Wicked Messenger - The Haarlem Concert

MP3
Label : Plague Recordings, Belgium, 2009


Performed at the Plague showcase organised by )toon) festival, October 11th 2009, Haarlem, Netherlands.
This exclusive set was accompanied by a video project by The Nothing (Canada), featuring Matthew McLaughlin (UK).


Tracklist :

1. The Haarlem Concert (59:39)

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The Sodality - Beyond Unknown Pleasures

CD
Label : Verba Corrige, Italy, 1994


I'm not very much into power electronics, though Con-Dom is a longtime favourite of mine. For me, "Beyond Unknown Pleasures" by Italian act The Sodality is one of the best releases in that genre, and one of my favourite records ever. That's an incredibly powerful masterpiece, when most power electronics records just use the same cheap noises, screams and provocative ideas...
That CD version includes the re-release of "Beyond Unknown Pleasures" LP (1987) and "Orgies Of Crime" 12" (1988), first released by Aquilifer Sodality.


Tracklist :

1. They Never Learn (6:22)
2. I Can't Stand A Bitchy Chick (5:10)
3. Catch The Whore (3:57)
4. I Want Your Blood (4:35)
5. The Kiddie Eater (5:17)
6. Fuck Mastery (1:55)
7. The Younger The Better (4:10)
8. Beyond Unknown Pleasures (6:06)
9. Orgies Of Crime (7:51)
10. And So You Shall (4:17)

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Ios Smolders - No Is E Monocle

LP
Label : Quiet Artworks, Germany, 1992
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies


Second vinyl LP by Ios Smolders.
A FLAC remastered version of that LP, as well as more Jos Smolders releases, can be downloaded here.

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IOSS - Corrupted Bellybuster

Cassette, C46
Label : Midas Music, The Netherlands, 1988
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies


The first Jos Smolders cassettes were released under the IOSS name and are still his best releases in my opinion. Find more of his early experimental electro-acoustic music here :
Yes Yes Oh Yes
Mama - Study Of A Human Tongue
Junkie On Hiss Snag

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Maybe Mental - Kweye

Cassette, C60
Label : We Never Sleep, US, 1988


This is a repost : a new rip (320 kbps) of the wonderful Maybe Mental final cassette.
A 68 mn remixed and extended version of Side A was later released as MP3 under the artist name Zangpo ; it is available for free download on David Oliphant website, where other Maybe Mental - and related artists - releases can be purchased at reasonable prices.


Tracklist :

A. Untitled (31:07)
B. Untitled (30:32)

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Various Artists - Insomnia Vol. 2

Cassette, 2 x C60
Label : We Never Sleep, US, 1988
Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies
Ripped by Rainier


A few months ago, I've posted the CD edition of Insomnia Vol. 1 compilation. Insomnia Vol. 2 has never been re-released on CD. And it's difficult to understand why...


Tracklist :

A1. Matt Heckert - Survival Research Laboratories Soundtracks Revisited
B1. Greater Than One - Funk It
B2. Greater Than One - The Rose, The Cross And The Flag
B3. Greater Than One - Crisis
B4. Greater Than One - London Bridge & Mother Kelly
C1. Hunting Lodge - Rust Scraper
C2. Hunting Lodge - Hear You Knockin'
C3. Hunting Lodge - Rip You To Shreds
C4. Hunting Lodge - Carnivora!
C5. Hunting Lodge - Encore Re-Call
D1. Human Head Transplant - Funeral For A King
D2. Human Head Transplant - Opera Of Ennui
D3. Human Head Transplant - Water
D4. Human Head Transplant - Kubla Khan
D5. Human Head Transplant - Colleen
D6. Human Head Transplant - The End Of It

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Greater Than One - Radio Program [Radio Broadcast Series #6]

Cassette, C90
Promo material, UK, circa 1988


Greater Than One was one of the major bands of the 80s post-industrial movement. Before becoming mostly devoted to techno-like music, they made some very personal records, between danceable electronic and more experimental audio work.
That cassette was sent to radio stations to promote their early releases. It includes tracks from various cassettes and vinyl records, as well as unreleased tracks, and is an excellent introduction to their early work.

