Monday, May 31, 2010

Bateau - X (tape, Karnivor, 198?)


A short tape from a band I never heard of. Punk/new wave like songs, with a rhythm machine.

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Jorg Burkhard - An Alfa Beten (tape, Transmitter Cassetten, 198?)


More punk/no wave/sound poetry like music from Germany, and one that was easy to split into various tracks, vis a vis the tracks on the cover.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Twin Sproggs


Two posts today as tomorrow I'll be without internet. A compilation with MC900 Feet Jesus, Special Agent Cooper, Black Light Discipline Room, Cathode Raymonde, The Evolution Control Commitee, Martyr Colony, Centralois, Volkswhale, Dink, R.O. Seizure, God & texas, Girly Machine, Cattle OH, Pica Huss, V-3, Boy Scout Love Triangle, Jeff Evans Club, Charles Cicirella, Rayzer, L.A.I.D., Devil Nut Motherhole. I think this came with magazine. Lots of rhythmic music.

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The Downers - Ein Dreckiges Leben (tape, 1978)


A pretty lo-fi recording of unk/rock/wave like band from Germany.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Basic Principles (tape, 1985)


This is one one those tapes that could also be a demo, or a highly private release. Its one Wladimir Duijndam on synthesizer, tapes, loops and piano. Its not entirely ambient music, but also a bit experimental at times.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Frankfurt/Praha (tape, RDM, 1988)


This looks a like compilation of some kind, but I could detect or identify individual tracks here. Maybe one side has two bands from Frankfurt (Technische Abteilung and Radio Diffsuor Maracaibo) and on the other side bands from Prague: Maxa, Kvety Intimnich Nalad, Mondrian, Tristan 43, Odvazna Srdce. I might be wrong also. Quite experimental electronics.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Black Iron Prison - Nothing Exists (tape, Durameter Records, 1985)


From America, a duo of Kerry S. Kugelman and E. Barbour who brings some nice music based on early sampling. Part rhythmic, a bit industrial.

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Monday, May 24, 2010

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Tapehead - Live At Gallery 14K (tape, Gry 098, 1981)


More improvised music of a band of whom I never heard.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Ermanu Risottocultura - Bisschen Schwul Aber Cool (tape, Siff Setten 4, 198?)


A man and his guitar, sometimes with the help of a solo guitar player, singing songs. That's it. A but gay but cool is the translation of the title.

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Kauf Mich, Hor Mich, Kuss Mich (tape, 198?)




Poetry and noise it says in German on the cover. I didn't manage to do a proper index for this.

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Clean - Left By Soft (tape, Cliche Bootlegs & Tapes, 198?)


I am not sure if this the same The Clean as the Australian band. Maybe there is something missing from this package, well definetly the tracktitles. Garage rock!

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a note:

Hi there, the full track listing for this tape is as follows:

01. At The Bottom
02. Platypus
03. Point That Thing Somewhere Else
04. Count To Ten
05. Quickstep
06. Yesterday Was
07. I Don't Get You
08. Thumbs Off
09. Getting Older
10. Oddity
11. Point That Thing Dub
12. Quickstep
13. Left By Jam

The band are considering re-issuing this cassette at present. We've not been able to ascertain where or exactly when it was recorded though.

Hope is this of some help!

Regards, Jaz
Anything Could Happen
www.theclean.org.uk

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Ebbelwei Express (tape, 1990)


A short tape of punk like songs from this German five piece.

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Ax Genrich - RIF (tape, Transmitter 18, 198?)


Well, maybe the band is called RIF - now I look at the cover again. Oh well, that's about the extend of some of these obscure tapes I guess. They played punky new wave music and are from Germany.


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Monday, May 17, 2010

Them Both (tape, 19??)


A highly obscure release from Venezia, Italy. Experimental electronics, at times a bit ambient and at other times a bit more noise oriented.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

CoAccident (tape, Widemouth Tapes, 19??)


Widemouth Tapes was founded by Chris Mason, it says on the cover. Not easy to read that cover, but the tape contains some interesting improvised music by a collective of musicians.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Wat Kuz (tape, ?)


From Canada a compilation with mostly bands I never heard of, but also some names that are known. Here we go: Twist Of Cap, Fat, Brenda Leer, Aquatics Ever Tranish, Varoshi Fame, Sick People, MAD, Chinese Backward, Of Tanz Victims, Not Half, Huy's Sabotto, DR.A.M.A., To Be Continued, Digital Sex, Chassers Abeugles, Logos Foundation, Grum, Mr. Torrance, Leif Brush, Jack V, Granding Scratch Orchestra, Estelle Lemire, Scott Macleod.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Sagittal Suture - A Median Section (tape, 1985)




Being one P. Rodgers & S. Richards. 'Used in live performance' in 1985. Experimental electronics.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tom Stark - Arabian Junk (tape, 198?)


