Let's Get Sirius...An Entire Planet of Dog

While the rest of the Planet Dog roster was made up of bands that were a vital part of the UK festival scene at the time, Children of the Bong were more of a studio act (although they gave many live performances - their first gig being at Rainbow Farm).

Daniel sez:
       "We supported Banco De Gaia in Birmingham. After the gig, Toby Marks (BDG) asked us to support him on his UK tour, which having just turned 18 was a bit of a coup for us!  On this tour we met Michael Dog, head man at Planet Dog Records, who said he was interested in signing us. This was great, however, we also had interest from China records and Andy Weatherall (who weirdly, wanted us to change our name). We considered the options and although China had offered a big advance and Weatherall could do no wrong,  I don't think Children of the Bong would have been at home anywhere but Planet Dog!"

Made up of Daniel Goganian & Rob Henry, who had met at Harrow College, Rob had a new-age tape of music from the Andes that had a song called "Children of the Bong". He decided that was a perfect name for their band. Children of the Bong created Dub, hip-hop, & ambient music in the privacy of Rob's bedroom musical studio, working through the nights experimenting, developing the Bong style: weird sounds; crazy beats; languid melodies; lunar soundscapes; all with "a dollop of cheek!". 

 

Children of the Bong - Sirius Sounds 2xLP + 10". Planet Dog BARKLP012S, 1995.
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Side one -
This side -
Polyphase
Ionospheric State
Other side -
Interface Reality
The Veil...

Side three -
This side -
Underwater Dub
Life on Planet Earth
Other side -
Squigglasonica
Visitor

10" -
This side -
Underwater Dub (Full on, Drums & Bass All Hands on Deck Roots mix...!)
Other side -
Underwater Dub (Analogical Roots mix)

 

 

Well, everybody, the Children are back better than ever, bringing back the high holy days of 90s ambient dub/techno/hybridtronica. Everything you expect from CotB: heavy heavy basslines; fat Moog/synth vibrations; & immersive rhythms. Welcome to the 21st Century, Dog...

 

Children of the Bong - (Not Sirius), Disco Gecko GKOCD041, 2023.

Eleven Dimension Super Gravity    
Babylon 3    
Dubber FX
Feedback Returns
U.V.F. (Ultraviolet Frequencies)    
Cosmic Flash    
Elefunk    
Babylon 4    
In Flight Trance    
Breathe

 

 

 

Enjoy the chill,
NØ

Dog Day Afternoon

The days between July 3rd & August 11 this year are the dog days of summer. This afternoon they've been hounding me.

The dog days are these hot, sultry days of summer historically following the rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"). Greek astrology connected the dog days with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, & bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Well the raging fevers & howling mad dogs have been plaguing me big time so I'll dump some Planet Dog on you to start out August, see if I can appease my troubled mind. Those damn dogs, this afternoon they've been on my trail. 

 

Before I hit the Planet, how about a little slaughter... 

 

Slaughter & the Dogs - A Dog Day Afternoon, TKO Records TKO ROUND 113, 2003.
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Twist & Turn
Who Are the Mystery Girls?
Runaway
Boston Babies
Saturday Night Till Sunday Morning
Situations
Blow
Hell in New York
Welcome to Our Town
I'm Mad
Quick Joey Small
Where Have All the Bootboys Gone?
White Light, White Heat
The Bitch
Cranked Up Really High

 

 

 

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Day Trippin'

This is the last share that popped out of the Various Artists compilations from last month. I want to thank all the Frenz for their requests & suggestions. They sure helped with my choices thru-out. I’ll be gone Day Trippin' for the next few. I'll be back for August's craziness. While I'm gone, take a look around at past posts (there's a list of nearly everything on the right under the Labels heading or use the search box in the upper left). You just might find something you missed. & please let me know if you find dead links. I'll try to fix 'em.

But onward...

