V/A - Rise/Converge

V/A - Rise/Converge
Label - Collision Substance
Released - 2000
Style - Electronic/Experimental/Ambient/Downtempo/Noise

Notes: Compiled/Sequenced by the good buddy Kurt Gluck of Ohm Resistance.




(from Brainwashed)
Kurt Gluck explains in the rather impressive booklet for this CD that he wanted to arrange a collection of various artists that could be listened to together in one listen. It makes sense reading this after the first listen through, as it was difficult to pick out which track was which artist, or even where the track ends and the new one begins. The package is wire bound and has stiff die-cut pieces of cardboard, black pages with amber printing. The artists featured include Scorn, Tactile, Aube, Nigel Ayers, and many others. The music is dark and rich, full of dub influenced rhythms and noise influenced frequencies. The disc can serve both as backround music or for deep listening purposes, and should definitely be played in the dark.


Tracklisting:
01 Hayleck - PM (Havana 1961) (6:19)
02 SU8M3RG3D - Exothermic Sculptures (5:50)
03 OCOSI - Xes (3:43)
04 Nigel Ayers - The Abolition Of Memory (3:41)
05 Zerfallmensch - Prone (4:11)
06 Mothboy - Angelique (4:32)
07 Zenopede - Hate Couture (5:30)
08 Nos - Difetto (4:27)
09 Obsequie - Flipbeat (5:59)
10 Scorn - Stinger (6:53)
11 Aube - Muse On Thrum (4:47)
12 Tactile - Growth And Form (5:13)
13 Erem - Spirit Vacating (5:22)
14 Kanal - Ocularis (3:17)


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jhno - Membrane

jhno - Membrane
Label - Delicate Ear
Released - 2000
Style - Electronic/Ambient/IDM


jhno, a.k.a. John Eichenseer, began releasing music in 1995 under his own label, Delicate Ear - including three full-length cd's (understand, KWNO, membrane), and a 12" single (Fly). He is also a member of SPOOL (with John Ridenour) and CRATER (with Scott Amendola, Nels Cline, and others).

Playing piano since age four, jhno has studied jazz, classical, electronic, and ethnic music. These elements are intertwined in his studio compositions, which stretch to connect drum&bass with gamelan, jazz with ambient, experimental with downtempo. His music has been praised by critics and listeners alike as a unique and mind-bifurcating synergy of technology and organic processes.

jhno is also well-known in the world of music software, primarily for his work with Cycling '74 on Max/MSP, Pluggo, and radiaL - a loop-based music application based on the tool he developed for laptop performance with the bands Wavelord and CRATER.

jhno wrote music for modern dance and experimental theater in Austin, Texas, in the early 1990's. He moved to San Francisco in 1994, and spent the next decade contributing to the local live jazz, ambient, and improv scenes - performing with many diverse musical groups,solo concerts and dj sets, and organizing all-night ambient listening events at the warehouse space where he lived, 964 Natoma. jhno is currently living a nomadic life in Europe.


Tracklisting:
1 Prelude (7:32)
2 Unlimited (5:31)
3 Raise And Illuminate (7:47)
4 Ska Pastora (7:53)
5 Hatch (7:15)
6 Moment Two (7:58)
7 Ovaltune (7:25)
8 Resonance (22:05)


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Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Psychick Rhythms Vol. 1 EP

Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Psychick Rhythms Vol. 1
Label - KK Records
Released - 1993
Style - Electronic/Techno/Minimal


(from hyperreal)
The Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia are currently Reinier Brekelmans, Joris Hilckmann and Tim Freeman (who is their ever present soundman). Previously Bobby Reiner was in the band but he was not present in the most recent release, "Record of Breaks." The band is from Holland on a Belgian label, KK Records. I understand Robert Heynen left the band to form a new band called Exquisite Corpse, also on the KK label. Around 1985 the original lineup were in an industrial band called The Infants. After this they went onto form Sluagh Ghairm which means "spirits cry" and lasted for two years.

