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NNF 261
14 Aug 12
Coldwave/Synth

Sleepwalker - (4:36)

4AM On The Local 83 - (3:57)

Salt On The Wound - (5:46)

That Dream About 97 - (4:03)

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Review: It doesn't take Uri Geller to work out that Not Not Fun's latest signing are pitching their music at the witching hour, and they've done a marvellous job of creating a hypnagogic sound world in which to exorcise their somnambulant demons. Wraith-like furls of melody prowl around barely audible murmurs of beats, capturing a sorrowful elegance that calls to mind Vangelis or even some of John Carpenter's more delicate moments. It seems inevitable that a project steeped in this kind of concept would come off feeling like a soundtrack, and true enough there's a neon-lit romanticism at work here which puts the likes of the Drive soundtrack to shame.

ANGEL EYES

Dire Dish

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NNF 215
08 Mar 11
Coldwave/Synth

Do Away With - (10:00)

Due Corpse - (8:27)

Dire Dish - (6:37)

Drum Train - (11:03)

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BLUES CONTROL

Riverboat Styx

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NNF 243
12 Sep 11
Coldwave/Synth

Riverboat Styx - (13:40)

Rolling Fog Blues - (14:40)

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BRUCE HART

Music For Drawing

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NNF 236
22 Aug 11
Coldwave/Synth

Fascinating Heritage Stone - (2:14)

Lab View - (1:09)

Am I Wearing Glasses - (3:02)

Checkpoint - (0:40)

Hart Tied - (3:35)

Planet Scene - (1:30)

Third Vista - (2:19)

Hart's Theme - (3:34)

What Guys Want - (3:03)

Strong Of Hart - (2:03)

Hartwork - (2:25)

Hart Sutra - (2:05)

Fascinating Heritage Stone (reprise) - (3:14)

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CANKUN

Jaguar Dance

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NNF 232
10 May 11
Coldwave/Synth

Coral Sands - (3:38)

Jaguar Dance - (4:46)

O Mountains O - (5:18)

Striking Bicycles - (8:48)

Congo Mobile Disco - (5:58)

Lichens Beat - (5:18)

Northern Keys - (3:57)

Kids House - (5:38)

Mundaka - (3:34)

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COUGH COOL

Clausen

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NNF 229
25 Jul 11
Coldwave/Synth

Acid Classics - (3:23)

Stolen - (3:15)

Parting Friends - (7:36)

Whatever - (2:37)

Sucker - (3:47)

Special K - (3:42)

And Nothing Happened - (3:00)

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CRUISE FAMILY

We're In Heaven

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NNF 247
31 Jan 12
Coldwave/Synth

We're In Heaven (Dream mix) - (10:41)

Be Part Of It (club mix) - (7:40)

Gone By Dawn (original mix) - (4:42)

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Played by: Alexander Robotnick

Review: The work of cultish Viennese abstract house crew Cruise Family, "We're In Heaven" is yet another release to savour on American label Not Not Fun. The "Dream" mix of the title tune is a perfectly judged slo-mo disco voyage to the kosmos, rendered by twinkly arpeggios and mainlined bass, while "Be Part Of It" will instantly recall artists as diverse as Gesaffelstein (in his slower, "Viol"-esque mode), Vangelis and Teh KLF. "Gone By Dawn" rounds off this stellar EP with a climbing synth pattern which fans of Todd Terje's recent "It's The Arps" release will take to their heart straight away.

CUTICLE

Mother Rhythm Earth Memory

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NNF 251
31 Jan 12
Coldwave/Synth

Intro/Parallel - (4:58)

Liquid Crystal Drink (Pour My Dream) - (7:12)

Document Leak - (2:11)

Narc Girl - (2:06)

Trickle - (5:37)

Night Of Romance - (3:28)

Without Form - (6:52)

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Played by: In Flagranti

Review: With a release last year for sister label 100% Silk, three-piece production outfit Cuticle find themselves on Not Not Fun for mini-album Mother Rhythm Earth Memory. Despite the move in labels, stylistically this release still focuses on a sub-aquatic brand of house, albeit one that's initially slowed down to a sticky crawl by water pressure, present in the fractured saw waves of "Intro/Opener" and the muted vocodered melodies of "Liquid Crystal Drink (Pour My Dream)". In the second half however, following the beatless pulsations of "Narc Girl", the tracks build in energy towards a housier mood, and the Fingers Inc. inspired basslines present on "Trickle" and "Night Of Romance". There aren't many outfits that can combine Chicago house with DIY synth-pop aesthetics and pull it off, but Cuticle do so with ease.

DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN

Ghost With Chains

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NNF 210
08 Feb 11
Coldwave/Synth

Hexagram - (5:03)

Busted Realm - (5:58)

Moontan - (4:40)

Truth Given (dub) - (3:15)

Endless - (3:05)

Bell Of The Barrier - (8:08)

Ghost With Chains - (7:13)

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DOLPHINS INTO THE FUTURE

On Sea Faring Isolation

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NNF 155
08 Feb 11
Coldwave/Synth

On The High Seas - (6:52)

Lone Voyager - (9:00)

Onset Beyond Clouds - (2:42)

Memory Of Self - (7:46)

Lapse A Dream - (5:37)

Aftermath A Isle Of Self - (5:13)

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DUCKTAILS

Ducktails

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NNF 152
07 Sep 10
Coldwave/Synth

Backyard - (1:37)

Beach Point Pleasant - (4:59)

Horizon - (2:56)

Friends - (3:29)

Dancing With The One You Love - (3:09)

Gem - (3:12)

Daily Vacation - (3:37)

The Mall - (2:21)

Surf's Up - (11:05)

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DYLAN ETTINGER

Lifetime Of Romance

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NNF 250
20 Mar 12
Coldwave/Synth

Wintermute - (6:54)

Sport & Superstition - (5:55)

Disparager - (7:50)

Arco Iris - (3:44)

Maude - (7:53)

18 - (2:55)

Blue & Blue - (3:35)

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DYLAN ETTINGER

Lion Of Judah

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NNF 224
17 May 11
Coldwave/Synth

Lion Of Judah - (3:35)

Baptism - (4:53)

Geology (bonus track) - (5:01)

Being Boiled (bonus track) - (3:53)

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DYLAN ETTINGER

New Age Outlaws

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NNF 208
01 Nov 10
Coldwave/Synth

The Waterfront - (9:09)

Shandor's Dream - (9:04)

Rico's Pawn Shop - (5:58)

Crippler Crossface - (7:22)

Penguin Point - (9:27)

Gordon's Theme - (7:12)

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DYLAN ETTINGER & THE HEAT

Smokin'

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NNF 177
09 Mar 10
Coldwave/Synth

Smokin' - (4:35)

Miami Heat (The Stakeout) - (5:59)

Bringin' The Heat (bonus track) - (4:47)

Cancer (bonus track) - (5:48)

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ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE

Psychical

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NNF 206
26 Oct 10
Coldwave/Synth

Hail - (8:27)

Red For The Sun - (3:55)

Forever Eyes - (4:02)

Monsoon Clouds - (3:49)

Shacks Built From Plyboard - (4:35)

Psychical - (2:50)

Real Things - (5:14)

Bonfires - (7:35)

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ETERNAL TAPESTRY

Mystic Induction

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NNF 110
09 Mar 10
Coldwave/Synth

Emerald Forest Of Peace - (20:29)

Transcendence - (20:18)

Vibrations (bonus track) - (14:50)

New Dawn (bonus track) - (12:22)

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ETERNAL TAPESTRY

The Invisible Landscape

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NNF 165
09 Mar 10
Coldwave/Synth

Cathedral Of Radiance - (11:37)

Cosmic Dream - (3:13)

Brain Drain - (5:35)

Night Realms - (6:23)

Temporal Starshine Voyage - (5:59)

Pyramid Vision - (7:48)

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ETHER ISLAND

Season Of Risk

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NNF 246
23 Jul 12
Coldwave/Synth

Season Of Risk - (3:07)

Be Light - (3:49)

Black Wind (Way) - (6:44)

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FATHER FINGER

Father Finger

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NNF 262
22 Oct 12
Coldwave/Synth

Temper - (4:27)

Separation Anxiety - (4:03)

Flora - (6:15)

Italy - (2:56)

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FILTHY HUNS

Filthy Huns

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NNF 263
14 Jan 13
Coldwave/Synth

Sun Rider - (1:27)

So Gold - (3:07)

Hot Morning - (5:31)

Out Of The Grave - (4:40)

All My Friends Make The Best Music - (4:10)

Watch Of The Bear - (6:05)

Infinite Ride - (3:44)

Desert Chills - (4:41)

Lords Of Speed - (3:02)

