Various – 4 In 1 [Cass] (1982, Grafika Airlines)

'4 In 1' is the first of a series of compilations initiated by Alain Neffe (Belgian multi-instrumentalist, responsible for the Insane Music label and member of Bene Gesserit, Cortex, Human Dance, Human Flesh, Japanese Genius, Kosmose, La Maison Du Jardinier, Ornament & Crime Arkhestra, Pol Silentblock, Pseudo Code, Sic, Subject and The Chopstick Sisters). 4 groups share one format. 

 

Released on a variety of Belgian labels, the first compilation was this cassette '4 In 1' (1982), followed by an LP 'Four In One Vol. 2' (1982). The series was continued in 2012 with the release of a CD '4 In 1 Volume 3', a cassette '4 In 1 Vol.4' and lately a LP and CD '4 In 1 Volume 5'. 

 

This first release was issued on Grafika Airlines, a Belgian experimental cassette label from the eighties. GRAFIKA is the production department of Direct Impact Association (DIA), a Belgian non-profit organization and it's divided in four parts: Grafika Airlines (cassettes & graphic products; stopped end of 1982), Grafika Discs (records; created in June 82), Grafikaset (cassettes; starting January 83) and INSANE/GRAFIKA (cassettes compilation).

 

This tape features four bands: Mecanique Vegetale, a group that is an enigma -unclear if it is one man or one band; Pseudo Code, that are self-defined as playing "potlatch music", motivated more towards emotional expression than anything else and formed by Alain Neffe, Guy-Marc Hinan (one of the two men who formed the label Sub Rosa) and Xavier S.; Etat Brut, a pioneer industrial / noise band from Brussels that operated from 1979 until 1983 releasing a dozen of cassettes, various flyers and xeroxed booklets; and Human Flesh, founded in 1981 and one of the many disguises of Alain Neffe.

 

Label: Grafika Airlines – GRA11 

Series: 4 In 1

Format: Cassette, Compilation, C60 

Country: Belgium 

Released: 1982 

Style: Minimal, Industrial, Noise, Experimental, Ambient, Minimal Synth

 

Tracklist:

A1 Mecanique Vegetale – Incantations Cycliques 6:24 

A2 Mecanique Vegetale – Lamentations 1:32 

A3 Mecanique Vegetale – Zona Periodica 3:21 

A4 Mecanique Vegetale – Sick Soldier 3:00 

A5 Pseudo Code – Le Gange 14:25 

B1 Etat Brut – Sollicitation Extérieure 8:32 

B2 Etat Brut – Psychosomatique 5:08 

B3 Human Flesh – Total Recall 5:07 

B4 Human Flesh – T.I.N.A. 74 3:22 

B5 Human Flesh – Matin Promenade 4:20 

B6 Human Flesh – Airport (Your Selfish Mind) 2:23 

 

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