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Pico Digital Launches Ultra-Compact, High-Density PD1600 'Headend in a Box' for Secure Satellite, Cable, and IPTV Content Delivery
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/17/14 -- Pico Digital, a worldwide leader in providing comprehensive multi-media delivery solutions to customers in the broadband, satellite, cable, and broadcast markets, has unveiled the new PD1600, an ultra-compact "headend in a box" for the secure delivery of cable, satellite, and IPTV content to multiple dwelling units (MDU), headend in the sky (HITS) operations, and hospitality television screens. Offering the performance, functionality, and broadcast-approved security features of a traditional multi-rack headend within a compact 5-RU form factor, the high-density PD1600 decodes, decrypts, re-encrypts, and rebroadcasts content in IP, QAM, or analog output while providing end-to-end content protection from uplink to the TV.
Scalable to 96 channels or 96 full transponders, the PD1600 is ideal for HITS and IPTV and cable TV headend applications. The unit is equipped with 12 slots for multiple satellite, QAM, or ATSC input blades. Each blade features eight tuners, which can either descramble one TV service or pass through off a complete transponder, and is available with an optional transcoder module for format conversions of eight streams per blade.
The unit features four slots for QAM and NTSC output blades. The QAM blade is available with 16 or 96 channels (72 or 288 services), while the NTSC blade provides 24 analog channels. Output can be free-to-air or scrambled using either DRM- or CAS-based encryption. The PD1600 supports multiple encryption formats, including LG PRO:IDIOM®, Samsung LYNK®, and Verimatrix VCAS�. The unit's internal security architecture deploys "chain of trust" protocols.
"Built on our many years of experience in deploying broadcast equipment that revolutionized delivery to the last quarter mile, the PD1600 is specifically designed to let cable and satellite operators deploy content to MDUs and hospitality facilities while maintaining content rights all the way to the screen," said Carlos Shteremberg, president of Pico Digital. "Scaling from a few channels to 96 transponders of video content, the PD1600 platform offers our customers the highest density available on the market at the lowest cost per HD channel, as well as an unmatched feature set, making it the ultimate headend in a box." Providing ease of use for operators, the PD1600's features include front-facing connectors and top-accessible fans; a built-in 96-channel stacking switch (CSS) to simplify connections to satellite dishes; and the convenience of remote management via a built-in, intuitive Web interface. Redundant power supplies increase reliability, while the unit's hot-swappable modular blades use wandering-master architecture to allow quick fall over in the event of a failure. An internal multi-Gb Ethernet switching fabric enables non-blocking, seamless packet transfers between blades. To reduce cost of ownership, the energy-efficient unit consumes less than 25% of the power of comparably equipped systems.
More information about Pico Digital's PD1600 headend in a box is available at www.picodigital.com.
About Pico DigitalPico Digital is an international telecommunications technology company serving radio and television broadcasters, content providers, hospitality, and commercial markets in more than 30 countries. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the company is privately held and dedicated to developing best-in-class communication products, systems, and services. Pico Digital products are designed and manufactured in San Diego, California. Additional information about Pico Digital Inc. is available at www.picodigital.com.
Link to product datasheets:http://picodigital.com/_docs/_data_sheet/PD1600.pdf Link to product photo:http://www.redpinesgroup.com/PicoDigital/PD1600.jpg Pico Digital Contact: Eitan Bendesky Pico Digital +1 858.546.5050 Email Contact Source: Pico Digital
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TAMPA — The unemployment rate is flirting with a local high water mark of 10 percent. With the economy still stormy, navigating currents to recovery in Tampa Bay means not only absorbing housing inventory but tending to the equally important avenues of job growth to provide a clear pathway out of recession in Florida.
To that end, a Tampa Port Authority commissioner is now floating a novel approach to skills training and job growth. Brian Dolan, also vice chairman, believes there are great opportunities still to be water borne.
Now working with St. Petersburg College, Dolan, also a maritime lawyer, is working to create an undergraduate curriculum focused on skills needed to compete for jobs in port administration. He's also talking to the University of South Florida about graduate school curriculum or an executive MBA.
