Greg Malcolm, Rosy Parlane, Various
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01 - Arie Hellendoorn "Strangers in the night" (1:12)
02 - Mhfs "A tin dinghy" (2:09)
03 - Jane Austen "Hot water" (5:00)
04 - Greg Malcolm "Last dance" (4:54)
05 - Ray Off "Reveille" (5:58)
06 - Sam Hamilton "Into navigation" (6:37)
07 - Sweetcakes "Peace pill" (8:08)
08 - Rosy Parlane "Odessa" (4:15)
09 - Tim Coster & Nigel Wright "Cathedral" (5:47)
10 - Métal Rouge (5:07)
11 - A.M. "Poerua acid 2" (9:11)
12 - The Futurians "Bionic vampires" (4:28)
13 - Stefan Neville "Moon of the moongoat" (6:56)

REVIEWS:
"From the active scene in New Zealand, where everybody seems to be making music, hails the CLaudia label, of whom we reviewed releases before. But now they venture out to releasing real CDs, and like a young label would the first real CD is a compilation, showcasing only thirteen of the talents from the world down under. We come across well-known names such as Greg Malcolm, Metal Rouge, Mhfs, Sam Hamilton, Rosy Parlane, Antony Milton, but also Stefan Neville, The Futurians, Sweetcakes, Jane Austen and the very dutch name of Arie Hellendoorn. Throughout the music is experimental, working out in different directions. Drone like, lo-fi guitar playing, computerized glitch drones, and more straight forward improvised music. There is however a strong element of 'atmospheric mood music' to be detected in all of these tracks, even in the more heavy outing of The Futurians or Stefan Neville. Tracks are throughout short and to the point and none of them is a real high flyer, but the