The rest of 2011 is set to be huge for Yousef, arguably his strongest yet in the production field. After spending much of 2010 recording remixes and productions for other leading labels Yousef has come back strong on his own seminal Circus recordings, dropping the Circus Reworks EP as a precursor to his experimental and far reaching sophomore album scheduled to blow up later in 2011.

The EP is centered on a very simple premise; taking eight pieces of music and recreating them with Yousefs indiscernibly brilliant club night in mind. A resolutely dance floor-focused collection, they combine to create a unique aural tapestry representative of the Circus and Yousefs own musical evolution. Each is an intricate and heartfelt paean of love to Circus and the huge impact it has had on both clubland and Yousefs career for the last almost nine years, with the clubs birthday approaching this September.

Yousef Circus Rework - Circus Recordings (CIRCUS011)

1. Sven Vath - BALLET ROMANCE (Yousef Circus Rework)

2. S

I have struggled with metal. Too often the obvious technical quality of the music is, in my opinion, ruined by the cookie monster style vocals which are used. I know that, for some, this is an essential component of the music, but it does make it inaccessible to someone who is coming to it anew to find some longhair growling incomprehensibly about demons and dragons. It was refreshing then when Jools (thanks mate) suggested I listened to Agis by Norwegian outfit Theatre of Tragedy.The songs have a degree of elegance about them which I find lacking in other examples of the genre. Credit for that must go, almost in its entirety, to Liv Kristine who provides the soprano female vocals on the album. These combine with the harsher vocals of Raymond I. Rohonyi who has apparently toned down his growling from earlier albums. Most of his vocals are almost spoken and rarely growled. Yet, my favourite track, "Venus" is the one where he returns to growling, albeit in a less over-the-top manner than one might have become

Only John K. Samson, Canada’s punk poet laureate, would title a song 'Longitudinal Centre'. Longitudinal is not a word oft thrown around in pop music. Much of what Samson can and does do lyrically is not oft thrown around in pop music. Samson is, arguably, Canada’s best lyricist and Provincial is proof.

'The Last And' is particularly staggering: a song about the end of an affair between a lonely teacher and her married principle. “The last conjunction after every other and, I was just your little ampersand.” Heartbreak captured perfectly in punctuation. On the gorgeous duet with Christine Fellows, 'Taps Reversed', Samson perfectly illustrates the ridiculousness of our over-scheduled, obsessively anonymous, lives: “The calendar requests a meeting to discuss the time we waste. When would be good for you?”—Samson and Fellows half joke but there is also a terrifying honesty to these simple jokes. 'Taps Reversed' also holds as the album’s true stunner. Fellows&rsquo

Recorded barely six months after the September 11th attacks, the focal point of this solo acoustic performance was the one-two long-form poem punch of 'Serpentine' and 'Work In Progress' (later rechristened 'Self-Evident'), both written about American society before and after 9/11. Difranco writes that she felt "terrified but resolute"? as she performed: "What did I think I was doing? The nerve of me standing in front of an audience of New Yorkers and dragging them from a fun night out on the town, back into the epicenter of their pain." In those two songs of near-unbearable tension, she manages to make her audience laugh, cry, and cheer in ideological solidarity - a rare feat for any artist, and Difranco retains just enough humility to not go over the top.

To her fans, she is both a down-to-earth friend and a passionate activist - this is an example of an artist and fans deserving of each other. Difranco is personable, and while often unnecessarily cute, it's impressive how she can swing from being vulnerab

artists: Various Artists

Release name: Radio Of Aliens (Vol. 2)

Note: Spacesynth tribute To Gagarin

Label: Laser Visa | Cat.: [lvRA-07/02] | Release: Jan. 2012

Country: Worldwide (Belarus " Holland " Russia " Ukraine)

Style: Spacesynth, Space Disco, Synth Pop, Ambient, Space, Italo disco

Digital Quality: MP3, 320 kbps 44 HZ, stereo

Playtime: 60:23 | Size: 128 mb

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Tracklist:

1. Radio Of Aliens Interlude (0:46)

2. Ergrover - Prototype (4:18)

3. Synth Dimension - 8 Bit Voyager (4:43)

4. Ambelion - White Sky Is Blue (4:03)

5. Spacebirds - My Toy Spaceship (Sky Mix) (7:11)

6. Ergrover - Popcorn In Space (4:46)

7. Synth Dimension - Way To New Start (3:44)

8. Organism - Rainfall (Soft version) (5:17)

9. Spacebirds - Earth Calling Mars (6:58)

10. Kai Nobuko - A brain left the earth for a well deserved space holliday (5:18)

11. Ambelion - Perfect Event (7:19)

12. EugeneKha - April 12th 1961 (G

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