SLAUGHTERGRAVE/WARPEACE - Split Tape - (Deathforce Records-Greece-2011)

Split Tape with Slaughtergrave (Grindcore band from Thessaloniki, Greece) and Warpeace (Crust punk band from Rome, Italy). Limited edition of 50 hand-numbered copies, printed in purple glossy paper. On the spine, the band Warpeace is mistakenly referred to as Warzone. So it states the split as Slaughtergrave / Warzone, which is obviously wrong. Enjoy it.

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v.a. - Διατάραξη Οικιακής Ειρήνης [Diataraksi Oikiakis Eirinis]-(Do It Yourself Records-Greece-1996)

 Fantastic compilation from the very underground Greek punk scene of the last century.The title means Domestic Disturbance. It was a join effort as a co-operation of two greek squats, Villa Amalias (Athens) and Villa Varvara (Thesalloniki)! It came out with 16 pages booklet with graphix and writings, here I am attaching the introduction in english language.Big Thanks to my friend Ion for the help with the language barrier. Enjoy it.

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GRIM MACHINE - Secret Oestrus Live Sessions -(Athens-Greece-2023)

Great gig of ritualistic noise industrial by the Greek artist Grim Machine.

I wrote about him when I posted his releases Decay(2013),Still Lives(2013),Ancinet Future and Heterodoxa(2017) and again Ghost Industrial(2017),Hiss Tape+Exotica Mystica (2018). You will find in these posts an introduction by Alex himself about his projects and related info. Alexandros was also singing in Straitjacket Fit.

 

I was lucky enough to attend this fantastic gig in Athens on friday 22 September 2023. Video and sound recorded and mixed by Antonis Vasilakos and Kostantinos Katsantonis. A big THANKS to Alexandros for passing me this excellent video. Enjoy it.

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JANJIRO-Atomic Generation-Θανφιρο-Ατομιχ Γενερατιον-(Self Released-Greece-90s)

 Self  Released cassette by this band from Greece, I have very few info about them and this release.I guess it came out in the 90s and as music just reflects a certain kind of crossover punk very much used back then. 

Good recording and good music skills, I have asked my friend Ion to translate the few info on the cover sleeve. Here what he wrote,big thank ION :)---Eventally,as this tape seems to be very rare I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it.

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About the translation that you asked me in the last email, it is almost impossible to do it because although the letters are Greek, that text is very similar to english (something like to write english with Greek letters), but with completely wrong spelling and a lot of black humor. But in any case I will try:

-Spine

Artist: Θανφιρο - Janjiro (but in Greek pronounce like "thanfiro")

Title: Ατομιχ Γενερατιον - Atomic Generation (but in Greek pronounce like "Atomich Gneration")

-Cover

Artist: Janjiro

Title: Atomic Generation

-Inner Cover

Track list:

1- Ελεπυαντ Μαν - Elepyant Man (but I think that is " Elephant Man" with Greek letters)

2- Πυκε - Pyke (but I think that is "Puce" with Greek letters)

3- Ατομιξ - Atomix

4- Στοπ - Stop

Info Inside Cover (none of the Greek words info means something in Greek)

Παρολε / Parole (lyrics): Χατ - Hat

Μυσιθυε / Misithie (music): Θανφιρο - Janjiro

Μιξαγε / Mixage (mix) : Θανφιρο (Σαυφ | Πατ Ριχηαρδ)

Βαττεριε / vatterie (drumms): Λε Βαττευρ

Γυιταρε / giitare (guitar): Λε Γυιταριστε

Γυιταρε / giitare (guitar): Λοαυτρε Γυιταριστε

Βασσε / vasse (bass):  Λε Βασσιστε

Χηαντ / hiant (chant): Λα Χηαντευσε

"Θανφιρο Ρεμερχιε Τους Χες Φανς (Αη! Αη! Αη)" / Thanfiro Remerchie Tous Ches Fans (Ai! Ai! Ai!) (I think that is something like the "Janjiro thanks theri fans")

Μαναγεμεντ / Management (Management): -a greek telephone number-

By the way what kind of music is this tape? Never heard about this album or the band in the past!!!

Ατοπία – Ατοπία - (Do It Yourself-Greece-2012)

 ATOPIA is the evolution of a legendary 90s Greek anarcho-punk band ANATELLON TROMOS, before Alexandros joined in. I wrote about Alexandros when I interviewed him about another of his ex-band Straitjacket Fit.

At the moment Alex has 2 interesting tribal/industrial projects : Grim Machine and Black Faun, both projects already covered in this blog.

