The Buried Civilizations - Tunnels To Other Chambers

 

One-off album by members of Thuja, Ov and Franciscan Hobbies co-released by Jewelled Antler and 267lattajjaa as a limited CDR in 2004. 


buried

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Scratch




Another true legend leaves.



Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Ape-ology

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The Brain Band - Untitled

 

Sole cassette by the Jewelled Antler-related Brain Band, which included members of Skygreen Leopards, Blithe Sons,  Magic Markers, Axolotl. Released by Fuck It Tapes in 2007. 


brain

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Various - Korm Merz




Two tracks by Richard Franecki and one by Prilius Lacus (both of whom I really need to check out more), Luis Mesa (who also recorded under the name Merz), and you get your actual Merzbow. There are also several attempts by Achim Wollscheid to plant his Swimming Behaviour Of The Human Infant flag in Sten Hanson's front garden. Not intended as a euphamism but feel free. My last listen to this tape gives the prize to the contribution of Paul Hurst (aka The Dadarotator) with Mark O'Brien. So ...

C44 courtesy of Korm Plastics in 1987.

everyone's a winner, baby, that's no lie

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Child Readers - Boy On a Cliff

 

Weird album by Loren Chasse & Jason Honea, released as a limited CDR by Jewelled Antler in 2001.

cliff

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it was the best of tymes




A friend has literally just told me that the legendary End Tymes is up for live broadcast this year ... starts in a few hours and you get all three nights. Tomorrow you get Regression with Spykes ... minimum of Nate Young and John Olson which is nearly a full Wolf Eye

Friday, Saturday, Sunday ... happy days ... hey!

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va - Heat & Birds

 

One-stop-shopping for Jewelled Antler fans. Compilation CDR from 2002 with members of the loose group of artists and some of their friends. Tracks by Hala Strana, the Muons, the Blithe Sons and Daughters, Kemialliset Ystavat, Dead Raven Choir, Avarus, Thuja, Of (Loren Chasse), the Golden Hotel and more. 


hot bird

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Experimental Products - Tracks To Glow In The Dark

 

Double CD of rare "minimal synth" tracks from singles, demos and other unreleased archival material from 1982 to 1987. 

glow

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Omei - When All Your Ghosts Are Tired




Two tracks of Chris Goudreau's dark materials as he reimagines the work of Wilt and Joe Colley. This negates any concept of subterranean that you have ever associated with aural activity. Switch off and leave it to the limbic.

A CD jointly released on Ninth Circle Music and Misanthrope Studio in 2006.

And All Their Eyes Are Shut

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Kapotte Muziek - Utilities (An Album Of Collaborations)




If you don't know Kapotte Muziek then have a word with yourself. As a glimpse of the collabs on here ... Emil Beaulieau, Merzbow, Yeast Culture, Odal, Asmus Tietchens, De Fabriek, S.B.O.T.H.I. and more.

LP released on Petri Supply in 1990.

utilitarian

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Experimental Products - Prototype Plus Garage Tracks

 

Double CD reissue of the Philadelphia synth duo's 1982 album with demo tracks from 1982 and 1985 and a live performance from 1983. 


prototype

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Guilty Connector - Different Water




Track four of two of the last three posts are reworkings of parts of this masterpiece by Kohei Nakagawa.

CDr released on Utsu Tapes in 2000.

different gravy

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Sickness - Deaf, Dumb & Blind




So here is the one that has the apparent wrongs righted. You also get some manipulated live malarkey featuring Chris, LLLord RRRon and Kevin Novak's T.E.F. in various wrestling holds.

CDrrr released on RRRecords in 2003.

monkey business

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Sickness - Fuck Your Punk Rock!




Chris Goudreau is a fine gentleman! A purveyor of excellent noise and a funny guy who delivers the punchline in the titles.

LP courtesy of RRRecords in 2004.

i probably think that song is about me

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Facialmess / Sickness - Abomination




"Due to an issue with the presentation of the Sickness tracks on this release, the correct versions were later issued with proper titles on Deaf, Dumb & Blind CDr (RRRecords, 2003)." No idea what the issue was ... sounds alright to me. Either way, you do get an otherwise unavailable 24 minute Facialmess that will definitely improve your complexion.

