May: I Come Again - Something Wicked

Most recently (April 10) I shared Transglobal Underground - Psychic Karaoke here.

 

Although I had shared Natacha Atlas & Neil Sparkes (both of TGU), I had never featured the collective. Got the expected warm response to this great group, so thought I'd finisn off this month of revisits by one of TransGlobal's all-time greats... 

 

Transglobal Underground - Bakpacking on the Graves of Our Ancestors (1991 - 1998) 2xCD,
Nation Records NRCD1085, 1999.
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CD1 -
Temple Head
Taal Zaman
I, Voyager
Shimmer
Mouth Wedding
Boss Tabla (radio edit)
Sirius B
Nile Delta Disco (Blue Gedida remix)
Dustbowl
Ali Mullah
Dopi
Chariots (radio edit)
Monter au Ciel

CD2 - 
Temple Head (Burundi mix)
Lookee Here (Dreadzone at the Controls)
Psycho Karaoke (Manga Moon mix)
Body Machine (Badmarsh remix)
International Times (Fun<Da>Mental mix)
Kashmiri Falooda
Slowfinger (Delta Ladies Night remix)
Eyeway Souljah (Hardknox toxic remix)
Kintamani (Hanoman's forest mix)
Khan
This is the Army of Forgotten Souls
I, Voyager (Transmigration mix) 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - A Glorious Red Noise

The other day I recieved the following comment from dear friend Richie Muster. He sez:
       "I hope I'm not too late to the revisits party, but I was wondering if you had any more Bill Nelson to share with us? Cheers, and all the best."  

At the time I just kinda blew him off. I sez:
      "I'm near done with the revisits & an working on the start of June, so Bill Nelson might have to wait until the next time I'm "Playing the Bills". Those due notes roll around often enough that I'm sure I'll be Playing them soon. I'll make sure he is on the top of the heap. Always more to share with Mr. Bill."  

I got to thinking that wasn't too kool. He's a great friend, a frequent commentor, & one of my inspirations for things to share around here. Plus, in April he had a bit of bad luck.

On April 25 Richie sez:
     "Alas...2 days ago my house got flooded out by a burst water main. 2nd time in 18 months! What're the odds on that? All is chaos, chez Muster. Anyways, thanks very much, as ever. I've got an industrial dehumidifier & 2 huge fans blowing 24hrs a day, drying the house. It sounds like a very boring Merzbow album. Carpets & rugs ruined, as were 90 albums I had lined up on the floor, which ironically would have been safely up on my shelves had the flood happened a few days later. Because it was a water utility fault, there's some compensation due (I'll get a new carpet for sure) but there's no guarantee they'll pay out for the lost vinyl. What can I say, they're a rapacious capitalist company; natch the'll want to stiff me. I'll know in a few weeks." 

 

So as a more proper response to a good mate, here are a few releases from Bill's Be Bop follow-up band Red Noise. The band was created as a "new start & new direction" for Nelson. They were only active throughout 1979, even performing a UK tour throughout March of that year, but by 1980 the band had disintegrated, marking the beginning of Bill Nelson's solo career.

Red Noise were: Bill Nelson - guitar, vocals, synthesizer; his younger brother Ian Nelson - saxophone, string machine;  Simon Clark - keyboards (ex-Be Bop Deluxe); Rick Ford - bass: &  Steve Peer - drums. 

 

Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Furniture Music 7" 45, Harvest HAR5176, 1979.
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Side A -
Furniture Music

Side B -
Wonder Toys That Last Forever
Acquitted by Mirrors

bonus tracks -
Waiting for the Night
Possession

 

 

 

This next one was released under Bill's name as the songs "Do You Dream in Colours?" & "Atom Man Loves Radium Girl" were just Bill & Ian.  However, the other two tracks are stunning exercises in quirky, angular New Wave quite unlike anything else available in the UK in 1980.  They are 100% Red Noise...

Bill Nelson - Do You Dream in Colour? 7", Cocteau Records COQ1, 1980.

Side A -
Do You Dream In Colour?

Side B -
Ideal Homes
Instantly Yours
Atom Man Loves Radium Girl

bonus tracks - 
That Way for Years
Disposable

 

 

 

 

On the following, "Stay Young" & "Out of Touch" (tracks on b-side) were recorded live at the Leicester deMontfort Hall, March 8th, 1979.

