DJ Announcement - VINTAGE @ King & I Thai - MPLS, Tuesday Dec. 16th

In addition to my set tonight at Bev's Wine Bar, I will be making another DJ appearance at King & I Thai next Tuesday, Dec. 16th.

King & I Thai is located in the Loring Park area of Minneapolis. The address is 1346 LaSalle ave.

The food is excellent and there are drink specials as well.

The music starts around 10 and goes till close (1-ish). I will be spinning in a similar groove to the Champion Superior Soundsystem nights from my DC days. Lots of funky, jazzy grooves including Krautrock, Arfrican, soundtracks, music library LPs as well as some recently acquired Brazilian records form my recent trip to NYC.

Vintage
Tuesday November 18th, 10 pm - close
King & I Thai
1346 La Salle Ave. Minneapolis, MN
No Cover

Normal Brain Frottage Flexi 7" & Ready Made LP @ 45 RPM

Several years ago when I first purchased and listened to the Normal Brain LP, my turntable was still set at 45 rpm after listening to another record. I didn't realize until later that the label lists 33 rpm. For the next few years, I then listened to the LP at 33 rpm, and ripped it at that speed when I posted it here.

Then, some time last year, I finally tracked down a copy of the flexi 7" for their track Frottage. The flexi lists the speed as 45 rpm, which turns out to sound the same as the LP version played at 45 rpm. Upon this realization, I then wondered if the LP was intended for 45 rpm playback all along. Some time has passed, and I finally recorded the LP at 45 rpm.

Given that the LP had conflicting track names and variations of the album title, perhaps the speed was listed incorrect as well - intentionally or not. The flexi version, and the LP version turn out to be the same length, but I haven't done a note for note comparison to see if they are 100% identical.

I'm now leaning toward the LP being 45. I'm curious what you think.
These were converted @ 320K as well.

The flexi was originally included with an issue of Rock magazine.

9/22/2011 - Expired link updated below...
Enjoy

DJ Announcement - Bev's Wine Bar - This Friday, Dec. 12th

I have a new DJ night starting this Friday. It is at Bev's Wine Bar, a nice cozy place in the Warehouse district of Minneapolis.

Aside from the obvious wine selection, there is beer and some excellent bread/salad/pizza dishes to munch on while soaking up the music and enjoying the view of the MPLS skyline.

Musically, expect similar grooves to the Champion Superior Soundsystem days in DC and my recent King & I Thai set, as well as some indie/minimal/diy pop.







Atlantis Audio Archive
Bev's Wine Bar
This Friday, Dec. 12th @ 8:30
250 3rd Ave N. (off Washington behind Deja Vu & J.D. Hoyt's steakhouse)

Minnesota Record Show - this Saturday, December 6th

For anyone in or near the Twin Cities area:

I will be selling records at the bi-monthly MN Record Show this Saturday. As usual, it will be at the VFW at 2916 Lyndale Ave S. in Minneapolis, near Lake St.

Sales were pretty sparse at the last show, but I've been told he December is their biggest show of the year.

The show is open from 9am to 4pm.

Most of the non-techno vinyl in my Discogs catalog will be there - many at reduced prices.

A lot of other vinyl not listed there, as well as more goodies from my own collection will also be for sale. There will be at least 100 new records not at the previous show.

A link to their website.

Admission is only $2!!!

MLD - Perpetual Motion 7" (Kitchen Records DRUM 2) 1983

Here is another Vanity label related 7".

This is what I wrote about MLD last year in the Paris Tokyo cassette compilation posted here last year:

MLD were Takayuki Shiraishi and Jun Sonohara. The duo also released a CD under the name Maximum Lunatic Desire and more recently as Musica Nova, contributing tracks to releases on labels NS-COM & Birds in Paradise. Shiraishi has many solo releases, some under his own name on NS-COM, BadOrb, etc... and also under others such as Planetoid on the Belgian ambient label - Apollo. It should also come as no surprise to readers of this site that there is a Vanity connection here. Shiraishi was also a member of the legendary BGM - contributing guitar, synths & vocals.

I compared their Paris Tokyo track to a cross between Liquid Liquid and early Meat Beat Manifesto. The A side of this single sounds like a harder Liquid Liquid with a rhythm and synth bass that reminds me of Disco Rough by Mathematiques Modernes. The B side is slower tempo and reminds me of the tension of earlier Einsturzende Neubauten.

Included in the post is a scan of the insert which appears to plug a cassette (I assume by MLD), also on Kitchen Records. I'm not sure about the rest of it.

Anybody know of other releases by MLD, or the Kitchen Records label?

Enjoy.

DJ Announcement - VINTAGE @ King & I Thai, Minneapolis Tuesday, November 18th

I will be making another DJ appearance at King & I Thai next Tuesday, Nov.18th.

In appreciation of our recently elected #44, a local 'vintage' #44 graces the flyer this month.

King & I Thai is located in the Loring Park area of Minneapolis. The address is 1346 LaSalle ave.

The food is excellent and there are drink specials as well.

The music starts around 10 and goes till close (2 am). I will be spinning in a similar groove to the Champion Superior Soundsystem nights from my DC days. Lots of funky, jazzy grooves including Krautrock, Arfrican, soundtracks, music library LPs as well as some recently acquired Brazilian records form my recent trip to NYC.

