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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Baskaru is glad to announce its new cd release
from UK electronic artist Michael Santos.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Artist: <STRONG>Michael
Santos</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Title: <STRONG>The Happy
Error</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Catalogue #:
<STRONG>karu:11</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>11 tracks CD album in digipak</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>:: With Michael Santos, happiness
is just an error away ::<BR><BR></STRONG>UK electronic artist <STRONG>Michael
Santos </STRONG>releases his first widely distributed, commercially available
album. <STRONG>"The Happy Error"</STRONG> features 11 tracks of soft sonic
textures articulated over subtle chords and harmonic changes. The music on "The
Happy Error" is resolutely cinematic, without falling for the usual trappings of
the genre. The album offers songs without words in which digital glitches and
computer filters replace vocals, bringing in a different kind of
warmth.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Even though he mostly works with computers,
Michael Santos is more of a musician than an experimental sound artist. Most of
his melodic material he draws from guitars and sine waves. To this material he
imposes software-based manipulations, making sure to integrate along the way the
"accidents" that are unavoidable with digital treatments.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>"The Happy Error" is Michael Santos's first album
to be pressed on regular compact disc, with commercial distribution. He has
released two prior albums, Matters (Benbecula, 2006) and Soft Pocket (U-Cover,
2007), both as very limited CD-r editions. His compositions have also appeared
on compilations curated by the labels Benbecula, Miso, and
Audiobulb.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>The webzine Touching Extremes puts Michael Santos
"among the most noteworthy young electronic composers in recent years, one of
those artists who exploit every creative germ until it becomes a fully developed
virus of aural pleasure".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>More info and audio samples at </FONT><A
href="http://www.baskaru.com/karu11.htm"><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.baskaru.com/karu11.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1><STRONG>:: Selected press quotes
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<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN class=txt_dark>Mesmerizing
soundscapes</SPAN>. [<STRONG>Loop</STRONG>]</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN class=txt_dark><SPAN
class=txt_dark>Un album magique résonnant des mille et une circonvolutions du
traitement digital</SPAN></SPAN>.
[<STRONG>Musicareaction</STRONG>]</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN class=txt_dark><SPAN
class=txt_dark><SPAN class=txt_dark>Subtle, gorgeous and highly
recommended.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
[<STRONG>Smallfish</STRONG>]</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face=Verdana><SPAN class=txt_dark><SPAN
class=txt_dark><SPAN class=txt_dark><SPAN class=txt_dark>Un album fort
recommandable.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
[<STRONG>Ondefixe</STRONG>]</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1><STRONG>:: Distribution ::</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>COD&S, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.coddistribution.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(France, Belgium, The Netherlands)<BR>A-Musik, </FONT><A href=""><FONT
face=Verdana size=1>http://www.a-musik.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(Germany)<BR>P*Dis, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.inpartmaint.com/pdis/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(Japan)<BR>Believe, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.believedigital.com/labels/1467,baskaru.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana size=1> (Digital)<BR>Baskaru, </FONT><A href=""><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.baskaru.com/shop.htm</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana size=1>
(Online)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Mail-orders / Record stores, </FONT><A
href="http://www.baskaru.com/distribution.htm"><FONT face=Verdana
size=1>http://www.baskaru.com/distribution.htm</FONT></A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=1>::</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><FONT size=1></FONT></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=1>Thank you for reading.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Baskaru<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.baskaru.com/"><FONT face=Verdana
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href="http://www.myspace.com/baskaru"><FONT face=Verdana
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=1></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT
size=1><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Latest releases:<BR>* Michael
Santos - The Happy Error, CD, 2008, <B>NEW CD OUT NOW</B><BR>* Yoshio Machida -
Hypernatural #3, CD, 2008, OUT NOW<BR>* Maurizio Bianchi + Emanuela De Angelis -
Regolelettroniche, CD, 2007, OUT NOW<BR>* GoGooo - Long, Lointain, CD, 2007, OUT
NOW<BR><BR>Upcoming releases:<BR>* Symbiosis Orchestra - Live Journeys, CD, OUT
FALL 2008<BR>* Francisco López + Lawrence English - HB, CD, OUT DECEMBER
2008<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>