The Month of Mauz...What Happens in Vega Stays in Vega

 

Alan Vega is best known as being half of the electronic duo Suicide, but he had an extensive solo career. Mauz in his requests asked for some of those. I had just been listening to Alan Vega's 2021 release After Dark (recorded at Renegade Studios , NYC in 2015). Thought I'd give this a go.

On his website at the time, Henry Rollins announced the July 16, 2016 death of Alan Vega. Rollins sez:        "Vega died peacefully in his sleep at age 78". 

In 2012 Vega had suffered a stroke that limited his mobility. He concentrated more on his visual artwork after that. However, he continued to work on his music. After only sending in vocal contributions to pre-recorded instrumentals for several years, Alan wanted to get back in a live studio environment. Thus the After Dark sessions.

Since Sacred Bones, Futurismo, Digging Diamonds & Real Gone Music (to name a few) have reopened the Vega vault & have released the long-lost (mid 90s) Mutator album as well as many other Vega reissues, I wasn't sure what to share. I was going to share his self-titled first release but realized it is available all over the web, so I settled on Collision Drive, Deuce Avenue, & Dujang Prang.

1981s Collision Drive is Vega sophomore solo release. It continues to explore the fractured rockabilly identity he had established in his debut self-titled work. Good place to start... 

 

Alan Vega - Collision Drive, Celluloid CEL 5001, 1981.
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Side A -
Magdalena 82
Be Bop A Lula
Outlaw
Raver
Ghost Rider
I Believe

Side B -
Magdalena 83
Rebel
Viet Vet

 

 

 

In the mid-80s Vega had signed with Elektra Records at the prompting of long-time fan Ric Ocasek, but corporate relations had soured so much that during production for 1985's Just a Million Dreams Elektra had attempted to remove Vega from his own studio sessions..By the early to mid-90s, Vega had teamed up with the Universal Music Group French label Musidisc for a series of four albums. They were more experimental / electronic than his earlier solo works.

This CD version contains tracks "Sugee" & "No Tomorrow" not available on the vinyl. I've added an additional bonus track "Wacko Warrior" for a lucky 13. 

 

Alan Vega - Deuce Avenue, Musidisc CD 105582, 1990.

Body Bop Jive    
Sneaker Gun Fire    
Jab Gee    
Bad Scene    
La La Bola    
Deuce Avenue    
Faster Blaster    
Sugee (non-vinyl track)
Sweet Sweet Money    
Love On    
No Tomorrow (non-vinyl track)    
Future Sex
bonus track -
Wacko Warrior

 

 

 

 

For his last release on Musidisc, 1995s Dujang Prang, Vega was rocking a much more industrial electronic style.

 

 

Alan Vega - Dujang Prang, Musidisc CD 118132, 1995.

Dujang Prang    
Hammered    
Cheenaroka    
Saturn Drive 2 (Subtalk)    
Jaxson Gnome    
Life Ain't Life    
Flowers, Candles, Crucifixes    
Big Daddy Stat's Livin' on Tron    
Sacrifice    
The Kiss

 

 

 

Mission accomplished,
NØ

We Interrupt this Program for a Public Service Announcement

 

When I went to check my blog comments this afternoon I was incredibly elated to see a plethora of comments from the MIA mauz. Go over to the original Weird October share here & read what's going on with Maurizio. Then check out a couple of his musical releases for a more intimate introduction to the man & his musick.

First up is the "controversial" album from 2008 featuring: Mauxaum along with Robywan; Craig Organismic Musham; Shiranami; Housemaker: Master Margherita: & Greg Hunter. 

 

Mauxuam - Viceversa, Interchill Records ICHILLCD033, 2008.
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B4 After featuring Greg Hunter
Extended Body (Shiranami - Guitar, Viola & Alan Watts - vocals)
Jahnesh (Divine Cluster version) (Robywan - bass & Organismic Craig Musham - flute)
Stones of Gaza (Robywan - bass)
Where Was I Going? (Housemaker - additional instrumentation)
Viavai (bass - Master Margherita)
Ulezak (Snakebyte remix)
Cloudcycle (Robywan - bass) featuring Greg Hunter
∞-1
Wiggly Things (Alan Watts - vocals)

 

 

 

Next up is a collection of alternative mixes & previously unreleased tracks (apart from ″After B4″ previously released on Future Memories), recorded & mixed between 2005 / 2007, newly remastered.

