Jarboe, Swans, Justin K Broderick, Godflesh, Experimental, Electronic, Industrial; CD (promo copy - no back CD card)
Two of the most prolific, restlessly creative, and influential artists in underground music join forces; the result sounds closest to Jarboe's dark, gothic electronics. Sonically, J2 sounds most like the terrain Jarboe has been exploring as a solo artist: dark electronica, laced, bound, and gagged with goth, psychedelia, and metal. Yet the seeds of this album were planted during the Jarboe-sung "Storm Comin'" from Jesu's recent Lifeline EP-- a dance-y, swirly, poppy track, perhaps even recorded during the same session as these. J2 opener "Decay" begins with eerie, heavily effected Jarboe yodels with a spooky synth-bass churning underneath. Then you get blasted with that thunderous distorted bass-- also an echo of sorts, showing how Broadrick's grit-doom bass from the first few industrial-based Godflesh albums owed a ton (operative word meaning heavy) to the Swans' early nightmare stomps.
Transgression, Sleaze, Underground, John Waters, Jorg Buttgereit, Nick Zedd, Jim Goad, Carla Bozulich, Chas Balun, LLoyd Kaufman, Abel Ferrara, Mike Diana, Jack Ketchum, Lydia Lunch, Pop Culture, Unpopular Culture.....Fucking Awesome!! 350 pages
The essential subterranean tract of 2005, Midnight Mavericks is a rollicking tour through the hearts and minds of today's most uncompromising artists from the lower depths of entertainment culture. Profiled are controversial underground icons, angry stand-up comedians, exploitation filmmakers, hardcore crime novelists and controversial cartoonists, including Abel Ferrara, John Waters, Andrew WK, Chris D, Mike Diana, Lydia Lunch and Jim Goad. Includes Sounds from the Underground, a bonus 70minute CD of interview excerpts and songs from the musicians featured in the book.
Experimental, Sound Collage, Noise, The Dead C, Bruce Russell, New Zealand, Melbourne; CD (2000) Rare!
Live in Melbourne 1999. Recorded at the Public Bar and the Punters Club 22-23 May 1999. Contains looped analogue samples taken from the Anabase LP by A Handful Of Dust.
Porngrind, Goregrind, Grindcore, Germany; CD (2006)
Totally awesome Porngrind long-player from filthy Germans BITCH INFECTION on US ' Necroharmonic' label from 2006
Rare, Punk, Post Punk, New Wave, UK, Compilation; CD (1994) Damaged Goods Label
Spizzenergi was the second alias of the band originally formed in 1977 as 'Spizzoil' by Kenneth "Spizz" Spiers and Pete Petrol. As Spizzenergi, they were the first band to top the UK Indie Chart created early in 1980. The band underwent several name and line-up changes during their career, performing as Athletico Spizz 80 in 1980 and signing a major deal with A&M Records later that year. This rare collection is from 1994 on Damaged Goods Records (UK)
Death, Grind, Grindcore, Porngrind, German, Brutal, Gore, Rare; CD (23 tracks)
Dead is a legendary German death grind band that started around 1990, here some early recordings are remastered and put on one CD on German 'Poserslaughter' label. The tracks date from 1991 till 1995, and the blasting sound quality fits this brutality nicely. Nice guttural vocals and sawing guitars (with some leads), these songs grab your manhood and don’t let go. This album shows the way death grind was played in the 90s and without the schmuck the scene is hearing today. With sweet covers of GG Allin and Mentors tracks too....
Experimental, Jazz, Improv, Electronic, Noise, Improvised, Free, Knitting Factory; CD (1997)
The Knitting Factory was a venue in New York City that had a policy where bands were not allowed to record their own sets. They could only pay the venue to record for them. The rumor is that this album by the double-trio of Borbetomagus (truly one of the top three two-saxophones-and-guitar bands in all of New York) and Voice Crack (Swiss electronics duo + Knut Remond of 16-17 and UnknownmiX) refused to play along with that bullshit, so they discreetly recorded their own set and put it out with this puffery: "Recorded live at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York on May 26, 1994", hence the bloated faux-classical title. Which is very funny. The music is blistering as you might expect.
Noise, Experimental, Sludge, Drone, Psychedelic, Melbourne, Australia, Japan; CD
Long out of print self released limited edition CD from Melbourne noise rock legends Whitehorse. The cover lists two untitled tracks, but the CD actually features only one continuous track of around 35 minutes, recorded while on their tour of Japan in June 2005.
Jazz, Free Jazz, Improv, Improvised; CD (1995)
The first document of the intense one-on-one music created by Chicago percussionist Hamid Drake and German multiple reedman Peter Brotzmann ...and a revelation it is! The Dried Rat-Dog contains some of Brotzmann's most forceful, powerful playing, as well as his most lyrical and intimate. With Drake featured on hand drums, North Indian tabla, and frame drum, as well as trap kit, the polyrhythms and percussive ideas flow freely, and Brotzmann responds with earth-moving alto and tenor sax, tarogato, and clarinet. Brotzmann plays a host of reed instruments – including tarogato, e-flat clarinet, alto, and tenor – and Drake plays his trademark frame drum, plus tablas and a regular drum kit. 6 tracks of varying length, including "It's An Angel On The Door.
