Claudio Parentela-Early Works-(Graphics,Mail Art-Italy-1997)

These are some of the early works by the graphic -mail artists Claudio Parentela, I have received them a long time ago..in the meantime, Claudio is been very active in the underground scene collaborating with many fanzines, webzines, mail art projects and so on...here a short biography taken from official webpage:  

"Born in Catanzaro(1962-Italy) where he lives and works…Claudio Parentela is an illustrator,painter,photographer,mail artist,cartoonist,collagist, journalist free- lance...Active for many years in the international underground scene. He has collaborated&he collaborates with many, many zines, magazines of contemporary art, literary and of comics in Italy and in the world...& on the paper and on the web..."

His webpage is very well done, and you can check there news, gallery, blogs, collaborations and more, it is here.

Big thanks to Claudio for giving me permission to post these old works.

Enjoy it.

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HEX MINORA-Under A Pornographic Sun-(Pylon Recordings-UK-1997)

Another excellent tape by this female noise artist who also ran BV Tapes.   Already covered in this blog. This tape came out in a VHS box and include also a short interview although it is not specified where and when it was published.Recorded 1994/1995. Remixed 1995. Limited to 100 copies.

The music here is a cacophonous magma of dark sounds touching the quite noise, the dark ambient, some crystalline esoteric electronics and more obscure sexual hypnotic messages.

Pylon Recordings was a UK based noise label active in the mid-90s, now defunct.
An astonishing tape-work.
Enjoy it.
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HOSTIA-All Is One-(Dark Vinyl Distribution-Germany-1997)

Hostia was one of the numerous projects by the German artist Paul Hostia. He also had other projects: Delysid, DLS, Helix 12, Moksha, Ordo Catharis Templi, Zoomorph.

With this album, Hostia delivers to us 4 tracks of powerful dark ambient including choirs, cavernous vocals, bizarre synth modulations, venomous pulsating drones, trumpets with a background of devilish and evocative sounds.

This is the lp version released on Dark Vinyl Records of the tape Alles Ist Eins which was originally released on cassette on the label O.C.T. in 1992. The vinyl had a print run of 449 copies.

Dark Vinyl Records is a veteran German label specialized in industrial, dark ambient and experimental music.

It is still active and you can check their webpage here. 

Enjoy it.

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Tracklist

A1	Alpha	11:12
A2	Delta	6:24
B1	Zeta	10:04
B2	Lambda	8:31

DEMANT/BAD JUSTICE-Live-Split Tape-(Bloody Murderer Tapes-Croatia-1997)

Live Split tape with two Croatian bands playing thrash/Hardcore punk with political lyrics.

It came with an A4 folded cover sleeve reporting the lyrics in Croatian and the English translations.

The overall recording quality is not too bad.
Bloody Murderer Tapes was a small tape label from Zagreb active in the mid-90s.
Enjoy it.
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v.a.-FLORALIA Vol 2-(On/Off Records-Italy-1997)

An amazing international compilation with very obscure bands/artists playing weird shoegaze, strange psychedelic rock, unhinged avant-garde, personal space rock, and similar acid jingles.

It came out with a little booklet reporting bands info and graphics works.

A little treat for people into acid musical voyages and joyful no-sense carnivals.

It was released by On/Off Records 

Italian independent label from Spotorno (Savona); in 1998 changed the name in beware! RECORDS, continuing the same catalogue numbering.

A very big thanx to Dante D. for donating to this blog this little unknown gem as Flac files + this small interesting note about the sampler.
"Comparable to the better known Succour and Alms compilations, The Floralia series of four discs was released n Italy during the same period, and like Soccour these CDs featured similarity independent space & psych bands from across the globe.
Personal highlights from the second volume are Kryptasthesie`s spiralling teleportation raga(from Italy) and Tribe of Cro(launching from Belgium in a brief stellar cruise toward suspended animation).
Other guests include two of Jorge Beltransjam-bands, Humus(Mexico) and Frolic Froth(ex loch Ness).
The U.S. Texas arm of underground space-rock bands are represented by Iron Bong and Bag(both from the same dry heat that gave us Lithium X-Mas and ST 37).
Excerpts from Anna Nacher`s sacred cave meditations with the polish group Atman are also added, along with contributions from S/T and others you no-doubt know or will soon discover."

Enjoy it.