Early Greater Than One records have been recently rereleased by Brainwashed Recordings (more specifically Brainwashed Archives) :
- "Kill The Pedagogue", their very first cassette ;
- "All The Masters Licked Me", their brilliant debut LP (released by Side Effects Records) for the first time on CD, including as well the "Trust" LP ;
- "London", another great release, that includes the excellent "Dance Of The Cowards" CD as well as much more material originally released on vinyl or cassette ;
- "G-Force", that is not my favourite...
Those who are interested can buy these CDs here.

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Phronèsis - Different Kind Of Lodges

CDr
Label : Self-released, France, 2004


One more Phronèsis CDr, this time between ambient and electonica.


Tracklist :

1. The Black Lodge (4:06)
2. The Yellow Lodge (5:44)
3. The Green Lodge (4:56)
4. The Red Lodge (4:00)
5. The White Lodge (4:48)
6. The Purple Lodge (4:22)
7. The Blue Lodge (4:29)
8. The Pink Lodge (6:55)

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DumDum Score - Audio Sheep

LP
Label : Newcastle Media Workshops, UK, 1986


Obscure LP by DumDum Score aka Chris Simpson, from the same town as :zoviet*france:, Newcastle upon Tyne. Covers of other records were used, with a DumDum Score sticker on them. A very great LP, that did not deserve to fall into oblivion...


Tracklist :

A1. Slab (2:16)
A2. Blood Drum Speaks (1:36)
A3. Closer Than A Brother (3:08)
A4. Day Four (2:10)
A5. West (2:20)
A6. Think Out Loud (2:39)
A7. Trench (2:20)
A8. Swells And Flows (3:08)
B1. Cento (1:58)
B2. Luck Love (4:03)
B3. Going Under Again (3:54)
B4. Shore (3:18)
B5. Heads Of Tulips (3:54)
B6. Blinding (1:33)

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Serafuse - Fallen Angel

CD
Label : Charrm, UK, 1996


Ambient techno on :zoviet*france: label.


Tracklist :

1. Initiate (3:19)
2. Glide (6:41)
3. Star (1:02)
4. Flower (9:50)
5. Alone (3:35)
6. Embraced (5:43)
7. Unknown? (8:14)
8. Return (5:58)
9. Free(Emersion) (4:09)
10. Fallen (6:59)
11. Angel (15:49)

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Zoviet France - Shteirlel

8"
Label : Altvinyl, UK, 2008
Limited edition of 150 numbered copies


Those files were downloaded on soulseek, cleaned with Adobe Audition, and encoded in mp3Pro maximum quality by Autodolor.


Tracklist :

A. Part 1 (3:30)
B. Part 2 (7:46)

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Zoviet France - Interview On Dutch Radio

Radio Interview, The Netherlands, circa 1996


Interview with Ben Ponton and Mark Warren on a Dutch radio. Anyone more info about that recording ?
Read more interviews by :zoviet*france: co-founder Robin Storey here.

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Zoviet France & Evan Parker - Live At Conway Hall, London, March 8, 1996

Unreleased recording, UK, 1996
Ripped by Tom


That collaboration was recorded live during the LMC's New Aural Series at Conway Hall, London, on March 8, 1996. An excerpt was included in the Resonance Vol.5 N°2 compilation CD.


Tracklist :

1. Live At Conway Hall (59:13)

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Zoviet France - Live In My Livingroom

CDr
Label : ZH27, US, 2008
Limited edition of 27 copies
Ripped by Tom


"Joee Conroy had booked Zoviet France to play Snaglewet (the old Tewlegans Tavern) on a Friday night. Later the club books the Flat Duo Jets on the same night without informing Joee or Zoviet France. When Zoviet France arrive to find out this information a hubub ensues and they ask to Joee 'Whose apartment can we play nearby?' I had made up some posters for the show - silkscreened a design on fake wood laminate (which I put on metal telephone poles) and fake ceramic floor tiling (which I put on wood telephone poles) in celebration of their legendary packaging. (Joee's poster was especially bad and this encouraged me to do my own.) So Joee suggests my apartment which was extremely close to Snaglewets. Thus one hot sweaty night in mid-May 1991 Zoviet France played in my livingroom through my stereo & this release is a recording of that show. The air conditioner had to be turned off to avoid adding noise to the show but after the show a few members of Zoviet France remarked they were quite pleasantly surprised to hear planes flying overhead during the show. My apartment was on one of the flight paths of United Parcel Service and the air traffic was an interesting addition to the show".
Zan Hoffman

Additional notes :
- Released without the authorization of the band ;
- Officially limited to 27, but more copies where sold ;
- Zan Hoffman asked Megaupload to remove the link because he had "not given permission for this to be issued online" (LOL).


