Bleak Bliss

Ray Off - I Am Not In The Racing Sky

Somebody reviewed these three live recordings thus: "Latest release from this New Zealand freak orchestra led by UFM label boss James Currin and here featuring Katrina Thomson on harp, Pamela Poppins on guitar, organ and voice and Jon Chapman (an original member of Double Leopards) on electronics. Brief parts of this have an ecstatic vocal element that sounds a bit like The Skaters or Ben Reynolds, especially [when] combined with the occasionally ferocious hair-trigger application of microphone feedback and electronics. Use of keyboards is nicely loaded, bringing to mind peak-era Popol Vuh/Tangerine Dream. But it's all framed within these weird avant/chamber folk/drone brackets that are as knotty and warped as your favourite Harvest side. It gets to the point that the rapid succession of electronics/strings/vox/guitar primitivism starts to make much of this recording resemble some kind of episodic travelogue or sound journal, much like the last UFM Ray Off disc, Ghost Wolf Of Thunder Mountain. As soon as you settle back and learn to just dig the scenery it all makes a lot more sense."

Yeah, pretty much, and you can pick up the Ghost Wolf recording here alongside the equally excellent My Favourite Plum 2:18 from 2009.

CDr released on United Fairy Moons in 2005.

I Am Not In The Racing Sky

David Tudor - Neural Synthesis Nos. 6-9

Double-disc set of "neural synthesizer" insanity by David Tudor, released by Lovely Music in 1995. The sound of live brain cells being fried in butter.

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Wormed By Leonard

Originally released as a C90 in 1998 until it was reissued seven years later with additional unreleased tracks and some from compilation singles. Expect excellent tales of young boys walking their dog and such like ...

CD released on Thwart Productions in 1995.

Wormed By Leonard

David Tudor - Three Works For Live Electronics

Blistering and utterly necessary album of homemade electronic howl by the one and only David Tudor, recorded between 1972 and 1982 and sounding as if it came from the future. Features Taj Mahal Traveller Takehisa Kosugi on two tracks. Released by Lovely Music as an LP in 1984, then reissued on CD with an extra track in 1996.

David Tudor - Three Works For Live Electronics

The Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Tangle

Warped vigilance masquerading as music. Damn fine.

Originally this was an LP released on their own Thwart Productions in 1989. This is the CD released on Scratch Records in 1994.

Tangle

va - Revue OU

From 1964 to 1974, Henri Chopin published the "Revue OU" magazine about sound poetry. Each magazine came with a record, which makes sense since sound poetry is best understood as a performed artform to be heard rather than simply read. In 2002, Alga Marghen released two different versions of this collection: a 4xCD version and a 6xLP version. The CDs came with a book that reproduces pages from the magazines, which the vinyl came with an LP of music not included on the CDs. This is the CD version. Includes Henri Chopin, Gil J. Wolman, Francois Dufresne, Sten Hanson, Bob Cobbing, Ake Hodell, William S. Burroughs, Bernard Heidesieck, Arthur Rimbaud, Raoul Hausmann, Brion Gyson and many more.

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - The Natural Finger

Back in the day, one of my favourite ways to spend a Saturday morning was to check out the 7" imports box that sat on the counter of Yanks or Piccadilly Records. Buying things that you knew nothing about judging only by sleeve design and band names. This was one of those. I remember taking it home, playing it and thinking "ah well, nothing much going on here" (which was more about what else was in my bag that day). How wrong can a Badger be? This is glorious ... think of the opening of Blue Velvet where the cutesy family are out front and Pop is mowing the lawn and the camera closes in on the severed ear by the white picket fence. Yep, there's a whole heap of weird going on under the surface.

7" released on Ajax Records in 1990.

The Natural Finger

François Dufrêne - Oeuvre Désintégrale

Big collection of delirious sound poetry by François Dufrêne recorded from 1958 through 1970 and originally issued as a three-cassette boxset by Belgian sound poetry publisher Guy Schraenen Editieur in 1976. In 2007, Alga Marghen reissued it as a 4xLP boxset. There is also a 3xCD boxset version from 2010, which might have slightly different content, but I'm not sure.

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 / Sun City Girls - Outhouse Of The Pryeeeeeeee / Wheat Delusion

... and as a footnote, here's two great bands covering two great Caroliner songs.

7" released on Nuf Sed in 1991.

Outhouse Of The Pryeeeeeeee / Wheat Delusion

Various - Brutal Sound FX Compilation And Exhibition Of Strange Fact

"Edition of 200 hand-numbered copies, as compiled by Enterruption and Hans Grüsel, of the hitmakers and instant classics from the Brutal Sound FX "scene": a mob of loonies and lunatics gathered mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area, all users of a particular internet posting bored (Brutal SFX). Enterruption is proud to present a collection of twenty-eight different groups gathered on ridiculous-length's cassettes (each side is like a complete LP, so think of this as 4xLP's that we kindly taped for you...)"

Diatric Puds & The Blobettes, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Spider Compass Good Crime Band, Tarantism, Hans Grüsel's Krankenkabinet, Pod Blotz, Head Boggle, Commode Minstrels In Bullface and more and more and more ....

A pair of C94s released on the great Enterruption in 2007.

