ARTICLES
Listening Post: E. Honig
Label Profile: Ad Noiseam

ALBUMS
Leo Abrahams
Ammoncontact
Anka
Lloyd Barrett
Beach House
Bibio
Christina Carter
Davis & Jerman
Ecstatic Sunshine
Ensemble
Fluorescent Grey
Freiband
[guÿôm]
Chris Herbert
Home Video
Larvae
Lullabye Arkestra
Mathieu / Schaefer
MONO & w. end girlfriend
My Robot Friend
Nicolay
Pieter Nooten
Nuccini
Obfusc
Objekt4
Over the Atlantic
Para One
Proem
Red Sparowes
The Remote
Root 70
Florencia Ruiz
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Alan Sparhawk
Andy Stott
Thumbtack Smoothie
Tortoise
Triosk
Vlor

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Ad Noiseam 2001-2006
Another Generic Sampler
Bip-Hop Generation 8
Diary of a Sweet Day
Idea Hoard Uncut
Innature
Morrow Choral Orchestra
Noise Factory Vol. 3
Squadron 2
Warp Works

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Alias & Tarsier
Audion
Caroline
Home Video
Iz & Diz
Sami Koivikko
Mai
Mathhead
Monomachine
Narcotic Syntax
Quinoline Yellow
Sigur Rós
Samartzis & English
Samartzis & Inada
Andy Vaz
Andy Vaz Remixes
Waterprotection

VA: Another Generic Label Sampler Vol. 1,000,000
Concrete Plastic

Heading critics off at the pass by christening its own comp ‘generic' is a cheeky but clever move. True enough, it certainly seems like more compilations are being released today than at any other time, so many that even the most disciplined listener can be excused for sighing at the prospect of another. So, given all that, is there anything to recommend Another Generic Label Sampler Vol. 1,000,000? Of course there is. For starters, the disc arrives courtesy of Concrete Plastic, a new Brighton-based imprint established by one of the founders of Ai Records and SRL, so there's an automatic guarantee of quality. And, secondly, there are the tunes themselves, a stylistically rich grouping portending the myriad directions the label intends to pursue in the days to come.

The Other Collectors' (Iain Law, formerly The Collectors and Yunx member) opening “Stan smith” is a downright stunner, a mesmerizing, tripped-out amalgam of acid jazz, chicken-scratch guitar, and space-funk that thunders for eight breathless minutes (and check out the multi-limbed, fusion-flavoured drum breaks that careen mightily throughout). Rootsix's (Simon Mills) emotive slice of panoramic electro-techno (“Minimales 2”), Ultre's (Finn McNicholas) serpentine beat physics (the tightly-coiled “Thersus”), and 214's (Chris Roman) glistening android slam (“It happened when she sat at the pink table”) are almost as good. Elsewhere, Praveen, Yellotone (Simon Harding), and Rösner (Matt Roesner) opt for bucolic prettiness while electronic music's darker underbelly is explored by Posthuman (Seed Records' Rich Bevan and Josh Doherty) in “Golan trevize.” So, yes, it is another sampler but it's far from generic. It is, however, a solid overview of current styles emanating from overseas electronic labels like Ai, Seed, SRL, Benbecula, Highpoint Lowlife, and Modern Love.

October 2006