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Review: The ever eclectic Not Not Fun welcome a new outfit to their impressive and long-standing catalogue! You can expect the usual mishmash of styles and genres here, but more impressively still, it's actually based on the motorcycle-fuelled sounds of South Dakota's racing rally - a real immersion into the deep and sweltering sand-swept hills of the desert. The opener, "Sun Rider" aptly begins with an engine spark and loosens its propellers with soft, nostalgic drum loops and hazy melodies; but the LP develops into subtler, more charming facets, such as "So Gold", an echoing journey that recalls long drives through the dunes and "Out Of The Grave", a bittersweet anthem, sparking gentle waves of euphoria. "Watch Of The Bear" is another highlight, with its brooding, distant vocals gliding sparsly above clicking drums and rivers of delayed chords; and the same goes for "Infinite Ride" - probably the most emotive piece of music in this reflective and dense voyage through the sunsets of southern USA. Magical.

GOLDEN DONNA

Golden Donna

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NNF 267
30 Oct 12
Coldwave/Synth

Arctic Mind Control - (2:32)

Shifter - (7:22)

Infinite Earths - (6:10)

Paulding Light - (5:36)

Flashing Hands Of Carousel - (8:49)

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Review: Having come through with a DIY approach to spreading his homespun synthesiser studies around, Golden Donna lets Not Not Fun take hold for this new EP which features styles that seem right at home on the label. "Flashing Hands Of Carousel" warbles and flutters with VHS soundtrack charm while core melodic refrains get bolstered by rippling, zipping and fizzing analogue sound effects, while "Paulding Light" shuffles along on a tidy house beat that calls to mind fellow oddball weilder of archaic machinery, Heatsick. However the sound is far more fully formed that that, and across five tracks Donna shows off a tremendous scope in what his applied science can be turned to.

GYPSY TREASURES

Buried Goods

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NNF 220
05 Apr 11
Coldwave/Synth

Stray Dogs Of Wroclaw - (8:42)

Four Horsemen - (6:23)

Tadpole Walks Home - (4:35)

Of Moorish Towns - (6:56)

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HIGH WOLF

Animal Totem

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NNF 158
07 Sep 10
Coldwave/Synth

Swimming With Piranhas - (8:07)

The Boto - (8:18)

Puesto Varadero Wildlife Party - (11:33)

Un Abrazo - (6:06)

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HIGH WOLF

Ascension

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NNF 189
29 Jun 10
Coldwave/Synth

Meeting Of The Three Seas - (8:25)

Diego - (5:34)

Cloud Head - (6:14)

Solar System Is My God - (5:27)

Fire In My Bones - (12:46)

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HIGH WOLF

Ascension

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NNF 189
21 Jul 10
Coldwave/Synth

Meeting Of The Three Seas - (8:25)

Diego - (5:34)

Cloud Head - (6:14)

Solar System Is My God - (5:27)

Fire In My Bones - (12:46)

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HIGH WOLF

Etoile 3030

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NNF 228
05 Apr 11
Coldwave/Synth

Etoile Star - (5:45)

Flowers Of Congo - (8:29)

Dream Is Good - (4:54)

Your Third Eye Is Supposed To Stay Open - (5:35)

I Love Invisible People - (5:37)

Studio 3 - (8:26)

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HOLY BALM

It's You

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NNF 260
31 Jul 12
Coldwave/Synth

Favourite Sweater - (1:42)

Holy Balm Theme - (3:59)

Losing Control - (4:13)

Phone Song - (6:22)

Take It - (4:59)

Town Called Hope - (4:27)

One & Only - (8:31)

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HOLY STRAYS

Enlightenment

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NNF 233
08 Aug 11
Coldwave/Synth

Enlightenment - (5:36)

Phrenesia - (4:37)

Phrenesia (Ela Orleans' Uphill remix) - (5:21)

Phrenlightenment (Samurai Buck rework) - (3:46)

Enlightenment (Le Complot remix) - (7:46)

Phrenesia (Xander Harris remix) - (6:34)

Phrenesia (Nowa Huta refix) - (4:33)

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HOLY STRAYS

Hyperion

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NNF 194
05 Apr 11
Coldwave/Synth

Kaduna (part I) - (4:48)

Spell - (5:23)

Waves - (4:47)

Faint Beams Ceremony - (7:20)

Purls - (2:54)

Kaduna (part II) - (5:42)

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JONAS REINHARDT

Music For The Tactile Dome

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NNF 230
10 May 11
Rock/Indie

