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News from the darkest corners of the
musical universe:
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Wednesday, December 25, 2002 ◦
In 2003, Basta will release a 4-CD box set with the works of Kid Baltan & Tom Dissevelt. Produced by Kees Tazelaar & Dick Raaijmakers (Kid Baltan himself!). As Kees describes it in his own words: "Together with Dick Raaijmakers I am working on a multi-CD release that will give a historic overview of Dutch popular and applied electronic music from 1956-66. The CDs will contain music from Henk Badings, Kid Baltan, and Tom Dissevelt. Besides tracks that have been released on vinyl in the late '50s/early '60s on Philips (Song of the Second Moon, Electronic Movements, Intersection, Fanatasy in Orbit), much never before published material has been re-discovered and restored for this project." (* update 23 april 2004: this set has still not been released)
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Monday, December 16, 2002 ◦
Issue #27 of Cool and Strange Music Magazine is available now. This issue features Les Paul, Andre Popp, Shooby Taylor, Seks Bomba, and much, much more.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2002 ◦
Dutch artist Danielle Lemaire has a new CD out: Live in London, recorded at the LMC Festival in London in june 2002. Danielle's next CD Spacemaking is coming soon.
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Monday, December 02, 2002 ◦
Editor Dana Countryman has announced that he will leave Cool and Strange Magazine, the publication he started 7 years ago, in february 2003. New editor/publisher will be Myke O'Clock, webmaster of the Hip Surgery Music Guide.
* update july 2004: Cool and Strange Music Magazine has stopped appearing since Mr. O'Clock took over!
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Sunday, December 01, 2002 ◦
Stanley Black, whose death is reported in the Daily Telegraph [28 November, 2002], has died aged 89. Black was a pianist, arranger, composer and dance band leader whose signature tune was *That Old Black Magic*; he later went on to become a classical conductor.
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