sábado, 29 de julio de 2023

Guapo – Hell Is Other People [7''] (1995, Power Tool)

 
Prolific British avant-proggers Guapo have released numerous albums and EPs since forming in 1994. Despite often changing from one release to the next, or in some cases, from one song to the next, their style has maintained basic reference points including France's Magma (whom they name-checked in one album title), Japan's Ruins (with whom they recorded an album), and groups of the Rock in Opposition scene, including Present and Univers Zero. The band's lineup has undergone many changes as well, but for much of Guapo's history the core of the group consisted of drummer/percussionist David J. Smith and bassist/guitarist Matt Thompson. Other periodic full-time members during the group's first decade included bassist Rojer Macoustra (with the band from 1994-1996), bassist Pid (1996-1997), and Honkies saxophonist Caroline Kraabel (1999-2000). 
 
Guapo self-released three EPs -'Hell Is Other People' (1995), 'Guapo Is No More' (1996), and 'Horse Walks into a Bar' (1996)- and one full-length album, 'Towers Open Fire' (1997), through their own Power Tool label before moving to the French Pandemonium imprint for a series of releases. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]
 

 
Label: Power Tool – P.Tool 002 
Format: Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM 
Country: UK 
Released: 1995 
Style: Math Rock, Noise, Post-Punk 
 
Tracklist:
A Joe Coleman Song 
B1 P.K.D 
B2 Lie 
 
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domingo, 23 de julio de 2023

The Fabulous Marquises – Honeymoons [7''] (1980, Unforgettable Music, Missing Link)

 
The Fabulous Marquises was formed in 1980 by ex-JAB, Teenage Radio Stars and Models bass player Mr Pierre. The band had a sparse and electronic sound and a solitary single, 'Honeymoon / 1,2,3, Factory' was issued in September 1980. The single was initially included as part of the Unforgettable Music Box Set of three singles, alongside Ron Rude's Piano Piano and Microfilm. Ron Rude (head of the Unforgettable Music label) produced The Marquises' single and also included The Marquises' track "From My Heart to My Hands" on the Various Artists album 'From Belgrave with Love' (1981).Guitarist and keyboardist Edward Clayton-Jones was later in The Wreckery and bassist Chris Walsh later joined The Moodists. [SOURCE: PUNK A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY. THE HISTORY OF THE MELBOURNE PUNK SCENE
 

 
Label: Unforgettable Music – UMS 3, Missing Link – MLC-5 
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single 
Country: Australia 
Released: 1980 
Style: New Wave, Post-Punk, Minimal, Minimal Wave
 
Tracklist: 
A Honeymoons 
B 1, 2, 3 Factory 
 
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sábado, 22 de julio de 2023

Eton Crop – Six Silhouette Romances [12''] (1983, Koesette Snacks)

Eton Crop were an indie band formed in 1979 in Nieuwkoop, Netherlands, and released a total of 12 singles and four albums over the next 15 years. Frequent visitors to the UK, they toured with many of the "pre-C86" groups like The Membranes and The Three Johns, the latter with whom they shared a not too dissimilar musical approach. 
 

 
Label: Koesette Snacks – Koesette Snacks 008 
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 
Country: Netherlands 
Released: 1983 
Style: Indie Rock, Post-Punk
 
Tracklist:
A1 Six Silhouette Romances 
A2 Bell Fruit Tokens (Hold/Nudge) 
A3 First Sight 
B1 Favourite Record 
B2 Collision Course Of Court Jester 
B3 Cheese, Louise, Please (Hip, Hip, Hip) 
 
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domingo, 16 de julio de 2023

Disrupters – Young Offender [7''] (1981, Radical Change Records)

 
Anarchist punk band from Norwich, UK. Formed in late 1980, the bands first release was on Crass Records's 'Bullshit Detector' compilation. 1981 saw the recording and release of their first single on the band's own label, Radical Change Records. The band split in 1988. Drummer Kevin Wymer went on to form Saigon Kiss. Steve Hansell was vocalist in New York Scum Haters. This record is so low budget and bad that it's really pretty good. Also, this lot managed to avoid the mass exodus of 2nd generation UK punk bands into the Oi!/Skinhead world, and remain pretty true to their anarchist concept. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC
 

