17 minutes, 44 seconds

A-Head
Deep Down

One of the many side projects of André Schmechta, a.k.a. Sevren Ni-Arb, a.k.a. the dude behind the late, great X Marks the Pedwalk. (I guess if your last name were Schmechta, you'd use a bunch of pseudonyms too. Then again, maybe in German "Schmechta" sounds like "Smith." To me it sounds like something nasty you might find on the bottom of your shoe.) He recorded these dancy electro tracks back in 1992 with Alexis Schaar, with whom he'd worked on U-Tek, yet another side project. And then A-Head disappeared, and probably for good reason. Suffice it to say that Schmechta would go on to do better work.

Switching topics, it's looking increasingly likely that I'll reach the end of the list perhaps as soon as today and almost certainly sometime tomorrow. Weird. It seems kind of sudden, but then again, when the CDs are 20 minutes long or less, they go pretty quickly. I'm starting to feel like Casey Kasem, counting down the hits. Except these are the opposite of hits. And I'm so not Casey Kasem.

Also today:

17:43 Covenant, Travelogue
17:31 Maelifell, La Peste
17:26 Construggle Test, Welfare Taste
17:24 Intoxication, From the Source
17:19 Morrissey & Siouxsie, Interlude
17:15 Photophob, Five Odes to Lem
17:12 Soma, My Ancient Vihmaana
17:01 Robin Guthrie, Everlasting
16:57 Die Form, Savage Logic
16:54 Hocico, Wrack and Ruin (CD 2 of 2)
16:52 Accessory, Forever & Beyond (CD 2 of 2)
16:48 Empusae, Extra-Muros
16:46 Dive, Two Faced Man
16:37 D.Sign, D.Sign
16:35 Dubstar, Not So Manic Now
16:31 Sonne Hagal, Nidar
16:20 Cocteau Twins, Lullabies
16:07 Morrissey, You Have Killed Me
16:06 Morrissey, Interesting Drug
16:04 Autopsia, Requiem pour un Empire
16:01 Morrissey, The Youngest Was the Most Loved
15:59 Dubstar, Cathedral Park
15:49 Lush, Ladykillers (CD 2 of 2)
15:46 BlutEngel, Ice
15:42 Dubstar, The Self Same Thing
15:41 A Challenge of Honour, Fold Your Wings Awhile
15:18 Binärcode, 01001-01010
15:18 Cranes, Shining Road (CD 1 of 2)
15:10 Xmal Deutschland, Peel Sessions
15:09 Dubstar, No More Talk
15:02 Seelenthron, Steingeworden
14:53 Konzept, Last Night
14:49 Photophob, The Fragmentary I
14:37 Cocteau Twins, Aikea-Guinea
14:37 Cocteau Twins, Peppermint Pig
14:36 Cranes, Can't Get Free
14:34 Cold Fusion & Rukkanor, Wunderwaffe
14:30 Heiden Ära, Lopun Ajan Juhla
14:29 Gaë Bolg & Omne Datum Optimum, Gaë Bolg & Omne Datum Optimum