V.A. - 1978 - Short Circuit- Live At The Electric Circus 10'' (UK)
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Vertical Slit - 1990 - Vertical Slit and Beyond (US)
Vertical Slit - 1990 - Vertical Slit and Beyond (US)
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As I understand it from those who know, this was the one CD to get from defiantly underground, Columbus OH-based first wave art/damage group VERTICAL SLIT, as it collected material from their 1977-78 debut records as well as from a wealth of cassette-only spewings. For those who followed the band closely, and there weren’t too many of ya, Vertical Slit & their now-deceased-by-his-own-hand leader Jim Shepard were way-outsiders revered for a sonically robust space rock that was full of cynicism and anger, and which also gained from a “submerged fidelity” aesthetic that rendered some aural puzzlement to their wailing keyboards & screaming guitars. Every time I tried to get into the band while they were around, I was stymied by actually listening to them. They stood for many things I enjoyed & continue to enjoy: conscious divorce from any ethos of the era (e.g. what the other kids are doing); reverence & obvious hardcore knowledge for their forebears (which I’ll call out as Can, Destroy All Monsters, Hawkwind, weird avant-geniuses like Kim Fowley, and a boatload of experimental music from the 20th century); and a wreck-the-speakers approach to making distorted, complex rock music. Things we all appreciate. But I always thought the end product was just “good enough” – good enough to intellectually appreciate from a distance, but never great enough to actually play repeatedly at home.
“Vertical Slit….and Beyond” does little to challenge my initial take on ‘em, though it’s by no means a bad disc. There’s a lot of angry musical staredowns going on in each creepy 4- or 5-minute sonic mélange, which ingests some of the aforementioned influences and spit out a creative, well-differentiated artpunk that was about as basement as it gets. Shepard comes off as a pretty frustrated dude, but one who certainly knew his ass from his elbow & who probably had more ideas racing through his cranium than he did the native ability to lay them down successfully. Where Vertical Slit ended and Shepard’s other band V-3 began I cannot say; there are numbers on this one (the pissed-off revenge fantasy “Party/Cop/Judge” being one of them) that I remember from V-3 material I once owned. (V-3 are the 1990s recipient of the Hampton Grease Band award for the worst-selling and most unlikely major label record, which in both cases means it was pretty good – great in the Grease Band’s case). If I could pick out even one track as the number I’d throw on my “Modern ArtPunk Space Pirates, Volume 4” comp CD-R for you, I’d at least have a Vertical Slit ditty to hang my hat on. But alas, such a number does not exist. Again, on paper it’s a potent brew, but I’d be shirking my duty as a teller of truth if I gave the Slit any more than the meritocratic 3 stars they dutifully earned. Respectful disagreements or new ways of seeking sonic truth are heartily welcomed.
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source Agony Shorthand blog (link)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Ideal - 1980 - Ideal LP (GER)
Ideal - 1980 - Ideal LP (GER)
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Ideal was one of the more successful German Neue Deutsche Welle music groups. It is best known for the songs "Blaue Augen" (Blue Eyes), "Berlin", and "Monotonie" (Monotony).
In early 1980, Annette Humpe, Ernst Ulrich Deuker, Frank Jürgen "Eff Jott" Krüger and Hans-Joachim "Hansi" Behrendt formed the band "Ideal".
Annette Humpe had played previously in the band Neonbabies alongside her sister Inga Humpe, before forming Ideal. Eff Jott Krüger previously played for the X-Pectors. In May 1980, Ideal released their first single on Eitel-Imperial—their own record label—entitled "Wir stehn auf Berlin" / "Männer gibt's wie Sand am Meer", which soon sold out.
The British rock band Barclay James Harvest—who were particularly successful in Germany—performed a free open air concert on August 30, 1980 in front of the Reichstag building. The 150,000 visitors also saw Ideal, as they were booked as an opening act; this was a large step toward mainstream popularity.
