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Saturday, 21 December 2024

L20 - Aged - (Alampo Records-Italy-2009)


 4 great tracks of esoteric noise-ambient on this Cd-Ep by L20! It was released as limited edition of 97 copies as CD-r and it is not available on the Alampo Records Bandcamp page.

Alampo Records was created in 2001 to release on CDr music from Criopalmos and related projects. Previously the same musicians released on tapes as Lanzoni Records, Bolgia Folk, Noir Tapes and NecroNovi. 

Enjoy it.

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Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Y / Discript - Split 7 Inch - (Anomie Records-Germany-1995)


 Split 7 inch with Y from Germany and Discript from Japan!! It comes with a folded cover sleeve reporting info and graphix. Y plays a nice form of grindcore,while Discript shoot at us their bombastic crust punk. All the relevant scans included here and you`ll find these tracks as waves.Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 7 December 2024

Narodnata Volta bullettin (The Brain Of The Monster-Italy-1989)

8 pages A4 size xerox printed, this is a kind of bullettin that come out just before The Brain Of The Monster zine. It contains a few proposals for the people involved in the Mail Art network, a short story and news about their future projects. It was created by Gherardo Boccato and
Alessandro Ceccotto of the Mail Art Archive in Adria (Northern Italy).

In Italian language, only. Buona Lettura.

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Sunday, 1 December 2024

@patia No - Cuando El Rumor Es Información - (Noseke Records-Venezuela-2002)

@patia No is an Anarcho-Punk band from Gran Caracas, Distrito Capital Venezuela formed in 1996.This 7inch comes with a short booklet including lyrics and info about the Venezuela n political mess of that era.Their official webpage is here.I have included the scans of the booklet and I left these tracks as waves.Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 23 November 2024

Crocodileskink / Força Macabra - Crocodileskink / Thrashcore E.P. - (DIY Records-Japan-1997)


 Legendary split EP with  Crocodileskink from Japan and Força Macabra from Finland. The music is crust as fuck with anarco lyrics. The label is the famous Japanese D.i.Y. Records  owned by Ryuji Asada of Battle Of Disarm. You find these tracks as waves. Enjoy it.

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A1Crocodileskink*Discrimination
A2Crocodileskink*Meanless War
A3Crocodileskink*Total Failure
B1Força MacabraCegos Por Ódio
B2Força MacabraTu Pagas
B3Força MacabraCrucificados Pelo Sistema
Fold-out paper sleeve with lyrics inside. It includes two inserts: one with Força Macabra's lyrics translated into English and Japanese, and one with Crocodileskink's lyrics translated into Japanese. Crucificados Pelo Sistema is a cover of a Ratos De Porao song.









Friday, 15 November 2024

FESTA DESPERATO - Prvních... - (Ultima Ratio-Czech Republic-2003)


 First production by this great Czech  band playing furious HC Punk ...professional recording and cool folded cover sleeve reporting info + lyrics in Czech and English. Ultima Ratio is a Czech D.I.Y. hardcore punk label operated by Miroslav Kokavec. I left these tracks as waves, Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 9 November 2024

PUNISHMENT PARK - The Return Of The Shovel Police - (October Party Records-Norway-2000)


 Partycore band from Os, Norway (near Bergen), a four piece, with female vocals. Punishment Park formed in 1990, then in 1991 played their first live show on the 19th of April, at "Hulen Rock Club" in Bergen, going on to play various other shows in the area. In August of '91 the band released their first, self-titled and self released album. They released another album in 1994 and began touring all over Europe. click me


 

Monday, 28 October 2024

MUDCAKE - Water Resist Demo - (Suck Cops Records-Italy-1994)


 One of the first band featuring Daniele Brusaschetto!! They were acrtive in the early 90s playing a form of art-rock mixing some psycheledic and some sort of of experimental rock. Good recording and nice graphix too.I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 19 October 2024

Matching Head 7 (Small Zine-Matching Head-UK-199?)

