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Gang of Four-ish bass line, vocoded vocals, disco-esque backbeat, with Rock feeling throughout is the decor for Shout Out Out Out Out’s, “Dude You Feel Electrical”. Kinda of hover in the space between Interpol and Daft Punk.

A couple members (Gravy and Lyle) of Shout Out Out Out Out also play in a banded called Whitey Houston.

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PS. Merry X-mas!

Dani Siciliano started her music career as both a DJ in San Francisco and as a vocalist with a jazz quartet.  It was in San Francisco where she met Matthew Herbert who she would later collaborate with and ultimately saw Matthew co-produce both of her solo albums.

This track is taken from her second solo effort titled, “Slappers” that was release in 2006.  “Be My Producer”, has a nice glitchy soundscape that showcases Dani Siciliano’s R&B vocals.

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This cover of “Kidnap the Sandy Klaus” by She Wants Revenge is only found on the Re-Issue of the soundtrack for The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was release in September of this year [2007].  Also included on the Re-Issue are covers performed by Marilyn Manson, Fiona Apple, and Panic! At the Disco.

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Bajofondo Tango Club fuses electronica and tango otherwise known as “Electrotango”.  They are artists/musicians collective from Uruguay, Argentine, and United States.

This particular track is more of a house groove with a fat synth bassline and tango elements such as violins and pianos.  This track can be found on their 2007 album release entitle, “Mardulce”.

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UPDATE #2

Got it, the artists name is Binger the Voyager and the title of the track is St. Roland / St. Roland Outro.  And just were did I find this nugget of information , ebay of course.   I did a search to see if anyone was selling the cd’s and sure enough there it was.

UPDATE: Ok, the magazine was called Revolution Magazine - a defunct electronic music magazine.Ran from 1999 to 2001.Free CD with each issue. Now I just need to narrow down which cd it came from and then locate the artist.

So I had a compilation CD from a music magazine that is no longer in print. On this compilation was the following song.

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Now what I remember from this compilation is that it had singles from unsigned artists. And for the life of me I can’t recall the name of the publication. Now with that said, this magazine was a LA produced publication that you could buy in Barnes and Nobel so it wasn’t exactly an underground zine. I believe the title fo the track was, “St. Augstine”. This is what I get for not labeling my cd’s.

Here are the lyrics to the song:

[Verse]
Quietly
What he knows is all he needs
Come the night
He calls for me
Tells me too
Follow him
Into what was never known
Takes me to his never dome
All is new

[Chorus]
It’s the way he travels
Faster than an arrow
That’s how you know
He’s a saint

Please post any ideas or questions in the comments sections. Thank you!

Sad, touching, inspired, intriguing, and fragile are just some the adjectives that come to mind when listening to Eluvium’s “Prelude for Time Feelers”. Ambient artist Eluvium (aka Matthew Cooper) from Portland, Organ blends such genres as Classical, electronic, and shoegaze.

“Eluvium” = Residual deposits of soil, dust, and rock particles produced by the action of the wind. From Latin eluere, to wash out

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Taken from the forthcoming music compilation from Believer magazine is Sufjan Stevens with an origial rock track called, “In The Words Of The Governor”.  Lo-fi almost grungy guitar work at play here with Sufjan Stevens vocals edging on Pixes territory, but as always Sufjan Stevens delivers.

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