Various Artists - Bloodlines: Compiled By DJ Nuky / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Med School's most innovative series returns. Responsible for delivering the drum & bass scene early stories of Etherwood, Royalston, Stray and Whiney, New Blood is definitive of Med School's ethos when it comes to discovering and nurturing quality talent. With artists constantly redrawing the boundaries of 170BPM, this 018 edition breaks the mould showcasing the weird and wonderful sounds from the genre's most promising new talent. Interdimensional waveman Lakeway has mustered up a jukey-jungle hybrid in the form of Lock Off. Panpipe synths and some big beat steps combine to make the ultimate banger. Keeping things correct is Bristolian serpent Constrict. Choppy snares and flirty 8-bit synth stabs slither together to create Tight Coil. Both choice cuts for any DJ looking for that D&B curveball. This internationally spread line-up also features some of Russia's best D&B exports. A. Fruit's Tender Love is a delectable fusion of footwork and techno rolled into one and Soela's I Wish You Would Come is an ambient spaced out down tempo number. A myriad of styles from across the globe are the key ingredients for the New Blood 018 LP. Med School has once again proven it's A&R prowess, signalling to the world there is no better home for fresh talent. Lakeway - Lock Off / Natus - In The Forest Of Dreams / Squash! - One! / A. Fruit - Tender Love / Mountain - Deep Blue / Out Of Fuel - Feel It / Koherent - Low Key / Stillhead - After Sundown / OX7GEN - Trinity / Changing Faces x In Most - Composure (feat. Dale May) / Esc x Mineral - Soul Toucher / Sweetpea - Closer / Constrict - Tight Coil / Hidden Aspect - Mellow / Light Monday - Rahu / Soela - I Wish You Would Come

Various Artists - Computer Music / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/30/2012

Sounds of New Music is a collection of 18 compositions from the 1920s to the mid-1950s representing attempts at a new means of musical expression. Some use familiar instruments in new ways, while others experiment with new instruments; the formats of the compositions range from structured musical scores written for orchestra to electronically altered music using tape-recording devices. Composers include Edgard Varese, Henry Cowell, and John Cage, whose Dance is played on a transformed Steinway piano that gives the music an almost primitive quality. Liner notes describing the new music feature a substantial article on Concrete Music.