting and collaborative projects, Eric is everywhere! The talent and imagination just flows out of him.
ewallack@woh.rr.com
Ken Clinger/ My Shadow/ Bovine CD
The legendary Mr C continues to release his naieve song, classical counterpoint, keyboard miniatures and oddball
lyrics to our delight.
clinger@duq.edu
Stomberg-Clinger-Susnara/ Adam 2073 AD/CD
A tres bizarre collab from these 3 hoime taping vets. Weird and wonderful.
gregorystomberg@netscape.net
Blind Mime/ I Lied from Homemade Music Vol 1/ Homemade Music CD
Double CD of indie rock shoutouts and not so subtle hooks. Toe tapping and memorable tunes.
info@printpublish.com
Drone Forest/ Minim/ Bizarre Depiction CD
No beats, no melodies...perfect.
iancstewart@columbus.rr.com
Chris Baskous/ Prologue:Rubis Car Crash/CD
Interesting narrative with intriguing production and development.
chrisbaskous@earthlink.net
Dino DiMuro/ Unfinshed/ Lonely Whistle CD
A tragic and bleak year still saw Dino pump his 4 track through Pro Tools and come up with more monsters.
recordings@aol.com
Timo/ Never Saw It Coming/K7
Surprisingly clean production from the bare bones home deck of the recently returned Man of Bitterness. Growling
and sad vocals, sublime guitaring. Welcome back Timo.
timogilbert@msn.com
The Linger Effect/ Beautiful Machines/ Best Kept Secret K7
Thoughtful and grey like a rainy day, this Canadian group strums and gently picks out plum lo fi pop with the best
of them.
bks@telemar.it
Al Perry/ Dogma Of Null Unit from Live At Club Congress/ Addled CD
Combine surf with twangy southwest flavored stop and go instrumentals and you have the highly talented Mr Al Perry.
alperry003@hotmail.com
9 On Bali/ Triad/CD
Eccentric home rock collab with sure fire and steady production. Very nice work.
(no email, contact me for postal address)
Ken Clinger-Ray Carmen/ Anything, Anytime, Anywhere/ Cut And Paste CD
This time around KC does the vocals and Ray does most of the backing music.It is interesting to hear how Ken handles
the flavor of the tracks and how Ray challenges him to work outside of his normal framework.
clinger@duq.edu
or cutandpasterecords@yahoo.com
Amy Denio/ Chickenhawks Ought Not /CD
To me, Amy can do no wrong. On this solo CD she uses only vocals and effects...and her unhindered imagination.
Mama mia! Can this woman sing!
amydenio@earthlink.net
The Tiptons/ Gypsy Wedding/CD
Amy Denio ( this time on alto sax) and her musical mates howl in all star jazz arrangements and monster blowing
on this lively set of saxophone ensemble pieces.
amydenio@earthlink.net
Wallack-Vale/ Molten Glass:Images/ imcr CD
Translucent improvs between Chapman Stick and keyboards that never show off but instead engage in a lovely dialogue.
ewallack@woh.rr.com
Glossolalia/ Spot The Worm/CD
Munchable, instrumental texture rock from Australia's Andrew McIntosh.This kind of expression is what makes home
taping special to me. Full of intelligence and crafty arranging.
wormfood@alphalink.com.au
Jim Shelley/ What Never Was/ Aint CD
Home taping veteran throws down another quality set of personal rock. Hooky, crafted and sincere. Jim's got it
all.
bookofkils@aol.com
Eric Anders/ Halcyon Days/ Baggage Room CD
Down tempo light rock arrangements with creeping choruses that won't leave your head.
eric@anders.net
Gina Cutillo/ For The Love Of C.../---CD
She's not afraid to kick ass and rock in an indie kind of way.
gina@ginacutillo.com
Slow Poisoners/ Days Of The Soft Break/ Heyday CD
Slowcore, breezy and a bit of toegazin goin on here. Rather baroque and filligreed SF trio.
band@slowpoisoners.com
Whitman McGowan/ Dirty Words from Caught In The Act/ Little CD
Live recording of spoken word remembrances both real and imagined with occasional eclectic backing tracks. UFO's
definitely play a role.
wmcgowan@ix.netcom.com
Spacciatori/ Dove Ti Sei Perso/CD
Fast and loud Italian punks rule the day.
spacciatori@hotmail.com
Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet/ 13 Themes For A Triskaidekaphobic/ pfMentum CD
Moody, large ensemble modern jazz arrangements with excellent direction and playing from trumpeter Kaiser.
admin@pfmentum.com
Various Artists/ Electroshock Vol 7/ Electroshock CD
Varieties of spacey atmpsheres and electronic experimenting compiled and released by Russia's very busy Artemiy
Artemiev.
info@electroshock.ru
Antanas Jasenka/Deus Ex Machina/ Electroshock CD
Beautiful textures of ambience that evens veers into noise territory occasionally.
info@electroshock.ru
Mothernight/ Hushababy/CD
Uncomplicated but razor sharp instrumentals that go straight to the point.They get in and then get out...and you
want more.
sebold@erols.com