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NORTON, Mass., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Measurement Computing Corporation today announced the release of two, low-cost, multifunction USB DAQ devices. These new devices add to MCC's increasing line-up of over 30 USB DAQ products under $500.
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Cynical, witty and murderous...a fine, jaundiced view of humanity,
By C. O. DeRiemer (San Antonio, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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How could someone not like a western full of genial and persuasive cynicism, full of improbable piety and stuffed with vivid characters, from the two leads, Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda, down to just about everyone else. And look at the pedigree: Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, who gave us All About Eve, Letter to Three Wives and that most elegant of cynical films, Five Fingers, and with a screenplay by David Newman and Robert Benton, just after their first effort, Bonnie and Clyde, made their bones for them in Hollywood. Well, the answer is, an awful lot of people didn't like it and even more ignored it...including the studio executives. There Was a Crooked Man was buried after it finally was released, with almost no marketing dollars devoted to it.
I think the studio had no idea what to do with the film. Not only is it a witty and cynical western, it has a climax which is mordantly violent and unexpectedly ruthless (especially if you weren't paying attention to a brief scene at the start of the film). Not just that, we wind up with one of the leads dead (snake bite to the throat, guaranteed to make you flinch) and the other...well, you may find yourself pondering just who is the crooked man all the fuss was about. Me, I like the movie a lot. It's not perfect; it's too long; there are a couple of sub-themes that could have been established faster. Still, for an amusing, sardonic look at human nature, There Was a Crooked Man is hard to beat. Paris Pitman, and don't forget the Jr., please (Kirk Douglas), is a charming, eye-glass wearing rogue. He could talk a coyote out of a chicken, one character says. He's a natural leader, smart and calculating. He's also a robber and a killer. He stole a whole lot of money and, we begin to notice, his gang one by one doesn't make it far. Paris does, but eventually is caught because of his fondness for easy women. Woodward Lopeman (Henry Fonda) is an upright lawman who doesn't drink, take bribes or, as far as we can tell, consort with easy women. The two meet at a desolate territorial prison set in the middle of nothing but desert scrub and blistering heat. Pitman is doing time for the robbery. However, he hid his loot before he was captured and he plans to find a way to escape. Lopeman is the new warden, determined to rehabilitate the prisoners when he can, and at least be fair to them when he can't. Before long Pitman has recruited his cellmates on a carefully organized breakout. They're an odd bunch, but Pitman has a role for each one. The Missouri Kid (Burgess Meredith) is an aged coot who a long time ago was a skilled bank robber. Dudley Whinner (Hume Cronyn) and Cyrus McNutt (John Randolph) are failed con artists, just a bickering old married couple with Whinner the shrewd one. Floyd Moon (Warren Oates) is a backstabber from way back who has never had a friend. He begins to think Paris is one. Coy Cavendish (Michael Blodgett) is a dumb but eager teen-ager who is scheduled to hang for inadvertently killing the father of the girl he was about to know too well. Ah-Ping (C. K. Yang) is a big, tough, silent Chinese who decides to follow Pitman. We spend a lot of time in that sweltering prison observing how Lopeman tries to improve things and how Pitman step by step organizes the breakout. There will be explosions, misdirection, food fights with fried chicken and mashed potatoes, stolen dynamite...and deliberate killings, cold-blooded and murderous set-ups, and sacrifices those doing the sacrificing hadn't planned on. You can't help grinning at the cynicism or being a little revolted at some of the cold-blooded murders. Pitman, of course, escapes and heads for the place he hid his loot, a natural cave with an opening just small enough to reach down and snag the bags stuffed with cash. Did I mentioned, Pitman chose the place because it was a nesting ground for rattlers. After we have experienced the cold-blooded cynicism of one of the two leads, it's nice to report that the movie ends with a satisfyingly bit of good-natured cynicism on the part of the other. The Region 1 DVD transfer looks just fine. There are a couple of extras with little interest. One is a featurette named On Location With There Was a Crooked Man. It seems to have been made at the time of the movie as a puff-piece promoting Michael Blodgett. If you're a jaundiced observer of human nature, I think you'll enjoy this movie.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Jaundiced View of Humanity.,
By Bob Salter "Captain Spindrift" (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
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Like the celebrated director George Cukor, Joseph L Mankiewicz only made one western in his relatively short canon of films in the directors chair. Cukor's was the strangely appealing "Heller in Pink Tights"(60) whilst Mankiewicz has left us "There was a Crooked Man"(69). Cukor left a unique imprint on his film, as does Mankiewicz. Primarily Mankiewicz's virtues were literary. He wrote intelligent, sarcastic dialogue usually based on an ironic central figure which fits the bill nicely here. George Sanders in "All About Eve" and Bogart in "The Barefoot Contessa are both good examples of this. His handling of complex plots and flashbacks were always competently done. On the downside he was not always able to convey an emotional depth beneath the dialogue. Most of this applies to "There was a Crooked Man" which is a somewhat cynical offbeat comedy western.
