The Real Brixton Challenge-(Newsletter-UK-Feb.1999)

Small zine written  and published by some squatters of the 121 center in Brixton(London-Uk)on the end of the 90s.They were also publishing South London Stress,an info-letter covering the gentrification of Brixton and various related matters.
In this  small zine you`ll find interesting articles about the changes of this lively South London area.
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SCATHA/QUARANTINE-Live at 121-London-Sat.11th Nov. 1995-(Ex CIM Okkupato Prods-Italy-c60-1996)

Scatha was formed in mid 1995 in Glasgow-Scotland, from the ashes of Sedition, Disaffect and Stretchheads,active until 2003.
Quarantine was another Scottish band formed from the ashes of Debris (3) and Disaffect.
Both bands play a very original form of hardcore punk mixing angry vocals with melodic music yet fast and furious HC punk with political lyrics.Never touching the emo-core.
This tape production is a little miracle of the international squatting scene,in fact it was recorded at the famous 121@centre in Brixton-South London (UK) but for international relationships amongst squatters the master tape ended up in the Ex Cim Squat in Foggia-Southern Italy,since the recording is very good and in that Italian squat there were lots of punks in love with those bands they thought to release this on tape.
A great tape production for the crust punks worldwide.
Enjoy it.
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RUTHLESS-Spietati-(Self Released Demo-1999-UK)

Ruthless was an anarcho-punk band formed on the end of the 90s and active for few years in London squat scene.

This is their only demo recorded in Brixton in 1999.

First line up on those recordings

Gianni=drums,Grillo=guitar,Gaya=bass,John=voice,Deo=guitar- from 1998 to 2003! 

They reformed in 2008 until 2010 with Carlos(Nailbiter) on guitar instead of Grillo.

They played only in the UK, mostly in London, their gig outside the 121 @ Centre in Brixton during a day of resistance against the eviction remains memorable!!! Big thanx to Marco for those pictures!

The recording of this demo is very good and it has the lyrics in the cover-sleeve

A great tape for punks and squatters.I am going to attach here also 1 song from my Youtube channel.
Up the punx :)

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v.a.-LA BAS at the 121-(Video-Hagshadow Prods-UK-2000-compilation with:Putrifier,Dachise,M.S.B.R.,Sshe Retina Stimulants,Government Alpha,Death Squad,Radiosonde,Costes and many more)[unreleased on the net]

La Bas is a video compilation edited and  distributed by Hagshadow,it reports the first gigs organized by this management in 1998.
All the gigs here were at 121 anarchist centre,a very famous social squatted centre active in Brixton(South London) since a very long time and sadly evicted on august 1999 due to gentrification.
 This video cassette came out in a very special  case,the  VHS pack all spray painted was enveloped in a silver plastic bag,including various  inserts with info about the events and the artists.All the relevant scans are included  here.It was released in a limited edition of 100 copies in 2000.
This is an amazing document about the d.i.y. noise-industrial scene of the late 90s in London-UK.
The video recording is just amazing,especially thinking that this was a VHS,the quality both audio and video is very good and it deliver us the trembling energy of those artists.Amazing performances by Skrol,VO.I.D,M.S.B.R.,Putrifier,Azazel Butech,Radiosonde,the crazy side of the provocative theatre by Costes and Marianne,the razorblades + "the blood ink" by Death Squad,the improvised noise collaboration by Sshe Retina Stimulants+Noise Girl+Government Alpha makes this  video compilation a real pearl for the noise lovers worldwide.

To end this  introduction I must give a big thanx to Hagshadow for donating this amazing compilation to my blog and another big thanx to B.A.O. for the video conversion from VHS to digital format.
Enjoy this great video,for the first time on the net.
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tracklist

1	–Putrefier	Untitled
2	–Dachise	Untitled
3	–Sshe Retina Stimulants	Untitled
4	–M.S.B.R.*	Untitled
5	–Government Alpha	Untitled
6	–Sshe Retina Stimulants / Government Alpha / Noise Girl*	Untitled
7	–Death Squad	Untitled
8	–Azazel Butech	Untitled
9	–Skrol	Untitled
10	–Radiosonde	Untitled
11	–VO.I.D	Untitled
12	–Costes & Marianne (5)	Untitled