Various Artists, TEA Volume 9

A grab bag of tunes from acts that record at the Toronto Experimental Artists studios or use their promotional and other services. I am a music fan and not a high-fidelity aficionado, but to these untrained ears, the sound quality is very good. Anyone thinking of making a CD should check the TEA facilities out. Someone looking to program a music venue might want to check out the TEA compilations for likely acts. But a fan of avant/weird/arty music won’t find much to enjoy here. Paris Chance, Sykotic Rampage, Public Display of Posi and Concade come from weird musical places and might be fun to see live. My best wishes to all the other artists represented on this compilation. (Erik Weissengruber)

CD, Toronto Experimental Artists, www.teasouth.com