Exhibition Of Strange Fact

Hans Grusel's Krankinkabinet - Ein Haunted Sommerplatz

Another missive from Mike, and the extraordinary Krankinkabinet is always welcome!

Self-released CDr from 2002.

Ein Haunted Sommerplatz

... and (in at least some of them) there was also an extra disc, a 70 minute live performance: "12 Galaxies 2525 Mission, SF CA Feb 15 Tuesday"

Das Boot

... and here's another 11 minute live blurt

Live at Outdoor Amphibian Theater, Eugene, OR 09.12.05

Spider Compass Good Crime Band - Plaid Plasma 'N Pipes

This rare gem comes courtesy of Mike over at the excellent clarence duclo tapes 'n shit who also gave us the "Melancholy Petri-Muse, Si-Si-Si" CDr.

CDr released on Brutal Sound Effects ...

Plaid Plasma 'N Pipes

He then offered up some live Rubber O Cement ...

Live at Jazz House, Berkeley, CA 09.28.03

Live at Edinburg Castle, San Francisco, 11.10.03

Live at DIVA Center Eugene OR 08.18.07

Live at Ben Linder Room U of O, Eugene, OR 06.11.08

Live at Epic Space, Eugene OR 10.15.09

... and some live Caroliner:

Live at Fireside Bowl, Chicago 04.17.03

Live at Outdoor Amphibian Theater, Eugene, OR 09.12.05

Live at Max’s Vet Center, Eugene, OR 06.03.08

Legend!

Blue Sabbath Black Cheer / Rubber O Cement - Extra Hate / Telescomohawkworld

The BSBC tracks are in a different order and the single Rubber track is now 10 separate tracks. Why are you asking me, I don't know!

CDr released on Brutal Sound Effects at some point. You'd assume that they were released contemporaneously on their own labels.

Fucked if I know. So don't ask.

Extra Hate / Telescomohawkworld

Blue Sabbath Black Cheer / Rubber (O) Cement - Split

Ahh, the ultra-mighty BSBC! The core of Stan Reed and wm.Rage alongside former Climax Golden Twin Scott Colburn. The first track even has Grux on synth and Mason Jones on guitar. You're welcome.

The Rubber side is a single 24 minute track called "The Incredible Capitol Success Of Punk In The Hepatotoxicity Telescomohawkworld".

C48 released on the very excellent Gnarled Forest in 2009.

Blue Sabbath Black Cheer / Rubber (O) Cement

va - Soldering the Fuckin' Solitude Monitor

Four-band compilation 7" with noise by Remora, Ashtray Navigations, Coits and Ghostdad. Released by the mighty Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers label.

va - Soldering the Fuckin' Solitude Monitor

The Rubber-O-Cement Speculum Fight - Medusan Magnetic Tape Hair-Head Autocorrelation

... and then you get Grux alongside Damion Romero's Speculum Fight!

It has a completely different feel to all of the others and it's delightful. Your day just got better already!

Double 3" CDr set released on P-Tapes in 2005.

Medusan Magnetic Tape Hair-Head Autocorrelation

Rubber O Cement / Truck Van Rental - Heated Expression Of The Crawlycule

Truck Van Rental is apparently Marc Van Elburg (or Jack-Jack en de Wandelende Feedback if you prefer). He and Grux clearly share a love of natty headgear and warped reality. Whilst the world blinks with indifference, this is the kind of lovely that floats all of my boats.

CDr released on Brutal Sound Effects in 2006.

Heated Expression Of The Crawlycule

Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson & Tender Morsels & Rubber O Cement - Melancholy Petri-Muse, Si-Si-Si

"A little visit from Sigtryggur from his home in Spain added to a lager experimental moment between the stateside pseudo-science happening in the bay area. We came up with one bizarre experiment after another trying to build an international petri dish companion for us. Steady failures built up our depression into a mighty swirl of dire vices culminating in a few wounds and and an upsetting string of question marks after one very confusing evening. The journal we worked on for each experiment (some in Sigtryggur's native spainish scribbling) left us with a heartening task of translating this to an audio medium. Unnamed members of our ensemble were too inebriated to allow a perfect/steady record of the archiving in the studio, so this cd represents what we were able to assemble from the ruin. Half of the audio experimental archive has been destroyed from the original cassette medium, other parts were too nonsensical or embarrassing to pass onto the toughest listener. Honing this down to a 61 (plus) minute release took a lot out of us. Our construct is here, your living hell begins when you hit play..." Also includes the seven minute video file for added infernal immersion.

CDr released on Brutal Sound Effects during the past.

Melancholy Petri-Muse, Si-Si-Si

Rubber O Cement and James Twig Harper - Shameful, Effectual, Masterbattalion!

This time me and Discogs agree. Who cares? No one! Crack on. Crack up!

CDr released on Brutal Sound Effects in 2002.

Shameful, Effectual, Masterbattalion!

Jams "Twig" Haerper // Rubber O Cement - Houri Petri-Paws In Jointure Of Incus Jaws

More cerebral dislocation, this time accompanied by James Twig Harper (of Nautical Almanac etc).

I increasingly view Discogs as indicative rather than authoritative. It says that this release has 34 tracks, both mine and Mrs Inside's have 28. Feel free to correct us ... but, otherwise: here you go!

CDr released on Brutal Sound Effects in 2007.

Houri Petri-Paws In Jointure Of Incus Jaws

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