In Excelsis was an English goth rock band formed in Luton in may 1983 by former UK Decay guitarist Steve Spon and disbanded in 1985. Other members were Errol Blythe (vocals, ex-Ritual), Mark Bond (bass) and Colin "Roxy" Rox (drums, ex-Shy Tots, later in New York City noise-rock band DUSTdevils and Jayne County & The Electric Chairs).
Hidious In Strength was an early project of John Zewizz (Sleep Chamber) started around 1982. The instrumentation was often a combination of synthesizer experimentation, tapes, and “found” vocals from TV. Although Zewizz was the only studio member, the project sometimes performed live as a duo. 'Eyes To See This' was rcorded live at Innersleeve Gallery in 1984. [SOURCE: LAST.FM]
Bristol-based indie popsters The Groove Farm emerged as part of the C-86 movement, serving up shambling guitar with ‘60s undertones. The band formed in 1986, comprised of singer / guitarist Andrew Jarrett, guitarist Jon Kent, bassist Rupert Taylor, and drummer Jez Butler. Founding their own label, Raving Pop Blast!, The Groove Farm released a handful of 7"s and 12" EPs as well as the full-length 'Plug (The Story of Pop So Far)' between 1987 and 1990. Also signed with the Subway Organisation label, the quartet released the 'Alvin Is King!' LP along with a variety of vinyl releases, but creative differences and financial strains led them back on the D.I.Y. track. Gaining fans like Clare Wadd (who would later co-found Sarah Records) and radio personality John Peel, The Groove Farm were covered extensively in the British fanzine press, with their song "Baby Blue Marine" issued as a flexi-disc for Kvatch. Following the breakup of the band, Jarrett formed Beatnik Filmstars -joined in the early years of the band by Kent and Butler- while Taylor went on to perform with Girlboy Girl. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]
Label: Raving Pop Blast! Records – Rave 5 LP
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1989
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Noise Pop, Jangle Pop
Tracklist:
A1 I'm Never Going To Fall In Love Again
A2 I Don't Blame You
A3 Please Don't Make Me Unhappy
A4 World Would Die For You
A5 Number One
A6 It's Not That I Can't It's Just That I Don't Want To
A7 No One Like You
B1 It Might Not Mean That Much To You But It Means A Lot To Me
F/i are from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and have been around since 1981, releasing a half-dozen LPs on RRRecords. The band started out as a unit elaborating on noise structures in the tradition of Throbbing Gristle or Nurse With Wound. They are also influenced by Hawkwind and Spacemen 3. In 1983 they changed their name from The Surfin' Führers to F/i. Richard Franecki later went on to form Vocokesh but still returns to F/i once in a while.
Boy Dirt Car were formed by Darren Brown and Eric Lunde in 1981 after the two young punkers met Glenn Branca at a Chicago noise-music festival. Starting1983 with a line up featuring Darren Brown, Julie Brown, Josh Mead and Dylan Ritchie, they proceeded to play with a revolving-door line-up that usually consisted of Brown and Lunde. Finally settling on a semi-stable line-up that consisted of the duo and Keith Brammer and Dan Kubinski of Die Kreuzen on various metal percussive instruments and noise-making devices, Boy Dirt Car found their feet and were soon mooted as America's answer to Einstürzende Neubauten. Inactive as a band for many years, Eric Lunde in the meantime released some solo records and Darren Brown formed Impact Test.
Ethyl Meatplow was a short-lived yet enormously accomplished pseudo-industrial alternative / dance-rock outfit comprised of vocalist Carla Bozulich, drummer Biff Barefoot Sanders, and singer / guitarist John Napier. Formed circa 1990, the group released three independent singles before their only album, 1993's 'Happy Days Sweetheart'. The group earned a reputation for their live shows, which combined samples and electronics with live instrumentation. 'Happy Days Sweetheart' earned good reviews in alternative / underground magazines, but the band spilt soon after its release. Bozulich became the vocalist for the pseudo-country-rock group The Geraldine Fibbers; she also sang on ex-Minutemen/ fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt's 1995 solo debut, 'Ball-hog or Tugboat?'. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]
Label: Motiv Communications – MS 001, Spasm – MS 001
Diskord Datkord was a hip hop house electronic collaboration between brothers Mark Tinley and Adam Tinley (who later became Adamski) and Johnny Melton (known as Johnny Slut). The brothers previously were in the Stupid Babies, when they were kids and Johnny Slut used to be in the goth group, The Specimen. Diskord Datkord only released one single, featuring the cover of X-Ray Spex's "Identity" in 1988, and split afterwards before Adamski and his brother went solo. Johnny Slut later joined Atomizer with DJ Fil Ok (Fil Jones). [JOHN PEEL WIKI]
Label: Soho Girl – 12SG 002
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: Jul 1988
Style: House, Hip Hop
Tracklist:
A Identity (House-Wife Mix)
B1 Identity (Playlist Mix)
B2 D*D*&*E*O*F*K
Notes:
NME single of the Week (July 8th, 1988)
"D*D*&*E*O*F*K" is an abbreviation of "Diskord Datkord And Every Other Fucking Kord"
The Claim were a British band from Cliffe, Kent, England. They formed around 1980, as part of the independent Medway scene around the nearby towns of Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham and influenced by classic acts such as The Kinks, The Jam, The Clash and The Smiths. Stylistically, they shared much in common with fellow Kent band The Dentists and early Creation Records acts such as The Jasmine Minks.
