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Recommended by wickedweasel on Jun 10, 2008

We (music consumers) are all moveing into the post-packaging era of music history, as more music lovers scan through list to pick and chose individual tracks for download, the cult of the album and album cover art is vanishing from the habits of the mainstream. Here is a example of the last gasp of album driven music, the 2008 4AD "Dead Can Dance Box Set". it's a re-issue of the nine Dead Can Dance albums, a limited edition of 1500 box sets containing all albums in Hybrid Stereo SACD format (which will also play on regular CD players). All albums have been remastered by MFSL (Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratory), one of the most respected audiophile labels in the USA. The albums are packaged in Japanese paper sleeves which replicate the original UK vinyl releases - down to the finest details of replica inner sleeves, and new booklets with lyrics, album labels and further images. I sugest that if you are new to ambum art, or if you are new to Dead Can Dance you need to experiance the best. This is the perfect place to start

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Tags: 4AD, Album Art, albums, box sets, Dead Can Dance, female vocalist, music, records

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/11351D7A/93486F10/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:21:06 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/EF6EF2A1/AAB7C723/Thrivemix-Presents-Electro

Recommended by wickedweasel on Apr 11, 2008

I admit I don't have much of a DJ/Electro collection, so I'm not the one to come to for recommendations on DJ Dance music, but I know what I like, and well this collection is non-stop edge.

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Tags: albums, Basement Jaxx, bittersweet, Bloc Party, booka shade, Boys Noize Vox, Buick Project, Bystanders, Chris Holmes, Claude Le Gache, Clear Static, dance, Depeche Mode, downtown, electro, eric prydz, Ewan Pearson, Freeform Five, Hellogoodbye, Hook N Sling, iio, Jacques Lu Con, Justice vs Simian, Les Visiteurs, Metric, Morel, Morgan Page, MSTRKRFT, music, Nu Electric, Paolo Mojo, peaches, recordings, records, Richard Vission, Röyksopp, Sarah McLeod, Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Simian Mobile Disco, Starkillers, Stefy, Stellastarr, Tahiti 80, Thrivemix, Tiefshwarz, tiga, TV Rocks, Under The Influence of Giants

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/EF6EF2A1/AAB7C723/ Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:08:25 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/C072EFC4/BFFC3518/PEACHES-Downtown-XL

Recommended by wickedweasel on Apr 10, 2008

I'm a believer!

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Tags: albums, downtown, ep, female vocalists, music, peaches, recordings, records, SMD remix

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/C072EFC4/BFFC3518/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:47:43 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/79F643B4/BA283B0E/Bringing-It-All-Back-Home

Recommended by wickedweasel on Mar 21, 2008

As a EP The Brian Jonestown Massacre's "Bringing It All Back Home Again" is better than the last two Black Rebel Motorcycle Club combined. And I like the cover art.

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Tags: albums, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, brian jonestown massacre, Bringing It All Back Home Again, CDs, MP3s, music, recordings, records, The Brian Jonestown Massacre

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/79F643B4/BA283B0E/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:25:32 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/BE16A9B9/439C8CDD/Nil-Recurring-Porcupine-Tree

Recommended by wickedweasel on Feb 21, 2008

Beautifully restrained design (via Amoeba Music)

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Tags: albums, bands, CDs, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Metalica, MP3s, music, Nil Recurring, Placebo?, Porcupine Tree Richard Barbieri, Radiohead, recordings, records, Steven Wilson

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/BE16A9B9/439C8CDD/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:32:40 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/E619868B/5D50778C/Sim-Vanessa-da-Mata

Recommended by wickedweasel on Feb 11, 2008

Vanessa da Mata did it for me with her killer song "Vermelho"

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Tags: albums, CDs, female vocalists, MP3s, music, recordings, records, sim, Vanessa da Mata, vermelho

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/E619868B/5D50778C/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:18:56 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/E2B19E7D/D0F61A44/Oracular-Spectacular-MGMT

Recommended by wickedweasel on Feb 5, 2008

very much my favorite cover image of the week :)

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Tags: albums, CDs, MGMT, MP3s, music, Oracular Spectacular, recordings, records

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/E2B19E7D/D0F61A44/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:25:58 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/9BFB011B/921C4BA6/Penguin-Cafe-Orchestra-tribute

Recommended by wickedweasel on Jan 31, 2008

I love tributes, on this Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute album, the cover design pays tribute to the wonderful paintings which have graced the covers of Penguin Cafe Orchestra albums over the years as well as Balthus. Nicely done

