Hiroshima Chair and Culturcide – Reset [LP] (1981, Dogfood Production System)

 

Split LP released by the Dogfood Production System imprint, early Australian experimental label, also known as Wrong. Co-released the Severed Heads/Rhythmyx Chymx split LP and released the first Severed Heads LP. 

Garry Bradbury (1960-2022) was a British-born Australian electronic musician active in Sydney's experimental music scene from 1979 to 2022. His first significant collaboration was in 1980, along with brothers Simon and Tim Knuckey as The Wet Taxis; a band specializing in heavily treated guitar and drum machine and various tape manipulations. 

 

In 1981, Bradbury teamed up with two other musicians, Tokyo Rose and Montgomery Smythe, to form Hiroshima Chair, another electronic outfit featuring a vast arsenal of analogue synthesizers. In 1981, they released this half a split album 'Reset', with Texan band Culturcide. They also released a live C60 cassette through Terse Tapes. From October 1981, Bradbury teamed up with Tom Ellard's pioneering post punk / industrial band Severed Heads. This collaboration continued sporadically from 1981 to 1985. 

Culturcide was a Houston-based experimental punk band, active from 1980 to 1990 and from 1993 to the present day. They were notorious for their 1986 album 'Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America', which earned the band a cult following, but also several legal threats.

 

Label: Dogfood Production System – Dogmat#4 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: Australia 

Released: 1981 

Style: Industrial, Punk, New Wave, Noise, Synth-pop, Minimal, Synth Punk

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Hiroshima Chair – Reset 

A2 Hiroshima Chair – Spastic Antelope Bit 

A3 Hiroshima Chair – Tu 

A4 Hiroshima Chair – I Think That Dress Is Completely Ruined (I Really Do) 

A5 Hiroshima Chair – Kick 

B1 Culturcide – Hating My Father 

B2 Culturcide – No More Children 

B3 Culturcide – Plague / Disco 

B4 Culturcide – Another Miracle (Live) 

B5 Culturcide – Heartbreaking B 

 

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