Hovercraft.A defunct band from Seattle, founded 1993 by Ryan Campbell (alias Campbell 2000) and Beth Liebling (alias Sadie 7, Eddie Vedder's former wife), out of the ashes of the band called Space Helmet, which also included members of Magnog. They gave their last concert 16th February 2001 in Seattle.
It is rumored that Eddie Vedder was a drummer for this band going first as full-time drummer under the name Jerome230 and then joining them on tour later on.
Together with Mary Hansen, they released an album under the moniker Schema (5).(from Discogs)
On their actual webpage you can read old reviews, see the pics, get the full discography and download some live recordings too. Enjoy it.
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.
Amazing self released cassette by this english anarcho-punk band spitting their anger against the police violence and other injustices, expect furious HC Punk with political lyrics.Up the Punks.
Nice album of breaks and abstract electronic jingles by Voigt Kampff.Kingsize is an UK label started in 1996 and releasing tech house and breaks.Enjoy it!
Number 1 of this seire-I have already posted the Number 2-or called Bis-compiled by Roberto Liuzzi, who used to write a
newsletter called Contro. I cannot find my copy, this is the digital one passed to me by Roberto, I got back in touch with him not long ago, he has nowadays a blog: Tribe`s Union, which mainly focused on the Italian HC punk scene.
This compilation offer to us a selection of great bands coming from Apulia region, active on the end of the 90s.The booklet reports info and contacts. I have translated,freely, the introduction to this sampler:
This compilation assembled by the chefs Terapia Intensiva and Indios Collective, it was born from the will to get together in 1 tape the music by bands around us. a sort of manifesto of the expressions of the DIY punk scene from the Apulia region. This scene is close to us geographically, we live in Apulia. Maybe this is the first action of this kind in our region. We thought to make it as a fundraiser, eventually we want to use the profit out of it to build a DIY screen printing to print T-shirts, stickers and more stuff and use the money raised from their sale as a fund to help various organizations (animalist,anti-army, ecologist...)which we care of. Actions that we have had in our minds for a long time, this idea is definitely something that we can define as THINK GLOBALLY-ACT LOCALLY, this is our Compilaton Orecchiette Alla Pestona. The dish is very yummy and we hope that the tape will be yummy too. This sampler will not stay alone, in fact, we are already thinking to release a second volume next year, a volume that will include other bands that we couldn`t fit in here for various reasons. So, stay tuned..you can write to our addresses... NDT addresses are very obsolete.
To complete this post I am adding the tracklist and the introduction from the booklet. A very big thank you to Roberto for his help and kindness.Enjoy it.
Super trio playing prog-tech experimental fast music with many times changes and incredible new dimensions mixing jazzcore with prog-rock passages.I have, already written about the fantastic band called Ruins when I posted their old tape The Best Of Ruins, and I have also written about their super skilled drummer Tatsuya Yoshida. In this cd they are jojned by
Ron Anderson, a multi-instrumentalist intuitive music
maker who plays traditional instruments like the electric guitar but
also will use anything that can make a sound - including the recording
studio. He has nearly 60 recordings released.
He has his own Record Label "RA Sounds":
ronanderson-molecules.com, Bandcamp
Tatsuya Yoshida (b. Jan 9, 1961) is a prominent Japanese
avant-garde/jazz/experimental drummer, composer, producer & sound
engineer, one of key figures on Japan's underground scene. Founder of
the innovative rhythm section duo Ruins (plus a few Ruins-related projects), zeuhl band Koenjihyakkei, prog/fusion/polyrhythmic jazz trio Korekyojinn, acapella vocal group Zubi Zuva/Zubi Zuva X, etc. Runs Magaibutsu label and the eponymous studio.
Since the early eighties, Yoshida had played and collaborated with many critically praised Japanese bands, such as Zeni Geva, High Rise (2), YBO², Musica Transonic, Vasilisk, Dissecting Table, various Acid Mothers Temple units, ZOA, and Aburadako.
Nicknamed "devil from the East," Tatsuya Yoshida is an extremely
prolific and technically skilled drummer, praised for his vicious raw
energy and the ability to play superhumanly fast while keeping even the
most complex rhythmic structures sharp and pristine.