Vintage
Tuesday November 18th, 10 pm - close
King & I Thai
1346 La Salle Ave. Minneapolis, MN
No Cover

Symapthy Nervous/Anemic Session - OUTPUT Vol. 1 7" (Out Put D-0001) 1981

This is the first of two 7"s on Out Put records that feature Sympathy Nervous. Other than the second volume of this series, I am unaware of any other releases from this label.

Here are the liner notes:

SIDE A: SYMPATHY NERVOUS (S.N.): YOSHIFUMI-NIINUMA (MACHINES) TATSUYA-SENZAKI (GUITAR, VOICE). THIS SIDE USES LOW FIDELITY AND HIGH DISTORTION RECORDING EQUIPMENTS. 1 MULUTI VITAMINS WITH MINERAL. 2 SONG

SIDE B: ANEMIC SESSION: S.N'S FRIENDS (VOICES, INSTRUMENTS). COMPOSED BY S.N. 1 ANEMIC PARTY. 2 ANEMIC SESSION.

STUFF: ENGINEERED BY YOSHIFUMI-NIIMURA. COVER PHOTO BY TATSUYA-SENZAKI. PRODUCED BY S.N. FACTORY 1981 OUT PUT RECORDS


The way ahead of it's time Sympathy Nervous LP on Vanity can be found here at Mutant Sounds, as well as a cassette they released on G.R.O.S.S. (run by Aube). After the Vanity label releases, these two Out Put 7"s and a couple cassettes, Sympathy Nervous appears to have not released anything for over 10 years. Sympathy Nervous re-emerged on (their own?) Negative Emission label in Japan, and then a couple years later on KK/Nova Zembla with a harder more contemporary industrial/techno style.

Yoshifumi Niimura has a website with a discography and mp3 excerpts of many tracks, including the Out Put Vol.2 contribution here. Mp3s of soundtrack material & sound effects are also there.

Enjoy.

Perfect Mother - You'll No So Wit 7" (Vanity VA-S3) 1980

This is the last of the three 7" singles released on Vanity. There are also over ten flexi singles released in association with Rock magazine, where Yuzuru Agi (Vanity label head) was a chief editor.

Like Mad Tea Party, Perfect Mother also has one other known recording - a track on the Foam compilation posted here last year.

The first two tracks, Dark-Disco-da-da-da-run, and the title track are contemporary synth/industrial, sounding similar to many Vanity label recordings and other early 80's artists posted here at AAA.

The last track, Ephemeral Pieces, is just that, a collection of short snippets, many of which I'm curious how longer versions would have developed.

I will be posting some other singles related to Vanity artists soon.

Enjoy.

Mad Tea Party - Hide and Seek 7" (Vanity VA-S2) 1980

This is the second of the three Vanity label 7"s. There isn't much info available for Mad Tea Party on the web. The only other recording I know of from them is their track from the excellent Foam compilation posted here last year.

As with the other two singles, this has a paste-on b&w picture glued onto the sleeve.

All three tracks vary in style. The first track, Hide and Seek, is a rock track with a garage sound and a punk-like bass line. It eventually cuts into an amazing break that I have not only sampled, but used as a ringtone for a while as well as my morning alarm on my Nabaztag. Yet another timeless gem from the Vanity label.

Modern Time's Pop is a drastic change to the previous track. A lighter piece with schoolgirl-ish singing and talking/muttering over backwards music. This is the closest to their contribution on the Foam compilation. I think it falls somewhere between Position Normal and Takako Minekawa.

The last track, In a Tea Bag, is structured around a version of Hide and Seek heavy on drum effects with minimal vocals.

So, as I mentioned above, I liked the drum break on Hide and Seek so much that I sampled it. A few years ago, I put together an instrumental edit version of the track. I also worked on a remix that I never quite finished. Recently, I dug into both of these again and cleaned them up a bit, removing some sections, making them flow better, etc... They are both credited to AtlantisAudioArchive to avoid mistaking these for part of the actual release. The edit is based entirely on samples from the original track. The remix features bits of the original in addition to a few other samples.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think of these. I promise the third 7" will be posted much quicker than this one....

Enjoy.

DJ Announcement - VINTAGE @ King & I Thai, Minneapolis Tuesday, October 21st

I will be making another DJ appearance at King & I Thai next Tuesday, Oct. 21st.

King & I Thai is located in the Loring Park area of Minneapolis. The address is 1346 LaSalle ave.

The food is excellent and there are drink specials as well.

The music starts around 10 and goes till close (2 am). I will be spinning in a similar groove to the Champion Superior Soundsystem nights from my DC days. Lots of African, Brazilian and other funky, jazzy grooves including Krautrock, soundtracks and music library LPs.

Vintage
Tuesday July 22nd, 10 pm - close
King & I Thai
1346 La Salle Ave. Minneapolis, MN
No Cover

Sympathy Nervous - Polaroid 7" (Vanity VA-S1) 1980

This is the first of three 7"s released by the Japanese label Vanity Records, all in 1980.

Sympathy Nervous released an amazing LP on the Vanity label, which is available at Mutant Sounds, as is a later cassette released on the Japanese label G.R.O.S.S.

The title track is proto-techno with a rubbery, yet metallic vocoder sound that carries throughout the piece. Track two, Polyester 35 Micron, is slower and reminds me of old Throbbing Gristle instrumentals. It also sounds the closest to their LP. The final track, d-b-TV, consists of out of control drum machines at full speed, synth growls and distorted vocals.

I included the title track in a dj mix last year.

The scans have an odd tint to them. The sleeve is b&w with a smaller b&w picture pasted on the cover.

