Lustmørd – Lustmørdekay (Live Evil) [Cass] (1982, Sterile Records)

Lustmord, the solo project of Welsh artist Brian Williams, is often credited as the creator of the post-industrial genre known as dark ambient. His bleak, disturbing music often utilizes field recordings, deep bass frequencies, and ritualistic instrumentation, such as Tibetan horns. Initially associated with the industrial scene during the early '80s, when he was a member of SPK, he established his signature sound with releases like 1986's 'Paradise Disowned' and 1990's particularly groundbreaking 'Heresy'. 

This is an incredible document of early industrial music. It's a great mix of hypnotic tribal percussion, electronic experimentations, and mischievous vocal samples. All couched in a mist of early 80s tape hiss...or is that a leaking steam pipe in the warehouse basement studio? It's very successful at creating an evocative sonic experience. Reminds a bit of Gerechtigkeits Liga, and early Current 93. [SOURCE: DISCOGS]

 

 

Label: Sterile Records – SRC6 

Format: Cassette, C60 

Country: UK 

Released: 1982 

Style: Industrial, Power Electronics, Dark Ambient

 

Tracklist:

A1 Eugène Gigout – Toccata h-moll/b-minor 2:54 

A2 Lustmørd – Untitled 6:37 

A3 Lustmørd – Untitled 5:54 

A4 Lustmørd – Untitled 7:00 

A5 Lustmørd – Untitled 5:22 

A6 Lustmørd – Untitled 2:01 

B1 Lustmørd – Untitled 16:11 

B2.1 Lustmørd – Untitled 5:55 

B2.2 Ronnie Hilton – Windmill In Old Amsterdam (I Saw A Mouse) 2:32 

 

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Kapotte Muziek & Context – Verbindungen [Cass] (1989, Tonspur Tapes)

Kapotte Muziek was founded in 1984 by Frans de Waard, then living in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Soon he was joined by Christian Nijs, who also lived in Nijmegen. They did not actually play together, though: Christian would record all the sounds at home on cassettes and give them to Frans, who would manipulate the material in different ways (pitch-change, loops, etc.). This way of working (using 'second-hand' material and recycling it endlessly) became the core of the activities of Kapotte Muziek. In 1987 Christian left the project in favour of playing rock-music in a real band. Until 1993 Frans continued the project on his own through the Kapotte Muziek By... series, inviting as many musicians as he knew to send in material to be recycled. This resulted in collaborations with groups like S.B.O.T.H.I., Merzbow, De Fabriek, Yeast Culture, Odal, Asmus Tietchens and many others. Gradually, the harsh territory of industrial music was left behind and other forms of electro-acoustic music were explored. Kapotte Muziek still exists as a studio-project of Frans de Waard. 

 
Context (real name Stefan Schwab) is a German synthesist and experimentalist that evidently showed his influence by his chosen nom-de-plume, with many tapes of Conrad Schnitzler styled industrial and melodic synthesizer music. He founded Tonspur Tapes, a cassette label, for experimental, industrial and noise recordings that was active from 1986 to mid/late 1990s.  

 

 

Label: Tonspur Tapes – TT 28 

Format: Cassette, C60 

Country: Germany 

Released: 1989 

Style: Abstract, Experimental 

 

Tracklist:

A Context – Metrohypnotics 

B Kapotte Muziek – H Zwei O 

 

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Janitors – Thunderhead [LP] (1986, In Tape)

The Janitors were Andrew Denton (vocals), Craig Hope (slide guitar, keyboards), Pete Crowe (bass guitar), and Tim Stirland (drums). Denton, Hope and friend Phil Storey recorded demos in Leicester's Highfields which Yeah Yeah Noh's John Grayland brought to the attention of some indie labels. Described as "a mixture of Membranes meeting Captain Beefheart", they signed to Marc Riley's In-Tape label. Debut album 'Thunderhead', produced by Jon Langford of The Mekons, peaked at number 6 on the indie albums chart. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

