ABSURD N5- An Issue Of Absolute Nothingness-(Fanzine-Greece-2001)

Absurd was an all-English written fanzine from Athens (Greece) active in the early years of last decade. It does cover many aspects of the industrial music scene in Greece and beyond.

For industrial music scene here I mean almost all its subgenres and also difficult music in a broad sense.

The concept itself for editing and writing this issue  is quite genial and I prefer to leave the explanation to the editor :

This issue number 5 evolves into info about quite a few obscure, or less obscure music labels, musicians, gig organizers and music reviews.
In some ways, it looks more like a very useful bulletin with addresses and various info. 

Eventually, I feel this is a very great tool to research the lively international electronic deviated music scene of the early 2000s and at the same time a very nice example of the creative and passionate underground press. 

Thanx to Jason of 1000+1 TiLt Recordings for sending me this astonishing zine a long time ago.

Enjoy it.

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SOCIAL INSECURITY-Futureless World Demo-(Self Released-UK-2001)

Social Insecurity is a Hardcore Punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
This is their first demo, it was also released as 7 inch with the name Burn All Flags (with a different track sequence) by the Czech label Emergency Records in the same year.

5 tunes of raging HC Punk with political lyrics, the folded cover sleeve report email address and the lyrics too.

Their Bandcamp page is here, where you will find only their last album 

Resurgence released in February 2019.

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SCRAWL N3-(Fanzine-N.Ireland-2001)

Another issue of  Scrawl, a free newsletter/zine supporting the DIY scene.

In this issue many zines and music reviews, writings about anti-racism and refugees + a cool article about John Heartfield!

Short zine yet very interesting.
Enjoy it.
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SCRAWL N5-(Fanzine-N.Ireland-2001)

Small yet very interesting bulletin with some nice pictures, music reviews and a long article about "The War Of Information On The Battlefield Of Culture" very well worth reading.

All in all a solid bulletin with good viewpoints.

Enjoy it.

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ESKUPE-Maketa-(Grita O Muerte Records-Spain-2001)

Spanish HC Punk with classic sing-a-long and punk-rock rhythms reminding me of many old  Spanish bands.

Political lyrics and messages,nice graphix with the lyrics reported in the folded cover sleeve,their bandcamp page is here, 

On that page you`ll find the other productions by this cool band from Barcelona, all as free download. 
Enjoy it.
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v.a.-Suburban Life Sentence-(No Front Teeth Recs-UK-2001)

The first release by this London based English punk label, they have been very active releasing tons of great productions, here their actual webpage where this compilation appears to be sold out. 

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ILEGAL N1-(Fanzine-Difusion Libertaria La Idea/Don`t Belong-Spain-2001)

First issue of this amazing Spanish zine released as a joint effort by the labels Don`t Belong and Disusion Libertaria La Idea.

Lots of columns with ideas about various political issues, interviews with Pequena Oruga Mecanica, Cruz Nera Anarquista, Zanussi, Skuld Releases, Nodo 50, Sin Dios,Posession +one comic story and lots of music reviews.

Very well done with a nice graphic layout, this is a great anarco-punk zine.
In Spanish language, only.
Enjoy it.
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Reason To Believe n2-(Fanzine-Self Released-UK-2001)

Free radical fanzine made in Leeds during the early 2000. In its 62 A4 b/w pages you`ll find lots of good articles about various issues,bands interviews ,music and books reviews,flyers,graphics and more random stuff focused on the european punk scene.

Very good tool to research the lively european punk scene in the early days of this century.

I am going to attach here the introduction for this issue and the table of contents.
Enjoy it.

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INK-Reagent Specs-(Monitor Records-USA-2001)

Ink was a minimalist post-rock band from Baltimore, Maryland(USA) formed in 1997 from the remains of Maryland scene bands Candy Machine and Science Kit.

Composed of Peter Quinn (Vocals), Lyle Kissack (Drums), and Craig Bowen (Guitars), the trio released two albums, 2000's Ink, and 2002's Reagent Specs. Both were issued on Monitor Records. By the time the band had run its course, in 2005 or so, the trio had expanded to a quartet and Nat Rabb was being credited as bassist.(info from lastfm)

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ZUB n7-(Fanzine-Self Released-Portugal-2001)

Graphics art fanzine made of collages, xerox experiments, comics and minimal copy art alterations reminding me some mail art, dadaism and toward the future hidden secret messages.

Few words, No poems, No articles just plain black and white shadows and xerox-art manipulations.

Underground press at its finest, for the lovers of this kind of alter-ego no-sense exploitations.

It came out in a limited edition of 100 copies in September 2001, I guess it is not easy to find nowadays.

Enjoy it.

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v.a.SchNUSIC-(S.C.R.A.P. Records-UK-2001)

Amazing cd compilation edited and distributed by Scrap Records,label owned by 2000 Ds and friends.The official webpage of Scrap records is here where you`ll find info,pics,videos and much more about their cool activities -according to it this cd is sold out.

A bunch of very good artists playing punk, reggae,rap and other  hybrid mixes of rather melted forms of Schnusic:Music with interesting words/sounds + rhythms/messages.

It came out with a cool 7inches size cover sleeve and a folded double A4 page reporting info,lyrics and "straight in your face" thoughts.

Enjoy it.