 
Label: Radical Change Records – RC 1, Radical Change Records – R.C.1 
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 
Country: UK 
Released: 1981 
Style: Punk, Anarcho-Punk, Punk Rock
 
Tracklist:
A Young Offender 1:37 
B1 U.K. Soldier 2:38 
B2 No Place For You 2:46 
 
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sábado, 15 de julio de 2023

Clair Obscur – Smurf In The Gulag [12''] (1986, Cathexis Recordings)

 
Among all groups which animated the French Cold Wave and Industrial scene of the 80s, Clair Obscur is certainly one of those which radiated furthest outside the boundaries of France. Several of their records have been published by British labels like All the Madmen (the live 'The Pilgrim’s Progress', 1986) or Cathexis Recordings (the 12" single 'Smurf in the Gulag', the same year), and one of their act of glory is to be part of the compilation 'From Torture To Conscience' of the mythical label N.E.R. alongside with Current 93, In The Nursery or Death In June (1984). 
 
Founded in 1981 by Thierry Damerval (bass guitar), Christophe (vocals) and Nicolas Demarthe (guitar), Clair Obscur drew immediately attention with a home made audio tape, a 7" single magnificently designed ('Santa Maria') and several 12" singles. From the most tribal cold wave to chamber music, from industrial music to dance music (unless these two are synonymous), their musical approach is eminently atmospheric and embraces a surprising variety of styles, giving birth to iconoclastic scenic transcriptions. [SOURCE: CLAIROBSCUR.NET]
 

 
Label: Cathexis Recordings – CRC 69 
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 
Country: UK 
Released: 1986 
Style: Industrial, New Wave, Coldwave, Post-Punk
 
Tracklist:
A Smurf In The Gulag 
B1 Le Cheminement Du Pèlerin 
B2 La Ballade Des Gens Heureux 
 
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domingo, 9 de julio de 2023

The Boy Hairdressers – Golden Shower [12''] (1988, 53rd & 3rd)

 
The Boy Hairdressers were the indie band that Norman Blake formed after he left The Pretty Flowers, but before he joined BMX Bandits or formed Teenage Fanclub with fellow Boy Hairdressers member Raymond McGinley. Other members of The Boy Hairdressers included Jim Lambie (now a successful visual artist) and Paul Quinn (later the singer for Bourgie Bourgie). 'Golden Shower'. their only output, it's not very jangly or too overtly twee, though it definitely fits into those scenes by proximity. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]
 

 
Label: 53rd & 3rd – AGARR 12T 
Format: Vinyl, 12", Single 
Country: UK 
Released: Jan 1988 
Style: Pop Rock, Indie Rock, Jangle Pop, Indie Pop, Twee Pop
 
Tracklist: 
A Golden Shower 
B1 Tidalwave 
B2 The Assumption As An Elevator 
 
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sábado, 8 de julio de 2023

Ami Marie – Verrückt Nach Glück [LP] (1981, Ariola)


Not much is known about this artist who may have come from the Munich area in Germany, where his lone album was recorded and mixed and where his music was published. This album is actually kind of an interesting mix of ominous sounding nursery rhymes over horror movie minimalistic synth pop from space. Because it's in German, it's even more alienating and bizarre sounding, and it's nearly always catchy. It's like a really bizarre voyage, you never really know what will happen next, but you can't look away. It has some neat Kraftwerk ditties and the first side is quite upbeat (by the genre's standards), with "Spiel Mit Mir" being the obvious hit; the second side is wonderfully moody and atmospheric, "Die Seemann Und Die Rose" is so chilling it's just overwhelming. Seems rather fitting there was nothing from ami Marie afterwards -as this one is such a successful accomplishment it's practically unbeatable. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 
 