 

Tor.Ma is the moniker of Rafael Hernandez, a Dubtempo artist from Playa del Carmen, Mexico. His music incorporates elements of psy-Dub / steppa / downtempo / psychill.

The hypnotic rhythms of psychedelic electronica collide with the surreal / twisted atmosphere of global Dub in the musical creations of Mexico's Tor.Ma in Dub. Born from the sweaty dance floors of the psytrance movement, Tor.Ma's sonic styling takes shape as a kaleidoscopic montage of old-school / new-school sounds careening through the psychedelic expanse, each broken apart then  reshuffled to create a funky, bass-driven interpretation of 21st-century Dub music. Pulling from his roots as a trance producer, Tor.Ma in Dub's stylish compositions brandish a driving, psychedelic edge set atop an intoxicating dance-inducing beat, militant percussion, & heavy bass. Drenched in the dark fragmented tones of classic Dub, these arrangements converge as a portrait of sound projected through a psychedelic lens & beamed into the very heart of dance floor culture. Revelrous, capable of hurdling listeners across time / space with the flip of a switch, Tor.Ma in Dub's approach to production promises adventure & wildness to all who partake in his musical visions.

Primed equally for live experiences as for the confines of one's private quarters, Tor.Ma in Dub is an invitation to peel back the layers of separation between genres, to cross over into a space beyond rules, where tempo / style ebb & flow without control. 

 

Tor.Ma in Dub - Jump High (from the Roots to the Stars), Beats & Pieces BNP002, 2010.
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Prayer    
Izel    
Out of There    
This Way (live edit)    
Subconscious    
Gaia    
Times a Billion    
Smile    
Metamorph
Impulse    
Dark Dub    
Biocircuit    
Raining Dub (special breaks edit) 

 

 

 

Tor.Ma in Dub - Delirious Experiences & Echoes, self-released, 2014.

Ya Basta    
The Time is Now    
No Difference Between I & I - Tor.Ma in Dub
Reverdeciendo (Tor.Ma in Dub remix) - Lengualerta
Infront of Me    
Night Dub - Tor.Ma in Dub    
Engines On (Tor.Ma in Dub remix) - Loud
Lucid Dream    
Scatattack    
Into the Water - Tor.Ma in Dub

 

 

 

 

 

Tor.Ma in Dub - Secret Message, self-released, 2014.

.​.​.​And the Story Goes (part II)    
Rain on the Moon    
Duff Duff Dub    
Sacred Smoke    
The Secret Message    
Bridge to Zion
And Beyond
Dubbers March
Victory Walk
Energy Boost    
Light & Smoke
Anahata    
Smile (live with the Sonic Vibes Army Band)

 

 

 

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Time for Our A.A. Meeting

 

Amorphous Androgynous is one of the Future Sound of London's most well-known aliases. Used for their early 90s album Tales of Ephidrina. FSoL had a string of early 00s psychedelic releases [The Isness (2002), Alice in Ultraland (2005),  The Peppermint Tree & The Seeds of Superconsciousness (2008)]. These later psychedelic releases generally add a 'The' to the name to differentiate from the '90s electronic material.

This psychedelic classic has added vocal support from Doree Jackson. 

 

FSoL present The Amorphous Androgynous - Alice in Ultraland, Harvest 2005.
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The Emptiness of Nothingness
The Witchfinder
The Witch Hunt
All is Harvest
The Prophet
Indian Swing
The Seasons Turn
High & Dry
Yes My Brother - You've Gotta Turn Yourself Around
In the Summertime of Consciousness
Billy the Onion
Another Fairy Tale Ending
The World is Full of Plankton
The Wicker Doll

 

 

 

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William Smiles

 Left to right: John Giorno, William Burroughs, Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk 

 

 

Sandoz was one of the most prominent solo monikers of Richard H. Kirk since 1992. After Caberet Voltaire, Kirk focussed on solo projects such as Sandoz & Sweet Exorcist, his collaboration with Richard Barratt (aka DJ Parrot). With Sandoz he had the most post CV success.  As Sandoz, Kirk produced (after twenty years of listening to Jamaican music) contemporary electronic Dance music with Jamaican Reggae / Dub influences as well as other ethnic styles. 