Another small zine by Lee Stokoe, the mastermind behind Matching Head tape and zine label!! This is not the first micro zine that I post here by him and I covered this label quite a few times already.
9 cm x 3.5 cm this is a micro-zine with comics and drawigs by Lee himself is a kind of classic by his label.
A little pearl of the undeground indipendent zine world of the 90s.
Enjoy it.
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Wednesday, 9 October 2024

NOSTRADAMUS - Earthlights - (Shadow Records-USA-1997)


 Nostramus' debut, EARTHLIGHTS, kicks off with the dub'n'bass of "Babel," which at one time was called jungle (you can hear more of it on "Live 'n' Direc'"). "Let's Fuck It Up" is much lighter on its feet, though it's not afraid of the bass one bit, while the vocals on "Dark Jewel" go much more in the R&B direction. The title track zips into outer space momentarily, but the ethnic rumble that starts "Mystic Drum And Space" brings us back down to earth quickly. There's some atmospheric d'n'b on "Flashbacks," as well as the spry bumps of "A Force As Yet Unknown." But the real gem on this album is "The Oohs," which takes a single vocal sample and makes it almost drifts over the beats. It does take a darker turn, of course, but it retains its sense of wonder. Not bad, if (review by Scoundrel on Discogs)   click me

Friday, 13 September 2024

BASTRO - Sing The Troubled Beast - (Homestead Records-USA-1990)


 Fantastic LP by this American trio called Bastro from Louisville, Kentucky!! Their powerul mix of noise rock,post hardcore and math rock is explosive and I bet that they were a great live act. 10 tracks of this long playing, that doesn`t appear on their Bandcamp Page, I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it.

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Sunday, 1 September 2024

AZALIA SNAIL - Escape maker - (Garden Of Delights-UK-1995)


 

Azalia Snail is an American avant-garde singer-songwriter and musician.[1] She is a multi-instrumentalist active in neo-psychedelia, psychedelic folk, and indie rock,[2][3] played a prominent role in the 1990s lo-fi music scene,[4] and was dubbed the "Queen of Lo-Fi".[3] She is one half of the duo LoveyDove.Snail recorded eleven solo albums between 1990 and 2006[1][needs update] and has written film scores for several indie features and short films.[4] She has toured the United States, Europe, and Australasia.In 2000, she won the Los Angeles LA Weekly Music Award for Best New-Genre/Uncategorizable Artist.[5]  (from Wikipedia) 

This vinyl was released in 1995 by the Welsh label Garden Of Delights ,and it is not avaible of her Bandcamp page, where you can listen quite a few of her last productions. Eventualy I left these tracks as waves,Enjoy it.

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Thursday, 15 August 2024

OV/EST UNDERGROUND N4 - (Self Released-Fanzine-Italy-1998)


 Number 4,Year 1998 of this poetries-mail art fanzine/container released by Ov/Est Underground.I have already posted a few... 

Their aim was to publish poetries translated into Russian/English and Italian...quite a remarkable effort, mixing poetry, visual poetry and mail art.Many contributions from different sides of this globe, some of them really outstanding.

I am going to attach here the editorial for this issue.
An incredible zine of poetries/visual poems and more.
Enjoy it.
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Wednesday, 7 August 2024

GUASTAFESTE - Demo Tape 1991 - (Self Released-Italy-1991)


 Guastafeste was a trio from Rome, they we playing fast melodic HC punk and were active in the early 90s. This is their demo released in 1991, it came out with an A4 sheet including lyrics and info, unfortunately, I have lost it. The recording is pretty good, and I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it. 

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Thursday, 1 August 2024

MINI SCARVES - Orientiran In Pogovorljiv -(Debila Records-Slovenia-2019)


 Another great mini CD by the Slovenian Debila Records. Mini Scarves seems to be a side project of Mono Scarves and the title of this mini album is Oriented and Talkative. The music here is a blend of harsh noise with other stuff. The message of  the backcover says "Mini Scarves are the same as Mono Scarves, only smaller and with electric zithers and a tie" hence the drawing on the cover sleeve. Enjoy it.

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Sunday, 21 July 2024

v.a. - 23 Bombs To Shot - (Blu Bus-Italy-1997)


 Fantastic sampler released by the legendary Blu Bus, promoting a great selction of bands active on this label. 23 tracks ,19 bands playing their style of  HC Punk  and angry fast music. Enjoy it.