Tracklist :

1. Live In My Linvingroom (50:49)

LINK CANCELLED BY ZAN HOFFMAN

Illusion Of Safety - Live Im C.U.B.A.

CDr
Unofficial release, Germany, 2001


Live recording from the Illusion Of Safety concert at C.U.B.A., Münster, Germany, on April 20, 2001.

Listen / download more recent live Illusion Of Safety :
Live On Rare Frequency - October 23, 2008
Live At WFMU Airborne Event - October 26, 2008
Live At The Lab - December 12, 2008


Tracklist :

1. Untitled (48:44)

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Illusion Of Safety - ...odds

CDr
Label : Self-released, US, 2000
Limited edition of 200 numbered copies


CDr created to be sold primarily at live performances. The tracks are live unreleased performances from 2000 + two new studio compositions, and two previously unavailable recordings from 1994.
Track 1 : live improvisation collaboration with Theresa Marin Nakra at RRR Loft, June 21st, 2000 ;
Track 2 : remix (2000) from a live peformance in Rennes, France, 1997 ;
Track 3 : combination of a string/orchestral piece from 1988 and a computer manipulation done in 2001 ;
Track 4 : solo piece by Chris Block, 1994 ;
Track 5 : solo piece by Dan Burke, 1994 ;
Tracks 6 & 7 : solo performance by Dan Burke at Dead Tech gallery, Chicago, 2000.


Tracklist :

1. Live In Lowell (17:41)
2. Rennes Part 1 Mix 2 (3:16)
3. Paradise (Is) Unlivable (19:20)
4. Five Minutes Approving (7:58)
5. Out The Window (8:52)
6. 11-5-00 Dead Tech Part 1 (4:28)
7. 11-5-00 Dead Tech Part 2 (4:55)

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Illusion Of Safety - Entitled

CDr
Label : Auf Abwegen, Germany, 2002
Limited edition of 100 numbered copies


Another amazing Illusion Of Safety release - recent but rare :
"created to celebrate the 10 year existence of aufabwegen magazine
released with aa#32 in a limited edition of 100 copies"


Tracklist :

1. Entitled (40:41)

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Dead Tech - Untitled

Cassette, C90
Label : Complacency, US, 1985
Ripped by rayman


From Dead Tech MySpace : "In 1981, Mitch Enderle was the first collaborator with Dan Burke recording as Psychotic Dub, which later became Illusion Of Safety. In 1985 Mitch released a cassette on Complacency called Dead Tech. This work was Industrial music described as "noise like it used to be", featuring distorted drum machine, loops, samples, synth, guitar, and vocals very similar to early SPK, Nocturnal Emission, and Test Department".


Tracklist :

A1. Got Me On The Run
A2. Desolate-Demolition
A3. Halls Of Shame
A4. Feel The Steal
A5. Pit Of Darkness
A6. Where's God?
A7. Incoming
A8. Rip The Flesh
A9. Sludge Is My Semen
A10. Drown In Fallout
B1. Catalavox
B2. Enemy Of The State
B3. Fear
B4. 7 Horsemen Of The Apocalypse
B5. Temple Offering
B6. Hot Box Of Genocide
B7. Rotting Thoughts
B8. I'm An Angel!
B9. Frustrated By Distortions

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Illusion Of Safety - RVE

Cassette, C46
Label : Complacency, US, 1991
Ripped by caronte


As far as I know, the performers on that obscure Illusion Of Safety release are Dan Burke and Jim O'Rourke. A brilliant cassette of ambient post-industrial music !

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Jim O'Rourke - Secure On The Loose Rim

Cassette, C30
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1991


A wonderful tape !


Tracklist :

A1. And Then West (10:09)
A2. Nothing But Obstacles Dreaming (3:25)
B1. Continued (3:03)
B2. Sometimes It Takes Knowing (10:05)

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Allegory Chapel Ltd. - Trip

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1988


From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Recorded live on KZSC, this is indeed a trip -- an audio excursion par excellence. A bit of a different sound from Allegory Chapel. Well worth the journey. Come on along".

More Allegory Chapel Ltd. for your pleasure :

Assaults On The Human Body
Demimonde Voices
Excursion Into The Pit

Anyone interested in Allegory Chapel Ltd. should also go there.