Enjoy.

Minnesota Record Show - this Saturday, October 4th

For anyone in or near the Twin Cities area:
I will be selling records at the bi-monthly MN Record Show this Saturday. It will be at the VFW at 2916 Lyndale Ave S. in Minneapolis, near Lake St. The show will be open from 9am to 4pm.

Most of the non-techno vinyl in my Discogs catalog will be there - many at reduced prices. A lot of other vinyl not listed there, as well as more goodies from my own collection will also be for sale.

A link to their website.
Admission is only $2!!!

Walt Rockman - Biology LP (Sonoton SON 115)

This is the last of the music library posts for now. It is an early Sonoton label release by Walt Rockman, who also recorded for other music library labels like Conroy and Coloursound.

I originally planned to post an earlier LP titled Underwater vol.1 in addition to this one. Fortunately, it is already available at Heino und Jerry. I also located a post of selections from Pollution, the Sonoton LP that followed Biology. They are available at Waxidermy.

The music here is primarily minimal electronics, and a couple tracks with more instrumentation, including a funky disco-ish track. My favorite at the moment is B12-Intact Nature, partly for reminding me of a passage to a Stereolab track. The inevitable addition of strings as it develops doesn't ruin the track, but this is one instance where leaving them out would have been a wiser choice.

I have to wonder, considering the implied intent of the title that these tracks are meant for shows/films that are biology or science themed in nature, if any of these ever appeared in educational, or commercial films. I imagine they were going with titles that would grab the attention of a music/sound producer looking for background music - Chromosomes, Cancerisation, Molecular Motion and Sea Life .

As I go through more music library LP in my collection, I hope to find some more that haven't been posted elsewhere. Next up will be the Vanity label 7"s (finally!!).

Enjoy.

Sammy Burdson Group - Space Fiction LP (Sonoton SON 106)

Continuing from the last LP post, here is another Sonoton label LP from Sammy Burdson Group.

This one shares some similarities to the previous LP, but in addition to leaning towards Cluster or Woo, it (sadly for some) also resembles Euro space disco at times. There are also many electronic pieces that remind of Conrad Schnitzler that still make the LP worthwhile, not to mention some nice ambient tracks.

Several of the tracks with numerical variations are similar thematically. Typically, they sound like the same piece with different sound patches.

Another Sonoton LP on they way, and then finally to the Vanity label 7"s.

Enjoy.

DJ Announcement - VINTAGE @ King & I Thai - Minneapolis, Sept. 23rd

I will be making my second DJ appearance at King & I Thai this Tuesday, Sept. 23rd.

King & I Thai is located in the Loring Park area of Minneapolis. The address is 1346 LaSalle ave.

The food is excellent and there are drink specials as well.

The music starts around 10 and goes till close (2 am). I will be spinning in a similar groove to the Champion Superior Soundsystem nights from my DC days. Lots of African, Brazilian and other funky grooves.

Vintage
Tuesday July 22nd, 10 pm - close
King & I Thai
1346 La Salle Ave. Minneapolis, MN
No Cover

Sammy Burdson Group - Contemporary Sounds and Movements Vol 1 LP (Sonoton SON 104)

Here is another 'music library' LP. This is the first of at least three early Sonoton label release I plan to post here in the next week or so. The Sonoton label released at least a couple hundred LPs from the 60's to through the 80's. It is the largest indepenedent German music library label and was founded by Gerard Narholz.

As with many music library albums, most followed a common theme for each release with the intent that a film, radio or TV producer could simply pull up a specific LP that matched the mood they were looking for (drama, tension, energetic...). Many of the earlier Sonoton albums had fairly flashy picture sleeves and succinct titles to go along with each themed release like 'Drugs', 'Biology', 'Under Water', 'Fast', 'Slow', 'Climax'...

This album is titled 'Contemporary Sounds and Movements Vol 1', but I'm grasping to think of much that sounds like this from what I imagine to be somewhere in the 70's. The closest comparisons that come to mind are Sky label era Cluster and Woo. A little bit cosmic at times, with a bunch of filtered drums. The cover in no way hints at to what this album actually sounds like. This looks like a record that would typically be confined to the shelves of a thrift store (easy listening, instrumental music).

Aside from Sammy Burdson, who also recorded for other music library labels like Conroy and Intersound, other notables that appeared in the Sonoton series are John Fiddy, Klaus Weiss, Claude Larson, Sam Sklair & Walt Rockman.

While looking around to see if any of these albums have already been posted elsewhere, I found these other sites that have good music library posts from Sonoton and other more 'sought-after' labels like KPM, Themes, CAM, DeWolfe, Telemusic, Coloursound (best known for several ex-Brainticket Joel V. LPs).

Here are a few sites, I am sure there are many more out there:
The Library Hunt
Painted on Silence
36 15 Moog

Look out for some more Sonoton posts soon. If there is a good response to these, I might dig a little deeper and post some other music library titles.

Enjoy.

V/A - Secrets LP (Illustra Son IS 860 912) 1986?

Yes, it has been a long time since my last post. I keep pulling out records or cassettes to feature here, only to find they've been posted elsewhere.

I couldn't find any information on this specific album or the artists involved, but I did locate a current website for the Illustra Son label. The label features excerpts from many releases on their label, but not this one. After looking at the numbering scheme of the releases on their catalog page, it is possible this LP is from 1986.