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Thursday, 11 July 2024

CRIMINES DE GUERRA - Sangre Rebelde - (La Femi Records/Chaman Records-USA-2004)


 Crimines De Guerra was an anarcho punk band from Mexico ,active in the early 2000. This  CD  has a folded gate sleeve reporting the lyrics in Spanish and English transaltions.Disfrutalo.

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Monday, 1 July 2024

L.A. CHOIX - Wild Oats - (Vox Pop/Point Zero-Italy-1991)


L.A.Choix was a project created by Stefano Concobeach and Valeria, in this great album, they are in the company of a set of fantastic musicians to create their unique style of independent/alternative rock mixing some tribal music, garage rock made of experimental sounds where avantgarde and psychedelia get mixed with their personal touch.

Vox Pop was an Italian alternative label founded in Milan in 1989 by Carlo Albertoli, Giacomo Spazio and Manuel Agnelli. It closed on 25th february 1997.Point Zero was an Independent label from Milan, Italy run by Stefano Faini.

 A very good piece of vinyl,here as wave. Enjoy it!

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Water Side    
A1        Flashback
Written-By – Crippa*, Faini*, Mezzadra*
1:45
A2        Lost Time Fag
Backing Vocals – Pierpaolo Rizzo, The Hairy Gnome
Bass – Roberto Crippa
Guitar – Armando "The Duke"
Guitar [Backward] – Doctor Ear
Keyboards – Paolo*
Written-By – Faini*
4:20
A3        Water & Fire Theme
Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Max Vaccaro
Electric Piano, Keyboards – Aaron*
Written-By – Crippa*, Faini*, Mezzadra*
3:25
A4        Waiting
Bass – Fabiano Sala
Electric Guitar – Stefano Concobeach*
Written-By – Faini*, Mezzadra*
1:40
A5        Rainy Banshees (Static Melody)
Bass – Fabiano Sala
Cello – Carlo Preti
Congas – Sergio Sangalli
Guitar [Backward] – Doctor Ear
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Massimo Caprotti
Keyboards – Paolo*
Piano, Instruments [Sampled Trombone] – Paolo*
Soloist, Guitar – The Hairy Gnome
Violin – Davide Monti
Written-By – Faini*, Mezzadra*
3:36
A6        The King Deer
Backing Vocals – Pierpaolo Rizzo
Guitar [Backward] – Doctor Ear
Vibraphone [Glass] – Valeria*
Written-By – Faini*, Mezzadra*
1:28
A7        Beltane's Fire
Acoustic Guitar – Stefano Concobeach*
Bass – Roberto Crippa
Congas – Sergio Sangalli
Guitar, Instruments [Feedbacks] – F. Tenebris
Keyboards – Paolo*
Written-By – Faini*, Mezzadra*
4:15
        Fire Side    
B1        Temporal Trap
Backing Vocals – Pierpaolo Rizzo
Electric Guitar, Voice – Stefano Concobeach*
Written-By – Faini*, Mezzadra*
2:23
B2        Grey Morning World
Backing Vocals – Pierpaolo Rizzo, The Hairy Gnome
Guitar – Armando "The Duke"
Guitar [Grinding & Tremolo] – Doctor Ear
Keyboards – Paolo*
Written-By – Faini*
2:27
B3        Between/Beyond
Bass – Roberto Crippa
Bongos – Sergio Sangalli
Cello – Carlo Preti
Piano [Lizard] – Aaron*
Piano, Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Roberto Crippa
Violin – Davide Monti
Written-By – Crippa*, Faini*, Mezzadra*
5:04
B4        (I Saw) Water Underground
Cello – Carlo Preti
Piano – Marco Magistrali
Violin – Davide Monti
Written-By – Crippa*, Faini*, Mezzadra*
6:08
B5        L.A. Choix, Le Choix
Acoustic Guitar – Massimo Caprotti
Bass – Fabiano Sala
Congas – Sergio Sangalli
Keyboards – Pierpaolo Rizzo
Twelve-String Guitar, Instruments [Guild] – Roberto Crippa
Written-By – Crippa*, Faini*, Mezzadra*
3:16
B6        New Fly
Harmonica – Steve Onion
Written-By – Faini*
1:24