Wiggly music beyond the grid of the usual tags…slow funky heavy beats layered with intense dark atmospheres & Dubtronic echoes…a free range electronica without boundaries that explores soundscapes off of the map. Uncertain futures, infinite possibilities, a multifaced raw reality escaping scientific glossy reason, there is no right choice & sometime the wrong way brings you to the right place in time….just before the announced apocalypse.

 

Mauxuam - Wiggly Bytes, Bakshish Music shish004, 2010.

Wiggly Bits - Mauxuam
What Was I Doing? - Mauxuam & Housemaker    
After B4 - Mauxuam
Extended Body (Tabberdabber mix) - Mauxuam & Shiranami    
Wiggly Things (The Glitch mix)
Jahnesh (Tower mix) - Mauxuam
What Was I Looking For ? - Mauxuam & Housemaker

 

 

 

 

Nathan sez, now that you know part of the story & have heard some of the music. go over to Mauz' bandcamp page & buy something to help support a struggling musician. I did.

Enjoy,
NØ

The Month of Mauz...Spike le Blanc

 

Keith LeBlanc was an American drummer & record producer most known as a member of Little Axe & Tackhead. Keith started out as a session drummer with Sugarhill Records in the early 1980s. He formed the Sugar Hill House Band along with Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald - guitar & Doug Wimbish - bass, working with The Sugarhill Gang on songs like ''Rapper's Delight'' & Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five on ''The Message''.

His record Malcolm X No Sell Out on Tommy Boy Records 1983 was one of the early examples of a sampling record. He moved to England & helped creating the sound of funk noise giants Tackhead with Wimbish, McDonald, & British Dub producer Adrian Sherwood. He became known as one of the most innovative drummers / programmers in music.

In addition to his work as member of the legendary On-U Sound posse, LeBlanc continued to experiment with new sounds using his own Blanc Records as a base from which to release pioneering albums, pushing musical boundaries to the extreme.

Keith died on April 4, 2024. Here are three of his releases under the nom de musique DJ Spike...

 

 

DJ Spike - Tasteless Cuts, Blanco Records blc 1cd, 1989.
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Baby Bye (Bim Sherman - vocals)
Gaps in Space (David Harrow - keyboards & Wendall Brookes - saxophone)
Mr President    
Spike Part One (David Harrow - keyboards)
MPB One-O-Five (David Harrow - keyboards)
German (David Harrow - vocals)
Designer Drugs (David Harrow - keyboards)
Stick Out

 

 

 

 

 

DJ Spike - Invisible Spike, Blanc Records blc 3cd, 1991.

Outer Land (Part One)    
Spikes Groove    
Tick of Time    
Micro Chip (Mike McEvoy - ketboards)
Eat This Dub (MC Det - vocals)
Invisible (Andy Fairley - vcals & Doug Wimbish - bass)
C.A.B. (Skip McDonald - guitar)
No Means No (Skip McDonald - guitar & Doug Wimbish - bass)
Unsanity (Doug Wimbish - bass)
Outer Land (Part Two)

 

 

 

 

 

DJ Spike - Spike Global 2000, Blanc Records blc cd9, 1993.

Tunes (Part 01)    
Stomping    
Interference    
Tunes (Part 02)    
Beat Goes On (Andy Fairley - vocals)
Audio    
Flight    
Mad Movement    
Global 2000    
SOS    
Change (Andy Fairley - vocals)
Story of Violence    
The Mark    
String Thang

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

Volume: Volume Ten

Various - Volume Ten, 10VCD10, July 1994.
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AR Kane – Deep Blue Breath (London mix)
Disco Inferno – Second Language (demo)
Scarce – Naked Freak Shadow
Gene – To See the Lights
High Llamas – Might as Well be Dumbo
Pulp – Joyriders
Tiny Monroe – Cream Bun (acoustic version)
Echobelly – Fake
Gigolo Aunts – They Don't Know
Lush – Tinkerbell
Tricky – You Don't
Credit to the Nation – Come Dancing
Loop Guru – La Boheme
Trans-Global Underground – Khan
Transcendental Love Machine – Revolvalution
Insides – Tikky (remix)
Oracle – The Sweetest Place
Peter Perrett's The One – Daughter

 

 

 

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Volume: Volume Nine

Various - Volume Nine, Volume 9VCD9, March 1994.
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Mark Lanegan – Wheels
Morphine – Sharks Patrol These Waters
That Dog – One Summer Night
Buffalo Tom – Soda Jerk (live)
Paul Weller – Black Sheep Boy
Madder Rose – Roland Navigator
Sonic Youth – Doctor's Orders (Thurston vocal)
Wagon Christ – Gas Fish
Pressure of Speech – Emile
Spooky – Aqualung Dub (remix)
The Divine Comedy - Life's What You Make It
The Cranberries – How (live)
Tindersticks – Her (new version)
Kristin Hersh – Close Your Eyes (demo)
Jah Wobble – Whisky Priests
Fun-Da-Mental – New World Order
Rub Ultra – Suspend
Blessed Ethel – Daisy
Compulsion – Top of the World

