S-CORE-Undersong-(Underground Productions-France-c46-1987)

 S-core is the art name chosen by Yutaka Tanaka, noise artist active since the mid-eighties. Early works are all cassette albums he put out on his own cassette label Afflict Records, many of those were recorded via mail collaboration with many sound artists from the international underground scene, such as Stefano Biasin (Italy), Telepherique and Trigger B (Germany), Merzbow (Japan), Al Margolis/If, Bwana (USA), Rafael Flores (Spain). rgnz.free.fr ( info taken from Discogs) click me

v.a.-Notre Dame / An Introduction To EE Tapes-(Irre Tapes-Germany-c46-1990)

An Astonishing sampler compiled by Eriek Van Havere the mastermind behind the Belgian label EE Tapes and released on the German label Irre Tapes.  

Both labels have been covered in this blog many times now.

This great compilation offers us a great selection of artists playing various forms of experimental electronic music.

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A1	–Klimperei	Mais Elle N'A Pas Dit Oui...	0:55
A2	–Human Flesh	Beautiful Losers	4:55
A3	–Abner Malaty	Is This The	5:35
A4	–No Unauthorized	The Human Beeing	2:20
A5	–The Dead Goldfish Ensemble	Holding Both Legs	3:15
A6	–This Window	Music Lessons No. 1	3:30
A7	–Amy (7)	For The Moon	1:55
B1	–Frontline Assembly*	Mental Concept	5:10
B2	–Psyclones	Rap Til You Crap	4:35
B3	–Pseudo Code	You're Supposed	5:35
B4	–Big City Orchestra	Totally Acceptable	4:25
B5	–Gorgonzola Legs	The Poor Person	2:50

S-CORE-Morbid Moppets-(Afflict Records + Trinity Productions-c46-Japan-1986)

S-core is the art name chosen by Yutaka Tanaka, noise artist active since the mid-eighties. Early works are all cassette albums he put out on his own cassette label Afflict Records, many of those were recorded via mail collaboration with many sound artists from the international underground scene, such as Stefano Biasin (Italy), Telepherique and Trigger B (Germany), Merzbow (Japan), Al Margolis/If, Bwana (USA), Rafael Flores (Spain). rgnz.free.fr ( info taken from Discogs) .click me

TELEPHERIQUE-Sound Object-(Ant-Zen-c46-Germany-1993)

The project Telepherique began in 1989 with the intention to explore processes and working with people of different cultures. They started with mail-art projects, co-operation, and communication with people all over the world. Basically, Telepherique is Klaus, Danijela and Rene Jochim, from Würzburg, Germany, but there were others that became members of Telepherique, because of the massive collaborations and projects: Ulf Harr, Echart Seilacher, Harry Lüftl, Stefan Au, Stefan Alt and Karin... The name Telepherique is the French word for the funicular railway. This name was chosen because of the intention of gaining a view from a higher level.

Ant-Zen is deduced from "Anti Zensur" (= anti-censorship).
Ant-Zen is the most important label in the newer German Industrial scene. It started in the early 90s as a tape label that later also released vinyl and CDs. Mastermind S.Alt (Stefan Alt) also did most of the layouts and packaging of the releases. While the earlier releases are more into noise, the new output has a more technoid style that is still very experimental.
Ant-Zen was the German distributor of a lot of other labels and ran a small mailorder until 2019 when they discontinued putting out physical releases and switched to all-digital.

(info from Discogs)

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Tracklist

A. Music Conqurete - Elektrosmog	5:10
B. Analoga Musica - Klangfarben	2:23
B. Analoga Musica - Analogys	6:01
C. Demosong	7:21
A. Musica Analoga - Cologne Studio	1:47
B. Digital Music - Digital Analyse	4:44
B. Digital Music - Sambal-Olek - Neue Structuren	8:11
B. Digital Music - Digitale Experimente	6:18
B. Digital Music - Computermusic	2:39

 

S-CORE-A Great Lump-(Technological Feeling-Italy-c46-1987)

Another great cassette by this uncompromising artist from Japan.
Active since the mid of the eighties, Japanese musician Yutaka Tanaka released his works under the name S-CORE. 

