Some Bizzare Album

Some Bizzare Album (LP, Some Bizzare, 1981, UK)

1. Illustration - Tidal Flow
2. Depeche Mode - Photographic Pictures
3. The The - The The
4. B-Movie - Moles
5. Jell - I Dare Say It Will Hurt A Little
6. Blah Blah Blah - Central Park
7. Blancmange - Sad Day
8. Soft Cell - The Girl With The Patent Leather Face
9. Neu Electrikk - Lust Of Berlin
10. Naked Lunch - La Femme
11. The Fast Set - The King Of The Rumbling Spires
12. The Loved One - Observations
Excellent synth pop to experimental compilation. This was one of the first releases by the supreme Some Bizzare label. I particularly love the Jell track on here, if anyone has any more from them, it would be greatly appreciated. I also have the Neu Electrikk - Cover Girl 7" which I will post later.

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Some Bizzare Album

Geile Tiere

Self-Titled (LP, Gee Bee Dee, 1981, Germany)

1. Rosa/Hellblau
2. Ich Bin Ein Huhn
3. Place Des Alpes
4. Liebst Du Mich?
5. Supergeil
6. Plastic
7. Ausbildung
8. Interview
9. Kein Gefühl
10. Just In Case
11. Love You (Live)

Whacked-out experimental/industrial/electronics. (I think) Geile Tiere started out as a punk band called Geile Tiere Berlin, then dropped the Berlin.. and got really weird. Cool record.

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Geile Tiere - Self-Titled LP

Doxa Sinistra

Newsflashes (Cassette, Trumpett, 1988, Netherlands)

1. Station Call
2. Newsflashes
3. Media Bomb
4. Remote Birth Control
5. Foreign Correspondent
6. Swindle
7. The Sky Is The Limit
8. Televisor
9. Call Now!
10. Cocoon World
11. International Cycling Sport
12. Il Spirito Di Sergio Leone
13. The 12 Miss Pelicoes

Fucking fantastic industrial/minimal electronics tape. Very interesting vocal treatments. A couple of their other albums can be found here and here.

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Doxa Sinistra - Newsflashes

Instant Music

Untitled (10", Instant, 1980, Germany)

1. My Boy
2. Do Not
3. Joyboy
4. Everybody's Gotta Mutate
5. Charade
6. Optimate Minimum

Another band I first heard on one of the Flexipop compilations. I can't find very much information on them. Bass, guitar, drum machine, synths, trading off male and female vocals. Nice record!

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Instant Music - Untitled 10"

Jacket Weather

When Shadows Move (7", Iconoclast International, 1983, US)

1. The River Sleeps
2. Markers
3. Trust
4. Must Be West
5. I Would Dream
6. A Busy Morning

"Gassen formed the pioneering minimalist-electro-wave act Jacket Weather in 1982, mixing dual Casiotone keyboards, real bass and drums – with the desolate imagery of the Arizona desert. “I loved the contrast of the synths with human percussion and the sensual backdrop of the desert,” Gassen adds. “We thought the tension of my cold, distant vocals and synths with the bombastic rock rhythm section made our sound unique.

Described in their day as a cross between Joy Division and Young Marble Giants, with some Wall Of Voodoo mixed in, Jacket Weather etched their own minimalist sound. Staccato, expressionistic vocals accent the snake-like mingling of the Casiotones, while a steady dance pulse backs the eerie mixture. Equally enraptured with Euro-synth, English post-punk and Los Angeles punk-wave, Jacket Weather found inspiration from such opposites as Our Daughter’s Wedding to the Suburban Lawns for their Casiotone symphonies." -from their myspace page

Awesome hard to find post punk/minimal synth/wave!

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Jacket Weather - When Shadows Move 7"

Crazy Hearts

Four Minutes To Midnight (7", Zoar, 1982, US)

1. Four Minutes To Midnight
2. Adrenalin Control
3. L-I-G-H-T

Crazy Hearts were a New York post punk band. The first track has a really strong PIL-vibe. Excellent echoed-out vocals. The other tracks are much more chaotic, reminding me more of the "no wave" sound. All in all a cool fucking record, highly recommended.




