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Smrznik / Placenta Lyposuction / Fukte / Vomir‎ - Brainkiller

Four C100 tape set taking it's inspiration from psychiatric medications. Released on Fabrizio De Bon's (aka Fukte) Toxic Industries in 2010 in an edition of 26.

Paroxetine / Duloxetine

Thioxanthene / Zuclopenthixol

Risperidone / Delorazepam

Clonazepam / Zolpidem

Anne Gillis - Lxgrin

Anne was a visual artist and composer who used looped sounds and adapted domestic items to create wonderful abstract concrète noise. Anne was very active during the Eighties and early Nineties and then I don't know where she went. If you are of a nervous disposition, her work will undoubtedly push you over the edge. Enjoy the drop!

LP released on (CRI)2 in 1984.

Lxgrin

Anne Gillis - Aha

LP released on Défense des Musiques Actuelles 2 in 1984.

Aha

Anne Gillis‎ - Monetachek

LP released on her own Rangehen label in 1985.

Monetachek

Yamamoto Seiichi & Acid Mothers Temple ‎- Mega Psychedelia

Recorded live at "AMT Festival vol.8" in Tokuzo on the 12th of December 2009. Released on the Acid Mothers Temple label in 2011.

Acid Mothers Temple start a U.K. Tour tomorrow!

Mega Psychedelia

Demoon Skirt - Age Of First

John Olson on a C54 released on American Tapes in 1997 in an edition of eight copies.

It's AM41 btw

Age Of First

Olson & Gross - Sax & Electronics

John Olson and David Gross on a CDr released on American Tapes in 2002 in an edition of 25. It does exactly what it says on the tin.

It's AM262 btw.

Sax & Electronics

Skanatel Attack - Fluid Jaws

C16 from another John Olson vehicle. Released on the 14th of December 2003 on American Tapes in an edition of seven copies.

It's AM311 btw.

Fluid Jaws

va - After Life

Solid early 1990's compilation CD on the Portuguese Fast Forward label with no real unifying theme or even sound, though it leans toward industrial darkness and romantic ambience. It's a well-curated album, an engaging listen from start to finish. "After Life" include excellent tracks by Paul Lemos (of Controlled Bleeding, one of my favorite bands), Dive (thankfully instrumental, so you don't have to endure his megastupid worse-than-high-school-poetry lyrics), Bourbonese Qualk (two slinky songs that wouldn't be out of place on "My Government is My Soul"... oh and by the way, this band has generously made their entire discography free to download at their website!), Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites, Omala and Attrition. Other contributors include Portuguese bands Croniamantal, Subitto (aka Joao Duarte, who compiled this album), and The New Hard Noise Heavy Rock Cyber Speed Sonic Metal Punk Acid Sound, which is a really dumb name for a band whose music is actually pretty good.

va - After Life

Family Sex - At The Refectory

The only thing that I know about Family Sex is that one of them is Karl O'Connor who records as Regis. What appears here was originally recorded at gigs in 1986 and 1987. It is like turning up at a venue to find out that it is already sold out and you have to listen through the brick wall. Early '80s Sheffield style synth punk laid out on a bed of Suicide's Ghostrider. Very entertaining ultra lo-fi.

This C44 was the first tape released on Krokodilo Tapes in 2013. The label is a tape only subsidiary of Blackest Ever Black. Both imprints offer the most diverse and entertaining output I've heard for years. They tend to sell out immediately. I'm on the mailing list so get a heads up but sometimes even that is not enough. Krokodilo seems to particularly suffer from the scourge of the tape flipper. Their output ends up straight on Discogs at massively inflated prices. I've seen all three of the tapes that I have posted "offered" at £50 each. I hate such people. I told him exactly how much! Anyway, keep an eye on both labels and go to the BEB Bandcamp page as well.

At The Refectory

Feral Love - Precession Dub

Dark tribal synth-industrial dub. Feral Love is Clay Ruby (aka Burial Hex). See, now it makes sense!

C26 that was the second release on Krokodilo Tapes from 2013.

Precession Dub

Helena Hauff - Obscure Object

Helena is a DJ/Producer from Hamburg (I think). This is a 90 minute mixtape which features electro beats on Side A and a much murkier technonoise on the reverse. Whilst even the description might have some regulars on the blog running for the hills, you need to play this out a few times. It could quite easily become your new favourite thing!

The third release on Krokodilo Tapes from 2013.

Obscure Object

Toshito - Pleroma

Weird little mid-90's Japanese noise CDR by Toshito, aka the last person in the world to own a Geocities website, issued on the Mistbahn label.

Toshito - Pleroma

Fossils‎ - Play Where Eagles Dare

This time around Fossils‎ are David Payne and Robbie Michalchuk (the pair also recorded as Bench Grinders). Here we get seven live shows across two CDrs from a busy November in 2011. I have a shelf full of Fossils/MJC tapes and CDrs but there was never any chance that I would get to be in the audience. So this makes me happy...

Incidentally, there was a Fossils bandcamp page that I would always pay $5 on a pay what you like basis to hear things like this. Where did it go? Am I missing something?

[Clearly, I was. It was hiding under my nose exactly where it has always been. Duh!]

Released on David's Middle James Co in 2012 in an edition of 33.

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Prick Decay & Violent Onsen Geisha - Dada Junk Spew!

Unofficial CDR reissue of the Chocolate Monk cassette, with one additional track taken from Prick Decay's "Studies for Postal Orgies Vol. 1" tape. Includes a poster and liner notes by Abdul Squeerter, aka (In Spite of Flaming Creatures).

Prick Decay & Violent Onsen Geisha - Dada Junk Spew!

Mossy Pussy / Torturing Nurse‎ - Split

Here's a harsh palate cleanser.

This is a 3" CDr released on Kabrakarakadabra Records in 2010. The former is from Ukraine and the latter we all know and love!

Mossy Nurse

Various‎ - Off Site Composed Music Series In 2001

Double CD featuring such Off Site regulars as Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama and Toshimaru Nakamura. There isn't much available regarding Off Site on Discogs but there is more info on the concerts and discography here.

Released on A Bruit Secret in 2002.

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Various - Improvised Music from Japan

This is the mother lode that spawned the series. Ten discs containing pretty much all of the Japanese improvising savants that you could wish for! Just for good measure, you also get a 20 minute live performance by Incapacitants.

The Improvised Music from Japan label was created by Yoshiyuki Suzuki to document the Onkyō music scene that began to emerge in Tokyo during the late 1990s. Onkyō translates as "sound, noise, echo" and represents a form of free improvisation which is more interested in texture than structure. The Tokyo venue Off Site was the centre from which the "movement" emerged and the Off Site label also released music from the genre.

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