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Formed by ex-Cure keyboard player Roger O'Donnell, 99x/10 Records is a new label giving outlet to a number of artists whose common link appears to be a taste for quirky electronic music. It is O'Donnell himself whose two moody Moog contributions bookend this label sampler. In between, there is much enjoyment to be had from the hitherto unknown cast list. The Maybe impress with their elegiac, mysterious folk music fronted by a Beth Orton-soundalike. Alka and Dead Waiter excel with their downtempo, moving electronica whilst Somonolent's more sombre musings are shrouded in a shimmering, ambient fog. Yet the two major highlights come from Pale Amber Glow whose 'New Leaf' perfectly captures the lighter, melodic moments of Mogwai and Ecce's 'South' is an elegant, subtle piece of perfection. This is a very enjoyable sampler; made of far more robust strengths than the misleading title might suggest.
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01 Roger O'Donnell - Another Name
02 Sensory Factory - Sirius Transmissions
03 Alka - I Fell Down A Very Long Well
04 Goddamn Electric Bill - Oui-ja
05 The Maybe - The Downers Of '62
06 Dead Waiter - Apathy
07 Pale Amber Glow - Snowfall
08 Sensory Factory - Anthem
09 Erin Lang - All We Can Do Now
10 Ecce - Oriens
11 Somnolent - Column
12 Alka - Your Wayward Stare
13 Dead Waiter - Pour Etre Plein D'Espoir
14 Goddamn Electric Bill - Witching Hour
Standout Track Pale Amber Glow - New Leaf
16 The Maybe - The Burden Of Summer
17 Somnolent - Warm Windows In Night
18 Ecce - South
19 Roger O'Donnell - The Truth In Me

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