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Crazy Hearts - Four Minutes To Midnight

more 7 inches from Chad A

Pre Fix - Underneathica/Ectomorphine (Subterranean, 1981, US)

1. Underneathica
2. Ectomorphine

Weird fried-sounding guitars, somewhat demented lyrics. A really cool postpunk single.

get it HERE



Bay Of Pigs - Addiction/Aliens (Subterranean, 1980, US)

1. Addiction
2. Aliens

More funky-ass guitar tones, tight rhythm section.

get it HERE



Science Patrol - Bandit Ducks From Outer Space (Zero Risk, 1981, US)

1. Bandit Ducks From Outer Space
2. Pop A
3. Pop B
4. Pop C
5. Pop D

First heard the a side on one of the Return Of Flexipop compilations. Very good minimal synth/pop with cool vocal treatments. The b side is recorded together as "Pop ABCD." Can't stop listening to this one!

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X-Ray Pop

Alcool/Amazone (7", MB5, 1985, France)

1. Alcool
2. Amazone

Alcool is a great French synth-pop tune. The b side "Amazone" is more on the freaky-spacey side.

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X-Ray Pop - Alcool/Amazone

Scientific Americans

Load And Go! (Cassette, Reachout International, 1982, US?)

1. Sounds from the stars/WKGB
2. Weird Streams
3. Diseases
4. U-235
5. Fascist
6. El Salvador
7. G-Stalt
8. Girlfriend Dub
9. Ball Of Confusion
10. When I Was a Kid
11. Cold Turkey
12. Water Underground
13. Service Dub
14. Name That Tune

Goofy minimal wave/synth/postpunk. I couldn't find very much info on this band.

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Scientific Americans - Load And Go!

Péloquin/Sauvageau

"Launched in 1972, Laissez-nous vous embrasser ou ça fait mal is one of the most original records ever made in Quebec. Though avant-garde, it still managed to garner radio support and wide public attention thanks to the trance-like track 'Monsieur L'Indien'. The 'Us' in Let us kiss you where it hurts is Claude Peloquin, controversial poet, And Jean Sauvageau, a Quebec electronic music pioneer. Together after memorable trips and artistic happenings throughout the 60's, they came up with this eccentric avant-garde masterpiece. With topics ranging from revolution ('Monsieur Emiliano'), to exploitation ('Monsieur L'Indien'), vasectomy ('Sterilization') or even scatology ('Mama Vagina'), the record exploded onto the local scene during the dark ages of Quebec Pop Music (something very similar to what's happening now). Claude Peloquin, the vocalist, can be heard laughing, screaming, babbling into the mike as he 'cracks open a brew' overtop a cocktail of explosive and highly original electronic music. A wall of sound shifting from synthetic psychedelic ambience, doped out choir to fucked up western. Techno spoken word? Electroclash? Experimental Rock? Pretty far from the hippie stuff you'd expect for the times."

Laissez-nous vous embrasser ou ça fait mal (LP, Mucho Gusto, 1972, Canada)

1. Monsieur L'Indien
2. Emilliano
3. L'Hymne International Des Clowns
4. Black Spaghetti
5. Le Cirque
6. Mama Vagina
7. Sterilization
8. Les Grand Silencieux
9. Down The Drain

Great album of early electronics and spoken word!

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Péloquin/Savageau - Laissez-nous vous embrasser ou ça fait mal

Anomy

TVC 15/Lone Wolf (7", Not On Label, 1981, US)

1. TVC 15
2. Lone Wolf

Awesome minimal synth record. Three women from the Bronx in the early 80s. Looks like they have an LP, but I can't find it yet.

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Anomy - TVC/Lone Wolf

Pink Section

Tour Of China/Shopping (7", Not On Label, 1979, US)

1. Tour Of China
2. Shopping

Crazy zolo/prog/new wave. From the archives of Chad A. He's not doing as much with it right now, but check out his awesome blog, Zoloscope.

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Pink Section - Tour Of China/Shopping

Zut Un Feu Rouge

Kafka Vs. Chaplin MiniAlbum (12", Bauta Records, 1983, Sweden)

1. Falkhjärta
2. Mus Musculus3. Eldtornet Och Sovvagnen
4. Fängade I Per Albin
5. Pä Väg Mot Minotaurus
6. Ett Icke Ringa Inträng

Pretty weird Swedish RIO/prog. Mutant Sounds has their other LP and another related record here.

