Polpetta e i Cani Avvelenati is a new no-copyright situationist project howling from Italy to shed some light on subjects such as vivisection and animal experimentation conducted mostly in the areas Bologna and Florence. Hence, these ALF-supporters, after their successful performance at the Reading Festival in the UK and the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Holland and a song performed live with Lee Scratch Perry, decided to pack up a great record of catchy noise-injected dubbed-out post punk experimental music that echoes Siouxie, Clash, King Tubby, Bauhaus, Merzbow etc. Weird socially-awakening lyrics in a slange that mixes english and Tuscany's dialect and more. The album comes in a very limited edition and allegedly it is already close to sold-out (because of the illustrious past of the rrrriot singer/guitar-player Peta Lopez/Clark Sinclair and the rare "ethereal" and "wordy" quality of the music), but if look hard enough you might find it (along with t-shirts and more). Luther Blisset lovers will love this. Watch out, don't get tricked! Go, fetch it!

What a bizarre cd - definitely apt for the "weird & wired" section. Supercani... are an Italian quartet playing a demented but super tight, bass-driven mix of post-hc, punk & rock'n'roll. Victims Family, Fugazi and No Means No come to mind, but also (Italian readers, does anybody remember them?) the mighty Paolino Paperino Band, minus the smart lyrics. Ach, lyrics and vocals, that's the problem for me... they are pure nonsense, mixing bullshit about dogs, dialect and purely phonetic blurb. Ok, it could be fun for a while, but after 5 minutes it gets on my nerves. A shame, since the musical part is very very good, refined and powerful at the same time. I don't have a clue about this project, really. I guess there was an intention behind the silly vocals, but it just spoils for me. Had they kept it instrumental, this would be a winner.

A kind of hydroponic jazz soundtrack following a trip wandering through the corridors of the multistory multisensory brain park of the Broken Penis Orchestra.
This four track EP is a real gem, a four course audio salad has been put together which reminds me of the anguishes and hilarities of humankind, from the dramatic to the mundane, quirky interceptions may leave the listener perplexed and somewhat thoroughly entertained.

Field Muzick is a new-born label run by Marcus Obst of Dronaement fame, and is focused on, surprise surprise, field recordings and music. Hardly a new concept these days, as the idea of mixing sounds with what one can hear out of his/her window. This said, the sampler is really good, offering strong pieces by all projects involved. I have to say the phonography aspect is not that remarkable to me - you basically hear very similar sound phenomena throughout, but that's unavoidable I guess. The musical aspect, on the contrary, is much more interesting, sometimes brilliant. Oddly enough, Dronaement doesn't use the drones he's rightly known for, offering a piece of rhythmic, spacey electronica, and along with Frz w/ Imagho's acoustic guitars it's the only non-droning track here. Some great, sombre ambiences come from Aalfang mit Pferdekopf, Alio Die, Andrea Marutti (aka Amon/Never Known etc.), Logoplasm and The Infant Cycle. Sébastien Roux seems to reduce everything to pure frequencies and digital crackles, and offers a powerful throbbing soundscape. A very cohesive and rewarding sample, as all projects are well represented and surely offer no filler.

There are suprising Eastern influences to this new Ep
by Ashtray Navigations. The navigating this time,
takes us on a journey which traces the traditional
rythymic formulas of folk while low res sounds filter out
into harmonic bell peels, entwining a sonic richness
in this rather very fragile composition. The B side
pans out with low tones that transcend time and space.
This Ep is both primitive and raw although has some
hope of electric acoustic improvisational music of the
postmodern age.
Surreal ripples and a conviction in
chance, make this a very worthwhile listen.