 

 

Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Bill Nelson's Red Noise 12" 45, Cocteau Records COQT8, 1983.

Side A -
Revolt into Style
Furniture Music

Side B -
Stay Young
Out of Touch

bonus track -
Substitute Flesh

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Rachid Taha

On March 28, I shared a posthumous release by Rachid Taha - Je Suis Africain here. 

 

The legendary Algerian singer Rachid Taha, known as "The King of Rock & Rai" died in September 2018. Taha hit the peak of his popularity in the 1990s, thanks to versions of timeless Arabic hits "Ya Rayah" & "Abdel Kader" (the latter with fellow Algerian singers, rai masters Cheb Khaled & Faudel).

One of Taha's longtime collaborators was English guitarist / producer Steve Hillage, who first met Taha back in 1982. At the time, Taha was frontman of the Arab-Franco rock band Carte de Séjour ('residence permit').

This one is Carte Blanche, a compilation consisting of songs Taha recorded with Carte de Séjour (Mohammed Amini, Mokthar Amini, & Jérôme Savy - tracks 2-6) along with songs from his more recent solo albums, produced by Steve Hillage. It begins with one of his most popular songs, "Ya Rayah". 

 

Rachid Taha & Carte De Séjour – Carte Blanche 2xCD, Barclay, 1997.
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CD1 -
Ya Rayah
Douce France
Bleu De Marseille
Rhorhomanie
Ramsa
Zoubida
Barbès
Bled
Malika
Voilà, Voilà
Indie (vocal version / 1+1+1...)
Non Non Non (original version)
Valencia
Jungle Fiction
Kelma


CD2 -
Kelma (Overload mix)
Non Non Non (Stacey Pullen Electro Funk Dub mix)
Rhorhomanie (Steve Hillage remix)
Indie (Percussion Frenzy mix)
Voilà, Voilà (Lion Rock Orchestra Dub)

 

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May: I Come Again - Some Witch(man) Craft

On January 27 I shared John Roome’s Witchman first full-length here. 

 

When I started this months revisits, I asked if anyone had any revisits they'd like shared here.

Frenz of NSS Tom sez:
     "Could you please post working links for all the other Witchman albums especially "Innasylum" and all his EPs and compilations. If possible please also post all music from his side projects "Gold Water" and "The Unknown Ghosts". The music John Roome released under these names has been very difficult for me to find on the internet to download. Thank you for all the great music you have posted on your website. I greatly appreciate it."

Well, Tom (& all), I dont have "all the other Witchman albums especially Innasylum" but I'm more than glad to share what I do have.

As for Innasylum, not having it is one of my biggest regrets about this artist. It was self-released by John for only a week & then was gone. If anyone reading this has a copy that they are willing to share, I would be forever in your debt. Here's the story of Innasylum in Witchman’s own words. 

 

John Roome sez:
     "The story goes like this...after Explorimenting Beats I recorded a follow up album Innasylum. After delivering the album, the label deemed it too "uncommercial and downtempo". So, back to the drawing board I went, to write a few more ear-friendly tracks, ha!. On delivering the album I was promptly shelved in favor of another *cough* Trance artist with whom I shared the label and was raking in the cash for the powers that be. While I understood the logical thinking behind the decision, it became infuriating. After almost 2 years of gathering dust I left the label and the album in a bitter cloud of disgust, packed my bags and left for NYC. After such a lengthy period I couldn't support the release. I had moved on both technically and creatively. The whole process with the label left an incredibly bad taste in my mouth and as such I had no real passion in recording a new album.

That was 7 years ago! Last week I came across the album while unpacking the new studio.

So ladies and gentlemen, please feel free to follow this link and enjoy:

http://download.yousendit.com/5BE54A4D477B37F2

I believe you have 7 days to download this puppy, after that, it's gone. At least until I upload to the Witchman website server, which knowing me..could well never happen.