In November, Ideal released their a self-titled LP on the Innovative Communication label. The album reached number three on the German charts. Oddly enough for an LP, it was supposed to be played at 45 rpm, the speed intended for singles and which results in improved sound quality. This was not done with subsequent releases. This was followed by concerts in Switzerland and Austria. In August 1981, Ideal played in front of 22,000 fans at the Berliner Waldbühne. This was broadcasted nationwide by SFB as part of Rocknacht.
Following this, the band began recording a second album. Together with the help of producer Conny Plank, they produced "Der Ernst des Lebens", which was released in October 1981. At the same time, Ideal's debut album went gold, and marked the first time an album released on an independent record label went gold.
Ideal performed 27 sold-out concerts during their 1981/1982 tour through German-speaking countries. By their final concert on the tour, they had received another gold record, this time for "Der Ernst des Lebens."
In the fall of 1982, Ideal produced their third album, "Bi Nuu", under the direction of Micki Meuser. It entered the chart in December 1982, but only peaked at 20th place; these sales did not meet the expectations of the record label and a planned tour was cancelled.
On March 31, 1983, Ideal sent an announcement to the media via Telex: "The group Ideal is dissolving. From the beginning, Ideal was planned as a project, a corporation, which was intended to exist as long as the differences between the individual members made the work enjoyable and creative. Our music was always a result of the clashing of four different personalities, not of compromise, but of creating songs that all enjoyed. In three terrific years, we have gotten the best out of this constellation."
June 1985 saw the release of "Zugabe" (Encore), a live album of "remembrance, farewells, and gratitude for all the fans".
On April 26, 2007, Frank Jürgen Krüger died at 58 following a long fight with cancer.
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source Wikipedia (link)
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Filth, The - 1979 - Live '79 (UK)
Filth, The - 1979 - Live '79 (UK)
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THE FILTH - Live 1979
Studio
1. Freedom
2. Rise Of The Mods
3. Blue Law
Live Set
04-13
Reecorded live at Middlesbrough Rock Garden 02.10.79
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Cluster - 1979 - Grosses Wasser LP (GER)
Cluster - 1979 - Grosses Wasser LP (GER)
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Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster has been active since 1971, releasing a total of 13 albums. Musician, writer and rock historian Julian Cope places three Cluster albums in his Krautrock Top 50 and "The Wire" places Cluster's self-titled debut album in their "One Hundred Records That Set The World On Fire".
After a decade long hiatus Cluster reunited in April, 2007. They were selected to perform on June 15, 2007 at the opening of documenta 12, a major exhibition of modern and contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany. In late 2007 Cluster performed at concerts across Europe and will return to the United States for the first time since their 1996 First Encounter tour in 2008.
Cluster's musical style has varied greatly over the years, ranging from Kosmische Musik to Experimental Music on early albums, to rhythmic Krautrock or Progressive rock on Zuckerzeit and After the Heat, to New Age or Ambient Music on many tracks in the middle to late '70s, to truly avant-garde or industrial on Live in Vienna. Cluster always has an avant-garde edge even on gentle, ambient pieces. Michael Waynick, who reviewed Cluster & Eno for Allmusic writes a description that applies to more than the one album: "...too emotionally rich to waste as mere background music, evoking feelings of hesitancy and regret that rescue the music from mere vapid prettiness."
The diversity of styles on the various Cluster albums, with significant changes in musical direction from one release to the next, makes it difficult to categorize Cluster's music. The factors which are present on all 13 albums include the use of electronic instrumentation, loops, and the use of unexpected sounds to create a sense of experimentation.
Cluster has been widely influential not only to ambient and electronic music artists, but to techno, electronica and popular music as well. Artists and groups whose music has been influenced by Cluster include Robert Rich, John Foxx (formerly of Ultravox), Alex Paterson of The Orb, Coil, Oval, To Rococo Rot, and Mouse on Mars.
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Grosses Wasser is the seventh album by the electronic music outfit Cluster. It was co-produced by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann. Grosses Wasser marked the return to Cluster working as a duo of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius after two albums collaborating with Brian Eno.
