Mar Otra Vez ‎- Algún Paté Venenoso [LP] (1987)

Mar Otra Vez was a Spanish musical group from the 1980s. Led by Javier Corcobado, it had a clear post-punk and not wave orientation, and because of its innovation in this experimental music it became a reference within the musical movement that originated in the Madrid movement. Subsequently, it was considered a cult group for many music lovers. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

Label: Grabaciones Accidentales ‎– GA-121 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: Spain 

Released: 1987 

Genre: Rock 

Style: Alternative Rock, Post-Punk 

Tracklist: 

A1 El Sombrerero Loco 

A2 Animales Enlatados 

A3 Obstante 

A4 Miércoles Cercano Al Infierno 

A5 Víspera De La Nochebuena 

B1 Algún Paté Venenoso 

B2 Bajo La Rueda De Un Tren 

B3 Canción Pequeña III 

B4 Bolero De Los Ceros 

B5 Nena, Somos Reyes De La Basura 

Credits: 

Bass – Luis González 

Drums – Victor Royo Enguix 

Guitar – Gabriel S. Arias 

Piano – Edith Puaff 

Producer – Félix Arribas 

Voice – Javier P. Corcobado

Notes: 

Recorded At Duplimatic, Madrid (Spain), February 1987 

Includes Inner with Credits and Corcobado's Lyrics 

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LA Synthesis - Matrix Surfer [CD] (1997, Shield, [PIAS])

The mysterious LA Synthesis haven’t put out much work, but what they have produced makes you anxious for more. On their only album to date, 'Matrix Surfer', they artfully blend Detroitian techno with the sounds and melodies of early Black Dog era IDM. It’s deep and full of emotion, absolutely stunning. Though not as rhythmically complex as some of the Black Dog’s work, it’s melodically equal, avoiding predictable combinations and going, instead, for a rich texture. Take “Fromage Centralle,” for instance. The tracks swirls around a solid beat and continually morphs, creating new sounds for the ear to latch onto. “Frozen Tundra” takes its icy conceit into an aurora borealis of sound, while “Agraphobia” incorporates some industrial sounds into its rhythms to contrast the sounds flowing above it. “If” goes dark, while “Du Androids Dream” sounds like the lost theme to the movie Blade Runner. The final two tracks, “Frozen Tundra Dub” and “Zyllvakrynn” take the listener on an ambient journey. This album is more than worth the trouble it’ll take you to find it. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Shield Records ‎– shld 101 cd, Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ‎– shld 101 cd 

Format: CD, Album 

Country: France 

Released: May 1997 

Genre: Electronic 

Style: Techno, Downtempo, Ambient 

Tracklist: 

1 Matrix Surfer 5:45 

2 Positive Negative 5:43 

3 Fromage Centralle 8:47 

4 Wasteland 6:05 

5 Frozen Tundra 6:52 

6 Agraphobia 9:08 

7 If 5:13 

8 Du Androids Dream 6:33 

9 Frozen Tundra Dub 9:55 

10 Zyllvakrynn 7:38 

Credits: 

Artwork [F:cked By] – Tdr:uk 

Artwork [Original Collage] – DG Wicks 

Design – The Designers Republic:UK 

Engineer – Jono Podmore 

Executive Producer [C/o Plink Plonk] – Paul Rip 

Producer – LA Synthesis 

Written-By – Tony Gallagher, Carl Grant 

Notes: 

Recorded at The Watershed (London). Licensed from Plink Plonk Records (UK). Published by Copyright Control. 

Other Versions: 

'Matrix Surfer' ‎(CD, Album, MP) Plink Plonk PLKCD005 UK 1996

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Keiji Haino ‎- Execration That Accept To Acknowledge [CD] (1993, Forced Exposure, Nervous Records)

A very strong representation of Keiji Haino cutting loose in a solo context. Recorded live in Japan, 'Execration That Accept to Acknowledge' is a 40-minute chunk of skronk built upon some predictable structural dynamics (loud to very loud to soft to sudden silence), but there's enough density and variance in the piece to make this relentless ferocity accessible. Uncompromising and berserk, this is a thrilling, unclassifiable hybrid. It's as if AC/DC's Angus Young discovered Pete Cosey's soloing on Miles Davis' 'Agharta' and created a whole new trick bag. Not for those who are made woozy by extreme noise damage. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Forced Exposure ‎– FE-032, Nervous Records – NR-002

Format: CD, Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1993 

Style: Experimental, Noise, Free Improvisation, Avantgarde, Experimental Rock, Noise Rock

Tracklist: 

1 Execration That Accept To Acknowledge 41:43 

Credits: 