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Tracklist

1	–Moonflowers (2)	Let It Rain	4:46
2	–Tribe Of Cro	Implosion	4:54
3	–Dunlavy	In Circles	2:45
4	–Humus	Brylereem	4:56
5	–Earcandy (2)	Cosmic Space	6:48
6	–Wobble Jaggle Jiggle	Keep Yourself In Control	4:06
7	–ZeN (62)	Spaghetti Eastern	3:56
8	–Lo-Fi Sucks!	Get Out Of My Way	3:05
9	–Iron Bong	All Day Long	3:12
10	–TV Dinner	Sheltering Sky	6:59
11	–Bag (2)	The Last Resort	4:10
12	–Frolic Froth	Karmic Controlled Planets	2:14
13	–Ole Lukkøye	Children	5:48
14	–Atman (2)	Theatre Of Mist	6:49
15	–Anna Nacher	39	4:30
16	–Kryptästhesie	Brevi Amnesie	2:03
17	–S/T	Marsschleifen	4:58

SIVULLINEN Newsletter 5/97-(Sivullinen-Finland-1997)

Another astonishing issue of this amazing newsletter:

Sivullinen was a newsletter edited by Jouni Waarakangas in Helsinki(Finland)!!!Jouni was printing in it everything that was coming out from the underground world.This newsletter had no borders!!! 

We could find in its: news about zines, comics, tape labels, mail art, anarchist newspapers, poetries, short stories, experimental music, adverts for future compilation tapes, flyers of bands and their productions, mail art projects and whatever was related to all those subjects.

The graphics layout was messy and at the same time funny on one A6 size folded page or more pages.

It was printed 4 or 5 times at year in a print run of 1000 copies and it was free although a donation of stamps would have been always very appreciated.Jouni was into trading zines and cassette productions!!

Sivullinen was also a great fanzine created by Jouni and I have already posted few numbers as well as a couple of issues of this newsletter, you`ll find it all here.
Enjoy it.

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Under The Flag n9-(Magazine-Belgium-Feb. 1997)

Number 9 of this small yet very good free magazine from Belgium in English language.

I have already posted the number 10 released later in the same year.

Created in Liege by Didier Delhez this free magazine was a great tool for people into industrial/goth/electro and cyberpunk music-culture.

In this issue interviews to Ivan Iusco (Nightmare Lodge, Minus Habens), Diatribe from USA, Testify from Germany, Malaise from Sweden + an American scene report and a good selection of music reviews and general info.
Enjoy it.
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HOW LONG?-How Long?-(Czerwony Diabełek-Poland-1997)

How Long? is a Crust band from Ostrava/Karviná/Český Těšín, Czech Republic.This is their first production, some info ,and music on this bandzone page.

Czerwony Diabełek is a hardcore/crust/grind label and distributor from Poland.A Discogs page about it is here, I am not sure if it is still active.

Enjoy it. 

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		Studio Side
A1	Anticapital
A2	Jugosławia
A3	Świat Ślepych
A4	Krwawy Makijaż
A5	Równość I Pokój?
A6	War (Wojna)
A7	It's No TV Sketch
A8	Rozbij Granice
A9	Państwo Nienawiści
A10	Wojenny System
A11	Wojna (War)
	Garage Sound
B1	Intro
B2	Rozbij Granice
B3	Nie! (Ne!)
B4	War Machine I
B5	Deport
B6	Dzieci Wojny
B7	F.M.L.
B8	War Machine II
B9	Bee...!
B10	Knajpa
B11	Ostatnia Bee...!

Notes

A1-A7 recorded in Trencin 24-28 june 1996.
A8-A11 recorded in C.Tesin 18-19 April 1996.
Side B recorded in the garage august 19

TRIAL OF THE BOW-Rite Of Passage-(Release Entertainment-USA-1997)

Formed in late 1993 by Renato Gallina (percussion/vocals) and Matthew Skarajew (stringed instruments), Trial Of The Bow emerged from the city of Melbourne, Australia's heart and melting pot of all musical forms. While both members live and work in a metropolis, they strive to remove themselves and their listeners from this and transport them all to places exotic with their bared-down Eastern-inspired music.(from Discogs)

  Trial Of The Bow is an Ambient/Neo-Folk/World Music project of two members of Australian Doom/Death act Disembowelment. This has a rare depth and integrity seldom found in most "side-projects", which suggests that this is no mere flirtation with sounds. Influences from various traditions around the world, including Arabic and Celtic, are melded into a whole that strongly recalls Dead Can Dance. Sensual tribal music from Australia, utilizing such instruments as the tamboura, manjira, and e-bow, which not only incorporates the mystical sounds which graced the band's debut, but also offers a further variety of vast musical styles.(from youtube)

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1	Father Of The Flower Cello – Mark Van NootenTabla – Paul Widdicombe	4:07
2	Ubar Bansuri – Phil Carrol	2:16
3	The Promise Cello – Mark Van NootenShenai, Rhaita [Ghaita] – Phil Carrol	3:27
4	Serpent Flute – Phil Carrol	6:28
5	The Eyre Of Awakening	7:21
6	Ceilidh For The Sallow Ground Shenai, Rhaita [Ghaita] – Phil Carrol	3:04
7	Muezzin Bansuri – Phil Carrol	5:41
8	The Court Of The Servant Recorder – Kate NealViola – Biddy Connor	4:17
9	As Night Falls	2:54
10	Alizee Double Bass [Bowed] – Tony Mazziotta	6:27

