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FTR are a damn fine label based in Newcastle in the UK run by Keith Mitchell who records as Inhibition, White Walls, Unit 731 and Deutsche Christen. First came on my radar when I bought the Inhibition split with Kylie Mynoise last year from Lea Cummings' Kovorox Sound label.
Keith offers (almost) the entire catalogue of 50 (and counting) releases as free downloads but I highly recommend buying the physical relases...it sounds better and the packaging etc really is high quality.
This is Ontayso. This is their Project 24 Hours...erm...project. Ontayso are Mexican Esther Santoyo and Belgian Koen Lybaert. Largely, this would be called ambient but there are strands of dub, techno and IDM. This is your favourite headspace mixed with the occasional music in your favourite horror flicks.
D'ya know those times that you're ripping because some fuckwit rules your life? This is the music that creates the space where you can feel yourself again...and develop a strategy to save the world ... or kill the bastards.
Released between 2006 and 2007, the 24 discs were gathered together in late 2007 with a bonus disc...tune in...turn off...think on!
Tiny picture for a big album. Compilation released on Self Abuse Records in 1996. Self Abuse Records is run by Patrick O'Neil of Skin Crime so you know the quality of their releases is way high!
01 Smell And Quim - Pervertual Reality 6:20 02 Merzbow - Pretties For You 6:16 03 K2 - Desmoplakin For Crash 5:54 04 Bacillus - Progressive Areas Of Necrosis 2:14 05 Daniel Menche - Shafted Stingray 6:19 06 OVMN - Storm Leather Kaori Candyland (She Crushes My Mind) 7:13 07 Evil Moisture - Compressed Air Hostess, Scud Squad, Ear Bomb 5:07 08 Thirdorgan - Yagamania Part 7 6:03 09 Bacillus - Subcutaneous Infection 2:01 10 Hyper Ventilation - Catalepsy 5:54 11 Iugula Thor - Physical Abuse 3:38 12 Pain Jerk - Hurtness 5:49 13 Macro Beaulieau - That Didn't Hurt One Little Bit 3:09 14 Killer Bug - Brain Police Besieged Parkside Corp. 5:37 15 Hanged Mans Orgasm - Strangulation Fetish 5:39 16 Unknown Artist - Untitled (That Didn't Hurt One Little Bit) 1:24
This is a really great compilation from two really great DIY labels. Small Doses and Phage Tapes combined to release this as a fundraiser for the Minneapolis Noise Fest last April. Apparently this came in only 135 copies but you can still find it if you look hard enough. Both label owners sell direct from Discogs here and here. Go support!
Heavy
1-01 Squid Fist - Hall Mall 1-02 Climax Denial - Push My Buttons (Libido Mix) 1-03 Being - Take Off 1-04 Regosphere - Pitbull Holocaust 1-05 Seth Ryan - 01CNN_FRK 1-06 Wilt - Bodies Fall Away 1-07 xALLxFORxTHISx - Throat 1-08 Grain Belt - Devil's Whip 1-09 Werewolf Jerusalem - Left With Nightmares 1-10 Koufar - The Difference 1-11 Custodian - Untitled No. 37
Tongues Of Mount Meru are Jon Wesseltoft (Thorns Ltd.) and Lasse Marhaug coming together to make some beautiful dronescapes on Important Records and The Tapeworm respectively. Check them out and then go buy...
Japanese explosive psychedelic rock band. Formed in 1982 by Asahito Nanjo and Munehiro Narita under the name Psychedelic Speed Freaks, they changed their name to High Rise when the group released their debut album in 1984.
This is the third of the Psychedelic Atmosphere Beatnik boxsets on La Musica Records (LMB161-170).
Superb collection of Peel Sessions from bands that flew out of the Earache stable. When Earache turned up in the mid 80s, they were an absolute revelation, introducing a slew of underground UK hardcore bands to these ears! These sessions capture the main early players at their best. Later termed as grindcore...it was always punk as fuck to me.
Earache are still out there bursting eardrums at will...if this floats yer boat, check them out here
Disc 1 - Napalm Death (1-34) & Extreme Noise Terror (35-56)
1-9: Recorded 13/08/87, broadcast 22/08/87 10-26: Recorded 08/03/88, broadcast 20/04/88 27-34: Recorded 12/08/90, broadcast 10/09/90 35-42: Recorded 10/11/87, broadcast 17/11/87 43-48: Recorded 01/05/88, broadcast 11/05/88 49-56: Recorded 06/02/90, broadcast 08/03/90
1-4: Recorded 13/12/88, broadcast 02/01/89 5-8: Recorded 02/12/90, broadcast 16/12/90 9-12: Recorded 03/01/88, broadcast 13/01/88 13-16: Recorded 06/11/88, broadcast 16/11/88 17-20: Recorded 22/07/90, broadcast 04/09/90
1-4: Recorded 27/08/89, broadcast 27/09/89 5-12: Recorded 22/03/88, broadcast 11/04/88 13-18: Recorded 26/07/87, broadcast 03/08/87 19-25: Recorded 01/03/88, broadcast 09/03/88 26-31: Recorded 10/01/89, broadcast 18/01/89 32-42: Recorded 28/02/88, broadcast 15/03/88
Just to fancy your tickle, here's a great compilation that may introduce you to some more inspirational people.