Tracklist :

A. Trip (30:02)
B1. Res Ex Manu Esse (11:22)
B2. Tertiary Segment (3:29)
B3. No Quarterly (8:41)

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John Hudak - Blackening

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1986


This is one of the first John Hudak cassettes.

The pure sound of eighties home-made industrial music...

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "2 cuts on this tape, each encompassing 1 side. Loops set the tone, as other sounds, both musical and non-musical, shift in and out of the mix. A broken player piano perhaps or perhaps it's the piano player who's broken. Minoy meets The Haters and more".


Tracklist :

A. Way Anybody
B. Lakes Whole Lakes

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Big City Orchestra - Mile After Mile

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1987
Ripped by ctephin

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "BCO kicks in with their 2nd SOP release. One of my favourite bands working these days. Someone oughta give these guys a record contract. They clang, bang and loop their way into your heart and mind. Once there, you're hooked for life. And this tape is another injection. Make your score".


Tracklist :

A1. Mile After Mile (6:39)
A2. Lottery (4:25)
A3. Another Harmless Formula (18:23)
B1. Dragon Lady Wedding (10:37)
B2. Headache (14:26)
B3. Another Mile (5:27)

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Abner Malaty - Fragments From The Semi Structure

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1987

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Liquid Lysergic Leper from Indiana plays music for the psychedelic and psychotic. I think he sums this tape up best with his song, "My Brain Was Burning Badly" -- I think yours will be too".


Tracklist :

A1. Fragments From The Semi Structure (1:29)
A2. Liquid Lysergic Leper (1:59)
A3. Ancient Poem For The Stoned Age (5:06)
A4. Assault Of The Rotation Craft (2:31)
A5. Swamp (1:11)
A6. Variations Of 6 On 4 (4:24)
A7. He Tried To Wear His What? (2:50)
A8. Sunrise At The Ruins (3:07)
A9. Safe Dreams On A Scaffold (3:59)
A10. From The Center Somewhere (2:08)
A11. A Lunar Theme In Passing (1:53)
B1. Halls Of The Static King (5:28)
B2. Clattering Of Pure Guitar Compost (2:09)
B3. Comeback Baby My Heart's In Your Hand (And I'm Bleeding On Your Carpet) (3:32)
B4. Clipped Wing (3:40)
B5. Ritual At Mound (1:42)
B6. Archaic (4:51)
B7. My Brain Was Burning Badly (2:22)
B8. Orwat (7:04)

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Alien Planetscapes - Children Of Slaves

Cassette, C90
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, circa 1986


One of the first cassettes by legendary Doug Walker's space rock band Alien Planetscapes, before Carl Howard and Al Margolis join in.

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Doug Walker's Alien Planetscapes land on SOP. Electronic music that cooks -- not the boring "New Age" junk, but picking up where Hawkind (in its "spacier" moments) left off. Two side-long pieces that take you on a journey and then drop you off back home... where there are still Children Of Slaves".

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As If² Bwana - Tu

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, circa 1988


Second collaboration cassette between Al Margolis and David Prescott, featuring Adam Bohman.

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Second As If² Bwana release. Side one is percussion, vocals and synth - everything processed and reprocessed in a slowly building piece. Side 2 finds Rich Clark's computer speaking to us (and with us) along with processed tapes of a mutant trumpet and mutated computer".

Side B has been rereleased on "Reefer" CDr, that is available for free download here.


Tracklist :

A. Percana
B. BCP

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If, Bwana - Organ Life

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, circa 1987


My favourite If, Bwana cassette. Very minimal.

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Two half hour pieces on this tape. "Loop De Loop" is 54 loops of one sampled sound progressing towards orchestral dimensions. "Organ Life" is 7 different organ sounds playing 7 different chords. Headache inducing (hopefully)".

Tracklist :

A. Organ Life
B. Loop De Loop

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If, Bwana - They Call Me "Bwana"

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1987

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Well, for the 100th SOP release it's - If, Bwana. Oh hell what can I say - this is me - a bit of a different direction - and pretty damn hot. Buy it".


Tracklist :

A1. Watery One (5:09)
A2. They Call Me 'Bwana' (3:20)
A3. The Sleepwalkers (4:48)
A4. Bleeding At Limelight (6:09)
A5. Summers Holiday (4:37)
B1. Untitled #651 (6:03)
B2. What Martin ET (2:49)
B3. Fifth At Five (2:58)
B4. Jaws Of Hell (5:16)
B5. Not Wanted (6:08)
B6. This Means You (3:15)

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If, Bwana - Beware The Sleeping Squid

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1987


If, Bwana is the musical project of Sound Of Pig Music owner, Al Margolis. "Beware The Sleeping Squid" is one of his first tapes.

