Simon Wickham-Smith - Murrinh Kulerrkkurrk

Imagine Rovo raving within sight of Uluru. Insistent and persistent and capable of driving a person crazy in a bad way or a good way or both.

Double CDr released on Rhizome in 2004.

Murrinh Kulerrkkurrk

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va - Macro Dub Infection Volume 1

A fantastic double CD (or triple LP) compilation of industrial electronic dub compiled by Kevin Martin (of The Bug, Techno-Animal and GOD) in 1995. There are some really excellent songs here by Automaton (a short-lived Bill Laswell project), Mad Professor, Bedouin Ascent, Omni Trio (aka Robert Haigh/Sema), Tortoise, Scorn, Wagon Christ (aka Luke Vibert), Golden Palominos, Coil, Laika, Two Badcard, The Rootsman, Tricky and many others.

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disc 2

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Simon Wickham-Smith - Buckminsterfullerene

Looped and reversed dubtech and broken drone glitch.

Double CDr released on the immaculately conceived Celebrate Psi Phenomenon in 2002.

Buckminsterfullerene

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Android Sisters - The Best of the Android Sisters

... and now for something completely different! The Android Sisters were absolutely a product of the early 1980s, when computers were scary and sinister and a JG Ballard dystopian future and/or nuclear war seemed right around the corner. American composer Tim Clark was the human brain behind these mechanical siblings, delivering a cold version of "futuristic" (now charmingly anachronistic) robot pop that came out as an LP on Vanguard in 1984. The Japanese label EM Records reissued it on CD and added some bonus tracks in 2004.

Android Sisters - The Best of the Android Sisters

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Simon Wickham-Smith and Richard Youngs - Asthma and Diabetes

Two people using a whole host of instruments, objects and recorded sound to create the best aural screenplay you've ever seen ... erm, heard.

LP released on Majora in 1993 with artwork that surely doffs the cap to The Gordons' extremely fine first album.

Asthma and Diabetes

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Julian Bradley - Heel Intercom

2003 was a busy year for our hero. Another CDR of solo yawn, this time released by those heroes at Chocolate Monk in a small edition that probably more than met "demand". Oh, and it's great.

Julian Bradley - Heel Intercom

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Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs - Ceaucescu

Sitting somewhere between working class children in a school "choir" and cavernous orchestral feedback, I'm positive that Nicolae and Elena would have thoroughly disapproved of this opus but that just makes it better for those making the clumsy association.

LP released on Forced Exposure in 1992.

Ceaucescu

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Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs - Knish

Over here nish means nothing (as in "chatted her up all night and I got nish" ... less sexist translations were available but at least I am obliquely aware of that). Maybe I should have always been mentally spelling it with a silent K. Richard's guitar and Simon's piano seem completely disconnected ... and then one or both sweep towards the other and the (black) whole is revealed.

LP released on Ignivomous in 1996.

Knish

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Julian Bradley - A Companion as Glamorous as Sleeping on Wheels

Not only did Bradley adopt the hilariously cumbersome moniker A Companion as Glamorous as Sleeping on Wheels to use in place of (and/or in addition to?) his own name, he also released this album under his own name, with ACAGASOW as it's title. Lots of shorter pieces here, recorded between 1997 and 2000, released as a CD by the Belgian label Veglia.

Julian Bradley - A Companion as Glamorous as Sleeping on Wheels

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Julian Bradley - Ditch Us In the Doorway

Bradley's 2003 CDR on the Belgian label Audiobot, released in an oversized package just to make sure that the discs get nice and scuffed up as quickly as possible. Sigh...

Julian Bradley - Ditch Us In the Doorway

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Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs - Enedkeg

A ticket into a private world.

LP released on Majora in 1996.

Enedkeg

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Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs - Worried About Heaven

Sonic euphoria followed by consideration.

7" released on Fourth Dimension Records in 1993.

Worried About Heaven

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Simon Wickham-Smith & Richard Youngs - 444D

String manipulation, reversed loops and locating a tortured orchestra in a cave using echo location before flying off on a broken Wurlitzer organ to lament at leisure.

10" released on Fourth Dimension Records in 1995.

444D

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Julian Bradley - Miss Modern Venus

Maybe Bradley's best album? That's a tough call to make, but I'm making it and you can't stop me. Tape loop hypnosis for sweet daydreams. Released on a CDR by Peter Wright's Apoplexy label in 2003 under a strange new combo "band" name: Julian Bradley/A Companion as Glamorous as Sleeping on Wheels.

Julian Bradley - Miss Modern Venus

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Simon Wickham Smith & Richard Youngs - The Enigma Of Rotons

Brief guitar considerations recorded to tape, cut into a 7" lathe and released on Hell's Half Halo in 1998.

The Enigma Of Rotons

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Julian Bradley - Reasoning With a Goner

Yet another low-key beauty from Julian Bradley, released on CDR by the magnificent Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers label. Indeed, if you already love the music of Betley's own Ashtray Navigations (and if you have working ears, then you have no excuse) then this will mash those same pleasure buttons.

Julian Bradley - Reasoning With a Goner

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Neil / Richard /Simon / Stewart - Durian Durian

... or Campbell / Youngs / Wickham-Smith / Walden if you prefer. Expect prime UK tomfuckery.

LP released on Forced Exposure in 1992.

Durian Durian

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Tape Hiss - Tape Hiss

A one off name for this collaboration between Neil Campbell, Stewart Walden and Richard Youngs.

C60 that repeats Side A on the reverse released on Richard's No Fans Cassettes in 1994.

Tape Hiss

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Julian Bradley - Stella Concrete Geet

Recorded in 1999, released as a cassette by Freedom From in 2000.

Julian Bradley - Stella Concrete Geet

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Julian Bradley - Untitled

Julian Bradley is one of those low-profile noise/drone guys in vaguely the same orbit as Vibracathedral Orchestra, A Band, Richard Youngs, Simon Wickham-Smith, John Clyde-Evans/Tirath Singh Nirmala... so you know that you can expect high quality with minimum pretense. This untitled LP was issued by Giarida in 1998 in an audience-defying edition of just 100 copies.

Julian Bradley - Untitled

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