More highly obscure releases here by one Tom Stark, with a handwritten cover. Home made rock with electronics. Probably as obscure as the cover.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Die Stimmen - Der Einen/Anderen (tape, ?, ?)


Even more obscure this one, with band name and title written on the tape itself. Experimenmental again, with cheap rhythm machine, some wind instrument, synths, guitar bits. Quite the sort of work for a cassette.

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The Gang Of One - SSPI (fr) (tape, MHN/SSP Production, 1984)


A very obscure tape, recorded by someone who calls himself The Gang Of One', or also The Sorcerer. The cover shows the composition. Recorded with VL-Tone, Echo Units, Radios, tape loops. Short tape of experimental electronic music.

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Bande Krimineller Anfanger (tape, 1982)


Another one somewhere between an official release and a demo, this German band, which plays new wave music. Quite pleasant music.

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Six Singles







We interrupt the flow from Eu Records with this anonymous donation from someone who I know and trust to deliver the real thing. Six 7" records. First there is the 7" noise compilation 'Easter, Puberty & Amplifiers, with Dog, Hyware, To Live And Shave In LA, The Flying Luttenbachers, ASM, Duotron, K Salvatore, Malta, Noggin, Rock Paper Scissors and Cock ESP. Each have a 1 minute track. Released by Ignivomous Records.
Also a compilation is 'Is It Safe 2' by Body Records (001), with Vomito Negro, Bill Pritchard, Absolute Body Control, Nicky Ricci's, The Klinik, The Splatters, Vita Noctis.
Then there is a limited 7" by Hyware on the Dutch Lab records label (003, 1995), with quite some noise, partly recorded live and a split 7" by Hyware and noise Armenia. Later Hyware evolved into Technoise, of which there is a 7" included here too. Radboud Mens' rework of Kapotte Muziek was released by Korm Plastics in 1997.

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Wolfshagen (tape, Golden Guitar Label, 1990)


A compilation with bands, I assume, from the German city Wolfshagen: No Lessons No Talent, Plasma, Wohlstandskinder, Pilzkopfe, Echolettes, Theyeatgrass, Golden Jazz Jumpers, Riccaro Bellini, Les Robert Volants. Punk, rock, new wave.

From Eu Records

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Get Out While You Can - Velvet Warrior (tape, The Sea Of Wings, 1982)


From the UK. Lots of spacious guitars by Dave Browett and synths by Chris Jones.

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Bearburger (tape, Uniton Records U018, 1983)


Norway's Uniton label mainly released vinyl, and Discogs doesn't list this cassettem but it lists a compilation on the same label with a track from this cassette (plus another compilation with them). The music is quite nice. Synth based ambient music, with small bits of rhythm.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Romantic Distortion (tape, Shot 002, 1983)


"An international group of musicians met in Berlin dec. 82. All sessions on this tape are played and recorded 1120 feet under the surface of the earth". Involved are Maria Weissgold (Praha), Murphy Tatcher (Johannesburg), Valentino Cawalho (Barcelona), Blake Colby (Houston), Steen Foss Andersen (Copenhagen) and Emad El Din Naguib (Cairo). Very improvised music, which sounds quite Dutch if you get my drift (think Suspect or Schalflose Nachte).

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Die Wahrheit - Eine Million Bibeln (tape, 1983)


A great tape of German madness. Improvised, chaotic, lo-fi and full of wacky humour. Created with guitar, bass, casio, rhythm box, harmonica, suitcase, saxophone and such like.

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Kong (tape, 19??)


Most of the music posted on this blog was available in one form or another, and I rather not post demo's, but here I make an exception. I have no idea why I am doing this exception. Maybe because Kong always looked great on their four stages, with each member having one. Later on they became well-known. Heavy rock with samplemania.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Rasta Robert - Chronologie (tape, 1986)


Quite an odd tape. You could think this is reggae stuff but its not, or not really. It hints a bit towards it, more dub like if you wish, but also some overtone singing. Quite experimental stuff. From The Netherlands.

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Freundschaft - Rotes Berlin (tape, Prion Tapes Pr 49, 1995)


From Discogs: Freundschaft was founded in 1992 by Oliver Augst and Marcel Daemgen replacing the older project Das Klima (the climate). Soon Stefan Beck and Mr. Cobra joined the band to perform real hardcore techno-noise.

The members of Freundschaft are:
Oliver Augst - stage designer and composer, voice, mix, drum programms
Stefan Beck - media artist, voice, mix, tapes, turntables
Marcel Daemgen - keyboardist and composer, keyboards, tapes
Mr. Cobra - techno producer, synthesizers

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