DEAD BODY LOVE - LOW-FI POWER CARNAGE

DEAD BODY LOVE - Low-Fi Power Carnage [cs]
(Old Europa Cafe, 1995)

DEAD BODY LOVE - Low-Fi Power Carnage (reedición) [cd]
(PACrec, Militant Walls, 2007)

En palabras de Sam McKinlay (The Rita), bastante gráficas:

"Reedición en cd de posiblemente el más aplastante y demoledor álbum de harsh noise de todos los tiempos. Originalmente editado en Italia por Old Europa Café en 1995, 'Low-Fi Power Carnage' representó en su momento un ejemplo magnífico del noise importado por parte del maestro italiano del ruido Gabriele Giuliani. En una época en la que el casete era el formato rey y el noise japonés en ocasiones demasiado agudo y pulido –propiciando así que el noise americano explosionara el género de mano de bandas como Skin Crime o Macronympha-, Dead Body Love se encontraba también en hirviente actividad desarrollando la más brutal y ensordecedora de todas las formaciones contemporáneas de harsh noise de aquel momento. 'Low-Fi Power Carnage' es aún hoy un apabullante documento de harsh noise crudo y resquebrajado que a lo largo de sus cuatro pistas te deja como lo harían cuatro puñetazos en la cara. Cada una de ellas es una monstruosidad única, tanto en el planteamiento como en su manipulación. Giuliani tiene una capacidad extraordinaria para investigar el dinamismo existente dentro de la manta rocosa de sonido, a veces separando los diferentes tonos y fuentes mediante técnicas deconstructivas que varían desde los drones estáticos hasta los más brutales y abrasivos. De ese modo, el álbum posee algo atractivo para todos y cada uno de los aficionados al harsh noise, ya que cubre un amplio espectro plagado de áreas de violencia, abstracción e incluso en ocasiones una fuerza conductora pesada y vibrante que trae a la mente a la primera música Industrial (p.ej. Broken Flag).

Estoy orgulloso de haber podido colaborar en esta reedición, y puedo asegurar que éste es mi disco noise preferido y fue definitivamente el culpable de que quisiera hacer del harsh noise un enfoque primordial en mi vida”.

Dead Body Love - Low-Fi Power Carnage (1995)

La brutal versión remasterizada en cd puede adquirirse en Troniks por sólo 10$ -gastos incluidos- y también a través de Militant Walls.

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NURSE WITH WOUND - CHANCE MEETING ON A DISSECTING TABLE OF A SEWING MACHINE AND AN UMBRELLA

NURSE WITH WOUND
Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella [12'']
(United Diaries, 1980)

a1. Two Mock Projections (6:17)
a2. The Six Buttons of Sex Appeal (13:06)
b1. Blank Capsules of Embroidered Cellophane (28:21)

"28 years ago Steven Stapleton was invited to swing by BMS Studios in London late one night by resident engineer Nicky Rogers. Stapleton gathered up friends John Fothergill and Heman Pathak and made some recordings with a few goals in mind: very long tracks and no vocals - they hated songs. With the eye catching infamous artwork a classic was born, pressed in a limited quantity of 500 (probably because there weren't enough fans or enough money to make more). It was actually quite buzzworthy around London and reviews did pop up around town (maybe not the most favorable) but people were interested in the wack cover artwork at least. In retrospect, it's a bunch of sloppy noise made by three drugged-out naive kids who were frustrated doing boring jobs of making signs for example, bringing a ton of noisy toys into the studio. Do I hear a Merlin in here? Loads of wanky guitars color the first side of the Lp while the second side consists of more non-conventional noisemakers and randomness. The beauty is that these guys weren't taking themselves nearly as seriously as modern improvisationalists, there was indeed an element of purity apparent. None of the tracks really end up where they started, and might serve the purpose of being a great soundtrack to a drug-influenced evening. This album provides an excellent reference point, and the newly released repackage has a complete booklet with old photos of the original trio, a restored front and back cover and even a letter from an A&R Rep at Epic Records in NYC asking to hear some more NWW records. (Imagine a world with NWW signed to Epic!) Anyhow if that wasn't enough, the music's been cleaned up from the analogue tapes and there's a bonus 15+ minute track recorded in September with Tibet and Colin Potter. What's a new track doing on an old reissue? In a strange justification it belongs, as the track consists of Tibet reading that famed list of influencors from the original sleeve, over a minimal amount of sound. It's nothing too impressive but mildly amusing and neat to have an archive of (pretty much like the rest of this record). While the new edition is a nice thing to own, if you're not all that concerned with new packaging or a new track, this might not be worth your cash. On the other hand if you never picked it up, there's no better time than the present". Jon Whitney.