 

In 2021 Richard H. Kirk died. His label, Mute, confirmed the news, giving no cause of death. Kirk was 65 years old.

Here's one of his earlier releases using the Sandoz nom de musique after a series of singles & EPs. Intensely Radioactive... 

 

Sandoz - Intensely Radioactive, Touch TO23, 1994.
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Beneath the City Streets
Inner Rhythms    
Exoskeleton    
Intensely Radioactive    
Atro City Reaction    
Intelligence    
Revolution    
Luminous 

 

 

Try these catchy rhythms / beats mixed with haunting tribal chants.

Sandoz - Afrocentris, Intone INTONECD001, 2001.

Spooks inna Congo    
Nye (We are Silent)    
I'm not Afraid    
Dissolved (in Acid)    
Beaucoup de Gris Gris, Beaucoup de Talisman    
Terminator Chop & Clean    
Na Panza    
Bring Me Joy    
Nye (....mix)    
O Technique ff Transformation    
Panza    
Phaseur

 

 

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And a Third from Third

 

Another short-lived band with little infornation that were signed to the legendary Third Mind label. Electro new wave duo made up of Christopher Read - guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming & John Hassett.- vocals with ocassional additional synthesizer by Curtis Schwartz.. Their sound is dense, paranoid, & ethereal, entirely synth driven. It features heavy grooves...upbeat with a very classic bass-driven wave sound that is both claustrophobic & psychedelic. 

 

Intimate Obsessions - Assassin 12" 45, Third Mind Records TMS06, 1985
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Side A -
Assassin (Grinding remix)
Why Can't I

Side AA -
Why Can't I (extended mix)
Assassin 

 

 

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Another from Third Mind

Not much information about this short-lived band. Scottish indie pop / synth pop duo made up of brother / sister Mervyn & Heather Wright.

Heather later joined Beautiful Pea Green Boat. (I've shared their Still Life album on the first C'est la Mort post here.)

This is another rarity from the great Third Mind Records label.

God Said - Off the Plot, Third Mind Records TMLP23, 1988.
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Side 1 -
Slip into Gear
House G
Absurdly Obsessed
A Thousand Tears
Reunion

Side 2 -
The Man Who Said Yes
Out of Time
Hear Them
Slowly

 

 

 

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Request by A Different Dave

When I shared Sounds of the Unexpexted last month, A different Dave sez:
       "...my artist pick from the compilations to get more of would be The Tornados. I only ever hear single tracks of theirs, but I always find them exciting."  

I have quite a bit of The Tornados. The original "Telstar". Couldn't decide what to share, but because A different Dave (not Mr.Dave) asked so nicely, I think I'll hit' em hard with this double CD anthology (contains "Hot Pot" from Weird & Wacky...

The Tornados were an English instrumental rock group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions. They were also the backing band for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK & US no. 1 "Telstar" (named after the satellite, composed & produced by Meek). "Telstar" was the first US no. 1 single by a British group. Their instrumental material often featured a futuristic sound, reflecting Meek's interest in electronics & sound manipulation. 

 

The Tornados - Ridin' the Wind-The Anthology 2xCD, Castle Music CMDDD428, 2002.
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CD 1 -
Love & Fury
Popeye Twist
Telstar
Jungle Fever
Globetrotter
Locomotion with Me
Ridin' the Wind (US version)
The Breeze & I
Robot
Life on Venus
The Ice Cream Man
Theme from 'The Scales of Justice'
Dragonfly
Hymn for Teenagers
Joystick
Hot Pot
Monte Carlo
Blue, Blue Beat
Exodus
Blackpool Rock
Granada
Ragunboneman
Early Bird
Stompin' Through the Rye
Stingray
Aqua Marina
Pop Art Goes Mozart
Too Much in Love to Hear
Is That a Ship I Hear?
Do You Come Here Often?