    Recorded At – Bips Studio
    Recorded At – Window Studio
    Mixed At – Bips Studio
    Mixed At – Window Studio

    Artwork [Image Electronic Elaboration] – Imagic (3)
    Backing Vocals – The Beltane's Crowd
    Drums, Percussion, Noises, Technician [Backwards Recordings], Other [Sorted Rubbish, Stepping And Smoking Around] – Stefano Concobeach*
    Graphics [Graphic Supervising] – Mr. Luka Monguzzi*
    Graphics, Illustration [Back Cover Illustrations] – Francesca Faini, Luka Petrillo
    Instruments [Sorted Feedback] – Doctor Ear
    Instruments [Waiting In Waiting] – Aaron*
    Percussion [Beltane's Miscellaneous] – Sergio Sangalli
    Photography By [Front Cover Pix] – A. Moneta*
    Photography By [Inside Beltane's Pix] – Cepo*
    Producer [Artistic Production], Executive-Producer – Stefano Concobeach*, Valeria*
    Recorded By, Mixed By – Fabio Magistrali (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, B1, B6), Paolo Mauri (tracks: A2, A5, A7, B2 to B5)
    Voice, Vocals [Harmonies, Whispers], Noises [Shout & Noises] – Valeria*

Tracks A2, A5, A7, B2-B5 recorded & mixed from November '89 to March '91 at Bips Studios, Milano.
Tracks A1, A3, A4, A6, B1, B6 recorded & mixed from June '90 to March '91 at Window Studio, Cesano Boscone.

Printed inner sleeve & insert.

L'Ancien Choix was made by:
Valeria
Stefano Concobeach

Involved (apparition order):
Armando "The Duke" (Investigators)
Paolo (Pila Weston)
Roberto Crippa
Doctor Ear
Aaron (Fragole E Sangue)
Max Vaccaro (The Mi.s.s.)
Sergio Segalli
Massimo Caprotti
Fabiano Sala (The Concobeachers)
Carlo Preti
Davide Monti
The Hairy Gnome (courtesy of The Pow)
Pierpaolo Rizzo
F. Tenebris
Marco Magistrali
Steve Onion

This record is dedicated to the twenty-year-old (good) guys.

  

Friday, 21 June 2024

v.a.- Really Fast Vol.10 - (Really Fast Records-Sweden-1999)


  Volume 10 of this great compilation series by the Swedish Really Fast Records, this is a double album containing 50 tracks of fast and furious HC punk.

Enjoy it.

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A1    Section 8 (2)–    D.I.Y.
A2    Section 8 (2)–    Hey Pale Face
A3    Dishonest–    The Grip Of Addiction
A4    Dishonest–    Mania For Drugs
A5    Skumdum–    Vardagens Slentrian
A6    Skumdum–    Vårt Oförstand
A7    Snifter–    Schengen Agreement
A8    Centrus B40–    Stupido
A9    Centrus B40–    Years To Build
A10    Scamp (8)–    Ultimata Nazi-Äckel
A11    Scamp (8)–    Satans Jävla Vaktfan
A12    Youthless (2)–    Unfortunate
B1    DS-13*–    Prechewed Rebellion
B2    DS-13*–    World Of Hatred
B3    DS-13*–    David Sandström I Refused Är En Kukskalle
B4    Slutstation Tjernobyl–    Mitt Alias
B5    Senseless (3)–    Faces
B6    Retaliation–    At The Cost Of Mankind
B7    Retaliation–    Who Gets Blamed
B8    Bonds Of Trust–    Bonds Of Trust
B9    Bonds Of Trust–    You Sold Us Out
B10    Gymnastiken–    Snygg, Ful
B11    Gymnastiken–    Osäker
B12    Amok (14)–    M.B.
B13    Amok (14)–    Den Perfekta Människan
C1    Hylands Hörna–    Ansvaret
C2    Hylands Hörna–    Dödens Portal
C3    Scumbrigade–    Being In A Band Is No Excuse For Being An Asshole
C4    Scumbrigade–    No More Macho Dancing
C5    Planet Trash–    Fuck The World
C6    Planet Trash–    Female Temper
C7    Dismachine–    Volatile Space
C8    Dismachine–    Rädd For Sina Kanslor
C9    Ignorance (6)–    Smells Like Bad Religion
C10    Död TV–    Allting Blir Fel
C11    Död TV–    Ensamhetens Dröm
C12    Downward Spiral–    When Tomorrow Comes
D1    Siniterror–    Light
D2    Slobsticks–    Coming Attractions
D3    Fucking Chaos–    Krossade... Skallar
D4    Fucking Chaos–    Antikrist
D5    Fucking Chaos–    Medveten Skit
D6    Blackout (19)–    Loosing Trust
D7    Blackout (19)–    Rivals
D8    No Admission–    Warpsystem
D9    No Admission–    Long Night Of Bitterness
D10    Stop-Gap–    J And I
D11    Stop-Gap–    How I Figured Out...
D12    Mörder–    Nuclear Blast
D13    Mörder–    Lås Din Dorr