In the film Douglas is well cast as the likeable rogue, and central character Paris Pitman, who is shown to have a very ruthless streak indeed. Douglas robs a wealthy man of his lifes savings, aided by his only too dispensible gang. Conveniently he is the only survivor and hides the loot, only to be caught in a brothel and incarcerated in a "hell hole" prison. This appears to have been based on the notorious desert prison Yuma. Pitman befriends others purely to use them as a means of escape. He enters a war of wits with the new prison governer, played by Henry Fonda, who plans to foil any escape attempt. We head to an explosive finale where there is a surprise twist. Aside from Mankiewicz's acerbic and cynical script, the film does contain other virtues. It can certainly boast a strong cast. That fine actor Burgess Meredith turns up as an aging bank robber "The Missouri Kid". Warren Oates is also excellent as a willing dupe to Douglas's plans. It also good to see Alan Hale, old Casey Jones himself, still in harness. Fonda is, as always excellent, if strangely unfamiliar in his lengthy mormon like beard. Douglas was always good in the affable rogue role. In this one he is not so affable whilst shooting men in cold blood, and the film is a refreshing surprise for that. The war of wits is well played by the two main protaganists. Disappointingly, aside from being driven by greed, and lust in some instances, there is not much depth to the characters. It is perhaps just a little too cynical and knowing for my tastes. Sadly there is not a redeeming character to be found in the film. It is indeed a rather black view of humanity for my tastes. Be warned it is surprisingly candid at times, with the female form appearing in all its glory in brief moments. I have given it a generous four stars, as it scrapes into the 3.60 stars category.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: There Was a Crooked Man [DVD] [1970] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
The movie titles starts with the song " there was a crooked man ". Paris Pittman (Kirk Douglas) steels $500,000 from Mr Lomax and puts them in a saddle and 'Mama's' pants. He deposits the money in a hole full of rattle snakes. Pittman is caught and sentenced to 10 years in an isolated prison in the desert.
Sheriff Woodward Lopeman (Henry Fonda) arrest Floyd (Warren Oates), but gets shot in the leg. More cronies are sent to the prison. Lopeman asks for a job of new warden at that prison. Pittman and friends plan a jail break needing dynamite and rifles. The movie is good in widescreen, but maybe a bit long. Will Pittman and friends be able to jail break? What is Lopeman thinking? Who will eventually get the money? Watch and ENJOY. (ENGLAND. UK)
5.0 out of 5 stars
There Was A Crooked Man,
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A very entertaining DVD that combines humour with the wild west . The DVD arrived in perfect condition, it was sold at a competitive price.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie,
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Just don't understand why it is not so well known, being a great and fun western story, with a great cast and incredibly good performances... a fantastic movie, don't miss it!
