I recently purchased a doll for my daughter, but after opening the package I decided to keep the doll for myself. Despite the possibility of dividing the family, the intrigue was overwhelming and I thought this was far too sexy a gift to give to an adolescent girl. The mature brittle nature of the sound fiber also made me think that I was making a good decision.  Louvel opens the heart over the forlorn, above the motivated, and below our body fluids with a gyrating femininity. The grooves come from the pelvis, the frustrated groans, languid lyrics and her multiple vocal flights are too full of womanhood for little girls or boys. This is 'erototronica' for adults expressed along with a myriad of small toys, minimal signal beats, or monster sounds to carry us. Doucement... Yes please. Encore. Doucement. This is so beautifully made that I wear gloves, white gloves, when I play it. I don't want to break it.

World reknowned musicologist David Toop comes back offering a much stranger world than he let us discover with his seemingly tamer 'Ocean of Sound'. This compilation could have been called "Valley of the Lost Chip". 32 electronic tracks expose the rich extremes found in music being made in our age of the laptop.

When the hot air balloon (montgolfière) was fully expanded, it was sent out to follow the gulf stream. Floating perilously over an emense field of troubled waters it was sent out as a representation of peace. Some dolphins sensed this and rose to the surface in syncopated arcs; a greeting that empahasized that nirvana might be possible. They rose and fell in the water like radio waves. Ondulating. The sound could only be heard by the men in the balloon when they weren't using a gas flame to keep it in the air. Because they men prefered to hear the dolphins they came closer and closer to the sea, the sounds grew louder. They completly forgot that they were not dolphins. When the woven basket hit the water... they could hear voices...

Creeping in from under the floorboards, a house reveals the essence of many inhabitants, moments, hidden spaces and the silence of Duchamp’s dust. The prolific is polished but trimmed back. The music questions. Find keyhole ear. Fill in with spackle. Focus, then repeat the action.