From same label, Compilation Works 1996-2005 (CRÓNICA ELECTRONICA 041) is an astonishing compilation of music by the great Marc Behrens, one of the most severe and dessicated electronic minimalists working in this area and one for whom I have a lot of time. This 19-track collection amounts to two CDs’ worth of music, and it rounds up a number of cuts released as parts of compilations, collaborations, or submissions to galleries and audio journals. You can find here, for example, his excellent interpretation of Disinformation’s music from the 1997 double-CD Antiphony, now pretty tough to find. Plus there’s his contributions to Tulpas (the RLW sampler), sul (the Chris Marker tribute CD), and one piece which was inspired by Stockhausen’s Gesange Des Jungliche. Although very conceptual in nature, this is a set which restores my faith in the power of the mixing desk and reprocessed electronic noise. What’s more, you can download it all for free from the Crónica website. Ed Pinsent