Deventer’s (that is in The Netherlands) Esc Rec closes the year, or perhaps starts up with three free MP3 releases, two of which are by artists whom we know from before and a new one.

[...] Quite hot on the heels of ‘Lo Fi’ (see Vital Weekly 593), Toxic Chicken now arrives with ‘Make My Day’, which is hardly a break of styles. Short tracks with the raw and untamed energy of anarchy. A bit electro, a bit punk, still the sort of music to be used while engaged in various activities, like cleaning the house, doing shopping (MP3!) – anything but reading basically. It’s hard to concentrate while this is squirting away from the speakers. [...]

(FdW)