In case you're wondering about the "psychick cross" logo they use, the references to the number 23 or the way they spell things on some of the earlier releases, they are not associated with the band Psychic TV. They were however associated with the Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) as they were probably memebers of this magickal/occult secret society. If that means nothing to you, then just know that they are "sound crafters" instead of musicians for ritual purposes.


Tracklisting:
1 Pull (8:56)
2 Psoudoun (7:09)
3 Break / Shifted (4:38)
4 Ensnared (8:51)
5 Push (6:43)
6 Break (4:36)


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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife
Label - Wax Trax!
Released - 1990
Style - Druggy, Industrial Dance

"I live for drugs"
"I freaked out very very badly.... Freaked out - on acid."


(from TKK's website)
TKK formed in 1987, when two Chicago club kids took the soundtrack for an art film project they were working on, and transmuted it into one of rock’s most influential alternative industrial acts. The title of the film became the name of the band, and Franke Nardiello and Marston Daley assumed the stage roles of “Groovie Mann” and “Buzz McCoy”, rounded up some of their night crawler friends to complete the cast, and hit the highway!

Playing up the B-movie theme, TKK incorporated the use of horror film imagery and bizarre vocal samples within a unique mixture of electro-glam-punk-funk-lounge music. They created an over the top stage show full of glitz, glam, tease and sleaze. A revolving cast of musicians, performance artist, fire-breathers and their own Russ Meyer-esque back-up group of voluptuous vixens, known as the BOMB GANG GIRLZ, rounded things out.


Tracklisting:
1 A Daisy Chain 4 Satan (Acid Flowers Mix) (5:29)
2 The Days Of Swine And Roses (6:01)
3 Hand In Hand (6:15)
4 Waiting For Mommie (5:23)
5 Confessions Of A Knife (Theme Part I) (2:59)
6 Ride The Mindway (7:11)
7 Rivers Of Blood, Years Of Darkness (6:12)
8 Kooler Than Jesus (Electric Messiah Mix) (4:09)
9 Burning Dirt (5:02)
10 Confessions Of A Knife (Theme Part II) (3:42)
11 Do You Fear (The Inferno Express?) (Bonus Track) (4:32)


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*** Thanks to the big boss Carlos Nuñez for playing me this record back in the day! Come to think of it, Carlos deserves props for playing me alot of the Wax Trax stuff (Ministry/Coil - LSD/etc.)... as a matter of fact, props to the entire Nuñez clan for all their massive musical influence on me. Fugazi @ Ft. Reno weekend shows, the Danzig show, all the hardcore shows @ Sanctuary Theater, and tons of underground musical knowledge. Plus all the introductory heavy metal shit they schooled me on. Big big props! ok callate, esteban...

The High Llamas - Lollo Rosso [remix EP]

The High Llamas - Lollo Rosso remix EP
Label - v2
Released - 1998
Style - Electronic/Experimental/Groovy


I love this record. It's like groovy electronic lounge muzik infused with plenty of quirky analogue weirdness. Sorry to say I have yet to check out the originals, but I doubt I'd enjoy them more than these remixes.

(from channel4.com)
For this seven-track remix album, the High Llamas ignore the usual constraints of the form, bypassing mere dancefloor utility in favour of genuinely interesting sonic reinventions. The remixers - Mouse On Mars, Cornelius, Schneider TM, Jim O'Rourke, Kid Loco, Stock Hausen and Walkman, and highest Llama Sean O'Hagan-mostly keep only the barest outlines of the original tracks, refashioning each in their own styles.
Mouse On Mars' wibbly-wobbly analogue synthesizers, Cornelius' playful Brian Wilson homages, Kid Loco's slinky groove, and O'Rourke's soundscapes are probably the most successful, but there's little tedium on this 46-minute album.


Tracklisting:
1 Showstop Hic Hup (remixed by Mouse On Mars) (6:36)
2 Homespin Rerun (Cornelius Remix) (6:12)
3 Homerun Ubershow (remixed by Schneider TM) (7:37)
4 Mini-Management (remixed by Jim O'Rourke) (8:25)
5 The Space Raid Remix (Instrumental) (remixed by Kid Loco) (7:47)
6 Reflections In A Plastic Glass (remixed by Stock, Hausen & Walkman) (5:13)
7 Milting Tindmills (Instrumental) (4:18)


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Hilt - Journey To The Center Of The Bowl

Hilt - Journey To The Center Of The Bowl
Label - Nettwerk
Released - 1991
Style - Electronic/Industrial


Hilt, featuring members of Skinny Puppy + other various producers/engineers of the highest calibre.