The music here at times sounds like many other similar drama/tension/suspense-themed music library LPs, but there are a few tracks that have that edge or oddness about them that makes this a suitable post here. Some of the tracks here particularly remind me of music that appeared on the Multimood label, particularly Controlled Bleeding & Asmus Tietchens at that time.

I plan to post a couple other music library LPs in the next few days.

Enjoy.

DJ Announcement - VINTAGE @ King & I Thai, Minneapolis Tuesday, July 22nd

I'm pleased to announce my first DJ night in Minneapolis.

It is this Tuesday, July 22nd at King & I Thai restaurant located in the Loring Park area of Minneapolis. The address is 1346 LaSalle ave.

I've heard the food is excellent and the cocktails are incredible and I am looking forward to experiencing both this week.

The music starts around 10 and goes till close (2 am). I will be spinning in a similar groove to the Champion Superior Soundsystem nights from my DC days. Lots of African, Brazilian and other grooves.

Vintage
Tuesday July 22nd, 10 pm - close
King & I Thai
1346 La Salle Ave. Minneapolis, MN
No Cover

ADRV (Crash Worship) & Randy Greif - Live in Chula Vista California June 2nd, 1991

Here is the remainder of what I managed to record at the Zoviet France show back in 1991.

ADRV consisted of members of Crash Worship, and were originally based out of the San Diego area. I lived in SD a good portion of my life, so I had the opportunity to see many of their live performances - always an intense experience. I'm not sure if they are still performing/recording. Their Discogs listing ends several years ago.

Randy Greif runs Swinging Axe Productions in addition to releasing many CDs on the Soleilmoon/Staalplaat labels - the 5 CD Alice in Wonderland set being one of his best known titles.

Randy Greif & ADRV played separate sets, as well as together. There are four tracks split into two files. The first file is one long track (41 min) that is Randy Greif, and possibly ADRV as well. The second file contains three shorter tracks that appear to be just ADRV.

Also in the second file are scans of the Zoviet France interview I did for Technology Works and a Crash Worship interview that Paul Moore did for Technology Works. Eric Lanzilotta of, now sadly defunct, Anomalous Records (the absolute best mail-order/distro of experimental music in the US) also contributed to the Zoviet France interview. Eric has moved on to a new label and a magazine.

There is also a scan of a Crash Worship sticker I randomly found while digging around for my copies of Technology Works. The sticker appears to be from their Triple Mania II era.

Enjoy Part 1
Enjoy Part 2

Zoviet France - Live in Chula Vista California 1991

Lately, I've been a little hesitant to post due to being so behind on checking out other sharing blogs and keeping track of what has already been covered. Here is a cassette from my archives I'm pretty confident nobody has posted. It is taken from the 1991 Zoviet France US tour. This was the June 2nd show in Chula Vista, California - located south of San Diego, near the Mexican border.

The performance took place at a Masonic Lodge in Chula Vista. It was truly an odd locale, but it turned out to be a great show.

The quality of the recording isn't the greatest, but one would never guess it was recorded on a portable cassette recorder with either a cheap or built-in mic. I brought the recorder to interview the group for a fanzine I contributed to at the time, Technology Works. Recording the concert was an afterthought considering the equipment I was using. I brought extra blank tape in case of an emergency and figured I might as well record as much of the multiple sets with the extra space.

I still remember, during the interview, they were hand decorating the first edition of their Vienna 1990 CDs.

There was a modern/interpretive dancer who performed during their set. I remember years ago seeing on-line pictures of her from other shows on that tour, but a quick GIS didn't produce any.

Also on the bill were ADRV (a trimmed down Crash Worship) and Randy Greif. I plan to post what I recorded from those sets in the next few days. If I can dig up a copy of the zine/interview, I will scan and post that as well...

There are about 80 minutes in total that I was able to record (pt.1 is 51 min, and pt.2 is 29 min). I do not recall how long the actual performance lasted. I think it is a great document of their style at the time, and hope you will appreciate it as well. If anyone reading this is not familiar with their output, but enjoys this post, I strongly urge tracking down their mid/late-80's to early 90's releases for starters, although there is probably very little of their music that I dislike.

Enjoy pt.1
Enjoy pt.2

Gran Guignol - LP (Pinakotheca PRL#9) 1982

While rummaging through my HD, clearing space to rip some more vinyl, I found this LP I recorded last year and subsequently forgot about...

This is the 1982 LP from the Japanese group Gran Guignol. It was released on the highly sought-after label Pinakotheca, best known for the first Keiji Haino & Nord LPs. The LP is housed in a screen-printed outer plastic sleeve with red cherubs.

I don't know anything about this band, nor any connections to other contemporary groups.

This isn't the greatest material of the early 80's Japanese scene, and in no way holds a candle to other releases on this or the Vanity label, but I think there are still some ok moments, and interesting merging of styles. There is an overall new wave/80's 'feel' to the album, but there are prog, jazz and electronic elements as well.

The tracks are titled in Japanese. I have labeled them as OUT-1 to OUT-4 for the A side, and IN-1 to IN-4 for the B side. IN-3 and IN-4 segue into each other, so they are left as one track. Track OUT-2 oddly sounds like it could fit in with a lot of indie/modern radio airplay, even more so if the lyrics were sung in English.

Enjoy

Minnesota Record Show - this Saturday, June 7th

For anyone in or near the Twin Cities area:
I will be selling records at the bi-monthly MN Record Show this Saturday. It will be at the VFW at 2916 Lyndale Ave S. in Minneapolis, near Lake St. The show will be open from 9am to 4pm.