Grosses Wasser was recorded and released in 1979 on the Hamburg, Germany based Sky label. It featured a wide variety of styles, including some of the most avant-garde material created by Moebius and Roedelius since the demise of Kluster with Conrad Schnitzler's departure in 1971, particularly during the middle section of the title track, which occupied all of side 2. Other tracks, including "Manchmal" and both the opening and closing sections of "Grosses Wasser" continued the gentle, melodic style of the previous three albums, while others echoed the rhythmic style of Zuckerzeit, albeit with more of an edge. Steven and Alan Freeman, writing in their book The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, describe the title track, in part, as "...a lengthy suite growing out of silence with atmospheric Florian Fricke-like sustained piano tones, via bizarre crackling electronics onto almost tribal-industrial rock percussives."
Grosses Wasser was first reissued on CD by Sky Records in 1992. It was first released in the U.S. by the Gyroscope label on March 19, 1996. A 1,000 copy limited edition digitally remastered CD was released on the Japanese Captain Trip label on September 20, 2007.
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Dirt - 1981 - Object Refuse Reject Abuse 7'' (UK)
Dirt - 1981 - Object Refuse Reject Abuse 7'' (UK)
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DIRT were an anarcho-punk band from the UK.
Initially formed in 1980 (with a core line-up of Gary, Deno, Fox, Lou and Vomit), the band frequently played with fellow anarchists Crass, before releasing their first EP, Object, Refuse, Reject, Abuse on the Crass Records label. Their second release, Never Mind Dirt, Here's the Bollocks, also on the Crass label, was a live LP released in 1982. The band went into a brief hiatus after 1982 when they took to the road again (Gary and Deno recruiting new members Stuart, Paul and Richard) and recorded the Just An Error album, after which they split in 1986.
Gary and Deno reconvened the band yet again, in 1992, and began touring extensively which resulted in the Drunks in Rusty Transits album after which the band was dissolved. Singer Gxist (Gary) later formed Stratford Mercenaries with Steve Ignorant of Crass. The original bass player, Vomit (Vince), went on to form Earth Culture, a neo-pagan band.
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source Wikipedia (link)
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(Impatient) Youth - 1990 - Frontline 7'' (1978) (US)
(Impatient) Youth - 1990 - Frontline 7'' (1978) (US)
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Playing melodic punk, Northern California’s Impatient Youth put out a few singles before splitting up in the early 80’s. Germany’s Lost and Found label rereleased these and made up a compilation out of live tracks and unreleased studio bits. The band got back together in the early 90’s and put out a new single, but it wasn’t quite the same. This single, “Frontline”, came out back in 1978.
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V.A. - 1992 - Anarki & Kaos- Norsk Punk '79-81 (NOR)
V.A. - 1992 - Anarki & Kaos- Norsk Punk '79-81 (NOR)
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Various - Anarki & Kaos: Norsk Punk '79-81
Label: Voices Of Wonder Records
Catalog#: VOW 029C
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Norway
Released: 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
Tracklist:
1 Pink Dirt - Hey Sir
2 Front Page - Monster
3 Oslo Børs - Råtne Guder
4 Kaare Og Partiet - Be En Bønn Nå
5 Hærverk - Loven Slår
6 Kjøtt - Flue
7 Anaconda - Clever London Houses
8 Blaupunkt - La Meg Være Ung
9 Sjølmord - Holocaust
10 Rough Trade - Du Er En Dritt
11 Søt Hævn - Heks På Skaugum
12 Norgez Bank - Springtime In Belsen
13 Norske Gutter - Mamma Mannen Gav Meg Gonoré
14 Krampe - Stengetider
15 De Sjenerte - Vi Vil Ha Øl
16 Betong Hysteria - Snuten Kommer
17 LiK - Schizofren
18 Johnny Yen Bang! - Gjør Det Sjøl
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Hino Mortal - 1982 - Demo (tape) (BR)
Hino Mortal - 1982 - Demo (tape) (BR)
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Hino Mortal was one of the firsts brazilian hardcore bands (even before such term exist in Brasil), formed in São Bernardo do Campo in 1981.
