tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46147463575128269632024-03-05T02:33:19.441-08:00Feral Debris“...so they were like "whens the next issue out? i mean, is it yearly? whats he do all day, read comix & watch semi-porno-euro-vampire flicks or something?" & i was like "no he's on it."Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-68263590231234801362016-04-01T01:27:00.002-07:002016-04-07T03:06:18.319-07:00Gerry and the Holograms interview taken from Feral Debris issue 5. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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‘Meet the Dissidents’ by Gerry and the Holograms is a very odd record indeed. Released in 1979 on Manchester’s Absurd Records it’s eponymously titled a-side is a sea sick slab of electro with Gerry slurring like a pissed up, Manc Davros; “Did I say there were 16 of me? / I'm sorry, there's only 1 / The others are just fragments / Of Gerry and The Holograms...” whilst the b-side is an unnerving rhythmic pulse that slips into a doomy post-punk groove with ominous visions of the “foolish young”. Coupled with a great cover it’s pretty much a perfect 7”.<br />
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CP Lee was one of the fragments involved in the creation of this record, not to mention a member of Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias and is now a renowned author and filmmaker amongst other things.<br />
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<b>Who was involved in Gerry and the Holograms and how did you meet and decide to form the group?</b><br />
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There were two of us, John Scott and me. We were in the Albertos together and when we were touring we would fantasize about doing different forms of music than we were playing with the Berts.
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What were your intentions behind the band, what were your influences? I know a couple of the reviews of the record mention the Residents as a possible influence- any truth in that?</b><br />
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One intention was to be incognito, not linked to the Albertos - hence the cover ...
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We'd heard of the Residents because we were friends of Phil and I had been for years before but Red Crayola and 13th floor Elevators were as much in the mix of influences as were others in a more pop vein, if you can call Zappa pop.<br />
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Increased Resistance took its percussive riff from the master musicians of Jajouka. The harmony basses idea was from Andy McCullouch who played with Free who occasionally double-tracked his bass in harmony - this idea had been borrowed by Martin Hannet for John Cooper Clarke's 'Sleepwalk'. We took the same idea and put one bass in one speaker and the other bass in the other speaker. The seagull guitar came from an idea of Syd Barrett's that was from a story told to us by our manager Andrew King. Instead of a slide we rolled marbles up and down the fretboard by tilting the guitar. The studio engineer, a guy called Andy Mac, thought we were mad when we told him what we wanted to do but after about half an hour of experimenting he would say things like, "wow that's fantastic, let's put it through a flanger".<br />
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Gerry and the Holograms was musically composed, originally for bass. Guitars weren't going to figure at all, but when we got to the studio there was I think it was a Korg synthesiser, one of the first, and John, being a master musician started plinking around on it. We immediately realized that the electronica noises perfectly matched the theme of the lyrics' modernity and we dropped all other ideas of musical accompaniment.<br />
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<b>Do you have any overriding memories of recording the first single? And how did Absurd Records come to release the 7”?</b><br />
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John and I started at 10 in the morning and finished at 6 at night with a one-hour gap for the pub. It was completely finished that day the cover had been done before we had even written the song because we just knew that Gerry and the Holograms had to exist. We knew Lawrence who ran Absurd and he was up for putting out anything we did. As we were signed with the Albertos to Logo Records we probably weren't supposed to record for other labels and so the Gerry persona incognito seemed perfect...<br />
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<b>There’s a real Philip K Dick feel to the lyrics… 'Did I say there were 16 of me? / I'm sorry, there's only 1 / The others are just fragments / Of Gerry and The Holograms...' was that the kind of effect you were going for/interested in?</b><br />
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Moorcock, Dick, Sheldon, loved them all but no influences there - when we were doing Sleak the stage show, the Pink Floyd's special effects man lent us a laser and a hologram. He explained that if you smashed a hologram, all the fragments would contain the same image. A few months later I was in Edinburgh discussing a project with a tv company and when wandering around I found myself in a hologram shop ... I bought a bunch of pendant-sized holograms - pyramids, eyes, etc. That night I was telling Paul Davis of the Crystal Theatre that if you smashed one the image would be in all the fragments and we decided to try it - it was true! So came the idea of Gerry- you could never get rid of him - no matter how many pieces you smashed him into, he'd always be there!<br />
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<b>All these years on it’s a strange and unique record so what was the reaction locally at the time? Were you aware of Zappa championing your record on the radio?</b><br />
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John Peel championed it - presume Absurd Records sent it to him. It was also used on a BBC2 documentary at the time but there were only 5 thousand pressed and they went very quickly and it was always Absurd’s idea to delete upon sellout and never repress - everything was a limited edition (in order to enhance their mystique).<br />
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I was sat at home in Manchester listening to Frank Zappa's personal top twenty on Radio 1 when up came Gerry and the Holograms. It would be about 4 on a Sunday afternoon and we couldn't believe it - it was like being blessed by the pope. Up until last year 2009 I had no idea that Zappa had championed it beyond that ...wow!<br />
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<b>Did you ever play live?</b><br />
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No<br />
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<b>Does any unreleased Gerry and The Holograms material exist?</b><br />
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No but we went to America and.... One was Gerry meets Charlie the Cheeseplant - apparently the book Super Nature said you could rig up a device to a plant to hear its emotions. We thought we'd record a cheese plant with Gerry backing it. We even took a photograph of a cheese plant with sunglasses in the back of a car being driven to a gig.<br />
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Another undone project was "a day in the life of a house". We were going to put microphones in every room and record for 24 hours then we were going to mix it all together and speed it up to 3 and a half minutes long. Gerry was going to introduce it.<br />
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The reason these never got made was simply the Berts went to America, all other plans were shelved, and when we came back we were busy doing the tv series Gibberish and that was that ...<br />
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<b>Can you tell us a bit about your second single? Was it really a blank 7” glued to a random sleeve? Dare I ask what the concept was behind this and how did it go down?</b><br />
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Yeah. When John Lydon and PIL made whatever that came in a metal box we decided that exclusivity was going a step too far! We decided to release the Emperor's New Music which would be so exclusive that it would be unplayable - the idea being that someone would say, "this is fantastic, even though it was obvious they could not even ever hear it" - we did 500 and they went overnight. By an oversight to this very day I have never had a copy if it, not that it would be of much use! PS they weren't blanks they were returned 45s.<br />
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<b>Can you tell us what your previous bands Jacko Ogg and The Head People (1967) and Greasy Bear (1968) were like? I expect they were quite different from the Holograms? </b><br />
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Jacko Ogg was fairly straightforward until the last 20 minutes of the set when it exploded into a freeform psychedelic massacre ... Greasy Bear on the other hand was 4-part harmonies and twanging 12-strings, one in a sense was imagining what drugs were like and the other one was drugs. The Holograms were fully fledged experimenteurs who never lost their sense of humour.
Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-81077123504465947782014-09-11T13:10:00.000-07:002014-10-25T06:41:49.311-07:00Hacker Farm- Dreamware Reboot C60 out now. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RIuYzfokrt8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Homebrewed electronics from the Yeovil cell. 8 tracks of corroded signals that build and extend upon their Exotic Pylon LP UHF.
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Beautiful gold on purple artwork from <a href="http://cargocollective.com/sianmacfarlane">Sian Macfarlane</a> expertly letter press printed, as usual, by <a href="http://theprintproject.co.uk/">The Print Project</a>
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80 copies with insert. £6ppd UK £8ppd R.O.W.
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SOLD OUT. THANKS.
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Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-14331468492124710212014-02-08T10:52:00.000-08:002014-09-11T13:48:22.980-07:00Cheapmachines/Dieter Müh split C50 tape out now.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgeGuOlmIm0hcURQRBFO8P-Po6QsaPV5QnrBkovamsxuQzTx2057MHtypkTfvX2zCOmelcOsGW4GWaq9RM-g1tg9VlRa7RB11U7k8GzfIwgM8xkbLXFWzqWdkxeBxOtzyIX2hAZDGiMGi/s1600/Sweden+2012+014+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgeGuOlmIm0hcURQRBFO8P-Po6QsaPV5QnrBkovamsxuQzTx2057MHtypkTfvX2zCOmelcOsGW4GWaq9RM-g1tg9VlRa7RB11U7k8GzfIwgM8xkbLXFWzqWdkxeBxOtzyIX2hAZDGiMGi/s320/Sweden+2012+014+(1).jpg" /></a>
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The long delayed Cheapmachines and Dieter Müh split tape is now upon us.
The Cheapmachines side is a writhing wall of precise noise, intricate and pummeling in equal measures. With recent releases on discerning labels such as <a href="http://entracte.co.uk/home">En'tracte</a> and <a href="http://www.tapeworm.org.uk/">The Tapeworm</a> <a href="http://cmx.org.uk/">Phil Julian</a> has created a pretty impressive body of work of late and this slab only adds to it.
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The Dieter Müh side is a (good quality) live recording of his set from the now infamous Rammel Weekender in 2012. Try and imagine Luc Ferrari's 'Presque Rien' relocated to the puke drenched streets of a Nottingham Saturday night with all the jollity, paranoia and threats of imminent violence that that entails.
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Cover photograph by Steve Cammack. Pro-duped blue cassettes with insert. Limited to 80 copies.
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Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-60385433969752263022014-01-02T11:57:00.000-08:002014-05-06T12:09:57.487-07:00Clive Fencott- restringing a rotary clothesline C40 out now.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBDO2tq04kMLeC_zYGATV5el0tLS-fKhM4NQ6MUan1vViDcqcSYoDkhSrACygERVSpg34oqHvuAN6-0GDMLHMZDUnkb5m1gnrfCsvKOP3fmMb0wCTxWici1EK8cyAYTMBDXYYhygy0-vL/s1600/IMG_0530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBDO2tq04kMLeC_zYGATV5el0tLS-fKhM4NQ6MUan1vViDcqcSYoDkhSrACygERVSpg34oqHvuAN6-0GDMLHMZDUnkb5m1gnrfCsvKOP3fmMb0wCTxWici1EK8cyAYTMBDXYYhygy0-vL/s320/IMG_0530.JPG" /></a></div>
Our first release for 2014 is 'Restringing a rotary clothesline' by Clive (aka PC) Fencott. Four slabs of sound poetry wrapped up in a tasty Print Project sleeve.
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I first heard Clive at the Colour out of Space festival in 2011. It was one of those performances which i sat down to with no prior expectations and left, along with the rest of the audience, with a stupid grin on my face.You can watch a clip at Clive's <a href="http://www.fencott.com/Clive/">website</a>.
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I eagerly purchased a copy of Clive's 1980 split LP with Paul Dutton "Blues, Roots, Legends, Shouts and Hollers". It made the Wire magazine's primer on sound poetry back in 2012 and this is what Julian Cowley had to say;
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"On the flipside is a rare opportunity to hear Gloucestershire-born Clive Fencott, who in the early 1980's formed Oral Complex, a brilliant alliance with Bob Cobbing; their voices processed live by sound engineer John Whiting. When the solo performances on this LP were recorded, Fencott had only been reading in public for a couple of years and again a sense of excitement and urgency comes through, especially on "The Legends of Jack O'Kent", recorded live (and not well)in London in 1978.Fencott may lack the projection of Cobbing (or Dutton), but as he intones his fractured, referential text, lapsing into machine-like stuttering, then straining to sing Robert Johnson's "Me and the Devil", enacting a struggle to elude diabolic possession, the cumalative effect is riveting."
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'Restringing a rotary clothes line'takes a variety of approaches to words and the human voice and is an equally thrilling ride.
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Limited to 40 copies. Letter press printed two panel cover by <a href="http://theprintproject.co.uk/">The Print Project</a>. Green tapes with insert. No digital edition.
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SOLD OUT. Check www.volcanictongue.com for remaining copies.
Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-73605947219929400342013-10-22T11:25:00.000-07:002013-10-22T11:25:37.047-07:00Jose Ramon Larraz Spanish director Jose Ramon Larrez passed away recently leaving a stash of uniquely warped horror films still yet to be properly rediscovered and whilst I admit they probably wouldn’t feel half as grubby if you could pick them up as digitally re-mastered directors cuts with hours of extraneous blether it’s a real shame that they are currently denied a wider audience whilst less worthy gobbets of ‘70s trash are endlessly repackaged and sold anew to the sweaty horror hordes and exploitation freaks.