Credits:
Artwork By - I, Braineater
Edited By - Anthony Valcic
Featuring - Ben Bass , David Ogilvie , Dutch Harrison , Jennifer Superstar , Mattman , Ryan Moore
Performer - Alan Nelson , D.R. Goettel , cEvin Key
Producer - Hilt
Recorded By - Ken 'Hiwatt' Marshall


Tracklisting:
1 Birdwatcher (4:12)
2 950 (4:44)
3 Superhoney (4:09)
4 Way Out There (6:00)
5 222 (2:34)
6 El Diablo (5:28)
7 Loudmouth Canyon (5:05)
8 Home (3:57)
9 314 (3:25)
10 Sandy Feet (2:27)
11 Never Gonna Fall Again (3:41)
12 Walkin On Thunder (4:22)
13 Crazy For You (3:33)
14 Real Cool Rain (2:50)
15 World's Goin Down (6:26)
16 The Ride (5:19)


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Hilt - Call the Ambulance

Hilt - Call the Ambulance
Label - Nettwerk
Released - 1989
Style - Electronic/Industrial


Hilt, featuring members of Skinny Puppy + other various producers/engineers of the highest calibre.


Tracklisting:
1 Hilter (5:11)
2 Stone Man (4:35)
3 Down On Mommy's Farm (3:19)
4 Baby Fly Away (3:02)
5 Let's Fall Out (4:07)
6 Get Stuck (4:50)
7 Septic (2:33)
8 I'm Standing On The Rim (5:33)
9 Back To Insanity (3:13)
10 Jah Mon Hasta (2:22)
11 Come Alive (3:18)
12 Smut People (Blender Licker) (4:41)
13 Get Out Of The Grave, Alan (5:36)
14 Young Hearts (3:28)
15 Squeltch (4:18)
16 Wood Soup (6:19)


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Equations Of Eternity - Vevè

Equations Of Eternity - Vevè
Label - WordSound
Released - 1998
Style - Electronic/Ambient/Drone/'Illbeint'

Credits:
Bass - Bill Laswell
Electronics, Drum Programming [Beats] - Mick Harris
Electronics, Drum Programming [Beats], Programmed By, Guitar [Treated], Producer, Mixed By - Eraldo Bernocchi
Engineer - Robert Musso
Mastered By - Michael Fossenkemper
Notes: Created at Verba Corrige Studio, Milan, Italy; Orange Music Sound Studios, West Orange, New Jersey; and The Box, Birmingham, UK (January 1998 - June 1998).



Tracklisting:
1 Baron Samedi (6:36)
2 Magamat (6:22)
3 Kurukulla (6:22)
4 Luk Krok (6:36)
5 Set Rising (5:27)
6 Aether (6:40)
7 Madre De Agua (5:41)
8 Yama (5:40)
9 Maka (6:55)


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Concentrated Underground Vol. 2 (v/a)

Various - Concentrated Underground Vol. 2
Label - Flagbearer Records
Released - 1994
Style - Techno/Acid/Electronic


Tracklisting:
1 Link & E621 - Antacid (11:37)
2 Integrated Circuits - Predo (7:43)
3 Drax - Acid Generation (5:52)
4 Purple Plejade - Blanche (6:14)
5 Art Of Trance - Cambodia (Clanger Remix) (5:21)
6 Paragliders - Paraglide (4:33)
7 Exit EEE - Epidemic (5:35)
8 Mark N-R-G - High Noon (5:45)
9 Warp 69 - Natural High (5:31)
10 The Manitou - Wuken Tunka (The Sun Spirit) (5:34)
11 Acrid Abeyance - Exposure Track (5:57)
12 Interphaze - Aphasia (4:15)
13 AFX - Isoprophlex (5:17)


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Energy Flash [V/A]

V/A - Energy Flash
Label - no label
Released - 1998
Style - Electronic/Hardcore/Techno/Jungle

Got this in the UK edition of Energy Flash by Sim0n Reynolds. Solid comp.