Bear in mind the album was recorded back in the stone age (1999-2000) and as such I would sure as hell never release it commercially. It's a document in time. Incidentally, this is not the original intended play list, a couple of tracks were taken off ("Mekong", "Gotham City Rockers") as I never really liked them, but the label did. They have been substituted for tracks I had originally intended for the release, "Sweet Waters" and "Sleepwalkin' the Apocalypse". New artwork has been embedded as the original art was destroyed.

The Masai tribe have a great saying, "the past is another country, I no longer live there" which pretty much sums up how I feel about this album. While I no longer live there, it was enjoyable taking a return trip for an hour.

Thank you to everyone that has supported me over the years, hopefully there will be some bits and pieces within this recording you like. If not..hey it's free...delete it.

Till next time."

So Tom (& all), here's what I've got... 

Heavy Traffic compiles tracks from Witchman's 12"s & EPs from various labels across two discs.

Witchman - Heavy Traffic 2xCD, Deviant Records dvnt27cd, 1997
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CD1 -        
Mutha Lode    
Bullethead    
Heavy Mental    
Bone Music    
Amok II    
Chemical Noir    
Kada Nostra    
Light at the Edge

CD2 -
Hammerhead    
Primal Skin    
Offbeat    
Arcane Radio    
Red Demon Loco    
Offworld (Fire mix)    
Hand of God    
Destiny

 

 

Witchman here teams up with Jammin' Unit from Air Liquide for Inferno..

Witchman vs. Jammin' Unit - Inferno, Blue Planet Recordings PLAN17CD, 1998.

Ice is Blue    
Filter Voodoo    
I-Man Dub    
Sub-Urban Pt. 1
Desert Ill    
After Midnight    
Sub-Urban Pt. 2    
Blind TV (Cathode Ray Dub)

 

 

 

This John Roome project sounds much like Witchman with the rhythms either slowed way down or missing, much more ambient in texture.

Gold Water - Dustbowl, Invisible Inv7003, 1998.

Dried Interior    
Red Chamber    
Goho Dohji    
As Precious as Blood    
Fractured Break    
Blue Haze    
Womb of the Desert Sun

 

 

 

 

The Unknown Ghosts is a collection of tracks by Witchnan, The Orb, Livstrompet, & others recorded, mixed, & produced by Witchman.

The Unknown Ghosts - Transfer at Dub, Mekong Records Ui1030, 2002.

Master of Ceremonies    
Dreadnaught    
Motown featuring Livstrompet
Reality Check featuring Mako & Rosanne
23 Kaboom    
Revolution featuring Baby Johnson
Metro King    
Bronx Warriors    
Sleepwalkin'   
Kingdom of the Eye
City of Ghosts

 

 

 

 

Witchman - The Stolen Voices EP featuring Rosanne Erskine, Mekong Records 2013.

Stolen Voices    
Only You    
Gotta' Be Worth It    
Stolen Voices (Moyma remix)
Stolen Voices (Rain Mix)
Stolen Voices (Rubba Dub)
Gotta' Be Worth It (Lazy Boy mix)

 

 

 

 

Witchman - British Supernatural EP, Mekong Records, 2014.

Ghost Wires    
Badlands    
I am Destroyer    
Earth Inferno    
I See Forever

 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Hope I Don’t Bungle This One

Just this January 8, 2025, on a Mike Patton post, I shared Hemophiliac here. 

 

 

Hemophiliac was an international free improv experimental trio of Mike Patton (voice & electronics), Ikue Mori (laptop electronics), & John Zorn (alto saxophone, voice). I shared their only release, June 2002s self-titled Special Edition on Tzadik label, the 2xCD Hemophiliac which featured live recordings from various locations, released as a limited edition of 2,500 copies autographed by the three artists.

Hemophiliac performed live at Tonic on September 1, 2003 as a part of John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration concert series. They performed an intenselyfocused live set. It was released as 50⁶ in August 2004. 

 

Hemophiliac – 50⁶, Tzadik TZ5006, 2004.
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@:◊:@    
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\/\/\///\/\/\/\\/\///\\/\    
‡*§†*§‡    
<<-^->>    
’·ˇ,'"῎‚ι«ʹ⌝ˇໍ»°"    
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May: I Come Again - Fab. Trip 28

On February 28, 2024 I shared the final trip-hop February entry, Half Dub Theory’s - Value here. 

