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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v.a.-IMPULSE n2-(Impulse-Fanzine+c60-UK-1992)

Impulse was an English fanzine active at the beginning of the 90s and covering industrial/ritual/noise/electronic bands. This is number 2 and I have already posted the number 4.

In this issue interviews to Muslimgause, Current 93, Thunder Perfect Mind and tons of music reviews and book reviews +a long list of bands, zines and distros contacts. The sampler included offers us a bunch of artists playing industrial, experimental electronics and techno.

A very good production exploring the lively industrial scene from the beginning of the 90s.

Enjoy it.

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Tracklist

A1	–Nagamatzu	Firewalker (Remix)
A2	–I.A.V.*	You Make The Groove
A3	–Nova State Conspiracy	Definitive Item
A4	–Antonym	Prime Mover
A5	–Red Sekta	Torture
B1	–German Shepherds	I Adore You
B2	–Whiteslug	Motherfucker
B3	–Trance	By The Pound
B4	–Shinkansen	Ishikari
B5	–Momento Mori*	Excerpt

ZONA INDUSTRIALE-Neutro-(ADN Tapes-Italy-1985)

This is the second release by this fantastic Italian duo called Zona Industriale, I have already posted Materiali(85-87) and Requiem.
A Discogs page about them is here, this tape was reprinted in 1996 by the mighty Slaughter Productions with the title "Pornografia: Materiali/Frammenti",I am posting here the cover sleeve that Marco Corbelli chose for this reprint. 

Adn was an Italian electronic/experimental/industrial label based in Milan. ADN was run by Marco Veronesi, Piero Bielli and Alberto Crosta (with one Carla Crotti also involved at some point), although Alberto Crosta was the main international contact. I have posted a few productions by this old Italian label too.

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DEGENERATE-Issue 3-(Fanzine-Finland-2003)

Number 3 of this amazing fanzine, professionally printed and very well done.
 

In-depth interviews to Genocide Organ, Somer, Slogun, Knifeladder, Isomer, Troum, RRR Records, Robert X and many more + interesting articles and tons of reviews, nice graphic layout and pictures/flyers complete a fanzine that is a work of love and passion.

If you are into industrial music and all its subgenres then you`ll love this zine.

Enjoy it.

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v.a.-MOTO PERPETUO-(Gregorsamsa-Italy-1989)

Incredible old cassette compilation mixing international artists from the old school industrial scene of the 80s.Many styles of difficult music: industrial, esoteric, experimental electronic, drone, noise and more...you name it.

Gregorsamsa was a small tape label active on the end of the 80s. It was managed by Guido Lusetti and releasing mostly unknown industrial acts.

Enjoy it.

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Tracklist

A1	–L.S.D. (3)	Rifrazioni Rubate 1
A2	–Klimperei	Artane
A3	–Somewhere In Europe	Sheperd Of Fire
A4	–Black Flowers	Mind Of Red Eyes
A5	–Thuscia	Tanz Den Deutsch
A6	–Peace And Freedom	Paperback Writer Meets Yellow Submarine
A7	–Teatrino Della Volpe	(Senza Titolo)
A8	–Synthetic Handshake / ITN	False Image
A9	–Subliminale	Phrenology
B1	–factor X	Untitled
B2	–Officine Schwartz	Agg' Male
B3	–Mike Shannon (2)	Old Style Romantic
B4	–Flagrants D'Eli	Spirit In The Machine
B5	–Due (2)	Le Printemps
B6	–Majorana	Trepidazione

Comando Bruno / Bogart ‎– Tension Test -(Bog-Art/ECDM-Germany-c60-1985)