Early works are all cassette albums he put out on his own cassette label Afflict Records, many of those were recorded via mail collaboration with many sound artists from international underground scene, such as Stefano Biasin (Italy), Telepherique and Trigger B (Germany), Merzbow (Japan), Al Margolis/If, Bwana (USA), Rafael Flores (Spain).

Webpages: orc.ru, rgnz.free.fr

  Technological Feeling is a self-produced label of crazy Italian experimental noise-maker Mauro Guazzotti. Released the early works of his projects F:A.R., MGZ and Open Graves Style, as well as several tape compilations featuring many international industrial and noise artists.

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v.a.-SUONI DISTORTI-(Stella Mars Product-Italy-c46-1988)

Astonishing sampler released by the Italian label Stella Mars Product active on the end of the 80s.It came out with a booklet that is not included here. 

A good review of this tape was published on Soft Watch and then re-published on a Discogs page.

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"The first two tracks are by NOSTALGIE ETERNELLE - "Absorbed In Thought" is a fast little number with a strong dramatic atmosphere to it, sounding not totally unlike THE CURE in a more Electronic frame of mind. "Without You" has a peculiar construction - bleeping synth and what sounds like backward drums form a stiff construction for the vocalists distorted voice to drool across. NEW-DA offer the next two - "Politiko" entering on a huge sweep of synth before the guitar snarls and swirls not unlike a bagpipe sound. It soon picks up to be a running-speed heavy thing owing as much to Punk as to the Experimental scene. The vocals have a savage sped-up sound to them, a little like the sound a caged Wildcat might make. Its good stuff that would get people moving on the dance floor. "E Così Sia" follows - same tempo but a little less dense with harmonic vocals from ANGELICA over the top, fast yet warm music to keep you up and moving. DIX TIAU PIA offer the last two on side one - "Laughing Aspid" opens to radio voices before crashing through dimensions with an awe-inspiring construction - you feel they're using a fairly limited selection of instruments, but they push them to extremes, achieving some brilliant effects which really have to be heard. "Shadows" is a little more upbeat and full of interesting sounds - it reminds me a little of "Day Breaks, Night Heals" by LEAR/RENTAL, although this is a lot more commercial.
Side two opens with the first of two from L.A.S.'s CRIME "The Marble Of Punishment" which is a complex rhythm of samples, some of them vocal, others percussive. It then transforms into something with a much fuller sound - big keyboard sounds which sparkle and glisten like Acid Rain. Their sound makes me think they perhaps traced modern Experimental / Electronic / Industrial music back to THE NORMAL's single, then went off at a tangent from there. "Hypochromatik" is another similar track full of thunderous white noise drum sounds punctuating the entire pattern. Good stuff which would sound even better as a whole album, Then comes TITO TURBINA TAST. FUT. with "La Legge È Legge", a catchy, moving rhythmic thing sounding like a Steel Band letting off steam. "Prima Danza" follows that, a little more dignified pace, but they still manage to retain the huge size of the music. Their music is repetitive but then this is half of the attraction. The last two tracks come from RADICAL CHANGE - "A-Normal" opens to a sort of sustained machine sound, fading to nothing after 44 seconds. "Il Seme" is an Industrial synthesizer thing which sounds full of interesting tones, despite its being a minimalist thing. You think its finally faded away, then it bursts back into life again. Following this is a slice of spoken word, echoed into crazed patterns, then stolen away before you can really focus.

An interesting little compilation introducing groups it'll be worth your while getting to know. It has one or two weak moments, but overall is as strong as iron.

Originally reviewed for Soft Watch."  

A1	–Nostalgie Éternelle*	Absorbed In Though	3:30
A2	–Nostalgie Éternelle*	Without You	3:25
A3	–New - Da.	Politiko	4:32
A4	–New - Da.	E Così Sia	5:08
A5	–Dix Tiau Pia	Laughing Aspid	4:06
A6	–Dix Tiau Pia	Shadows	2:41
B1	–L.A.S.'s Crime	The Marble Of Punishment	5:25
B2	–L.A.S.'s Crime	Hypochromatik	3:37
B3	–Tito Turbina Tast. Fut.*	La Legge E' Legge	4:00
B4	–Tito Turbina Tast. Fut.*	Prima Danza	4:07
B5	–Radical Change	A-Normal	0:44
B6	–Radical Change	Il Seme	3:00

v.a.-The Power And The Passion Vol III-(Irre Tapes-Germany-c46-1991)

Another excellent compilation released by the legendary  Irre Tapes, German label covered in this blog few times.
A bunch of good artists playing electronic music in various forms and shapes... 