CD 2 -
Ridin' the Wind (UK version)
Dreaming on a Cloud
Red Roses & a Sky of Blue
Earthy
All the Stars in the Sky
Swinging Beefeater
Chasing Moonbeams
Theme from 'A Summer Place'
Ready Teddy
My Babe
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Long Tall Sally
Indian Brave
Flycatcher
Dreams Do Come True
Lullaby for Gulia
Costa Monger
Lonely Paradise
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Rip it Up
Alan's Tune
Cootenanny
Night Rider
Lullaby of the Stars
Shakedown
Party Spirit
Sidewalk Serenade
Alright
Fortune Teller
Telstar (live)
Exodus (live)
Czardas (live)
Lawrence of Arabia
No More You & Me

 

 

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Join the Army, Skate the World

J.F.A. or JFA is the common notation for the Phoenix, Arizona skatepunk band Jodie Foster's Army (a twisted reference to John Hinckley's attempt at murdering Reagan just days before the band formed). 

 

The band was made up of skater friends Brian Brannon - vocals, Don Redondo - guitar, Mike Cornelius - bass, & Mike ‘Bam Bam' Sversvold - drums. One of the footnotes to this great band is that Sun City Girls alum Alan Bishop played bass for the band at one time (1984-1986). 

JFA was hugely responsible for the rise & enjoyment of skatepunk.Their first gig was opening for Black Flag. JFA's first national tour was in the summer of 1983 following the release of their first full-length album Valley of the Yakes. 

 

JFA - Valley of the Yakes, Placebo Records PLA401, 1983.
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Frontside -     
Kick You
Great Equalizer
Preppy
Little Big Man
Johnny D
Walk Don't Run
I Don't like You

Backside -     
Baja
Skateboard
We Know You Suck
Too Late
Sadistic Release
Axed at Howards
I-10
Guess What?

 

 

 

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From the Third Mind

 

Bill Pritchard was born in 1964 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK. Pritchard is a singer-songwriter, instrumentalist (guitars, keyboards), musical arranger, & producer.

His eponymous debut album was released in 1987 on the Third Mind label. Bill Pritchard's music at this early stage of his musical career was heavily reminiscent of the new wave/post-punk of the early 80s. Characteristic of his music are his fantastic baritone vocals & his elaborate introspective lyrics.

Bill Pritchard - Bill Pritchard, Third Mind Records TMLP19, 1987.
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Side One -
Black Souls Under White Skies
Sheltered Life
Pas de Plaisanterie
White City

Side Two -
Arsenic & Old Lace
Dimanche Soir
Grey Parade
Greek Street
Impact of the Cities

 

 

 

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A Stitch in Time

 

Jah Stitch was born Melbourne James in Kingston, Jamaica. He honed his vocal skills in the same singing yard as Roy Shirley, Stranger Cole, & The Heptones. Together with a friend called Finger he started the Fingertone Sound System. That Sound would later evolve to Lord Tippertone Sound System. Around this time Jah Stitch met Bunny Lee. They started a musical &  personal friendship. Stitch's first release however was produced by Errol Holt as the single “Danger Zone Chapter 3“. Jah Stitch soon left Tippertone. He joined Black Harmony Sound which resulted in the shooting of Stitch outside of Bob Marleys shop in Kingston’s Beeston Street. This incident would lead to Jah Stitch reinventing his deejay style. He cut “No Dread Can't Dead” where he had an almost spoken delivery.

In the 80s he changed his name to Major Stitch. He also joined Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion focusing on Selecting for the Sound as well as supervising the cutting of dubplates. He was responsible for the first recording efforts of Yami Bolo, Nitty Gritty, Pinchers, & Tenor Saw.