TWILIGHT MEMORY-Outside Brain Inside My Room-(Slaughter Productions-Italy-1997)

TWILIGHT MEMORY is a project conceived and recorded in Piombino, Italy October 1994 August 1996 by MATTI. This project is dedicated to my pisspiss lost EUROPA and his sons, to all people in anxious, restless, unstable state of mind, waiting for the total end of our foolish civilized world. This recording is a sonic mental journey through an ordinary series of days in a lost European industrialized town, symbol of the glory and shame, fascination and death of our times. With thanks to Zairo, Feds and Kassandra Organisation.

(Note printed on the back of this tape)

Slaughter Productions was the label managed by Marco Corbelli aka Atrax Morgue, releasing mostly his own music and few other associated noise artists. 

Enjoy it.

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tracklist

 

A1	Outside Brain Inside My Room
A2	Hidden Screams During An Ordinary Summer Day
A3	Nocturnal Mind Explosions
A4	Neuro Glasses Of Lost Memory
A5	Death Outside
B1	Dead Steel Orchestra Of Dead Europe
B2	Terminal Choice

Ripping Thrash n13/Why n4-(Split Fanzine-UK-1997)

Ripping Thrash was a zine managed by Steve in Burton-On-Trent during the 90s. He was also running a distro and a tape label called simply Mut.
I have already posted the number 14 and number 12. 
This issue is split with WHY a fanzine created by John in Selby(North Yorkshire).

Interesting articles, reviews of zines and music releases and cool graphix too.

I am including here the editorials of both zines.
Enjoy it.
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SIVULLINEN Newsletter 2/97-(Sivullinen-Finland-1997)

Sivullinen was a newsletter edited by Jouni Waarakangas in Helsinki(Finland)!!!Jouni was printing in it everything that was coming out from the underground world.This newsletter had no borders!!! 

We could find in its: news about zines, comics, tape labels, mail art, anarchist newspapers, poetries, short stories, experimental music, adverts for future compilation tapes, flyers of bands and their productions, mail art projects and whatever was related to all those subjects.

The graphics layout was messy and at the same time funny on one A6 size folded page or more pages.
It was printed 4 times at year in a print run of 1000 copies and it was free although a donation of stamps would have been always very appreciated.Jouni was into trading zines and cassette productions!!
Sivullinen was also a great fanzine created by Jouni and I have already posted few numbers as well as a couple of issues of this newsletter, you`ll find it all here.
Enjoy it.

~f*a(r)a_w~a]y~

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RONK N1-(Fanzine-Mail Art Documentation-UK-1997)

The First issue of this Mail Art documentation by Evan Griffith, in Sheffield(North England)who was also printing the amazing fanzine Gibbering Madness, which I posted few issues and also He released the cool video compilation Video Ate My Brain.

Some nice artworks around the subject of Godzilla! In fact, Evan called this zine also Godzilla Mail Art magazine.

Enjoy it.
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STATIC ICON-Slave-(Machinery Records-Germany-1997)

Static Icon is a synthpop band. They started in Adelaide, Australia as a three-piece band called "Das Concept". In their first incarnation, they were a Depeche Mode cover band. Gradually they introduced more and more original material into their set. To complete the transition to a fully original band, they changed their name to Static Icon and dropped all but one or two Depeche Mode covers from their set.

Through association with bands in the Melbourne, Australia industrial music scene they were introduced to and subsequently signed with EBM label Machinery Records in Berlin, Germany, with whom they released two albums, starting with Sin Machine in 1995.

Their first album was recorded in Adelaide, but there were some issues around the master tapes being stolen. Shortly after they moved to Berlin, Germany where much of the album was re-recorded.

Their second and best-known album Slave was produced by Marc Heal and released in 1997.

Static Icon toured the better part of 1997 with the "SLAVE TOUR" The breakdown of communication with the members and the record label resulted in the cancellation of the second leg of the European tour. The band needs their own personal space for a while. Alan Wicks moved to London where he would start writing the third Static Icon album. Timo Bishop married his German girlfriend and moved back to Adelaide, Australia and Micheal Walker moved back to Melbourne, Australia.

1998 saw Alan Wicks moving back to Australia to finish writing the third Album. Melbourne and Sydney both played their role along with London in his demoing this album, which was written about his own experience as a wide-eyed person that moves to a mega city and how he sees that our conditionings as humans and our ideas of right and wrong and our man-made laws and beliefs don't work with this new era of the Mega city life style. The album was finally demoed at the end of 1998 and was ready for to go into the studio to be completed. Noise records were desperate for the band's third Album to be released and were putting on the pressure to hand over the work to them.

(from Wikipedia) 

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