This was released in 2009 on the really quite brilliant Sud Rosa label. This is the Belgian label created by Guy Marc Hinant responsible for the utterly sublime "Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music" series (if you don't know it...trust me, you need it!). Check Sub Rosa here!
1-01 Li Chin Sung - Somewhere 10:33 1-02 Zenlu - Zen 9:19 1-03 Bai Tian - Wet 4:05 1-04 Cheewei - Evening Has Arrived 8:02 1-05 Lim Giang - ??? 8:41 1-06 Ang Song Ming - Book Radio Mixer 3:02 1-07 Chung-Han Yao - Untitled 5:02 1-08 Goh Lee Kwang - Frong Spraying 3:42 1-09 Wu Quan - Weather Forest 5:04 1-10 Me:mo - Pro.A 4:30 1-11 Wang Jong-Kuen - Leaving 5:40 1-12 Dajuin Yao - Psycho Realm 5:29
2-01 Sun Dawei - Crawing State 4:14 2-02 Nara - Dream A Little Dream 6:54 2-03 WFDD - Sin 8:36 2-04 Stingrays - 061020 5:18 2-05 Dennis Wong - Para_dot 5:12 2-06 Fathmount - A Yoke Of Oxen 4:56 2-07 PNF - Chi 3:11 2-08 Li Wen Tai - Eat 4:57 2-09 Shenggy - Junggy 's Decay 3:05 2-10 Ronez - Kikusui Back 4:57 2-11 Zhou Ri Sheng - Noise God 7:22 2-12 Fish - Rusty Crane Keelong 4:46
4-01 Wang Changcun - Through The Tide Of Faces 4:59 4-02 D!O!D!O!D! - A Dark Knife 5:36 4-03 Yan Jun - Its More Than Enough 5:35 4-04 Loga - 620 9:22 4-05 Pei - Bird Lady 7:43 4-06 Eric Lin - Untitled 3:10 4-07 Alice Hui-Sheng Chang - There She Is, Standing And Walking On Her Own 3:59 4-08 Ching Shen Ching - V-zone 7:25 4-09 Dancing Stone - Two 2:13 4-10 Illuminated 6.6.6. - Enjoy The Silence 6:06 4-11 Juno - Possiblilities 3:18 4-12 Simon Ho - 5 6:53
Li-Jianhong is at the leading edge of Asian avant-noise. Hailing from Zhejiang Province in China (before moving to Hangzhou) he formed the avant-rock group "Second Skin" and now manages 2pi Records. He lays waste to the retrograde psychedelic guitar landscape and trivializes the petty cartoon violence and shock tactics so popular within too many harsh noise projects.
P.S.F. records describe him as "China's hottest, loudest and most psychedelic avant-noise guitarist". I can't add to that.
You might have gotten the impression that I like John Olson quite a lot. Spykes are simply my favourite JO thing (although Stare Case are coming up on the rails at the mo').
Cracked electronics, perverted sax and assorted manipulated brass. Noise as it should be...at least for today!
It's American Tapes. It's am486. It's 6 cdrs. It's from 2005. There were only 30 copies.
Mindflayer were Brian Chippendale (Black Pus, Lightning Bolt, etc) and Matt Brinkman (Meerk Puffy, Forcefield and so on) and hailed from Providence, Rhode Island. Brian Chippendale is one of the greatest drummers out there and I could listen to him all day long. In fact, I do on a regular basis.
Take noise, punk rawk and speedcore and bake on a gas jet. Can music be schizophrenic?
...erm, apparently so!
Mindflayer have probably been posted all over the shop...don't care...if one person hears them for the first time, job done!
Ever wanted a natural antidote to Mama Mia? Ever wanted to bring those dreaded family parties to a swift conclusion? Problem solved!
Released in 2003 on Andy Ortmann's brilliant Nihilst label. May the make-believe god bless him!