Label: Ariola – 204 334, Ariola – 204 334-320 
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: Germany 
Released: 1981 
Style: Minimal, Synth-pop, Minimal Synth, Neue Deutsche Welle
 
Tracklist:  
A1 Verrückt Nach Glück 3:32 
A2 Zartbitter... 4:13 
A3 Spiel Mit Mir 3:24 
A4 Sehnsucht 1:30 
A5 Wir Sind Zufrieden 6:15 
B1 Der Seemann Und Die Rose 5:30 
B2 Licht Zerbricht 4:53 
B3 Reisen 4:50 
B4 Abschied 3:50 
B5 Epilog (Verrückt Nach Glück) 3:43 
 
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domingo, 2 de julio de 2023

7 Seconds – 3 Chord Politics [Cass] (1981, Vicious Scam Tapes)

Formed in the early '80s, the hardcore punk band 7 Seconds has been among the longest lived of any group from the first wave of Cali punk (forming in Reno, NV, and eventually relocating to Sacramento), though frontman Kevin Seconds has proved to be the only consistent member; changes during the mid-'80s moved guitarist Bobby Adams, drummer Troy Mowat, and bassist Steve Youth (Seconds' brother) into the lineup. The group released several 7" singles just after forming, and Seconds signed the band to the Better Youth Organization label by 1982. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]


 
Label: Vicious Scam Tapes – VS003 
Format: Cassette, Single Sided 
Country: US 
Released: 1981 
Style: Hardcore, Punk, Hardcore Punk
 
Tracklist: 
A1 We Want Control 
A2 No Authority 
A3 Left Wing, Right Wing 
A4 Baby Games 
A5 Fuck Your America 
A6 Drastic Measures 
A7 Warpaint 
A8 Redneck Society 
A9 Don't Conform 
A10 Heavy Metal Jocks 
A11 Power Not Integrity 
A12 (Ain't Gonna Be) No 1990 
A13 Anti Youth 
 
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sábado, 1 de julio de 2023

Η Ανεξάρτητη Rock Σκηνή Live [Cass] (1985, Di Di Music)

 
'Η Ανεξάρτητη Rock Σκηνή Live' ("The Independent Rock Scene Live") is a cassette compilation of Greek bands released by the now defunct Di Di Music, an independent record label founded by Νίκος Λώρης and (still active) concert organizer based in Athens, and featuring bands like Migraine, that soon evolved into The Jaywalkers; Femmes Fatales -band from Athens, active in 1984-1985-, Magic De Spell -Alternative Rock/New Wave band formed in late 1979 in Athens by Theodore Vlachakis (drums), George Skarlatos (bass) and Αλέξης Κυριακάκης (vocals)-; Not 2 Without 3 -New-Wave band from Athens, founded in 1983-, or The Last Drive -Garage Rock band formed in 1983 in Athens, disbanded in 1995 and reformed in February 2007. 


 
Label: Di Di Music – none 
Format: Cassette, Compilation 
Country: Greece 
Released: 1985 
Style: New Wave, Garage Rock 
 
Tracklist: 
A1 Migraine – A Song For You 
A2 Migraine – Where Is The Love Of My Life 
A3 Victims Of Psycho Violence – The Man With The Heart In His Eyes 
A4 Victims Of Psycho Violence – Lovely Killer 
A5 Anti Troppau Council – Contract With The Devil 
A6 Anti Troppau Council – Hey Little Man 
A7 Femmes Fatales – The Drop Out's Song 
A8 Femmes Fatales – Why David 
B1 Magic De Spell – The Fall 
B2 Magic De Spell – Crime 
B3 Not 2 Without 3 – Crocodiles 
B4 Not 2 Without 3 – Machinery 
B5 X-Mandarina Duck – Don't Pretend 
B6 X-Mandarina Duck – Principles 
B7 The Last Drive – Call Town Surf 
B8 The Last Drive – Blue Girl 
 
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