Most of the non-techno vinyl in my Discogs catalog will be there - many at reduced prices. A lot of other vinyl not listed there, as well as more goodies from my own collection will also be for sale.

A link to their website.
Admission is only $2!!!

Vox Populi!/Vox 231 - Ebats Spirituels Cassette (Cthulhu CR03) 1986

This is a split release between Vox Populi! and Vox 231 (Vox Populi! w/ Pacific 231). I recently acquired this cassette in a trade (thanks Stefano!!) and am pleased to share it with everyone here.

One of the primary reasons I do this site is to expose music I truly enjoy and feel others will also appreciate. A big unexpected bonus to doing this has been the people I have met, both on-line and in-person.

Many readers are aware that some artists are not too pleased to see their work posted on these sharing sites. I understand the different opinions and reasons behind this, but I have to admit I admire those who are so generous in allowing their music to be shared for greater exposure and appreciation.

Axel Kyrou contacted me several months ago approving his music to be posted here and also providing information on his recent musical activities. For those not already aware, Axel continues making music under the name Gitanjali, going further into ethnic, mystical & ambient directions.

An interview with Axel appears in the comments to the Aither LP post here.
Axel himself has recently provided more info in the comments section here and here.
Axel has a myspace page located here.

There has also been a recent Vox Populi! archive release via the label Monochrome Vision which features a couple re-mastered tracks from this cassette. Also on the horizon is more remastered and unreleased/new material.

I asked both Axel Kyrou and Pierre Jolivet (aka Pacific 231) to contribute to this post.

Axel mentions:

Only 2 tracks from it (Ebats Spirituels) were featured on the Cd 'Cthuluh Revisitation' by Pacific 231 & Vox Populi! released in late 2007 by MonochromeVision.
We're gone have very soon (within a couple of weeks) our best - and longest- Cd so far released on the Infrastition label. It's called '1987-1990' and recollects 2/3 of Aither and Face to Face Lp's. As for the MonochromeVison item there is no contradictions or difficulty with the already downloadable items : first the tracks have been carefully mastered (in the 80's we never used any finalizing tools) and then there is 50 % of unreleased recordings, which are far from being leftovers. We were still very active in 1990 but didn't have a record label to release our stuff anymore.

He continues:
The 'Ebats Spirituels' cassette is not one of my favorite Vp! release, though I haven't heard it for a long time. In fact I find the Vp231 side a bit too harsh for my taste but it may appeal to some.

I do remember that we recorded the VP231 side at Pacific 231's bedroom, from which we had a
wonderful - dreadful for some- view of the big cemetery of Bagneux (a town in the suburbs of Paris). We were very much listening to tibetan religious musics at the time and I was getting more and more interested in budhism.

We had a female guest on trumpet on one of the tracks of the Vp231 side. I don't remember her name but I'm so thankful to her because she was the one who introduced me to the art and subtleties of breathing correctly. To make it short : to use mainly the bottom part of the lungs. When I say 'feed your hara, you'll be greatly rewarded', a sentence you can find on our
Myspace, that's what I mean.

Music making has always had for me a strong mystical resonance : Ebats Spirituels means approximately Spiritual Lovemaking. I'm also very thankful to Rose and Will I from the Cthuluh crew. At the time so many cassettes were released, but they were one of the very few labels to do it with great care. They hired a graphist for the cover of this cassette !! They even published a T-shirt with the 'Half dead ganja music' cover.

With this release now available on AtlantisAudioArchive, all our stuff from the 80's are now downloadable (see also http://nostalgie-de-la-boue.blogspot.com -see the very rare and full of
wonders La Cathedrale Morte cassette wich collects works made between 1979
and 1985- and http://thethingonthedoorstep.blogspot.com\).

We're 100% pro-sharing. As you may have guessed by the music, we never made all this for
money. For us music should be free of any rules. No limitations and total freedom. A breathing space compared to the limitations imposed on us by today's society. Honestly a couple of years ago, we thought we had been completely forgotten. Many thanks to empathic music lovers like David (of Atlantisaudioarchive) for making our recordings available again. Musicians
and bloggers hand in hand.

Yours friendly,
Axel

Pierre comments:

This was before the time I stopped to play with Vox Populi! live, rehearsal was taking too much of my time and I had to choose between Vox Populi! and my own projects at the time: Pacific 231, Ankh with Le Syndicat and of course my personal life. I recall the Vox 231 - Ébats Spiriuels side being a more personal artistic aspect from Axel and myself, a kind of fusion between our style.

Pierre has also provided several links that should be checked out for more info on his past and present activities:

Official Site
Blog
Discography
Biography & Title
Video extract at DOM, Moscow

Latest performances:
www.longarms.net/festivals/2007/www.maisondesmetallos.org/Bruits-de-fond.html
www.studioforum.net/festival.html

Thanks to Axel and Pierre for their kind words, great attitude and talent. I hope everyone reading this will support them by purchasing their new releases.
Enjoy:

V/A - Faith Will Never Die Cassette (Black Dwarf bdc 5) 1983

This is a 1983 Black Dwarf compilation that I found buried away with some other tapes I forgot to unpack.

Unkommuniti contribute five tracks to this cassette. I don't have too much info on the other artists. One or more could be Tim Gane under different names. Some of the highlights:

Last Breath - lb: Rhythm track stripped down to just a drum machine & effects

Visitia - Tender: An early form of minimal hard techno. Mostly drum machines and noise, similar to Le Syndicat, Esplendor Geometrico.

