Alpha Strategy/Projekt STINKA "Muck"

(www.ownness.org) If one wants to view this split LP as a battle of the bands there's no fight here -- an accordion wielding Czech diva with a voice like an alluring bearlike Gulag warden will beat down an electronic squibbling marching band music experimentation artist anytime. That said, the weird bloop bleeping crash sounds of Alpha Strategy had my robots and appliances taping their toes and stands, so the future may belong to him. An incredibly wide ranging, and non-noise-ish (everything is accessible and has melody) experimental release, this parallel collaboration makes me hope these two creatures are friends...it bodes well for our planet's survival.