→ ↑ → – Soundtracks [LP] (1983, Present Records)

→ ↑ → (pronounced as three clicks, often written incorrectly as "Tsk Tsk Tsk" or "Tch Tch Tch") was an Australian music, art and performance group, best known for their experimental music. They formed in Melbourne in 1977 and were led by Philip Brophy. The group performed music, produced artwork, films, videos, live theatre, multi-media, and wrote literature. 

 

"Ads" was initially made for a video art exchange between Japan (Scan Gallery) and Australia (George Paton Gallery); The first version of "I You We" was made on Super 8 for "Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction" at the George Paton Gallery in July 1982, and was then remade in its current format for "Pirates & Mutineers" at Roslyn Oxley Gallery in May 1983. "Pop Art" was recorded for one side of a limited edition give-away single at at special night a the Crystal Ballroom in December 1979. The Sydney Theatre Company's production of "Performance 2 - Magazine" (conceived by Ralph Kerle, Tim Gooding and Philip Brophy) occurred for one night only in March 1983. The commissioned soundtrack was half original compositions and part cover versions. [SOURCE: PHILIPBROPHY.COM] 

 

Label: Present Records – PRE-003 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: Australia 

Released: 1983 

Style: Abstract, Experimental, Minimal Wave

 

Tracklist: 

"ADS" (Dub Versions Sept.82)  

A1(a) The Nature Of Seduction 

A1(b) The Power Of Food 

A1(c) The Industry Of Hands 

A1(d) Untitled A1(e) The Image Of People 

A1(f) The Luxury Of Speed 

A1(g) The Object Of Sex 

A2 "I You We" (Dub Version May 83) 

A3 "Pop Art" (November 79) 

"Performance 2 - 'Magazine' " (Edited Versions Feb.83) 

B1(a) Caravan 

B1(b) Sexuality 

B1(c) Tension 

B1(d) Beatnik Fashion Parade 

B1(e) What's New Pussycat 

B1(f) Ruby 

B1(g) Popcorn 

 

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Various – Voices Notes & Noise [LP] (1984, Recommended Music)

Recommended Music was a label created by the independent German branch of Recommended Records. Renamed to Review Records in 1984, and concomitantly to the establishing of No Man's Land, which ran parallelly. Rē Records was founded by Chris Cutler in 1978, as a vehicle for Art Bears and then other projects of his own. At the same time he launched Recommended Records, a specialised mailorder service which established its own label for outside releases. A Recommended shop opened in the early '80s, and in mid-decade the shop and distribution functions separated from the labels, becoming a workers collective and changing its name to These Records (independent branches were also opened in mainland Europe by Recommended Records Italia, Recommended Records -Switzerland-, Recommended Music and Recommended Records France). In the early '90s Cutler merged the labels under the name ReR Megacorp and set up a new distribution and mailorder service under the same name. These Records continued until 2006, when it finally closed. 

 

Label: Recommended Music – RM 01 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition

Country: Germany 

Released: Jun 1984 

Style: Noise, Avantgarde, Experimental, Industrial, Musique Concréte, Experimental Rock, Sound Collage, Minimal Synth

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Martin Bisi / Viki Galvez Bisi – Battle Hymn 1:53 

A2 Un Département – 120 Défunts Pour Une Patrie 2:35 

A3 Veedtharm Morgan Fisher – Easter Parade 1:24 

A4 Mixed Band Philanthropist – Mixture/Kitchen/Theatre 2:48 

A5 Let's Have Healthy Children – Dance Up A Storm... 1:44 

A6 Victor Nubla – Labertino 2:00 

A7 Officer! – Boxer Versus Wrestlers 1:14 

A8 Human Flesh – Another Insanity 2:16 

A9 Zazou / Bongo– Tantine 2:30 

A10 Ptôse – F.M. Creatures 1:29 

A11 Goebbels / Harth / Stötzner – Und Endlich Stirbt Die Sehnsucht Doch 0:57 

B1 Hellebore – Gargamel Chex Les Cosaques 1:24 

B2 Doo Dooettes – The Flying Eyes Part IV 2:44 

B3 Lichtenstein Lingery – Elenka I 1:55 

B4 Nurse With Wound – It Just Aint So (Not A Cole Porter Song Unsung By Ella) 3:08 

B5 Madi-Diddi – Oil 1:21 

B6 Debile Menthol – O.R. V/s Metronome 2:29 

B7 Dissidents – Schraubenzieher (Hommage An Robert Wilson's 'The Golden Windows') 1:29 

B8 Dressed Up Animals – Ein Walzer 1:49 

B9 The Lowest Note On The Organ – 999 (Nein Nein Nein) 1:07 

B10 DDAA – Vitesse 2:05 

B11 Christoph Wünsch – 120 Herzschläge 1:41 

B12 Malcolm – Like A Nightingale 2:00 

B13 Reinhold Brunner – Liebe Art Bears 1:05 

 