Atopia plays a personal form of HC punk mixed with some prog-thrash metal, interesting is the use of the violin played by Despina,it comes out as a special sound but somehow it fits there,making this cd well worth exploring.

I have to admit that it took me a while to get the whole picture of their music,somehow it is intense.Probably understading the lyrics will make a huge difference.

A big thanks to Alexandros for this great gift sent to me via d E last summer and a big thanks to Ion of E.T.C. for writing in romanic characters the Greek titles and traslating them into english + translating the introduction for this cd by the band: 

I'm scared of the nice words

that can't stand the weight of the moments

I'm sorry for the lovers of the Truth

that deny to see its ugliness

I'm boring of the big feasts-

the addicted clients of the Arena

I want my screams 

to not be accessible to everyone 

I admire the wounded birds

that dare to feeded by their flesh

There are no able-bodied(/wellshaped) winners

There are no "magic" solutions

 

To get the music ,please visit Atopia Blog where you will find this album in streaming and as a free download.

Enjoy it.

 

:f*a^r"a¬w:a{y_ 

 

songtitles:

Εισαγωγή - Eisagogi - Intro

Καλοκαίρι - Kalokairi - Summer

Σιχαίνομαι - Sichenomai - I'm sick of

Πυροβολήστε τον - Pirovoliste ton - Shoot him

Παιχνιδούπολη - Paichnidoupoli - Toyland

Δεν είμαι είδος - Den eimai eidos - I'm not a species

Στην αυλή των παρείσακτων - Stin avli ton parisakton - In the court of the intrusives

Μία στιγμή - Mia stigmi - One moment 

Έγκλειστος κόσμος - Egklistos kosmos - Detained World

Αντίλογος - Antilogos - Contradicting

Υπέροχη θέα - Iperochi  Thea - Marvelous View 

 

 

Χειμερία Νάρκη [Hibernation] - Στη Σιωπή Της Αιώνιας Θλίψης [Into The Silence Of Eternal Sorrow] - (Power It Up/Skuld Releases-Germany-2003)

 Hardcore/Crust band formed in 1996 in Athens, Greece.
Lyrics of the band refer mainly to the current problems of the society: racism, xenophobia, social inequalities, overconsumerism, exploitation of human labour and lack of human relationships, as well as to the ecological destruction.

Original line-up:
• Αλέκος Σισμανίδης - Guitar, Vocals (Χαοτικό Τέλος, Ξεχασμένη Προφητεία)
• Αλέξης Λέκκας - Bass, Vocals (Νεκρική Σιγή)
• Spiros - Drums (Νεκρική Σιγή)
• Savvas - Guitar

At the end of 1997 the line-up changed:

• Αλέκος Σισμανίδης - Guitar, Vocals
• Gianna - Drums (Nuclear Winter (4))
• Thanos - Bass (One Block Society)

On 8/3/199? they performed live at Porto Patrasso (Patra) along with 'Daltons' & 'Hell To Pay'.
In June 1998 they toured Europe for their first time.
In 1999 they toured Europe for second time.
In December of 2003 their first LP "Into the silence of eternal sorrow" was released and after that the band stopped playing for the next 3 years.
In September 2006 they started playing again with basic members Αλέκος Σισμανίδης, Gianna and Meletis (Straighthate).
Many live performances followed and in November 2008 Haris (Sarabante) joined the band as the second guitarist.
On 30-31/7/2010 they performed live at 'Play Fast Or Don't' Festival (Czech Republic). 

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d E-Pine Island Under the Midnight Sun-(RU.MO.RE/1000+1 TilT-Greece-2018)

Pine Island Under the Midnight Sun was influenced by a large glacial calving in the West Antarctic Sea and how it was captured by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8.
Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/USGS
Cover Photo, 19 December 2017
Recorded May to July 2018, Athens
Live Mix/Recording by d E
Mastering at Sweetspot Studios
Special Thanks Alexandra, Alexandros, Iason, Ion, Kostas, Lydia, Stathis
Released by
RU.MO.RE (ectrecs@gmail.com)
1000+1 Tilt (tiltrecordings@gmail.com) 

released November 6, 2018  

d E =Soundscapes, drones and noises as these are perceived synaesthetically. Inspired by techniques like automatic writing, all the tracks are live mixed and recorded as one-shot meditations, aiming to capture the feeling and the entropy of the moment intact.

1. demuzak.wordpress.com
2. SoundCloud
3. Facebook
   

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Phoenix Catscratch – Nectar & Wrinkles -(Dead Scarlet Records-Greece-2011)

 

Second album by this Greek band from Athens. 7 tracks of pure old school goth rock,well played and well crafted.A good record if you are into new wave/goth rock.

