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Stoloff & Hopkinson - Trademark EP

	artist:	Stoloff & Hopkinson
	release:	Trademark EP
	catalogue number:	PAUSE006 / PAUSE006CD
	formats:	10" / CD digipak
	availability:	out 05 May 2003
	tracklisting:	interlude_01 (phone) Idead inderlude_02 (cafe) Dual interlude_03 (mountain) Woodpecker interlude_04 (supermarket) Idead Instrumental
	interesting features:	vinyl: locked grooves, acapellas, scratches, instrumentals & Spindlevision™ CD: 4 videos, bonus audio
	artwork:	mr_hopkinson
	barcode:	5030094078123 (CD only)

blurb:

The devious duo are back* with their fabulous sonic gadgets and the illest-fitted suits in the West. Stoloff & Hopkinson use machines to create music that would have been implausible in the 20th century, yet is immediately familiar, witty, human and not quite right. The Trademark EP sets them apart from their electronically gifted peers by way of layered beats, intricate sounds, rich melody and French lyrical flow blended with a unique grasp of reality.

September 02 saw the resurgence of the S&H live extravaganza. The duo, defiantly opposed to the hidden-hairless-men-behind-bleeping-banks-of-equipment school of electronic music performance, spent 18 months engineering a unique brand of fully-functional oversize keyboard (over what size? Over 12ft!). In order to suitably position them for global takeover, they also shot a new intro film in space (rather then there previously location-specific interludes). This al-most-mighty genius combined with their new body-pop worthy little ditties, made for quite a show.

Previous (until now, rare [due to the technically-intensive nature of each and every show]) incarnations of Essenhaitch-live have treated audiences at the Big Chill and the Light Surgeons curated 'Media Circus' (Sheffield) to former-elongated equipment performance and expertly merged alternative audio to Frankenstein. Essenhaitch hope to be able to find some miraculous way to do move live shows, keep your eyes posted on our live shows page for details.

* (only previously to be found on their own Your Medical Records imprint and Japanese label, Angels Egg)

**point to note**: this release does not contain the title (Trademark EP) anywhere on the artwork, it does however contain the track titles, idead_dual_woodpecker.

Maps and Diagrams - Free-Time

	artist:	Maps and Diagrams
	release:	Free-Time
	catalogue number:	PAUSE009
	formats:	CD
	availability:	out soon
	tracklisting:	Transparancies On Film Autohoum Us Do It Yourself Ideol It_U Reabsorb My Love Djur Hours Formatt Dormatt Midsommer Uniq Miscel Kluge Mid Spron
	interesting features:	card envelope + outer sleeve, not a jewel case in sight!
	artwork:	illustrations: combi, text: tim martin
	barcode:	5030094082021 (CD only)

blurb:

Occasionally things drop in, things drop out, sometimes intentional, sometimes not. In the prolific world of Tim Martin (aka maps and diagrams) it is often an array of happy accidents/experiments which lead to the final cut; a refreshing change from the recent trend towards over produced, highly programmed and processed robot electronica for super-human brains.

'Free-Time' combines a playful mix of rounded cotton-bud rhythms with a smoothened, softened emotive and melodic edge, it's a collection of simplistically structured analogue electronic music, it ebbs and flows with warmth and innocence; it's the first full-length release from the one-man-and-his-electronics.

Born in 1972, Tim spent most of his childhood whizzing round Nottingham on a bmx and listening to his friend's dad's collection of Kraftwerk, Talking Heads and punk records. While the guitar was always part of his musical plan, he found himself more inspired by the smoothness of electronically synthesised music, rather than the harshness of the guitar. A new found love affair with electro and hip hop then ensured that he never looked back. When Tim got his hands on a clapped out keyboard in the early nineties, he soon found the sounds he imagined when he was younger and his childhood memories came flooding back.

Back to the present tense and now living in sunny Peterborough, Tim produces Maps and Diagrams, a guise to present his music which shows influence from modern melodic electronic music, but with it's own fresh naivety. As Maps and Diagrams, Tim has also previously released music for Neo Ouija, Tundra Music and Endorphin. In addition, he runs his own label, Cactus Island.