A Little Bit More & a Little Bit More

 

Erez 'I.Zen' Eisen & Amit 'Duvdev' Duvdevani formed the PsyTrance unit Infected Mushroom in Haifi, Isreal in 1996. Erez is a classically trained musician. He learned to play the organ at age four. Amit learned to play piano at age eight. He played keyboards in a punk band as a teen. Infected Mushroom play a distinct style of hard, pulsing electronics with psychedelic stylings & contantly shifting tempos. They rely on a complex mix of acoustic guitars & synthesized basses

This, their seventh release, finally broke into the Billboard charts, reaching the Top 10 in Dance/Electronic albums of 2009. Constantly touring (averaging 120+ shows per year including Coachella & Burning Man - 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, & 2022), Infected Mushroom live include Erez & Amit with additional vocalists & analog instruments (guitars & drums) set against a multimedia backdrop. 

 

Infected Mushroom - Legend of the Black Shawarma, Perfecto AMD 101140, 2009.
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Poquito Mas
Saeed   
End of the Road   
Smashing the Opponent (vocals – Jonathan Davis)
Can't Stop   
Herbert the Pervert
Killing Time (vocals – Perry Farrell)
Project 100   
Franks   
Slowly   
The Legend of the Black Shawarma   
Riders on the Storm (Infected Mushroom Remix)

 

The last song reminded me of this release. Bonus for my friends... 

 

Various - A Psych Tribute to the Doors, Cleopatra CLP1556, 2014.

L.A. Woman - Elephant Stone
Soul Kitchen - The Black Angels
Love Me Two Times - Psychic Ills
Hello, I Love You - Dark Horses
People are Strange - Camera
The Crystal Ship - Dead Meadow
The Soft Parade - Sons of Hippies
Riders on the Storm - Dead Skeletons
Light My Fire - Wall of Death   
Touch Me - Clinic
Roadhouse Blues - Vietnam
Love Her Madly - Geri X
The End - The Raveonettes

Enjoy,
NØ

A Rose for Randy’s

Charles Bobuck was Hardy Winfred Fox, Jr, one of the few known members of The Residents.

Fox was co-founder & primary composer of this Obscurity group.

According to the Cryptic Cprporation propoganda:
      "Chuck’s Ghost Stories is one of a string of Residents releases related to the group's Talking Light tour. It is a soundtrack album for the Randy's Ghost Stories video project, which stars the group's lead singer Randy Rose. The album contains music written & performed mostly by Charles Bobuck, the group's long-time composer & keyboardist.

It directly preceded the introduction of Bobuck's solo "contraptions", an outlet for extra-Residential recording activities which he could not pursue fully with the group. The first of these "contraptions" was the 2012 album Codgers on the Moon, though Bobuck had recorded similar projects as early as the 1990s.

Originally issued solely through the group's now-defunct Robot Selling Device online MP3 store & credited to "The Residents' Talking Light", Chuck's Ghost Music was later released on a USB thumb drive with a lanyard sold exclusively at stops on the Talking Light tour & again later in 2012 as a CD-R, credited in part as a Bobuck contraption."

Chuck's Ghost Music was reissued physically again on February 20th 2021 via Klanggalerie, credited simply to "Bobuck". This reissue features a new remaster of the album, as well as new cover art, both created by Hardy Fox prior to his death on October 30th 2018."

This is the 2012 CDR issue. 

 

Charles Bobuck - Chuck’s Ghost Stories, A Chuck Bobuck Contraption, 2012.
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Florence   
Ghost Snake   
Perchance to Dream   
Milton   
Pudding in Disguise   
Sleepwalker   
Unseen Sister   
Talking Light

Get cryptic,
NØ

I Don’t Want to Die Tonight

Some Deutsche No-Wave-Musik

Quick Culture - Quick Culture, 46 Records PA 5000, 1982.

Side One -
Ich Will Nicht Totgehn Heute Nacht
Quick Culture 1
Hühnchens

Side Two -
Bahama-Kosaken
Quick Culture 2
Sister

Genießen,
NØ

Friend of the Reatard...Addicted to the Blade

 Seth Sutton is the mind behind Useless Eaters. 

Useless Eaters started as a one-man project in Memphis, where self-taught musician Seth Sutton grew up. The first EP Sucked In was released by Goner Records in 2009. Working with Goner Records, Seth met another Goner regular, Jay Reatard. The two hit it off & Seth began touring with Jay. Jay died in 2010, but Seth learned a lot from him in the last two years of his life.

"Jay always felt like he was running out of time," explains Sutton, "so he thought it was important to try and be as musically productive as possible." 