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Beginning his career in Spain as a comic writer for magazines such as Pilote and Spirou he moved into films, and to England in the late sixties, and made a handful of films here, starting with Whirlpool in 1970, before moving back to Spain in 1976. The handful of his films I have seen all begin with a trip into an English countryside and end in insanity and perversion. The landscape here is anything but bucolic and verdant, instead it’s dank, autumnal and decaying; the ravening hillbilly horde of American exploitation films replaced by the corrupt English upper classes rotting in their dilapidated stately homes, feeding their sick desires and losing their grip on reality.
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1971’s sleazefest ‘Deviation’ is a real period piece of sinister hippies, mind altering drugs and gratuitous kaleidoscopic orgies. A middle-aged dirt bag and his gorgeous, under-appreciated mistress (to be honest the idea that this extremely attractive young lady would ever give the time of day to this pallid extra from The Sweeney is the only real point in ‘Deviation’ where I had to really overcome a sense of incredulity) are driving through the woods in the rain when hit someone and careen into a tree. Fortunately a hip young brother and sister are at hand to rescue the couple and offer them shelter in their nearby mansion. Unfortunately for the bruised duo the brother has an unhealthy penchant for taxidermy and his sister is an excitable sex killer. It never rains but it pours, eh? Soon the unfaithful husband is dead in the basement and his young mistress is getting doped up to the eyeballs and indulging in sinister sex orgies with a group of seedy longhairs.
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It’s as much fun as it sounds, with wigged out psych rock accompanying the orgies and the film manages to maintain a real level of homely sleaze with dirty, supposedly respectable, old men pawing nubile female flesh and slobbering uncontrollably. The initial drabness of the opening scenes in urban London are only emphasised by the cheap film stock. The dirty pub, the cheaply made car, the shitty clothes of our heroes reek of stale cigarette smoke and local pubs and it’s hardly surprising they make a break for the countryside and Olivia begins to enjoy the wild bohemia of her hosts (although to be fair she doesn’t know her fella is dead and being skinned downstairs). They’re better dressed, better looking and have some killer drugs- what’s not to like? The fancy dress shop Manson Family hippies look a little daft but are played by some genuinely sweaty and ugly characters and are suitably unpleasant. Although no means a masterpiece Deviation is a surprisingly effective and enjoyable slice of salacious delirium.
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In comparison, 1974’s ‘Symptoms’ is a far more upmarket and restrained affair and was nominated for Cannes that year. The convalescent Helen (who is recovering from something unmentionable) takes a trip back to her dilapidated stately home in the English countryside accompanied by concerned girlfriend Ann. The friends make themselves at home in the house but there are constant reminders of Helen’s past, a raven haired beauty who is seemingly no longer with us and who in the opening sequences is seen cavorting with the silent and repulsive handy man played by Peter Vaughan. As the voices in the attic increase in volume, Helen becomes increasingly agitated about what’s in the nearby lake.
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After the cheap thrills of Deviation I was expecting the simmering undertones between Helen and Ann to erupt into something far more explicit but Symptoms is an altogether more restrained and tense film that reminded me of a rural Repulsion at points. Larraz imbues the willows and lakes that surround the house with a hazy, late summer quality that clashes with and exacerbates the growing sense of unease and disgust. Ok, you’ve probably seen a dozen films with similar plots but there’s a claustrophobic sense of intimacy between the three main characters that entraps you and Angela Pleasance (yup, Donald’s daughter) gives Helen an awkward unearthliness that endears as much as it spooks. Unsurprisingly things don’t end well and the film spirals into murderous delusion and bloodshed.
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Through both films there’s a standoff between the aged squares and the young, demented main characters. The perverted old chemist covering up the drug abuse in an attempt to sleep with the disturbed but stunning sister in Deviation, the nosy but uncomprehending locals in Symptoms, the old simply cannot understand the problems and perversions of the youth of today...
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1974’s ‘Vampyres’ is perhaps Larraz’s most well known flick and certainly the only one readily available in the UK. In the film’s prelude two beautiful women (Marianne Morris and Playboy centrefold Anulka) are shot and murdered by a mysterious stranger whilst in the throes of a passionate embrace. This act of random violence seemingly transforms them into the eponymous vampires and we next meet them roaming the countryside in rather conspicuous black cloaks flagging down passing male motorists. Once these unpleasant specimens of ‘70s chauvinistic manhood are lured back to the crumbling castle in the hope of a fumble they are quickly plied with wine and drained of blood.
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Into this bedlam stumble a dull young couple on a caravanning holiday, parking up in the castle grounds. It’s almost as if the main characters from a particularly dull 70’s sitcom had escaped their studio bound set and unknowingly careened into a bloodbath. The young wife becomes intrigued by the comings and goings of the black clad vampires and their constant stream of male visitors whilst her husband is only really interested in fishing. Our heroine’s growing fascination in the nocturnal goings on of her neighbours reflects the boredom of her dull, suburban lifestyle and links her with the heroine of Deviation, both sick of the monotony of the straight lifestyle and both yearning to break out into the other side; sick, wild and exciting!
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I won’t spoil anything for you, potential viewer, but let’s just say that the ensuing Scooby Doo styled investigations lead to mass bloodshed and an oddly gruelling and cruel end to the film in which our heroine finds that excitement she’s been looking for and most assuredly regrets it. Vampyres is a strange film by all accounts; whilst certainly camp in places it still maintains a dislocated, eerie feel that is unsettling. The subtlety of Symptoms has gone (“They shared the pleasures of the flesh and the horrors of the grave!” bawls the one-sheet) and is replaced with no holds barred sleaze. Whilst somewhat reminiscent of Jean Rollins or Franco in places, it’s closer to Norman J Warren (Satan’s Slave) brand of suburban trash. Hypnotic and ethereal this isn’t.
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Larraz created a strange vision of 1970s Britain where characters attempt to escape their humdrum grotty soap opera confines into a countryside that’s dripping filth and violence. It’s an oddly compelling vision and one that I think still entices. Compared with many directors lurking under the surface he was absurdly talented and with the advent of the 2011 documentary, Of Vampyres and other Symptoms, I can only hope that his films are soon to claw their way from the crypt and get the attention they deserve.
Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-4991487895775984412013-08-10T02:46:00.001-07:002014-01-02T11:07:21.381-08:00New tapes available now!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHb0PJEOsHd-MwIhJJYyliiCFmdjQXOXfxXrutP8HCGG8CjOhHISJIDwPzJd1hheruNHIQd7BBmdqWsxnfwE3W3eL3aNbVtlcVzdIkI9sQRLSlq4og_EvugzSIVDYnsXJ5nPlmKCtkiEu_/s1600/tapewilly.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHb0PJEOsHd-MwIhJJYyliiCFmdjQXOXfxXrutP8HCGG8CjOhHISJIDwPzJd1hheruNHIQd7BBmdqWsxnfwE3W3eL3aNbVtlcVzdIkI9sQRLSlq4og_EvugzSIVDYnsXJ5nPlmKCtkiEu_/s320/tapewilly.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TPJs5is6brPLBVnkJC0uDyZz1EVjhSbBbLkP0foEpW7178XXvmL34j3SdivMxgfrzh1qZzFYcWXrnFpR5TAgqUfowm6nWKZ5Et7Cwax9vcvyskfIgHUhSdIcNr2Fn8JnIiWF25rWNjbO/s1600/twtapes.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TPJs5is6brPLBVnkJC0uDyZz1EVjhSbBbLkP0foEpW7178XXvmL34j3SdivMxgfrzh1qZzFYcWXrnFpR5TAgqUfowm6nWKZ5Et7Cwax9vcvyskfIgHUhSdIcNr2Fn8JnIiWF25rWNjbO/s320/twtapes.jpeg" /></a><br />
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Stuart Chalmers/Nick Edwards- split C60</b><br />
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A black hole of a split from Stuart Chalmers (aka Skarabee) and Nick Edwards (aka Ekoplekz, Ensemble Skalectrick). One almost thirty minute track, Reflectograph Suite, from Nick which is so phenomenally heavy it may start to drag objects into your speakers.Serious negative space dub. Here's his own words on the piece;<br />
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"Originally recorded in January 2011, 'Reflectograph suite' first appeared in a collaborative installation with video artist Jade Boyd, exhibited at Unsound Festival, Krakow and The Wassaic Project, New York (both 2011). This expanded version includes additional material recorded during that year, specially compiled and edited for release in January 2013."<br />
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Stuart Chalmers presents Subterranea Parts1-4 which was "improvised/recorded using 3 cassette tape players and pedals." I'm struggling to describe the eerie vibe that Subterranea conjures, it has the feel of a soundtrack that is miles away from the heavy handed synth hackjobs that are currently prevalent. Curdled strings and spooling tapes make for an unnerving and captivating listen. Wouldn't advise listening to this at dusk in an abandoned carpark.<br />
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Silver on black covers designed by Dan Ward and printed by the Print Project. Includes insert and is limited to 80 copies. There will be no digital release of this album.<br />
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SOLD OUT. Thanks.
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<b>Skeksi- liveness 2008-2012 C30</b><br />
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Icasea label boss Tom Knapp has compiled four years of sweaty live abstract electronics from around the world and condensed and manipulated them to create a piece in which the clink of beer bottles and screams of fist pumping punters blend and meld with jagged beats that reminds, in hedonistic atmosphere at least, of Lee Gamble's recent Diversions LP for PAN. It's impossible to listen to this warped purple beauty and not be transported to a dimly remembered sweat box, pushed up against strangers with the bass buffeting your lugholes and ribcage.<br />
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40 copies. Fluroescent purple tapes with insert. Cover art by Dan Ward and printed by the Print Project. Owing to the random nature of the universe we have 30 purple covers and 10 manilla. Both look great but let us know if you want a specific colour when ordering. No digital version of this album will be available.<br />
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<b>SOLD OUT. Thanks. Handful of copies will be available at Norman Records and Rewind Forward in Bristol.</b>
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Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-21249629035903237452013-03-14T12:53:00.001-07:002013-03-14T12:59:16.332-07:00SEXXXY CHXFX PHOTOS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsin5rJdS2o0jCLhJoVf3xCIWHkcfJla8fiqUmKtJvAOpBvD29eE5KvgxROLYOIz-YFG2NunFKx9OxGVz0h-0q8SbUl6Fi9MC5fPv_8XogXi6CQwwBkOXqMbe-Gl8O2GB7yBVUzLw3AZpT/s1600/CHXFX_Feral_webpage+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsin5rJdS2o0jCLhJoVf3xCIWHkcfJla8fiqUmKtJvAOpBvD29eE5KvgxROLYOIz-YFG2NunFKx9OxGVz0h-0q8SbUl6Fi9MC5fPv_8XogXi6CQwwBkOXqMbe-Gl8O2GB7yBVUzLw3AZpT/s320/CHXFX_Feral_webpage+1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdx225P6VonRI3806hrglDpdXJVt8w362xZnG3MdYUnCfjJ8J32BgKlKGk5t6Wf2rEvMgGAxA_Joll6RPPcRqcdzQY4NbMPdB4WyVRgP16RLttPKMQDbAVv5Yr3hKpHOwEPqRwKBv3sEw/s1600/CHXFX_Feral_webpage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdx225P6VonRI3806hrglDpdXJVt8w362xZnG3MdYUnCfjJ8J32BgKlKGk5t6Wf2rEvMgGAxA_Joll6RPPcRqcdzQY4NbMPdB4WyVRgP16RLttPKMQDbAVv5Yr3hKpHOwEPqRwKBv3sEw/s320/CHXFX_Feral_webpage+2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2KC9OCuCxXtCRGDRXTebaR3Uet0oUbi1XF5iyGdCURf_mRTyBT9M4hGjCIhEyQ_FUNrLJfH3JoagclWanwU8cMA5tNaH5Cgpwcq0JlbR2Lv20F-chRBScjrDI_ouuIx84diWw41uJ2oN/s1600/CHXFX_Feral_webpage+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2KC9OCuCxXtCRGDRXTebaR3Uet0oUbi1XF5iyGdCURf_mRTyBT9M4hGjCIhEyQ_FUNrLJfH3JoagclWanwU8cMA5tNaH5Cgpwcq0JlbR2Lv20F-chRBScjrDI_ouuIx84diWw41uJ2oN/s320/CHXFX_Feral_webpage+3.jpg" /></a>
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Thanks to Thorsten for the pictures. Check out the MM label <a href="http://aemag.virb.com/">here</a>.
Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-79528594376913979412013-03-08T06:59:00.002-08:002014-01-02T11:07:53.752-08:00CHXFX- Spacecide C50 out now!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxy8c6AD-ZAtNhygpGMU_qx42K8LVaC23QgvL_GEf9_e0th_H12uElvnYlOQrcVu8lR2hVmvO-Uim1iQRmh7WZlVBJM-jRf-08YtwAlKIIcghNZbgNxeOvhmEnu9gaEH0FDOjOTh-7YCgi/s1600/image+(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxy8c6AD-ZAtNhygpGMU_qx42K8LVaC23QgvL_GEf9_e0th_H12uElvnYlOQrcVu8lR2hVmvO-Uim1iQRmh7WZlVBJM-jRf-08YtwAlKIIcghNZbgNxeOvhmEnu9gaEH0FDOjOTh-7YCgi/s320/image+(1).jpeg" /></a>
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<b>CHXFX- Spacecide C50</b>
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Acidic synth action from Nochexxx's mutoid alter-ego.This isn't the aural ambient bubble bath you'd pour in your flotation tank, this is first hand evidence of extra-terrestial torture tones, fluorescent accounts of backyard colloidal silver huffage and actual field recordings of dust belts wavering across the third red sun's searing glow.
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Eye popping cover art by <a href="http://www.doubleferox.com/">Daniel Ward</a> and triumphantly printed by <a href="http://theprintproject.co.uk/">The Print Project</a> .75 copies,C-50 pro-duped, shockingly yellow in all aspects. £6 in the UK, £8 for the rest of the world.
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Take a listen <a href="https://soundcloud.com/nochexxx/chxfx-spacecide-feral-tapes-1">here</a>
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For those of a digital inclination high quality WAV files can be purchased <a href="http://feraltapes.bandcamp.com/">here</a>
SOLD OUT.Thanks.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-88862146176595877732013-01-09T14:57:00.000-08:002013-01-09T14:57:04.995-08:00Next up...The long awaited Cheapmachines/Dieter Muh split tape and a tape from CHXFX (acidic space synths from Nochexxx)..
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After that; PC Fencott, BBBlood, Core of the Coalman, Feral Debris issue 6...lots of other exciting stuff. Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-49761841875516188722012-12-14T14:13:00.001-08:002012-12-14T14:13:56.832-08:00Roro Perrot- the tape have no name c10 out now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And now for something completely rancid. 25 five tracks of ultra shit folk from the master himself, Roro Perrot aka Harsh Noise Wall god Vomir. Rumpsti Pumsti described his first album as "a drunken folk version of eraly Anal Cunt. Quite stupid. Quite genious" and i don't think i can top that to be honest. C10 cassette. 25 tracks. Programme repeats both sides. Shrunken VHS style covers with halloween artwork from a young adult. Blue tapes and individual inserts. 25 copies. £6ppd anywhere.
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<b>Ekoplekz/Ensemble Skalectrik tape</b>
A somewhat diseased split this as both projects come from the deranged mind of Nick Edwards, whose latest recordings have been released by a slew of labels such as Editions Mego, Perc and Mordant Music to name but a few. Featuring five new tracks of scuzzy dub tinged electronics from Ekoplekz and a monolithic slab of noise from Ensemble Skalectrik (a homage to the Italian maestro himself, Maurizio Bianchi)it's all wrapped up in a killer cover from <a href="http://www.doubleferox.com/">Dan Ward</a> that has been expertly printed by <a href="http://theprintproject.co.uk/">The Print Project</a>, an abstract silver print on thick black card. It looks, and sounds, fucking swell. Limited to 75 copies.
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SOLD OUT.THANKS.
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<b>Aqua Dentata 'Stone Garden Borders' 2cdr box</b>
There is an air conditioning unit at work which, if I’m not quite awake, can sound like a schoolyard full of children, a choir or the underground gulchings of a turgid goblin. It is this everyday disquiet that Aqua Dentata manages to distil into the unnerving drones and rumbles that drip from these two discs. Running at just under two hours these recordings created with synthesizers, zither, tape and voice are the perfect accompaniment to the pallid light of your fridge as it casts its shadows over unidentifiable organic matter. Packaged in a white card box with artwork by Daniel Ward. Limited to 30 copies.
SOLD OUT. THANKS.
Forthcoming titles; Roro Perrot tape, PC Fencott tape, Cheapmachines/Dieter Muh tape, BBBlood tape, issue six of Feral Debris and pleny of other stuff.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-90265652807693518392012-06-11T13:59:00.003-07:002012-06-11T13:59:28.426-07:00Feral TapesComing soon. Releases from Roro Perrot, Aqua Dentata, Cheapmachines/Dieter Muh split, Dale Cornish and many more...Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-14464452722596683682012-06-11T13:48:00.000-07:002012-06-11T13:48:06.316-07:00Feral Debris Issue 5 cdr coversA couple of collage covers for the cdr comp;<br /><br /><a href="http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/rich_hopkins/?action=view&current=FD10032-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/rich_hopkins/FD10032-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/rich_hopkins/?action=view&current=FD10024.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/rich_hopkins/FD10024.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-84306540626687754202011-11-02T11:56:00.001-07:002011-11-02T11:56:52.136-07:00Vomir + Iron Fist Of the Sun and more...<a href="http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/rich_hopkins/?action=view&current=vomirposter2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/rich_hopkins/vomirposter2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Poster by Sian Macfarlane.