Unkommuniti - War Cripples: String-based drones with garbled spoken word.

Unkommuniti - Winterkill 1 & 2: Pounding drum machines buried under slow pulses of noise

Jake Ray - Trip One: Moody piece with backward sounds and organ/keyboard

Kallous Kinema contribute three untitled tracks that range from minimal synth diy to the drum-less side of Metabolist

As with a previous Unkommuniti cassette, there is an extra track at the end which is not listed. I have labeled it as an unlisted bonus track (side B)

Enjoy

Black Dwarf Label Discography circa 1984

I found this insert with the Uncommunity 7".

I'm not sure if this is all of the Black Dwarf releases or not. I'm pretty sure there is no more vinyl, but not sure about the cassettes.

I will post the Faith Will Never Die compilation sometime this week. If anyone knows of links to other files besides those provided below, leave a comment. I will update this page with any new info.


UPDATE 8/3/2008: A link to the two Kallous Boys cassettes on Black Dwarf was posted in the comments a while back. The Black Dwarf discography has been updated with this info. These two cassettes are provided in full for free from the Kallous Boys/Porkweasel website. They have new and unreleased music also available. Thanks to whoever left that link in the comments.


Cassettes:
BDC 01 Unkommuniti - Doktrine C90
BDC 02 Assailer - For Combat C60
BDC 03 V/A - Parlour Musick C60
BDC 04 Unkommuniti - Live Recession 23/11/83 C30
BDC 05 V/A - Faith Will Never Die C60
BDC 06 Unkommuniti - In the Shithouse C90
BDC 07 Kallous Boys - Kick It C60
BDC 08 V/A - Crusade C30
BDC 09 Moise Collectif - Primary Function C30
BDC 10 Unkommuniti - The Prime Advantage C60
BDC 11 Unkommuniti - Live Anarchist Bingo Hall / Soundtracks C60
BDC 12 Unkommuniti - Sense of Unmaking C60
BDC 13 V/A - Ars Magna et Ultima Vol.1 C60
BDC 14 Unkommuniti - Dhol Chants C60
BDC 15 Kallous Boys - Internal Damage C60
BDC 16 Clench - In the Garden C60
BDC 17 Unkommuniti - Ex Oblivione C60
BDC 18 Trilogy - Warped/Disease C30
BDC 19 Final - Maximum Hatred C30
BDC 20 Black Lung - Cope C30

Records
BDBG 1 Uncommunity - Brutality of Fact 7"

Un-Kommunity - In the Shithouse Cassette (Black Dwarf BDC 06/Freedom in a Vacuum)

Another cassette, and another name variation from Uncommunity, the early 80's industrial/noise project from Stereolab founder Tim Gane.

Like the previous cassette posted, this is also a Freedom in a Vacuum label reissue, so it is likely a second generation copy from the original.

One side features studio recordings, the other, a live performance at 'The Shithouse'. Can anyone confirm if this was an actual venue, or the name of someone's garage/basement, etc...

This one is a bit noisier than the other tape, but has some decent moments at times.

There are two bonus studio tracks listed after the live portion. I worked my way backwards and split out the last two tracks and left what I thought to be the live part as one track. I can't guarantee the tracks are split out and titled as stated on the J-card.

I managed to dig up a Black Dwarf label compilation with Uncommunity and others. Will probably post that one next.

updated 5/13/08: cassette title and catalog number

Enjoy Side A
Enjoy Side B

Unkommunity - Ex-Oblivione Cassette (Black Dwarf BDC 17/Freedom in a Vacuum)

Following up from their 7" I posted a couple weeks ago, here is the first of two Unkommunity/Uncommunity cassettes I've managed to uncover in my collection. I may have another one or two buried somewhere.

This cassette is titled Ex-Oblivione and was originally released on Tim Gane's own label, Black Dwarf. This rip is taken from the Freedom in a Vacuum reissue. I believe the reissues were merely dubbed off the Black Dwarf label originals, unfortunately making these second generation copies. Given the nature of this music, it may not make that much of a difference anyway.

Uncommunity are usually tagged as power electronics/noise music, likely based on their association with Broken Flag, etc... However, there is quite a bit more here than just noise. Many tracks contain heavy, almost tribal percussion, others minimal & arpeggiated synths & drones, and even a bit of guitar here and there. To be honest, some of these pieces, particularly 'Black Suggestion', could just have easily been released via Insane Music, sounding a bit like Human Flesh.

These are some of the tracks I still enjoy listening to:

Black Goat - Repetitive synth line accompanied by a slowly strummed guitar and some other noises.

The Hand Behind - Tribal-like percussion with some moody organ/synth and tapes/samples

Rats Above Scientists - Synth drones over discussion of tampered Mars candy bars

Turn the Inner Eye - Relatively ambient/drone piece

Black Suggestion - Tribal percussion accentuated with backwards cymbals and a buried melodic keyboard. I have always had a fondness for backwards cymbals...

Eidolon - Synths and other noise slowly building to a crescendo

New Awareness - More backwards sounds with some spoken word snippets - nowhere near being 'noisy'

There are eleven tracks on side A after I split them up. There are only ten listed on the cover (and on Discogs), so the last one is labeled as an unlisted bonus track. There is a chance two of these were to be combined as one. If anyone out there knows for sure, drop a comment.

updated 5/13/08: catalog number

Enjoy.