Enjoy it.

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Just Another Zine-(Biologica Collective-Greece-2010)

 I wrote already about this Greek collective when I posted the compilation tape Biologica.This is their first fanzine and it came out in Greek and English.You`ll find here the english part,only.

All the info about it in their introduction.Enjoy it.

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Phoenix Catscratch – Phoenix Catscratch-(Self Released-Greece-2010)

 Mini album self released by this Greek band from Athens.They play goth rock and were active last decade.I have no much info about them,but if you are into old school new wave then you`ll like this one.

Enjoy it.

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BLACK IDEAS-The Field-(Self Released-Greece-2012)

 

Black Ideals were formed in Athens, Greece in the summer of 1983. The original line-up comprised Pavlos Avouris (voice), Christos Vougas (bass), Petros Magoulas (guitar), Stathis Salvanos (drums). From January 1984 we carried on as a trio (omitting the guitar), until the Spring of 1985, when a second bassist was added (Maria Vassilakis). We played two gigs (Megara, 13/1/85; Patissia Students' Hostel, Athens, 27/4/85) and published two fanzines ('Why', 'Lauvepression'). We self-released a cassette in 1985. Our songs were included in three compilation cassettes ('Instead Of A Magazine', US, 1984; 'S2D - Sous Deux Dictatures', France, 1985; 'Ground Zero', West Germany, 1985). Our last rehearsals took place in the summer of 1985.

(self-released single-sided vinyl LP released on July 4th 2012, 328 copies)

Tracks 1 to 7: practice, 1984-85
Tracks 8, 9: live in Megara, 13-1-85

Contact us at pavlos277@gmail.com

credits

released October 11, 2014

Pavlos Avouris – voice, lyrics
Christos Vougas – bass, paintings
Stathis Salvanos – drums, lyrics, collages, paintings

Track 4: second bass by Panagiotis
Tracks 5, 6: second bass by Maria Vassilakis
Track 7 intro: Michael Ziesing

Mastering & restoration: Stefanos Constantinides
Photography © 1985 Giorgos Tourkovassilis
Graphic Design: Maria Rachmanidou 

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1.	Black Ideals 01:20
	2.	The Missing 02:33
	3.	Rotten Manhood 03:23
	4.	Greed Puppets 02:24
	5.	No To Injustice 01:44
	6.	Human Slaughterhouse 00:55
	7.	Barbed Wire Relationships 02:56
	8.	Army (Live) 02:24
	9.	Rotten Manhood (Live) 03:59

PS Stamps Back vs Anal Vissi ‎– Homefucking Is Killing Prostitution -(1000+1 TiLt/Minor-Greece/Germany-2015)

Originally released in 2005 by the Greek label 1000+1 TiLt as CDr this classic piece of electronic beauties it is been re-issued in 2015 by the same Greek label with the joint effort by the German Minor and new cover-sleeve artwork by Monotonik.

I wrote many times about 1000+1 TiLt as I have already posted quite a few old tapes by this amazing label, lately, Jason opened a Bandcamp Page where you can listen/buy many of his new releases.

To complete this post I am adding a few scans of the cover sleeve of the 2005 CD-R with some info not available on that Bandcamp page. 

Enjoy the pulsating weird electro-goings.

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Tracklist

A1	The Blob Fucker
A2	Broke Musicians Of The World Unite
A3	Bowel Movements In A Lounge Bar
A4	Copy Protection Is Killing Music
A5	One Euro In My Pocket And A Laptop On My Back
B1	Ce Ci N'Est Pas Un Atomit
B2	Michael Moore's Fat Ass
B3	Priests Fuck Little Boys!
B4	Better Unemployed Than Artist

Credits

• Artwork [Uncredited] – Mono.tonik
• Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – LXC

Notes

Recorded on November 14, 2004.
New track order and liner notes.
Edition of 200 copies.

I.N.R.I. n1 + I.N.R.I. n2 - (Fanzine-Greece-1986 and 1987)

2 Issues of this rather obscure Greek fanzine focused on the early industrial music scene, the goth rock and the new wave.
Named INBI(translated INRI)the first issue was released in April 1986 in Athens, containing 32 A4 xeroxed pages. The second one was released in early 1987. The mastermind behind them was the painter Alexandros Dimitriades from Volos(Greece), a third issue was planned but never released, some pages were painted by hand after the printing.
The first issue contains an interview to Dead Can Dance, some lyrics by the Greek new wave band Koumpotripes A.E., the discography and biography of And Also The Trees, translated lyrics of Swans, Coil, Death In June, some music reviews, texts and poems by R.R. Hearse and a few more rants.

