Justin Bennett - Magnetic City

This one is from 2001, also self-released by the artist on Spore Records, and is a stereo version of a piece that was first presented as a multi-channel installation at a festival in Barcelona.

Justin Bennett - Magnetic City

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BMB con - #10

Speaking of BMB con, here's Justin Bennett, Willem 't Hooft and Roelf Toxopeus transforming field recordings on a 3" CDr they released on their own label in 2003.

#10

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Justin Bennett - Demolitions

You may not have heard of Justin Bennett, but his story might sound familiar. Started out in an industrial band in Sheffield UK, then left to pursue very abstract tape music, finally producing brilliantly evocative albums of pure field recordings. You were thinking of Chris Watson, yes? Well, Bennett came up in the same milieu. His band Hula recorded its first albums at Cabaret Voltaire's Western Works studio. Like Watson's move to The Hafler Trio, Bennett left Hula to live in the Netherlands are perform with the incredible group BMB Con. Unlike Watson's later dedication to natural sounds and animals, Bennett's field recordings tend to be of urban environments. "Demolitions" was one of his first solo albums, self-released on Spore Records as a CD in an edition of 400 copies.

Justin Bennett - Demolitions

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Various - Devil From The East・A Decade Of Yoshida Tatsuya

And the award for the clumsiest and vaguely offensive title of the week is ...

The work of Tatsuya Yoshida is the work of legend. For brevity's sake, I will assume that you are aware of how great he is. This a wonderful retrospective of his earlier work and I wish there were more covering the following two decades.

Released in Japan on Bloody Butterfly in 1994.

Anyway (in the sense of brevity being really overrated), I was at Supersonic a few years ago walking between stages. Well, vaguely floating. Striding towards me were Tatsuya Yoshida, Kazuyuki Kishino and Masami Akita, resplendent in ankle length black leather coats. So I did what any right thinking person would do. I engaged them in a prolonged and well informed conversation about their work and the global and personal impact that they have had. They were delighted to meet me, asked for my contact details and we are still in regular contact.

Or what really happened was that I stood absolutely stock still staring like a fool with drool dribbling slowly down my chin. Extremely randomly, I had the theme tune to Reservoir Dogs running through my head at the same time.

To be honest, I prefer the first version of the truth.

A Decade Of Yoshida Tatsuya

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robochanman - strugglediver

Wonderful! Crash helmets with visors advised.

This is a CD released on Ground Fault Recordings in 2000. I have very fond memories of that label ... some 15 years ago they were very busy introducing me to noise that I had never had access to before. Thanks whoever you were!

Strugglediver

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RoboChanMan - Remote Control Militia

Yasushi Tahara dislocates your ears on this CDr released on Koji Tano's Denshi Zatsuon in 2001.

Remote Control Militia

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Towering Heroic Dudes - Blastula

For this, their first release, the ironically named Towering Heroic Dudes were Neil Vendrick, Roxann Spikula, and Rachal Spikula before evolving into a revolving line up of c'mon and hit this friends and associates. CDr released on Obsolete Units in 2007.

Blastula

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Towering Heroic Dudes - My Morning Jackoff

Lo-fi carnage with one side recorded in a bedroom and the other during a live set in sombody's house. C40 released on Abandon Ship Records in 2009.

Jackoff

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Relay For Death - Birth Of An Older, Much More Ugly Christ

Intentionally subdued rumbling noise from Rachal Spikula and Roxann Spikula who were both in Boyzone (obviously not that crate of cretins) and Towering Heroic Dudes. This is an LP released on Hanson Records in 2010. As far as I know, the only other RFD release was one of RRRon's Recycled tapes ... whilst I have a stack of that series, I don't have that one. If you do then please pass it our way.

... Ugly Christ

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Relay For Death - They Are Heating Up The Ovens Get The Fuck Out Now

For such an up-front title you would expect this to be right in your face. It is no such thing. There are a lot of spaces left and if this was just left to play in the background you would have a hard time trying to figure out why you felt this sense of quiet panic. It will be due to this CDr released on No Rent Records in 2011.

Get The Fuck Out

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Secret Abuse - Craftsman's Rhythm

A 7" lathe cut released on Folk Tales in an edition of 30 in 2010. The sound of the format only adds to the sense of decay and disappearance.

Craftsman's Rhythm

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Secret Abuse - Violent Narcissus

LP full of lovely synth rinsed guitar drones released on Not Not Fun Records in 2008.

Violent Narcissus

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Secret Abuse - The Immeasurable Gift

This LP was released on Arbor in 2009 and probably forms part of the six degrees of separation between the previous tapes and Marble Sky.

The Immeasurable Gift

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Secret Abuse - Young Pig / Walking For Days Alone

... and this is a C32 released on Eager Mother Tapes in 2007.

...Walking For Days Alone

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Secret Abuse - Master I Have Desire - Young Pig Vol. 2

You've met Jeff Witscher on here before. This time he is under the crackling noise guise of Secret Abuse. Rather predictably, it's excellent. This is also a C30 released on IDES Recordings in 2007.

Master I Have Desire...

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Daniel Menche & Small Cruel Party ‎– Scratch Of The Mutilated/Sister Brother

Lathe-cut split 7" from 1996, released by MSBR Records in an edition of just 77 copies. Each record came in a unique and completely absurd sculpture package.

Daniel Menche & Small Cruel Party ‎– Scratch Of The Mutilated/Sister Brother

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Lefthandeddecision & SKM-ETR - SKM-ETR vs. LHD 02

Released in 2002 as a business card CDR in an edition of 3 copies by Mouth Records. It came in a wooden box with inserts. Each artist remixes the other. It ends pretty soon after it starts.

Lefthandeddecision & SKM-ETR - SKM-ETR vs. LHD 02

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Lefthandeddecision & R4 - Split

Split CDR on Troniks from 2001, edition of 50 copies.

Lefthandeddecision & R4 - Split

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Lefthandeddecision vs. Navicon Torture Technologies - A Morte Perpetva (Jvstvs Mors)

Business-card CDR released by PACrec/Troniks in 2002 in an edition of 25 copies.

Lefthandeddecision vs. Navicon Torture Technologies - A Morte Perpetva (Jvstvs Mors)

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Lefthandeddecision & Feverdreams - Split

Lefthandeddecision (and later, The Cherry Point) were a great 7" band. He made many singles and split singles, and I think the short duration works in the music's favor. Get in, blast like hell, get out. This 7" came out on Troniks in 2001 in a relatively healthy edition of 200 copies.

Lefthandeddecision & Feverdreams - Split

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