4.0 out of 5 stars
"There Was A Crooked Man (1970) ... Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Director) ... Warner Bros. (2006)",
This review is from: There Was a Crooked Man [DVD] [1970] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
Warner Bros. Pictures presents "THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN" (25 December 1970) (126 min/Color) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- An offbeat 1970s black-comic Western with an all-star cast, this Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is set in 1883 in Arizona. Paris Pitman, Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is the leader of a band of outlaws that steals $500,000 from a wealthy businessman named Lomax (Arthur O'Connell) --- The other gang members die in a shootout, but Pitman escapes and hides the loot in women's underwear and drops it into a snake pit --- After Lomax recognizes Pitman in a brothel, he is arrested by Sheriff Woodward Lopeman (Henry Fonda) --- At the territorial prison, Pitman bribes Warden Le Goff, offering him a share of the hidden money if he lets him escape --- But before the scheme is carried through, the warden is killed by a prisoner --- Lopeman becomes the new warden, and he is bent on ridding the prison of corruption --- Pitman convinces Lopeman that he will cooperate with the reforms, then he uses the new freedoms given to him to plan an elaborate escape with several other men --- The escape is to take place during an inspection by the governor.
The screen writing team for this film was Robert Benton and David Newman, who had penned the brilliant Bonnie and Clyde. An excellent movie with a jaw-dropping cast (nice song sung by Trini Lopez) Under the production staff of: Joseph L. Mankiewicz [Director] David Newman [Screenplay] Robert Benton [Screenplay] C.O. Erickson [Executive Producer] Joseph L. Mankiewicz [Producer] Charles Strouse [Original Music] Harry Stradling Jr. [Cinematographer] Gene Milford [Film Editor] Edward Carrere [Production Design] BIOS: 1. Joseph L. Mankiewicz [Director] Date of Birth: 11 February 1909 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Date of Death: 5 February 1993 - Bedford, New York 2. Kirk Douglas [aka: Issur Danielovitch Demsky] Date of Birth: 9 December 1916 - Amsterdam, New York Date of Death: Still Living 3. Henry Fonda [aka: Henry Jaynes Fonda] Date of Birth: 16 May 1905 - Grand Island, Nebraska Date of Death: 12 August 1982 - Los Angeles, California the cast includes: Kirk Douglas - Paris Pitman, Jr. Henry Fonda - Woodward W. Lopeman Hume Cronyn - Dudley Whinner Warren Oates - Floyd Moon Burgess Meredith - The Missouri Kid John Randolph - Cyrus McNutt Lee Grant - Mrs. Bullard Arthur O'Connell - Mr. Lomax Mr. Jim's Ratings: Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars Performance: 4 Stars Story & Screenplay: 4 Stars Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing] Total Time: 126 min on DVD ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (12/19/2006)
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1.0 out of 5 stars
What A Disappointing Dog!,
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I'm a fan of Westerns and have over 150 in my collection. I'd been waiting for years for this highly rated movie with Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda to become a) available for purchase and b) within reason price wise. When it barely hit b), I jumped.
Wow! What a disappointment! Starting with Kirk Douglas's industrial red weird hair dye. It's trying to be funny and cute and just doesn't cut it and for me it was only annoying. Save your money unless you already saw it and know it works for you. If you're looking for great Westerns don't miss Ride Lonesome (1959) & The Tall T (1957) from director Budd Boetticher, Some good ones you might not have heard of: Stranger on Horseback (1955/Joel McCrea), The Violent Men (1955/Glenn Ford), Valdez is Coming (1970/Burt Lancaster), Stalking Moon (1968/Gregory Peck). Brian Tlougan, author: A-list: The Best in Cinema & TV, 2nd edition (2014) |
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To move to Phase I trials would be a positive movement forward. It's a part of the process and should increase the intellectual property value, yes? There is a certain amount of confidence of the process because of the prior study outcomes and it should have a positive affect on the share price, yes?
So, we should see a rising value of the intellectual property as the CTA and IND process moves on and so should the share price be affected?...
The next leg up may be a big one considering news may be coming concerning the CTA process. It'll be news of accomplishment rather than just timeline stuff.
Glad to hear this process is moving right along, sounds like the euro counterpart of the FDA may be better organized.
Accounting for normal time delay because of backlog? 2 - 4 weeks? Anybody familiar with the process know?