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Whadya Want? – Skippy Knows [LP] (1985, Correct Records)

Whadya Want? was an Australian synth-pop band formed by David Chesworth (born 1958, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), an Australian-based artist and composer. He has worked as an experimental electronic musician and in the post punk band Essendon Airport, plus classical ensembles, theatre, sound installations, etc. From 1978 until 1982 Chesworth coordinated the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre in Melbourne, a centre for experimental music, performance, film and video. He also collaborates with audio/visual artist Sonia Leber, including exhibiting in the Venice and Sydney Biennales. In 1993 he formed The David Chesworth Ensemble to perform his own works. Other members of the group were Philip Jackson (ex-Equal Local and Whirlywirld) and Warwick Bone. They only released the LP 'Skippy Knows' ‎and the 7" single 'Life On TV' , both in 1985 in the Correct Records label.

 

Label: Correct Records – CORLP-00001 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: Australia 

Released: 1985 

Style: New Wave, Synth-pop 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Life On TV 4:09 

A2 Snapshot 4:15 

A3 Open Spaces 4:28 

A4 Binocular Man 4:04 

A5 World Of Light 5:45

B1 Rock And The Rhythm 4:11 

B2 Inside Out 5:08 

B3 Lonely 5:21 

B4 Tie Me Down 3:45 

B5 I Know 3:52 

 

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The Very Things – Mummy You're A Wreck [12''] (1985, Reflex Records)

The Very Things were one of various outfits launched under the umbrella organization of the Dada Cravats Laboratory (DcL), based in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. The key personnel involved were The Shend (b. Chris Harz; vocals) and Robin R. Dallaway (aka Robin Raymond; guitar), plus Gordon ‘DisneyTime’ (drums), and Fudger O’Mad aka Budge (ex-And Also The Trees; bass). Other groups operating out of the same stable included The Cravats, Babymen, and DcL Locomotive. Their first single, ‘The Gong Man’, explored responsibility and the work ethic. Although they were coming from a less strident political standpoint, they found allies in anarcho-punk band Crass, with this being the second of two singles coming out on their label (the previous one under The Cravats logo being ‘Rub Me Out’). On the back of this, and a very successful radio session for BBC disc jockey John Peel, they were signed to Reflex Records for the release of 'The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes'. An early appearance on television music programme The Tube helped bolster their fortunes, while the follow-up single, ‘Mummy You’re A Wreck’, was an equally entertaining offbeat production. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

 

Label: Reflex Records – 12 RE 9 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1985 

Style: New Wave, Post-Punk

 

Tracklist: 

A Mummy You're A Wreck 

B1 When Father Papered The Parlour 

B2 The Light Pours Out Of Mummy's House 

 

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The Universal Congress Of – Joe Baiza & The Universal Congress Of [LP] (1987, SST Records)

 

Led by Saccharine Trust axewielder Joe Baiza, Universal Congress Of began as the title for Baiza's 1987 solo record, later becoming the name of his fine, funky backing band. On his debut solo LP, he was still playing semi-improvised, avant-garde jazz-rock similar to what he had been exploring in Saccharine Trust, but Baiza/Universal Congress Of's later work was more structured and song-oriented. With Baiza on guitar and Steve Moss on sax, along with excellent bass/drum combinations like Bob Fitzer and Paul Lines or Steve Gaeta and A. P. Gonzalez, Universal Congress Of played rockish jazz/jazzish rock not unlike that of James Blood Ulmer and Ornette Coleman. Their earlier work on SST had a bit more of a punk edge, while the later albums on Enemy were more solidly jazz. [SOURCE: DISCOGS]

 

 

Label: SST Records – SST 109 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1987 

Style: Alternative Rock, Jazz-Rock, Noise Rock, Free Jazz, Psychedelic Rock

 

Tracklist: 

A Certain Way 19:03 

B1 Certain Way (Continued) 9:58 

B2 Chasing 4:30 

 

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The Trudy / The Magnificent 7 – Volcano Fo Lé Ferret [LP] (1980, Binkie Records)

 

Formed in 1979 The Trudy quickly made zero impact with their 1980 LP 'Volcano Fo Lé Ferret'. More low-key releases followed until they finally got national attention with the 1989 singles 'Countdown to Love', 'Living on a Moon' and 'Destination Love'. The second LP 'Tune-In to the Trudy Love-Ray!' was released in 1990, quickly followed by their third LP 'Always Never Beautiful Forever', in 2016. The Magnificent 7 were formed by Chris White, member also of The Kytes.

