Another great tape by Expose Your Eyes,personal music-idea ofPaul Harrison a musician from West Yorkshire,who formed this electronic noise project in the mid 90s.Here his SoundCloud page. and here his own blog.
I have already posted another tape by this good act,you`ll find it here.
The label is the "radical cutting edge" Scottish tape label called Destroy All Music(nice name,indeed)-you find here some other of their cool tapes that I posted in this blog.
Enjoy the beatiful noise. ps-this tape is not indexed ~f¬a~r¬a~w¬a/y~
Another tape by the German Noisy Wreckhords Recs, this time a C60 compilation tape covering old american bands playing HC punk and fast punk rock.
Lots of good names yet some very unknown: Styphenoids,The Worst,Artificial Peace,The Exiled,Savage Circle,Groinoids,Adrenalin O.D.,Even Worse,Meatmen,Ill Will,The Germs.
If you are into old school american HC punk you`ll love this one. Enjoy it. ^f*a~r/a\w^a*y~ click me
Small yet very creative fanzine of poetry,short stories and cool black and white pictures edited and distributed by Bart during the 90s. Most of the writing are in english and few poetries are in flemish language.
Made with postal contributions from few friends,it is a nice fanzine made of few mixed media and messages.
Very cool,old school and straight to the heart of the communication network from the very bottom of the underground press.
The Grey Wolves are David Padbury and Trevor Ward (3). They have existed since the early 1980s when they began releasing a number of tapes via their label Anal Probe, which later split into Artaman and Zeal SS; the latter changed its name quite often and is nowadays Open Wound. In 1992 they were contacted by Tesco Organisation
and recorded their first LP. Their art is definied as "A Manifestation
of the Cultural Terrorism Network", and their packages and visuals are
collages of disturbing and provocative images, photos and symbols. The
Grey Wolves play heavy industrial noise with a genuine punk attitude,
being irreverent and nasty, but never lacking self-awareness and irony.
Strenght Recording was a small english label based in Amesbury and focused on noise and industrial acts,my copy was distributed in Italy by the mighty Ministry
of Ultramarine Theatres.
Volume III of this great compilation series,edited and distributed by Groupuscole Vision,a label managed bythe aristic collective Cartel Experimental,they were
producing tapes of industrial and noise music with a special interest
in the avant-garde music, theatre`s soundtracks and they were also
writing the newsletter Concept.
All the cassette were chrome tapes coming with colour sleeve and inserts on coloured xerox copies. Limited edition of 50 copies.
In this tape they offer us 13 songs of puck rock sung in spanish with political lyrics.
It was released by Barricada Tapes,a tape label from Peru` and my copy has a separate infosheet reporting the lyrics in english.(all the scans included) Up the Punx. ~f*a~r*a~w*a-y*
Negativ person is the noise project by Gilardi Emanuele from Lecco(Northern Italy) active during the 80s. With those 3 long tracks Emanuele assalt us with a good dose of feedback distortions and esoteric noisy messages mainly made with a guitar and pedal effects,as far as I know.
Here a statement about his own project:"In the impossibility to involve the outside in the most absolute freedom of thought, Negativ Person sodomizes, in solitude, sound frequencies electronically generated so as to convey one’s frustration and impotence".
A long tape by those 3 projects that are very well interconnected. They play low-fi punk with a low fi recording too! Sometimes with acoustic and other times with electric instruments,they much remind me somehow some stuff of the early Crass recordings and similar bands and their anarchist attitude is definetely there in spirit and actions.
My copy was distributed by Resistance Productions as fundraiser for their own cool and totally diy label.
To finish this introduction I am going to attach here what they wrote to present it.
Another nice tape by the "uncompromising total destruction" act called Hermit real name Eric Boros: a sound artist, guitarist, podcaster, and translator who has been
immersed in the global underground for the better part of the last
twenty years. With a focus on trans-cultural and interdisciplinary
collaboration, he has established connections with artists from around
the world and off the beaten path, crossing the borders between art,
music and noise. He is also involved in Vialka playing guitar and singing. I wrote about him already when I posted the tapes Vomit Can Be found In Jars ,the split tape with Museum Musicum and a 4 way split with Das Nelson konzept,Mr Moto and Etat Des Stock.
