electrical language (podcast): podcast no 94 - rewritten by machine on new technology

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Mercy Machine - Orlando

Mercy Machine are purveyors of darkly confessional and intimate songs. Orlando is taken from their latest album The Devil I Know which delves into the issues of the no-longer-young years in which affectations have become habits, youthful skepticim has hardened into jaded cynicism, and the prospect of romantic love starts to seem so complicated as to be nearly impossible. Jazno Francoeur and India Turner's quietly poignant songs are structured as loose recitations with subtle harmonies and a plaintively beautiful cello backdrop.

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Post Death Soundtrack - Long Cold Night

Musically and lyrically, Post Death Soundtrack is not afraid to provoke.

Post Death Soundtrack is an eclectic & unpredictable project with elements of industrial, metal, electronic, rock and hardcore. Style is less important than mood. Post Death Soundtrack strives to create an atmosphere that will provoke thought & communicate on a deep level. This track Long Cold Night was included on the Atom-Sounds Records compilation release.

Tim George - Holiday In Hell

Tim is a singer sonwriter, more usually found with an acoustic guitar. This song is performed by an alter ego whose details I have lost!

The Potato Eaters - Befriend Me and Run Through With Daylight

From San Francisco, the Potato Eaters combine the dual-vocal tradition of Jefferson Airplane with solid groove oriented rock, with shades of jazz and progressive rock thrown in. Singer/bassist Ben Guy played with Snakefinger for years, and vocalist Laurie Amat has recorded with the Residents. Option magazine noted of this CD:

This is like late period Talking Heads with Bill Frisell as a guitar player, quasi-ethnic rhythms and rubbery, fretless bass lines backed by constant washes of heavily processed guitar.