Between 1985 and 1992, The Claim released two albums and various singles and EPs, first on their own record label, and then via Kevin Pearce's Esurient Communications imprint, Bob Stanley's Caff label and the German-based label A Turntable Friend. Their first outing, 'Armstrong’s Revenge & Eleven Other Short Stories' was followed by the 12" EP 'This Pencil Was Obviously Sharpened By a Left-Handed Indian Knife Thrower' (again on Trick Bag Records).
None of The Claim's music appeared on CD at the time. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]
Milwaukee's Boy Dirt Car were their good city's preeminent punk-noise-industrial outfit who roamed the state and country from roughly 1981 'til 1989. Formed by the disgruntled duo of Eric Lunde and Darren Brown after being inspired by a local cacophonous Glenn Branca gig, they decided to gather a group of fellow miscreants from the Milwaukee punk scene with a mission to create a truly inspired, ungodly, riot-inducing racket. Roping in, amongst others, Dan Kubinski and Keith Brammer from local hardcore kings, Die Kreuzen, they formed Boy Dirt Car. With a sound approximating some sort of bizarre stew of Throbbing Gristle, early Sonic Youth, Birthday Party, AMM and Einsterzunde Neubauten, they set about documenting themselves through a slew of self-released cassettes. This album showcases two full records of live performances from Boy Dirt Car covering from 1983 to 1987. Usually experimental and live recordings mean a mess, and this is no exception. Odd cover of Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" though. [SOURCE: FORCED EXPOSURE]
Label: RRRecords – RRR 047
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1988
Style: Noise, Industrial
Tracklist:
A1 He Tore Out His Eyes
A2 Black House
A3 Prairie Fire
A4 Forms Forced Surrender
A5 The Brood
B1 Guitar Test #4
B2 5/8/85 Metro, Chicago
B3 Lust for Life
B4 12/22/84 Earwaves Records Milwaukee East Side BDC Haven
B5 4/7/85 West End Chicago
C1 Catalyst
C2 Black House
C3 Westweather Tour Remotes 1987: A) Laurel, MT 3/16/87; B) Pasco, WA 3/18/87; C) Grayland, WA 3/23/87; D) Austin, TX 4/9/87
The European avantgarde-trio Ambulatorio Segreto consisted of Stefano Barban (Italy), Miguel A. Ruiz (Spain; also active as Ventral Metaphor and Orfeon Gagarin) and Siegmar Fricke (Germany; also active as Bestattungsinstitut and Pharmakustik) -three legendary (and still very prolific) musicians who formed an integral part of the experimental tape-scene at that time. The trio that existed between 1988 and 1993 produced ten cassettes in Vicenza (Italy), Madrid (Toracic Studio, Spain) and Wilhelmshaven (Pharmakustik Studio, Germany) and took part in many cassette-compilations worldwide. Ambulatorio Segreto's musical style was never clearly defined -instead contradictory sound-elements such as emphasized beats, catchy melodies, vocal samples, strange loop-constructions and gloomy ambiences were main parameters of their work. The equipment was minimal but used in the most effective and creative way: sampling, rhythm-boxes, digital and analogue synths and multi-effectors. [SOURCE: VERLAG SYSTEM BANDCAMP]
Label: Toracic Tapes – TØ30
Format:
Cassette
Country: Spain
Released: 1990
Style: Abstract, Electro, Industrial
Tracklist:
Cardiotrak
A1 C1
A2 C2
A3 C3
A4 C4
A5 C5
A6 C6
Neuroconnector
B1 N1
B2 N2
B3 N3
B4 N4
B5 N5
B6 N6
Notes:
Recorded in Wilhelmshaven (West Germany) by Siegmar Fricke; Madrid (Spain) by Miguel A. Ruiz; Cavassaia (Italia) by Stefano Barban.
Mixed in September 1990 at Toracic Studio, Madrid.