Jah Stitch died April 28, 2019.

Dread inna Jamdown was recorded in the late 70s at Harry J's, Randy's Studio 17 & Channel 1 in Kingston, Jamaica. Musicians involved include: Earl 'Chinna' Smith & Tony Chin - guitars; Winston Wright - organ; Aston 'Family Man' Barrett & Robbie Shakespeare - bass; Carlton 'Santa' Davis, Carlton Barrett, & SlyDunbar - drums; Tommy McCook & Lennox Brown - saxophone; Vin Gordon - trombone; & Bobby Ellis - trumpet...all cream of the crop. The best by any test.

Jah Stitch - Dread inna Jamdown, Kingston Sounds KSCD012, 2007.
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Dread inna Jamdown    
Dem Seek Natty Everywhere    
Make a Joyful Noise    
Serious Thing    
The Best by Any Test    
Natty Dread Skanking    
From Dusk to Dawn    
Hold on Tight    
Love for Everyone    
Rock to the Beat    
Natty Going on So    
Live Together in Harmony    
Tune into Jumpers    
Channel 1 Lesson

 

 

 

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From an Insight by Mr.Dave

 

The Plugz, formed in the barrios of East L.A. (or Hollywood) in 1978, were the first Latino punk band. They created a blend of punk & Hispanic sounds unknown at that time that honored punk without trashing their Latino heritage.They covered pop-songs like "La Bamba" at break neck speed as well as writing their own original material. 

At the height of their popularity, the Plugz came close to signing a major label deal, but singer / band leader Tito Larriva believed in the punk DIY aesthetic.

Tito sez:
       "I looked in the Yellow Pages ... and found the Alberti pressing plant. Manufacturing each single cost 29 cents, and sleeves cost a penny. It was a mom and pop organization, with two Latinos in the back room pressing records by hand in what looked like a tortilla press. We ordered 500 right off." 

That was the start of Fatima Records in 1979, a joint venture between Larriva, Yolanda Ferrer (who came through with the money), & Richard Duardo. Together, the three produced the Plugz's Electrify Me & Better Luck, as well as The Brat's first & only self-titled album.

The Plugz hold a seminal spot in the annals of punk, having shared the stage with groups such as X & the Circle Jerks at notorious punk clubs like Madame Wong's & the Masque. 

 

The Plugz - Electrify Me, Plug Records PR001, 1979.
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Plugz Side -
A Gain - A Loss
The Cause
Electrify Me
Satisfied Die
La Bamba


Electrified Side -
Adolescent
Braintime
Wordless
Let Go
Infection
Berserktown

bonus tracks -
Revolution
Mindless Contentment

 

 

 

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I Get Maximum Joy Out of Sharing These

 

Formed in 1979 from the ashes of another favorite of mine, Glaxo Babies by Tony Wrafter (saxophonist / trumpeter), Charlie Llewellin (drums), & Dan Catsis (bass). Catsis had been in The Pop Group as well as Glaxo Babies & brought along fellow Pop Group alum John Waddington (guitar). With Janine Rainforth at the helm as vocalist & co-founder along with Wrafter, Maximum Joy released a number of cult groove classic singles.

Maximum Joy - I Can't Stand it Here on Quiet Nights: Singles 1981-82 2x12",
Silent Street SSR001, 2017.
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Side A -
Silent Street / Silent Dub    

Side B -
White & Green Place (Extraterrestrial mix)    
In the Air (12“ mix)

Side C -
Building Bridges / Building Dub    
Simmer ‘til Done    

Side D -
Stretch (7" mix)    
Do it Today

 

 

 

The band toured extensively. In 1982 they released Station MXJY, an album produced by Adrian Sherwood. 

Maximum Joy - Station MXJY, Y Records Y28, 1982;

Catch 1 -    
Dancing on My Boomerang
Do it Today
Let it Take You There
Searching for a Feeling

Throw 2 -    
Where's Deke?
Temple Bomb Twist
Mouse an' Me
All Wrapped Up!

