https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dn9_NvG-5o
Hard Corps - Je Suis Passee
― larry appleton, Thursday, 4 February 2016 06:47 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1JVqA1AxoI
Insomnia twofer. Section 25 - Looking from a Hilltop
― larry appleton, Thursday, 4 February 2016 07:20 (eight years ago) link
^ that is a jam
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 4 February 2016 07:38 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNM2xGZRVJ0
Gesloten Cirkel is better known for making amazing techno but this has got a nice cold wave vibe about it
― paolo, Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56GkjyG2fzg
Minimal wave at its punkiest
― paolo, Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
I found out that Twitch from Optimo is putting out a compilation of cold/minimal wave soon. Interview and mix here - http://thequietus.com/articles/19653-listen-jd-twitch-cold-wave-mix
This is proper good and the artwork features a picture of what I believe is Cumbernauld's grim shopping centre. Brutalist as fuck
― paolo, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
The compilation is called So Low by the way
― paolo, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKNwrRmNiQ
This is a cover of a John Bender song from that So Low compilation. I believe that Kubler-Ross is also Sparky, Glasgow techno don
― paolo, Friday, 15 April 2016 11:44 (eight years ago) link
yup, same artist. hopefully there will be a kubler-ross release of original music this year. he's also started doing it live as a three piece - synths, drums, vocals.
― stirmonster, Friday, 15 April 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Simon Reynolds reviews a forthcoming compilation of UK experimental electronic music from the seventies and eighties. Looks good
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21653-close-to-the-noise-floor-formative-uk-electronica-1975-1984/
― paolo, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:27 (eight years ago) link
DISC ONE: 1. FIVE TIMES OF DUST – Computer Bank 2. THE KLINGONS – R.A.M. 3. CHRIS AND COSEY – Re-Education Through Labour 4. MALCOLM BROWN – Sedation Strokes 5. STORM BUGS – Little Bob Minor 6. THOMAS LEER – Tight As A Drum 7. BLANCMANGE – Holiday Camp 8. INNER CITY STATIC – Fractured Smile 9. WE BE ECHO – Sexuality 10. BOURBONESE QUALK – God With Us 11. NAGAMATZU Faith 12. O YUKI CONJUGATE – Disco Song 13. BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION – Optimum Chant 14. KEVIN HARRISON – All Night Long 15. VOICE OF AUTHORITY – Stopping And Starting
DISC TWO: 1. COLIN POTTER – I Am Your Shadow 2. BRITISH STANDARD UNIT – D’Ya Think I’m Sexy? 3. FIVE TIMES OF DUST – The Single Off The Album 4. SPÖÖN FAZER – Back To The Beginning 5. GERRY AND THE HOLOGRAMS – Gerry And The Holograms 6. THE PASSAGE – Drugface 7. JOHN FOXX – A New Kind Of Man 8. 100% MANMADE FIBRE – Green For Go 9. THOSE LITTLE ALIENS – Sentimental 10. FINAL PROGRAM – Protect And Survive 11. THE HUMAN LEAGUE – Being Boiled 12. INSTANT AUTOMATONS – New Muzak 13. CULTURAL AMNESIA – Materialistic Man 14. WORLDBACKWARDS – (Leaving Me) Now 15. ALAN BURNHAM – Music To Save The World By 16. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Almost 17. EYELESS IN GAZA – Kodak Ghosts Run Amok 18. SCHLEIMER K – Broken Vein 19. NATIVE EUROPE – The Distance From Köln
DISC THREE: 1. ZORCH – Adrenalin (Return of the Elohim Pt 1) 2. SEA OF WIRES – Robot Dance 3. RON BERRY – Sea Of Tranquility 4. MFH – Mistral 5. ADRIAN SMITH – Joe Goes To New York 6. MARK SHREEVE – Embryo (Extract) 7. EG OBLIQUE GRAPH – Triptych 8. CARL MATTHEWS – Encounter 9. PAUL NAGLE – Ynys Scaith 10. O YUKI CONJUGATE – Sedation 11. KONSTRUKTIVIST – Western Vein 12. ATTRITION – Dead Of Night (Excerpt)
DISC FOUR: 1. THROBBING GRISTLE – What A Day 2. A TENT – No Way Of Knowing 3. PORTION CONTROL – Go For The Throat 4. DC3 – Eco Beat 5. RENALDO AND THE LOAF – Dying Inside 6. BLAH BLAH BLAH – In The Army 7. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS – God Speed 8. MUSLIMGAUZE – Muslin Gauze Muslim Prayer 9. SUISSE – Live At Longborne 10. ALIEN BRAINS – Menial Disorders, Extract B2 11. STORM BUGS – Himeal (And She Blew) 12. THIRD DOOR FROM THE LEFT – In The Room 13. AL ROBERTSON – Dignity Of Labour 14. bcGilbert, gLewis, russell Mills – Mzui (Extract)
― paolo, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
saw this a few days ago, trying to not impulse buy it
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
Gerry and the Holograms!!!