8K says Mr Dent from RCPI's Board of Directors will be replacing the retiring Park Dodd III as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations and also serve as the Company's Secretary and Treasurer. RCPI will be looking to fill the Mr. Dent's vacated position on the Board.
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Dr Mullan said in his presentation that one of the objectives of Phase 1 would be to show that the RCPI Anatabine Citrate reduces the propensity of inflammation in the nearby tissue of an inflicted area. Guess this would be a huge advancement to show this.
This is very exciting, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals is going to Webcast their Presentation at the Biotech Showcase™ 2015 in San Francisco on Monday, January 12th, at 4:00PM PT (7:00 PM ET).
The press release says "Dr. Mullan will outline the Company's regulatory strategy and ongoing drug development initiatives designed to advance its lead molecule into phase I and phase II trials."
It also says "Michael Mullan, MBBS, PhD, Chairman and CEO of Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, will present preclinical and clinical data for anatabine citrate, a small molecule cholinergic agonist which exhibits anti-inflammatory pharmacological characteristics."
And press release says an archived version of the webcast will be available two hours following the presentation and can be accessed within the investors' section of the Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals website.
The webcast will be at 7:00pm est...
Michael Mullan, MBBS, PhD, Chairman and CEO of Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, will present preclinical and clinical data for anatabine citrate, a small molecule cholinergic agonist which exhibits anti-inflammatory pharmacological characteristics. Dr. Mullan will outline the Company's regulatory strategy and ongoing drug development initiatives designed to advance its lead molecule into phase I and phase II trials.
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We may be getting an update concerning the status of the Euro CTA soon?...
This is great! Base value of RCPI stock should certainly be over $1.00/share.
The possibility of an announcement of the CTA is another reason for a potential Santa Rally.
Look at the chart, looks like a rally could be coming, possibly next week, Bears better watch out!
Look at the chart, RCPI may breakout to the upside in a big way, possibly next week. What a Santa Claus rally that would be if RCPI ran to $ 1.00+ ?!...
Actually, Izof_Texas discovered it and posted an explanation...
Izof quote: " Actually it appears that they are going toward development of the "racemic mixture" (the natural combination of the isomers) as a drug [not one isolated isomer, the S-(-) ], from latest (summer 2014) indications. The potential value remains, nonetheless. RCPI's IP covers use of anatabine, w/o specifying specific isomers."
According to available info, and I'm no scientist, the "racemic mixture" probably refers to a symmetrically balanced chemistry that would probably be a good fit to the chemistry make-up of the targeted drugs and they would then only need to vary the strength of dose?!
It would seem RCPI has already developed a potential "racemic mixture" applied to the make-up of the products they already created as possible "successful" test cases?!
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4 Remixes featured here, the first from Denmark's 'Future 3' is a completely overwhelming piece of warm, lush electronic composition that weaves its way in and out of the accoustic underlays of the original. Isan, meanwhile, echo tones in restrained, minimal and melodic cycles shifting from coldness to warmth. The B-side kicks-off with a remix by 'Ensemble', newly signed to Rephlex and approaching the original with the slightly distorted minimal tones that one would imagine Fennesz to employ on similar material. Lastly, Opiate provides an intricate chopped-up breakbeat piece. Highly Recommended.
One and a half years ago, Meriel Barham from Leeds released her debut album "Kids With Sticks" as Kuchen on Karaoke Kalk. "Kuchen meets Mapstation" now follows the second release by meriel, former member of the Pale Saints; though this time, as the title reveals, it's a joint project with Stefan Schneider from Dusseldorf, the person behind the Mapstation project and also a key member of To Rococo Rot. Two people, two musicians, meet; each of them bringing their own idea of music and together merging these into a whole. The result is the album at hand, which took tw… Read more
This has some of the mercurial genius displayed on the Contriva 12" from a few years back on Monika - cello and strong beats set a mood, there's a debt to the epically slow and best Theo Parrish productions on tunes such as the title track, albeit with a touch more european sensibility. Dare we say it, F.S.K.'s own collaboration with Shake Shakir earlier this year on Disko B should ideally have sounded a lot more like this. Fast forwards to 'Ignaz Guenther House', one of the tunes of the week for everyone here, and marvel at the overdriven bass and pure groove of this tune - this is destined to become one of those records, tucked away for those who know.
