the shadow ring | mouth on mouse

very fine single, all the way from norway.

7" released by mykedroner in 1997.

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elevate | magic spill

the debut, self-released, hard-to-find, etched-in-ivory, wrapped-in-gold-leaf, true-love-waiting release by elevate. darker, less melodic, less structured than later releases.

thanks to peter tron for this!

10" self- released in 1993

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p.s. yes, first post in over a year. next post tomorrow or in 2 years. or somewhere inbetween.

the shadow ring | city lights

first album.

lp released by dry leaf discs in 1993.

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new bad things | freewheel!

the debut album by nbts...

lp released by candy-ass in 1995.

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the shadow ring | the music of the shadow ring

debut 7" from graham lambkin and co. as intriguing as the cover art.

7" released by dry leaf discs in 1993.

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inca eyeball | he has a brain the size of a fifty pence piece

this record blew me away at the time just by its very existence - an actual 12" lp by inca eyeball?! they're an acquired taste i guess, one that i acquired on my very first listen.

"for best results, pretend that you like this record."

it has 117 songs.

lp released by fusetron/carburetor in 1995.

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70 gwen party | the optical glass empire

the second and equally hard to find album.

again, rip courtesy of SirHenry67 - thank you!

lp released by snape in 1992.

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70 gwen party | devil wrapped & ginsung buried

first album, second release, from victor n'dip and lurgin pin.

rip courtesy of SirHenry67 - thank you!

lp released by snape in 1990.

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animals that swim | madame yevonde

cracking.

7" released by elemental records in 1993.

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kill laura | unloverlike

2nd ep from kill laura, another belter.

12" released by klee in 1994?

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reid | rebreg extract

second single from frog records, and i remember really rating this at the time, but now i'm struggling to get past the singer's voice. still, some nice elevate/slint style instrumentation. the drummer's next band was the wonderful ganger.

7" released by frog in 1994.

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shiva affect | rest is easy

first and only 7" by shiva affect, featuring an alternative version of the title track to the one that appeared on the album.

if you've never heard this band, then hopefully the info that the record was produced by graham sutton of bark psychosis should tell you all you need to know.

7" released by frog in 1994.

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pitman | it takes tea

brilliant third (?) single from nottinghamshire "miner" mc pitman...

7" released by son records in 2003.

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casette boy | di + dodi do die

excellent first offering from cassette boy, a cheeky cut & paste job lampooning the melodrama surrounding the death of england's rose.

7" released by barry's bootlegs in 2000.

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girl of the year | halo

the internet barely remembers this band, which is a shame. mind you, i found a review i'd written years ago of a carter usm gig that told me i'd seen goty supporting, and i don't remember them either. hm.

i had the first 2 girl of the year singles, and liked them both, but somehow managed to misplace them somewhere, possibly about the house, possibly in a skip. anyway, i got this (3rd?) one off ebay recently...

7" released by badlands in 1995.

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want | on a plane

the debut - and possibly only solo - release from want, an indie pop from trondheim, norway. also the first release on mykdroner, a 7" only label that embraced norway's noise and indie scenes beautifully.

7" released by mykedroner in 1996.

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beanmix | you don't want me anymore

as far as i can tell this is a one-off collaboration between then-prominent-on-the-4-track-cassette-scene bands orange cake mix and beanpole. the result is some slightly muddy, and in hindsight not terribly exciting lo-fi indie pop - the type the scene was awash with at the time.

7" released by mykedroner in 1997.

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various | does your dog moult?

first and only release from the label and possibly a case of putting all your eggs in one basket, given the quality of bands featured, featuring as it does paste, refrigerator, the keatons and kennedy, plus snog 6 - who were never heard of again.

7" released by happy dog rekordz in 1993.

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catapult | blue is the color of...

the only other record i have by catapult, maybe not quite so good but still up there.

anyone have the architecture album they did?

7" released by clairecords in ?.

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catapult | hummingbird

superb one-sided 12" of shoegazey indie rock. i know nothing about this band, but i like this record a lot.

12" released by bbptc in 1997.

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