Uncommunity - Brutality of Fact 7" (Cause for Concern/Black Dwarf cdcg 1) 1984

I hope this hasn't been posted already somewhere. This is the only vinyl release from Uncommunity, outside of a few compilation appearances.

Uncommunity was an early project by Tim Gane, who would go on to bigger and better things with McCarthy, and for the last 15+ years, Stereolab. This single was released in a numbered edition of 525 copies.

The a-side (title track) is an industrial mixture of machine-like noise, metal klangs and classical music.

The b-side holds up much better. The first track, Wall of Sleep (soundtrack), is a relaxing, yet slightly unsettling piece with guitar, a mic'd film projector, and some other plucked & scraped sounds. Anonymously dropping this track for someone could register so many guesses as to who it is, and Tim Gane would probably never be an early choice, if one at all.

The last track, The Price of Your Entry is Sin, is minimal electronics, backwards guitar and other sounds and occasional vocals. This track holds up to any number of French minimal synth groups from the early 80's who ventured into the darker, noisy side.

I have a few cassettes from Uncommunity. If anyone would like to see these posted, leave a comment here.

There is some unfortunate noise, crackle and a couple loud pops.
Enjoy.

Minnesota Record Show - this Saturday, April 5th

For anyone in or near the Twin Cities area:
I will be selling records at the bi-monthly MN Record Show. It will be at the VFW at 2916 Lyndale Ave S. in Minneapolis, near Lake St. The show will be open from 9am to 4pm.

Most of the non-techno vinyl in my Discogs catalog will be there - many at reduced prices. A lot of other vinyl not listed there, as well as some goodies from my own collection will also be for sale.

A link to their website.
Admission is only $2!!!

V/A - Sound Cosmodel LP (Atelier Peyotl APSP-018) 1984

Finally finished this album requested by many visitors. Sound Cosmodel contains 50 short tracks by a variety of international musicians.

The album includes a nice large booklet featuring 'postcard' contributions from each artist/group.

Musically, this collection jumps all over the place from industrial, noise, synth, no wave, jazz, improv, rock...

A few of my favorites tracks here are:

Woo - The Western (for those who aren't familiar, I suggest checking out Mutant Sounds for their excellent LPs)

Morgan Fisher - Africasio (Jon Appleton-like melodic electronic droplets)

Banana - Kenosuna (With a wicked dark bass stab that, for many years now, I still keep expecting a Ed Rush/Nico (or insert many other d&b artists)-type beat to drop)

Feliu Gasull - La Tigre sa de Berna (flamenco guitar music that provides am interesting contrast to much of the other music on this album. This is exactly the impression I had of his appearance on Angelic Technology cassette posted here last year)

Con - Hommage a Kyoto (Conrad Schnitzler's signature synth sound circa his Egg label LP)

Sonoko Yasuda - George Boy (aka Sonoko, who released an LP & 7" on Crammed)

Nasmak provides a track that reminds me of This Heat

Here is the full tracklist from discogs:

A1	Nasmak	The Only Thing I Remember Is Your Taste And Your Smell
		Bass - Theo Van Eenbergen Drums - Toon Bressers Guitar [Acoustic] - Joop Van Brakel Recorded By, Mixed By - Roland Smits Vocals - Henk Janssen*
A2	1/2 Japanese	Girl Athletes
		Bass, Written By - David Fair Guitar - Mark Jikling Saxophone - John Dreyfuss Vocals, Drums - Jad Fair
A3	Conventum '82*	Autobus 55: Visages
		Double Bass - Pierre Cartier Guitar [Classic], Composed By - André Duchesne Guitar [Electric] - Rene Lussier* Percussion - Carol Bergeron Recorded By, Mixed By - Jean-Romain Clark
A4	Pseudo-Code*	Nothing More "Pseudo Product 22"
A5	Vincent Units, The	Winter, From The Vincent Units Four Seasons
A6	Size (4)	Go-Go Girl
		Bass - Walter Schmidt (3)* Drums - Dean Style Guitar, Synthesizer - Carlos Robledo* Voice - Illy Godzilla
A7	Element/L	Bels
A8	Yung Tsubotaj	One From Ten
A9	John Bender	Nippon Projectile 1982
A10	Subject (2)	Fever
A11	Stefan Weisser	Oomoonoon
A12	Kevin Harrison	Dieplay Of Nerve
A13	Shoichi Serigano	Dance On Air
A14	Amos & Sara	Sylvia
		Composed By - C. D. Greyt
A15	Feliu Gasull	La Tigre Sa De Berna
A16	Human Flesh	N'Importe Quoi
A17	Chris Cutler	Setting Out, But Not Arriving
		Drums, Percussion - Chris Cutler
A18	Yochk'o Seffer*	Noces Chimiques
A19	Carlos Peron	Fake Jazz VI
A20	Masami Endow	Anata No Sobani
		Engineer - T. Imai
A21	Cortex (2)	Cortex/Y
A22	Sonoko Yasuda*	George Boy
A23	Sha'ul	Music For Organ And Tape
A24	Black Sheep*	Time Warp
		Bass - Rock Steady (3) Drums - Frank D. Kangaroo Featuring [Guests And Friends] - Headmasters, The Flute, Melodica, Voice - Major Porkchop Hatchet Feather Miss Guitar - Red Phantome Saxophone - Ego Dwarf Voice, Drums - Doctor Wasted
A25	Veedtharm Morgan Fisher*	Africasio
B1	Banana (4)	Kenosuna
B2	Uns	Live At Savoy Tivoli, S. F.
B3	Die Form	M
B4	Nurse With Wound	I Gan Noo Wha Ma Organ's Gan
B5	Jon Rose	Live In Holland
		Violin [Five String] - Jon Rose
B6	Tatsuo Kohki	Fluctuation
B7	Geoff Leigh	Time / A Wedding Every 20 Minutes
B8	Hamza El Din	Tar
B9	Art Zoyd	Etat D'Urgence
		Composed By - Thierry Zabitzeff*
B10	Dorothea M. L. Franck*	1 Min. From Piece Making Sense Making Peace
B11	Mamy	Exemption
B12	Goebbels* & Harth*	Watch Out
		Composed By, Performer - Alfred Harth* Composed By, Performer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Heiner Goebbels
B13	Walter Schmidt (3)	Loops 1979-1981
		Tape, Synthesizer [Micro], Performer [Filter] - Walter Schmidt (3)
B14	I Scream	Extract From "Collage"
B15	Con*	Hommage A Kyoto
B16	Woo (3)	The Western
B17	Balkan Rebels	One Minute Woodshed
		Producer - Johnny Jostins
B18	Deux Filles	She Slides
B19	Magneet Bond	245
B20	Fred Frith	Typical American Family
B21	Gahi	Gahi's Disco
B22	Biting Tongues	What You Mean, No Elvis?
B23	Ludus	Bloody Chamber
B24	Z'EV	Live In Berlin
B25	Bene Gesserit	From Belgium With Laugh