The drummer has worked with the entire avant-garde 'hall of fame' of the last four decades, from Fred Frith and Derek Bailey to Keiji Haino and Otomo Yoshihide. John Zorn,
who praised Tatsuya as an "undisputed master drummer of the Japanese
underground," invited him to play in the seminal jazz/grindcore unit PainKiller (2) on several occasions after Mick Harris' departure, and had a huge impact on Yoshida's recognition overseas.
Tatsuya was a long-time collaborator of a controversial noise artist Juntaro Yamanouchi. He participated in one of The Gerogerigegege's very few documented early 'secret shows' (which were happening at fetish/S&M gay clubs), released on '91 Live Greatest Hits
CD. In January of 1987 at a private Hanzōmon residence in Tokyo,
Yoshida (equipped with vibrator, whip & enema) joined J.Y. on toy
instruments to create a rather sparse accompaniment for Gero 36
who screamed and moaned in pleasure and pain while masturbating and
self-pleasuring/torturing in every unimaginable way. According to the 'Live History (1986~1990)' list in the booklet, it was the Gerogerigegege's third-ever concert: just a couple months after Nov '86 'maiden voyage' at WASEDA University Auditorium and the same week the band played at Antiknock in Shinjuku. Tatsuya Yoshida also played drums and announced tracks on '94 thrash/1-2-3-4 noisecoreInstruments Disorder (170 Songs CD)—perhaps
the loudest and harshest Gerogerigegege's albums to date. Finally,
Yoshida mastered several of the band's albums, including an hour-long
minimal ambient/drone None Friendly '99 CD, and their last official release prior to 2001–16 hiatus, Saturdaynight Big Cock Salaryman CD EP. official webpge: magaibutsu.com Pandemonium Records was a French noise-rock label from Marseille, launched in the 1990's by Philippe Petit. (all the info from Discogs)click me
Old c60 cassette by this Italian project formed by artists already
covered in this blog with a few amazing projects. In this tape, Lunus
appears as a collaboration between Luigi Russolo , Stefano Barban and Devis G.! 3 long tracks on each side of excellent esoteric electronicks.
Soffitta Macabra is a label founded by Marco Deplano [aka Wertham] and focuses on artists of the dark ambient and industrial scene. Enjoy it.
Great publication from the very underground world of the british punk scene.I have, already, posted the Number 4 and the Number 11.
In this issue the usual interesting columns and letters, interviews to One Car Pile Up, Stampin` Ground, Jonathon Baker + tons of music and zine reviews.
Riot
System was a trio hailing from Australia. They play a raw form of HC
punk and the lo-fi recordings in this 7inch make them even rawer and
violent. This ep came out with a folded cover sleeve reporting the
lyrics + an extra sheet with the Japanese translations.
HG Fact was an independent Japanese hardcore, punk and noise label. Operated by Tadashi Satoh. Not active anymore.
Co-Fusion's debut, CO-FU, starts with the bass madness of "Strutin'"...
and that's before the crazed horn sample comes in. "Zit'r Bug" has a
sharper edge to it with its metallic overtones and insistent drum bass,
while the breaks on "You Looking For" helps secure the swarming synths
above it. The clattering percussion on "Cycle," as well, shows off
their real strength: those beats. The metallic tones come back on
"Dizzy," accompanied by a brighter melodic line, while "A.T.P." strikes a
straight-forward 4/4. A perky electro creeps into "Early Summer Daze,"
and "Jungler Gray" brings in a thoughtful guitar in towards the end. A
hint of funk enlivens "Wilbee Wilbee" and a bit of sci-fi spaciness
whistles into "Five Forty." And "Torn Open" closes the album on a more
pure note of funk, reappropriating some soundtrack horns to be placed
into a series of quick breaks. There's no confusion with Co-Fusion.click me(review by scoundrel,published on Discogs July 16,2016)Sublime Recs Offical Webpage
Great split 7inch with two amazing bands from the UK! They both play a very violent form of HC punk mixed with powerviolence. The folded cover sleeve includes lyrics, info and some nice graphix. All the relevant scans included here and I left these tracks as waves. Enslaved was a Bradford based Hardcore label run by Nick Loaring.