While the second issue offers to us a translated story of H.C. Andersen, some more poems and text by R.R. Hearse, an interview to Nick Cave, some astonishing drawings and some other poems and lyrics.
These very rare jewels were kindly donated to this blog by my friend Ion of the E.T.C. Group who also provided the very useful info about the subjects covered in these pages. 
A very big "Thank You" to Ion for sharing such amazing and rare zines.
These are only in the Greek language so enjoy them if you are Greek literate. 
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v.a.-BIOLOGICA-(Not On Label-Greece-2013)

Great CD-R compilation including lots of bands who played at the squat in the Biology School in Thessaloniki. Many bands playing different forms of punk, HC punk and similar styles.

The various recordings are very good.

I guess this sampler was given away for free as on the back cover is clearly stated Do Not Sell, Copy, Destroy Music Industry.

A big thanks to my friend Ion for transcribing the Greek titles in Romanic characters for me to index the MP3s.

Enjoy it.

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STRAITJACKET FIT - #0 -(Self Released-Greece-2006)

Straitjacket Fit is a Greek Hardcore/Punk band formed in 1999 in Patra, Greece.
They self-released their music and do gigs in squats and free places with no forced economic payback. They do not sell their music through the "music industry network" and do not play in clubs for money. They refuse to participate in the "music labels slavery trade".(from  Discogs)

I am lucky enough to know the singer of this band, in fact, I have already written about him when I posted the music by Grim Machine and Black Faun.
Straitjacket Fits play a form of very personal punk mixing various influences waved within great English lyrics.
Since I was very interested to know more about this amazing band, I asked Alex to answer a few questions, so you can read here a small yet interesting interview. #0 is their first album available on their Bandcamp Page as a free download just as all their other productions. A big thanx to Alex for passing me such a great band and for the relevant interview.(f*a¬r{a*w~a:y)

1000flights-When do you formed and how long have you been together??

1. We formed at 1998, on the remains of a previous band we had, Alex (voice), my brother Dimitris (guitar) and Argyris (drums) playing post-punk/darkwave since 1995-6. It was called PICKMAN'S MODEL and unfortunately, there is only a cd recorded back then, not on the internet yet, but you can get an idea here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNqfDKdUlk

Around 1998 came Yorgos "Pontikos" from THE DALTONS (hxc punk) and replaced our bass player, so we changed the name and became Straitjacket Fit, focusing on a more post-hardcore/experimental punk sound. We played at literally every squat/steki in Greece from 1998 to 2013 where we ended playing live shows and disbanded.

1000flights-Which one are the bands/artists that most influenced you?

S.F.: We were all avid music consumers(ha!) so the sound was a mix of what we listened to and everything else we thought would fit regardless of the style. Post-punk, anarcho-punk, hxc crust, post-metal, ska, jazz, apart from the big names such as Neurosis, Faith No  More, early Sonic Youth, Gang of Four, etc, it's useless to keep namedropping since we were very different in our tastes but very close in our purpose and vision. Let's just say, from Grind to Ambient and back, hehe!

Also lots of anarcho/DIY bands that toured around Greece and we played with, had been an influence in one way or another, such as the mighty JE M'EN FOUS from France/Switzerland.

We were  doing the original artwork for every release,(well, I was..) from the photos, collages, paintings to the final graphic design and packaging to distribution, a mix of art-loving provocation, Ad Busters magazine aesthetics, Dada collage, artists such as Yoshitomo Nara, stencil art and a healthy dose of dark humour or just dark.

 

1000flights: Were you active in Villa Amalias or any other squat in Athens??

S.F.: We played Villa Amalias the first time in 1999 I think, and then many many times followed. We consider ourselves, up to this time, a brother-band to the people that run the place, very close to us, and to bands that played there, ANATELLON TROMOS (Rising Terror), CHASMA, THE PARKINSONS, VALPOURGIA NYCHTA (Valpourgis Night), TIMETRAP and more that we felt we were doing something meaningful together at the time.

Right from the start, we took part in the first anarcho diy space"steki Sachtouri" kind-of-squat in Patras , from its beginning in 1998. We had our studio there and did a lot of gigs, as well as involved in the diy concert organising team "Porto Patrasso", at Parartima in Patras, a major anarcho-political concert place. Learning to record, sound engineering, set a gig or a recording session from scratch, it was all part of the game.

For me personally the Villa years, from the first gig up to its evacuation, was a period that had a great impact on me as a person and as an artist.

1000flights: How many gigs did you play? did you ever played outside Greece??