Long awaited new full-length on the flawless Karaoke Kalk label from Cologne. Fumble is the new project from Jens Massel, who has also brought us releases under the names Senking and Kandis. Fumble, however, is a wholly new experience. Less minimal and bass-heavy than much of the Senking output, 'Fumble' concentrates on the upper regions of sound - slight rhythms, higher-end tinkling melodies and and an almost schoolyard groove. The overall effect is one of complex, multi-layered beauty with high atmospheric density that still somehow manages to stay accessable to the kids.
Changing course again onto a poppier electronic fizz lick. Thirty four year old artist Christian Przygodda (a star is born) gives you fourteen life enhancing tracks. Highly inventive, original and downright joyful fusing of electronic technology with an understanding of live instrumentation and pure pop craft strictly no looping. Music that no one could dislike. Every track has a none cheesy hum n whistle factor of ten. Makes you want to run round the garden jumping over the flower beds. Wicked swinging rhythms. This release has a twist in its tail -you are embedded in its lovelyness and… Read more
The third outing for Hausmeister on Karaoke Kalk arrives, and while the name is probably the least well known of the Karaoke roster, the albums have always been amongst the very best material on the label. "Hausmeister" literally means "caretaker", and from the homespun, almost brazilian charms of 'Nitten' from the self-titled debut, to the slide guitars and prominent gingham of "Unser", Hausmeister have in one way or another been a consistent part of our office soundtrack for the last two years. The intro 'Ester's Moonraker melodies sweep over smooth, warm bass tones perfectly setting up the … Read more
"Sound of a Handshake" is Morr Music's brand new offshoot label, named after one of Morr's best-loved tracks (by Anticon hiphop-supremos Clouddead) - and designed primarily to showcase collaborative work. For 'Into Forever', the first instalment in this new series, Morr Music favourite Jonas Munk (Manual / Limp) and New York concept artist and producer Alexander Perls (Icebreaker International and member of an early incarnation of Piano Magic) join forces. Weaving mingled, sparse beats and song structures (Munk) with layered guitars and tricky melodic leads (Perls) in… Read more
The term isan stands for "integrated services analogue network", and it perfectly reveals their interest in using dodgy old keyboards to make dodgy old noise. Isan´s music is a kind of ambilvalent thing: simple but pure, noisy but clear, strange but true........they mention influences as varied as artists like brian eno, stereolab, autechre, my bloody valentine...and as a matter of necessity you will find yourself whistling their beautiful melodies regardless of intention and mood. This is delicately refined beauty with one eye focused firmly on the nature and sounds of analogue machinery, with… Read more
Donna Regina were handpicked from obscurty by a certain Matthew Herbert a good few years ago for a 12" on his anonymous Lowlife label. Since then, the release of their debut album 'A Quiet Week In The House' on Cologne's flawless Karaoke Kalk imprint brought together some of the loveliest, freshest vocal pop music to have crossed our ears. For a rough starting point, think of Morr Music's massive Lali Puna. Donna regina tread a similar path of decadent pop, an amalgamation of the smokey/ethereal/seductive vocals of Ms Regina and the perfectly executed beats, samples and concocted at… Read more
Cobra Killer, the demented duo of Gina V.D'Orio and Annika Line Trost, first came together in the late 90's for a couple of legendary releases for Alec Empire's Digital Hardcore imprint ( "Right into a Kick for More" recently voted as one of the top 500 singles of all time..). Since then the girls have donned their blood-soaked nurse uniforms and have honed their love of 60's psych rock and freaked out electronic mashups into a glorious display of scuzzy euphoria that couldn't be more fashionable if it tried. And if you think that's a bad thing, gina and Annika ain't gonna tolerate your negati… Read more
A 7" of Erik Satie covers? On Morr? All given the once-over by electronica royalty Isan? You're just going to have to listen, aren't you...? The latest in Morr Music's occasional 'A Number Of Small Things' series, 'Trois Gymnopedies' takes Satie's original 1888 compositions, then bathes them in a warm and sudsy bath of digital milk - resulting in a sleight but thoroughly satisfying slice of vinyl. Opening with the most recognisable of Satie's triptych ('Lent Et Douloureux'), Isan avoid any accusations of 'furniture music' (the composers own description for his later work) by pepping t… Read more