Comando Bruno is Rafael Flores, Spanish composer, sound and video artist. His whole work is a milestone of experimental music and sound exploration, he produces audio/video works in a very much personal way too hard to define. Rafael Flores build a solid personal universe with intelligent use of natural recordings and the methods of musique concrete, collages and plenty of other vanguard approaches, mixed with a particular sense of humour next to the spirit of dada and surrealism. One of the most active sound artists in the industrial music scene (international cassette network, experimental video, radio and mail art), he influenced new generations of experimental sound artists. His most notorious feature is the intimate poetical touch in the sound works, quite unusual for the industrial music scene. From 1991 to 2001, Rafael Flores reduced musical activity, and was involved with video art, releasing just a very limited sound works as "friends only" private editions. After a long pause, he returns to editorial activity in 2002.
Rafael Flores has published numerous works under his own name and also as Comando Bruno. Was founder member of Diseño Corbusier band and The International Mail Music Group. Many collaboration works followed with like-minded musicians, GX Juppiter-Larsen, Francisco López, Neo Zelanda, Victor Nubla, Francisco Felipe, Esplendor Geométrico, Zan Hoffman, Anton Ignorant, to name a few.
His music was released all over the world by such labels as Monochrome Vision, Banned Production, Discos Esplendor Geometrico, Korm Plastics, Zeromoon, Graf Haufen , Tonspur, and by his own labels Laboratorios No and ECDM.His FB page is here.

Bogart is Hubert Haverkamp-Cologne-based experimental musician. His actual webpage is here.(all the info from Discogs)

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Tracklist

A	–Bogart	Surgical Treatments
B1	–Comando Bruno	Broken Eternity
B2	–Comando Bruno	Pulsion Collages (Radio.Mix)
B3	–Comando Bruno	Koenig, 1923 (Parts 1-2)
B4	–Comando Bruno	Telex

Notes

Limited edition of 100 numbered copies (either hand-numbered or rubber-stamped numbered).
Available in regular ferro or chromium tapes.

"Spaimany Mail-Art"

TELEPHERIQUE-Sound Object-(Ant-Zen-c46-Germany-1993)

The project Telepherique began in 1989 with the intention to explore processes and working with people of different cultures. They started with mail-art projects, co-operation, and communication with people all over the world. Basically, Telepherique is Klaus, Danijela and Rene Jochim, from Würzburg, Germany, but there were others that became members of Telepherique, because of the massive collaborations and projects: Ulf Harr, Echart Seilacher, Harry Lüftl, Stefan Au, Stefan Alt and Karin... The name Telepherique is the French word for the funicular railway. This name was chosen because of the intention of gaining a view from a higher level.

Ant-Zen is deduced from "Anti Zensur" (= anti-censorship).
Ant-Zen is the most important label in the newer German Industrial scene. It started in the early 90s as a tape label that later also released vinyl and CDs. Mastermind S.Alt (Stefan Alt) also did most of the layouts and packaging of the releases. While the earlier releases are more into noise, the new output has a more technoid style that is still very experimental.
Ant-Zen was the German distributor of a lot of other labels and ran a small mailorder until 2019 when they discontinued putting out physical releases and switched to all-digital.

(info from Discogs)

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Tracklist

A. Music Conqurete - Elektrosmog	5:10
B. Analoga Musica - Klangfarben	2:23
B. Analoga Musica - Analogys	6:01
C. Demosong	7:21
A. Musica Analoga - Cologne Studio	1:47
B. Digital Music - Digital Analyse	4:44
B. Digital Music - Sambal-Olek - Neue Structuren	8:11
B. Digital Music - Digitale Experimente	6:18
B. Digital Music - Computermusic	2:39

 

NECROPHONIE N1-(Fanzine-France-2005)

The first and the only number of this amazing French zine all written in English! Very well done with long and interesting interviews to Lustmord, Jarl, MK9, Galeria Schallshutz, Nuit Et Brouillard, Citadel, Land:Fire, Propergol, Steel Hook Prostheses, Skm-Etr, Brethren, Barrikad, Kaos Kontrol label and Degenerate fanzine, Bestia Centauri, Somnambulant label, a good report about Providence Industrial festival 2003 + a section with loads of music reviews.

As I met in the virtual world the editor of this fantastic zine I asked him to write a small introduction for this post, A very big thanx to Nicolas for passing me his astonishing work and giving me permission to share it in this blog.

Here his words:"Conceived and assembled from 2003 to 2005, copied and sold in 2006, 200 copies print run. Prior to doing this zine, I was somehow boycotting computers and the internet - to make it, I began to get involved with computers and the internet. That was when social networks (especially early Myspace) began their conquest... I got drowned in this shit, thus there has never been an issue two. The world smothered in even more absurdity."