 

 

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NØ

Volume Volume Eight

Various - Volume Eight, Volume 8VCD8, September 1993.
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Autechre – Lanx 3
Curve – Low & Behold
Underworld –    Why Why Why? (remix)
The Wonder Stuff – Swell (Mad remix)
B12 – Scriptures
Butthole Surfers – Who Was in My Room Last Night? (Tate or Tot mix)
Higher Intelligence Agency – Delta (live at Oscillate)
Juno Reactor – Laughing Gas (Ambivalent remix)
James – Skin Diving 1-3-4 (Markus Drars remix)
Global Communication – Sublime Creation (original version)
Sun Electric – Love 2 Love
The Fall – War
The Afghan Whigs – Little Girl Blue
Submarine – Pollen
Elastica – S.O.F.T.
Come – City of Fun
Sultans of Ping FC – Curse (Monitor mix)
Mindless Drug Hoover – The Reefer Song

 

 

 

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NØ

The Month of Mauz...In Paradise with Wevvers

 

Continuing onward, paying tribute to a lost genius, here is another one from Andrew's solo career & two by the Sabres..

Here's a rocker from Andrew to start off this share... 

 

  

Andrew Weatherall - A Pox on the Pioneers, Rotters Golf Club RGCCD017, 2009.
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Fail We May, Sail We Must    
Privately Electrified    
Miss Rule    
Selective Walking    
Liar with Wings    
Let's Do the 7 Again    
A Pox on the Pioneers    
All the Little Things (That Make Life Worth Living)    
Built Back Higher
Walk of Shame 

 

The Sabres of Paradise - Sabresonic, Warp Records WARP CD16, 1993.

Still Fighting    
Smokebelch I    
Clock Factory    
Ano Electro (Andante)    
R.S.D.    
Inter-Lergen-Ten-ko    
Ano Electro (Allegro)    
Smokebelch II (Beatless mix)

 

 

 

 

When I shared some Richard Sen in March this year, I showed some of his graffiti art that was used as a cover for the Sabrs of Paradise - Theme. Well, here it is in living colo(u)r & stereophonic sound. 

 

 

 

The Sabres of Paradise - Theme, Sabres of Paradise PT014CD, 1994.

Theme    
Return of Carter    
Edge 6    
Theme III 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

The Month of Muzak...Long Live Rotters Golf

I have long been a fan of dearly departed  The Guv'nor. Since his passing I have even more often harkened back to his musick. If you're interested in searching it out, I've shared much of his musick over time here: solo work; The Woodliegn Research Facility; The Asphodel; The Sabres of Paradise; & more. 

 

Still & all, I haven't shared Two Lone Swordsmen. & there's alway room for weather, all. So the next two shares will be Andrew, Swordsmen, & Sabres. Enjoy. & R.I.P., Andrew. 

 

Two Lone Swordsmen - The Fifth Mission (Return to the Flightpath Estate) 2xCD,                  Emissions Audio Output SOP009CD, 1996.
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CD 1 -
Little Did We Know    
The Best of Stealth    
A Slow Drive West    
Big Man Original    
Spark    
Lino Square    
Search for a Car    
Glenn Street Assault Squad    
Gang Sweep Shuffling    
The King Mob File

CD 2 -
Enemy Haze    
Beacon Block    
Two Barb Quickstep    
Switch It    
Rico's Helly    
The Backstair Rattlers    
Paisley Dark    
Extended Branch Brothers

 

 

 

Still My World was recorded in 2003. This is the 2024 Rotters Golf Club digital download version with the added "Still My World (Continous mix)". These files are a reissue (???) of a possibly unreleased CD of a E.Z. by Zenga spring/summer 2003 release. It is a Japanese promotional CD for the clothing line of Italian fashion house Zenga. It is unknown if this ever received public release. The CD booklet is simply catalogue photos of the Zengs clothing line).

Two Lone Swordsmen - Still My World, Rotters Golf Club RGCDL024, 2024.