 

Label: Binkie Records – BIN 033 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: UK 

Released: 1980 

Style: New Wave, Power Pop, Punk, Art Punk

 

Tracklist: 

A1 The Trudy – The Trudy 

A2 The Trudy – Speedman 

A3 The Trudy – Hotel 

A4 The Trudy – Fat Janet's Fairground 

A5 The Trudy – Bad Boys 

A6 The Trudy – Oh! To Mr. Lombard 

A7 The Trudy – Tunnel Vision 

A8 The Trudy – The Giant Crab 

A9 The Trudy – Big Cars 

A10 The Trudy – Disco 

A11 The Trudy – Playgirls 

B1 The Magnificent 7 – Harold Turton 

B2 The Magnificent 7 – Mr. Brown 

B3 The Magnificent 7 – Find Another Friend 

B4 The Magnificent 7 – Desperation Street 

B5 The Magnificent 7 – Just Like Tomorrow 

B6.a The Magnificent 7 – Indian Train 

B6.b The Magnificent 7 – T.I.M. 

 

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Sindy Arthur – What About [Cass] (1987, Bi-Joopiter)

Sindy Arthur were an UK indie pop formed by Mark Flunder (guitarist and drummer), member of groups Cee Bee Beaumont, Moscovite Five, Sportique, Television Personalities and The McTells, and Gina Hartman, member of Marine Girls and Moscovite Five. Their only release was the 'What About?' cassette in 1987 on the Bi-Joopiter label, founded by Paul Rixon and Gillian Elam in 1983 in Hertford, UK, originally as a cassette-only recording label. 

 

Label: Bi-Joopiter – bijoop 015 

Format: Cassette, Album 

Country: UK 

Released: 1987 

Style: Lo-Fi, Shoegaze, Indie Rock, Slacker Rock, Indie Pop, Twee Pop

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Waiting For A Raincoat 

A2 Girl On Reins 

A3 The Big Close Up 

A4 Real Shocks 

A5 Peggy Pocket 

A6 Roger Mayne 

A7 The Beat 

B1 What About 

B2 Rave On 

B3 Tetchy 

B4 Maybe Girl 

B5 Sketches 

B6 Suitcase 

B7 Hot Pavements 

B8 Where's The Coat? 

B9 About What 

 

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Rancid Vat – Justice This Is What We Do To Traitors [12''] (1989, Horton/Reflex)

Although not a huge name in the rock world, veteran punk / metal band Rancid Vat has enjoyed a small but enthusiastic cult following and has outlived a lot of other punk-minded outfits. Rancid Vat has been around since 1981, when bassist Phil Irwin, aka The Whiskey Rebel, and his wife, Marla Vee (who has played bass and guitar as well as drums) formed the band's first lineup in Portland, OR, and recruited lead singer Steve Wilson. Over the years, Rancid Vat has had more than a few personnel changes, but Irwin and Vee (who got married in 1977) have always been the core of the band. And whatever lineup was in place, Rancid Vat has had a reputation for being rude, crude, loud, offensive, sneering, and totally in-your-face -no one has ever accused Rancid Vat's songs of being polite or subtle. While many other punk-minded bands have had a serious sociopolitical agenda, Irwin and Vee were mainly interested in raucous, over-the-top fun -and they never shied away from shock value and warped, twisted humor. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

 

Label: Horton/Reflex – HR003 

Format: Vinyl, EP, Album, 12"

Country: US 

Released: 1989 

Style: Punk, Hardcore Punk

 

Tracklist: 

A1 A Gun 

A2 Force Fed 

A3 Deuteronomy On Drugs 

A4 Baptised In Blood 

B Destroy Nature 

 

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Love Of Life Orchestra – Casino [12''] (1982, Expanded Music)

Love of Life Orchestra was created by Peter Gordon (sax, keyboards, composition) and David Van Tieghem, a talented, smart-aleck avant-garde percussionist with ties to new music composer Steve Reich. Both have gone on to greater fame as elder statesmen of the downtown music scene in New York, but these early works stand as an important developmental chapter. Collaborators on their recordings have included Arto Lindsay and David Byrne. Early members of the band included Laurie Anderson (electric violin), Blue Gene Tyranny (keyboards), Ken Deifik (harmonica), Scott Johnson (guitar), Rhys Chatham (flute), Peter Zummo (trombone), Arthur Russell (cello), Kathy Acker (vocals), and Jill Kroesen (vocals). [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

 

Label: Expanded Music – EX 8 Y, Expanded Music – EX 8 

Format: Vinyl, 12", EP, 45 RPM 

Country: Italy 

Released: 1982 

Style: New Wave, No Wave

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Siberia 2:55 

A2 Casino 5:33 

A3 Jocks On Ice - O 1:12 

B1 Roses On Bond Street 4:50 

B2 Condo 4:31 

B3 Jocks On Ice - OO 1:26 

 

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