Where do I start with this beast... I mean, holy shit man. At A Loss For
Words is the most tormented and intense metal I've ever heard, let
alone deathcore! The animosity this little 7 inch possesses makes even
the most spiteful of metal bands like Ildjarn sound like Kiss. And here I
thought metalcore's aggressiveness peaked with Arkangel - and Arkangel
were monoliths of sheer raw aggression and heaviness. If Arkangel was a
massacre in this sense, then this band is an absolute genocide. However,
that wouldn't be the proper way to phrase things for what this band
would try and, successfully, accomplish.
You see, Canephora
wasn't out to achieve genocide, it was out to murder as many people as
it can with it's bare-hands. The constant dynamics and dense brooding
atmosphere makes At A Loss... feel like a knife being stabbed repeatedly
through your chest and blood soaking into your eyes. I wouldn't doubt
that this is certainly what plays through a mind of a serial killer when
he's on his next hunt. It sounds like something that can only be tapped
by reaching into the deepest corners of a psychopath.
While
only being 13 minutes long with both songs being 6 minutes long, it's
feels extremely alienating just to get through and leaves you with an
unnerving aura that steeps into your subconscious. The core root of
Canephora's intimidation lies in it's consistency of buildup and
releases. It almost feels like they're playing with you by giving you a
few gasps of air before suffocating you again with dense, swirling,
angular death metal tremolo picking and blastbeats. In the midst of all
the bludgeoning songwriting you have this insane vocal work which really
makes you feel the forlornness of the situation you've gotten yourself
in. Hell, I don't even think they actually acquired an actual singer, I
think they just picked up a poor bastard off the street and started
torturing him and threw the audio of it over the songs. His vocal work
is something you have to really listen to because I can't put into words
properly how great he is at fitting what this band is trying to
realize.
Don't play this too loud or else the cops will
definitely be called - in fact, don't play this at all without
headphones on or else you'll be getting some really concerning looks. (review by Bystandard,published on Discogs-14/Dec/2020) click me
Great split tape with these two D-beat HC punk bands : Disclose was from Japan. Split up after the death of the band's leader Kawakami from an overdose of alcohol and sedative.Wind Of Pain was a crust punk band from Helsinki, Finland.
They formed in 1993 and disbanded in 2000.This tape was originally printed in 1998 by the Slovenian tape-label Abnormal Tapes,it was re-printed in 2004 by the same label just before it closed its activities.Abnormal Tapes was, in fact,a Slovenian tape label specially dedicated to Noise, Experimental,
Industrial, Punk, Grind & Hardcore styles which was started and run
by Matjaz Galicic since 1994 until 2004.
Cause For Effect :A fusion grindcore duo from Tampere, Finland, founded in
1992. Initially called Cause And Effect, but released only their first
demo "Back" under this name. During the early years the band also had
guitarists, but since 1999 they have been strictly a bass/drums duo. Sites:Bandcamp, Facebook, instagram.com, YouTube
In its 135 pages, we`ll find a big quantity of long and well done
articles about many different topics. I am attaching here the list of
the contents.Reviews of books and music productions, comic strips, columns, amazing
drawings, outstanding graphic works and precious info take us inside the
world of alternative communication and counterculture.
An exquisite magazine from the very underground world of the pagan post-cyberpunk revolution. Enjoy it.
4 tracks on this self released cassette by this Sicilian band active on the end of the 90s.The play thrash metal sung in Italian.Good recording and lyrics reported on the folded colour sleeve.
Hardcore Punk fanzine made by Darren in Essex on the end of the 90s.As for the articles and interviews included in this issue I am attaching here the introduction that Darren wrote for this number.
Amazing cd compilation with a bunch of Japanese bands paying tribute to Bauhaus!Defintely one of the best tribute to the famous goth rock band from Northampton.All the bands nailed it, delivering an impressive interpretation of these famous hits. If you are a Bauhaus fan do not miss this one.
Panam is a Japanese label owned by Nippon Crown Co., Ltd.
It was created in March 1970 specifically to release folk and "new
music" artists. Artists associated with the label include the folk group
Kaguyahime, the female singer-songwriter Iruka, and Haruomi Hosono. Actual webpage crownrecord.co.jp