International Girl's not Here    
The Crescents    
From Behind Bandages    
Don't Remember Leaving
The Night I Was a Booby Prize    
Arturo's Attitude    
And Then the Walls Fell    
Compulsion    
Live from Rotten Towers
Still My World
Still My World (Continuous mix)

 

 

 

 
 

& here's one from the man himself...

 

 

Andrew Weatherall - Convenanza, Rotters Golf Club RGCCD022, 2016.

Intro    
Frankfurt Advice    
The Confidence Man
The Last Walk    
Kicking the River    
Disappear    
We Count the Stars    
Thirteenth Night    
Ghosts Again
bonus tracks -
All That's Left
Youth Ozone Machine

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

The Month of Mauz...Scraping Foetus from My Teeth

 

In January this year I shared a final installment of the band Cop Shoot Cop, their Release album. For Release I suggested I thought CSC were channelling their inner Thirlwell.

Frenz of NSS Richie Muster commented at the time:
       "You mention Foetus/Thirlwell; you haven't by any chance anything lurking down the back of your sofa, have you? I have bits and pieces, but not much."

Down in the cushions of my tattered settee was quite an accumulation of Foetus & associated detritus that had been collecting there for years. Didn't have a clue as to what to share, so I ended up making an extensive pair of compilations, one of Foetus of all types & one of Thirlwell other projects here. Through requets from other NSS visitors in the comments of that post, I shared another six various releases (three Foetus / three Thirlwell projects).

Mauz mentioned he would like some more Foetus, so once more I was tasked with deciding what to share. I noticed that in July, Aid00 over at Welcome to Wherever You Are blog shared Foetus - Null & You've Got Foetus on Your Breath - Wash & Slog, so that narrowed my choices a bit. Eliminating those two plus the three I'd linked in the January comments, I came up with these three words ...Ache ...Hole ...Sink.

 

You've Got Foetus on Your Breath - Ache, Self Immolation WOMB OYBL 2, 1982.
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Face A
Dying With My Boots On
J. Q. Murder
Gums Bleed
Mark OF The Ostracizor
Exit The Man With 9 Lives

Face B -
Get Out Of My House
Wholesome Town
Whole Wheat Rolls
Kid Hate Kid
Instead...I Became Anenome

 

 

 

 

Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Hole, Self Immolation WOMB FDL 3, 1984.

This Face - 
Clothes Hoist    
Lust F\for Death    
I'll Meet You in Poland Baby    
Hot Horse    
Sick Man    

That Face -
Street of Shame    
Satan Place    
White Knuckles    
Water Torture    
Cold Day in Hell

 

 

 

& finally, a collection of various Foetus, all in one sink(whole)... 

 

Foetus Inc. - Sink, Self Immolation WOMB INC 6 CD, 1989.

Bedrock - The Foetus All Nude Revue
Ramrod 
Boxhead - Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
Lilith - Foetus Eruptus
Shut    
Diabolus in Musica - The Foetus All Nude Revue
Smut - Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
Sick Minutes - Foetus Über Frisco
Rattlesnake Insurance - The Foetus All Nude Revue
Himmelfahrtstransport / Primordial Industry - Foetus in Your Bed
Spit on the Griddle (The Drowning of G. Walhof) - Foetus Eruptus
Anxiety Attack - Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
Baphomet - Foetus Interruptus
The Only Good Christian is a Dead Christian
Halo Flamin Lead - Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
OKFM - Foetus Under Glass
Catastrophe Crunch - Foetus Art Terrorism
Wash it All Off
Today I Started Slogging Again - You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Calamity Crush - Foetus Art Terrorism

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

Volume: Volume Seven

Various - Volume Seven, Volume 7VCD7, 1993.
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Teenage Fanclub – Belt
Radiohead – Stupid Car (Tinnitus mix)
Verve – South Pacific (live)
Sebadoh – Whitey Peach (live)
Stereo MCs – Elevate My Mind (live)
Sub Sub – Valium Jazz
Little Axe – 15 to 4
Bang Bang Machine – Life's a Gas
Marc Almond – Incestuous Love (Amours Incestueuses)
Slowdive – Some Velvet Morning
Seefeel – Come Alive (Climatic Phase #1 mix)
The Heroines – The Kiss
The Boo Radleys – Barney
Redd Kross – Any Hour Every Day
Sabres of Paradise – Lick Wid Nit Wit
Delta Lady – Anything You Want (Steve 'Dub' vocal Volume mix)
Eat Static – Nucleus Trance
Jesus Jones – Machine Drug (Ian Richardson remix)

 

  