 

Useless Eaters grew into a touring band. Seth lived in Nashville, Toronto, & Germany before settling in San Francisco. Useless Eaters showcase Sutton's meaty melodies, loose-limbed riffs, & undying love of punk-not-punk artists like Television, Devo, or Wire. Sutton channels his lonely childhood living on army bases & his wanderings through Memphis, Toronto, Germany, San Francisco, & his current hometown Nashville into lyrics that reach well beyond tired punk tropes, whether that amounts to metaphorical love stories or brutally honest nervous breakdowns.

On Hypertension, Sutton clears away layers of dust from his scrappy sound, presenting haymaker hooks & restless rhythms. You'll find power chord progressions filled with stuttering guitar diversions in the background & creative disruptive note choices. This has all the hallmarks of retro garage punk. 

 

Useless Eaters - Hypertension, Jeffery Drag Records JD-17, 2013.
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Side A -

New Program
Moody Bitch
Addicted to the Blade
Death Gripped
Life on a Grid
Black Night Ultraviolet

Side B -

Hypertension
Shapes of a Mannequin
Wyte Gurls
Smoke Alarm
Malfunction
Vertical Africa

Enjoy,
NØ

Death Interrupts Life Once More

Keith Levene, the founding guitarist of the Clash & Public Image Ltd., has died. He was 65.

 

Levene had liver cancer. He died at home in Norfolk, UK.

He co-founded the Clash in 1976 with guitarist Mick Jones & bassist Paul Simonon when he was only 18. It was Levene, alongside the band's manager, Bernard Rhodes, who asked Joe Strummer, frontman with the 101ers at the time, to join the Clash.

Levene, who was born Julian Levene in Muswell Hill, north London, remained in the Clash long enough to appear in early gigs & to contribute to songs, including "What's My Name" on their 1977 debut album. But he grew apart from the Clash's increasingly political direction.

When the Sex Pistols disbanded in January 1978, singer John Lydon & Levene formed the new band with bass player Jah Wobble. 

"John made a wise choice getting Keith," Wobble said in 2012.

The best condolence I've seen came from Andy Bell of Ride:

"RIP Keith Levene - a guitar tone like ground up diamonds fired at you through a high pressure hose"

You can find contributions from Levene elsewhere on this mess, just search if you want.

R.I.P.,
NØ

NOVv Back to NOVember NOVelties

Another trip-hop band from Bristol that I have not favored here yet. 

 

 

Formed in 1998, the band consisted of: Sian Evans - vocals; Darren 'Decoder' Beale & Mark 'Markee Ledge' Morrison - guitars, keyboards, & drums. Most of their back catologue was re-issued by Moksha Recordings in 2021. 

This compilation is assorted rare tracks from various source from throughout the bands career. 

 

Kosheen - Rare Tastes, NØ Comp., 2022.

Harder (Ashley Beedle Soultek vocal remix)
All in My Head (Tech Itch rmx)
High & Dry
Violence
Analogue Street Dub
Professional Friend
India
Get it Right
Live 4 Today
(Slip & Slide) Suicide [Kosheen Head mix]
Dangerous Waters (Decoder & Substance mix)
Pleasure
Always the Same
Yes Men
Timpani
Hide U (Dubspeeks remix)
Freaks of Nature
Too Late
Hold Me Down

Track 1,18 - Harder
Track 2 - "All in My Head" single sided 12"
Tracks 3,8,11,13,19 -  Resist (Disc 2)
Track 4 - internet only bonus track
Tracks 5,6, - Damage (UK edition)
Track 7 - Overkill CDS
Track 9 - Hungry CDS
Track 10 - "(Slip & Slide) Suicide" AAC single
Track 12 - Wasting My Time CDM
Track 14,15 - Yes Men CDM
Track 16 - Hide U remixes
Track 17 - Damage (Special Edition bonus track)

Enjoy,
NØ

Hands Face Space...Nirvana for Øs...Must Have!

I'm elated by musick. I'm high in the stratosphere. I'm not really back yet, but I just experienced the Museum of Human Happiness. You should give it an ear & a nod.

The Legendary Pink Dots - The Museum of Human Happiness, 2022.
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Be back soon,
NØ

Going to the City of Brotherly Love

 

Wednesday I am driving to Fishtown in Philadelphia to see the Legendary Pink Dots at Kung Fu Necktie. Might miss a few days postings, but will be back to NOVember NOVelties as soon as I recover. Until then, here's this... 

 

Zone was formed in 1988 by the Welsh duo Andrew Cadmore & Chris Brandrick. Their eclectic musical influences range from the industrial sounds of Throbbing Gristle, the ambient electronics of Brian Eno & early Tangerine Dream, to the experimental & avant-garde of Karlheinz Stockhausuen, Fred Frith (Henry Cow & Art Bears), Faust, & Can.