 

Label: In Tape – IT. TWENTY EIGHT, In Tape – I.T. TWENTY EIGHT 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mini-Album 

Country: UK 

Released: 1986 

Style: Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Punk, Alternative Rock 

 

Tracklist:

A1 Thunderhead Johnny 2:55 

A2 Nowhere 4:39 

A3 Both Ends Burning 3:08 

B1 Really Shrinking 2:53 

B2 Mexican Kitchen 3:02 

B3 Wall Star 3:08 

B4 Track Eating Baby 2:57 

 

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Ice The Falling Rain – Lifes Illusion [7''] (1983, Future Records)

 

Ice the Falling Rain was a short-lived synth-driven New Wave trio comprised of former members of Manchester aggro punk band The Violators Sean Stiles (vocals, sequencer), Louise King (vocals) and Matchi (percussion, sequencer), plus Jim Bellicoso (synthesizer). Their sound is reminiscent of Human League. [SOURCE: NTS] 

 

Label: Future Records – FS 7 

Format: Vinyl, 7" 

Country: UK 

Released: 1983 

Style: Synth-pop, Minimal Synth

 

Tracklist:

A Lifes Illusion 

B Illusions 

 

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Hessel Veldman / Herman Te Loo / Kees Beukelaar – Far From The He(a)rd [Cass] (1984, Exart)

Hessel Veldman was born in 1956 in IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Member of FNTC, Gorgonzola Legs, Portable Vaudeville and Y Create, was also co-founder of Exart with Nick Nicole in October 1982. The label wanted to spread new experimental and improvised music. The studio was the place to improvise, compose, record and make radio-programmes, mixes and remixes. At the same time Veldman started to preserve sounds in the Exart archive. In this tape he is accompanied by saxophone player Herman Te Loo and Kees Beukelaar (member of Rotterdans).

 

Label: Exart – EA011 

Format: Cassette 

Country: Netherlands 

Released: 1984 

Style: Industrial, Experimental 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Friday Side 1 

A2 Friday Side 2 

A3 Friday Side 3 

A4 Friday Side 4 

A5 Friday Side 5 

A6 Friday Side 6 

A7 Friday Side 7 

A8 Friday Side 8 

B1 Thursday Side 1 

B2 Thursday Side 2 

B3 Thursday Side 3 

B4 Thursday Side 4 

B5 Thursday Side 5 

B6 Thursday Side 6 

 

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The Great Leap Forward – Controlling The Edges Of Tone [12''] (1987, Ron Johnson Records)

 

The Great Leap Forward is a band formed by former Big Flame member Alan Brown, when his previous band split up in 1987. After several releases the project was put on hold in 1990, but revived in 2008 with subsequent album releases. The Great Leap Forward is essentially a solo project, although various musicians were added for live performances. The sound is more melodic and accessible than Brown's earlier band, but still with overtly political lyrics. After two EPs and a 12-inch single on Ron Johnson Records, that label's collapse led to a move to Communications Unique for debut album 'Don't Be Afraid Of Change'. James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) included this debut EP in his top 10 favourites from the C86 era. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]

 

 

Label: Ron Johnson Records – ZRON 20 

Format: Vinyl, 12" 

Country: UK 

Released: 1987 

Style: Indie Rock, C86

 

Tracklist: 

Side Head 

A1 Hope's Not Enough, Son - Ask Your Parents 3:17 

A2 If The C.A.P's Flat, Than Waive It 3:58 

Side Arrow 

B1 Let's Jive While We're Still Alive 2:42 

B2 My Grandfather's Cluck 4:31 

 

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Fuse – Dana's Room [2x7''] (1992, PCP Entertainment)

 