From an old Sound Of Pig catalog : "Well, after a couple of years on Cause & Effect, this tape is now on SOP. Dark, mysterious and alien (to borrow a paraphrase). For those who dig Bwana -- and beyond".


Tracklist :

A1. "The Sound Of..." (2:52)
A2. The Beyond Is Not Happy (3:52)
A3. The Great Khan's Atlas (3:50)
A4. An Acceptable Level Of Violence (6:13)
A5. Eusapia (3:52)
A6. Invisible Cities (3:56)
A7. Blood Lines Last Forever (4:20)
A8. Beware The Sleeping Squid (2:28)
B. The Depth Of Silence (30:14)

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Various Artists - A Very Large Array

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1987
Ripped by Anemiccinema


Tracklist :

A1. Electric Impulses From The Cerebrum - Tribute To The Beatles
A2. Arvid Tuba - Like Warm Saliva
A3. Arvid Tuba - Moralpisser
A4. Swimming Behavior Of The Human Infant - Punkt Rot Flieger Punkt Rot
A5. Cool And The Clones - Tuner
A6. Cool And The Clones - Mumps
A7. Big City Orchestra - Making A Living As A Musician
A8. VOXnihil - Kulturriss
A9. Due Process - Beethoven
B1. Zombies Under Stress - Naar Het Licht
B2. Zombies Under Stress - Fill Up The Void
B3. Theatre Of Ice - Miron
B4. Roberta Eklund - Chastised Eulogy
B5. Victor/Im - Nein
B6. L'Akstremauncio - Aurt D'Autizma
B7. H.J. Freezen - Bullring In Your Nose
B8. Building Balanced Children - Excerpt

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Various Artists - Screaming ''Alas'' She Died Laughing

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1986
Ripped by Anemiccinema


Tracklist :

A1. Costes Cassette - Dupont Dreams
A2. The Ascetic Force - Somewhere
A3. Chris Gross - Tulpa
A4. Joe Humble - Memory By Product
A5. Joe Humble - The Domain
A6. Linea Tactica - Discorcion En Distorsion De Disociacion Para Disociar
A7. Swine Bolt #45 - Untitled
A8. The Arms Of Someone New - Actor On The Wall
A9. Zusammenwachsen - Z (Excerpt)
B1. Mental Anguish - Neon Dilemna
B2. Donald Campau - Same Time Next Channel
B3. Faded Glory - Blood Ice Cream
B4. Catharsist - Reflected Memories
B5. Pointless - Something To Look Up To
B6. Bogart - Dischoir
B7. Didier Moulinier - Helena (III)
B8. P.S. Bingo - Drive (Excerpt)

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Various Artists - The Long March

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


Tracklist :

A1. Croiners - From "A Sample Of Croiners"
A2. Dennis Carleton - From "Color With Crayons" 1
A3. Dennis Carleton - From "Color With Crayons" 2
A4. Big City Orchestra - From "Number 5"
A5. Algebra Suicide - Connoisseurs Of Lightning
A6. Algebra Suicide - Father's By The Door
A7. Maniacs - Vietnam
A8. Pascal Massun - Flight To Barnard Star (Excerpt)
B1. Human Flesh - Can I Kiss You (27th Human Attempt)
B2. Solomonoff & Von Hoffmannstahl - The High And The Mighty
B3. Famlende Forsøk - Belzebub/Amerika
B4. Industrial Sponge - Boom Dark
B5. Industrial Sponge - Monsters In My Head
B6. Theatre Of Ice - Oblivion
B7. Theatre Of Ice - It's All Over Now
B8. Absolute Body Control - So Obvious - Sister Ray (Live)
B9. Seiei Jack - Excerpt
B10. The Haints - Haint House (Excerpt)

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Various Artists - Scary World

Cassette, C60
Label : Sound Of Pig Music, US, 1985


Tracklist :

