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.

  

v.a. - The Lowell Plan [Planned Obsolescence] - (Double K7-Statutory Tape-USA-1991)

 A compilation dedicated to Lowell City in Massachusetts (USA).A double cassette exploring the various angles of the music scene coming from this city. Very ecletic, it offers to us some rock, a hint of punk, a few excursions into folk and country and some experimental tracks touching the electronic music and the avantgarde.It is worth reading the introduction by David Perry,which I am including here.Enjoy it.

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A1	Duck Duck–	Rapid Ray's
A2	Ingrid–	La Canal Dramatique
A3	Sponge Awareness Foundation–	Zamfir's Evil Twin
A4	A Shattered Dream–	Product Of My Society
A5	Nisi Period–	Entropy Happens
A6	Bob Coltman–	Swamp Dog
A7	Duck Duck–	Toast'em Boy
B1	Screaming Alpha–	Demolition Man
B2	Angel Connell–	Closer To You
B3	Keith B. Blauvelt–	I Need Some Bread
B4	Free Cheese–	Welfare Women
B5	Data-Bank-A–	Salad Days
B6	Compound–	In The Shadows
B7	Due Process–	Beethoven
C1	Crank–	Candy
C2	Pig Sex–	A Song I'll Probably Go To Hell For
C3	Only Living Witness–	Bad Blood
C4	Paradox (54)–	Fool For You
C5	Abstract Orangatangs–	Mud
C6	Aeolian Kid–	Henry
D1	Mickey Green–	Messin' With The Grace
D2	Peter Cin–	He's A Star Again
D3	Puncture Wound–	Gonna Kill You
D4	Buzzsaw Frizzbees–	Pretty Soon
D5	Nisi Period–	Notes From The Underground
D6	Bop Apocalypse–	Exploited

 

Piume E Sangue-Non Prenda Quell'Espressione Stupida-(Hax-Italy-1992)

 Piume E Sangue,in this tape, were G. Gasparin and Felice Spasavento,I have already posted other two tapes by this interesting project. 

Non Prenda Quell`Espressione Stupida evolves in some musical experiments that reminds me avant-garde and neo-classic music mixing genius and bizarre cacophony.       f/a)r:a/w(a~y^ click me

Hax is an Italian experimental label run collectively by Massimiliano Gatti (Bekko Bunsen, Lunhare), Marco Milanesio (DsorDNE), Marco Pustianaz (Snowdonia), Guido Lusetti (Gregorsamsa) and Cristiana Bauducco.
Originally intended to be an outlet for DsorDNE and related material - music, video and booklets - it grew into a larger collaborative effort as more parties got involved after the publication of DsorDNE's debut album È Un Sole.
The style range expanded simultaneously from Electronic, Post-Punk, Experimental, Noise Rock to Modern Classical, Chansons, Avantgarde Folk, Alternative and Space Rock.

From 1987 's first release – a split Single by DsorDNE and The Legendary Pink Dots (for whom they opened during the Italian Tour) with an issue of Snowdonia Fanzine up to the later more diverse publications all Hax products where conceived as a labour of love backed up by day-time jobs and often packed in elaborate sleeves.
HAX ' autonomy reached new heights with the enhancement of Marco Milanesio's Acqualuce Studios in 1991 which led to an increased output. While he concentrated in a more professional environment on recording and producing the main distribution and pr work was done by Max Gatti, M. Pustianaz, and Cristiana Bauducco.
The HAX collective also worked as distributor and participated in co-releasing with like minded artists or labels i.e. Turin's Franti or the EMDA Label (En Manque D'Autre).(from Discogs)

THE EX-Rara Rap-(Lala Records-Holland-1988)

Dutch band, formed in 1979 in Amsterdam. Initially an anarcho-punk band, over the years they have incorporated many different musical styles such as jazz, noise, free improvisation, and ethnic/world music while still keeping a focus on anarchism, lyrically.

