Surface Of The Earth - Interference (LP, Fusetron fuse 020, 1997), 338/Province (7", Fusetron fuse 018, 1997)

I must say I don't know much about this band from New Zealand, and these are the only two records I have by them. The members are Donald Smith, Paul Toohey and Tony McGurk and they play a lo-fi drone guitar music, I guess of a kind that New Zealand is best known for. Music that I like.

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Dikyl Brobojo - Through Time And Trouble (tape, De Koude Oorlog sz 015, 1988)

Recently the name Dikyl Brobojo popped up on various compilations. Today a full release by him. I believe his real name was Dick de Booij, from Den Helder and ran a cassette label called De Koude Oorlog (the cold war), was a member of Szarkov (more of them later on) and played solo music as Dikyl Brobojo. Experimental, electronic music, with a strong fascination for Russia and China, especially communism. This release seems to be made with field recordings from China and casio keyboards.


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Interpretation Series 1-5 (five tapes, Lor Teeps, 1991-1992)

This is a series of five (perhaps there were more, but I don't have these) tapes released by Lor Teeps from Amersfoort. A more thematic approach per volume. The first volume has only ten minutes of music as a theme, with tracks by Hessel Veldman, Viviane Marc & Jan Kees Helms, Dikyl Brobojo, A.H. Erlebnis, Amy Love & Messy & Hansan and Fred Valkering.
The second volume is 'E O O E' and has Sempiternels, Kapotte Muziek, From Nursery To Misery, Skeletal Remains, A.C. van Wijk & A.H.J. van der Kooi.
The third volume is 'I A A I' with Markus Schwill, A.C. van Wijk & A.H.J. van der Kooi, Mohr, Alain Basso, and Blackhumour (a long piece of silence and one very short sound).
Volume Four is '72 Decolletes And One Nipple' with Factor X, Post Mortem, DSIP, Merzbox, Frak.
Volume Five is 'Ritual And Spherical Cats' with Hybryds, Vrischika, KWI and Die Rache

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The Eject Project 1-5 (five tapes, EKO Tapes 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 1988-1989)

This weekend I have two postings which include five releases in one series. The first is 'The Eject Project', as released by Egmondse Klank Op-sessie. Four C45 tapes and one C60. A bit of a strange affair, certainly with the first two, where they just list who contributed, but not the order of the tracks. The later three have band names per track, and number five is the longest and most varied one. As far as I can judge only Dutch bands: Slowval, Range Day, Un Voixm Emmy van Egmond, John Valkering, Valdig Fer, One Voice, Edgar Jacobs, Szarkov, Little Seed, A.D. Eker (of De Fabriek fame), Boris, Art The Corp, The H.E.S.S. Group, Hafre, Post Mortem, Tijd Is Geld, Linefarmer 117, Uzi, Militia Chresti, Honeymoon Production and Kapotte Muziek. Many electronic music projects around, but also some more rock outings. More from this label soon. 

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Z'EV - The Old Sweat/The Invisible Man (LP, Coercion Records LP 001, 1988)

"The Old Sweat replaced the title 'Pounding The Pavement', and The Invisible Man finally surfaced. This is a sorry saga. Phil S. of the then Coercion label contacted me for something to contribute to a compilation. Normally I do not with compilations (with one or two exceptions), but for some reason I consented, and he came back that Coercion wanted to do individual LPs and would like mine to be the first. I warned him not to, but they went ahead anyway. Red Rhino was doing the production and distribution, the product was completed (my test pressing is in Ursula Block's archive at Gelbe Muzik in Berlin), maybe a few copies were sold, Red Rhino went into liquidation, and that was the fat lady's song. This was the first time I turned tapes over to someone, and they assembled the record. I was satisfied when I heard the test pressing. Cover by Andrew McKenzie. I ended up with a box of 25, and that's going to be my retirement fund!" - From the liner notes of Z'EV's 'One Foor In The Grave'. The Invisible Man has six variations of 'Element L' and 'Q #3', the b-side 'The Old Sweat' remains unindexed and has various live pieces. Despite the story about only a few being sold, I got mine pretty cheap.


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Durchschnittsanfall 1 & 2 (two tapes, Prion Tapes 5 and 6, 1987)

Today a much more regular compilation including Kapotte Muziek, No Unauthorized, Die Rache, EMPAC, Enstruction, PCR, Costes, Pacific 231, X-Ray Pop, If Bwana, Phaenomenalismus, Der 7. Versuch, Victor-victim, The Grey Wolves, Silent Voices, Une Le Wuerg Production, Doc Wor Mirran, Kopfschmerztablette, The Haters, Context and Beserker. I didn't scan the entire booklet that came with it. It was released in an edition of 250 copies. There have been more volumes in this series, but I could just find number 3 here, although it was released with number 4. I'll look a bit harder.

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Support Your Local Underdogs (tape, Zsbrodje Tapes, 1986)

Many of the compilation cassettes I borrowed from Kapotte Muziek deal with noise, electronics and experimental music, and many cover much of the same names. I posted a few already, and will do many more. They will be an encyclopedia of noise of the mid to late 80s. There are however some odd balls in this pile, and this is one. It's a punk compilation with for me unknown bands such as Powerage, Kina, Subterranean Kids, Les Gnomes, Afflict, Bad Preachers, Guy de Simpele, Hate Crew, Bap, Attic 22, Parasites and their music is a bit hardcore like, or some such. But in between most tracks there is also Kapotte Muziek, providing machine like 'links' between the tracks. When asked, Frans de Waard said, 'he couldn't remember much about this thing, or why it was made like this'.

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