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Dead C. - DR503

Originally, this was an LP released on Flying Nun Records way back in 1988. This is the CD release on Feel Good All Over from 1992 that includes the bonus track "Max Harris 2". Discogs claims this is from the Perform Max Harris tape ... so that would be Side B's "Beyond Help From Max Harris" then. Granted, it's a similar construction but I think that this is a different recording ... so it must be true ... obviously.

DR503

Dead C. - Perform DR503b

The Dead C at their early frazzled finest. C60 released on Bruce's Xpressway in 1989.

Perform DR503b

Dead C - Hell Is Now Love / Bone

7" released on Siltbreeze in 1991.

Hell Is Now Love / Bone

The Dead C - Mighty / Power / Peace

7" released on Forced Exposure in 1991.

Mighty / Power / Peace

The Dead C - World Peace Hope et al.

And who could argue with that? This is a compilation of rarities and outtakes that also manages to briefly weft Nico, John Cale and Patti Smith soundgrabs into the warped proceedings.

Released on former-Skullflower member Stefan Jaworzyn's Shock in 1994.

World Peace Hope et al.

The Dead C - Metalheart

7" released on Siltbreeze in 1994.

Metalheart

The Dead C. - The Live Dead See

A collection of mostly audience recordings made throughout 1987, released as a cassette on the legendary Xpressway label (run by the band's own Bruce Russell) in 1988.

The Dead C. - The Live Dead See

The Dead C. - 43 Sketch For a Poster

Another very early cassette by The Dead C., recorded in 1987 and released by Diabolical Root in the same year.

The Dead C. - 43 Sketch For a Poster

The Dead C - Stealth / The Factory

7" released on Sub Pop in 2000.

Stealth / The Factory

The Dead C. - Relax Fallujah - Hell Has Come

7" released on Ba Da Bing!in 2006.

Relax Fallujah - Hell Has Come

The Dead C. - Perform Max Harris

Their first cassette by NZ legends The Dead C., released on Diabolical Root in 1987.

The Dead C. - Perform Max Harris

Otomo Yoshihide & Yuki Saga - See You In A Dream

Ridiculously sublime release that starts with surf guitar J-pop and covers every kind of territory from Dusty Springfield elegance, Stereolab syncopation, full-on rock out and Otomo channel interference. As wonderful as it is unexpected.

Double CD released on F.M.N. Sound Factory in 2005.

Tune In, Turn On

Dream Out

Otomo Yoshihide - Sound Factory (1997)

Full-on noise extravaganza juxtaposed with disorientating cut-up technique.

Released on LP and CD by Gentle Giant Records in 1997.

Sound Factory (1997)

Itaru Oki / Otomo Yoshihide - Encounter

The free-jazz horn blower, Itaru Oki, this time takes up the rubber hose and the flugelhorn to accompany Otomo Yoshihide's guitar on a one hour live improvisation recorded in New York in 2005.

Released on Fudebushow Kikaku in 2007.

Encounter

Otomo Yoshihide - Heart, Beating In The Dark [Original Soundtrack]

This is the soundtrack for the Shunichi Nagasaki film of the same name. Whilst coming in at under 14 minutes, it punches well above its weight and achieves everything that it needs to before leaving even when you take into account the incongruous Walkman Dance. Gorgeous.

CD released in conjunction with a booklet of interviews (which i don't have) on Office Shirous in 2006.

Heart, Beating In The Dark

Otomo Yoshihide - Memory Defacement

This is a double LP (with the second disc being single-sided) jointly released on Japan Overseas and F.M.N. Sound Factory in 1997.

The first disc is the sounds dragged from broken vinyl. There are large amounts of space left with only the reassuring clicks and pops of the vinyl to inform you that there is still something going on. Side C is the live realisation of those same ideas and it is astonishing! Recorded in Kobe at the Xebec Hall on June the 14th 1997, Otomo Yoshihide is joined by Sachiko M on samplers. Haco is credited as a producer but it certainly sounds like her voice is in there as well. A revelatory 23 minutes.

Memory Defacement

Massimo Toniutti - Km. Piccolo Cardine

Side A could well be the sound of an Amazonian nightmare unfolding in front of you whilst Side B leads to the inevitable destruction of our intrepid explorers. The fact that these sounds were created in one man's mind and articulated within a studio makes it all the more astonishing.

C30 that was self-released on Massimo Toniutti Editore in 1987.

Km. Piccolo Cardine

Massimo Toniutti - Il Museo Selvatico

Orchestral kitchenware and hidden retreats from the legendary Italian sound designer. Shangri-La as never before conceived. LP released on Idanna in 1991.

Il Museo Selvatico

Various - Prisoners Of Sex

Roman Torment, Climax Denial, Prurient and Emaciator on a double C12 set released on Callow God in 2007.

Prisoners Of Sex

Various - Power Electronics

I don't really get the distinction between Power Electronics and Noise. I probably could but can't quite be bothered. These days PE seems to encompass people who do noise and then shout a bit. In 1986, it apparently included the likes of Merzbow, If, Bwana, Maybe Mental, Architects Office, Controlled Bleeding, Le Syndicat and, erm, Rhys Chatham.

C60 released on Tellus in 1986. Most of the Tellus compilations are available for streaming but seeing as I have this one ... etc.

Power Electronics

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