Irre Tapes was run by Matthias Lang which evolved out of the IRRE Fanzine he published regularly during the early 1980's covering New Wave, Post Punk and the German Underground.
With his 3rd Tape Compilation Ein Herz In Not he started IRRE Tapes which was mainly active in the late 80s/early 90s and released material by the likes of Brume, Maeror Tri and City Of Worms and loads of lesser known and stylistic different artists (Unpleasant Surprise, The Fuckedtones, Magic Moments At Twilight Time, Doc Wör Mirran) covering the whole range of the Independent Underground from Experimental Electronica to Guitar Pop.
In true DIY spirit, he supported the international network of small labels and fanzines through editing the free IRRE Newsletter to spread info and contacts and writing occasional reviews for various publications. Most of his Compilations should be seen as an attempt to promote lesser-known artists and labels. Without a doubt, he was one of the driving forces of the German Tape Scene.
He finally called the label days quits in 1994/1995 but soon re-appeared as collaborating and networking artist Mr. Moto (2).(from discogs)

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A1	–Solanaceae Tau	Barrels Of Blood
A2	–Solanaceae Tau	Serietic Novace
A3	–The Drum Fondu	Rain
A4	–The Drum Fondu	Slow Down
A5	–Chainsaw (8)	Chainsaw
A6	–Chainsaw (8)	Curse
A7	–Etat Des Stocks	The Ou Cafe
B1	–L'Edarps A Moth	Kammer.SNG
B2	–Council Anderson	Barrett's On Venus
B3	–Darkstar*	Sparker
B4	–Bär & Co	In The Dreams Of Henry Spencer

v.a.-SIENA LIVE Vol 1-(Stella Mars Product-c46-Italy-1989)

Astonishing cassette documenting some great gigs by those tuscanian acts/bands, all coming from Siena or around Siena (Tuscany). 

It is all about new wave/dark wave and post punk, good recordings, nice graphics layout...it came out wih a little booklet with pics and lyrics, unfortunately, I cannot find right now in my messy collection of flyers, catalogs, mail art, fanzines.

This tape is an amazing document of the very first new wave/post punk scene of the Tuscany region in the fabolous 80s.
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Tracklist

A1	–Symbiosi	Odio
A2	–Symbiosi	Puoi Solo Spargere...
A3	–Funhouse (7)	There's No Reason
A4	–Funhouse (7)	Sympathy For The Devil
A5	–Inside The Broken Clock	The Storm
A6	–Inside The Broken Clock	Here Comes The Law
B1	–Wilderness Underground*	Wild
B2	–Wilderness Underground*	Radio Closed
B3	–Lemon Squeezer	Il Sonno
B4	–Lemon Squeezer	Sentenza
B5	–L.A.S.'s Crime	Animals Die
B6	–L.A.S.'s Crime	Infect Dawn

DSIP-Daalstrat-(Dsip Productions-Germany-c46-1992)

Dsip is Dieter Mauson+Siegmar Fricke  researching on sleep & dreams states, ambient hypnotic sounds in great German electronic tradition. 

This project was founded in 1989 and active until summer 1994.

After almost 20 years of hiatus they re-formed in 2013,this is their actual blog and soundcloud page.

I have already posted many other tapes by this amazing duo,you`ll find them here.

This tape was recorded live on the 11th April 1992 at the 5th Independent Music & Arts Festival at OJC Clichee, Sint-Niklaas (Belgium).

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THIRDORGAN-Alien Lovers-(Slaughter Productions-c46-Italy-1995)

Third Organ is Akihiro Shimizu from Japan, very prolific noise artist, active since the beginning of the 90s.He has released a lot of tapes and CDs with different labels, a Discogs page about him is here.

I have posted his tape Inorganic Wars long time ago.  

In this c46 cassette, Akihiro shoots at us 3 tracks of uncompromising noise industrial.

Slaughter Productions was the label managed by Marco Corbelli aka Atrax Morgue, releasing mostly his own music and few other associated noise artists.

