Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Controlled Bleeding - Death In The Cameroon



Cassette, C60
Label : Ladd-Frith, US, 1985


Just back from Cameroon, I thought that rare early Controlled Bleeding cassette should be the new post...


Tracklist :

A1. Skin Evening (14:03)
A2. Paris Lights (16:58)
B. Ribs In Scavenger's Sack (31:16)


Sunday, January 20, 2008

Maybe Mental - Kweye



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


This is the fifth and last Maybe Mental cassette (after Over Dark Harbors, Animism II, To Cease Burning and Lotuses On Fire).
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 (31:06)
B. Untitled (30:32)



Sunday, January 13, 2008

Various Artists - Le Défilé Des Épaves



Cassette, C90
Label : STI, Spain, 1985
Limited edition of 200 copies


In 1985, spanish label STI released that cassette compilation of artists from France, showing the amazing wealth and diversity of industrial/post-industrial french scene at that time.


Tracklist :

A1. Philippe Laurent - Exposition 1 (Re-mix n° 1) (7:14)
A2. L'Éponge Synthétique - Collection D'Ombres Subtiles (2:42)
A3. No Unauthorized - Double Vie (4:46)
A4. Vox Populi! - Be Heyadat (3:38)
A5. Vox Populi! - Omid (2:32)
A6. Die Wohnhaft - Die Wohnhaft (9:42)
A7. X-Ray Pop - L'Amazone (Live Junio 85) (2:53)
A8. Sous Le Pont - Untitled (6:19)
A9. Bernard C. - 4 4 (2:33)
B1. Étant Donnés - Le Coeur Sert Le Corps (3:18)
B2. Nox - Lake (Live) (6:24)
B3. Le Syndicat - Masochirkull (4:08)
B4. Les 3 Phallus - Torture Physique, Torture Mentale, Torture Sexuelle (5:14)
B5. Gis Dantzig - Le Procès Des Embaumés (1:33)
B6. A.I.Z - Dossier Pour STI (13:55)
B7. Pacific 231 & Egas L. - Amen 99 (3:11)
B8. La Forge - Ran (6:50)