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Tags: albums, CDs, cover art, cover of the week, Ed Tsuwaki, Goro Ito, MP3s, music, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, recordings, records, tribute

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/9BFB011B/921C4BA6/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:12:37 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/1C433575/9AE3F901/Red-House-Painters-Ocean-Beach

Recommended by wickedweasel on Jan 17, 2008

Mysterious and lamentful, that's how the cover image of Red House Painters "Ocean Beach" feels. I discovered this album while living in San Francisco where dating strait women was already a thing of the past. Thanks to the songs on "Ocean Beach" I had a soundtrack for my foggy love life by the sea. (via Virgin Megastore)

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Tags: 4AD, albums, blue, blue guitar, CDs, cover art, cover of the week, lament, longing, music, My Bloody Valentine, Ocean Beach, recordings, records, Red House Painters, relationships

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/1C433575/9AE3F901/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:09:16 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/4A07C60E/FB870701/Some-People-Have-Real-Problems

Recommended by wickedweasel on Jan 11, 2008

Besides the very personal sounding title "Some People Have Real Problems" this particular Sia package design might go forward as one of those mysterious timeless images which remains fresh and inspiring for decades to come.

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Tags: albums, body paint, CDs, color, cover of the week, Face Paint, female vocalists, music, recordings, records, Sia, Some People Have Real Problems, timeless

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/4A07C60E/FB870701/ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:07:30 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/1CAA5CBE/D091B78A/Let-Me-Know-Roisin-Murphy

Recommended by wickedweasel on Dec 19, 2007

The photo of former Moloko front woman Roisin Murphy's "Let Me Know" plays off of the juxtaposition of high fashion in a everyday environment, and yet the clothing and caricatures in the image are so symbolically powerful my mind is constantly shifting as I attempt to read and misread all the layered codes which exists with in the frame.

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Tags: albums, CDs, cover of the week, female vocalists, Giorgio Moroder, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Let Me Know, madonna, music, Overpowered, Pop, recordings, records, Roisin Murphy, The Eurythmics

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/1CAA5CBE/D091B78A/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:16:54 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/56A15012/DBDF197E/Secrets-Human-League

Recommended by wickedweasel on Dec 19, 2007

No disappointment here, I was afraid it wouldn't be up to the standards of classic Human League albums.

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Tags: albums, CDs, female vocalists, Human League, music, recordings, records, secrets

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/56A15012/DBDF197E/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:00:58 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/B31DA567/FBCEA7C4/Tarentel-Ghetto-Beats-On-The

Recommended by wickedweasel on Dec 19, 2007

Ghetto Beats On The Surface Of The Sun isn't your grandma's Tarentel. It will eat your face, make you shake your ass, with a healthy dose of psychedelic fever and blast off moon landing thrown in for good measure.

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Tags: albums, CDs, home recordings, instrumental compositions, music, music fellowship, numbered limited edition, recordings, records, Tarentel

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PermaLink ]]> wickedweasel http://www.thisnext.com/item/B31DA567/FBCEA7C4/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:19:09 PDT http://www.thisnext.com/item/E4FA07FB/C324AC56/NAM-JUNE-PAIK-Works-1958-1979

Recommended by wickedweasel on Dec 19, 2007

A Korean sound/video artist, Nam June Paik first piqued the world's attention through a trickle of tape recordings that were so rare they were soon mentioned in hushed tones and changed hands for daft money. Fast forward to now and the friendly folk at Sub Rosa have decided to re-release this collection of work from Paik, all of which was recorded between 1958 and 1979 and lurches from the avant to the populist and back-again - all before you have chance to fully comprehend what's happening. Opening with 'Prepared Piano For Merce Cunningham', Paik initially augments the sparse ivories with a hissing bed of field recording that frames the spasmodic percussion perfectly. Clocking in at almost 30 minutes, 'Prepared Piano...' is expertly judged in taking an outwardly austere selection of elements then making space for them to unfurl their wings at a leisurely pace - hence dragging the listener deep within the composition. Whilst this is no-ones idea of easy-listening, the rewards which can be earned from the manipulated vocals of 'Hommage A John Cage' and delicate piano of 'Dueet Paik/Takis' are well worth breaking the brittle surface skin for, with Paik proving to be a genuine visionary who was well ahead of his time. Paik and ride!

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Tags: albums, CDs, John Cage, korean, Korean sound, Merce Cunningham, music, Nam June Paik, New Sounds, Prepared Piano, recordings, records, Sub Rosa, tape recording, video art, video artists, Visionary

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