{+Kismet} is one of those shows that succeeds in spite of itself -- even in the musical's original incarnation during the early '50s, it seemed kitschy and unwieldy, and only a newspaper strike prevented negative reviews from staking it out to a quick death; it lasted long enough to attract the attention of MGM in Hollywood, where Vincente Minnelli (with a little help from Stanley Donen) turned out one of his least interesting musicals based on it. What makes the piece work, whether on stage...   [ read more ]

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This is the first full-length album by Studio, finally given a full-fledged release after a limited release disappeared from the racks last year. This is a schizophrenic musical project by Dan Lissvik and Rasmus Hägg, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. West Coast will appeal to fans of the new slo-mo Italo disco and is the missing link between The Cure and Lindstrøm touching on Can, Neu, Happy Mondays and The Smiths in their creation of an Afrobeat-dub-disco-indie-pop adventure. With nods to Balearic and Madches...   [ read more ]

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The Kompakt label couldn't be happier to announce the return of this long out-of-print CD collection from Wolfgang Voigt's famed and highly influential Studio 1 series. The Studio 1 CD has been out-of-print since 2000 -- the vinyl versions have remained unavailable since their initial pressings. This CD compiles some of the best of the 12" material (plus 5 unreleased tracks). On the heels of the celebrated Gas boxed set release, Nah Und Fern (KOMP 066CD), this CD is an opportunity to glimpse into a legenda...   [ read more ]

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