The Tactile Dome - (6:37) 82 BPM

Smokey Jotus - (3:19) 128 BPM

To Lord Eminence - (3:52) 157 BPM

Eos, The Dawn - (5:26) 108 BPM

Hander Zader - (3:31) 92 BPM

Arise Tempi - (5:38) 110 BPM

Headband Harvest - (4:53) 139 BPM

Neukoln - (4:01) 123 BPM

Leaving The Touch Taboo - (3:49) 129 BPM

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KWJAZ

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NNF 238
01 Aug 11
Coldwave/Synth

Once In Babylon - (22:56)

Righteous Wane - (22:10)

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KWJAZ

KWJAZ (Bonus Tracks Version)

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NNF 238CD
13 Mar 12
Coldwave/Synth

Once In Babylon - (23:00)

Frighteous Wane - (22:17)

A Certain Sprout (bonus track) - (2:20)

Elevation: Elation/Jah Wad (bonus track) - (18:48)

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LA VAMPIRES feat MATRIX METALS

So Unreal

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NNF 211
23 Nov 10
Coldwave/Synth

Make Me Over - (4:26)

How Would U Know - (7:16)

Don't Dance Alone - (6:21)

Berlin Baby - (6:49)

Still Going Down - (6:12)

So Unreal - (8:34)

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LA VAMPIRES GOES ITAL

Streetwise

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NNF 235
07 Jul 11
Coldwave/Synth

Streetwise - (3:57)

Tons Of Love - (5:10)

A Woman Is A Woman - (5:29)

The Chic Shall Inherit The Earth - (5:39)

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LA VAMPIRES meets ZOLA JESUS

LA Vampires meets Zola Jesus

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NNF 195
22 Jul 10
Coldwave/Synth

Bone Is Bloodstone - (3:25)

In The Desert - (2:21)

Searching - (2:56)

Vous - (3:55)

Looking In - (3:56)

Eulogy - (3:30)

No No No - (4:22)

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LA VAMPIRES with MARIA MINERVA

The Integration LP

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NNF 275
30 Oct 12
Coldwave/Synth

Integration - (5:19)

End Of The World - (4:42)

I Fear Thy Kisses - (4:23)

Alien In My Heart - (5:07)

The Immoral Mr Tease - (4:07)

Seasons Change - (3:59)

Trying 2 Be Honest With Myself - (3:54)

Supercool - (4:34)

Desire Desire - (3:34)

A Lover & A Friend - (5:17)

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Played by: Kid Who, DJS Pareja

Review: Amanda Brown's own LA Vampires are among the many stepping up to her Not Not Fun label this month, and on this LP she has enlisted Maria Minerva to add to the sonic melee. It's pleasing to hear Minerva's processed vocals and lo-fi sonics applied to a steadier groove template here, with all the necessary functionality of classic house music intact. There are some all-out thrilling moments such as "End Of The World", and plenty of strung out moments, but it's still remarkable how many different moods get settled on along the way through Brown's unique approach to the album format.

LX SWEAT

Sweat Sweat Sweat

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NNF 253
20 Mar 12
Coldwave/Synth

Touch Your Body - (3:34)

Mess Around - (2:02)

I Know You Want It - (4:27)

How I Feel (Jack Your Body) - (3:08)

Doom Funk - (3:28)

Tread You Right - (3:57)

Way Of Life - (3:30)

Show Is Over - (3:02)

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MAGIC LANTERN

Platoon

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NNF 190
20 Apr 10
Rock/Indie

Dark Cicadas - (7:23) 88 BPM

Moon Lagoon Platoon - (5:35) 110 BPM

Planar/Sonar - (7:46) 115 BPM

On The Dime - (9:49) 103 BPM

Friendship - (11:14) 112 BPM

Showstopper (bonus track) - (6:35) 115 BPM

Cypress (bonus track) - (5:59) 94 BPM

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Played by: Wire Magazine

MARIA MINERVA

Cabaret Cixous

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NNF 240
01 Aug 11
Coldwave/Synth

These Days - (2:50)

Pirate's Tale - (5:48)

Luvcool - (5:35)

Once Upon - (2:34)

Honey Honey - (2:17)

Laulan Paikse Kaes - (4:18)

Soo High - (3:11)

I Luv Ctrl - (3:35)

Favourite Song (Italo interlude) - (1:40)

Spiral - (3:19)

