'A Look From Outside' was the only The Blush's official release, recorded at Wilf Smarties studios and came out in 1982.
It is a double A-side, "A Look From Outside" and "Skipping". The Blush were a post-punk band from Dundee (Scotland) and their line-up were Jeff Doran (vocal & guitar), Eddie Robertson (guitar), Steve Duncan (bass) and Steve Aungle (drums). Steve Aungle went on
to record with Billy MacKenzie (The Associates). [SOURCE: RETRO DUNDEE]
Label:
Not On Label (The Blush Self-Released) – BL 001
Alexander Von Borsig was
Alexander Hacke. Active since he was 13 years old, he was a former member of P1/E, Blässe, Sentimentale Jugend, Mekanik Destruektiw Komandoe, Sprung Aus Den Wolken and Lustige Geräusche, and one of the early members of Einstürzende Neubauten.
'Die Welt Ist Schön!' was originally released on Eisengrau on cassette with hand-made cover, later with a printed cover and considerably larger print run on Eisengrau/Rip Off.
The title-track of this cassette was coupled with the track "Hiroshima" from the cassette Borsig Werke 'S.J.' for the 2004 7" single also called 'Die Welt Ist Schön!' that used similar artwork. [SOURCE: DISCOGS]
Label:
Eisengrau – 1010
Format:
Cassette, Limited Edition, C15
Country:
Germany
Released:
1981
Style:
New Wave, Minimal,Minimal Synth, Neue Deutsche Welle
Tracklist:
A1 Accent
A2 Das Leben Ist Schön
B1 If You Want To Have A Brother
B2 Napalm
B3 Bauarbeiterhymne
Artwork:
Blixa Bargeld
Notes:
First edition of 20 copies, photocopied and handpainted sleeve.
Copies may or may not include a tracklisting, the name of the label and information such as "S.J. Production, Heimsbrunner Straße, Berlin" (and a telephone number)
400 Blows was formed in Croydon, South London by Edward Beer in 1981 along with two friends, Alexander Fraser and Rob. Their debut single was released on their own Concrete Productions record label in 1982. In 1983 they were signed to the Illuminated label and subsequently released an album, '...if I kissed her I'd have to kill her first...' (a quote from serial killer Edmund Kemper to his sister, who was teasing him about wanting to kiss his teacher). In 1985 they released a single, 'Movin', described by Adrian Thrills in the New Musical Express as 'a spiked reworking of the 1976 Brass Construction dance classic'. It reached 54 in the UK Singles Chart. By this time the line up was Beer, Anthony Thorpe, and Lea. Thorpe went on to run the Language record label. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]
Label:
Illuminated Records – ILL 34 12, Illuminated Records – ILL 3412
And here we have yet another Broken Flag power electronics compilation, who would've thought? This it's just a bunch of thrown-in tracks from Broken Flag's big and lesser names altogether. Giancarlo Toniutti's (available on 'Broken Flag: A Retrospective 1982-1985') and Un-Kommuniti's tracks are the highlights here. There appears to be an uncredited Ramleh track right after Un-Kommuniti on side A -either that or they had Gary Mundy guesting that night on vocals. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]
Label: Broken Flag – BF 31
Format:
Cassette, Compilation, C60
Country:
UK
Released:
1984
Style:
Noise, Power Electronics, Experimental, Industrial
Webcore formed in Cornwall in 1984 and lasted until 1987. They released several self-released cassettes: 'Cinematography' (A Real Kavoom, 1984) 'The Great Unfolding' (A Real Kavoom, 1986) and 'Consider The River' (M.E.L.T. Music, 1987); 2 LP's: 'Webcore' (1987) and 'Webcore Webcore' (1988); and 2 12"s through Jungle Records: 'The Captain's Table' and 'Running for the Precedent', both in 1987.
Members were
Mick West (Vox), Phil Pickering (Bass), Paul Chousmer (Keys),
Clive Goodwin (Guitar, later became Ozric Tentacles sound engineer),
Colin Woolway (Drums), Nick Van Gelder (Drums, had played with the Ozric Tentacles earlier and went on to Jamiroquai),Dan Carpenter (Sax occasionally), Jackie Hannah and Karen Kay (backing vox).