S.F.: We had played, I don't know, more than 50 less than a hundred gigs around Greece, squats, free spaces, open areas, public squares, only political DIY. We played in Liege in Belgium first time in 2002 if I am not mistaken since our bass player lived in Amsterdam for some time. We toured 2 weeks Holland-Germany-Belgium in 2008 with KILL THE CAT (ska-punk).

1000flights-The releases available on your Bandcamp page were printed as tapes/CDs or vinyl or were these released only as digital files??

S.F: All the releases on Bandcamp- except the last one "The End" which is a digital one- are on CD format. Also, the comps we have participated are CDs but not available now I guess. We consider releasing "The End" on vinyl by the end of the year, maybe early 2021..we'll see about that.

 

1000flights-Are the lyrics political orientated or what are the subjects in there??

S.F: The lyrics are totally political, dealing with two main concepts from personal to public, alienation and social revolution.

I will not repeat the too commonly used anti-nazi, anti-species, anti-capitalist, anti-whatever the slogan, we were all that, since contributing to the whole DIY ethos-self organization and keeping a strong stance as a band from the beginning to the end. We felt that a more personal way of writing about these themes was the best to express ourselves artistically and not losing the target. So the lyrics are a bit more surreal and existential than straight forward, but still political and direct on their message. Yet not preaching but questioning and inspiring, I suppose.

1000flights-After that the band disbanded, you Alex started a few industrial/noise orientated projects (Grim Machine, Black Faun, The Zyklons)...would you like to say what inspired you to start such projects ??

Is any other members of the band at the moment active in other music/artistic projects/bands?? If so, which ones??

S.F.: While being at Straitjacket Fit, I started a duo of experimental/playful noise called Black Faun with my crazy friend Charis (hELLaSH), around 2007. Since then we do live acts and we have 4 releases. It all started as a parallel project to Straitjacket Fit, so as to express a different point of view soundwise and artistically speaking. It was the first vehicle for me to play free improvisation and noise music.

In 2013, in the middle of the financial crisis in Athens, I started Grim Machine, my personal project, because I wanted to try playing on my own after the band disbanded, and also to express my personal emotions about the political situation we were living at. It started as an industrial/harsh noise project and now it has evolved into more ritual noise/free impro territory.

Around 2016-7 I met Perseas Rizos, a poet, visual artist and sax player, and since then we are playing together as the free form/exp.jazz duo The Zyklons.

I consider it as an evolution in my playing and interacting in terms of improvisation.

After Straitjacket disbanded, me and Yorgos played together at the band SARKA STO ZWO (post hxc) for 3 years and after that we recruited with Argyris in HAUTE TANZ (post-punk/noise rock). Argyris also plays in a punk band and Yorgos never stops practising! Regarding the Straitjacket Fit members, the important thing is that we are friends first and foremost, so we will never stop playing music together one way or another.

v.a.- Accion Mutante Benefit Compilation Cd-(Not On Label-Greece-2006)

Benefit international compilation cd for Accion Mutante collective released in 2006. 

Many bands playing various music genres; HC Punk, Grindcore, Noise, Ska, Experimental Electronics.

A long and eclectic sampler.

Enjoy it.
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Tracklist

1	–Ass's 9 Days	Drunk Master
2	–Dr.Green	Purvas
3	–Kalashnikov (7)	Milano Odia
4	–Tight Finks	We Just Play War
5	–Cress	Prisons
6	–Scum Noise	Future
7	–Satan's Rejects	Respect The Authorities
8	–Totalitär	Ni Maste Bort
9	–Koyaanisqatsi	Vira
10	–Kobayashi (8)	Rohmeder
11	–Skew Whiff	Vertigo
12	–Sinergia (2)	Vivir En El Inferno
13	–Acursed	Livet Är Den Längsta Vägen Till Helvetet
14	–Επιθανάτιος Ρόγχος	Αέναο Ψύχος
15	–Asebia	Only Their Victims Have Faces
16	–Now Denial*	Lostility
17	–Wolfbrigade	Lämgtfall
18	–Malignant Tumour	Commands From The Oval Throne
19	–Insidious Browbeat	Moving Slow
20	–Sewn Shut	Fall To Extinction
21	–Gride	Pevne Hradby Normalizace
22	–Ulcerrhoea	Aftermath Emphasis
23	–Cad*	Workers Heroe
24	–Wojczech	Sonntagnachmittag
25	–Napalmed	* * / / * *
26	–Mecha Orga*	Signals
27	–P.S. Stamps Back	Death Boat Pt.II
28	–E.N.Joyable	What Are Bagan-players Singing About?
29	–Cities In Desolation	Warm Up