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
I thought they were Japanese and not from the UK.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
They're from Manchester. I think all the Absurd records were Manchester bands.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
so was it a UK person doing a Japanese accent then?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:00 (eight years ago) link
I don't remember it sounding japanese, just like a dalek or something. Been a while though!
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
there was the r/l thing going on in the vocals that I associate with Japanese English speech -- like it sounds like "Jelly and the ..." not "Jerry" ...
― sarahell, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 18:03 (eight years ago) link
it was two members of Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 19:53 (eight years ago) link
yay Hybrid Kids! Hopefully that's the single mix of "D’Ya Think I’m Sexy?"
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 20:04 (eight years ago) link
cold, industrial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqajweKCWos
― kills 1.8 percent of household germs (WilliamC), Tuesday, 3 May 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
that comp sounds good
possibly not the coldest industrial-est track there but I only know Kevin Harrison's "Fly" single and am very keen to hear more (a quick Google says his 1981 LP was reissued too so I guess I should get on that)
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
that comp looks awesome and except for like being boiled or whatever totally not your standard batch of tracks. i would buy it if i saw it. and it wasn't a zillion dollars.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 22:57 (eight years ago) link
Kevin Harrison has tons of stuff going back to the quite fun band Urge and lots of cool stuff on Glass records now getting re-released via bandcamp Glass. History and samples here:
http://www.marzimprint.co.uk/
he's also on facebook of course.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link
Hmm comp is on Cherry Red which probably means dubious sound quality and incorrect tracks but will also probably be cheap.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 07:42 (eight years ago) link
Thanks Dan! Will check out all the samples/bandcamps.
(Glass Records Redux sites for anyone else interested, seeing as it took me marginally more than the obvious 3 seconds of Googling: digital at https://glassredux.bandcamp.com/ and CDs at http://glassrecordsredux.bigcartel.com/)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 10:55 (eight years ago) link
this is def a thing with some British accents (see: Edward Ka-Spel); the vocal treatments probably help emphasize that effect too
― ejemplo (crüt), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 11:33 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I relistened to that song (because it seemed really bizarre that someone could think they were doing Japanese accents) and yeah I think it's just a NW English accent, I think there's a more gritted teeth mouth position (NB not a linguist) to the R sound that's all.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 12:12 (eight years ago) link
Ol' Gerry's getting a whole lot of reissue treatment:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-So-Low-Remixes-/release/8318172 being a remix of the eponymous track..
