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Various - 3...2...1... A Rocket Girl Compilation

Review by Radhika Takru

Rocket Girl is a label that adheres so steadfastly to the OG concept of 'independent' that it may well be just one person putting out whimsical mixtapes for no selfish purpose aside from having us share with her her treasures. »

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closealmost a decade on from the first rocket girl compilation, this luxuriously-packaged double cd/download showcases the sonic esprit de corps of label founder vinita joshi - a twenty-seven track treasure-trove, brimming with the label's most recent aural acquisitions. cd1 comprises fifteen of the finest cuts from the most recent rocket girl roster - a cocktail which marries cult heavyweights (lilys, robin guthrie, television personalities) with new blood (a place to bury strangers, the brothers movement). the result is a family of tracks which parade their beauty in a variety of stereophonic plumages: from the elegant electronica of brooklyn%u2019s project skyward, to the blistering, blissful barrage of noise of japan%u2019s am. cd2 presents new, exclusive tracks from an array of rocket girl champions, past and present. psychedelphia stalwarts asteroid #4 rub shoulders with the reverb-laden lullabies of lemon's chair and serena maneesh while, elsewhere, all in the golden afternoon and a shoreline dream locks horns with synth maestro ulrich schnauss, in a pair of gossamer-light, melody-heavy collaborations.
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