01 Canned Hamm - Does Your Mother Know 02 Sockeye - Take A Chance On Me 03 Kazumoto Endo - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) 04 Vertonen - The Name Of The Game 05 Evil Moisture - One Night In Bankok 06 Ungrateful Deadbeats - SOS 07 Ski-Mask & The Bucketmen - My Mama Said 08 Absorb - Super Trooper 09 Guilty Connector - Rock Me 10 I & Makoto - Eagle 11 irr. app. (ext.) - Knowing Me Knowing You 12 Wäldchengarten - Thank You For The Music 13 Brain Transplant - Under Attack 14 Foamula - Chiquitita 15 Spider Compass Good Crime Band - S.O.S 16 Body Tong - Many Many Many 17 The Rib - Lay All Your Love On Me 18 Wounded Head - Abbacadabba 19 Plastic Crimewave Sound - Watch Out 20 Sudden Infant - Voulez Vouz 21 Gunshop - ---...--- 22 Viki - Do You Really Know Me? 23 Julia Sets - Waterloo 2:33 24 Methypnox - Soldiers
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. are godhead! Mind you, so is the Norwegian label Synesthetic Recordings for putting this triple vinyl edition together. The double lp came in an edition of 408 in 2007 but there were a hundred copies of the three disc set. These recordings really do not get any earlier as far as AMT are concerned. The first two discs cover the first two official tapes that they released (AMT-001 & AMT-002 respectively, both were limited to 50 copies) in February 1997. Whilst the third disc features a tape released in April 1996 which was released in an edition of 10! Apparently, there was a track dropped from this tape due to "quality control" issues.
This rip is a biggie (about 2.5 gb) but I think it deserves to be heard in flac.
The Tower Recordings were a group of friends in Brattleboro, Vermont. Revolving around Matt Valentine (featuring at times, PG Six, Helen Rush, Tim Barnes, Samara Lubelski, S. Freyer, Esq., Andre Vida and Dean Roberts), they were one of the more innovative groups bundled under the ever-growing umbrella of the psychedelic folk scene (or "New Weird America" as The Wire would have it). Although they have been largely overlooked in the wake of the bands who were better placed when the media began to take an interest, they’ve consistently been viewed by musicians and discerning fans alike as one of the psych-folk underground’s best kept secrets. With an encyclopedic knowledge of blues and folk traditions and a fascination with the avant-garde, they created a suitably far out sound filled with brittle acoustic picking and mind melting experimentation. The recordings often involved retiring to a suitably isolated and atmospheric location and playing with a tape rolling.
Gradually they folded, with Matt Valentine evolving and creating beautiful work under the MV & EE collective umberella.
Japanese psychedelic rock band fronted by Asahito Nanjo the genius behind such other genre-warping groups as Musica Transonic, Mainliner and Toho Sara. It's only 25 minutes long. File under "short and sweet".
Ash Ra Tempel are one of the greatest but (perhaps) lesser known of the wave of kosmiche music groups (generically branded as krautrock by the UK press at the time) that rose to prominance during the late sixties/early seventies. They originally formed after purchasing Pink Floyd's sound equipment in London and consisted of Manuel Göttsching (guitar), Harmut Enke (bass) and Klaus Schulze (drums). The idea was to combine blues influenced improvisations and new sounds available with the electronics and synthesizers newly available at the time with the traditional rock instruments of guitar, bass and drums. The debut self-titled album was released in 1971, engineered by Conny Plank. Konrad Plank himself was integral to the entire kosmiche scene. It was his inspirational manipulation of the new technology and his ability to effectively use the studio as an instrument, in it's own right, that opened up an entire new world (or universe) of possibilities. Conny also worked with the likes of Neu!, Cluster, Holger Czukay, Guru Guru, and Dieter Moebius and could almost be considered as part of the bands that he worked with, such was his influence. Klaus Schulze soon went his own way to pursue other ideas.
The following year, Manuel and Hartmut joined forces with guest musicians (forming more of a collective rather simply employed session musicians) for the second album Schwingungen. In the summer of the same year the rolling cast list teamed up with with Timothy Leary (yep, "turn on, tune in, drop out") to record Seven Up. In 1973, Klaus Schulze rejoined and, with the first appearance of Manuel's girlfriend Rosi, recorded the spontaneous and totally unrehearsed "Join Inn". Quite literally turn on the tape and play! This astonishingly creative period possibly represents the highwater mark for Ash Ra Tempel and all four feature in the top 10 of Julian Cope's deleriously idiosyncratic review of the period "Krautrocksampler". All four albums are essential!
The "Private Tapes" series of 6 cds contain a wealth of unreleased recording. Released in 1996, they have been sold out for years and (as far as I am aware) have never been reissued.
In preparing this post, I found that the early releases have just been rereleased (again!) or are about to be rereleased ... details of which can be found here. If you like what you hear, I strongly recommend that you buy them! They will sound far superior to these rips!
This was the first release (in 2005) on the brilliant but criminally shortlived Militant Walls which was run by Sam McKinlay (The Rita, Ba. Ku., BT.HN, Vice Wears Black Hose, etc). It was originally intended as a pair of C60 tapes but ended up as pair of cdrs instead. Incapacitants should need no introduction. In case you've been living in a cave...the legendary OVMN (or Optimum Volume Maximum Noise if you prefer) is the solo harsh noise solo project of Joseph Roemer - the head honcho of Macronympha. The importance of these two units is evident by the castlist assembled to rework and pay homage to the original material.
Everything you would want to read about this has already been done here.
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