CDr released on Audio Intruder Pain For Community Records in 2001.

Abomination

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Napalmed - Never Mind The MSBR, Here's The Napalmed

 

Probably the most well-known album by Napalmed, in part due to the relatively large edition size. Two long tracks of exactly what you imagine. Harsh Czech industrial noise from 2001, released as a CD, a tape and a CDR. 

Napalmed - Never Mind The MSBR, Here's The Napalmed

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Facialmess / Eugenics Council - An Excercise In Self Worship




A split between Kenny Sanderson and Dustin Neumann & Rosemary Malign.

7" released on Menschenfeind Productions in 2000.

Self Worship

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Suppression with Facialmess - Collaboration EP




grindnoisecore probably ... it's definitely a core of some kind ... might even be post-core ... who knows ...

7" released on Clean Plate Records in 1999.

Collaboration

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The Box - Great Moments in Big Slam

 

Second album, released in 1984. 


The Box - Great Moments in Big Slam

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Various‎ - My Back Is Against The Wall




I posted this eight years ago and hadn't thought about it for a while. A friend gave me a nudge and I went back to it. It sounded a bit flat so I had a gander at the waveform, everything lent itself to an approximate amplification of between four and eight dB with no trace of clipping. So I did that and it sounds so much better. However, it is all Harsh Noise Wall stylee so you still won't be able to make out the string section. As an additional personal bonus I also went back to the Enemata Productions bandcamp page and bought their digital catalogue.

Mammoth six CDr set put out on (the otherwise unknown to me) Slop Drug label in 2008. You already know all about The Rita, Vomir and Last Rape. In case the others are new to you:

Griz+zlor has now ceased operations under this name but he will hopefully continue to release material. Thankfully, Paul dvr has uploaded a wealth of material on his bandcamp page. You should check it out! Gasmask is the work of Cody Ouimet who used to run Trench Knifed Tapes. Paranoid Time is the work of Patrick Yankee. Whilst he was very prolific between about 2005 and 2010, releases slowed down. However, 2013 saw a new tape on Enemata Productions (who have put their catalogue up on bandcamp for free streaming. With a bit of luck we can look forward to a bit more Paranoid Time in our lives.

My Back Is Against The Wall

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Various - A Group Of Sexual Perverts




"To keep something hidden from those who love you. Something you've done that you're ashamed of, or something that has happened to you." Never managed to keep it hidden myself.

Deterge, Mania, Wonderland Club, Vasculae (aka Jon Borges of Emaciator, and alongside Shannon Kennedy as Pedestrian Deposit, etc), No Dreams, Jonathan Canady and Purity Of Essence.

C46 courtesy of the excellent Bacteria Field in 2016.

release the gimp

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Ferveur Noire & Rotted Brain - In Praise of the Sadomasochistic Sex Kitten

 

A little 3"CDR of ugly American noise by two obscure units, released in 2007 on Spacelessjam. 


Ferveur Noire & Rotted Brain

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The Box - Muscle Mix


This here is The Box's greatest single recording! It's Richard H. Kirk's insanely dubbed-out mistreatment of  The Box's "Crow Bar" and "Low Commotion" songs from 1984. Required listening for anyone who loves this sort of thing. Fans of early 80s Northern industrial dub punk disco (which should be all of you, frankly) look no further. At the same time that Cabaret Voltaire experienced some mainstream success with the robot-funk albums "The Crackdown" and "Micro-Phonies" albums, Kirk was in top form as a producer for like-minded astronauts like Test Dept, Eric Random, Sedition, Surface Mutants, UV Pop and these guys. He slathered both songs in echo and heaviness and unleashed them as a promo-only 12" on his own Doublevision label. So good. 

The Box - Muscle Mix

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Various - Leather




Elegant audio ticklings from Mania, Encephalophonic, Clinic Of Torture, Caligula031, Sadio and Grunt.