Half Dub Theory are from Russia & the following was self-released. Not being on a major label, it is not readily available. I decided that while I was hitting some highlights of trip-hop month I should include another on from HDT. 

 

Half Dub Theory here are: Макс Куббе (Max Kubbe) - guitar, vocals; Марина Скалозуб (Marina Skalozub) - vocals; & Андрей Большаков (Andrey Bolshakov) - guitar, synthesizer, sampler, turntables. 

Remember, in theory it's only half Dub. 

 

Half Dub Theory - Floating, Half Dub Theory self-released, 2009.
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21    
Floating    
Control    
Safe & Sudden    
My Own    
Contentious    
Too Late    
Sad Things    
Fly    
Accident Dub    
Zhdatipadat + hidden track

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Fab, Trip 21

On February 21, 2024, still in trip-hop February, I shared Sneaker Pimps - Squaring the Circle here.

I had previously shared most of the Sneaker Pimps catalogue on the August 19, 2018 36 Chambers Nike Dunk High here.

In the fall of 2021, Sneaker Pimps began issuing a series of four sets of remixes of songs from Squaring the Circle called Rework Collection 1 - 4. I have compiled a collection of some of those tracks just for this revisitation. I selected mainly remixes by Liam Howe (AMP), it seems. I just liked them best. 

 

Sneaker Pimps - Rework reworked, NØ Comps., 2025.
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Fighter (AMP remix)
Child in the Dark (AMP remix)
Alibis (AMP remix)
So Far Gone (AMP remix)
SOS (AMP remix)
Stripes (AMP remix)
Paper Room (Markus Guentner remix)
Black Rain (AMP remix)
Love Me Stupid (Simonne Jones remix)

 

 

 

 

Although I previosly shared Sneaker Pimps studio recordings, the band has numerous live recorded sets well worth the listen. This is one of my favorites. This is a part of the ''Live at the I.C.A.'' set of recordings, also known as ''Home Taping''.

Let Liam explain. Liam sez:
     '' ''Home Taping'' was a club night that we organised around the release of Splinter in 1999. It was held monthly at the Institute Of Contemporary Art on the Mall in London (next to the Queen's house). As we all grew up in the 80's, we were very aware of the term ''Home Taping'' (the practice of taping records or radio onto a compact cassette at home). The music industry, which before the advent of the cassette recorder hadn't suffered any significant piracy, suddenly panicked and thought record sales would plummet due to the popularity of the humble cassette. They began a campaign to dissuade kids from copying music, its slogan: ''Home Taping is killing music'', its logo: a cassette perched on a pair of crossed bones (as in skull and cross bones).  The reason why we loved home taping was that, not surprisingly, this practice was not exclusive to us and it seemed that everyone who loved music had tapes that they had made or had been given to them which were totally formative in their musical and cultural development. The whole concept of the night was to invite people (famous and not famous) to send in their tapes and we would simply play them back. The idea was to cover 6 songs that were important to us and in true home taping style they varied quite stupidly from one to the other. We decided to perform them totally live, almost jammed, on 3 keyboards and an electronic drum pad. We stood 4 across the stage like 'Kraftwerk'. The thing I find most interesting is that this recording hints at the humorous part of the Sneaker Pimps, a part mainly kept under lock and key. Certainly I felt that playing Stevie Wonders 'Superstition' in a Kraftwerk kraut rock style was testimony to our comic intentions.''  

This one was recorded in 2000. This set is their most famous gig, featuring covers from David Bowie to Bjork.

Sneaker Pimps - Live at the I.C.A., Liam Howe released bootleg, 2000.

The Chauffeur (Duran-Duran cover)
Golden Brown (The Stranglers cover)
Venus as a Boy (Bjork cover)
Reward (Teardrop Explodes cover)
Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie cover)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Fab, Trip 9

On February 9, 2024, during a trip-hop February, I told the story of the Portishead / Mandalay
Pearl bootleg here. 

 

Mahdalay was a short-lived duo from the UK consisting of Nicola Hitchcock - vocals & Saul Freeman - programming. For this revisit, I'm sharing these two CD singles with additional bonus CD single tracks...

 

Mandalay - This Life CD single, V2 VVR5000113, 1997.
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This Life
Please
Running Down

bonus tracks from This Life remixes CD single, V2 VVR500118, 1997.