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Volume: Volume Six

Various - Volume Six, Volume 6VCD6, April 1993.
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Spiritualized – Smiles (live)
© – He Was
Ultra Vivid Scene – Cut Throat (Kurt Ralske remix)
Senseless Things – Keepsake (original demo version)
That Petrol Emotion – Catch a Fire (Kenny Jones mix 1)
Björk – One Day
Saint Etienne – Fake '88
Matt Johnson – untitled introduction 
The The – Lip Tripping
Gallon Drunk – Keep Moving On (re-recorded version)
American Music Club – Love Connection NYC (solo bedroom demo)
Belly – White Belly (solo demo version)
Killdozer – Working Hard or Hardly Working
One Dove – Fallen (The Last Monday Morning at Bobby N's remix)
The Drum Club – One Tribe (remix)
Sheep on Drugs – 15 Minutes of Fame (remix)
Fluke – Spacey (original version)
Unmen – Also with You

 

 

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Volume: Volume Five

Various - Volume Five, Volume V5CD, Dember 1992.
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The Orb – O.O.B.E. (live)
The Grid – Cybernetic
Happy Mondays – Monkey in the Family (Dub mix)
Fuel – Wildfire
Bettie Serveert – Brain-Tag (original version)
Macbeth – Help Me Lift You Up
Cocteau Twins – Frosty the Snowman
Cabaret Voltaire – Low Cool (remix)
Sandals – Venice Groove
Consolidated – Guerillas in the Mist (Jack Dangers Russian Hill mix)
The Jesus Lizard – Whirl (original version)
L7 – Deathwish (live)
Hyperhead – Easy Slide (Noko 440 remix)
Red House Painters – Uncle Joe
The Wedding Present – Signal
The Auteurs –    Bailed Out (Cello mix)
Morrissey – Tomorrow (Steve Peck mix)

 

 

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NØ

The Month of Mauz...Grebo Rock

 

Pop Will Eat Itself formed in 1986 around Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK. Original members include: Clint Mansell - vocals, guitar; Adam Mole - guitar, keyboards; Richard March - bass: & Graham Crabb - vocals, drums. They first chose the name Wild & Wandering but after a few months (& one EP - 2,000 Light Ales from Home) they changed their name to Pop Will Eat Itself. At this time they played short, fast, psychedelic-tinged punk-pop tunes. Before the release of Box Frenzy in late 1987, they had begun incorporating house / hip hop beats & samples. They are the kings of Grebo. 

 

Pop Will Eat Itself - Box Frenzy, Rough Trade ROUGH US 33CD, 1987.
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Grebo Guru    
Beaver Patrol
Let’s Get Ugly    
U.B.L.U.D.
Inside You    
Evelyn    
There is No Love Between Us Anymore    
She’s Surreal    
Intergalactic Love Mission    
Love Missile F1-11    
Hit the Hi-Tech Groove    
Razorblade Kisses (for all you vinyl heads, I re-instated the locked groove missing on the CD release.. You can make it any length your heart desires)

 

 

 

After Box Frenzy, PWEI signed with RCA. In 1989 they released their second full-length, This is the Day...This is the Hour...This is This!. The new release added a clever union of rock synth, Dub, & electronic music.

 

 

Pop Will Eat Itself - This is the Day...This is the Hour...This is This!, RCA 9742-2-R, 1989.

PWEI is a Four Letter Word    
Preaching to the Perverted
Wise Up! Sucker (Flood mix)
Sixteen Different Flavours of Hell    
Inject Me    
Can U Dig It?
The Fuses Have Been Lit    
Poison to the Mind    
Def.Con.One (Flood mix)
Radio P.W.E.I.
Shortwave Transmission on 'Up to the Minuteman Nine'    
Satellite Ecstatica    
Not Now James, We're Busy...
Wake Up! Time to Die...    
Wise Up! Sucker (12" Youth mix)

For their next release, PWEI went for an even more electronic, slightly darker, moodier sound.

 

Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure for Sanity, RCA 2485-2-R, 1990.

The Incredible P.W.E.I. vs the Moral Majority    
Dance of the Mad Bastards    
88 Seconds... & Still Counting    
X Y & Zee    
City Zen Radio 1990/2000 FM    
Dr. Nightmare's Medication Time
Touched by the Hand of Cicciolina (Extra Time mix)    
1000x No!    
Psychosexual    
Axe of Men    
Another Man's Rhubarb    
Medicine Man Speak with Forked Tongue    
Nightmare at 20,000 FT    
Very Metal Noise Pollution    
92°F (the 3rd Degree)
Lived in Splendour: Died in Chaos    
The Beat That Refused to Die    
X Y & Zee (Sensory Amplification mix)

 

 

 

Their last release on RCA was The Looks or the Lifestyle in 1992. Fuzz Townsend joined as drummer. With the addition of a live drummer, with Kerry 'The Buzzard' Hammond on guitar & Garry Hughes on keyboards, the band deserted their hard-electric style for a more grungy, alt-rock sound. This is the RCA Japan issue with three bonus tracks...