Lali Puna's Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher have clearly resigned themselves to the fact that they will forever be known amongst friends and fellow band members as John & Yoko. This particularly iconoclastic nom de plume serves it's purpose fabulously for their first joint excursion outside the familiar surroundings of their band set up, and provides the latest installment in a carefully selected series of 7"s on morr music's embryonic sub-label "a number of small things" - an imprint that's been dormant for quite some time. It's fitting that the two cover versions fo… Read more
Since its humble beginnings some 3 years and 30 releases ago, Morr Music has fast become one of the most important, genre-defining and iconoclastic record labels the independent scene has produced since Warp came along and changed the rules in the early 1990's. This second compilation on the label is set to take us into its next crucial phase. Named after an obscure track by those deepest of all shoegazers - Slowdive, "Blue Skied 'An Clear" builds on the fact that so many electronic musicians are gradually starting to (re-)discover guitars, acoustics and the dense atmosphe… Read more
Karaoke Kalk manage to throw a graceful bodyswerve, here inaugurating a new dancefloor offshoot: Kalk pets. Pascal has impressed us before now in these pages, not least with his 'Melody Express' mini album for Karaoke last year: this however is a totally different ball game. As you may have guessed from the title, this twelve is intoxicated by the rhythms, the cantering tempo and sizzlin conga work lays the a side as a bedfellow for the extended modal form of a Kenny Dixon or a Theo: emotional strings round out an accomplished and original piece. Be sure to check.
Nice to see some new material surfacing from Michaela Melian, member of F.S.K., longtime audiovisual collaborator with Move D and hotshot art lecturer. This new 12" compiles two tracks in which Melian fuses her slow, exceedingly jaunty drum machine pulses against an incongruously lavish sounding instrumental ensemble (most of which is made up of Melian multitracking her own performances). The B-side features a vocal, which resultantly sounds rather more world-weary and bedraggled than the symphonic A, but the whole endeavour feels like a unique excursion into Bavarian pop weirdness.
Following last year's self-titled debut, Jens Massel (Senking / Kandis) returns with this incredibly good new Fumble 5-tracker. With a progression in sound that seems to have jumped several leagues into something entirely fresh, 'Milo' is a truly indespensible release from a man that seems to rise in stature on all 3-fronts of his artistic development. If Senking focuses on the microscopic reduction of sound to looped depth, and Kandis delves into percussive restraint, fumble emphasises its beauty on a rising melodic thread that uplifts the tone of the percussive undercurrent. Opening track 'Chip' de… Read more
It can certainly be said that Morr Music's B.Fleischmann is not one to shy away from epic recordings. He started his musical journey with 'Pop Loops for Breakfast' which also, interestingly enough, was the premier release on the then unknown Morr Music label. Since then both he and the label have expanded rapidly and his work peaked with the fabulously grandiose double disc album 'Welcome, Tourist'. Split into a cd of more bite-sized pop songs and one gigantic electronic-jazz experimentation this saw Fleischmann at the top of his game, and this kind of expanded … Read more
Uwe Zahn, aka Arovane, has been one of the most influential characters in the electronic music scene over the last few years. His classic 'Tides' album was not only the first full-length release on the City Centre Offices label (and a huge influence on the label's roster) but is also often cited as one of the key electronic music releases of the last decade. After 4 long years, arovane finally returns."Lilies" is a follow-up to "Tides" in every sense, exploring a trip to japan and drawing on shimmering textures and the sort of melodies that you might need some time to recover from. There's a hugel… Read more