This Life (album version)
This Life (Wagon Christ mix)
This Life (Boymerang mix)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandalay - Not Seventeen CD single, V2 VVR5014153, 2000.

Not Seventeen (radio edit)
I Don't Want the Night to End
To See Her

bonus tracks from Not Seventeen CD single, V2 VVR5014158, 2000.

Not Seventeen (Next Men radio edit)
Not Seventeen (Attica Blues remix)
Not Seventeen (Tom Middleton's Cosmos mix)

 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Poison Honey

On September 24, 2022 I shared the band Flykkiller - Experiments in Violent Light here.  

 

 

Flykiller is made up of Pati Yang & her husband, Stephen Hilton. Hilton is David Holmes musical partner & co founder of The Free Association. Pati & Stephen have worked with David Holmes on soundtracks for Buffalo Soldiers, Ocean's Eleven, & Ocean's Twelve. Pati (as Patti) leads the Patti Yang Group. Yang (nee Patrycja Grzymałkiewicz) started her solo career in 1998 when she was only eighteen. I shared her first release as well (see link above).

Here are a few more of her solo releases. First up, weird aughties Trip-hop cult classic... 

 

 

Pati Yang - Silent Treatment, EMI Music Poland, 2005.
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Soul for Me    
Reverse the Day    
All That is Thirst
Unquiet
Pretty Fin (Keith Tenniswood mix)
19:53 Northwest
Giant Cat Woman    
Switch Off the Sun    
1986
Air Stands Still    
Easy Flow

 

 

 

Here's her next, a more cinematic Trip-hop outing...

 

Pati Yang - Faith, Hope, & Fury, EMI Music Poland, 2009.

Summer of Tears    
The Boy in Your Eyes
Stories From Dogland
Over    
Supernatural    
Red Hot Black    
Timebomb    
A Little Wrong featuring Joe Zawinul (guitar)
Strange Friends    
Outside    
Coming Home

 

 

 

One final share, with sparks of electricity running down the wires... 

 

 

Pati Yang - Wires & Sparks, EMI Music Poland, 2011.

Let it Go    
Near to God    
Hold Your Horses    
Kiss it Better    
Breaking Waves    
Revolution Baby    
Darling    
Take a While    
Wires & Sparks    
Fold

 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Never Dreamed I Come Back Like This

On November 8, 2020 I shared the album Deadboy & the Elephant Men
- If This is Hell Then I’m Lucky here. 

 

 

Deadboy & the Elephant Men was an American alternative rock band from 2000 to 2007 based in Houma, Louisiana. Dax Riggs (formerly of Acid Bath & Agents of Oblivion) was the moving force for the band. Riggs conceived the name as a combination of New York punk band Dead Boys & the David Lynch film The Elephant Man.

Here I'm going to share some music by both of Dax's earlier bands Acid Bath & Agents of Oblivion along with another serving of Deadboy & the Elephant Men, then one from Riggs' extensive solo career.

First off from 1994 is this sludge metal bomb with cover artwork by serial killer John Wayne Gacy ... 

 

Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops, Rotten Records 2095-2, 1994.
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The Blue    
Tranquilized    
Cheap Vodka    
Fingerpaintings of the Insane    
Jezebel    
Scream of the Butterfly    
Dr. Seuss is Dead    
Dope Fiend    
Toubabo Koomi    
God Machine    
The Morticians Flame    
What Color is Death    
The Bones of Baby Dolls    
Cassie Eats Cockroaches

 

 

 

 

Next is this swamp rock miasma from 2000... 

 

Agents of Olivion - Agents of Oblivion, Rotten Records 3005-2, 2000.

Endsmouth    
Slave Riot    
A Song that Crawls    
Dead Girl (Acid Bath cover)
Phantom Green    
The Hangman's Daughter    
Ladybug    
Ash of the Mind    
Wither    
Paroled in '54    
Anthem (for this Haunted City)    
Cosmic Dancer (T. Rex cover)
Big Black Backwards

 

 

 

 

Moving forward I'd like to share this alt-swamp 2006 release from D&tEM... 

 

Deadboy & the Elephant Men - We are Night Sky, Fat Possum Records FP1031-2, 2006.