Nurse With Wound
Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella

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M.B. - SYMPHONY FOR A GENOCIDE

M.B. - Symphony For A Genocide (reedición)
(Hospital, w.m.o./r, 2007)

"Long-time coming re-mastered reissue of this legendary side from Maurizio Bianchi, still one of the central industrial/experimental records to come out of the revolutionary underground tumult of the late-70s/early-80s. Originally issued in 1981 on Sterile Records this is a harrowing wake for liberal/humanist notions of humanity in the shadow of the Holocaust, with black tunnels of martial, mechanised analog drone, wailing alarm codes, primitive drum machines and conveyor belt rhythms marching inexorably into the heart of darkness. Alongside the 'TG 24 Hour' box, the 'Broken Flag' set on Vinyl-On-Demand, a buncha the Italian power electronic sides, Nurse With Wound's 'Chance Meeting' and Whitehouse's 'Dedicated To Peter Kurten', this remains one of the truly epoch-defining recordings and it still sounds every bit as disturbing and interrogating as it did the first time you ever encountered it. The moral of this work: The past punishment is the inevitable blindness of the present. "Master work, true industrial". (Dominik Fernow, Prurient/Hospital Productions).

01. Treblinka
02. Auschwitz
03. Maidanek
04. Auschwitz (Reprise)
05. Belzec
06. Chelmno
07. Sobibor
08. Accop (6)
09. Sentimental
10. Anesthesie Total


W.m.o./r
Hospital Productions

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AIDAN BAKER - CONCRETION

AIDAN BAKER - Concretion
(Angle Rec, 2007)

"Concretion [the act or process of concreting into a mass; coalescence] features 3 long tracks of experimental/ambient guitar & voice. Track 1 starts with backward-looping, murmuring guitar, which 'decays' into something of a choral hymn, which in turn 'decays' into feedback/noise. Track 2 is a looping/deconstructive version of 'The Huron Carol', a traditional 17th Century French-Canadian hymn. Track 3 features a simple guitar pattern slowly building and morphing as the signal loops & decays through a tape echo effect. First net/mp3 offering from the .Angle.REC. camp. Re-release of a now hard, if not impossible to find early milestone in Aidan Baker's prolific output. Originally released as a limited edition Cd-r on the now defunct DTA Records label in 2003 [DTA 012]. Now is your chance to (re)-discover this gem in Aidan Baker's solo material".

Aidan Baker - Concretion [.a.r.01.]

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CHEER ACCIDENT en MADRID

Aunque un poco precipitado (acabo de enterarme), cuelgo esto, que es hoy. El mítico grupo de Chicago en Madrid:

Más información:

Anteojos Booking
Cheer Accident
Reznik

LeeDVD - LENAGJIWITTUJU

LEEDVD - Lenajgiwittuju
(AudioTong, 2007)

Pese al nombre tan poco sugerente y a ese impronunciable título, decidí prestarle algo de atención a este disco después de leer la promo que el sello polaco AudioTong hace de él. Intuición o pura casualidad, ahora da igual, la sana curiosidad dio sus frutos, pues "Lenajgiwittuju" (!) ha resultado ser un disco grande, cautivador, hipnótico, que te agarra y no te suelta fácilmente, y todo a partir de elementos en teoría sencillos y con una aproximación fría y algo aislacionista. Definitivamente es mejor -y muy saludable- que cada uno juzgue por sí mismo escuchándolo. Tan sólo añadir la descripción del sello y el estupendo video confeccionado para el tema homónimo. Un gustazo.

"AudioTong is happy to introduce LeeDVD, Polish digital songwriter and singer, if only songwriting is a good description for the music on her debut Ep presented here.
Six surreal, obsessive and hypnotic songs. Quirky fables, gloomy and humorous, smashed and squeezed pop, onieric and psychedelic, future songwriting; experimental in the best meaning of the word. From noisy drones to abstract melodies, in a mood reminding somewhat of the surreal territories explored by Andrew Liles' in his solo works. Surprising with the originality of the sound and ideas. Expressive in her introvertiveness. Absolutely astonishing. Unusual. Perfect.

Shall we continue trying to describe this music? Don't think so. Watch the marvelous video for the title track below and download the whole thing from our site".

MySpace

LeeDVD - Lenagjiwittuju [tng1028]

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