David Jackman - Silver Skies

Perfect music to accompany those "what's the point of anything?" moments.

7" released on Syntactic in 1997.

Silver Skies

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Alo Girl - Bangkok

A lovely mix of field recording and fierce noise from Cristiano Renzoni, blessed head honcho of Urashima.

LP released on Urashima in 2014.

Bangkok

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David Jackman - Threshold

Five minutes of underwater dungeon sounds from the former member of The Scratch Orchestra and the man behind Organum.

Single-sided 7" released on Syntactic ‎in 1994.

Threshold

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Merzbow - Wakantanka / Aboriginie Of Anniversary 50 Years After War

Masami Akita and Tetsuo Sakaibara doing their best to dislocate your synapses.

7" released on Syntactic in 1995.

Wakantanka / Aboriginie

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Climax Denial - In The Absence Of Self-Control

Rhythmic and atmospheric power electronics from Alex Kmet's excellent Climax Denial.

LP released on Urashima in 2015.

In The Absence Of Self-Control

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Crash At Every Speed - Vehicular Manslaughter

One of my favourite Richard Ramirez projects ...

LP released on Urashima in 2016.

Vehicular Manslaughter

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va - Verschwende Deine Jugend (Punk Und New Wave In Deutschland 1977-83)

A double-disc compilation of German post punk and electronic music during those fertile years, 1977 to 1983. Some of the expected "hits" are present, as they must be: Abwarts "Computerstaat", Die Krupps "Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn", Andreas Dorau "Fred Vom Jupiter", Malaria! "Your Turn to Run" are all terrific songs that anyone dipping in to this scene for the first time really ought to hear. But of the Fehlfarben songs, thankfully none are "Ein Jahr" (whew!) and the Liaisons Dangerouses song is not "Los Ninos en el Parque". Instead of those obvious choices, the compilers include music by Palais Schaumburg, Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle, Male, Einstuerzende Neubauten, ZK, Der KFC, Die Raidierer, Ostro 430, SYPH, Neonbabies, Hans-a-Plast, Mania D., Freider Butzman, Mittagspause, Die Wirtschaftwunder, Tommi Stumpff, Pyrolator, Ede und der Zimmermanner, Die Toten Hosen, Der Plan, and Xao Seffcheque. It leans a bit heavily on the Zick Zack label and doesn't delve into the cassette-only underground (for that, you'll need to spend some time exploring down this rabbit hole), but I think it's absolutely fine for the snapshot that this is trying to present.

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disc 2

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Slogun - A Breed Apart

Remastered reissue of one of John Balistreri's earliest works of hallucinatory punishment ... class!

LP released on Urashima in 2014.

A Breed Apart

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The Horse He's Sick - 30 Gastric Greats

This 1982 cassette of maddeningly hypnogogic (or hypnagogically maddening?) tape scramble was the debut of Ian Andrews, who in the early 1980s was proprietor of Australian noise-cassette label Lymph Products. Andrew also recorded under the just-as-wonderful noms de bruit Cut With The Kitchen Knife (that one's pretty good) and Kurt Volentine. Muffled morning television and insistent electronic blips that are similar, perhaps, to early Severed Heads or Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son. Lots of short songs.

The Horse He's Sick - 30 Gastric Greats

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Various - Valkoinen Kohina

As I leave Finland, here's Chloroform Rapist, Edge Of Decay, Silence Of Vacuum, Sick Seed, Snuff and Unclean.

LP released on Urashima in 2015.

Valkoinen Kohina

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Go Back To Your Precious Wife and Son - Shindii Shimae

Single-use pseudonym of ex-Severed Head Paul Deering, self-released as a cassette in 1984. If the irritating tape loop loop loop loop loop of "Gashing the Old Mae West" makes you get up and shimmy, these blurps will initiate similarly "enjoyable" bodily discomfort. Great band name, don't you think?

Go Back To Your Precious Wife and Son - Shindii Shimae

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Various - Nyrkki ja Kyrpä

Pain Nail, Sick Seed, Grunt, Bizarre Uproar, Wertham and more ...

C80 released on Filth And Violence in 2009.

Nyrkki ja Kyrpä

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Various - Nyrkki ja Kyrpä II

Possibly the best of the bunch given that we have Sick Seed, Snuff, Last Rape, Concrete Mascara, Wince, Bizarre Uproar, Sadistic Bliss, Mania and more ...

C80 released on Filth And Violence in 2010.

Nyrkki ja Kyrpä II

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Various - Nyrkki ja Kyrpä III

A preponderance of punishment provided by SSRI, S.T.A.B. Electronics, Streetmeat, The Vomit Arsonist, Bagman and Shift and more.

I've been sitting on this for years as (according to discogs) the final track ("Nystagmus" by Lapot) is missing. I've never seen it and guess I never will, so what the hell.

C80 released on Filth And Violence in 2012.

Nyrkki ja Kyrpä III

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Jo Jo Ef Steve - A Quiet Night In With Jo Jo Ef Steve

Nocturnal plinks, plonks and distracted shuffling by a New Zealand group (??) whose total output is contained on this CDR released by United Fairy Moons. Innocent little microphones are overloaded by fake-raga thwang, children's toys, guitars that sound like they were played by someone who went to sleep two hours before the recording began, and a slathering of cheapo delay pedal as whipped cream on top of this crap cake. When a voice finally comes in, it's hard to tell if it's intentional "singing" or if someone just turned on a television in the next room. For fans of... hell, I don't even know.

Jo Jo Ef Steve - A Quiet Night In With Jo Jo Ef Steve

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Grunt - Charred Empire: Live UK 2005-2006

A collection of excellent live recordings. If only I could figure out where or when they are from.

Double tape set released on Freak Animal Records in 2007.

Charred Empire

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Clinic Of Torture / Chloroform Rapist / Snuff - Rape

More transgressive noise / PE filth with the Chloroform Rapist track being a particularly sweet bit of loop/pulse headfuckery. I don't know who is behind the latter two ... maybe it's Mikko Aspa but I suppose we're not supposed to know.

LP released on Urashima in 2012.

Rape

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Grunt / Clinic Of Torture / Nicole 12 - Nihilistic Paraphilia

Suitably small edition tour disc featuring three Mikko Aspa projects.

3" CDr released on Freak Animal Records in 2005.

Nihilistic Paraphilia

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Grunt / Nicole 12 / Clinic Of Torture - Nihilistic Paraphilia Vol. 2

Yeah, like it says on the cover ...

CDr released on Freak Animal Records in 2008 (in an edition of 50 copies) as part of the Institute Of Paraphilia Studies series.

Nihilistic Paraphilia Vol. 2

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umpio + irr. app. (ext.) - observation affects the outcome

this really is a wonderful release. bengt collaborating with the endlessly fascinating mr matthew waldron?

seriously ... hypnotic and organic fever dreams await!

"audio developed in alternating stages between winter 2011 and summer 2012 at rock creek tribunary, hillsboro, us. assembled at arkisto, turku, finland. grinder courtesy of the collection of mr. andrew liles."

cd released on monochrome vision in 2013.

observation affects the outcome

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