Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The Grief - Au-Delà



CD
Label : Dancetaria, France, 1990


French band The Grief has not been totally forgotten, as compilation CDs of archive material were recently released, but they certainly miss the recognition they deserve. Contrary to many industrial bands whose music turned more accessible if not commercial, The Grief belongs to the category of artists who followed the opposite way. Beginning with tapes of dark synth-pop, their music developped in both danceable and more experimental music. The best example of that double orientation is the brilliant boxset "Huis Clos", a double vinyl that has never been rereleased on CD – the master tapes were accidentally erased.
"Au-Delà", their first CD, is a compilation of tracks taken from previous releases re-recorded or remastered by Norscq. It presents the first period of the band.
Norscq, ex-member of The Grief, is selling on his website the last copies of long-time deleted records by The Grief, including the "Huis Clos" boxset :

1. A Morgun (2:50)
2. Bloodthirsty Bessie (5:53)
3. Amok (4:06)
4. Une Fois De Plus (4:23)
5. Le Quart D'Heure (2:52)
6. Au Delà (4:07)
7. Synopsis (3:24)
8. L'Aquarium (9:42)
9. Naissance D'Un Soupir (4:52)
10. Le Yéti (2:11)
11. Compréhension (Peut-Être Et Beaucoup D'Autres...) (4:42)
12. Get Up (5:50)
13. Abstraction (3:50)
14. Svar (5:33)
15. Mémoires D'Outre Tombe (6:02)


Saturday, April 26, 2008

Die Form & Aube - Ukiyo



CD
Label : Hypnobeat, Germany, 1995


Tracklist :

1. Molecular Heart Agitation (3:12)
2. Akuma (8:30)
3. Kagami (3:53)
4. Raijin (11:14)
5. Purgatory I (2:02)
6. Ukiyo-Mu (3:43)
7. Mu (6:42)
8. Fuujin (14:33)
9. Ukiyo (5:12)


Thursday, April 24, 2008

Aube / MSBR / Koji Marutani - 3 Cadavres Exquis



CD
Label : E(r)ostrate, France, 1998


Tracklist :

1. Koji Marutani - Scenes 6 (11:05)
2. Aube - Meltangle (11:14)
3. MSBR - Electrospontaneous Psychokinesis (11:21)
4. Koji Marutani (& MSBR) - Multihead / February Mix (9:07)
5. MSBR (& Aube) - Monophonic Scratch Biosphere Reincarnation (12:00)
6. Aube (& Koji Marutani) - Silent Running II (10:53)


Friday, April 18, 2008

Bourbonese Qualk – Unreleased Demo [Radio Broadcast Series #1]



Cassette, C60, Single sided
Unreleased demo, UK, 1989


During the second half of the eighties, I had a weekly radio show dedicated to industrial & post-industrial musics on a french local radio station. I sometimes requested unreleased material as well as soundworks or interviews especially recorded for my show, from artists & labels I liked, for an exclusive airplay. I’ve decided to post some of these unique recordings on that blog. That’s the Radio Broadcast Series.
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The first post is a Bourbonese Qualk 30 minutes unreleased demo that was sent to me by Simon Crab in june 1989. In his letter, Simon wrote :

"This is a collection of tracks that are sort of half finished, or incomplete in some way, we have a lot of tracks that never get onto records for various reasons, maybe one out of ten tracks gets onto record and is performed live - these are the ones that don't, or at least some of them. We thought it would be good to use them for radio in the order that they appear on the master tapes, I hope the quality is OK, the mixes are very rough!"

Parts of that material were later released in alternate or same versions on Bo'Qu and Unpop, but many parts remained unreleased and the assemblage is unique.

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do !

The (nearly) complete Bourbonese Qualk discography is available for free download on the band’s memorial website, and rare material can also be found on Simon Crab’s blog.


Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Nox - Sessions 84/86




LP
Label : Dossier, Germany, 1987
Ripped by Trantor


Second Nox release. More will follow...


Tracklist :

Session 84
A1. Sizabo (6:01)
A2. Jétaï (4:50)
A3. Kécékécé (4:21)
A4. Final (6:13)
Session 86
B1. Sadbassad (5:30)
B2. Mégusta (3:59)
B3. Chantguerrier (5:28)
B4. Assaut (5:33)


Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Various Artists - Ritual Dos Sadicos II



LP
Label : VP 231, France, 1985


Tracklist :

A1. Nox - Zoo-Final (6:11)
A2. Vox Populi! & Man - Opération Banquise (2:37)
A3. Vox Populi! & Man - Les Dames De Copenhague (2:20)
A4. A.I.Z - Good Morning, Good Death (3:32)
A5. A.I.Z - Psykose (3:21)
A6. A.I.Z - Nothing (3:41)
A7. Pacific 231 & Egas L. - We Will Survive (4:08)
B1. Vox Populi! - Ovan (2:45)
B2. Vox Populi! - Pellucidar (1:51)
B3. Denier Du Culte - Noctambule (8:29)
B4. DZ Lectric - In A Blue Funk (2:52)
B5. JP 118 - Le Vieux Satrape (4:44)


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Various Artists - Ritual Dos Sadicos




Cassette, C60
Label : VP 231, France, 1983


Tracklist :

A1. Pacific 231 - Coprophilie (2:05)
A2. Pacific 231 - Nibelungen (3:58)
A3. Pacific 231 - Ma Douce Amie (3:04)
A4. Nox - White Noise (4:56)
A5. Art Remains Tangible - Fresh Flesh Feast (3:25)
A6. Art Remains Tangible - Cadaveri Ballando (2:02)
A7. Art Remains Tangible - Industrial Town (2:51)
A8. N.N. End - Concrete Jungle (2:02)
B1. Clair Obscur - Dzarine (Live) (2:39)
B2. Clair Obscur - Dead End (2:57)
B3. Clair Obscur - K.G. (2:20)
B4. Parazite - Introduction Bruitiste (1:33)
B5. Parazite - Tringle (2:23)
B6. Parazite - Pollution Sonore (1:20)
B7. Berlinerluft - Das Reich V.T. (2:40)
B8. Berlinerluft - Gift Gaz (2:45)
B9. Vox Populi! - Chabman (4:07)
B10. Vox Populi! - Cirque Dei Vers (1:45)


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