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Zut Un Feu Rouge - Kafka Vs. Chaplin MLP

Guerre Froide

Untitled EP (12", Stechak, 1981, France)

1. Ersatz
2. Demain Berlin
3. Mauve
4. Peine Perdue




Archives (Cassette, Cryogénisation, 1985, France)

1. La Chanson D'Ian
2. Eva (Berlin 81)
3. Départ
4. Sans Ultimes Sens Multiples
5. Berlin Demain
6. Remorquage
7. Gloria Victis
8. Brumes
9. Picaro
10. Flashbacks Futurs

Guerre Froide are a French coldwave band that was active in the early 80's. It looks like they reformed pretty recently, gigging and releasing new music.

Very good minimal gloomy post punk.

Guerre Froide at Myspace

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Guerre Froide - Untitled EP
Guerre Froide - Archives

transmission 10

Back by popular demand, I've started "radio style" talking in between songs again. It should be a little easier to know where you are in the mix. I'll be doing that from now on.

Cinema Club - Conflict
Andie Oppenheimer - The Devil's Dancers
Nasmak - Plaster
Velodrome - Capataz
Esplendor Geometrico - Rotor
John Bender - Decomposition
Ron Wray Light Speed - Speed
Iko '83 - Elevator
Nine Circles - The Rose
Andrew Horrey - Personal Surrender
Camera 3 - Russians In Space
Mark Lane - Love Is So Aggrevating
Malcolm X - No Sell Out
Trop Tard - Les Raves De Peur

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soundhead number ten

Palais Schaumburg

show

transmission 9

Pretty dance-y mix this time around, but in a weird way. I decided to start adding the location and year for each track, because I'm a dork, and I enjoy doing that sort of thing. It turned out kind of 1983-heavy... I guess that was a good year. I was negative 3.

Special thanks to Mutant Sounds, and all my other blog regulars for making my day, every day.

Keine Ahnung - Plastik (Germany, 1983)
Gorilla Aktiv - Die Maske (Germany,1982)
Dopplereffekt - Master Organism/Superior Race (Detroit?, 1995)
Conrad Schnitzler - Buta Raga (Germany, 1978-ish)
Absolute Body Control - Automatic II (Belgium, 1983)
Somnambulist - Things I Was Due To Forget (Belgium, 1983)
A Blaze Colour - Nowhere Else (Netherlands, 1982)
The Tanzdiele - Kleine Schlange (Germany, 1981)
21 Brothers - Brothers In Arms (???, 1989)
Nocturnal Emissions - Wee Wee Wee (UK, 1983)
Martin Dupont - Bent At The Window (France, 1984)

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do not sit down

//TENSE//

My comrade Andrew Michael turned me on to this group yesterday. Their songs totally blew me away. Anybody who's a fan of The Neon Judgement/Cabaret Voltaire/Absolute Body Control/etc. will probably dig this. It's good to know that they're just around the corner in Houston, which is funny.... because they sound like they're from Europe in the early '80s.

Go listen!

//TENSE// at myspace

Esplendor Geométrico

transmission 8

Head over to Lars' blog and check out the completed Mastermind sequencer. I went over to his place and helped make some sample clips of the sequencer controlling analog drum modules. It was an exhilarating experience, to say the least. I can't wait to compose some new material with that stuff.

Here's some tunes I've been jamming:

SPK - Metall Field
Cabaret Voltaire - Silent Command
Portion Control - Preach
Eazy Teeth - Her Blade
Thomas Leer and Robert Rental - Day Breaks, Night Heals
The Klinik - Melting Close
Boyd Rice and Frank Tovey - Extraction 2
Pseudo Code - Simulation (To The Blue Eyed Boy)
Test Dept. - Pulsations 1 (Human Run)
Tecnoville - Zusammensturz
Section 25 - Knew Noise
Bene Gesserit - Kidnapping
Attrition - Shrinkwrap

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pvc pipe

SPK

transmission 7

Here's an excellent mix that Ty from Violent Squid gave me:

Heteroglossia: Presence of multiple, possibly divergent discourses within a given language - such as the collision of high & low cultures in a single text

International Harvester - Sommarlåten
Yi Yi Thant/Aung Heina - Good Time
Pan & Regaliz - I Can Fly
Cambodia Rocks - A2
Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De l'Amour
Sloche - Potage Aux Herbes Detouses
Epidaurus - Mitternachtstraum
Mogollar - Katip Arzvhalim Yaz Yare Boyle
Sajada Al Ubaid - Ala Honak (Take It Easy)
Sun City Girls - CCC
La Podding - Sungguh Terpaksa
Chung-Ae Ahn - No Mercy Blues
Kim Jung Mi - Sun
People - Prologue
Tomrerclaus - Forvalterdrengen
Morgan - Purple
Pesky Gee! - Where Is My Mind
Ant Trip Ceremony - Pale Shades Of Gray

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heteroglossia

Clock DVA

Realicide

transmission 6

Another all over the place mix.