After leaving of Condutores de Cadáver, Índio united himself with Ricardo (who in 1980 was in the band Submundo, along with Mau todays Garotos Podres vocalist) and with the brothers Laércio and Sidney forming the Hino Mortal.
After a couple of rehearsals, the group was invited by Lixomania to do a gig in São Paulo together with Ulster
With the brazilian punk movement growing in its importance, the independent producer Olhar Eletrônico decided to record a documentary about then, focusing in the punks from the city of São Paulo Hino Mortal , Ulster
After that, the song “Câncer” by Hino Mortal was played in a screen record in TV Globo about the punk movement.
Hino Mortal also appears in two cassette compilations, both released in 1982 with Hino Mortal , Ulster
Þ Decaptados
Þ Contra Tudo que é Comercial e Nada de Novo nos Oferece.
In 27 and 28 of november, 1982, they participated in the festival O Começo do Fim do Mundo, the most famous brazilian punk festival. This show was recorded and each band released one song in the LP made with this material.
After the festival, the brazilian punk movement witness several manifestations. The biggest one was in the ABC Paulista, in the Associação de Amigos da Vila Paulicéia, where a conjunct manifest was made retracting the political situation (Brasil was still a military dictature state) and criticizing the inconsequent attitudes made by opportunist governments – Hino Mortal, Ulster and Corte Marcial played in the event.
The group did not play for a while. But in 1986 they returned with a better band structure, participating in the compilation Rock do ABC along with 5 more bands. In the same year they also participated in the television program called Boca Livre (TV Cultura) and in the festival Mocóca.
The last show with this formation was in Vitória (ES), where the band stopped again and with Laércio starting a new band called Insulto Oculto.
In 1994, it was release the single ABC Hardcore ’82 containing home made recordings from the bands Hino Mortal , Ulster
In 1995, the Ratos de Porão covered the music “Cancêr” in the album Feijoada Acidente.
And the band finally get together in 1997, with Índio in the vocals, Laércio in the guitar, Marcos ins the drums and Rodrigo in the bass. They Played at the festival 20 Anos de Punk Rock, wich happened in Santo André and in São Paulo
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source Wikipedia (link)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
UHF - 1981 - Modelo Fotográfico 7'' (PT)
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V.A. - 1983 - Hell Comes to your House (vol. 2) (US)
V.A. - 1983 - Hell Comes to your House (vol. 2) (US)
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tracklist:
01. THE JONESES "I'm Bad"
02. THE JONESES "She's So Filthy"
03. MAU MAUS "Sex Girls in Uniforms"
04. MAU MAUS "We All Fall Down"
05. CAMBRIDGE APOSTLES "Can't Fight the Feeling"
06. BLOOD ON THE SADDLE "I Wish I was a Single Girl Again"
07. BLOOD ON THE SADDLE "Ghost On My Heart"
08. TEX AND THE HORSEHEADS "Short Train"
09. TEX AND THE HORSEHEADS "Go West Young Man"
10. TEX AND THE HORSEHEADS "Slip Away"
11. MINUTEMEN "Corona"
12. SCREAMIN' SIRENS "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
13. SCREAMIN' SIRENS "Runnin' Kind"
14. LOTUS LAME AND THE LAME FLAMES "Bad Sex"
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Unnatural Axe - 1978 - They Saved Hitlers Brain 7'' (US)
Unnatural Axe - 1978 - They Saved Hitlers Brain 7'' (US)
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It is 1977. A scruffy neighborhood of Boston sprouts a band of naive working-class kids who think they can shake up the world with their personal take on the punk rock experience. Not content, or possibly even competent enough, to be another Jam clone or a Clash clone, Unnatural Axe bash out their own brand of two-chord and three-chord rock, and crank it up extra high.