Unfortunately, there is some surface noise & pops on a few tracks. Ripped @256

Enjoy Side A
Enjoy Side B

Blah Blah Blah - In the Army 7" (Absurd 1) 1979

I picked up this single at the annual WFMU record fair last year on a whim. The vocals aren't my cup of tea, but at times I find it to be humorous.

My brief comparison/review: early electronic/industrial like Throbbing Gristle/Cabaret Voltaire with less interesting programming/sequencing mixed with the aggression of a group like Whitehouse.

Cranio @ Thing on the Doorstep has posted their LP - you can find it here.

Tracklist:
In the Army/Why Diddle?

Enjoy

V/A - Sensationnel Vol.1 Cassette (Illusion Production IP012) 1983

This is the first volume of the Sensationnel series released by Illusion Production in 1983. Volumes 2-4 of this series were posted by Mutant Sounds last year, and Volume 5 was recently
posted by Continuo.

Like all the other volumes, booklets and other inserts with contributions from the artists were included with the music. Paphio23 has provided a link to these for volume 1 here.

Standout tracks for me are the two synth pieces from Philippe Laurent, a Merzbow track with drum machines (another excellent early track), one of my favorite DDAA songs and the contributions from Rock Critics & Prince Emile de Ly (presumably Bernard C.).

The tracklist below is adapted from the discogs entry for this which appears to be incorrect. There are two tracks by Jacques & Bernard C, not one as listed there. I am only guessing that their two tracks are in succession, so there is a chance the tracklist is incorrect.

Side A:
A1 Philippe Laurent Exposition Partie 5
A2 Legendary Pink Dots, The A Day At The Dreamies
A3 P16.D4 Physisch Erschöpft
A4 Deux Pingouins 3 Essais Musicaux
A5 Kevin Harrison Signal Music And Collage
A6 Un Département Tu Veux Ma Radio
A7 Prince Emile De Ly Alaijozi Con Carmen
A8 Germain Hubert Ales Swinging Pool
A9 Jacques & Bernard C. Moiteur Tropicale
A10 Jacques & Bernard C. Humidité Urbaine
A10 Arsène Fée Merrie Melodies

Side B:
B1 Rock Critics Oasis
B2 Die Endzeitakrobaten Ein Friedhof In Zürich
B3 Ptôse Production Ecraser La Vermine
B4 Merzbow Envoise 24882
B5 DDAA Driving My Car With A Cigarette
B6 Blinddarm Intensivstation
B7 E.C.A. (3) Music Of The Deep H.P.
B8 Steven Parker To Turn In Her Girl
B9 S. Minimal Projet Drumming Animal
B10 Travis And The Nuns Reaction Overload Extrait
B11 Philippe Laurent Exposition Partie 2

Again, thanks to Mutant Sounds, Continuo & Paphio23 for the other uploads & everyone who visits here and enjoys the music. Now that I am getting settled in the very cold Twin Cities area, I hope to get back to posting regularly. I sure seem to have quite a list to begin with from previous requests...

Enjoy Side A
Enjoy Side B

Back online and ready to post - more requests?

Greetings visitors/guests,
After a move from Virginia to Minnesota and a move to my new home, I am ready to start posting more titles. I'm at least 2-3 months behind on all the other sharing pages. Listed below are some titles I plan to post beginning this week, but I am not sure if they've already been posted by others. If anyone knows if these have already been posted, leave a comment. Feel free to post more requests as well, but limit them to cassette or vinyl releases pre-1990.

Here is what I am planning on posting:
V/A - Sensationnel Vol.1 (Illusion Production) cassette
Human Flesh - A Collection of Ambiant Music Vol.1 cassette
V/A - Insane Music for Insane People Vol.1 (and possibly a couple other volumes)
Gran Guignol LP (Pinakotheca)
Blah Blah Blah 7" (Absurd)
all three Vanity label 7"s
more??