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OSCARR 015EP
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"After OSCarr has taken over a year hiatus, the label is proud to re-launch with ass-kicking Scottish act, Xvectors. OSCarr is, of course, the label from Glasgow's now legendary weekly Sunday club Optimo (Espacio), run by JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, of Kill the DJ mix CD fame and all the rest. It features the best of music that they like, basically. And it's a policy that seems to work. Xvectors are an Edinburgh-based 4 piece, who came together in mid 2003. The short, sharp bursts of intense, claustrophobic, guitar-driven dance music which they were creating soon caught the attention of fledgling London label Adult Baby who gave the band a deal to record their first 7" single. The band are now well known as being tremendous live performers, at once appearing to help you on the way to clammy nightclub gratification while feverish, dark pop premonitions and murky psychological introspections are brought to life through their lyrics. The triple A-sided single is completed with Xvectors' blistering cover of Jamie Principle's Chicago classic 'Your Love' and their own 'Dial All The Nines' making this 12" a must-have for all fans of (dirty) disco."
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TSOSC 008EP
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"Whorehouse is the legendary Scottish heir to grime and minimal techno. Hailing from the backdrops of this mythical club night, the first offering comes courtesy of Magic Daddy and Truffle Club. Magic Daddy is a hyperintelligent aroma originating from the third concentria of the inner spiral arm of the Andromeda Galaxy. Despite this impressive start in life, he nowadays occasionally appears in human form as a tousle-headed indie kid who needs a good wash. He plays gigs using stolen laptops, and makes glitch-bitch-step-pop-house. The main creative idea behind Truffle Club, which is different to my other electronic projects (Sparky, Fuckpond), is the heavy use of sampling and microsampling. On the Tigersushi release, 'Autoconform' takes micro-snippets from pop, R'n'B, classical, industrial, goth, electronica and rock'n'roll so small they are unrecognizable, and uses them to create the entire track. 'Cool It', however samples an entire track (Rueber's 'Ruhig Blut'), speeds it up 200% and adds beats and noises."
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TSOSC 001CD
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"The combined sound of Glasgow, Newcastle and Leighton Buzzard, Park Attack kicks no wave into the realms of fantasy. Describing their sound as 'what wave', PA aren't interested in the label of 'Glasgow artrock', rather, the band finds themselves more comfortably positioned at the pop end of experimental, as opposed to the experimental end of pop, just like Pere UBU -- Pere UBU's David Thomas may also be a father figure for Rob's peculiar way of singing --, DNA or the early Sonic Youth. Rob Churm, with three-string guitar, short-circuit soul vocals and live performances bursting with a thwarted sort of energy, combines with drummer Lorna Gilfedder, to create a nebulous, driving and dynamic base which Tom Straughan's synths respectively build on, or ground."
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TSOSC 007EP
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"Let's face it, 'we are all prostitutes' so it's cool to have the finest tricks on the Glasgow sidewalks, Twitch & Wilkes aka Optimo, back in full force with a new release for their Optimo Singles Club & Related Recordings imprint OSCARR. New 12" comes courtesy of Uter, who's essentially Declan Roney with a new band recruits Martin Johnstone and Marceline Smith joining recently. Intertwining the supreme influences of the Reid Brothers -- The Jesus and Mary Chain -- and Kraftwerk with his own off-kilter electro rocks instrumentals Declan reclaims a word of his own where feedback is replaced by electronic shreds and knob-twiddling by some rock'n'roll bravado."
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