Selector Selectivity

I'm buying fewer records now, which is good. But overall, each record is costing me more. (Which is bad.) I just got this order in the mail from juno.uk :

CHEVY/LEMOS: Woman's Key (Be Chosen Germany)
MOUNTAIN PEOPLE: Mountain 005 (Mountain People Germany)
KOI: Deaf Torero (Styrax Leaves Germany)
CARL, Aaron: Crucified (Millions Of Moments Germany)
NUBIAN MINDZ: Afrika Man (Delsin Holland)
BOLIVAR, Pablo: Gold Series (D Press Industries Spain)
WLADIMIR M: As The Leaves Fall From The Trees (reissue) (Eevo Lute Holland)
FREUND DER FAMILIE: Sark EP (Freund Der Familie Germany)
SLICES: Slices: The Electronic Music Magazine Issue 2-08
Subtotal $93.14
Insurance $1.20
Shipping $39.06
GRAND TOTAL $133.40

And, as usual, I'm very upset that I have to buy these records from over-fucking-seas. I should be able to get all these from a U.S. Internet retailer. Note that the shipping and insurance accounts for more than 30% of the entire cost of the order. (Plus Paypal and credit card companies charge additional fees for foreign currency transactions.)

These ridiculous costs aren't helping me reduce my credit card debt. But GODDAMN HAVE YOU HEARD THESE RECORDS?!? If not, you better git on like you been shit on. All these are essential listening. And if you actually buy music, they are essential purchases as well. "Why?" you may or may not have asked.
Well...

The Chevy and Lemos collaboration is just damn solid and a standout among those hundreds of sound-the-same samples I listen to every week, via the weekly new release e-mail I get from juno.uk.

Mountain People deliver yet again. Mountain People "003" is one of my favorite records. Ever. and "005" is damn good as well.

Koi. On Styrax Leaves. If you need further explanation, research the label immediately. Wait another minute and you'll miss yet another limited sick/deep/gorgeous-as-fuck techno release. Don't like it? No problem. Wait a few months and you'll be able to sell it for double what you paid.

Aaron Carl's "Crucified" gets the re-release treatment but this time it's accompanied by remixes from Quantec and Rod Modell. Thank god. And it comes on pink vinyl too!

I had to listen to the Nubian Mindz record a few times. I've been buying fewer records like this lately, but "Techno Love" is straight-up Underground Resistance-influenced shit. All the releases on Delsin are very Detroit. Which is a good thing; Delsin is a pretty consistent label.

Pablo Bolivar. If you aren't familiar with his output (including Pulshar), then please make the acquaintance. In no time you'll be cozying up next to this 12" with the dubby Beat Pharmacy (Brendon Moeller/Echologist) remixes. Very very good stuff here. VERY GOOD.

"As The Leaves Fall From The Trees" is a repress from the legendary Eevo Lute label. I wonder if this repress is going to piss off all the people who paid $75+ for this record. Yeah, well, I just got mine for $15, bitches. (And apparently this is remastered as well :)

And lastly, The Freund Der Familie label is definitely one to watch. These releases are extremely limited, so WAKE UP AND HEAR THE FUTURE OF TECHNO! Don't sleep on this shit.

Sure, there's a lot of kids out there copying the formulas and following the "minimal" trend down to its boring template. But it's okay, guys. Techno innovates. Always. As soon as you start to feel that tinge of jade coming on, just know that there is something out there, right now, that will blow your fucking mind. You only need to make it a full-time job, wading through all the filler crap music, to find it.

Or you can just read my blog.