A1. Room 291 - Veldt
A2. No Unauthorized - Amour Funebre
A3. Monochrome Bleu - Waving Legs Of An Infinite Number Of Funk Junks
A4. Le Syndicat - Excerpt
A5. Psyclones - Deaf And Dumb / 1234! / Animal Rights
B1. Skoptzies - Dirty Demon
B2. Blackhouse - Rhythmus
B3. Voigt Kampff - One Day In Oulan-Bathor
B4. Josef K. Noyce - Tausende Schnitte (Excerpt)
B5. Minoy - Ethiopia

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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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Sound Of Pig Music

From mid-eighties to mid-nineties, there were three major cassette labels of post-industrial and experimental musics in the US : Audiofile Tapes, Harsh Reality Music and Sound Of Pig Music. During that period, Al Margolis released more than 300 cassettes of underground music and was considered "the cassette godfather", as stated on Hal McGee's Electronic Cottage #1 cover (although the two other mentioned labels have released the same - Harsh Reality Music - or nearly the same - Audiofile Tapes - amount of tapes). You can read an interview of Al Margolis about Sound Of Pig Music here.

During the last months, I've been collecting MP3s of Sound Of Pig Music cassettes, and I'm gonna share some of them.

Most Sound Of Pig Music cassettes can be purchased here, and many can be downloaded on various blogs :
SOP ? - Jim O'Rourke - Secure On The Loose Rim
SOP 6 - Various - Aural Fixation
SOP 9 - Der Akteur - Rockery
SOP 10 - Various - Beyond Step One
SOP 10 - Various - Beyond Step One
SOP 11 - Various - War Is The Health Of State
SOP 15 - Various - Scary World
SOP 15 - Various - Scary World
SOP 17 - Various - Ha! Ha! Among The Trumpets
SOP 18 - Various - The Long March
SOP 19 - Dog A Master / Dog As Master & If, Bwana - An Organised Accident
SOP 20 - Nails Øv Christ - Dark Night Of The Soul
SOP 20 - Nails Øv Christ - Dark Night Of The Soul
SOP 24 - P.S. Bingo / If, Bwana - Untitled
SOP 26 - Schlafengarten - Spring Cleaning!!
SOP 34 - The Haters - Future Cheers
SOP 39 - Big City Orchestra & Deathranch - Massacre Of The Innocents
SOP 42 - Various - The World Does Not Fit On A 21" Screen
SOP 48 - Big Red Stain / La Otra Cara De Un Jardín - Chronicle Of Consumptive Irritation / Brikollage
SOP 49 - Het Zweet - Zweepslag 1 + 2
SOP 50 - Psyclones - Son Ov Cultleader
SOP 55 - Alien Planetscapes - Children Of Slaves
SOP 58 - Nails Øv Christ - Punishment Is Correction
SOP 60 - Irritant / Ramleh - Tomorrow We Live
SOP 62 - Minoy - Pretty Young Negro Man
SOP 64 - Thick Slimy Whisper - Live At Fashion Moda 10/11/86
SOP 66 - Dog As Master - Brash Pussy
SOP 66 - Dog As Master - Brash Pussy
SOP 71 - Various - Screaming "Alas" She Died Laughing
SOP 74 - Thick Slimy Whisper & Qwa Digs Never Parish - Teenage Pop Songs
SOP 84 - Abner Malaty - Fragments From The Semi Structure
SOP 87 - Deaf Lions - Copia
SOP 90 - Various - Empty Shadows
SOP 100 - If, Bwana - They Call Me "Bwana"
SOP 100 - If, Bwana - They Call Me "Bwana"
SOP 109 - If, Bwana - Beware The Sleeping Squid
SOP 111 - La Sonorité Jaune - Ersatia
SOP 111 - La Sonorité Jaune - Ersatia
SOP 118 - Big City Orchestra - Mile After Mile
SOP 121 - Violence And The Sacred - Arkinoid
SOP 124 - John Hudak - Blackening
SOP 128 - XTSW - Bridge
SOP 129 - City Of Worms - Crumnants
SOP 133 - Fake Feelings Institute With Audio Leter - Present...
SOP 140 - Joseph Nechvatal - Sleep
SOP 142 - Domaine Poétique - Exhale Slowly
SOP 148 - X-Ray Pop - Dirty Love
SOP 152 - Various - A Very Large Array