Tuesday, 11 June 2024

MONSTER MAIL N7 -(Mail Art Documentation-Global Networking-1997)


 Number 7 of this ongoing mail art project launched by Evan Griffiths back in the 90s. Inside this zine many drawings, a short story, some comics and an extra lino print by Evan himself, all inspired by the subject:MONSTER. Evan was also running a punk distro called Mitsey Distro and a zine Gibbering Madness, you`ll find them clicking the link above. Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 1 June 2024

v.a.-Here We Go, A Celebration Of The First Year Of The U.K. Miner`s Strike 1984-1985 (Sterile records-UK-1985)


 A great compilation with a few acts that will become very famous in the following years,it was benefit for the Miners during ther first year of strike. Sterile Records was a label founded by Nigel Ayers (Nocturnal Emissions) for own and related releases, active from 1979-1986 and then re-activated April 2021. On this page you can read about this album,info provided by Nigel Ayers. A Bandcamp page about Sterile Records is here. Enjoy it.

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Monday, 27 May 2024

Kjell Nyman Art-Works - (Mail Art-Global Networking-1992)


 4 Art-Works sent by the Swedish Mail Artist Kjell Nyman in 1992. Address very obsolete.

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Monday, 13 May 2024

SWARAJ CHRONOS - Gibberish Madness - (Self Released+CoDA zine-UK-2024)


 New CD EP by this London combo playing a sort of  twisted Post Hardcore, I have, already ,posted their debut album released  in 2021. I am attaching the review  taken from Raising Hell zine n29 and the video clip by Mario PunksNOtDeafRecordings. Enjoy it.

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Monday, 6 May 2024

FINAL WARNING - Stop Vivisecton...By Any Means Necessary - (Tribal War Recs -Usa-1996)


 Live album by this American crust / hardcore band from New York City active in the 1990s. Recorded live at MKNZ in Ilirska Bistrica (Slovenija) on 5th of May 1995 during their European tour with Dirt.Lots of political messages during their live show and the recording is pretty good. A few cover songs of Nausea since the singer was active with them. Enjoy it.

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Friday, 3 May 2024

v.a.- Really Fast Vol. 9 - (Really Fast Records-Sweden-1994)


 Vol. 9 of this famous serie compiled by Really Fast Records,I have posted already a few of these great albums.

 DIY label from Mjölby, Sweden. Founded by Patrik Jonsson, Staffan Fagerberg and Peter Pinaitis in late 1981, it seems to be still active. A very interesting interview with Patrik Jonsson is here.

 Enjoy the fast and furious old school HC punk!!!

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Monday, 29 April 2024

Bulimia Banquet Poster - (Discarica Squat Productions-Italy-1991)


 The big screen printed poster made by the squatters of the social squatted center Discarica In Foggia for the gig of the American Bulimia Banquet on sunday 5th May 1991. I posted their great live tape in Forte Prenenstino in Rome during the very same tour. Nice big Poster !!

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