Stop, I'm Already Dead    
No Rainbow    
How Long the Night Was    
Ancient Man    
Dressed in Smoke    
Blood Music    
Walking Stick    
Kissed by Lightning    
Misadventures of Dope    
Break it Off    
Evil Friend    
What the Stars Have Eaten

 

 

 

 

Finally, from 2010, a solo Louisiana blues rock release from Dax...

 

 

Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight to the World, Fat Possum Records FP1220-2, 2010.

Say Goodnight to the World
I Hear Satan
You Were Born to Be My Gallows
Gravedirt on My Blue Suede Shoes
Like Moonlight
No One Will Be a Stranger
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley cover)
Sleeping With the Witch
Let Me Be Your Cigarette
See You All in Hell or New Orleans

 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Adam in Burning Chrome Chains

On October 22, 2018 I ventured into the world of cyberpunk related tuneage.
I shared Dope Stars Inc. - ://Neuromance here. 

 

 

Dope Stars, Inc. are an Industrial/cyberpunk band from Rome, Italy.

While bands like Hanoi Rocks & HIM are the band's inspiration, Dope Stars insert catchy choruses reminiscent of 1980s pop-metal bands such as Bon Jovi or 1990s alternative pop bands like Weezer into the industrial-metal & cyberpunk frameworks of bands like White Zombie, Foetus, Front Line Assembly, or KMFDM. Dope Stars Inc. maintain a hardcore industrial tone with emphasis on technology / cyberpunk imagery. The band focuses on the power of computers in our lives & on society's overdependence on them.

This is their follow-up to ://Neuromance. On it Alan Vega plays lead guitar.

 

Dope Stars Inc. - Gigahearts, Trisol TRI293CD, 2006.
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Multiplatform Paradise    
Beatcrusher    
Braindamage    
Lost    
Can You Imagine    
Play 'N' Kill    
Bang Your Head    
Just the Same for You    
Technologic Age    
Citizen XT-99    
Critical World

 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Mish Mash

On October 4, 2016 I shared a release by Alan Bishop (Alvarius B) here. Al B is one of the founding members of Sun City Girls, a band that I hold in high esteem. I've also shared several by the other surviving Bishop brother & Sun City Girl, Sir Richard here & here.

Sun City Girls was formed in Phoenix, AZ in 1981 by multi-instrumentalist brothers Alan & Richard Bishop with their friend, drummer Charlie Gocher. Gocher died on February 19th, 2007 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 54. The Bishop brothers continued together as Brothers Unconnected. Both also have extensive solo careers as well as numerous varied side-projects. 

 

Alan runs Abduction & Sublime Frequencies labels. He has travelled extensively including long stays in Indonesia & Egypt. He has been in over a dozen groups & has released solo material as Alan Koeswoyo, Uncle Jim, Hitman Kong Thep, & Alvarius B.

Here's one from Alvarius... 

 

Alvarius B - Baroque Primitiva, Abduction ABDT046, 2011.
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The Dinner Party    
Mussolini's Exit    
Humor Police
You Only Live Twice
Face to Face With a Couple Axes    
Well Known Stranger
Naturally Absolute    
Funny Thing Is...    
3 Dead Girls
Like That Madri Gal    
God Only Be Without You

 

 

 

 

In the early 2010s, Alan formed a band based in Cairo, Egypt amidst mysterios circumstances. The band is called El Ayadi El Kafeyya (or The Invisible Hands). The band consists of Alvarius B with     Adham Zidan, Cherif El Masri, Magued Nagati, & Aya Memeda.

This is their second offering from 2014. Here they are joined by Eyvind Kang, Mohamed Asem, Mohamed Ibrahim, & Sammy Sayed..

 

.

The Invisible Hand - Teslam, Abduction ABDT054, 2014.

Invisible Hands    
Slaughterhouse    
Places    
Over Easy    
Eyes in the Back of Your Head    
Weasel Down    
The Great Implosion    
The Blaze    
Spaces    
Priests & Poets    
Carrion

 

 

 

 

 

Brother Richard Bishop released his first solo record (while still a member of Sun City Girls) Salvador Kali on John Fahey's esteemed Revenant Records label in 1998. It was issued under the name of Sir Richard Bishop (the name stuck). Nowdays, Richard is mainly known as an experimental solo guitarist whose work often reflects the shadow worlds of India, the Middle East, North Africa, & other points along the Gypsy trail. 