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DECA-Estinzione-(Minus Habens-Italy-c46-1989)

Deca is the project of Italian sound artist Federico De Caroli- active since at least 1986 he has been creating a rather large opus of releases in the realms of experimental electronic music... to quote elsewhere: "Deca is the musical "alchemist" (as he is known in Italy) Federico De Caroli. He has gradually moved from the spacey and melodic style reminiscent of Jarre and Tangerine Dream that dominated his early works to a more experimental sound, involving elements of industrial, noise, "musique concrete" and even Dark Ambient." 

His official webpage is here, where you can read the bio, discography, concerts,concepts, side projects and much more.

This tape was released in a limited edition of  77 copies in 1989, and it is a kind of soundtrack for the book with the same name written by Federico himself 2 years earlier.

Minus Habens Records is the legendary Italian industrial and dark ambient label founded by Ivan Iusco in 1987 and still alive and kicking, its webpage is here.
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58-Get Back In-(Not On Label-c46-Usa(?)-199?)

Another mistery tape!There is no address or any info on the cover sleeve and I cannot remember who sent me this tape back in the 90s.

Somehow I have gut feelings that this artist, simply called 58, might be associated to the american label Oral Gestation Artefacts, I am not 100% sure anyway. The cassette offer us 2 long tracks with lots of spoken words,noises,ambient and some more talks.

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MARGARET FREEMAN-Academy Serial-(3Rio Art-Belgium-c46-1990)

On december 2011 I passed this amazing tape to Vita Ignes Corpus Lignum blog and in my small review I asked everybody to pass me more info  as I didn`t know much about this french project.Quite few people commented that post and eventually the artist behind it Pascal Jeannet wrote us  passing us few useful links  with info and pics.Eventually He did open his own webpage about all his past and present projects:all free downloads,as for this one he linked the page of Vita Ignus Corpus Lignum blog unfortunately that link  is expired so I re-post it here.

For you all curious to know more visit his well done webpage.

3Rioart was a small belgian label active since the late 80s and  managed by Hybryds their actual webpage is here.

For all the lovers of old school industrial mixing dark wave,synth jingles crushing percussive drums and crazy vocals,this is a great tape.

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PIUME E SANGUE-I Corpi 68.20.38-(Semiotexterie-c46 -Italy-1989)

Piume e sangue is Gi Gasparin and Paolo Dal Balcon-I spoke about this project when I  posted their tape:Jingle Beo.

Some dark esoterick sonorism in this nice c46.

Semiotexterie was a small indipendent Italian lebel active on the end of the 80s releasing industrial/noise and extreme electronic acts.

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PULMANX-Demo-(Self Released-Italy-c46-1992)

 Pulmanx was an Oi punk band from Pesaro(Cntral Italy) active in the 90s unitll 2000.This demo was recorded by Paul Chain,a famous musician from their same town.

The folded cover sleeve reports lyrics+info.Good recording and punk music.

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SOLANACEAE TAU-Outdoor Expressions-(Irre Tapes-Germany-c46-1990)

Solanaceae Tau was founded in the early 80ties and  made a lot of  releases in the tape industrial and gothic scene in Germany, Holland, France, Italy, UK and after the departure of their female vocalist they etablished (after a break) in a  new personal structure with the same project`s name in 1998. The musical base is inspirated to the dark wave music from the eighties:psychedelic and EBM  with some of the neo folk / gothic music of today mixed with collages and tapeworks.

The project members are Jason Fretz (guitar) Nicci Harrington (vocals ) and Axaxaxs ( synkussion, keyboards, tapes ).They compose and produce their music in their own small studio with reel tape machines, computers  and virtual and real instruments.(info taken from Soundclick).

I already posted A Chemical In Debris and Transgerman Mind Configuration,both amazing tapes by this great anti-fascist electro project. I also already wrote about Irre Tapes German label run by Matthias Lang which evolved out of the IRRE Fanzine he published regularly during the early 1980's covering New Wave, Post Punk and the German Underground. In true DIY spirit he supported the international network of small labels and fanzines through editing the free IRRE Newsletter to spread infos and contacts and writing occasionally reviews for various publications.All of the releases where copied on demand and continously numbered but only a few had an explicit Limited Edition(info from discogs).

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