More Sun City Girls

Just an update of the Sun City Girls mega-post I put up earlier.

More excellent discs can be found here, at Experimental etc. Check out the rest of the stuff on the blog too, it's all great.

Sun City Girls - Box Of Chameleons (3xCD, 1997)

Sun City Girls are one of my favourite bands, so obviously I was stoked when I found this beauty in a bargain bin this evening. So, this is basically 3 fantastic discs worth of Sun City Girls goodness. It's a big download, but it's more than worth the effort. The track listing (which no, I'm not writing out for you) can be found here, and I would highly recommend visiting their website for info and purchasing opportunities. If you haven't heard of this excellent band before, then you've been missing out, but I won't even bother trying to describe their music - just listen to it.

Other Sun City Girls albums can be found at these great blogs:

Shards of Beauty
Eclectic Grooves
FM Shades
Astraal Tempel RhytHmns
Sector 2814
Pathway to Unknown Worlds

Another great Sir Richard Bishop solo release can be found here - Audial Forensics


Box of Chameleons Part 1
Box of Chameleons Part 2

Merry Whatever.

Controlled Bleeding - Songs From the Grinding Wall (CD, 1989)

I sold last semester's textbooks today, hence the material for posting. This was buried beneath tons of crap in the back of the store. What little I'd heard of Controlled Bleeding before this was largely ambient, sort of a la Konstruktivits, so this caught me off guard, being much more rhythmic. More investigation of their backcatalogue is required methinks...

Grinding Wall

Various Artists - Machines and Noise - Volume Two (CD, 2002)

This is the second disc of this three part series. With any luck (i.e. me finding the 7 bucks necessary and no one else buying it before then), the third will eventually follow.  This is pretty much more of the same type of stuff that the first, fun if occasionally iffy.

Tracklisting:

Severed Heads - Jet Lag

The Shamen - You, Me and Everything

Chris & Cosey - October Love Song

Thule - Gold Old Gold Old

Swamp Terrorists - Rebuff

Cop Shoot Cop - Relief

Orbital - Open Mind

New Order - Evil Dust

God Flesh - Pure Spite

Finni Tribe - Electrolux

Pop Will Eat Itself - Menofearthereaper

Volume Two

Various Artists - Machines & Noise: Volume One (CD, 2002)

Another bargain bin find, this Australian compilation has a few bum tracks, but for the most part it is comprised of excellent rhythm driven industrial music. The best tracks, in my opinion, have to be those by the Revolting Cocks, Mussolini Headkick and Cabaret Voltaire.

Tracklisting:

1. Tackhead - 'King Of Beast'
2. 400 Blows - 'Fundamental Islam'
3. Nocturnal Emissions - 'No Separations'
4. Skinny Puppy - 'Deadlines'
5. Cabaret Voltaire - 'Doom Zoom'
6. 23 Skidoo - 'Shugyosha Step'
7. Revolting Cocks - 'Crackin' Up (Short Version)'
8. Front Line Assembly - 'Welcome to the Global Casino'
9. Mussolini Headkick - 'Compassion'
10. Die Krupps - 'Metal Machine Music'
11. Surfers For Satan - 'Closeout'
12. KMFDM - 'Don't Blow Your Top'

Machines and Noise

Morton Subotnick - A Sky Of Cloudless Sulphur/After The Butterfly (Cassette, 1980)

More minimalist goodness, this time from Morton Subotnick, but a much healthier cassette this time, thank heaven! I know almost nothing about this tape except what the sleeve tells me, which is... almost nothing. Track one appears on 'Morton Subotnick - Vol. 1 Electronic Works', but I can find no trace of the second track, or of this particular cassette.

Tracklisting:

A Cloudless Sky Of Sulphur ("Realized electronically by the composer")

After the Butterfly ("Digitally recorded", featuring Mario Guarneri (Trumpet) and The Twentieth Century Players, conducted by the composer)

Sulphur/Butterfly

Also, try these excellent sites for more by Subotnick:

The Avant-Garde Project
Mutant Sounds
Dualtrack
Curved Air
A Closet Of Curiosities

Phew!

Tangerine Dream - Livemiles (Cassette, 1988)

This album from the legendary Tangerine Dream comprises two live recordings: their gig on the 8th of June 1986 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and in West Berlin, Germany on the 1st of August 1987.

I haven't yet had a chance to listen to this fully, but it seems promising. The sound quality is average, as it has been ripped from a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th ad infinitum) hand cassette (big ups to Groovy for still stocking tapes haha!). Folder includes cover scan taken from discogs of the vinyl cover, not of the cassette that I own. Also I've switched to divshare cos it's awesome.

Livemiles

Compilation Notification

I don't know how many people know about these sites, so I thought I'd post this just in case. At erratum.org, three excellent experimental/noise compilations can be downloaded free of charge. Artists featured include John Giorno and Etant Donnés! Exciting hey?


Also, at 'The Silent Ballet' website (which is incidentally a fantastic post-rock resource) you can download six post-rock compilations of tracks by independent bands for free! Yay!

Help!

Does anyone know what this cassette is? I found it in a bargain bin the other day and it's great, but sadly unlabeled expect for a mysterious "No.3" on the front cover, as you can see. Unfortunately, I can't figure out who it is, and discogs doesn't seem to know either. I've uploaded a rip of this, so have a listen and see if you can figure it out. Any clues will be appreciated greatly!

Untitled Cassette