Tangier Sessions was released in 2015 by Drag City. It consists of a series of improvisations recorded in Tangier, Morocco in 2014 using a 19th century parlor guitar of mysterious origin (seen above). Them Sun City Bros. love their mysteries.

 

 

Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions, Drag City DC618CD, 2015.

Frontier
Bound in Morocco
Safe House
Hadija
Mirage
International Zone
Let it Come Down

 

 

 

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May: I Come Again - Absolute Equinox

On a June 21, 2016 post highlighting Surrealism crafted around the surrealist tome Les Champs Magnétiques (The Magnetic Fields) by André Breton & Philippe Soupault, I shared Aksak Maboul  in the third chapter "Eclipses" here. 

 Sven Advisory Warning

Aksak Maboul is a Belgian band started in 1977, when producer Marc Moulin commissioned Marc Hollander to write & record an album for his label Kamikaze. Marc teamed up with his friend Vincent Kenis. The pair proceeded to fuse & deconstruct all kinds of genres to create their own musical world. Their 2nd album Un peu de l'âme des bandits (see link above) was recorded with an extended line up featuring Fred Frith & Chris Cutler (of Henry Cow / Art Bears fame).

In 1980, Aksak Maboul went through an avant-No Wave phase after enrolling three members of Brussels band Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel, as well as vocalist Véronique Vincent. The new line-up then recorded the 1982 Honeymoon Killers album. They then continued performing under that name until 1988.

2014 saw the release of the 3rd Aksak Maboul album. It's the avant-electropop opus now known as Ex-Futur Album, which was written, recorded, yet unfinished in 1980-83 by Marc Hollander with Honeymoon Killers vocalist Véronique Vincent & original founding AM member Vincent Kenis. 

 

Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul with the Honeymoon Killers – Ex-Futur Album,
Crammed Discs CRAM014, 2014.
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Chez Les Aborigènes
Afflux de Luxe
Je Pleure Tout le Temps
Veronika Winken
Réveillons-Nous
I'm Always Crying
My Kind of Doll
Luxurious Dub
Le Troisième Personnage
The Aboriginal Variations


bonus tracks -    
Réveillons-Nous (live)
Mit Den Eingeborenen (live)
I'm Always Remixing

 

 

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May: I Come Again - This Dub is Beat Meat

On April 10, 2016 I shared Meat Beat Manifesto - Echo in Space Dub here. 

 

 

Thought I’d share some more of Jack Dangers' MBM Dub. Some different versions of the song I shared before along with numerous new tracks... 

 

Meat Beat Manifesto - ...In Dub, Run Recordings RUN33783, 2004.
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Introduction Dub    
Echo in Space Dub
Spinning Round Dub    
Fromage Dub
Intermission Dub    
Super Soul Dub
Caramel Dub    
Happiness Supreme Dub    
Retrograde Dub
Timebomb Dub    
Radiation Dub    
Retrograde Pt. 2 Dub We R 1 

 

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May: I Come Again - Fire & Bromstone

On September 3, 2015 I shared Darshan Ambient - Autumn’s Apple here. 

 

 

Darshan Ambient was a solo project of Mike Allison. If you want to read about Mike's extensive music career (especially 80s NYC bands) follow the link above. Allison left New York in 1987. He moved to San Francisco & began to make ambient electronic music independently of major record labels. He was heavily influenced by NSS faves Brian Eno & Bill Nelson. He chose the name Darshan, from a Sanskrit word meaning "divine vision", adding the word "Ambient" to distinguish his music from that of an existing band called Darshan. He started to record & release his own music in 1992.

Allison died January 9, 2020, aged 61, from cancer.

Here's one from 2002... 

 

Darshan Ambient - The Zen Master's Diary, Darshan Ambient self-released, 2002.
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Prelude: Evidence of Light    
Night Shot of Earth    
Grace    
Drawing Water    
Wanting    
It has Begun    
Bless You    
The Rightness of Things    
The Zen Master's Diary

 

 

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