A-Soma & Eve Libertine - Last One Out Turns Off The Lights (LP, Red Herring Records RH1, 1989)

Bronwen Jones is the real name of Eve Libertine, who is best known as one of the female singers of Crass, one of my favorite UK punk bands. When somebody once gave me this record, I was quite surprised by its content. No punk at all, but spoken word in combination with 'field recordings', although I don't think the word was used back then.

"'Last One Out Turns Off The Lights' is a performance of sounds and spoken words with occasional visual interaction. It is presented to an audience situated in darkness. This record which is a document of the event might also be listened to in this way.' Subtitled '(Collage - Composition - Documentation)'.
Track A2 composed entirely from unsampled natural sound sources."

I have no idea who or what A-Soma is. Libertine still performs music and poetry with former Crass members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher, but it's free improv and jazz like. I guess more modern than regular punk.

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Tog Dogs? - Funny Farm Residents (LP, Funny Farm Records, 1981)

Ok, following all the noise of this weekend, for now something completly different. When I got Vinyl 12 I thought it a great flexi disc. Eyeless In Gaza on one side and on the other Top Dogs?, a duo of two brothers, Bass and H.W. Blom. They lived in the lunatic asylum, hence the name of their label Funny Farm. It mentions they are from Zwolle, although two De Div members play on a track here. It took me until very recently to get the LP mentioned in the article, and I must say it didn't live up to its exceptations. Much pop/rock like songs, with a bit of a weird sound here and there, but its quite alright. Not that good, not that bad. Today, you can judge for yourself. The zip contains the LP, the vinyl flexi disc and for those who read Dutch, the article about them.


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Idealistic Idiot Volume 4, 5 & 6 (three tapes, Nihilistic Recordings, ?)

Second batch of this nine cassette series. Unfortunately I couldn't index Volume 4 and6 of this. Four has music by Stefano Biasin, Odal, Commando Laars, Enema Syringe, Technica Material, Solananceau Tau, Not Half, S.Core, Marcelo Exposito, Context, Big City Orchestra, Uriniglirimiranglu, Vandal X, Andrew Chalk, Bercomize, Merz. Five has music by 1348, Lyke Wake, Eric Iverson, MGZ, Exterminator, Odal, Chaos Combo, John Wiggins, David Prescott, Esruk, Due Process, Bill Makechnie & Chris Marion, Not Half, LOSP, Little Seed Six has music by L.S.D., The Psychic Workshop, Costes Cassette, Ditto, Odal, Radical Change, Appi, Stream Of Consciousness, Cephalic Index, Brume, Dva Met Dva Nichts, John Hudak, Domaine Poetique, Esruk 

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Idealistic Idiot Volume 1, 2 & 3 (three tapes, Nihilistic Recordings, ?)

Peter Zincken of Odal fame is an active exchanger of music. Here has released many compilation tapes, such as Material and Nice Noise. His biggest set, as far as I know, is however nine volumes of under the banner of Idealistic Idiot. I have them all and post six this weekend and three next weekend (plus another three ninety minutes cassettes, but I'll reveal that next week). This is a very complete picture of late 80s cassette from the true underground. Lots of these people never made records, let alone CDs.

One has music by Zona Industriale, Mario Marzidovsek, A Violate Body, Juryen, Memphis 10 sc, Kapotte Muziek, Post Destruction Music, Gurk, Odal, Experiment Incest, Zanstones, Croyners, Zweiter Korps, Blackshirtorchestra

Two has music by Wienergesangknaab, Twirk, Nails Ov Christ, Paul Hurst, Anschluss, Odal, Zusammenwaschen, John Hudak, L'Akstremauncio, Urbain Autopsy, Lyke Wake, A Violated Body, Pregroperativistic Movement

Three has music by Vidna Obmana, Arvid Tuba and Klaus Groh. This is unindexed.


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Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck - Stuhlgangblockade N! (LP, Schimpfluch SH 09, 1991)

"Original material by Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck sent to various contributors, who then processed it and sent it back, after which Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck edited the material together.
Reissue of the Stuhlgangblockade cassette (SHP 1) edited in 1989.
Originally sold with booklet and various objects such as plastic bulb, screw or dish. Limited edition of 350.
Includes 16-page booklet explaining the process of composition.
features AMK, Andy Guhl, Architects Office, Audiosyncracy, Bräker, C-Schulz, Drängende Hebelkraft, Due Process, Frank Dommert, G*Park, Gfreeze, The, Grandbrother, Haters, The, Hirsch Quadrat, Illusion Of Safety, Inzekt, John Wiggins, Jörg Thomasius, Kapotte Muziek, Lieutenant Caramel, Maeror Tri, Merzbow, New Carrollton, Norbert Möslang, Not 1/2, PGR, Renkel Und Beins, Rudolv Eb.Er, Sudden Infant, Vehikel & Gefäss (& Ventilator), Vehikel + Gefäss, factor X

I didn't scan the entire booklet, and while typing this I made a note to ask Kapotte Muziek if they still have the original cassette with raw material that was used for this. Maybe later.

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Brian Lavelle - Towers Cooling (tape, All Kinds Of Things It Seems Upset The Apple Cart, 1997)

Second post with music from him, and I think I have no other releases by him.

Brian Lavelle is a "Scottish sound artist, born in Glasgow in 1972 but now living in Edinburgh. He has been recording since around 1990.
His recorded material can be described as resonant, textural layers of digital material, drones and processed field recordings. He has used the electric guitar in many of his recordings, often using it as a drone instrument or percussive accompaniment."

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The Neckparty (tape, no label, 1986)

This compilation is not released by any label, which probably shows the extend of the old tape days: 'send me some music, and I'll make a compilation'. On this tape we find Anschluss, Nails Ov Chrsit, Catharsist, Arvid Tuba, Maybe Mental, Kapotte Muziek, Ulrich Blume, Narzisse, 37 Pink, De Fabriek, Asod Dvi, If Bwana, Urbain Autopsy, Odal, Experiment Incest and Hollow Men. Quite a nice industrial tape.


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