To complete this post I am attaching the first page with his editorial written back in 2004.

I believe this is a real gem for the lovers of the independent press about post-industrial music and related subjects.

Enjoy it.

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GROK n6-(Fanzine-UK-1983)

Number 6 of this old English fanzine focusing on industrial music and politics.

In this issue articles about: Coil, Superior brainwashing through sensory deprivation, Mantras, Current 93, Hassan-I Sabbah, Paul McCarthy, zine reviews and flyers.

Enjoy it.

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S-CORE-A Great Lump-(Technological Feeling-Italy-c46-1987)

Another great cassette by this uncompromising artist from Japan.
Active since the mid of the eighties, Japanese musician Yutaka Tanaka released his works under the name S-CORE. 

Early works are all cassette albums he put out on his own cassette label Afflict Records, many of those were recorded via mail collaboration with many sound artists from international underground scene, such as Stefano Biasin (Italy), Telepherique and Trigger B (Germany), Merzbow (Japan), Al Margolis/If, Bwana (USA), Rafael Flores (Spain).

Webpages: orc.ru, rgnz.free.fr

  Technological Feeling is a self-produced label of crazy Italian experimental noise-maker Mauro Guazzotti. Released the early works of his projects F:A.R., MGZ and Open Graves Style, as well as several tape compilations featuring many international industrial and noise artists.

Enjoy it.

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v.a.-PARAPHYSICAL CYBERTRONICS Vol I-(Praxis-UK-1994)

Astonishing compilation cd with great acts playing some brilliant and sublime forms of ambient, industrial, techno, ancient rhythmic noise and bizarre frazzled weird goings. 

Praxis is a label and record shop for harsh experimental electronic music led by Christoph Fringeli based in Berlin (first located in London/UK, then in Berlin/Germany, then in Basel/Switzerland, now again in Berlin/Germany), its official webpage is here.

Enjoy it.

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Tracklist

01	–Bitniks*	Audioactive	7:37
02	–Bourbonese Qualk	Pseudocode	4:00
03	–The Mover	Track 2	3:51
04	–Lagowski	Screaming In Chains	7:31
05	–GTO	Sonic Ocean	8:57
06	–9901	Violation	3:12
07	–Deadly Buda	Nirvana Trail	5:10
08	–Mnortham*	When Time Became A Lock	5:19
09	–Zeroxyd	Error	6:49
10	–Noface	(You Don't Have To Do Anything Now But) Hallucinate	4:45
11	–Metatron	Mark Of The Beast	2:57

 

SMERSH-The Tuna Is An Ugly Fish-(Atlas King-USA-1986)

Beat studio guru Mike Mangino (Pink Noise, Pop-Tarts) and Chris Shepard (Pop-Tarts) formed Smersh as an experimental big-beat techno/industrial project and began releasing cassettes in 1981. Smersh recorded improvised cuts every Monday night, released countless cassettes on their own label, Atlas King, and were featured on more compilations than you can track down. They never played live, never played the same track more than once.(from Discogs)

Here a very interesting interview with Mike Mangino conducted by Dmitry Vasilyev in August 2000. 

Atlas King was the tape label of Smersh, founded by Chris Shepard and Mike Mangino in 1981.
In 1994 the last tape was released.
The follow-up label is Mirandette Popular.

 This is their official webpage where you will find lots of info, discography, and artworks.

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SMERSH-A Murder Of Crows-(Atlas King-USA-1984)

Smersh was Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard. And from 1981 until 1994 they released far too many cassette tapes. They also contributed to far too many compilations throughout the known world. In the early eighties, they established a unique sound that is known and loved, combining cheap electronics and wild guitar sounds with distorted vocals. They were, in fact, a bit The Ramones of the industrial scene. But were they industrial? The Smersh sound had so many faces that it is next to impossible to categorize their music. Smersh recorded on most Monday evenings for a couple of hours. Each song was improvised over the course of the evening and then recorded. Once it was finished they never played it again. They never rehearsed, they couldn't read music,

 and they never played live.(from their official webpage)

Here a very intersting interview with Mike Mangino conducted by Dmitry Vasilyev in August 2000. 