Shortlived post-Live Skull noise-pop outfit with Marnie Greenholz on vocals on the first 3 songs, Mark C on guitar (and vocals on last song), Jim Sclavunos (ex-Swans, ex-Sonic Youth) on drums, and musician, composer, visual artist and graphic designer Lin Culbertson (Details At Eleven, Martin Bisi Y Las Cochinas, Muzzle, Spoiler, White Out) on something. The second 7" is a lot better than the first. Lavish double gatefold 7" with intriguing graphic design on every panel. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: PCP Entertainment – PCP-005 

Format: 2 x Vinyl, 7", EP 

Country: US 

Released: 1992 

Style: Noise, Noise Pop, Alternative Rock, Noise Pop

 

Tracklist: 

A Dana's Room 

B Prochoice 

AA Bloodlock Bunny 

BB JJ-180 

 

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Esclarecidos – Musica Para Convenios Colectivos [7''] (1982, Grabaciones Accidentales)

 

Esclarecidos were never a "professional" group, basically because their members never intended to make a living from music, something that, together with the fact that they were the publishers of their own records, gave rise to a prolific musical career full of avant-garde proposals wrapped in pop and totally free from the usual pressures imposed by the record industry. They were undoubtedly the first group of the spanish new wave to make "adult music", halfway between existentialism and yuppie hedonism, endowing all their songs with a refined aura of elegance and sophistication. 

 
Esclarecidos were formed in the early 1980s as an escape valve for a group of friends closer to their thirties than their twenties. That first formation was composed of Cristina Lliso (vocals), Fernando Mata (guitar), Nacho Lliso (sax), Goyan Manzano (bass) and Alfonso Pérez (drums). On July 22, 1981 they gave their first concert, and only a year later their first album appeared, an EP containing three tracks: "Punto de Observación", "Música Para Convenios Colectivos" and 'El Muro Acabó con Matt'. With this work they also gave birth to their own independent record label, GASA (Grabaciones Accidentales S.A.), a company they formed together with the members of Décima Victima to publish their own records. [SOURCE: POP ES 80] 

 

 

Label: Grabaciones Accidentales – GA-002 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single 

Country: Spain 

Released: 1982 

Style: New Wave, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist: 

A Punto De Observacion 

B1 Musica Para Convenios Colectivos 

B2 El Muro Acabó Con Matt 

 

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Dif Juz – Time Clock Turn Back [Cass] (1985, Pleasantly Surprised)

Early proponents of what only later became the 4AD sound, Dif Juz concentrated on just that, lacking a vocalist on all their recordings except for a guest spot or two by the Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser. Originally formed as the punk band London Pride by brothers Dave and Alan Curtis, the band included bassist Gary Bromley and drummer Richie Thomas by the release of two EPs for 4AD Records in 1981, 'Huremics' and 'Vibrating Air'. Both works contained textured instrumentals with a wispy, barely there feel which became a cottage industry for 4AD -ten years later. A third EP in 1983 ('Who Says So?') saw Dif Juz recording for the Red Flame label, and the band's 1985 debut album appeared on Pleasantly Surprised Records. The cassette-only 'Time Clock Turn Back' consisted of extemporaneous vamps recorded live in the studio, and spawned a reunion with 4AD. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

 

 

Label: Pleasantly Surprised – 009 

Format: Cassette 

Country: UK 

Released: 1985 

Style: Indie Rock, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Scotish Express 

A2 Red Tackle 

A3 The Hole 

A4 Abroad 

A5 Adverts (Clip Slip) 

A6 Spy Plane 

A7 Sea Shanti 

A8 Bad Tooth 

B1 Trance 

B2 Introducing (Mrs McCarthy) 

B3 Obscure By Face 

B4 Good Bad The Ugly 

 

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Ciaran Harte – Love Is Strange [7''] (1980, Glass Records)

 

Ciaran Harte was born in United Kingdom. Former member of Glass (with Dave Barker, Glass Records, Seminal Twang and God Bless Records owner and Label manager for Paperhouse Records and August Records) and Religious Overdose, he was also known as Mr. H. 'Love Is Strange' was his only record.

