The perfect, personal mix of friends and family­ few are fortunate to realise and release such a compilation. With his second, very intimate grasp of music's status quo (after Putting the Morr Back into Morrissey) Thomas Morr again delves deep into his own musical history. Now that many electronic musicians begin to (re-)discover guitars and especially the clever layering of My Bloody Valentine's finest tracks, Blue Skied an Clear presents us with a truly loving homage to all time favourites Slowdive. Their eponymous secret hit perfectly describes the label's overall mood and direction. After initial, unfortunately unsuccessful attempts to re-release Slowdive's former oevre (originally put out by the legendary Creation Records.Narrow-minded pidgeonholers and style purists are firmly sent back to the bench for a little extra-curricular revision ­ all tracks on Blue Skied an¹ Clear bask in a touching, quiet melancholy unafraid of extraordinary beauty, telling us about those little details that can make every day life very, very special. Tracklisting: cd.1 future 3 - alison isan - waves lali puna - 40 days ulrich schnauss - crazy for you b.fleischmann & ms. john soda ­ here she comes limp - souvlaki space station solvent - when the sun hits styrofoam - altogether skanfrom - here she comes isan - celia´s dream komeit - whe the sun hits manual - blue skied an´ clear herrmann & kleine - dagger múm - machine gun cd.2 manual - summer haze isan ­ my last journey (weather balloon) guitar ­ house full of time ulrich schnauss ­ wherever you are styrofoam ­ fade out your eyes populous ­ clijster future 3 ­ stuff solvent ­ intrumental herrmann & kleine - leaving you behind b.fleischmann - take a day off icebreaker/manual ­ into forever komeit ­ same, same ms. john soda ­ solid ground limp ­ silent running.