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-45888531241319529102011-11-02T11:28:00.000-07:002011-11-02T11:59:32.639-07:00Feral Debris Issue 5 now availableIt's been a long time coming and its certainly not worth the wait but here's issue 5. Including interviews with Stare Case, Graham Lambkin, Eli Keszler and Gerry and the Holograms. Thomas Moronic interviews Scott Treleaven and writes about The New Blockaders (sort of) and there's art and photography from Steve Skwarek and Sian Macfarlane. Comes with added spelling mistakes and glaring omissions. <br /><br />CD-r compilation (all in hand collaged sleeves) contains new and exclusive tracks from;<br />Nacht und Nebel, Usurper, Preslav School of Industry, Brittle Foundries, ABYSSES and Inner City. <br /><br />Photocopied to fuck and wonky to boot. £3.50ppd to anywhere in the world.<br /><br /><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><br /><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="WJYKX49UYL8YE"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal — The safer, easier way to pay online."><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-53237684447093394002010-02-23T06:18:00.000-08:002010-02-23T06:23:09.699-08:00Bong/Molten Gods/Nacht Und Nabel- 8th March<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbfn1r0Ovx8EypOo5ROL9BJP3kaNDnhfoTmxE2NOCI3Md0-Xl3-KjNJyluaxwd9yZcjqWSisbN9ZUZaXW1oMpc-VBRMuN133R_JjJJlA7D7wQH-nr4vk5rjMhxr8ni10oTerPywQld3mu/s1600-h/%2314+(2).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbfn1r0Ovx8EypOo5ROL9BJP3kaNDnhfoTmxE2NOCI3Md0-Xl3-KjNJyluaxwd9yZcjqWSisbN9ZUZaXW1oMpc-VBRMuN133R_JjJJlA7D7wQH-nr4vk5rjMhxr8ni10oTerPywQld3mu/s320/%2314+(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441443545416152786" /></a><br /><br />RAMMEL CLUB #14<br />--------------------<br /><br />BONG<br />From the icy wastes of the north come these ‘psychedelic doom drone warriors’ to crush all that oppose them beneath the weight of their monolithic riffs and sitar soaked dirges. For fans of Sunn 0)), Sleep and Om. New albums out now on Blackest Rainbow Recordings. <br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/landbong<br /><br />MOLTEN GODS<br />Leaving a trail of smouldering and ruptured amplification in their wake, the Gods return to Rammel Club. Their improvised take on HEAVY will be so loud as to leave your eyeballs liquefied and your guts a damp and distant memory. <br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/moltengods<br /><br />NACHT UND NEBEL<br />Henry's (Army of Flying Robots / Dead in the Woods) cassette driven doom project, tunneling into your inner most fears of disappearing into the fog of the night. At times it calls to mind the murky depths of Burial Hex or Culver. <br /><br /><br />MON 8TH MARCH @ CHAMELEON, Nottingham<br />8PM DOORS<br />£5 adv / £6 Door<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />www.rammelclub.org<br /><br />email tickets@rammelclub.org with add in the subject line to get info on updates offers etc.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-68171006113480387582009-10-15T09:13:00.000-07:002009-10-15T09:14:57.646-07:00Steffen Basho-Junghans Tuesday 10th NovemberThe Rammel Club presents a night of guitar wrangling. <br /><br /><strong>Steffen Basho-Junghans</strong><br /><br />The blurb says he’s a master of the six and twelve string guitar and I’m in no way going to dispute that, the last time I saw him play was at an Instal fest in Glasgow a few years ago and he had the audience eating out of his hand. When he stopped playing it was one of those rapt could-hear-a-pin-drop moments, which he duly then defused by telling us about going to see Tangerine Dream when he was a kid. This fellow has absorbed the usual Takoma influences and come out the other side with a personal style that manages to beguile and challenge in equal measures. We’re really looking forward to seeing this guy. <br /><br />www.bluemomentarts.de/<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SmzWYwDvniY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SmzWYwDvniY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CPr-aHYAf5E&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CPr-aHYAf5E&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Plum Slate</strong><br /><br /> " Reverberant open-string/no-string improvisation for acoustic guitar." Hell, I’m not even quite sure what that means but it’s got my mid-section a-tingle already. You may recognise Stuart from such bands as Smear Campaign, Stuckometer, Barbarians and his label Total Vermin.<br /><br />www.myspace.com/totalvermin<br /><br /><br /><strong>Bonsai Projects</strong><br /><br /> When I first met Ali, I knew him firstly to be an extraordinary illustrator. When he popped round for a cup of tea and informed us he was going to do some music I didn’t think much of it but then he turned out to be brilliant as that as well. What a cunt eh? They say “somnambulist folk, guttural blues and comedic ramblings” and I’d probably agree. Let’s hope he plays his Shellac cover.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/44ttCPGUR04&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/44ttCPGUR04&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />www.myspace.com/bonsaiprojects<br /><br />Tuesday 10th November<br />The Chameleon<br />Nottingham<br />£6/5advRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-54664639635536525002009-10-01T04:56:00.001-07:002009-10-01T05:00:30.899-07:00Record covers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZylqi63itZ8Y5Tk28tlaH5DtqXuLT9BlWaOHJ4mpLub5R1iZso_h-dDhWQE0Wr7quS0yPlBTyJhBC13kPyImNxPVW1IvYWGkCcE7GVPa3_dyi7srZ0tCooY5-S44CLqn7c-qk0XcVJ86X/s1600-h/ge-into-the-hot.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZylqi63itZ8Y5Tk28tlaH5DtqXuLT9BlWaOHJ4mpLub5R1iZso_h-dDhWQE0Wr7quS0yPlBTyJhBC13kPyImNxPVW1IvYWGkCcE7GVPa3_dyi7srZ0tCooY5-S44CLqn7c-qk0XcVJ86X/s320/ge-into-the-hot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599578539630370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxFXWYgIb_mUDbaLi0SwuaGY5YkzT3yh0tXKOl7Do9lkERSxfZPTHIQCMJ_Opoob1qJ0uK3j00ISZ_hfh8rUHXIlVWLn2D20NB3e7LrtWhlIzMzmjvkYMRjW11DxgwbnvIlYGAOhzZxuy/s1600-h/mccurdy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxFXWYgIb_mUDbaLi0SwuaGY5YkzT3yh0tXKOl7Do9lkERSxfZPTHIQCMJ_Opoob1qJ0uK3j00ISZ_hfh8rUHXIlVWLn2D20NB3e7LrtWhlIzMzmjvkYMRjW11DxgwbnvIlYGAOhzZxuy/s320/mccurdy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599575578425730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wg3etbZfBCj-Z4_ppo5qzo6q8iDWENzrqrJIwW594719iSlbXpVMlpLrPsL-1ynPOWJZjLFc1NXvqIhTaoQWBf-qFDx1BsFMpxdDdazZr0EdT7h2lhhNx-30o2Ct_LXzXvKYioDTlzbM/s1600-h/sarah.