Throughout 1978 and 1979 the Axe were playing regularly in New York, and at Cantone's, the Rat, and the Space in Boston as the opening act for the "big" UK and US new wave acts of the time. Their strangest billing must have been opening for The Police at the Rat in Kenmore Square. It is truly unfortunate that Sting squandered this "turning point" opportunity to learn the essentials of punk rock from Boston's finest. Sting's only question of the Axe vocalist: "Did you poop?"
But such is the fate for the greatest moments of brilliance of our times: few people recognize it. The big club owners didn't see it and the major record labels didn't hear it. After two short years, the Axe packed it in.
As a result, the Unnatural Axe discography is small, but what recordings do exist provide the documented proof that the Axe were, and shall always remain, the most important punk band Boston will ever call its own.
— Monsieur Michel Bastarache (Boston's punk rock gentleman)
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source Breakmyface (link)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
V.A. - 1995 - Punkrokki - Finland Punk (FIN)
V.A. - 1995 - Punkrokki - Finland Punk (FIN)
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tracklist:
01. Veltto Virtanen - Ronkpukki
02. Ratsia - Lontoon Skidit
03. Sehr Schnell - Orja
04. Problems? - Raitsikka Oot
05. Maukka Perusjätkä - Sotaa Apatiaa Vastaan
06. Unicef - Käkimassaa
07. Lama - Totuus Löytyy Kaurapuurosta
08. Briard - Rockin' On The Beach
09. Pelle Miljoona & N.U.S. - Väkivalta Ja Päihdeongelma
10. Kollaa Kestää - Kaupunkisissi
11. Mik Monto - Häiriöitä
12. Se - Ei Asfaltti Liiku
13. Widows - The Famous Five
14. Woude - On Kesä Vasta Aluillaan
15. Rudi - Taivas Saa Odottaa
16. Hymy Taskinen - Hei, Tyttö, Hei
17. Korroosio - Hei Hei Hei
18. Mopot - Rakastan Sua
19. Pupukuusikko - Pupu6kko
20. Vaavi - Tytöt Hymyilee
21. Kelloggs Bollocks - Bigger 'n' Better
22. Pelle Miljoona OY - Varjo Seuraa Onneain
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Uranium Savages - 1980 - Radioactive 7'' (US)
Uranium Savages - 1980 - Radioactive 7'' (US)
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anyone with a better cover scan?
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Siglo XX - 1980 - The Naked And The Death 7'' (BE)
Siglo XX - 1980 - The Naked And The Death 7'' (BE)
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SIGLO XX (Antonio PALERMO, Dirk CHAUVAUX, Erik DRIES and Klaas HOOGERWAARD) hail from Genk, a depressed industrial city in Belgium. After the closing of the coal pits, Genk has now a painful present of unemployment, poverty, drug abuse and violence.
In that context, there's nothing unusual in a "rock" group stamping their sound with a hard, dark, but also very personal and emotional philosophy. Their formative years were the years of Punk. And perhaps there you'll find a cause for their headstrong tenacity of doing it in their own way. SIGLO XX refuse to produce music that shys away from looking reality straight in the eye. They've succeeded in imbuing their art with a touch of impressionism that's sadly lacking in a world preferring to whistle only unaffected melodies.
SIGLO XX have remained passionate and fascinated, following their own chosen way without losing sleep over fashion or trends. Constantly evolving, the group attracts a growing number of commited fans all over Europe.
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Source : Play It Again, Sam! - 1989 (link)
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Q4U - 1996 - Qtvo 1980-1983 (ISK)
Q4U - 1996 - Qtvo 1980-1983 (ISK)
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Fronted by the powerful female singer Elly, Q4U is a legendary Icelandic band out of the "Rokk i Reykjavik" period. They started out as a raw punk band in 1980 but evolved into a syntheziser-powered chic-rock that brings to mind Siouxsie & The Banshees and the Electro-clash movement of today. This great CD has everything Q4U ever did: Their only actual record, the 1983 6-track EP "Q1", a 18-track previously unreleased punk cassette, and a various other recordings, 34 tracks in all.
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