| Aluminum Group
Pelo CD (2000)
 $11.19 
Swapping producer Jim O'Rourke for fellow Chicago-scene linchpin John Herndon, the Aluminum Group's stunning fourth LP Pelo also exchanges the symphonic flourishes of previous outings for Teutonic bleeps and beats which fuse to the Navin brothers' typically elegant and arch melodies with surprising seamlessness. Electronic textures on an Aluminum Group record are hardly a novelty -- their breakthrough Plano was firmly rooted in synth-pop territory often veering uncomfortably close to the Magnetic Fields -- but the expansive sonic palette of Pelo bears little resemblance to conventional pop sensibilities
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| Slicker
Hefty CDs
We All Have A Plan CD (2004)
$11.19 
Audio Mixer: John Hughes.
Recording information: Hefty; RJ Rice Studios.
Slicker: Khadijah Anwar (vocals); Charles Cooper (guitars); Wendell Harrison (trombone); John Hughes, Dan Boadi.
Personnel: James Cromwell (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Lasarte Louis, Khadijah Anwar, Lindsay Anderson, Phat Kat, John Hughes, Dan Boadi (vocals);
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| Plus Device
Hefty Records
Puncture CD (2006)
$10.35
Photographer: Chris Strong.
Personnel: Dutch Master (vocals).
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| Slicker
Hefty CDs
Latest CD (2001)
$10.35
The third Slicker release dovetails Hughes' obsession with textural techno and breakbeats. John Hughes III's latest Hefty project is a make-or-break effort after the success of last year's Remixes release.
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| Savath & Savalas
Hefty Records
Rolls And Waves CD (2002)
$7.99
Recording as Savath and Savalas, Herren's Rolls and Waves EP delves quite a bit further into jazzy territory than his previous outing, 1999's Folk Songs For Trains, Trees and Honey, and tracks such as "Folk Song for Cello" seem to
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| Beneath Autumn Sky
Hefty music
Enki-Du's Mono CD (2001)
$8.55
The sky might be all around you, but you've socially constructed your surroundings so that you only really "see" it when you look up. Throughout Beneath Autumn Sky's mostly wordless Enki-Du's Mono EP, you are asked to look within, around,
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| Chisel Drill Hammer
Hefty CDs
Chisel Drill Hammer CD (1999)
$7.99
Debut;From Iowa City
Photographer: Matt Clark.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Kevin Duneman; Jacob Jordan; Jesse Seldess; Scott Adamson.
Chisel Drill Hammer: Scott Adamson, Kevin Duneman, Jacob Jordan, Jesse Seldess.
Recording information: Electrical Audio (02/24/1998-02/27/1998).
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| Ilium
Hefty music
Paint By Number CD (1999)
$8.25
With 19 minutes of the most agreeable contrapuntal burbling you've heard since GENTLE GIANT, it's easy to love this flat-out terrific disc from a flat-out terrific band. Though a lineup of guitar, bass, and drums might seem simple, these instrumentals
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| Some Water And Sun
Hefty music
All My Friends Have To Go CD (2005)
$10.35
Fresh off the heels of his We All Have a Plan release in 2004, Slicker (aka John Hughes) joined in collaboration with Spanova's Shin Tasaki for a series of sessions in Hughes' Chicago studios. All My Friends Have to Go
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| Plus Device
Hefty Records
Body Heat CD (2006)
$8.25
Track Listing of songs: Body Heat; Body Heat Divide; You Know im VIP; Body Heat Beat;
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