Yum-Yum

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Yum-Yum was the short-lived project of Chris Holmes, a Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist who experimented in a variety of musical genres without ever settling for or excelling in any of them. Prior to forming Yum-Yum, of which he was the only constant member, Holmes had been the main songwriter for Sabalon Glitz, a second-string entry in the Chicago post-rock scene with a clear fascination for '70s Krautrock and the old TV series Doctor Who. Yum-Yum was entirely different; apparently inspired by chamber pop revivalists like Cardinal or the High Llamas, Holmes affected the look of a rather pretentious graduate student in English and began writing songs heavily indebted to the Beach Boys, Nick Drake, and Belle & Sebastian, without the tune-making ability of the first two, but with all the irritating preciousness of the last. He played live with a string section and a French horn player. Yum-Yum was signed by Atlantic's short-lived Tag Records imprint in late 1995. The Yum-Yum album, 1996's Dan Loves Patti, was recorded with Chicago mainstay David Trumfio (the Pulsars) at the controls, and was the object of an enormous promotional blitz upon its spring 1996 release. Fewer than 10,000 copies sold; Holmes was dropped by Atlantic and Yum-Yum dissolved. Holmes then jumped on the techno bandwagon, forming the electronica act Ashtar Command. Normally, the story would have ended right there, but in March 1998, Holmes' childhood friend and former roommate Thomas Frank wrote a ten-pag

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Dan Loves Patti (Expanded Edition)

Dan Loves Patti

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Disco Death Race 2000

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The Best Of Goa Trance (Disc 3

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Bedrock Compiled and Mixed by Jimmy Van M

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The Best Of Goa Trance (Disc 3)

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Get Yer Yum-Yums Out!

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The Best Of Goa Trance

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Serious Beats 15

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Renaissance Presents... Vol 1 (Disc 1)

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The Mikado Disc 2

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# TranceMaster 08 (Disc 1)

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