 

 

Pop Will Eat Itself - The Looks or the Lifestyle?, RCA BVCP233, 1992.

England's Finest    
Eat Me Drink Me Love Me Kill Me    
Mother    
Get the Girl + Kill the Baddies    
I've Always Been a Coward, Baby    
Token Drug Song    
Karmadrome    
Urban Futuristic (Son of South Central)    
Pretty Pretty    
I Was a Teenage Grandad    
Harry Dean Stanton    
Bulletproof    

bonus tracks -    
Bulletproof (Adrian Sherwood remix)
Dread Alert in Karmadrome    
PWEI-Zation

 

 

 

In 1996, PWEI for all intents & purposes called it a day. Individual members went on to other projects. In 2005 the band attempted to regroup with a tour & new songs planned but the reunion never amounted to anything permanent. In 2010, Graham Crabb put together an new group of musicians under the P.W.E.I. banner & began touring. They released New Noise Designed by a Sadist.

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

The Month of Mauz...Disposing of Heroes

 

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were an American industrial hip-hop band founded in 1990 in San Francisco & lasted until 1993. The members were Michael Franti - vocals, production, multiple instruments & Rono Tse - drums, percussion, programming, both previously in The Beatnigs.

The Heroes music addressed a wide range of social issues: homophobia; media bias & abuse; & racial equality. Similar to other bands like Pop Will Eat Itself or House of Pain, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy used sampling & scratching as a primary tool of music recording, mixing rock, hip hop, & jazz while Franti's half-spoken vocal stylings were reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron or Last Poets.

The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated's Mark Pistel while Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing. 

 

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury, 4th & Broadway 1992.
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Satanic Reverses    
Famous & Dandy (like Amos 'N' Andy)
Television, the Drug of the Nation    
Language of Violence    
The Winter of the Long Hot Summer
Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury
Everyday Life has Become a Health Risk
INS Greencard A-19 191 500
Socio-Genetic Experiment    
Music & Politics
Financial Leprosy    
California Über Alles
Water Pistol Man

 

 

 

In 1993, the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album sounds nothing like Hypocrisy, much more soulful jazz influence as the Heroes were mainly providing musical background & accompaniment to Burroughs' readings. This one steers closer to the Last Poets, similarly fantastic. This is such a great excuse for me to play some more Bills. 

 

William S. Burroughs & the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales, 

Island Red Label 162-535 003-2, 1993. 

Interlude 1 (Wrinkled Earlobes Are a Sign of Impending Heartattacks)    
Spare Ass Annie    
Interlude 2 (This is Insane)    
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (This is Insane)
Interlude 3 (The Vultures Are Gone & Will Never Come Back)    
Mildred Pierce Reporting (Old Sarge)    
Dr. Benway Operates    
Warning to Young Couples (Huntsmen's Hounds)    
Did I Ever Tell You About the Man That Taught His Asshole to Talk?
Last Words with Ras I. Zulu
A One God Universe
Interlude 4 (Fletch is Here)    
The Junky's Christmas
Words of Advice for Young People
Last Words with Michael Franti

 

 

 

As well as being one of the last recorded works by William S. Burroughs, this was also the last album by the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly thereafter

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

Volume: Volume Four

Various - Volume Four, Volume V4CD, September 1992.
decryption code in comment

Suede – My Insatiable One (new piano version)
Butterfly Child – We, the Inspired
Swallow – Lovesleep (vocal version)
Ultramarine – Saratoga (Jolly James remix)
Bim Sherman – Keep on Movin'
Flower Sermon – Shine
Strangelove – Zoo'd Out
Throwing Muses – Firepile (remix)
Pavement – Greenlander (demo)
The Fall – Arid Al's Dream
Babes in Toyland – Sometimes (John Loder remix)
Spectrum – Soul Kiss
Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar (live)
Stereolab – Super Falling Star (Moog mix)
Little Annie – Everything & More
Meat Beat Manifesto – Drop (remix)
Pop Will Eat Itself – Bulletproof (Adrian Sherwood No Half Measures mix)
The Aphex Twin – En Trance to Exit
Steroid Maximus – Volgarity