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wg3etbZfBCj-Z4_ppo5qzo6q8iDWENzrqrJIwW594719iSlbXpVMlpLrPsL-1ynPOWJZjLFc1NXvqIhTaoQWBf-qFDx1BsFMpxdDdazZr0EdT7h2lhhNx-30o2Ct_LXzXvKYioDTlzbM/s320/sarah.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599570380583426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfp5IMalTb0H3WdZKh2WHv2K4ma_Igs6SG-ViVSsS-WDLz7WhTavq6-HOx02zs7hWXDe6gk1UQMfIuavg2rhhzhVuMakW5SBM5gvxa0VQTluMerD2GfDE77Itb1MydqjbAOVOk-y3Uy-y/s1600-h/octopus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfp5IMalTb0H3WdZKh2WHv2K4ma_Igs6SG-ViVSsS-WDLz7WhTavq6-HOx02zs7hWXDe6gk1UQMfIuavg2rhhzhVuMakW5SBM5gvxa0VQTluMerD2GfDE77Itb1MydqjbAOVOk-y3Uy-y/s320/octopus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387599559784401266" /></a><br /><br />Picked a whole bunch of second hand records this week...This is just a handful of the album covers that i can find on the t'internet. I'll see if i can scan some of the more obscure ones in. It's a pity the Octopus LP wasn't in such great condition, that coulda paid my rent for the month, still completlely playable tho just a bit of surface crackle and the occaisonal skip. Someone has coloured the octo-girls nips in with biro.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-20502634966138372302009-09-23T03:28:00.000-07:002009-09-23T03:41:13.451-07:00Sister Iodine Weds 28th Nottingham<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUropXc2Lm5APMwuoB-_thYXUvETcXrMvmGV0VgS5XapFJOyiBdyNufzBPj_JzdzDu28F0LfSZWFZb1KJZWImcUKbMhyphenhyphenol4NKeidH2X9deKbAVXr-e6FkYi1p8Ax0E_1d_JTS1dlTIipHW/s1600-h/sisteriodine.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384608427674650994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUropXc2Lm5APMwuoB-_thYXUvETcXrMvmGV0VgS5XapFJOyiBdyNufzBPj_JzdzDu28F0LfSZWFZb1KJZWImcUKbMhyphenhyphenol4NKeidH2X9deKbAVXr-e6FkYi1p8Ax0E_1d_JTS1dlTIipHW/s320/sisteriodine.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><strong>Sister Iodine (France)</strong><br /><br />Founded in the early ‘90s, Sister Iodine spurt out savage gouts of fiery, primal guitar drizzle that could be taken as no wave, free rock, or JUST VERY FUCKIN LOUD depending on how you woke up this morning. They were invited to open Sonic Youth’s "Sentational Fix" exhibition last year which might give you some idea of the primal pounding you’re gonna get from them. New recorded bumpf out on such labels as Editions Mego and Premier Sang.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1iKU3EX-FBU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1iKU3EX-FBU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Eli Keszler (USA)</strong><br /><br />From Providence, USA. Keszler uses drums, along with crotales, bells, bowed metal, strings, and amplification to create a unique whirlwind of sound that balances sparse droning harmonics with intense, fast, free rhythms. He’s played with artists such as Jandek, Phill Niblock, Roscoe Mitchell and Loren Connors to mention a few. You ain’t likely to get a second chance to see this guy. </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sOGU0dd8oUM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sOGU0dd8oUM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdmjXgDhiAU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KdmjXgDhiAU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ed9kLjuil4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ed9kLjuil4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><strong>Usurper (Scotland)</strong><br /><br />Great, skronking wasteland jams from Edinburgh. They’ve worked with Dylan Nyoukis (Blood Stereo) which only hints at the gibbering insanity that you can expect from them.</div><div> <br /><br /></div><div><strong>Bitumen (Nottingham)</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div> <br /><br /></div><div>Weds 28th October</div><div>The Chameleon</div><div>Nottingham</div><div>£6/5adv<br /> </div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-44123829553570001432009-09-17T03:03:00.001-07:002009-09-17T03:06:52.826-07:00Dennis Wheatley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVzWP_VqeAQtTxtiz4MteE-B_wnS7ogFRcEmeOXoJ4y8pQwg55-Z8-Gaq-4SmTrOscOmq0R4WBKCUPGQ1mFgtSO7_Nf0q8KtcERSpIYLuLWu1vRO6ZTuxlBkh0040miCFK-2mj_PKTa3S/s1600-h/wheatley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382375016552924418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiVzWP_VqeAQtTxtiz4MteE-B_wnS7ogFRcEmeOXoJ4y8pQwg55-Z8-Gaq-4SmTrOscOmq0R4WBKCUPGQ1mFgtSO7_Nf0q8KtcERSpIYLuLWu1vRO6ZTuxlBkh0040miCFK-2mj_PKTa3S/s320/wheatley.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THIS EDITION ISSUED BY THE BOOK CLUB.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-18375439537041116622009-09-11T07:14:00.000-07:002009-09-11T07:16:14.648-07:00Gary WarI've been slightly obsessed with Gary War's LPs on SHDWPLY and Sacred Bones. Slurred, narcotic pop.I'd like to interview him for the next issue but maybe he's a recluse. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/obFfymEHZOQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/obFfymEHZOQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-46365534215267917572009-09-11T01:51:00.000-07:002009-09-11T01:53:59.612-07:00Party time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o6SE8lSdswIMjWmYmo6fa_sBznpHmbIT_lvk8PQkqMvzApRKdrD9hI-Yi6kqKCUhtrATM2gMIZXmaJoFzlB6wvjFb-9CFTStWE8Bj-L3dlvBhddsifYip7hBWMfJlHSkuMej4WtNKzj3/s1600-h/birthday+party.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2o6SE8lSdswIMjWmYmo6fa_sBznpHmbIT_lvk8PQkqMvzApRKdrD9hI-Yi6kqKCUhtrATM2gMIZXmaJoFzlB6wvjFb-9CFTStWE8Bj-L3dlvBhddsifYip7hBWMfJlHSkuMej4WtNKzj3/s320/birthday+party.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380130408620649890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz6pf0O8sNvYdC5WJcpZyq-y-GdpXr9HxKi4-0CSXQcplT8N8aPN6wcDG08QONpnFiZyn3SfQWQOzDuKjv23U7RP86CP9_3hNukxb6A9_j-3YPk326zZyg_qsUb_jajzw66dPME8T4ru2/s1600-h/red+button.