SOP 156 - Mami - The Trauma Of Industrial Etiquette
SOP 160 - Amy Denio - No Elevators
SOP 166 - If, Bwana - Organ Life
SOP 166 - If, Bwana - Organ Life
SOP 194 - Allegory Chapel Ltd. - Trip
SOP 196 - As If² Bwana - Tu
SOP 202 - Dan Joseph - No.3
SOP 217 - Joseph Nechvatal - Reckless
SOP 223 - Illusion Of Safety - Repairs
SOP 224 - Jim O'Rourke - Some Kind Of Pagan
SOP 236 - John Hudak - Wind, Rain & Clouds To Human Beings
SOP 239 - Deathranch - A Prisoner
SOP 246 - Dave Prescott - Red Shift 5
SOP 248 - Nihilist Surfin' Group - Music For The New Yorker
SOP 272 - Merzbow & John Hudak - The Time Stream
SOP 276 - Herd Of The Ether Space - Kumquat Over Again
SOP 288 - Merz - Big Band Theory

Various Artists - France

Cassette, C90
Label : Harsh Reality Music, US, 1989


That cassette was part of a series of "national" compilations released by excellent US cassette label Harsh Reality Music.
Download as well The Netherlands and Spain.


Tracklist :

A1. X-Ray Pop - Touf Touf (3:23)
A2. Aehos - Rectitude No. 4 (12:52)
A3. Brume - Panzerfaust 3 (3:50)
A4. La Sonorité Jaune - Reha (3:12)
A5. Sempiternels - L'Annunciation (Du Vide) (7:28)
A6. Betrayal - Mauri (5:18)
A7. Vox Populi! - Let Us Get Higher (8:02)
A8. Hänzel & Gretzel - C'Est Le Père Sadique (1:53)
A9. Hänzel & Gretzel - Teutir Spregue (1:09)
B1. M. Nomized - The Girl In The Sweating Room (4:33)
B2. Das Synthetische Mischgewebe - Bloody Slime, Significant Symbol For The Force Of Tedious Habits (12:28)
B3. Costes - Fart In My Face (2:14)
B4. Bernard Donzel-Gargand & Philippe Moënne-Loccoz - Cellules (7:28)
B5. Totentanz - Future Prospects (4:33)
B6. RWA - Jesus Trash Can (2:48)
B7. Alain Basso - Poussières Dans L'Extase (4:04)
B8. X Non X - Loiseau Malade (2:18)
B9. Nos Yeux Aveugles - Z.T.T.01 (7:00)

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Various Artists - F-rants

Cassette, C90
Label : audiofile Tapes / S.J. Organisation, US / France, 1988


I usually try my best not to post anything that was posted elsewhere before. That wonderful "F-rants" compilation of french artists, put together by Pascal Dauzier, was recently posted here, but my rip was ready to close the S.J. Organisation series... So here it is.


Tracklist :

A1. The Grief - Automatic Piece (6:04)
A2. Lieutenant Caramel - Donald Au Moyen Age (5:59)
A3. La Sonorité Jaune - Hilessia (3:22)
A4. Cri Primal - Untitled (3:54)
A5. La Destination - Diaspora (6:20)
A6. S.T.P.O. - Idol (Live) (1:04)
A7. Le Syndicat - Presque (6:54)
A8. Galeshka Moravioff - Untitled (5:04)
A9. Élève Modèle - The Big Baboon By The Light Of The Moon (3:56)
B1. Étant Donnés - Mes Yeux Clos, C'Est Mon Coeur Entre Tes Mains (6:50)
B2. Orient Express - L'Offrande A Itzpapalotl (Live) (4:58)
B3. Pacific 231 - Mahol (2:01)
B4. S.T.P.O. - Non (Live) (1:12)
B5. Jérôme Noettinger - Le Macheur De Verre (8:15)
B6. Anne Gillis - Wohohin (3:33)
B7. Dreaming With Vox Populi - Luna Plexus (6:05)
B8. Pierre Perret - Excerpt From "Gaia, La Terre" (4:48)
B9. Aversion Sonore - Lai (6:57)

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La Sonorité Jaune - Istania

Cassette, C30
Label : audiofile Tapes, US, 1989


Last and least La Sonorité Jaune cassette, released by one of the best US independant cassette labels ever. Great interstellar ambient music as always.
Other La Sonorité Jaune releases available for download :
Heliae
Ersatia
The Interstellar Destroyed Music Mail Project
Je Ne Veux Plus Voir Le Ciel
Soundtrack For Breathing Structures
Anastia


Tracklist :