Glaxo Babies - Maximum Sexual Joy
Debris - Leisurely Waiting
Breather - Embrace On The Summit
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Ooh La La Dub
Struggler - Obligation
Lives Of Angels - Ascension
Amphyrite - Moppie
Andrew Michael - A little closer

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chernobyl

transmission 5

There wasn't much going on this weekend. I've just been hanging out around the house. I might as well upload a mix. I went all over the place with this one: post punk, deathrock, electronic, and general weird stuff. I've been getting a lot of this music from no longer forgotten music, phoenix hairpins, and because god told me to do it. Check those guys out.

Nasmak - Waiting Room
Black Flag - In My Head
The Attic - Women Are Not For The Wash Up
Mekanik Kommando - Plants
Bone Orchard - Dead Eighteen
Craig Leon - Donkeys Bearing Cups
Rondos - A Waltz
Chris & Cosey - Bus Stop
Gothic Girls - Borrowed Tongues
S/Z - Old Black Russian

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boring sunday night

23 Skidoo

transmission 4

You may have heard, you may have not heard. Filling in for Mr. English this post, I submit my own mixtape for download. Maybe I should start my own blog instead of hijacking my friend's? If you would like a personal mixtape sent to you with different songs email your name and address to obneeley@yahoo.com. Also, to note, this "podcast" is ripped from a mixtape on which all songs come from my record collection. Trebly...
-Orville Neeley

Give Me Aural: Soundhead Transmission #4

Reagan Youth - I Hate Hate
Gas Huffer - Bad Guy Reaction
Teengenerate - Sex Cow
Oblivians - You Better Behave
The Mummies - That's Mighty Childish
Thee Mighty Ceasars - You Make Me Die
Barracudas - Little Red Book
Buzzcocks - Autonomy
Hubble Bubble - Sweet Rot
The Kids - I Feel Alright (Correct me if I am wrong on this title)
Redd Kross - Look On Up At The Bottom
Rip Offs - Dolemite
Vibrators - Bad Time
Really Red - Teaching You The Fear
Iggy and the Stooges - I Got A Right

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transmission 3

Here's another round of machine rhythms. This time I added a couple local Texas artists: Cry Blood Apache and Ribelle Scaltro.

Alexander Robotnick - Viens Chez Moi
Pink Industry - I Wish
Cry Blood Apache - The Life Guard
Portion Control - Refugee (Peel Session)
Ike Yard - NCR
Esplendor Geometrico - Horno Fundidor
Ribelle Scaltro - It Was Strange
Prima Linea - Mishima Introspectionh
Chris & Cosey - Jink Jive (Version)
Virgo - Take Me Higher

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machine rhythms 02

tonight

klinik - hours & hours

transmission 2

The last several weeks I've been completely immersed in music blogs. I've gotten some great music from Dual Track, The Thing on the Doorstep, and Mutant Sounds.



This program is centered around groups that used primitive drummachines, with the exception of the Gorilla Aktiv track. I can't get enough of this stuff.

Tracklist:

Liaisons Dangereuses - El Macho y La Nena
Portion Control - All Present and Correct
Gorilla Aktiv - Spiegelbild
Holger Hiller - Herzmuskel
Human Flesh - T.I.N.A.
Monte Cazazza - Kick That Habit Man
NON - Cleanliness and Order
Tolerance - Sacrifice
Severed Heads - Godsong

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machine rhythms 01

J.X. Williams

this is a guy covering bruce springsteen covering a suicide song. go figure.

new podcast soon

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. My next podcast is gonna have a lot of weird shit... I've been surfing all of these great blogs, getting albums left and right. I should be done with it by this weekend.

Check my links section, I've posted some insane mp3 blogs.

transmission 1

It took me all day at the Larsen Manor, but I finished the first soundhead podcast.

53:09 of psych/electronic/no wave/dub/industrial gems from the past, complete with commentary by me.

download it. enjoy.

love without soundhead.mp3

from the versailles

Although no one was there, Zoroaster and Nebula completely ruled at Rubbergloves last night. My ears are still recovering.

Podcast should be up by monday.

Here's a clip from Animal Charm, a video art collective from LA.

fred frith

prepared guitar performance