March 2006 New RPM

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I can’t believe that March is almost over! Anyway, check out the new releases to the WCNI RPM shelves.

Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass Re-Whipped Shout Factory
Badawi Safe Asphodel
Blondie vs. The Doors Rapture Riders (Single) Capitol
Caroline Murmers Temporary Residence
Gecko Turner Guapapasea Quango
Hot Chip Over And Over (single) Astralwerks
Marconi Union Distance Rykodisc
Nightmares on Wax In A Space Outta Here Warp
William Orbit Hello Waveforms Sanctuary
Royksopp Night Out EP Astralwerks
Alif Tree French Cuisine Compost
Vargo Beauty Sounds True
Various DJ Kicks – the exclusives K7!
Various Idol Tryouts Two Ghostly International
Various Nublu Sampler Nublu
Various Traveler 06 Six Degrees

Last month, Sergio Mendez got the remix treatment, well, it was only logical to do the same for Herb Alpert. I found some of the remixes too slow for my tastes, but, they do work in an elecro-lounge set.

Speaking on downtempo, check out the releases by Nightmares on Wax, Alif Tree, Badawi, and William Orbit. Nightmrea treads into the soulful hip hop realm. Alif Tree is downtempo jazzyness with a French vibe. Badawi, is none other than Raz Mesinai – the man who came out with the Ladyman release last year – this release, Safe features strings and low brass over Indian influenced tracks. And lastly, William Orbit’s Hello Waveforms, fills in more ambient / downtempo areas. Yes, Orbit was the one who worked with Madonna on her Ray of Light album, even though Waveforms fills different sonic territory, you can still hear certain signatures that made Ray of Light so good.

The rest of the releases are self explanitory… Just a note, Six Degrees Traveler 06 seems to be more dance friendly then some of their other releases.

I can’t forget the Gecko Turner is another world hybrid thing. Check out his take on Subterranean Homesick Blues…

Stay tuned, I’ve got more stuff coming in April…

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