Depeche Mode, Remixes 81...04 -- I got a little bit remixed out on these guys, but I've taken a break, so...what can I say? I had to get this. One of my favourite bands. Some interesting versions.

Magnetic Fields, i -- catchy, accessible, clever, interesting

Yoko Kanno, Be Human (Ghost in the Shell Stand-Alone Complex soundtracky thingy) -- lot of fun nibblets on here ("Where's Rocky?", etc.) mostly of the Tachikoma-inspired variety.

Barry Adamson + Pan Sonic, Motorlab 3 -- mostly a Pan Sonic album, sounds like the source material was BA's.

Future Bible Heroes, The Lonely Robot, Eternal Youth, and Memories of Love -- what can I say? I was in a Stephen Merritt mood. After hearing that Memories of Love was one of a friend of mine's top albums ever, and his favourite Stephen Merritt release, I had to revisit this one, and it is quite good.

Styrofoam, Nothing's Lost -- probably refers to the amount of guest participants -- one would normally be afraid that one's work would get diluted, but nothing's lost. A very good Styrofoam album.

Le Fly Pan Am, N'Ecoutez Pas -- strange little album.

Tanakh, Dieu Deuil and Tanakh -- two album by the same group couldn't be more different -- the former is "slowcore", the latter is noisy and experimental. They are both good, but I would only recommend the latter to people of my ilk.

Chroma Key, Graveyard Mountain Home -- different enough from Ghost Book that I can see why he would release this as a Chroma Key album, and the latter not. Medigs.

The Faint, Wet from Birth -- this is growing on me. I don't think it'll ever outgrow Danse Macabre, but think about it as the difficult sophomore album. A very very good difficult sophomore album. It's still a lot better than a lot of other crap.

Code Mesa, CD Select Vols. I & II -- such beautiful music. She's turned to soundtrack work, and I can definitely see it working. I hope it becomes lucrative for her, because I'd love to hear more from her. A lot more.

Soil & Eclipse, Meridian -- can you imagine a crooner/industrial hybrid? Alright, yeah, it sounds a lot like Depeche Mode...which ain't necessarily a bad thing.

v/a, Apocalypse Attack Patterns (I think) -- a pretty cool sampler, including You Shriek, SMP, and Any Questions?.

Damn The Machine -- I don't know, I just felt like revisiting this one. Pretty cool alterna-metal from the time.

T.H.C., Death by Design -- experimental industrial from back in the Fifth Colvmn days.

Stone Roses, Second Coming -- this is so much better than their first album.

KK.Null, Kosmik Engine -- some nice dynamic work from the master of Japanoise.

Bill Horist & KK.Null, Interstellar Chemistry -- a "groovier" work from a collaboration including the master of Japanoise.

Akufen, My Way -- excellent album. Microhouse, I believe is the term -- house-ish music for dancing (audibly) made on a laptop type environment. Makes my booty want to shake (I know, I know, an image you didn't necessarily want to be left with).

Peaches, The Teaches of Peaches -- I think I like her better in small doses.