C30 released on Institute Of Paraphilia Studies in 2019.

leathered

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Various - A Group Of Sexual Perverts 2




So what is the collective noun for a group of sexual perverts? I hope it's either a "squelch" or a "gusset". I know for damn sure that I am not lucky enough for it to be both combined.

Pure filth from Mania, Wonderland Club, No Dreams, Vasculae, Deterge, Jonathan Canady & Purity Of Essence and Crackhoconfessions.com (whoever that is).

A C70 from Bacteria Field in 2018.

sorry mother

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The Box - Secrets Out

 

Their debut LP from 1983. 


The Box - Secrets Out

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Kazumoto Endo and Emanuele Bonini - Rumore Da Ritorno Audio Metallico




A perfectly natural meeting of minds with one remixing the work of the other etc.

CD on Audio Dissection from 2014.

Audio Metallico

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Encephalophonic - 疾患電子工学




"Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. Professionally duplicated cassettes with onbody prints and full color covers printed on glossy artpaper. Some copies are blood-smeared, some others come with empty anti-depressant drugs blister, razor blade, or other various inserts."

C24 released on Audio Dissection in 2013.

Disease Electronics

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The Box - Muscle In

 

Non-album single from 1984, hits every possible button for both the husband and me. Post-punk heavy disco from grimy Sheffield. 

The Box - Muscle In

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The Box - Old Style Drop Down

 

Their second single from 1983. Another ripper. 


The Box - Old Style Drop Down

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Encephalophonic - Chronicity Of A Disease




More of the heavy electronics end rather than the '90's harsh noise feel of other releases. Brutal and brilliant.

C26 released on Self Abuse Records in 2011.

infected

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Encephalophonic - Hurtcore




Shredded harsh noise and high frequency trauma from an Italian legend.

C18 released on Freak Animal Records in 2016.

Hurtcore

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Encephalophonic - Beauty / Death



"Limited edition of 94 hand-numbered copies on chrome tapes. Several include empty antipsychotic drugs blisters."

C18 released on Audio Dissection in 2011.

Beauty / Death

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Encephalophonic - Regressed Progress




More harsh noise metal junk courtesy of Emanuele Bonini.

CD released on Audio Dissection in 2013.

Regressed Progress

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Encephalophonic - Metal Obsession




The noisework of Emanuele Bonini makes me smile so much. Here he's joined by Matteo Dondi percussing all types of metal.

Another daily example of the eternal question: "why has it taken me so long to post the work of this male/female/aggregate of pulses/dead people/things that shall come to pass etc and so forth".

C56 released on Steel Sadist Rebirth (a sublabel of the adorable Trash Ritual) in 2011.

obsessions taste metallic

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The Box

 

The Box are, along with Electric Guitars and Fire Engines, one of the hardest bands to find information about via Google. When the first lineup of Clock DVA split from Adi Newton, they took on singer Peter Hope and made a whole bunch of terrific records. Imagine an industrial dub blues by some Sheffield noise weirdos who must have been listening to lots of Captain Beefheart and Hula. This is their first self-titled EP from 1983. 

The Box


The Box

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Napalmed - Ma.Ho.Ra.Ko.

 

Cassette from 1998 limited to 98 copies by the most famous industrial noise band to come out the Czech Republic. 


Napalmed - Ma.Ho.Ra.Ko.

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Grind Orchestra - SoWap




The main reason I haven't posted this before is that I thought that I already had years ago. Wrong. The main reason why it's getting posted right now is that I had themes for posting going on in my head but shit's moving fast at the mo' and I was listening to this tonight, cue: "hell yes, this is going now". Right. If you don't know who they are then check. Ambivalence. If this doesn't loosen your hips and spread a smile across your kite then don't ask the small child sat to your right to check your pulse. He. Sees. You.

A lossless rip of the CD released on Tag Rag in 1995.

SoWhat

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Don King - One-Two Punch (Knockout)

 

A necessary CD reissue of Don King's classic from 1985. The band featured Mark Cunningham & Lucy Hamilton (aka China Berg) of no wave titans Mars plus Arto Lindsay's brother Donald and bassist Tony Maimone, who played in an early lineup of Pere Ubu. 

