va - Motop 2

By 1991, CDs were still expensive for underground artists to produce themselves and LPs were falling out of favor. Those seeking a wider audience than the cassette trading network had to find a label or else they could band together and make a co-operative compilation. The second volume of "Motop" was compiled by Nicko Selen (aka Ilo Istatov, a member of De Fabriek, O.R.D.U.C., and others) and released as a CD by IF Records, again financed by the artists themselves. It's a nice time capsule, with many excellent tracks by artists both known and obscure. I must have bought this for the Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock and S*Core tracks. There is also noise by Alain Basso (aka Phaeton Derneire Danse) & Ilo Istatov, Anenzephalia, Delta-Sleep-Inducing Peptide, Mike Shannon, Maeror Tri, Jorg Thomasius, Genocide Organ, Frak, De Fabriek, a fantastic collaborative piece by Merzbow & Kapotte Muziek, Wasp King, Royal Flush, LSD (who also appeared on the first volume), and Value Stress.

va - Motop 2