The label Pulp Mill Records was a DIY underground-label based in Nanaimo(Canada) and it seems to be associated with Eric and his own musical projects of the 90s.
Reprint from issues 32-6 of Crowbar,the Brixton Squatters newspaper 1982-89.Put together in memory by the The South London Stress crew. A collective of Squatters from South London active on the end of the 90s at the 121 squatted @centre and at the 56a InfoShop.
For a bit of history talking about gentrification and evictions of communities.
I already wrote about this amazing German Project,in fact I posted quite few of their old productions,you`ll find them here and here and again here , finally here too.
Siegman Fricke and Dieter Mauson were active and very prolific during the 90s,they are back together as DSIP and here there is their official blog.
Audiofile Tapes is another legendary tape label from the same old days based in New York and managed by Carl Howard,agreat label already covered few times in this blog.
I cannot get enough of their astonishing music,it is just too good.
This is the demo tape by the mighty Bradipos IV.They are quite famous nowadays ,infact one of the best band playing surf garage rock 60 style!
They have the real vintage guitars and effects and they know how to play this music.Masters of this genre,they have been already invited to the main festivals of surf rock`n`roll in Europe and The States.
This demo was recorded during march 1997 in the house of Crispi`s brothers,the bass player and one of the guitarist are in fact brothers.
A discogs page about them is here and a lastfm page is here both pages are not really up to dates but you can check the latest news on their facebook page.
If you like to twist and roll then you`ll love this one.
Metaplakia seems to be another project by Markus Kropfreiter, also involved in Drape Excrement and headmaster of the cool label Art Konkret. This production appears to be the first tape on Blaster Records which is a sublabel of the most famous Art Konkret.
In this tape Markus offer us 4 tracks of industrial,noise and experimental electronics.
Karceral Flesh were thee French Electro/Industriel/Expérimental projekt
ov Franck Kervizic which was active from 1990-2000. Am uncertain ov thee
lineup for this
cassette released on Gorkon Recordings; though at times other
collaborators for this projekt included: Nick [guitar & bass],
Federico Iovino [percussions], & C.C. La Mouette [voix feminine].
Must confess I do not speak French very well [Je ne parle pas français,
très bien], but please bear with this non-francophone as an attempt tis
made with minimal understanding, and thee help ov translating software
at referencing some ov thee information related to this cassette..
ok.. with thee disclaimer already made about being inept at
understanding much ov thee language ov these artists; must also confide
that many ov thee references also elude my grasping.. For example: thee
title Carcan 65.. Know that a carcan was an iron ring used for a form of
public humiliation by exposition at a pole, but it was also thee last
name ov thee Belgian engraver and sculptor René Carcan (May 25,
1925—1993).. Which ov these the cassette title is a reference to tis not
known here..
Thee first side ov this cassette tis titled: Il Nous Faut Offrir À Leurs Cris ... [We do offer to their Cree...]
Thee first track tis: Tondue À 20 Ans - a reference to the period twenty
years after those who became known as les tondues (the shorn): the
estimated 10.000 to 30.000 women accused of having collaborated with the
Germans during the occupation of France during the second world war
whose heads were shaved amidst the period immediately following the
liberation when France was swept by a wave of executions, public
humiliations, assaults, and detentions of suspected collaborators, known
as the épuration sauvage (wild purge). Musically the track consists ov a
martial elektronik cadence, delayed vocal bursts, and restrained organ
progressions amidst lyrics which escape my capabilities ov translating
at this point..
Les Putains De L' Occident [the whores from the west] - tis great slow
elektro with sparse electrik guitar and thickly-accented angry reverbed
vocals..
Fin [end] - begins with stuttering machinic sounds and restrained drum
programming, and tis a darkly aloof piece ov magnificent elektro
industrial ending in delayed sounds ov drum machine and gasping
breaths..