Istania Part One
A1. Biorta 1
A2. Icraen
A3. Biorta 2
A4. Ilen
Istania Part Two
B1. Biorta 3
B2. Icelen
B3. Oseur

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La Sonorité Jaune interview in ND #13 :

Urbain Autopsy & K... - Ashquelon

Cassette, C60
Label : S.J. Organisation, France, circa 1987
Ripped by jx


Tracklist :

A1. The Chess Of Death (3:59)
A2. Tribal Moment (4:13)
A3. Shema Yisrael (2:46)
A4. Tisha B'Ov (1:39)
A5. Torture (0:39)
A6. I Hate Politics (4:38)
A7. L'Orage (4:52)
A8. Zoolologie (2:05)
A9. Rhone Poulenc (3:18)
A10. You ! Yes You (2:17)
B1. Le Peuple Révolutionnaire (1:11)
B2. Le Sang (4:39)
B3. Stalingrad In Blue (3:49)
B4. La Vie En Rose (3:40)
B5. Shall Be Free (3:29)
B6. Numéro 6 (4:29)
B7. Zyklon B (3:07)
B8. Le Retour D'Edgar Le Scieur (5:55)

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Psycodrama - Nigger

Cassette, C60
Label : S.J. Organisation, France, circa 1987
Ripped by Rubbish


"Psycodrama are two beerbellied, bearded men who long ago went to art school and then went on to Virginia, where they “died.” Listening to their music—a cat wailing over disco beats and songs about Jesus and asses (sticking cocks up them and poop coming out of them)—is for me like looking in a mirror, if only I were a redneck homosexual in my thirties. I write them a fan letter—their only one, I believe, and they immediately invite me to join the troupe. I spend my eighteenth birthday with Gator and Bubba (Brett and Jim) in Virginia making a video where we all eat bacon and sausage and drink whiskey at a restaurant called Grandma’s, and laugh about terrible things until I think I’m going to be sick. And then they drive me around the hills of Virginia drunk, talking over and over about “twee” instead of “three” (I don’t get it, but it cracks both of them up every single time) and their plans to beat up our friend Wha whose mother did heroin so he has very long arms and very tiny legs and their next tape which they will call Nigger. They swerve all over the gravelly road until I’m so scared I start crying. On the train home the next day, I feel like I hate them, but a letter from Brett explaining that what they did to me was “theatre” convinces me that I got what I claimed to want. My favourite authors (all stolen from Andrew) theorize on terror and absurdity, but it was my drive with the hairy, horrible men through the backwoods that was fast and real, with taste (the bacon and sausage kept coming back up) and touch and sound. Suckdog are feral. Psycodrama—the way they play with racism, sexism and homophobia—are more seasoned, more dangerous. I want in." (Lisa Crystal Carver, Drugs are nice, London, Snowbooks, 2006, p. 58-59)

If you want to listen and learn more about mysterious, provocative and crazy act Psycodrama - Costes US alter ego and collaborators -, please go there and there.

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Big City Orchestra - Trail Of Destruction

Cassette, C60
Label : S.J. Organisation, France, 1987


S.J. Organisation has released two Big City Orchestra cassettes. I've discovered BCO through S.J. mail order catalogue. And I bought "Massacre Of The Innocents" and "Trail Of Destruction" cassettes in my first S.J. order... At that time, Pascal Dauzier was planning to release a Big City Orchestra / Gregory Whitehead split LP, that would have been the debut vinyl for both artists. That was never done and both artists unfortunately missed their vinyl career. Why the hell did BCO never had a vinyl career ? At least, a RRR LP should have been released...
More Big City Orchestra in blogland :
A Good Time To Start Something New [Cassette]
Animal Religion [Cassette]
Drone Gnomes [10"]
Greatest Hits And Test Tones [CD]
Magnetic Personality [Cassette]
Massacre Of The Innocents [Cassette]
Our Life In The Bush Of Kate [Cassette]
So Much Quicker Than Tomorrow [Cassette]
The Beatlerape [CD]
The Consumer [CD]
The Four Cassettes Of The Apocalypse [CD]
The Man Of Steal [Cassette]
Tryst 7 [Cassette, Split W/ The Legendary Pink Dots]
Visual Archives
And more to come here soon...


Tracklist :

A1. State Of Decay (26:23)
A2. Journey With The Blockheads (4:42)
B1. Desire Vs. Response (10:16)
B2. Visit With Pilgrims (10:42)
B3. Your Mine (9:55)

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