• MP3: MERZBOW - ending (autechre remix)
  
• MP3: MERZBOW - PARADISE PACHINKO - untiteled I
  
• MP3: MERZBOW - PARADISE PACHINKO - untiteled II
  
  more crazy stuff here:
  mp.tochnit-aleph.com

Actually they are availible for a while allready, I just forget to post the links. Jeremiah Tattlebaum:

• the lion of fire
  
• settle down

I allready linked to Piana, the first artist who appeared on the "happy" label. To make shure you also check out the other great stuff from this label, I am writing this second post. If you think Piana is still to much j-pop, try the other artists. In fact, the track by Eisi is one of my current favourites.

Downloads:

• MP3: Tenniscoats - in my blood river
  
• MP3: Gutevolk - Sora
  
• MP3: Eisi - Awaawa
  
• MP3: Cinq - Lefty

"On this debut from Naoko Sasaki, alias Piana, connections are forged between the seemingly disparate fields of glitch processing and coy J-Pop. Coming across as a child's sketchbook or diary, there is a palapable sense of nostalgia in these lovely songs, powerful and moving evocations of a kid's world that vary int one from the tearful to the joyful to the fearful. Basing her fragile melodies on slow motion Satie-like chord patterns, employing piano, organ, occasional broken beats and beautifully measured guitar from Yuichiro Iwashita, Sasaki then destabalises the music by adding a low key firework display of static pops and hisses which serves as a brilliantly effective metaphor for a child's sense of wonder, distress, excitement and anxiety. The songs recall both the unsettling, naive sampladelica of Pop - Off Tuesday and Cocteau Twins at their heartstopping best." Review from the WIRE magazine

Links:

• lot's of reviews
  
• More info, german
  
  Downloads:
  [MP3] Piana - Butterfly
  [MP3] Piana - Blue Bell
  [MP3] Piana - Voice
  [MP3] Piana - Snow Bird