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz6pf0O8sNvYdC5WJcpZyq-y-GdpXr9HxKi4-0CSXQcplT8N8aPN6wcDG08QONpnFiZyn3SfQWQOzDuKjv23U7RP86CP9_3hNukxb6A9_j-3YPk326zZyg_qsUb_jajzw66dPME8T4ru2/s320/red+button.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380130395831193922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIMMj6nrH8liwenPKARGIXcNAvM7dChSG49uZmwZRLjx4L_j0UfKw7EVSe91G9vSLeyNKueiJNpK1TKYXj65TdOPQmrJJtyr-KlDjfJP2nKt1ZYfm-VXu-8x1wPzMtzMhh1KG-4O-Jhhyphenhyphen/s1600-h/sian.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIMMj6nrH8liwenPKARGIXcNAvM7dChSG49uZmwZRLjx4L_j0UfKw7EVSe91G9vSLeyNKueiJNpK1TKYXj65TdOPQmrJJtyr-KlDjfJP2nKt1ZYfm-VXu-8x1wPzMtzMhh1KG-4O-Jhhyphenhyphen/s320/sian.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380130393264861266" /></a>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-42327028339313669762009-08-27T07:16:00.000-07:002009-08-27T07:22:50.471-07:00Space Travel Is Boring<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0JDpXVKGEraUZq0VBq6jP5tO0te_FccVIeStoVyceQgATHEFq2qCoHRfB1VBzQLptQiFrEBM1ySpEuWCxknHZrZqvshl4h4Dk15PYRCKdFgC_Q2grrkRJ4cOtc3FfKxOU08qiA4l6nnt/s1600-h/FLYER.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0JDpXVKGEraUZq0VBq6jP5tO0te_FccVIeStoVyceQgATHEFq2qCoHRfB1VBzQLptQiFrEBM1ySpEuWCxknHZrZqvshl4h4Dk15PYRCKdFgC_Q2grrkRJ4cOtc3FfKxOU08qiA4l6nnt/s320/FLYER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374647918768485250" /></a><br /><br />This will be great. A (free!)night of electronica, ambient and post rock sounds with visuals based around space travel and the moon landing. Looking forward to it.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-37463522608007318482009-08-13T13:37:00.000-07:002009-08-13T13:38:19.606-07:00Rashied Ali<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gze_n7_MQ1w&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gze_n7_MQ1w&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Fuck.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614746357512826963.post-39752326839893537612009-08-05T05:02:00.000-07:002009-08-11T07:08:40.697-07:00Dolphins into the Future/Apalusa/Floris Vanhoof/Adam James Davis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx9UsBKnK1WmveR_P0CJ0ZQx6XE_1kM8zJhOf7sAOU9QJ02zLsmwNGdvIhMBqveq99IClDc3qQodvYD8MbiTek899cJXIov9bgWJXddnfyuRF5aRS1bpnnshiiV5SL_-FXrJthSzcb2Ig/s1600-h/dolphins+into+the+future.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx9UsBKnK1WmveR_P0CJ0ZQx6XE_1kM8zJhOf7sAOU9QJ02zLsmwNGdvIhMBqveq99IClDc3qQodvYD8MbiTek899cJXIov9bgWJXddnfyuRF5aRS1bpnnshiiV5SL_-FXrJthSzcb2Ig/s320/dolphins+into+the+future.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366449376550170914" /></a><br /><br />A night of celestial ambience and drone in Nottingham. Bring yer own flotation tanks. From Belgium...<br /><br /><strong>Dolphins into the Future</strong><br /><br />"A casual interweb cruiser could be forgiven for confusing Dolphins Into The Future the “band” (aka the one-man tape-loop blue-age ambient project executed by Belgian Cetacean Nation ambassador Lieven Martens) with Dolphins Into The Future the book (written by dimensional traveler Joan Ocean concerning her 20-year-long real life spirit quest to commune with a school of 200 wild Hawaiian Spinner dolphins). And, to be fair, they’re a LOT alike. Both deal heavily in trippy, drifting logics, vibrational holograms, and an overdose of psychedelic pastel artwork. But Ms. Ocean’s books are out of print so instead we have ...On Sea-Faring Isolation, Mr. Dolphin Martens’ vinyl debut under the DITF banner, after a 2-year string of increasingly blissed tapes and CDRs. Composed of three interwoven pieces per side, Isolation is one of those baffling magic eye LPs that seems to dissolve yr memory of it during the very act of listening. Turquoise webs of billowing synth smoke curl and dissipate into grey horizons of open sea field recordings. The wooden mast of a ship creaks quietly while astral bells toll away in morning fog. You are alone. This record could make a sailor homesick, and Joan Ocean weep. Beautifully composed and sequenced, with just the right amount of wobbly porpoise sonar prisms bubbling up from the deep, this LP exceeded all our expectations (and they were high). A fantastic voyage into the pan-dolphinic dawn." - Not Not Fun.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6jeQ1Gj2OQQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6jeQ1Gj2OQQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Dolphins gets a mention in David Keenan's article on hypnagogic pop in this months issue of The Wire.<br /><br /><strong>Florian Vanhoof (Belgium)</strong><br /><br /><strong>Apalusa (Low Point Recordings)</strong><br /><br />"For me the obvious comparison here is some of the earlier Stars of The Lid music before they went more classical. Throbbing low end droney bass with some lush sounding feedback combine to make a really thundering warm sound. Listening to it on headphones it's proper taking me somewhere else as well which I like.... It's one of those floating in space records which you shut your eyes and imagine you're off there floating about minding your own business. Though there is a certain ominous presence on there hence me saying it veered on the dark side of things. It's fantastic though and if you're into drone music this is one of the best things I've heard in ages. Excellent!!" Norman Records.<br />http://www.myspace.com/apalusa<br /><br /><strong>Adam James Davis</strong><br /><br />"Adam James Davis is an artist from Nottinghamshire who is inspired by the symmetries, periodicity and harmonies of our world and the greater universe, as well as by the concept of "universe as music instrument" to be harnessed by technology and innovation. Adam likes to use music as a personal expression of the euphoria gained when contemplating such said harmonies, like self-similarity, interconnectedness and superunification, as well as a metaphor for such concepts. He also thinks harmony and rhythm are one and the same."<br /><br />£5<br />Tuesday 25th August<br />Chameleon, NottinghamRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699683583556960339noreply@blogger.com0