Boy Robot is what we'd like to consider a bit of a one off. Its the sort of record that fits in so perfectly within the CCO agenda – a love of pop music, electronica, dub, simplicity, catchiness, something memorable. The collaborative effort of Berlin's Zorn and Uppsala's Hans Möller , Boy Robot take things from end to end with a myriad of styles that manage to encapsulate and disect a pool of generic ideas that scarcely make an appearance across a full body of work - let alone a first album - perfectly fusing the musical signatures that each artist has perfected over th… Read more
Be it on his own, as a collaborator with Uwe Zahn's Arovane project, or as a member of Herrmann & Kleine, Christian Kleine and his guitars, drumkit and PowerBook have appealed to those ever growing number of people involving themselves with electronic music at its most heartwarming, organic, life-affirming. His love of Hip Hop, indie-pop and experimental music has always contributed to an other-worldly mix of hypnotic beats and blissed-out acoustica, a sound that later on would become so crucial to the enigmatic pop soundscapes of labelmate Ulrich Schnauss. "Real Ghosts", his third a… Read more
B.Fleischmann feels like an old friend now, he's been a mainstay in these offices for so long, ever since his sublime 'Poploops For Breakfast' dropped way back when we first opened up shop. Its nice to see Morr Music re-igniting this excellent 7" series, the bijou format offering perfect space for classic morr off-pop, as personified so well by Isan on their recent set of Satie cover-versions and, now, for this gorgeous 2-tracker from Mr Fleischmann himself. The A Side here is a brand new track, not featured on the 'Humbucking Coil' album, and is classic Fleischmann : simple and beau… Read more
Benni Hemm Hemm are the latest in a line of smash sensations from Iceland. Considering there are only about 100 people living in Iceland, I have worked out that they must all be A. related and B. Musicians. Apparently the Hemm Hemm folks won the Icelandic equivalent of a Grammy last year for their album (also called Beginning End) and this 7" takes the first two tracks from the record and places them on high quality wax for our aural pleasure. The A Side is like a jaunty Sufjan Stevens crossed with Belle and Sebastian, all good vibrations and smiles punctuated by Xylophone and a kne… Read more
Originally included as a freebie with the LP version of Benni Hemm Hemm's latest album 'Kajak' the general public now finally have a chance to put their mitts on this lovely 7". The A side features a gorgeous alternative version of 'Skvavars', one of Benni Hemm Hemm's most breathtaking moments - a collision of skyward facing melodies and orchestrally arranged instrumentation. This is what post rock would sound like if it wasn't made by terminally depressed boys all the time - it's genuinely happy music and all the better for it. However the B-Side is an exclusive collaboration with the v… Read more
You wait months for a new Electric President record... Continuing Morr's fabulous 7" series (see Isan's 'Trois Gymnopedies' for homework), 'You Have The Right To Remain Awesome Vol 1' is the first in Electric President's double-header, wherein the 24-year old Jacksonville Beach-resident (Ben Cooper if you must know) goes about reaffirming the bombastic indiepop of his eponymous debut. Unashamed in its sonic juxtaposition, 'You Have The Right To Remain Awesome Vol 1' opens with 'Good Ol' Boys' - a rhythm-based pop monster that digitally worms its way… Read more
In a parallel universe this would be exactly the kind of perfect pop music you'd hear blaring out of every commercial radio station across the country...actually, that parallel universe seems to exist, pretty much every radio station in Berlin has had this playlisted for several weeks...and you wonder why seemingly every other musician listed on these pages has moved there in the last few years? Anyway, back to this diamond 7", what we have here is one of the most overlooked and genius guitar bands of the last few years reworking Bryan Ferry's classic "Don't Stop … Read more
Harking from the glorious province of Iceland - a nation-state which matches its natural beauty and enviable musical heritage with a drinking culture of Beowulf scope - Benni Hemm Hemm (aka Benedikt H. Hermannsson) has crafted a gorgeous follow up to 'Beginning End'; wherein the immediacy of that debut LP was recaptured through a lightening blast of undiluted recording time. Shoehorned into just four days, 'Kajak' was conceived and matured at Sundlaugin (the studio of Sigur Rós) - with eleven musicians coming together to fuse Hermannsson's vision into the kind of throbbing aural diktat that… Read more


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