 

 

Pump Up the Volume,
NØ

Volume: Volume Three

Various - Volume Three, Volume V3CD, May 1992.
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Daisy Chainsaw – I Feel Insane (recorded live at Bristol University)
Therapy? – Innocent X (Harvey Birrel remix)
Depth Charge – Daughters of Darkness
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – California Über Alles
Levitation – Cloud Shine
The Charlatans – Over Rising (instrumental)
Psychotropic Vibration – Jesus Timeshare Experience
The Breeders – Safari (remix)
Honey Tongue – Let's Sail Away (remix)
Terrorvision –    My House (Dirkhill Road mix)
Public Image Ltd – Criminal (Dave Jerdens remix)
Sweet Jesus – Sisterfy
Orbital – Belfast / Wasted (Wasted vocal mix)
Moby – Go (Subliminal mix)
Natural Life – Find Our Direction (remix)
LFO – Slow Down Speedy
Sheep on Drugs – Motorbike (remix)
Interference – Overload (live)

 

 

 

Pump Up the Volume,
NØ

4,000,000 Served

 

On June 7, 2024 I posted 3,000,000 Served. On that post I sez:
       "On October 27, 2021 I sez: Over night last night my visitor count passed the 2,000,000 mark. I realize that that's no big deal in light of the length of time I've been doing this, but for a "backwater blog" like I've got going here, it's kinda major to me. In fact, I'm mightily chuffed.

Well, over night last night (June 7) my visitor count passed the 3,000,000 mark. So in less than three years I've had another million hits. So for a "backwater blog" like I've got going here, I'm even more mightily chuffed."

Well this time it only took from June 7 last year until now to pass the 4,000,000 mark. So for a "backwater blog" like I've got going here, I'm even more more mightily chuffed. I have you all to thank for making my journey here so rewarding. You are the best.

All I can really say to all of you out there cruising the interweb searching for musick is...

Thank you so much.

NØ

The Month of Mauz - Let’s Get Consolidated

 

Consolidated was a rock/hip-hop/techno group from San Francisco in the 90s. Its members, Adam Sherburne & Mark Pistel had been members of synthpop/dance outfit Until December while Philip Steir had drummed in the funk/rock group Shy Hands. Inspired by Public Enemy's politics & aggressive sound collages, the trio regrouped as Consolidated. Their music espoused their left-wing politics: pro-environment; pro-labor; pro-choice; anti-corporate; pro-animal rights. They were critical of media exploitation of women & concerned about rock music's lack of political engagement.

Their first full-length record, The Myth of Rock, is aggressively political. The music itself is complex with intricate instrumental backing recalling Tackhead, Public Enemy, late-80s sampledelica, & the brutal industrial of Test Dept.

     "There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon."
sez Arthur Jensen (Ned Beatty) in Network (1975) sampled for "America Number One"..

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Consolidated - The Myth of Rock, Netwerk W2-30045, 1990.
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Product    
This is a Collective    
America Number One    
Weakness (Part 1)    
Fight the Fascists    
Music That Lifts up Our Savior Jesus Christ    
Josephine the Singer    
Poland    
Is This the Cheese Dip?    
Message to the People
Stop the War Against the Black Community    
White American Male (The Truth Hurts)    
Weakness (Part 2)    
It's About that Time    
Love, Honor, & Respect
Strike    
Brian Wilson Speaks
Dysfunctional Relationship
There is a Mountain Filled with Blood    
Consolidated

 

 

 

 

Their next release, Friendly Fa$cism, was produced by MBM's Jack Danger. It veers closer to Meat Beat's 99% than The Myth of Rock. Play More Music returns a bit to the sonic aggression of Myth of Rock. The record features spoken-work snippets from the group's concerts. Are you here for music? Accept me for what I am...

Consolidated - Play More Music, Nettwerk Europe NET040CD, 1992

Industrial Music is Fascism    
Tool & Die    
CNN    
Praxis (Bold as Love)    
We Came Here for Music    
Accept Me for What I Am
Veggie Beat Manifesto    
Why I'm in the Klan    
Guerrillas in the Mist (featuring Paris)
Hello Are You There    
Infomodities 92
Animal Rights / Abortion Rights    
Wendy O Matik (featuring Wendy O Matik)
One More Song    
He    
I Reckon You Should Shut the Fuck Up & Play Some Music    
You Suck (featuring the Yeastie Girls)
The Men's Movement
Gone Fishing    
Labor vs Leisure    
A Day on the Green    
More Music / Hip O Crits    
Industry Corporate    
This Isn't a Fuckin Press Conference    
Crackhouse (featuring Crack M.C.)
More Music Please

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ

The Month of Mauz...Hope You Beat the Meat

 

Meat Beat Manifesto is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers & Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK. Their sound is hard to nail down as it is constantly evolving. They make electronic dance music heavily influenced by industrial, techno, Dub, breakbeat. The band's live shows are intense audio-visual experiences, with dancers, led by choreographer Marcus Adams, in costumes designed by artist Craig Morrison, with videoclips accompanying live instruments, sequenced electronic instruments, & live DJing.

