Various Artists: Geezers Need Excitement EP (!"@.*!%) - 12"
Mizek leads with a progressive melody that sounds very 'now'. Milos fashions a jerky, spasmodic rhythm out of off-key bleeps, clipped vocals and anything else that happened to be at hand, whilst managing to make everything accessible via the 4/4 template. But Loktibrada kills it with a bass-heavy monster that throbs and shudders in the right places. Superior upbeat dance music from Bratislava.

The Mole: Conversations with the past (Wagon Repair) - 12"
A mix up in the mp3 promo distribution network that we privileged few have access to has meant that the first track on this 12" ('Jingover') has been incorrectly attributed to Mike Shannon. As I said then: "clipped vocal soul samples and hand-claps punctuate a bouncy uptempo groove." The missing Mike Shannon track 'What's your pleasure' isn't much cop, in case you were wondering.

Substance & Vainqueur: Surface / Immersion (Scionversions) - 12"
Sadly, the kind of music that gives me an instant hard-on. Tags: Berlin. Dub. Techno. Need I say more?

Tetine: A Historia Da Garca / Slum Dunk (Soul Jazz) - 12"
Was told by the powers that be that this is some Brazilian post-punk band, which usually would have had me running the other way. Except this sounds neither Brazilian nor post-punk. Instead its a pretty quirky / catchy slice of computer pop that seems to worm in its way deeper into my brain the more I hear it.