Guitar, Vocals – Keiji Haino 

Photography By – Hiromi Wakui, Koh Okabe 

Recorded By – Keiichiro Takahashi 

Notes: 

"This Is Live Recording Not Using Over Dubbing" 

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The Jazz Butcher ‎- Big Questions [CD] (1988, Glass Records)

Here is another Jazz Butcher sampler platter; as the record's subtitle implies, this is a collection of singles which is essentially an update of the 1985 release 'The Gift of Music'. The songs are mostly drawn from 1985 to 1987 records such as 'Sex and Travel', 'Discreet Gentlefolk', and various EP side projects; three of these tracks appear in identical versions on the Mercury label collection 'Bloody Nonsense', while a fourth song, "The Human Jungle", appears in a greatly expanded version here. Sound quality is good and track sequence is effective. This is an interesting album to get if 'Bloody Nonsense' is unavailable. First releases of this album on LP also include a bonus 7" EP of cover songs by Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, and others, recorded from live performances. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Glass Records – GLACD 023 

Format: CD, Compilation 

Country: UK 

Released: 1988 

Style: Indie Rock, Jangle Pop

Tracklist:

1 The Human Jungle 7:20 

2 Hard 4:23 

3 Death Dentist 3:47 

4 South America 2:44 

5 Groovin' In The Buslane 3:16 

6 Mersey 2:43 

7 Conspiracy 4:59 

8 Thing 1:03 

9 Peter Lorre 3:42 

10 Vienna Song 2:50 

11 Olof Palme 2:28 

12 Rebecca Wants Her Bike Back 5:07 

13 City Of Night 4:38 

14 The Hairbrush And The Tank 1:42 

15 Big Old Wind 3:46 

16 Forever 1:01 

Credits:

Bass – Felix 

Drums, Vocals – Owen Jones 

Guitar, Vocals – Max Eider 

Photography By – Alastair Indge 

Producer – John A. Rivers (tracks: 1, 3 to 4), The Jazz Butcher (tracks: 2, 5 to 16), Tony Harris (tracks: 2, 5) 

Vocals, Guitar, Flute – Pat Fish 

Written-By – The Jazz Butcher (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 16) 

Notes: 

℗ GLASS RECORDS LTD. 1987 

The Gift Of Music Volume 2. Includes 4 bonus tracks (7, 8, 15, 16) not on the vinyl release. 

Other Versions: 

'Big Questions' ‎(LP, Comp + 7", Ltd) Glass Records GLALP 023 UK 1987 

'Big Questions' ‎(Cass, Comp) Glass Records GLAMC 023 UK 1987 

'Big Questions (The Gift Of Music Volume 2)' (LP, Comp) Glass Records GLALP 023 UK 1987 

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Ici La Bas ‎- Ici La Bas [12''] (1979, Black Noise)

"The Total Drop" is one of The Homosexuals all-time best songs (it also turned up on a Recommended Records 7" credited to The Homosexuals but on this release is credited to Ici La Bas). 

This is a Homosexuals release -but the band aren't mentioned anywhere- instead each track is by a different made-up artist to deliberately cause maximum confusion, enigma and mystery. 

As time goes on The Homosexuals are revealed as one of the all-time great post-punk bands of the era. They operated completely out of the mainstream with no coverage at all from the media of the time. This Black Noise release -with all the intricate data in its booklet- only serves to pile up yet more mystery upon mystery, with the scant documentation accumulated from previous releases only muddying the waters further. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Black Noise ‎– No.4 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1979 

Style: New Wave, Experimental, Post-Punk, Dub

Tracklist: 

A1 Regard Omission 

A2 The Total Drop 

A3 Galore Galore 

B1 Nippon Airways 

B2 Flying 

B3 Cause A Commotion 

Notes: 

Comes with 8 page photocopied booklet.  

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Headhunters - Industrial Warfare [LP] (1983)

Headhunters were from London and they only released a full length and three EPs, mainly on Shout Records. Shout Records is an interesting label that also released records by Peyr, Hack Hack and Wicked Kitchen Staff. Here's a discography: 'Wipe Out The Funk' 12" (Shout Records); 'Industrial Warfare' LP (Shout Records) 'Impossible' 7" (Shout Records) and 'Way Of The South' 12" (Quiet Records) [SOURCE: PHOENIX HAIRPINS] 

Label: Shout ‎– LX 004

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: UK 

Released: Jul 1983 

Genre: Rock 

Style: New Wave, Goth Rock 

Tracklist:

A1 Bright And Bloody 

A2 Family Entertainment 

A3 All This And Radio Too 

A4 Straitjacket 

B1 Mange Tak ..... Nej Tak ..... 