 

 

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On the Delta

 

Delta 5 were an English post-punk band from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Part of the Leeds art/music scene in the late 70s that launched The Gang of Four & The Mekons, Delta 5 was signed to Rough Trade after only a few months in existence. They released their first single recording, "Mind Your Own Business/Now That You've Gone" in 1979. BBC host / producer John Peel received an advance copy of the single & played it twice the same night he got it. He then requested that the band do a "Sessions" gig for him. With this, the band was officially on its way. Relentless gigging with The Gang of Four, Echo & the Bunnymen, B52s, Specials, Teardrop Explodes, U2 put the band on the map worldwide. They continued touring / recording until various members departed in late 1981, when they recorded one last single. They broke up for good in 1982.

Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81, Kill Rock Stars KRS415CD, 2006.
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Mind Your Own Business
Now That You've Gone
Anticipation
You
Try
Colour
Delta 5    
Make Up    
Triangle    
Innocenti    
Train Song    
Final Scene    
Singing the Praises    
Shadow
Circuit
Journey

 

 

 

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Coming to a Future Near You

                                                                   Teletubbies Darkwave

A War of Attrition

 

Attrition began after Martin Bowes issued, as part of a fanzine covering the Coventry music scene, a vinyl compilation. Subsequently he met Julia Niblock at a resulting music festival. After a handful of demos, fully-formed tracks by Attrition began to appear on several notable cassette compilations, such as the Rising from the Red Sand series from the fledging Third Mind label.

In 1983 their vinyl breakthrough came with the inclusion of "Dreamsleep" on the influential The Elephant Table Album here alongside notable experimental artists such as Nurse with Wound, Chris & Cosey, Portion Control. Coil even opened for them at their first London show.

I've shared their cassette release Death House that they released that same year here.

They toured several times with The Legendary Pink Dots in 1984 & 1985. Here's a cassette split recorded live during the Terminal Kaleidoscope Tour from March 29 - April 15, 1985 in Holland & Switzerland. 

 

The Legendary Pink Dots/Attrition - The Terminal Kaleidoscope cassette,
Ding Dong Records & Tapes DDC011, 1985.
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Terminal Side -
Flowers for the Silverman
Lust for Powder
Kitto
Tower 4
Neon Gladiators - The Legendary Pink Dots

Kaleidoscope Side -
Reflections
Redoubt of Light
The Next Day
Across the Divide
Beast of Burden
Surge & Run - Attrition

 

 

 

Attrition were set slightly apart from their experimental & industrial contemporaries by the combination of punk aesthetics with EBM-styled beats but also the inclusion of ethereal / classical touches that permeate nearly all of their repertoire. After initial releases which moved from eerily constructed ambience into standard dancefloor electro sounds, the band soon developed their distinctive texture, based on haunting synthesizer washes, strong beats, fretless bass backing, & Martin Bowes's deep growls contrasted with Julia Niblock's operatic soprano flourishes.

 

 

Attrition - Take Five, Support Fonografici SF018, 1987.

Side 1 -
Take Five
This Final Push
Shotgun

Side 2 -
For Julie
The Wrecking Ground

 

 

 

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By Request from Frenz Richard - Iancu Dumitrescu

Composer, artist, & music critic Iancu Dumitrescu was born in 1944 in Sibiu, Romania. He studied composition with Alfred Mendelsohn, Aurel Stroe, Stefan Niculescu, & Sergiu Celibidache.

His compositions are intuitive & his magical musick making are inspired by the ancient sages that revolve around the idea of the Socratic term "acousmatique". In his compositions the most distant harmonies of the sound spectrum are used & explored. It is noteworthy that the resulting sound is created with simple complexity, "natural" means, without application of extensive technical resources. Dumitrescu was deeply inspired by the direction of spectral music of Giacinto Scelsi.