En silence [in silence] - features very amazingly vocoded voice amidst
restrained industrial with alternatingly chunky guitar riffs and
dissonant feedback..
Fatalite [fate] - begins as a semi-dissonant instrumental industrial
piece with layered percussions, and ends with atmospheric synths with
feminine vocalisations..
Goodbye fucking Fatherland - sonicly consists ov almost ambient beatific
synth progressions with restrained elektronik percussions, and ends
with strange sequencing and a pitched-down sample ov a masculine French
voice..
the second side is titled: ... Le Scalpel De Notre Folie [... The scalpel from our madness].
Sur Un Fleuve [on a river] - tis more restrained industrial drum
programming, minimal synthesizer progressions, great electrik guitar
accompaniment, and more masculine French vocals [which quite sadly i
fail miserably at comprehending]..
Entre La Viande Et Le Métal [between the meat and the metal] - consists
ov a pulsating synthesizer line with restrained percussion that builds
in intensity into a very tribal like accompaniment to this great piece!!
Planter Une Aiguille [planting a needle] - melds an amazingly driving
elektronik beat with excellent restrained percussion, a beautifully cold
synthesizer progression, and somber processed vocals..
Viandanimaux [animal flesh (i believe..?)] - tis thee final piece ov
this cassette, and tis by far thee most sparse.. it begins with wierd
analog synth warbling, and goes into what is by far thee most minimal
percussive section ov thee recording; with strange experimental
elektronik soundscapes with ghostly barely-present vocalisations, and
with what sounds like quiet xylophone accents ending in an increasing
squall ov ambient feedback resonance and minimal percussion.. (review by Crepusculum-Vita Ignes Corpus Lignum blog) (digital transfer by ~f~a~r~a~w~a~y~) click me
Estetica Polar is a project from Madrid playing experimental electronics with guitar and synth.This tape is crafted with some ambient noise and musical expressions quite soft and harsh at the same time.
Very good recording and professional tape editing plus a nice colour cover sleeve.
Very interesting punk zine covering lots of non-music issues too. Interviews to bands,reviews of zines and music productions,articles about sexism,cancer research,drug abuse,pornography and few nice comics.
All xerox copies b/w with tiny writings...very old school yet cool.
I am going to attach here the intruduction that Boris wrote for this issue.
Osservazione Stato Reale plays a very strange and difficult music to describe,original and personal their music is full of different influences:experimental jazz,funky,prog rock and weird jingles.
‘Viktor’s Hofnarren’, squatters (autonomous centre Schrottbar) from
Biel/Bienne (Switzerland) played anarchopunk with a crusty edge. (Later
on they did a split-LP together with ‘Jobbykrust’ from Belfast out on
Maximum Voice.) They were: Steph(ane) Guillet (bass/vocals; Panikeshi
zine & distro), Niggu Rimann (drums), Bänz (guitar), Annette
Wagener/Suri Dawicki (vocals) and Tez (vocals). Annette later joined the
Groninger band ‘P.C.P.’. Steph & Annette were also running Panik
Bourgeoise (concerts, zine).(Info from Vort`n`Vis in the 90s) Enjoy it. ~f*a~r¬a~w>a/y< click me
Very good compilation of industrial and rhythmic noise artists edited and distrubuted by this german label managed by Torsten Gentzsch. A discogs page about it is here. Enjoy it. ^f_a^r_a^w~a^y~ click me
With a very spartan cover sleeve, this tape comes out with a small booklet including the lyrics. It is not stated anywhere that it came out for the Smarts Records.
They were from Milano and played a nice form of post-hardcore mixed with noise punk.Interesting lyrics and good recording.
Number 6 of this great compilation series,edited and distributed by Groupuscole Vision,a label managed bythe aristic collective Cartel Experimental,they were
producing tapes of industrial and noise music with a special interest
in the avant-garde music, theatre`s soundtracks and they were also
writing the newsletter Concept.
All the cassette were chrome tapes coming with colour sleeve and inserts on coloured xerox copies. Limited edition of 50 copies.