 

Label: Glass Records – GLASS 003, Glass Records – Glass 003 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1980 

Style: Minimal, Synth-pop, Minimal Wave, Minimal Synth

 

Tracklist: 

A Love Is Strange 2:54 

B Shimahero 3:18 

 

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Born Against – My Country Tis Of Thee Enemy Of All Tribes [7''] (1995, Not On Label)

 

Politically aware, always cynical, and powerfully musical, Born Against brought the passion and restless anger of American hardcore into the nineties. First active in 1989-90 in New York City, the band featured vocalist Sam McPheeters and guitarist Adam Nathanson, as well as a revolving cast of drummers and bassists. (The most solid lineup included Tonie Jay and Brooks Headley of Universal Order of Armageddon fame.) Born Against began with the usual round of 7" and compilation appearances, including a spot on Ebullition's influential 1991 comp 'Give Me Back'. 

This is a bootleg vinyl edition of the 1989 demo tape 'My Country Tis Of Thee, Enemy Of All Tribes'. The track "Nail That Sticks Up" does not appear on the original tape, but is present here; it originally appeared on the 'Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - The Record' 7" compilation. The final track on the original demo, "Resist Control", is omitted entirely, although its lyrics are still present in the insert, as the lyrics there are simply a photocopy of the insert included with the tape. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

 

Label: Not On Label (Born Against) – none 

Format: Vinyl, 7", EP, 33 ⅓ RPM, White Label, Unofficial Release 

Country: US 

Released: 1995 

Style: Hardcore, Punk 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Good Father 

A2 Nail That Sticks Up 

A3 Eulogy 

A4 Nine Years Later 

B1 Born Again 

B2 Witness To A Rape 

B3 X-Mas Eve 

 

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ALRN – Painted Windows [LP] (1981, Rational Records)

Alternate Learning was Scott Miller's first band, his musical occupation while taking his degree, the learning steps leading to Game Theory and finally The Loud Family. So the progression is evident, as this shares the same taste for jittery, keyboard driven new wave as Game Theory's early EPs ("I Wanna Be Hit by a Car", etc.). And while the writing and lyricism aren't as developed and refined as they would become (and some songs border on meandering) it's still terrific to witness his forever adolescent voice while he was actually still an adolescent. "Another Wasted Afternoon" begins with muffled whispers behind a rainy backdrop till the song springs into action and the wiry keyboards fly around, the taste for playing around with sound was already there from the get go. Returning to the colourful keyboards, it's undeniable how hooky some of them are ("Let's not Wait", "Ulysses") and how much they add. 'Painted Windows' is certainly not the best path into Scott Miller's universe, yet fans of his ever so quirky and refreshing compositional style will definitely want to track this down somehow, even if it's only for the impossibly bouncy gem "Beach State Rocking", perhaps one of Miller's catchiest recordings. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: Rational Records – ATI 002, Rational Records – ATI-002 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1981 

Style: Power Pop, New wave

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Another Wasted Afternoon 3:59 

A2 Sex War 2:42 

A3 The New You 6:25 

A4 Dark Days 4:34 

A5 Occupation: Unknown 3:22 

B1 Dresden 3:02 

B2 Beach State Rocking 2:50 

B3 Ulysses 1:53 

B4 Painted Windows 5:04 

B5 Let's Not Wait 2:20 

 

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84 Flesh – Salted City / D-Section [7''] (1978, Skydog)

 

84 Flesh was a French punk band from Paris, previously known as 1984 and formed by Henry Flesh, Frederick Goddard and Pierre Goddard. Both tracks on this single were compiled on KBD, and shows an angry, hard-hitting and dirty 70s punk rockers. The A-side is faster, the B-side is more melodic, but both are good. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

Label: Skydog – SGH 15 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single 

Country: France 

Released: 1978 

Style: Punk, Punk Rock

 

Tracklist: 

A Salted City 2:40 

B D-Section 2:20 

 

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