In 1976 Iancu Dumitrescu founded the "Hyperion Ensemble" in which a series of extraordinary interpreters display works of the Romanian avant-garde.

The 1980s young generation of Romanian composers headed by Iancu Dumitrescu had a unique position through their development of the "spectral sound" music, using almost only acoustical instruments. Dumitrescu & his colleague Horatio Radulescu have awakened new attention to this until now almost unknown Romanian music.

The music of Iancu Dumitrescu explores the ultimate sense of sound, guiding the listener through new spheres of sonic adventure, a kind of cryptic music. Based on the idea of "acousmatique", a Socratic term meaning exploration of sonic phenomenon, his music takes it's formal models from the very structure of sound with a perfect relationship between micro / macro structure, this phenomenological approach to the act of composing implies at the same time a very good confidence in the intuitive dimension of discovery.

"Medium II" is the mysterious reverse of "Cogito". The two sides of the record can be heard consecutively or simultaneously on two turntables. The ideal listening situation is to hear the two structures in sync. The simultaneous experience is free to anyone, anytime & can be repeated as it challenges the creativity of the listener.

Enjoy this unique experience & thank Richard...

"Medium II" composed 1978-1979 for double-bass solo (Hyperion Publishing House, Bucharest);
"Cogito (Trompe-L'œil)" composed 1981 for two double basses, prepared piano, Javanese gong, crystals & metal objects (Éditions Salabert, Paris). 

 

Iancu Dumitrescu - Medium II / Cogito, ED.RZ1001, 1987.
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Side 1 - 

Medium II    
Side 2 -
Cogito (Trompe-L'œil)

 

 

 

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Here Come a Superpitcher Fastball

 

Aksel Schaufler, known as Superpitcher, is a German born producer, musician, & DJ, based in Paris. Since 1996, he has worked mainly with Cologne based record label Kompakt producing his own music & countless remixes. In 2011, Superpitcher & artist Rebolledo formed Pachanga Boys. Together they own the record label Hippie Dance.

Here is Superpitcher's first full-length... 

 

Superpitcher - Here Comes Love, Kompakt KOMPAKTCD32, 2004.
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People    
The Long Way    
Sad Boys    
Träume
Love Me Forever
Fever
Lovers Rock
Happiness    
Even Angels

 

 

 

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Twins of a Different Element

Whereas the last Twins were golden, these Twin are more brassy.  Whereas Climax Golden Twins was a duo (& friends), this set of Twins is one person. Fantastic Twins is the ongoing project of French composer, producer, & live performer Julienne Dessagne.

This one is mixed & produced by Superpitcher (coming up next)... 

 

Fantastic Twins - Two is Not a Number, House of Slessor HOS002, 2023.
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I was First    
Sisters at Odds    
Land of Pleasure Hi Fi    
Master & Disciple    
Silver Moon Dial
Twins Can't Love    
From Above    
All of This is Resolved

 

 

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As Requested by FlaccusMUC - More Climax Golden Twins

Way back in 2013 I shared 5 Cents a Piece by Climax Golden Twins here. 

 

Climax Golden Twins were an experimental music duo based in Seattle, often involving a wide range of artists & sound styles for any of their given projects. Their work also includes soundtracks, scores for choreography, gallery installations, & live performances. This one is the soundtrack for Session 9, a tale of terror where a group of asbestos removal workers start work in an abandoned insane asylum. The complex of buildings looms up out of the woods like a dormant beast. Grand, imposing ... abandoned, deteriorating. 

 

Climax Golden Twins -Session 9 OST, Milan, 2001.
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A Few Simple Up & Down Jerks
Hobbes Theme
Noon, About Noon
I Live in the Gut
Mortified Pride
Exit Plan
I Want to Talk to Amy
I Saw You
Ward A
Seclusion
Dissapointed Expectations - Climax Golden Twins
Piece for Tape Recorder - Vladimir Ussachevsky 

 

 

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