https://www.discogs.com/Various-So-Low-/master/973389 A Different comp (the 7" version)
https://www.discogs.com/Gerry-And-The-Holograms-The-Emperors-New-Music/release/8407728 The other single..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 12:14 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I relistened to that song (because it seemed really bizarre that someone could think they were doing Japanese accents) and yeah I think it's just a NW English accent, I think there's a more gritted teeth mouth position (NB not a linguist) to the R sound that's all.― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, May 4, 2016 12:12 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, May 4, 2016 12:12 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Back whenever, I thought it sounded a bit like Genesis (Gabriel days), but then what do I know..?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 12:15 (eight years ago) link
Really like this 2016 single, recommended for fans of Portishead's "Machine Gun":
These Hidden Hands feat. Lucrecia Dalt - These Moments Dismantledhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDOUHXVelok
― Abandon hype all ye who enter here (Sanpaku), Saturday, 7 May 2016 01:40 (eight years ago) link
Fantastic mix from Helena Hauff. HER VOICE IS EXACTLY LIKE I IMAGINED IT WOULD BE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwqy7
1. Le Chocolat Noir - Voyage d'Esprit (CHARLOIS)2. Ceci N'est Pas - The Last Time (ELECTRONIC EMEGENCIES)3. Minny Pops - Time (FACTORY BENELUX)4. Skanfrom - British Cottages (SUCTION RECORDS)5. Hyperkut - Elevator Without Exit (AEROBIC AUDIO)6. Pankow - Gimme More (Much More) (CONTEMPO RECORDS)7. Zarkoff & Cyborgs on Crack - Penalty For Violation (RETURN TO DISORDER)8. Amato - The Labyrinth (CITITRAX)9. Silent Servant - Speed & Violence (CITITRAX)10. Drinking Electricity - Breakout (SURVIVAL RECORDS)11. GNR - Bar Da Morgue (VALENTIM DE CARVALHO)12. Children Of Lier - Sirene (SIMULATIONS)13. Chris Carter - Beat (MUTE)14. Glamour Cult - Afterglow (TABLE THIRTY)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 March 2017 10:54 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpR-wY56I1ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlBKXi82Fs
Not sure where to put this, but there's been some good EBM/industrial revival lately.
― jenkem street team (carpet_kaiser), Thursday, 6 July 2017 01:53 (six years ago) link
that last post with Helena Hauff’s mix tracklist reminds me: I ended up listening to a couple Cititrax compilation eps a while back and they were definitely my shit
― mh, Thursday, 6 July 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
Loving this band rn, female vocals over unholy clanking beats
http://hide3.bandcamp.com/album/castration-anxiety
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 21 April 2018 04:50 (six years ago) link
A SOUND THAT BOTH PUNISHES AND EMPOWERS
bless
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 April 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KU2v-Z1m4A
I can recommend the debut album from De Ambassade if you're in the mood for some minimal wave type music that sounds a lot like it was made in the Low Countries about 25 years ago. Just in time for winter too.
― paolo, Saturday, 23 November 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
yes, it is fab. 10/10
― stirmonster, Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
yep
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
I am always in that mood tbf
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
15. VOICE OF AUTHORITY – Stopping And Starting
give the VOA album back to adrian ya bastards so he can remaster it and make it sound the way it should !
(its one of my fave on-u albums, but cherry red have this and a few others when adrian needed ££ to keep things going)
― mark e, Saturday, 23 November 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
xxxp I only heard about that because it was an Optimo album of the month at Monorail, so ta
― paolo, Saturday, 23 November 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
yr welcome.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 23 November 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
I was a bit dismissive of that Close To The Noise Floor compilation on Cherry Red (based only on other Cherry Red reissues being a bit shoddy) upthread but it is actually great and I now own a copy, they also put out another 2, one with European bands and the other from North America - I haven't listened to the American one yet but the European one is good too
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trBkjswlCcs
The European one is worth the price for this early instrumental of Ruth's 'Polaroid/Roman/Photo' alone.
Anyone heard the American one?
― paolo, Sunday, 24 November 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
De Ambassade
Ok this is great.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 24 November 2019 13:09 (four years ago) link
Cherry Red's Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84 is worth a listen too. I'd say 50% of it makes me want to skip to the next track but the other 50% is gold.
it also made me fall in love with this all over again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSAm2StYymQ
― stirmonster, Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
I listened to De Ambassade as a result of this thread. Really hitting the spot, in a way it reminds me of Studio. Not so much in the way it sounds, but in the way it could be a lost classic that should be more widely known.
― I am using your worlds, Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Are the Europe/American ones also called "Close to the Noise Floor"? My search so far is just picking up the UK one.
ooh, didn't know this existed, love Polaroïd/Roman/Photo but the voice is... an acquired taste
Meant to pick up the UK one, didn't get round to it, so thanks for the reminder to stick it on my xmas list if it's still available - haven't made it past the tracklisting for disc 1 yet and there's a lot of names I don't know (which is good!) but I think I'm up for anything with Kevin Harrison on, plus Blancmange and Bourbonese Qualk on the same CD...
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 24 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
Euro comp is Noise Reduction Sysyem, US one is Third Noise Principle iirc
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Sunday, 24 November 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link