Anemones by Xylitol
As Planet Mu extends and embraces more musical regions, I was pretty happy and not surprised that they were about to release new Xylitol album and on cassette too which is a double bonus. Xylitol is the moniker of Catherine Backhouse, who is a producer and DJ under the name DJ Bunnyhausen. She was a resident DJ at Kosmische, the now dormant Krautrock club. She has been co-hosting the radio show Slav To The Rhythm, which focuses on vintage central and eastern European pop and electronica. Apart from that she's also co-writing a book on Yugoslavian pop culture. All this from Catherine's cv and a bit more as you start digging deeper into the new album that has been just released. You can look at the album from a few different angles - one is elevating the jungle, garage genres towards something that sounds fresh as ever. In those terms - there is an encyclopaedic knowledge and DIY work behind it. As you go along this road - you can see that there is quite a bit more to '
