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  SUMMER 98

The best sellers of INANE Distribution are:

1 Cherry Orchard "The Start of our affair"
2 Doris Days "Live in Poland"
3 Jenka "Be"
4 Acid House Kings "Advantage AHK"
5 Mopeds "The Hills are alive"
6 Hydroplane "Hydroplane"
7 Famous Boyfriend "A Stick to beat me with"
8 Eggstone "Vive la Difference"
9 Buddha on the Moon " Stratospheric"
10 Lucksmiths "A good kind of nervous"

Contact: inanerecords@hotmail.com

GRIMSEY Records will release in USA the ANA D cd this Fall. "Ana D" was issued in Spain by Elefant Records

STEREOPHONIC ELEFANT DANCE recordings for this summer:
- Mell Allen "Dallas" CD
- Wong "Wong" Double lp/CD
- Rinocerose "Le mobilier" MAXI/CD-single
- Prozack "Tan lejos" Double lp/CD

Contact
elefant@get.es

New FRESONES REBELDES single for Spicnic Records. It contains four new tracks: "Medio Drogado" / "Mi Timidez" / "Fuente del amor" and a Los Bolidos -a spanish new wave band- cover, "¿Porqué me tengo que enamorar?"
Contact: Fresones Rebeldes:
miguel@natura.geo.ub.es
Spicnic Records:
spicnic@arrakis.es

SIESTA RECORDS change their web site and e-mail. If you want to visit their update web, the site is: http://www.siesta.es The new e-mail is: siesta@siesta.es.They have released three new recordings:

- VIGIL "Música para hacer la digestión" (LP/CD-10 July). VIGIL is Pedro Vigil, ex-Penelope Trip, Edwin Moses, Nosoträsh productor and the cousin of Jose Luis Rubiera, a known spanish cyclist...

- EGGSTONE "Spanish Slalom" (LP/CD-10 July). A compilation of this sweden band

- KALEIDA "Knowing who are your friends" (CD/LP-10 July) Ex Pastel Collision.

Tito, ex Penelope Trip and Telefilme is recording his first alone lp for Elefant Records.

... and Finally, the best ten "Made in Spain" records of the first semester of 1998, according to Surreal Madrid, of course (in no particular order):

FREE DESIGN "Bubbles" (Siesta)
VARIOUS "Expreso " (Siesta)
VARIOUS "Lujo y miseria" (Acuarela)
PARADE "Parade" (Spicnic)
SPRING "The Last Goodbye" (Elefant)
CARLOS BERLANGA (& Ibón Errazkin-Le Mans) "La cajera EP" (Edel)
SUKIYAKI/ZONITES split EP (Green Ufo´s)
LE MANS "Yin Yang EP" (Elefant)
MUS "Pigaz EP" (Acuarela)
VARIOUS "Supermarket" (ELEFANT)

MAY 98

ASTRUD and INSANITY WAVE release their records in United States. ASTRUD have issued their Acuarela records 4 songs ep more two new songs ("Lemmon girl" and "Something changed", a Pulp cover sung in spanish) in Sealed Fate Records. INSANITY WAVE -a power pop band- release "Do the Worm" in Spin Art.

"Bubbles" by FREE DESIGN is the best seller item from the Siesta Records catalogue. The label will release more FREE DESIGN stuff very soon. By the way, you could read a Chris Dedrick interview in SOUVENIR, your fave e-zine... and other interesting interviews (Ibon Errazkin-LE MANS) and articles (The best pop zines in the world!) in June.

PASTEL COLLISION change their name. Now, they are called KALEIDA and they will be playing in Getafe (Madrid) in July (Sunday 12)

INANE is a new cool spanish distributor. They sell stuff from the best international indie labels like Aquavinile, Cavalcade, Drive in, Jigsaw, Marsh-Marigold, Shelflife, Vibrafon etc etc. Contact: inanerecords@hotmail.com

HARVEY WILLIAMS comes back! After of several years of silence, the ex Another Sunny Day and ex Field Mice and Blueboy member, is recording a new album. Elefant records will release the vinyl lp version and Shinkansen the cd version.

Distributions news: New Music will distribute in Germany, Switzerland and Austria the SIESTA catalogue and Nuevos Medios will do the same in Spain. Meanwhile Elefant records will distribute Setanta records in Spain again.

Acuarela releases for this summer and autumn: SEÑOR CHINARRO "Noséquénosécuántos" CD/Album, ASTRUD "Mi fracaso personal" CD/Album, DOMINIQUE A "L´Attirance" CD/EP and SONGS:OHIA and THE GOTHIC ARCHIES 7" and a DA CAPO/THE MARRIED MONK cd/ep split

April 98

LOUIS PHILIPPE is recording his new album with the Prague orchestra! Siesta Records will be releasing this lp very soon. Meanwhile the half of the Siesta staff is euphoric because the Real Madrid -the famous spanish football/soccer team- will be playing the final of the Europe cup vs the Juventus (of Turin, Italy)... Congratulations Mateo Siesta.
Contact:
siesta@get.es

100.000 LUCIÉRNAGAS (100.000 fireflies in english, like the Magnetic fields song) is a new spanish zine edited by one of the best spanish pop journalists, Jorge Palomar. The zine is superb and the contens are: The Magnetic Fields (obviously), Mike Alway, Mus, Damon & Naomi, Julien Baer, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Astrud, The Village, Broadcast, Windy & Carl...
Contact:Jorge Palomar. C/Podencos, 69. Alcorcón. Madrid 28922. Spain. E-mail:
palomar@mail.sendanet.es  
Jorge is a member of
SUKIYAKI too, a new tecno pop spanish band. The most curious fact of this band is that the other members (Elena Cabrera and Aldo Linares)  are pop journalists too! O.V.N.I records will issue their debut cd-ep during this month.
More information:The Sukiyaki web:
http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Lounge/9703

The indie tecno pop is the new fashion in Spain. However of the Sukiyaki debut, Acuarela records have issued a compilation called "Lujo y miseria" with a lot of new spanish band of this vein. CHICO Y CHICA (the Madelman new project) and STARDU (a new band that sounds like Heavenly meets St Etienne) are the most interesting bands, I think. By the way, Meteosat have signed up for RCA after their debut single for Elefant.

Talking of Elefant, they are reading the second volumen of their cities collection. After the "Montecarlo" compilation, they will be issue "Casablanca" that will be feature a lot of classic indie bands like Momus,
Jack, Brian, Le Mans, The Wake, Future Bible Heroes, The Melons, Family, Even as we Speak... Contact:
elefant@get.es


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