ABRAXAS - Skin Thrills - (Total-UK-199?)

  Fantastic CD by this UK-based act active in the early 90s. This album is made with various influences, passing through ritual, ambient, experimental electronics, abstract, industrial, and noise. It is all a mash-up yet crafted with grace and beauty.

	Total was an audiovisual magazine, issues packaged with accompanying CD compilations, started by Robert H. King. Enjoy it. :f)a.r_a^w>a_y:  click me

Obscene TapeZine N6 -(Self Released - Italy -1996)

 Oscene TapeZine N6 is a huge project including a tape of radio shows from Radio Kaos and Pirate Radio Fuck International + Obscene zine + Punk Container + a big poster. I am going to describe briefly the 4 items contained in a big plastic bag.

The Tape:All the stuff contained in the tapezine comes from teshows on Radio Kaos and Pirate Radio Belin Fuck International. The stuff on the tapezine is going to be divided into two different projects; The side A contains the mix of demo tapes delivered to Oscee zine-no- no selection was made, different music styles, to show and transmit sounds, noises and lyrics contained into independent cassette releases...
The B side offers a panoramic view of the punk scene. The DIY and self-management of the 80s.This idea was born from our need to analyse the development of the punk movement in Italy.To unveil the influences that created it,to show this music/ideas and also to dig into it, On the hunt of what is never been published so far...

Obscene zine n6 , this contained visual poetry, mail art, flyers, comics and articles-somehow a bit messy but visually stiking,here the introduction to this issue

Punk Container :Punk Container was an experimental project of archiving old punk fanzines from the 80s and making them available at low-cost to whoever wanted them. At the same time, the organizers of such a project were asking people to send them old zines to expand their archive. It was a non-profit ongoing project. The whole idea came from the will to not lose experiences and activities from the counter-culture. Punk Container includes articles about the DIY culture, the world of the fanzines and independent press, the history of certain self-released productions and detailed info about the fanzine`s archive that was available then.

and then the big poster...

This is an amazing sample of underground press at its best. If you are Italian-literate, don`t miss it. Buona lettura e ascolto.

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SKEW WHIFF - Advance Tape - (Self Released-Belgium-2000)

 Demo tape by the mighty Skew Whiff, I wrote about them when I posted their album Taedium Vitae. This is a kind of side project by some members of Hiatus : Azill(guitar) and Wills (Voice) join Ross of the American band Medication Time and bassist Nico from their hometown. Recorded in autumn 2000,some of these tracks will end up as bonus tracks only on the   CD format of Taedium Vitae. You find them here as waves.

Crust as Fuck.

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ORGASMO NEGATO - Verita` Superflua - (Tasaday-Italy-1983)

 

Orgasmo Negato was a Group from Brianza, Italy. Orgasmo Negato later changed to Nulla Iperreale. In 1984, they merged with Die Form (2) to become Tasaday.(info from Discogs)  click me

 

v.a.- Thrashing With Your Parents - (Smurf Punk Tapes-Belgium-1988)

 

Underground compilation on a C90 cassette with many obscure bands from the crypt of the 80s. Smurf Punk Tapes was a small Punk cassette label from Belgium, active during mid-80s. Enjoy this old, fast and loud Punk Hardcore.

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A1	Misanthropic Charity–	Wake Up
A2	Misanthropic Charity–	Montebello
A3	No Fraud–	Best Of Friends
A4	No Fraud–	L.I.F.E.
A5	Corruption (7)–	Beef To The Core
A6	Corruption (7)–	Human Fireworks
A7	O.H.M. (3)–	Pakistani
A8	O.H.M. (3)–	If...
A9	Virulence–	Positive Thoughts
A10	Leben Und Leben Lassen*–	Nightmare
A11	Guillotine (2)–	The End Is Yours
A12	Guillotine (2)–	Stolen Right
A13	Yugoslav Sun–	Bori Se
A14	Yugoslav Sun–	I Love You
A15	False Liberty–	Too Late To Think
A16	False Liberty–	Count Me Out
A17	Solucion Mortal–	Wake Up
B1	Guillotine (2)–	The Edge Of Doom
B2	Hate Crew–	Inside Knife
B3	Hate Crew–	Last Violent Tribe
B4	False Liberty–	Sell Out
B5	Crist–	Pray For Evil
B6	Crist–	Slaves Of Voodoo
B7	Bad Influence (3)–	Kick Out Religions
B8	Virulence–	Something Went Wrong
B9	Virulence–	Promise Is Shot
B10	Electro Hippies–	Vivisection Song
B11	Leben Und Leben Lassen*–	Violent Society
B12	Leben Und Leben Lassen*–	Another Hopeless Day
B13	No Fraud–	Another Part In The Machinery
B14	O.H.M. (3)–	Wage Earner
B15	F.P.B.–	The Second Leg
B16	F.P.B.–	Stab Your Back
B17	Solucion Mortal–	Final Day

DESASTRE/LIXO - Funeral Na Nova Ordem -(Sin Fronteras Records-Usa-1999)

 

This split should be considered among the classics. This is some of the rawest and most straight forward hardcore. It does not merely chainsaw your face off; it wears it too. Desastre's aggression wallops you with every riff and does not strain to keep it all under control; while, Lixo, merely kicks your teeth in and call it a day. It's a tornado of total fucking madness without any shelter in sight! Being sixteen years later, I regret this split not being on top of my list before.(Scratchbrad-Discogs)     click me

   

 

 

v.a.- CIRCUS OF DEATH + L`impossibilita` Di Essere Normali zine--(Sicktone Records-Italy-198?)

 L`impossibilita` Di Essere Normali was an Italian fanzine focused on industrial music, edited by Vicentini Roberto in Udine(Northen Italy). This is the first issue and includes articles about MGZ, Phaton Derniere Danse, Ain Soph, Amen magazine, Hafler Trio,Musica Maxima Magnetica, Gerstein, Cthulhu Recs, Third Mind recs, Algebra Sucide(translated in english),interview to Radical Change, lots of music reviews and flyers, pics ,graphix -It is all in italian but The Algebra Sucide report. It came out with a cassette sampler called Circus Of Death including Gerstein, Radical Change, Mgz, Koan and F:a.r. Prosthesis. Enjoy it!!

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tracklist

A1	MGZ–	Vieni
A2	Radical Change–	Fixed Flesh Fixed Mod
A3	Gerstein–	Il Fine Ultimo (Collasso Estremo)
B1	F: A.R. Prosthesis*–	Nuova Danza
B2	Koan (5)–	Triba/na/lità