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EMILBUS LAINOMEREC EBYCOLISP-Sudor Espontaneo De Zopilote-(Self Released-Costa Rica-2017)

Here an unreleased tape by this amazing project from Alajuela (Costa Rica).

In this self-released cassette, E.L.E. plays sonic collages, industrial music and esoteric electronickx mixing messages of anti-art, protest and ritualism against this rotten society.

It was recorded during various sessions in 2015/2016 eventually re-elaborated and edited in 2017.

You can download more stuff from this project and read more info visiting their cool blog.

They worked on many projects and released interesting productions.

I feel honoured that they chose my blog to offer you this unreleased tape, big thanx to Esteban of Expresion Excentrica blog + label for passing me this little rare jewel.

For people into ritual industrial and pagan noises.
Enjoy it.
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ARS MORIENDI/MONOKROM-Hexass/First Session-(Fich Art-Germany-1991)

Great split tape with two great projects coming from this amazing German label Fich Art.

 Monokrom is another eardrum terrorist that will trigger some more brain distortions on planet Earth. Metallic bass grooves distorted at wishes, flows of deteriorated machine sounds, over-manipulated and undefinable noise assaults, sharp metallic distortions of the kind found on hostile alien airwaves, relentless scratched beats and vibrating lamenting voice fragments all belong to Monokrom's new order of chaos. Dark atmospheres aggravate to cold, sheer fear; the ultimate threat. Massive beats, torn to shreds by metal splinters, subfrequent sequences, metallic echoing, herald the advance of an inorganic intelligence without hurry, though victory is near. 

 Ars Moriendi [Bielefeld, Germany] were founded in 1989.
Their lineup consisted of various members including: Andrea Börner [KYAM, Monokrom, Templegarden's], Andreas Schramm [KYAM, Monokrom, Templegarden's, Asche, Riviera Lost Boys], Phillip Münch [Cell Auto Mata, The Incredible Three, Mandelbrot, Monokrom, Rasputeen In Heavy Leather, Rasputin, The Rorschach Garden, Show Of Exaggeration, Synapscape, Templegarden's], Sven Pügge [Moata Omen], Tim Kniep [The Incredible Three, Monokrom, Synapscape, Templegarden's], Urs Münch

Fich Art is the amazing label founded in 1989 by the members of Ars Moriendi, Moata-Omen, Asche and T.R.G. to promote their music.

It is still very active and you can get info and news visiting their nice webpage.

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AMEN This Is Religgion N5 + F.A.R./RITMO TRIBALE Split Tape-(Fanzine+Tape-Amen Prod.-Italy-1987)

Here the fifth number of this legendary Italian fanzine focusing on industrial music, politics, arts and other interesting issues.In this number, a long article about Jenet, a discussion about university and politics, Nurse With Wound(the band), an interview to Coil, an article about depression,some poetries, few short stories, Test Dept interview and Joy Divison lyrics, Come Organisation and other great messages + astonishing graphic works.

This number came out with a split tape with two good acts:F.A.R.(Italian Industrial prime-movers, led by Mauro Guazzotti (later known as MGZ).and Ritmo Tribale (Italian Alternative Rock band from Milano formed in the mid 80's and disbanded around 2000.)

This is a classic of the Italian Industrial scene from the wonderful 80s.Do not miss it if you can read Italian language and if you don`t then you can always enjoy the music.

This is ReliGGion!

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A1	–Ritmo Tribale	Circondato
A2	–Ritmo Tribale	Sotto Tiro
A3	–Ritmo Tribale	Faccia Sporca
A4	–Ritmo Tribale	Into The West
A5	–Ritmo Tribale	Ho Perso Il Controllo
A6	–Ritmo Tribale	Bandiere
A7	–Ritmo Tribale	Tempo Perso
A8	–Ritmo Tribale	Meglio Di Te
A9	–Ritmo Tribale	Guido
		Suite Della Tentazione
B1	–F:A.R.	Lucciole Preservate I
B2	–F:A.R.	The Departure
B3	–F:A.R.	Lascia Ch'Io Fugga Colà - Non E' Una Piccolezza
B4	–F:A.R.	Possibilità Infinite (I & II)
B5	–F:A.R.	Divorato - The End

Notes

Free tape with Amen n.5 fanzine