R.I.P. Mike Honeycutt (Mystery Hearsay)

From the outset, this blog has been a tribute to the underground cassette culture of the 1980-90s. One of its emblematic US figures left us suddenly at the end of the year.

We'll keep you in our hearts and headphones Mike Honeycutt !

Mystery Hearsay - Where the Latex Meets the Asphalt

Audiofiles
Label : Nostalgie De La Boue [ndlb#103], Ivory Coast, 2017


Tracklist :

1. Face to the concrete (10:39)
2. Roll bar Fly (5:37)
3. Roll bar Flyby again (4:44)
4. Seething origins (5:30)
5. New beaten paths (7:53)
6. New beaten paths (part two) (7:58)
7. Excess shuttle (5:08)
8. Exit ramp (6:34)
9. Traveling iridescent antiques (6:34)
10. Early rotor scenery (VHS) (11:59)
11. Vintage holographic sources (ERS par two) (15:54)
12. Lubrication engines (7:08)
13. Final resting pace (6:42)
14. Bat turn overkill (2:23)

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Mystery X - Sine of the X

Audiofiles
Label : Nostalgie De La Boue [ndlb#81], Ivory Coast, 2016


Mystery X is a collaboration project between Mike Honeycutt (Mystery Hearsay) and visual artist Bob X, both of Memphis, Tennessee. In the past, they had several compilation appearances and at least three cassette releases : two self-released and one C90 on Sound of Pig.


Tracklist :

1. Breaths of infinity (22:48)
2. X hailed the impaled (13:43)
3. Sine language (12:30)
4. Nothing but Xx Xx (8:28)
5. JuJu sploog sent (9:54)
6. Non tuned instruments (2:32)
7. Dark oval portal (2:44)
8. Sublime alignment (1:42)
9. Seconds left then right (1:35)
10. Nail gun attack (15:15)

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Various Artists - War Is The Health Of The State

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1985
Ripped by Anemiccinema


Tracklist :

A1. Ken Clinger - Hello
A2. Ken Clinger - Meeting Of Minds
A3. Zanstones - The Sixth Sence
A4. Zanstones - Bob High Bob Low
A5. Problemist - America In Grave Danger
A6. Problemist - Platform
A7. Die Desultorische Detonation KG - Frustration (Excerpt)
A8. DZ Lectric & Anthon Shield - Nagual
B1. Mystery Hearsay - In Tide
B2. Mystery Hearsay - Out Tide
B3. Schlafengarten - Anxious
B4. Bocal 5 - Funky Cat
B5. Bocal 5 - Aimer
B6. Ceramic Madonna Head - Another Century
B7. If, Bwana - Tiny Bladders
B8. Der Akteur - Inside McDonalds
B9. The Sonic Excorcists - Journey To Big Browser (Excerpt)

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Various Artists - Organisation Orange 2

Cassette, C90 + C10
Label : S.J. Organisation, France, 1987
Limited edition of 150 copies


First in a series of posts related to S.J. Organisation, a french label run by Pascal Dauzier & Sylvie Loquet (La Sonorité Jaune) during the eighties.
Get more excellent S.J. releases :
S.J ORG 003 - La Sonorité Jaune - Heliae
S.J ORG 004 - Various - Organisation Orange 1
S.J ORG 008 - F/i - Threshold
S.J ORG 008 - F/i - Threshold
S.J ORG 009 - Dog As Master - Five Feuilletons Outlined In Red
S.J ORG 011 - La Sonorité Jaune - Ersatia
S.J ORG 011 - La Sonorité Jaune - Ersatia
S.J ORG 012 - La Sonorité Jaune & The Haters - The Interstellar Destroyed Music Mail Project
S.J ORG 016 - Maybe Mental - Lotuses On Fire
S.J ORG 019 - Master/Slave Relationship - Bed Of Perverse Dreams
S.J ORG 020 - The Twins And Rig Veeda - Boy Saves Hedgehog
S.J ORG 028 - Lieutenant Caramel / La Sonorité Jaune - Je Ne Veux Plus Voir Le Ciel
S.J ORG 034 - New Carrollton & Stolen Government Binder Clip - Minor Admittance
S.J ORG ??? - Illusion Of Safety - Finance And Ideology


Tracklist :

A1. Two Witnesses - Only Love (2:20)
A2. Tzilenda Kopfdachtung - Tribut-Tot (4:00)
A3. Pietro Insipido - Remember (4:09)
A4. A.I.Z - La Purge (5:08)
A5. Controlled Bleeding - Body Bags (6:17)
A6. Arnovah - Symetrical Segments (4:44)
A7. Stenka Bazin - La Conscience Immolée (6:48)
A8. S-Ink - Monument (3:24)
A9. Vivenza - Unité Objective (Principe Conducteur) (5:00)
A10. Urbain Autopsy - Overload System (3:37)
B1. Schlafengarten - Looking Glas (2:46)
B2. Moly - Val De Travers (3:46)
B3. Mystery Hearsay - Sunrise In Disguise (7:04)
B4. Ampzilla's Delight - Mindscape (3:50)
B5. Alain Basso - Parliures Et Aveuglements / Les Murmures Du Moribond (3:55)
B6. Controlled Bleeding - Trunk Time (3:35)
B7. Yves Mo - Ecouter Strauss Sous La Douche (2:22)
B8. Mystery Hearsay - Plumtree Spiral (7:19)
B9. Yves Mo - La Femme Est Merveille (3:28)
B10. Société Musicale Marine - Chat De Printemps (6:21)
C. Big City Orchestra - Orange Is The Color Of My True Love Eyes (3:58)
D. La Sonorité Jaune - My Dreams Collapse In The Orange Landscape (Excerpt) (3:29)

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