Released as the initial Zone offering, Sword of the Sun is more accurately a collection of pieces created separately by Swansea's Andrew Cadmore & Chris Brandrick prior to their collaboration as Zone. Protoplasmic electro-organic/orgonic ambience, sublimated tape-looped rhythms, & traces of ethnomusical tinkering all come together for this set of songs.

Eschewing convention & compromise, always seductive & compassionate, Zone's isolated deceptively primitive approach to recording music has in itself become the third mind within Zone, where the whole is far more than the sum of the parts. 

 

Zone - Sword of the Sun, Potentia Records Zone CD001, 1992.
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Stopping the World
The Wheel of Light
     a. Three Mile Island
     b. The Exterminating Angel
     c.  Dancer Beneath the Sky
     d.  Our Lady of Darkness
The Hospital Garden
Lost in a State of Grace
Sword of the Sun
Zone
The Prophet
To the Centre of the Cyclone
Caught in the Breath of Angels
Stolen Lightning
Sunbathing
The Crystal Opening

Enjoy,
NØ

The Company of Us

Privately issued in 1977 – sold via advertisements in High Times, the album’s origins are mysterious – thought to be a product of USCO, one of the earliest multimedia art collectives based in New York – pioneers in the field of immersive sound and light environments. 

"PYTHAGORON™ is not just music-but sound controlled with electronic precision to alter your awareness, to get you high. Developed through years of research into the resonant interaction of sound and brainwave patterns, PYTHAGORON™ sound is unique in concept and production." 

 

 

Pythagoron™ - Pythagoron™, Pythagoron PY-1, 1977.
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Side A -
Untitled

Side B -
Untitled

Enjoy,
NØ

Still My Favorite Game of All Time

 

Human Tetris are a four-piece band from Moscow, Russia formed in October 2008. They called it quits in 2012. They play post-punk / new wave, with modern post-punk revival & indie rock stylings.

The group reformed in 2016. These are all from their first foray.

Human Tertis are: Arvid Kriger - vocal &guitar; Maxim Keller - lead guitar; Maxim Zaytsev - bass; & Sasha Kondyr - drums.

All releases in single .zip file here.
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Human Tetris - Human Tetris EP, self-released, 2009.

People
Our Love Ends
Baltic Sea
My Story
No One

 

 

 

 

Human Tetris - Live Sessions, self-released, 2010.

Some Things are Gone Forever
Turquoise Dress

Village

 

 

 

 

Human Tetris - Soldiers EP, self-released, 2010.

Machine
Kings & Queens
Soldiers
Stenciled Views
Changes

 

 

 

 

 

Human Tetris - Things I Don't Need single, self-released, 2010.

Things I Don’t Need

 

 

 

 

Human Tetris - Happy Way in the Maze of Rebirth, self-released, 2012.

Morning   
Summer in Crimea   
Cold Wind   
Angel   
Insanity   
Sailor   
Dreamland   
Spread Your Wings   
Silver Tears   
Brotherhood

Enjoy,
NØ

Winter of Artifice

On Eminence of Demons, Voodoo Church is: Tina Winter - vocals; Bob Reimer - guitar; Randall Cole - guitar, bass, & drums; & Ashes - bass, with guest guitarist Rikk Agnew & guest bassist
Dan Canzonieri. 

 

 

Voodoo Church - Eminence of Demons, Strobelight Records STROB 032, 2009.
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Crumble
Darker My Love
Burning Obsession
Everywhere
Death's Messengers
Glass Pyramid
Entity    
Delicious Suicide
Veils of Masquerade
Flesh
Unhappily Ever After    
Lullaby Curses
Idleness & Industry
Once Upon...
Eminenza    
Untitled

Enjoy,
NØ

Man with Icy Eyes

Original soundtrack to the film directed by Alberto De Martino, starring Antonio Sabàto, Barbara Bouchet, Faith Domergue, Victor Buono, & Keenan Wynn. Soundtrack by Giuseppe 'Peppino' De Luca with I Marc 4. 

 

Peppino De Luca - L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio, Pegaso Srl PG 2, 1971.

Lato 1 -
L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio
I Tre Messicani
L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio (L'Incontro)
Corsa Mortale    
Unisex    
Ruota Rovente    
L'Astrologo    
Metronomo Della Morte

Lato 2 -
L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio (L'Amore)
Falso Testimone
Situazione Drammatica
Sera Ad Albukerque
Il Killer    
L'Uomo Dagli Occhi Di Ghiaccio (L'Ultima Immagine)
Il Verdetto    
La Sedia Elettrica

Enjoy,
NØ

St. Louis, Here We Come

Earwacks -Distances, Wax Theatricks Productions 004, 1980.
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Annie's Premise
Stop
For Now
Earmonix
Distances / The Scrape
This City
Rope Swing
Listen to Me

Enjoy,
NØ

Unprovoked Attack on Freedom

All I know is that someone broke my bong. Most of the glass was outside, so I think it was more of a break out than a break in. I'm looking for security camera footage. Until then I'll have to use de pape for my smokin' instead of da bong. 