Ruff Trade - (4:14)

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Played by: 2562 / A Made Up Sound, DJS Pareja, Rough Fields

MARIA MINERVA

Tallinn At Dawn

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NNF 222
05 Apr 11
Coldwave/Synth

California Scheming - (3:19)

Hop Hop Gone In Spring - (4:19)

Sad Serenade (Bedroom Rock N Roll) - (3:29)

Tallinn At Dawn - (2:33)

Strange Things Are Happening In My Room - (2:35)

Other Side - (3:29)

New Life - (2:59)

Unchain My Heart - (2:45)

Stairs To Nowhere - (1:46)

10 Little Rock Chix Listening To Neu! - (5:00)

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MARIA MINERVA

Will Happiness Find Me?

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NNF 269
28 Aug 12
Experimental/Electronic

The Sound - (3:52)

Heart Like A Microphone - (3:50)

I Don't Wanna Be Discovered (Will Happiness Find Me?) - (3:48)

Alone In Amsterdam - (3:36)

Sweet Synergy - (3:40)

Fire (feat Chase Royal) - (3:01)

Coming Of Age - (4:42)

Perpetual Motion Machine - (3:37)

Never Give Up - (6:49)

Mad Girl's Love Song - (4:50)

The Star - (2:38)

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Review: The Amazonian Estonian songstress makes her triumphant return to Not Not Fun with her third album in 18 months. It's easily the best collection of tracks she's produced in her short but productive career; sharpening up her sound but still remaining resolutely lo-fi. The chopped up eastern strings of opener "The Sound" showcases a new sample based direction, albeit one which melds with her foggy synths, while "I Don't Wanna Be Discovered" sees her advance the house sounds of her 100% Silk output with a genuine alternate reality 90s club hit, and "Sweet Synergy" indulges her hip-hop tendencies with an R&B jam to way only Minerva could do it. Like the equally prolific masters of decayed synths and weirdo lounge-pop Hype Williams, Minerva is only getting better with each release - brilliant stuff.

MOON POOL & DEAD BAND

Human Fly

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NNF 255
14 Aug 12
Experimental/Electronic

Human Fly - (9:49)

Jagged Orbit - (5:32)

Cyber Rebels - (5:09)

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MOON WHEEL

Moon Wheel

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NNF 274
11 Mar 13
Coldwave/Synth

Elbsandsteingebirge - (3:05)

Aileifr - (3:41)

Arecaceae - (3:35)

Walpurga - (2:43)

VahoÌ?ll - (5:00)

Brontide - (7:38)

The Weather - (3:15)

Four Formless Absorptions - (7:07)

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Review: The ever-sultry Not Not Fun welcomes new act Moon Wheel to their roster. The label is known to be as diverse as it is, well, excellent, and the mysterious Moon Wheel opens the festivities with a seriously hypnotising bundle of quasi-4/4 delight on "Elbsandsteingebirge", where spacey pads meet muffled bass drums and psychedelic melodies. "Aileifr" develops Moon Wheel's surrealist impersonation of electronica with heart-warming synth patterns, but "Arecaceae" turns things even deeper, calling on bizarrely familiar middle-eastern harmonics. "Walpurga" is a gorgeous display of FX and drones, whilst tracks like "Brontide" and "The Weather" offer something a little bit darker and more ominous but without ever losing any of the Moon Wheel's dreamy textures and beat arrangements. Another fine addition to Not Not Fun's illustrious catalogue.

PEDRO MAGINA

Nineteen Hundred & Eighty Five

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NNF 219
05 Apr 11
Coldwave/Synth

44th Street - (5:50)

High Echoes - (4:24)

Miyagi - (4:48)

Sunday Morning - (4:50)

Kickflip - (3:20)

Minor Romance - (3:58)

Shout In Your Face - (4:10)

Sparkling Bee - (2:53)

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PRINCE RAMA

Utopia = No Person

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NNF 242
28 Feb 12
Experimental/Electronic

Introduction + 15 Minute Workout - (19:14)

Exorcise (chopped n skrewed remix) - (21:05)

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PROFLIGATE

Videotape

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NNF 265
27 Nov 12
Experimental/Electronic

Videotape - (9:34)

Conditioning Trench - (8:33)

Videotape (live mix) - (13:06)

Videotape (DJ Mdmhey remix) - (10:56)

Conditioning Trench (Outmode remix) - (5:25)

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PSYCHIC REALITY

Vibrant New Age

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