Don King - One-Two Punch (Knockout)

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Various - A View From Somewhere: A Collection of Alternative Works by Independent Toronto Area Musicians




A Canadian compilation that is in a different headspace to the other one. This is the likes of Wigglepig, Electro Static Cat, Brian Ruryk, Darren Copeland and Violence And The Sacred.

C90 released on John Doe Recordings in 1987.

over here

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DNA - DNA (Last Live at CBGB's)

 

As the title says, this is a document of the final DNA concert from NYC's legendary CBGB's in 1982. Released as a CD in 1993 by John Zorn's Japan-only Avant label. 

DNA - DNA (Last Live at CBGB's)

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DNA - DNA on DNA

 

The complete studio recordings + live documents of the astounding DNA, a classic no wave provocation from the late 1970s and early 1980s. They didn't exist for very long, boy what an impact they made. Guitarist/singer Arto Lindsay (who would become a staple in the John Zorn orbit of downtown NYC players), drummer Ikue Mori (who would later drop the drums in favor of electronics), keyboardist Robin Crutchfield (who would go on to make solo albums as Dark Day) and bassist Tim Wright (who played in an early line-up of Pere Ubu) made an alienating, angular, tense and tightly-wrapped racket. These recordings are massively influential. Collected on a CD in 2004, reissued as a double LP set and are now hard to come by. So here they are. 


DNA - DNA on DNA


DNA - DNA on DNA

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Various - All Your Ears Can Hear: Underground Music In Victoria, BC 1978-1984




"The CDs contain many unreleased and never before heard songs, such as two unreleased Nomeansno songs (1979 & 1982) plus their related groups: Infamous Scientists, Beaten Retards, Dioxyn, Harvest of Seaweed, and Mass Appeal. It also features the Neos plus their related groups: Fake Dogs, Sludge Confrontations, Nematodes, Harvest of Seaweed, Jerk Ward...also the Dayglow Abortions plus their earlier group the Sickfucks...also Red Tide plus their related groups: Censored Chaos, Suburban Menace, Nuclear Errors, and Divine Right...and many more."

A double CD from AYECH International in 2007.

kill your hearholes

mega option

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Infamous Scientists - Noise 'N' Rhythm




All of the No Means No flicks and tricks are already here. Now if only they could figure out what was missing ... perhaps we will never know.

7" released on Alandhiscar Records in 1981

daddy, what's a missing link?

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Infamous Scientists - Trouble




So ... over in the Wright mother's basement, you have Rob and John trying to figure out the direction of No Means No. And ... here you have the Infamous Scientists that have John on drums and Andy Kerr on guitar. Brother Rob is handling the production, no doubt thinking "well, Kevin Lee is doing a fine job on the bass but hhhhmmmm".

12" released on Alandhiscar Records in 1982.

Trouble

If you're bothered, here's the only live recording I've found so far (which has a charming version of Nazi Punks Fuck Off worth the price of admission if there was one to pay):

Live At Fernwood '82

... and there is even some visuals on you know where:

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Nomeansno / Mass Appeal - Look, Here Come The Wormies / S.S. Social Service




An even more skeletal version with Rob and John as NMN and they swich horses to become Mass Appeal (with the brief addition of Ray Carter). Clearly a stream of consciousness in search of a framework.

A self-released 7" from 1980.

Worm Service

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Nomeansno - Betrayal Fear Anger Hatred




The nascent No Means No with Rob and John Wright handling affairs with an early work out for Forget Your Life.

A self-released 7" from 1981 that was later reissued on their own Wrong Records in 1992.

Betrayal Fear Anger Hatred

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No Means No - You Kill Me




If Ron and Russell Mael decided to go all hardcore jazz punk, I swear it would sound like Body Bag.

A 12" originally released in Canada on Undergrowth in 1985 before I got to buy the reissue on Alternative Tentacles in 1991.

your little willie, he's oh, so pretty

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Nomeansno - Dad / Revenge




More tales of interpersonal difficulties.

A 7" released on Alternative Tentacles in 1987.

shut up you bitch

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