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David Sylvian - Everything And Nothing (2000) [2CD + Bonus CD] {Virgin}
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© 2000 Virgin Records | CDVD 2897
Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock / Ambient

3xCD, Compilation, Limited Edition. Compilation including many unreleased tracks & alternate versions from late Japan (1981) and Rain Tree Crow (1991) up to Dead Bees On A Cake album (1999). Many tracks are alternate (re)mixes to the original versions. Following 1999's Dead Bees On A Cake, Everything and Nothing is a collection of singles, live sessions and oddities from the David Sylvian back catalogue. Since severing connections with cult 1970s/80s band, Japan, Sylvian has continued to probe the underbelly of rock/pop with often arresting results. Many of the songs here have been reworked for this collection but these updated interpretations don't detract from any of the tender, deeply melancholic poetry of the originals.

Italy's Måneskin make their bid for global pop domination with their third album, 2023's pulse-pounding Rush! While they sound like a sleazy garage rock band from New York circa the early aughts, they are best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Italy with the song "Zitti e buoni." Prior to that, they teed up their breakthrough Eurovision run with a second-place finish on Italy's X Factor in 2017. All of which is to say that, while they can really and truly rock (devil horns and all), Måneskin aren't afraid to play in the tasteless, campy machinery of the modern pop landscape. In fact, on Rush! they explicitly frame themselves within a sleazy, globe-trotting world of decadent partying, sexy models, and raw overindulgence – all delivered with a kohl-eyed wink and a firm tongue in cheek.

Hector Zazou - Strong Currents (2003) {Taktic Music, PIC-6}
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© 2003 Telescopic / Taktic Music | PIC-6
Experimental / Synth-Pop / Electronic / Ambient

2003 release featuring 13 tracks with appearances from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Laurie Anderson, Melanie Gabriel (daughter of Peter), Jane Birkin, Lisa Germano, & Sarah Jane Morris. Here is the roadmap to a floral and completely sensual landscape. Music that envelopes you like a fragrance and takes you to someplace more infinite and expansive. Beautiful…haunting…the vocals are like velvet and hard to resist. Enjoy.