Webcore were co-founders of the event "Alice in Wonderland" with the Ozric Tentacles in the late eighties. Paul Chousmer and Dan Carpenter later did chillout rooms for London based events and venues such as Club Dog, the Deptford Crypt, and later Whirly-Gig and Return to the Source, under the name Another Green World during the early to mid-nineties. [SOURCE: LAST.FM]
Label:
Jungle Records – JUNG 30T, A Real Kavoom – ARK 23
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:
UK
Released:
1987
Style:
Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Prog Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Vane were an English synth-pop group formed by James Vane in Chelmsford, Essex. Membere were James "Vane" Vain (vocals); Phil Pickering (bass), also in groups such 1980s post-punk band Goat, Imago, Webcore -1980s Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock group-, and Zuvuya; Clive Roberts (guitar), Colin Woolway (drums), Paul Chousmer (keyboards) also in groups such Another Green World -with saxophonist Dan "Spannerman" Carpenter who produce a blend of electronica, woodwind and percussion music-, Webcore and Zuvuya; Mick Dabrowski (keyboards) and Niall Morosini (drums). They only released this 'Vane' cassette in the Cornwall-based record label A Real Kavoom and the 'Glamorous Boys' 7" (1980) in the multinational Island Records before disbanding in 1983.
[SOURCE: DISCOGS]
Who are The Underlings? No one else but The S-Haters. After a change of drummer, the band decided to change the name as well as they felt it wasn't appropriate for the music they made. But the sound is not quite different as The S-Haters records on Midnight Music, it tangles between goth rock & post punk music. 'Fatal Purpose' is the sole full length of The Underlings. Before this one, there's the 'That Little Girl' 12". The band split up for good after the album but a 12" called 'Centurion' was released as the epitaph of the band. [SOURCE: LAST.FM]
The Transmitters were a British art rock/post-punk band active during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Mixing elements of punk, jazz and psychedelia, the band were critical favourites throughout their lifetime and played support slots for a wide variety of underground and mainstream bands, although this did not translate into substantial commercial success.
The Transmitters are also notable for featuring future members of Loop Guru and Transglobal Underground and for sharing two members with cult pop band Furniture, as well as a guest stint by Glaxo Babies vocalist Rob Chapman. Their sound was compared to (among others) The Fall, XTC, Gang of Four, This Heat and Magazine.
The band's debut single was 'Party', released on Ebony Records in 1978. This was followed in the same year by the album "24 Hours". [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]
Shy Tots were a New Wave band from Doncaster (South Yorkshire, UK) Dennis Hardcastle (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) in the late 70s. The original line-up had Julie Critchley and Hazel Topping on vocals, Dennis Hardcastle and Keith Cramer on guitar, Steve Loriman on bass and Steve Coe on drums. They only released this single in 1982.
Label:
Not On Label (Shy Tots Self-released) – ST.EP 1, Not On Label (Shy Tots Self-released) – S.T.E.P. 1
Radio Free Europe were an Experimental and Minimal band from Austin, Texas. They released one cassette ('´79B', MiG Records, 1980), one LP, 'Laughoncue' (1980) in the UK indie new-wave and experimental label Hedonics Record, and a couple of singles: 'History Of The Invisible Dog' (1979), and 'It Likes You' (1980), both on MiG Records.
Members were
Brian Hansen
(drums, voice) -sometimes credited as Brian Damage-, Dave Maya (keyboards, saxophone, guitar, flute), Stephen Miller (guitar, keyboards), Dan Puckett (keyboards, also in The Huns), and
Neil Ruttenberg (bass).
Neil Ruttenberg was a staple in the early Austin punk/new wave scene. He began working at pivotal record store Inner Sanctum in '74 and by '79 was doing a weekly radio show on KUT as Reverend Neil X. Having played in Neil Young cover bands in high school, it was in '78 that he changed directions while playing in the experimental band Radio Free Europe, but after 5 or 6 gigs he was let go for being "too commercial," which led to him starting his next group, F-Systems.
The band incurred numerous line-up changes through their duration so they never had a definitive sound. Neil's songs would often be inspired by films as well as his love for prog rock and bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magazine and PIL. Typically he would write the music and play bass while Lorenda Ash would come up with the words and sing the songs.
After the band disbandement in 1982 Neil moved to LA to work on his true passion, film. [SOURCE: DISCOGS]
Label:
MiG Records – MiG 001+ 002
Format:
2 × Vinyl, 7"
Country:
US
Released:
1979
Style:
Industrial, Experimental, Minimal, Minimal Wave, Musique Concrète