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v.a.-Mad Pride-Nutters With Attitude-(Mad Pride Records-UK-2001)

Gread cd compilation dedicated to the Mad Pride:a mass movement of the users of mental health services, former users, and their allies. The first known event specifically organized as a Pride event by people who identify as psychiatric survivors/consumer/ex-patients was in Toronto, Canada when it was called "Psychiatric Survivor Pride Day", held on September 18, 1993. It was first held in response to local community prejudices towards people with a psychiatric history living in boarding homes in the Parkdale area of the city, and has been held every year since then in this city except 1996.^[1] By the late 1990s similar events were being organized as Mad Pride in London, England and around the globe from Australia to South Africa and the United States, drawing thousands of participants, according to MindFreedom International, a United States mental health advocacy organization that promotes and tracks events spawned by the movement.^[2]

Mad Pride activists seek to reclaim terms such as "mad", "nutter", and "psycho" from misuse, such as in tabloid newspapers. Through a series of mass media campaigns, Mad Pride activists seek to re-educate the general public on such subjects as the causes of mental disabilities, the experiences of those using the mental health system, and the global suicide pandemic.^{[citation needed]} One of Mad Pride's founding activists was Pete Shaughnessy, who later died by suicide.^[3] Robert Dellar and Simon Barnet were among the other founders of the movement. Mad Pride: A celebration of mad culture records the early Mad Pride movement.^[4] On Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System, published in 1978 by Judi Chamberlin, is a foundational text in the Mad Pride movement, although it was published before the movement was launched.^{[5]
(from a wikipedia page)
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1	–Skinny Millionaires	Jack Shit
2	–Hysteria Ward	Owl Walk
3	–Julie Hathaway	Torn
4	–Eddie Murray	I Wish I Was Back Home In Derry
5	–Ceramic Hobs	Make Mine A Large One
6	–Shockheaded Peters*	They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha
7	–Head Jam	Psychic Sponge
8	–The Astronauts (5)	Robot Ways
9	–Gertrude	Getting And Spending
10	–Sarah O'Driscoll	The Woman By The Tree
11	–The Long Decline	Beat It Boys (You're Really Jerks)
12	–Nikki Sudden	Aeroplane Blues
13	–The Fish Brothers	I Wonder (What You Look Like With No Clothes On)
14	–D.J. Unfit For Work	Mellow My Madness
15	–The Arlenes	Dr. Love
16	–Alternative T.V.*	Communication Failure
17	–Dave Russell (4)	Pretty Vacant
18	–Citizen Fish	Back To Zero
19	–P.A.I.N.	Road Rage
20	–Jack Hudson	Someone Who Knows

ACTION DIRECTE-La Nouvelle Conspiration-(Self Released-France-2001)

Great cd by this amazing french band playing ska punk with political lyrics sung in french.

The booklet reports lyrics,nice pics and few useful info too.

It was released on vinyl on the same year by the french label Hippycore Records with a slightly different cover sleeve.

For all the lovers of political ska-punk ,this is a great album.
Enjoy it.
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SCRAP.EDX-Non±Linear Interfacing-(DTA Records-Usa-2001)

Scrap.edx, the stage name for producer Joshua Colella, is an American electronic industrial act active within the rhythmic noise and breakcore scene(s). Scrap.edx produces music mixing a wide range of styles including industrial hardcore, rhythmic noise, drum and bass, breakcore, idm and abstract techno

DTA Records is a defunct independent label from USA, focused on rhythmic noise, power electronics, dark ambient, and other forms of dark electronic music.(all info taken from discogs)

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v.a.-Ska & Punk Venezuelan Bands vol 1-(Think Ok! Records-Venezuela-2001)

18 bands from Venezuela playing punk and ska sung in Spanish and English.
Good recordings and info in the folded cover sleeve.

Only for the lovers of ska and punk.

Enjoy it.
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BRUTOPOP - Defrost - (Flop Records-Italy-2001)

Here the double compilation cd by the genius Brutopop-a very difficult band to review because they played for a long time changing style as the years were passing by...yet they kept their original aurea of proto punk/rap/hip hop/art rock and electro madness.

This double cd gives us a great compendium of what they managed to create in their life.

A very good example of creativity and exquisite fantasy. 
A discogs page about  Flop Records is here.
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v.a.-AudioResistance 3.0 - (Cd-AudioResistance-Italy-2001)

"Audio Resistance is a d.i.y. music collective based in Rome born in 2000 in the outskirts of the city. Our sounds are against copyright because we think that music and culture in general should not be for sale but should be free and accessible to every body. We choose to selfproduce our music because we think it is a way to make our expression free outside the rules of capital. It is very important for us to share experience with people around the world. So we invite anyone who should be interested to contact us to try to create a collaboration.
From here you can listen and download our d.i.y. music realeases and other d.i.y. releases from people and friends around us. We want to promote the indipendent music, we want to spread the world like a germ."

taken from their official website,where you will find more info about their activities and lots of music as free download including all the other compilations of this series and related artists.

Very good electronic music,different genres,techno oriented beats,dance-floor rhythms,cyborg mutant sounds and more creative whizzed sonic assaults:this is a great compilation.

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"No Copyright for situations whose activity is explicitly oriented to take relations, pleasures, loves, wealth, ideas and styles out of the ideological rule of capital."

v.a.-1000+1 TiLt n7-Deserted Soundscapes-(1000+1 TiLt-Greece-cd-r-2001)

Another great compilation by 1000+TiLt Recordings,very active label run by my friend Iason in Athens(Greece).
I wrote about him quite few time  on this blog,so you`ll find more stuff produced or played by him if you look for it...

This cd is the number 7 of his compilation series and features very good artists,it came out with a small zine with"thoughts" about this scene,few reviews and a good introduction of the bands included.

All the scans provided.

I am attaching here the artists+songtitles playlist and  the introduction that Iason wrote to present this amazing  compilation. 

Enjoy it.

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