Sites:

theex.nl, Facebook, MySpace, Wikipedia, Bandcamp, setlist.fm, genius.com

(from Discogs)

 The Ex is an underground band from the Netherlands that formed in 1979 at the height of the original punk explosion. Initially known as an anarcho-punk band, they have since released over 20 full-length albums of musical experiments and numerous collaborations blending punk and free jazz with styles of folk music from all over the world. (from Wikipedia)

This 7inch was released in support of the Dutch RaRa militant action group, who fought against the involvement of Dutch companies in South Africa's Apartheid Regine in the '80s.
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GRONGE-Concerto Al C.S.A. Udine-(Not On Label-Italy-1989)

This is an amazing tape documenting the live show of this fantastic band at the Social Squatted Centre of Udine(Northern Italy) on the 21st January 1989.

Try to describe the music by this great band is not easy, with thousands of various influences they play a very personal form of Avantgarde Art Rock, their live shows were explosive mixing improvisations and performances leaving the public struck with an assault of lights, costumes,body movements, improvisations and more genial ideas, changing all the time.

I was lucky to see them twice back in the 90s ,they blew everybody away. Their various productions are quite different music-wise,as well.

Indexing this tape was very difficult because many tracks are mixed up, it took me a long time and for whoever will get it then please read the notes that I have added. The recording is pretty amazing, delivering to us their full energy as a great live act.

To complete this post I am adding some info taken from a Wikipedia page dedicated to them + an old video from their Youtube Channel.

A very big thanx to Marco for giving me permission to post this astonishing live document. 

Enjoy it.

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History Of The Band

Born during the New Wave era but with a very original music idea, Gronge has been groundbreaking of many music genres that evolved in the following years.

The name of the band, that prefers to define itself as a musical collective, originates from the roman slang and it means a boxer apparently defeated but who still has the strength for his last punch.

Their music style is been defined by themselves as tecknopunkcabaret because they mix in their shows music and theatre. Among the first bands to include in their compositions some samples,

they have been an epiphany for important Italian bands like Zu.

They have been, together with Franti from Turin, the first to propose the DIY/self-production in Italy.

Gronge, that from 2014 change its name in Gronge X, are still active.

In 2015 They have published a CD titled Manuale Di Imporvvisazione Per Giovani Socialisti released on Danze Moderne label.

Between 2015 and 2016, the Again Records reprints all their discography of the 80s and the 90s in two double cd.

DREADNOT-Cypothiensis-(Self Released-Usa-1991)

Amazing demo by this american band.They play a nice form of prog-avantgarde  thrash metal,good recording and few info reported on the cover-sleeve.A page about them is here.

A big thanx to the drummer who sent me this demo and gave me permission to share it here.

Enjoy it.
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W.O.O.-Hung On Fanatics-(Self Released-USA-1993)

Recorded mostly with a sony walkman and few tracks with an 8 tracks recorder this tape by W.O.O. offer us a mix of futurist weird extravaganza noises melting avant-garde,space  rock and more cool improvisations.The songs are all mixed together therefore I didn`t index it.

Bonnie Kane(saxophone,electornics,direction,nerve)+Jim Fourdiadis(bass,piano,pecussion,vocals)+Eak(vocals,words,insipration)+

Race Age(drums,piano,percussion and baking vocals) made a perfect NYC super band of experimental art rock.

Good recordings and few useful info on the cover sleeve.
Enjoy it.
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ATTACKED BY WOLVES - Up A Bit From Down - (Destroy All Music-UK-1994-c30)

Another tape released by Destroy all Music,good enough I have found one copy of their catalogue so here I am going to copy what they wrote to introduce this tape on their catalogue.

"Attacked by Wolves-Up A Bit From Down(c30-£1.50)-some of the best stuff yet from this man,he creates crop circles of avant-garde which gradually stray temporarily into the fields of avant-rock, like a cross of Factor X ,Small Things but mostly ZGA with runaway scuzz-honk.Don`t ignore..."
About this scottish label active during the 90s here what they wrote:
"Destroy All Music is a new kind of label specialising in lo-fi noise-art-punk-jazz-no-wayexperimental and anything with alternative edge or viewpoint.Destroy All Music is also a queercore label,written big and proud and wants confrontational bands ,so if you are in a band send us a tape or what you are just interested!!!"

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