 

Weeping Bong Band - Weeping Bong Band, Feeding Tube Records FTR313, 2018.
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Replay I
Replay II
Replay II
Jaume 1
Dream Away

Cry me a river,
NØ

NO NO miNOy & pbk

Starting NOvember with NOise.

Disco Splendor - We Shit Art (Disco Splendor Sampler), The Sound Genetic, 2009.

Less is Less
Rad Waste
New Wage 1    
Heroing Man (excerpt)
Suturing the Wound of Castration with Narrative
Jesus Loves Iranians Too    
Labor Day    
Never too Old to Get Hard
Race Music    
New Wage 2    
More is More

Crank it up,
NØ

Hallowe’en Special 2022

Perfection from one of my favorite bands, the Legendary Pink Dots.

Currently on tour US now! The Museum of Human Happiness.

11.1.22 – New Orleans, LA : Gasa Gasa  
11.3.22 – Orlando, FL : Will’s Pub  
11.4.22 – Atlanta, GA : Purgatory @ Masquerade  
11.5.22 – Asheville, NC : The Grey Eagle  
11.6.22 – Carrboro, NC : Cat’s Cradle – Back Room  
11.8.22 – Washington, DC : Pie Shop  
11.9.22 – Philadelphia, PA : Kung Fu Necktie
11.10.22 – Brooklyn, NY : Sultan Room
11.11.22 – Cambridge, MA : Middle East – Upstairs

two Canada dates
11.12.22 – Montreal, QC : Bar Le Ritz
11.13.22 – Toronto, ON : Velvet Underground

11.15.22 – Cleveland, OH : The Grog Shop
11.16.22 – Chicago, IL : Beat Kitchen  
11.17.22 – Minneapolis, MN : 7th Street Entry
11.18.22 – Omaha, NE : Reverb Lounge  
11.19.22 – Denver, CO : Mercury Cafe  
11.20.22 – Denver,CO : Mercury Cafe  (with Edward Ka-Spel solo show and Dead Voices On Air)
 

Ka-Spel sez: 

" "The Butterfly Spirit" emerged from an actual incident a few weeks ago (September 2022). I was going to collect my U.S. visa in London and for one mad moment thought it was safe to indulge in a little jaywalking. A magic centimetre or 2 saved the U.S tour (and maybe more) as a taxi sped around a corner. I learned a lesson and wrote the text for this missive on the train in the afternoon."
     EK 

 

The Legendary Pink Dots - Hallowe’en Special 2022

The Butterfly Spirit
10 Days of Mourning

See you next month,
NØ

Weekend of the Living Dead Dub Tricks

Tino – Tino's Breaks Volume 6 (Hallowe'en Dub), Tino Corp TINO-2006-1, 2002.

Bats in My Belfrey Dub
Wolfman is Everywhere Dub
Wicked Insane Evil Dub
Spells
It's Halloween Dub
Ghost Dub
Vampire Circus Dub
Magic Dub
Sympathetic Vibrations Dub
Treats
Living Dead Dub
Zombies Walk Dub
Doomsday Dub
Lochness Monster Dub
Footsteps Dub (extended)
Tricks

Mmmwwaaaaaah,
NØ

Science to the Rescue

Mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's at Midnight on Friday 13th June 1981.

Scientist – Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires, 

Greensleeves Records GRELCD25, 1990.
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The Voodoo Curse   
Dance of the Vampires   
Blood on His Lips   
Cry of the Werewolf   
The Mummy's Shroud   
The Corpse Rises   
Night of the Living Dead   
Your Teeth in My Neck   
Plague of Zombies   
Ghost of Frankenstein

BOOOOOOOOOOO,
NØ

Monster Dub

Bost & Bim Meet Fabwize – Dub Monster, The Bombist Records, 2012.

Side A -

Brainstorming Dub    
The Camp on Dub Island
Dark Light Dub    
Guess Who's Back
Baby Monster Bubbling

Side B -

Awakenin' Dub    
Dub Monster
Creepy Movie
Dub Monster's Curse    
Nightmare's Dub
Oooooooooooo,
NØ

Freaky Girl’s Maniacal Dub

 

Back to thoughts of Halloween. 

 

Mad Professor – Dub Me Crazy 12: Dub Maniacs on the Rampage, Ariwa ARICD075, 1992.
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Dub so Hard    
Rampage in L.A.    
Feelings of Dub    
Wake Up Dub    
Maniacal Blues    
Rue Paganini Dub    
Acid meets Dub in Crystal Palace    
Big Ben Gone Wrong
Dub Service    
Soledad Brothers    
Miles From Wurzburg    
Rusty Computor
Freaky Girl

Woooooooooo,
NØ