These 19 tracks are taken from the two albums Langley Elementary School students recorded and released in small quantities for themselves and their friends in British Columbia in the mid-'70s. Innocence & Despair is a subtitle etched onto the sleeve, to which could rejoin, is it the innocence of ineptitude, or the ineptitude of innocence? On its own merits, it's not great listening. The kids are engaged and having fun, certainly; there's not much despair here. But they sound close to what you would expe...   [ read more ]

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The 19 tracks on THE LANGLEY SCHOOLS MUSIC PROJECT document a 60-voice chorus of rural Canadian school children, age 9-12, recorded in 1976-1977. Technically untrained but mesmerized by melodic magic, the students sing from-the-heart renditions of tunes by the Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, The Bay City Rollers, and others. They accompany themselves with the shimmering gamelan-like chimes of Orff percussion instruments and elemental rock trimmings arranged by their "gypsy" music te...   [ read more ]

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It speaks for itself really: 42 indie tracks released in 2002 and selected by the Rough Trade team as the best new offerings. Some old names mixed with some new comers, all genre defying." Artists include: Akufen, Lord Kitchener, Electric 6, Prefuse 73, The Bug Vs Rootsman, Rubicks, Crossover, Gabriel Ananda, The Be Good Tanyas, The Boggs, Johnny Dowd, Baxter Dury, Melt Banana, Polyphonic Spree, Bis, Joyzipper, Soul Center, The Books, Dempsey, Trash Money, My Robot Friend, The Rogers Sisters, Dymaxion, Bri...   [ read more ]

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