Various – Vita Nova International [Cass] (1984, Vita Nova)

Vita Nova was a French Industrial / Experimental / Electronic label of the 80's that issued this compilation in 1984, comprising artists such Savage Republic, Étant Donnés, Nurse With Wound, Bruno Cossano, Deviation Social, Die Tödliche Doris, Victor Nubla and Angst. 

 

Hailing from the Los Angeles underground of the 1980s, Savage Republic forged an astonishing reputation for themselves with their legendary performances. Their brand of ritualistically tribal exhibitions blurred the boundaries of Post-Punk and Industrial music. Their music incorporates minimalist bass rumbles, exotic and/or militaristic drumming, Arabic melodies, primal chants and even a bit of surf guitar. 

 

Étant Donnés is an experimental/industrial duo formed in Grenoble in 1980 by brothers Eric Hurtado (born in 1959) and Marc Hurtado (born in 1962), who were originally from Rabat, Morocco. Étant Donnés have collaborated with with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Alan Vega, Michael Gira, Mark Cunningham, Lydia Lunch and Christophe. 

 

Nurse With Wound, often stylised as NWW, is a British experimental music project, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. In 1979 Heman left the group, and in 1981 it effectively became a solo project of Steven Stapleton, with a variety of assisting musicians over the years. Focusing on aesthetic ideas and philosophies that began with the Surrealist movement, Stapleton has referred to the project as a contemporary extension of Surrealism and the project has been referred to as 'purveyors of sinister whimsy to the wretched.' 

 

Deviation Social was a multi-media Industrial/Experimental 'group' that was active from 1981-1986. Monte Cazazza was an unofficial member, assisting in the two San Francisco performances. 

 

Die Tödliche Doris ("The Lethal Doris"; a pun on "tödliche Dosis" meaning lethal dose) was a performance art and music group based in West Berlin from 1980 to 1987. Founded by band members Wolfgang Müller (born 1957) and Nikolaus Utermöhlen (1958–1996) and later joined by Käthe Kruse (born 1958), Chris Dreier, Dagmar Dimitroff, and Tabea Blumenschein, the group was known for their anarchic performances and constantly changing sound, willfully attempting to move away from notions of organised music into something akin to what the Deconstructionist philosophical movement had done with writing and text. After band member Wolfgang Müller published the book "Geniale Dilletanten" ("Ingenious Dilletantes", mind the dilettante spelling) for the MERVE publishing house, which focused on French and German postmodernist/post-structuralist philosophy, critics began to apply that title to the band (along with similar artists like Frieder Butzmann, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Malaria!). 

 

Victor Nubla (Barcelona, 28 de julio de 1956-Ib., 31 de marzo de 2020) was one of the original members of the laboratory group MACROMASSA, founded in 1976, experimenting with electronic modifications of the wind instruments and voice through the advanced or unknown ways of rock, jazz, industrial music, noise or minimal. More than 40 recordings and hundreds of concerts are the product of those years. His solo work started in 1980, founding the Laboratorio de Musica Desconocida ("Unknown Music Laboratory") and working in improvisation, electronic experiments, soundscape, installations and music for cinema, video, theatre and contemporary dance. Wrote the book "La Nueva Música, Del Industrial al Tecno-Pop" with the alias of Adolfo Marín, published in 1984 by Editorial Teorema.

Angst is Erik Vloeberghs, a Belgian artist (lyrics, synthesizer) who was active in several nihilistic experimental music bands in the 80's. His writings have been extensively published in Force Mental, a magazine published by Club Moral (an Antwerp venue where numerous exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures and film-shows were organised. Also linked with the noise band Club Moral) and which deals with 'excesses of all kinds'. He continues to work as a civil servant, responsible for the website and digital newsletter of the Belgian National Institute of Statistics. 

 

Label: Vita Nova – VN 003 

Format: Cassette, Compilation 

Country: France 

Released: 1984 

Style: Abstract, Industrial, Experimental, Noise

 

Tracklist:

A1 Savage Republic – Assembly Of The Dead 

A2 Étant Donnés – Le Sens Positif 

A3 Nurse With Wound – Cottonwood Hill 

A4 Bruno Cossano – Le Grand Supplice 

B1 Deviation Social – We Declare War 

B2 Die Tödliche Doris – 1 Kästchen - 1 Schnürchen 

B3 Victor Nubla – Tequila Mariachi 

B4 Victor Nubla – Confidencia 

B5 Victor Nubla – Tormenta 

B6 Victor Nubla – Musica Para Un Bar (2) 

B7 Angst – De Wereld Zinkt In De Afval 

B8 Angst – De Nieuwe Pastoor 

 

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