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

S.Y.P.H. - Harbeitslose (CD, 2001)

Yet another bargain bin find! This release is a collection of S.Y.P.H.'s 1982 Harbeitslose
LP (Pure Freude PF 25) and the Double-EP (Pure Freude PF 21) of the same year. From discogs:

German band somewhere between Punk, Avantgarde and Neue Deutsche Welle.
Founded 1977 by Harry Rag (Peter Braatz), Uwe Jahnke and Thomas Schwebel in Solingen/Germany. Thomas Schwebel hit upon the idea of naming the band "Syph" because it's a dirty name. Harry Rag added the periods to make it look like an acronym and confuse people. S.Y.P.H. was then translated into "Saufender Yankee Prügelt Homo" (Drinking yankee beats queer). After 1986 it stood for "Save Your Pretty Heart"
When Schwebel said goodbye to play with Mittagspause, the band was joined by Uli Putsch and Jürgen Wolter. This new formation stayed - more or less - stable until 1981, but had many changing guest musicians, including Holger Czukay from Can. In return S.Y.P.H. played with Czukay on his LP On The Way To The Peak Of Normal. Uwe Jahnke also appears on the Wobble/Liebezeit/Czukay EP "How Much Are They?".
The band paused in 2003 and is now active again.

Myspace
Pure Freude Label

This album is still available (here, amongst other places), and I strongly recommend that you buy it.

Harbeitslose

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

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