Dangers & Stephens left Perennial Divide in 1988 to take up residency in Soho. Armed Audio Warfare was scheduled to be the bands debut album, set for release in May 1988. It was to be their true Meat Beat manifesto. The masters to that album were damaged in a fire at the new Meat Beat HQ, Berwick St, Soho. New tracks were written & recorded. They were released as the 2xLP Storm the Studio in May 1989.

Here is that debut release. Take it away William S Burroughs... 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm the Studio, Sweatbox SDX040CD, 1989.
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God O.D. (Part 1)    
God O.D. (Part 2)    
God O.D. (Part 3)    
God O.D. (Part 4)    
Re-Animator (Part 1)    
Re-Animator (Part 2)    
Re-Animator (Part 3)    
Re-Animator (Part 4)    
Strap Down (Part 1)    
Strap Down (Part 2)    
I Got the Fear (Part 1)    
I Got the Fear (Part 2)    
I Got the Fear (Part 3)    
I Got the Fear (Part 4)

 

 

 

 

Armed Audio Warfare as it was released in 1990 is a compilation of previously unreleased & rare tracks that embody the initial Meat Beat's manifesto. Had Armed Audio Warfare been released as planned, it might have sounded like this. The version of "Reanimator" is exclusive to the Armed Audio Warfare release.The songs "Kneel & Buzz" & "Kick That Man" are incorrectly switched in the track listings. "Kick That Man" comes before "Kneel & Buzz". The version of "Give Your Body its Freedom" is a different version of the song from the Strap Down single. The song, "Marrs Needs Women" is a different version (& spelling) of "Mars Needs Women" which appears the God O.D. single. 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - Armed Audio Warfare, Wax Trax Records WAXCD7106, 1990.

Genocide    
Repulsion    
Mister President    
Reanimator    
I Got the Fear    
Kick That Man    
Kneel & Buzz    
Fear Version    
Give Your Body its Freedom    
Marrs Needs Women    
Cutman

 

 

 

 

I had Subliminal Sandwich lined up for this share, but I think it's many places elsewhere on the interweb, so in place I'm sharing these four single / Maxi-singles / EPs.

 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - Helter Skelter 12" 45rpm, Play it AgaSam Records USA, BIUS3050, 1990.

Side A -
Helter Skelter
Side AA -
Radio Babylon

 

 

 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - Version Galore (All Versions in One) EP, 

Play it Again Records BIAS192CD, 1991.

Radio Babylon (Space Children Intro mix)
Radio Babylon (Version Galore Jack Dangers remix)
Psyche-Out (Andrew Weatherall Sex Skank Stripdown)
Psyche-Out (Version 1)    
Psyche-Out (Dub)    
Radio Babylon    
Psyche-Out (Andrew Weatherall Sex Skank mix)

 

 

 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - Mindstream EP, Mute 966343-2, 1993.

Mindstream (Stream of Consciousness Mix)    
Mindstream (Psychedelically Speaking mix)    
Mindstream (Mind the Bend the Mind Orbital remix)
Original Control (Electro the Robot DHS remix)
Mindstream (The Aphex Twin remix)
Mindstream (Fire Escape version)

 

 

 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - It's the Music 12" maxi-single, Play it Again Sam Records BIAS322, 1996.

SIDE ONE (45rpm) - 
It's the Music
It's Just the Music
    
SIDE TWO (33 1/3rpm) -
I Control (Audio Collage #2)    
Asbestos Lead Asbestos (Plug mix)

 

 

 

 

& while I'm at it, here's a great one where Meat Beat Manifesto meets The Orb. This CD EP comes in an embossed round tin based on the Celtic design of the original Battersea shield.

 

 

The Orb versus Meat Beat Manifesto - Battersea Shield EP, Malicious Damage MD600, 2004.

Matron
1855 BC - The Orb vs MBM
Insane - The Orb

 

 

 

Hoping you see these, mauz.
NØ