B2 Landlord 

B3 Sensible Shoes 

B4 Conscience Day 

B5 Step And Routine 

Credits: 

Design – Headhunters, Tonto 

Performer – Bulldog, Finn, Ng, Servo

Photography By [Photographs] – Jeremy 

Producer – Headhunters 

Recorded By [Recorded At Alaska With] – O'Higgins

Recorded By [Recorded At Decibel With] – Graeme Holdaway 

Other Versions:

'Industrial Warfare' ‎(LP, W/Lbl) Shout LX 004 UK 1983 

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George Harrasment ‎- Masai Sleep Walking [LP] (1980, Black Noise)

The Homosexuals' band members recorded in various combinations under several different pseudonyms. These side projects included Ici la Bas, Sir Alick & the Phraser, and George Harrasment, all released on Bruno Wizard's Black Noise label. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

More brilliant whackage from The Homosexuals camp. Like most of the records on Black Noise (and related labels), this is a collection of fragmentary pieces of very strange design, which go from something very much like British DIY “rock” to small slabs of utter sonic disorder. A true charmer. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Black Noise ‎– BN 6 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: UK 

Released: 1980 

Genre: Rock 

Style: Alternative Rock, Experimental 

Tracklist: 

A1 Vision Expanding 

A2 Charlie Watts 

A3 High And Low 

A4 Black Noise 

A5 Yoghurt 

A6 Ants On Safari 

A7 In My Age 

A8 One Minute 

A9 Victoria Falls 

A10 Calvary 

A11 Funeral 

A12 Gimme Gimme 

A13 Two Horizons 

A14 Another Step 

A15 Symponic Thais 

A16 Making Eyes 

B1 Collapsible You 

B2 Across Continents 

B3 Eclipse Of The Moon 

B4 To-To Rello 

B5 Especially To You 

B6 Re Entry 

B7 Symbols I Love 

B8 Cheetah! 

B9 Early Developments 

B10 Final Distance 

Credits: 

Bass – L. Voag (tracks: B1, B6) 

Featuring – The Homosexuals 

Performer – Bruno (tracks: All), Vida S. (tracks: A7) 

Voice – Zoe (tracks: A1, A5, A10) 

Notes: 

All tracks were recorded at home. Some on 2 track Revo + some on Mono Portable cheapo cassette machine. All tracks mastered on cassette machine. Tracks: 10. on Side One + 1. 6. on Side Two Rough Mixes from Sloppy Sound Studios - Surrey. The first song on Side Two is sung by lovely 'Michelle' of Battersea. Love to the twins and L Voag for bass on Tracks 1. and 6. of Side Two and much inspiration on the rest. This album was cut at Pye Cutting Studios and consequently sounds terrible. 

Part collaboration: Unsound Engineer at Free Range Studios, London: Andrew Bailey 

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Fiat Lux - Blue Emotion [7''] (1984, Polydor)

The British new wave trio Fiat Lux notched a handful of hits in the U.K. before vanishing into the pop abyss. Fiat Lux formed in Yorkshire, England, in 1982 with Steve Wright (vocals), Ian Nelson (sax, keyboards), and Dave Crickmore (guitars, keyboards). Wright and Crickmore studied drama together in college. After graduating, Wright joined a theatre company called the Yorkshire Actors where he met musician Bill Nelson, the former guitarist of Be Bop Deluxe. Wright gave Nelson a demo tape he and Crickmore had recorded. Impressed with their music, Nelson produced and arranged one of the demo's tracks, "Feels Like Winter Again", and released it on his label Cocteau Records. In April 1982, Bill Nelson's brother Ian Nelson was added to Fiat Lux's lineup. They named themselves Fiat Lux, which is the Latin translation for the Biblical quotation "Let There Be Light". "Feels Like Winter Again" was the first of Fiat Lux's radio successes. In 1984, the haunting ballad "Secrets" drew comparisons to Depeche Mode's moody synth-pop; it became Fiat Lux's most well-known song. Fiat Lux's utilization of cello in "Secrets" broadened synth-pop's stylistic range. However, Fiat Lux never released a full-length album. The group's output was limited to several singles for Polydor. Fiat Lux disbanded in 1985. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Polydor ‎– FIAT 3 

Format: Vinyl, 7", Single 

Country: UK, Germany

Released: 1984 

Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop 

Tracklist:

A Blue Emotion 

B Sleepless Nightmare 

Credits: 

Photography By – Roger Charity 

Sleeve – Neville Brody 

Written-By – Crickmore, Nelson, Wright 

Other Versions:

'Blue Emotion' ‎(12") Polydor, Polydor FIATX 3, 817 964-1 UK 1984 

'Blue Emotion' ‎(7", Single) Polydor 817 964-7 Germany 1984 

'Blue Emotion' ‎(7", Single, Blu) Polydor, Polydor Fiat B3, 817 964-7 UK 1984 

'Blue Emotion' ‎(12") Polydor 817 964-1 Germany 1984 

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End Of Data ‎- Dans Votre Monde [LP] (1985, Divine)

End of Data were a four piece coldwave outfit who formed in 1983 and split just a few years later. Live setups for the band included ex-members of Tanit and Orchestre Rouge. The band’s discography consists of two solid records, 1984’s 'Sahrah' and 1985’s 'Dans Votre Monde'. [SOURCE: SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE] 

Label: Divine ‎– MAD 1019 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: France 

Released: 1985 

Genre: Electronic 

Style: New Wave, Synth-pop, Minimal 

Tracklist: 

A1 Dans Votre Monde 4:17 

A2 Movies Drama 4:19 

A3 Quetzalcoatl 6:19 

A4 Symphonie 2:49 

B1 La Rive Asiatique 5:00 

B2 Atttrra (Vers Le Miroir) 3:23 

B3 Venice 3:58 

B4 D.M.C. 2:56 

Credits: 

Bass, Vocals [Chorus] – Pascal Des A 

Drums, Percussion [Percussions], Vocals [Chorus] – Pascal Normal 

Engineer [Sound] – Ph. Darneau 

Engineer [Sound], Producer [Production Artistique] – Vincent Chambraud 

Graphics [Conception Graphique] – Ian Craddock 

Guitar, Bass, Programmed By [Rhythm] – AE 

Lead Vocals – ERT 

Producer – Damon Edge 

Producer [Production Artistique], Co-producer – End Of Data 

Synthesizer, Piano – Didier 

Notes: 

Divine 1985 

℗ - © 1985 Madrigal, France 

Made in France 

Enregistre au Chien Jaune en Fevrier 85 / Recorded at "Chien Jaune" in february 85 

Recorded and mixed at "Studio Meredith (St Nom La Breteche)" in march 85 

Co-produced by Madrigal & at the "Maison De La Culture De Rennes" 

Distributed by Madrigal France 

The pressing plant is not credited on the release, it is identified by the matrix etchings. 

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Das Damen ‎- Das Damen [12''] (1986)

Das Damen were one of the more metallic acts in the legendary SST stable, melding '60s psychedelia and heavy acid rock with the noisy, punk-derived alternative rock typical of the label. Instead of delving into screaming white noise along the lines of labelmates Dinosaur Jr., Das Damen preferred warm, trippy, high-volume distortion. Their early material was given over to improvisational jamming, but as they developed their songwriting, they threw in more complex rhythms and time signature shifts. Taking their name from the German term for "ladies," Das Damen were formed in New York in 1984 by vocalist/guitarist Jim Walters, guitarist Alex Totino, bassist Phil Leopold Von Trapp, and drummer Lyle Hysen. The group released its six-song, self-titled debut EP in 1986 on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label; it was quickly picked up by SST, which was also Sonic Youth's label at the time. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Ecstatic Peace! ‎– #004, Ecstatic Peace! ‎– EP 004 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP 

Country: US 

Released: 1986 

Genre: Rock 

Style: Indie Rock 

Tracklist: 

A1 Tsavo 

A2 Trick Question 

A3 Slave Bird 

B1 House Of Mirrors 

B2 How Do You Measure 

B3 Behind My Eyes 

Credits:

Artwork By [Cover Art] – Poindexter 

Bass [4 And 8 String], Vocals – Phileopold Von Trapp

Drums [Batterie], Electronic Drums – Lyle Hysen 

Guitar, Vocals – Alex Totino 

Photography By – Don Standing 

Producer – Das Damen, Don Standing, Wharton Tiers 

Vocals, Guitar – Jim Walters 

Written-By [All Songs By] – Das Damen 

Notes: 

Originally released as a small private press which was hand-distributed by band members to local record stores for sale "on commission." The band had permission from Thurston Moore to use the imprint Ecstatic Peace!, which was not financially involved with production. After signing the band later the same year, SST Records reissued the EP as SST 040. 

On sleeve rear: #004 

On center label: EP 004 

Other Versions:

'Das Damen' ‎(Cass, MiniAlbum) SST Records SSTC 040 US 1986 

'Das Damen' ‎(LP, MiniAlbum) SST Records SST 040 US 1986 

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