Tracklisting:
1 Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath (5:59)
2 Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (5:52)
3 LFO - Mentok 1 (4:17)
4 DJs Unite - DJs Unite (4:40)
5 Blame - Two Bad Mice Take You (5:55)
6 Hyper-On Experience - Assention (To The Ninth Level) (5:26)
7 DJ Trax - We Rock The Most (5:47)
8 Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Bust That Groove (4:00)
9 Foul Play - Survival (Remix) (5:20)
10 DJ Hype - Shot In The Dark (Gunshot Mix) (4:55)
11 4 Hero - The Elements (Remix) (4:59)
12 Boogie Times Tribe - The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Mix) (4:45)


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FS0L - Far-Out Son Of Lung...

FS0L - Far-Out Son Of Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman
Label - V1rgin
Released - 1995
Style - Electronic/Ambient/Funk

One of the best and least well-known EPs released by FSOL...

Tracklisting:
1 Far-Out Son Of Lung And The Ramblings Of A Madman (4:41)
2 Snake Hips (8:33)
3 Smokin Japanese Babe (5:42)
4 Amoeba (5:00)


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Strafe FR - Lufthunger

Strafe FR - Lufthunger
Label - Touch/Soleil Moon
Released - 1991
Style - Electronic/Experimental/Conceptual/Thematic

Notes:
Subtitled: "Ten Catastrophes in the History of the World and of Music".
All noises, instruments and recordings by Strafe F.R. Mixed during Dec-Jan 1991 at Merz Studios, Düsseldorf. No electronic instruments were used.
Thanks to Thomas Ruff for his support.
Packaged with 10 panel foldout booklet, containing detailed notes on the individual tracks.

Tracklisting:
1 Cambrian: Upper And Middle - 530 to 495 Million Years Ago (4:49)
2 Ordovician: Upper - 430 To 420 Million Years Ago (7:18)
3 Devonian: Upper - 375 To 360 Million Years Ago (6:40)
4 Permian: Upper - 258 To 245 Million Years Ago (4:32)
5 Triassic: Upper - 229 To 205 Million Years Ago (5:10)
6 Jurassic: Lower And Upper - 205 To 130 Million Years Ago (6:22)
7 Cretaceous: Upper - 95 To 65 Million Years Ago (7:25)
8 Tertiary: Oligocene And Eocene - 58 To 23 Million Years Ago (6:08)
9 Quaternary: Pleistocene - 2.3 To 0.01 Million Years Ago (5:33)
10 Quaternary: Holocene - 0.01 Million Years Ago (7:22)


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Cabaret Voltaire - Technology: Western Re-Works 1992

Cabaret Voltaire - Technology: Western Re-Works 1992
Label - Virgin
Released - 1992
Style - Techno/Downtempo/Electro/Electronikz

Notes:
Written by Kirk / Mallinder
Produced and remixed by Cabaret Voltaire @ Western Works, Sheffield
except 11 produced by Cabaret Voltaire, reconstructed and mixed
by Altern 8 for 808 Acid Revival Productions


Tracklisting:
01 Talking Time (6:08)
02 24-24 (6:15)
03 Crackdown (6:35)
04 Just Fascination (5:36)
05 Sleepwalking (6:25)
06 Kino (6:13)
07 Ghost Talk (6:59)
08 I Want You (6:34)
09 Bad Self (Pt. 1) (6:48)
10 Sensoria (6:03)
11 I Want You (Altern 8's 808 Heaven Mix) (5:42)
12 Kino 4 (5:27)


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Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup

Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup
Label - Nothing
Released - 1998
Style - Breaks/Experimental/Electronicz

Tracklisting:
1 Prime Audio Soup (6:17)
2 Prime Audio Soup (Dub) (5:18)
3 Prime Audio Soup (Vegetarian Soup By Boards Of Canada) (7:05)
4 Prime Audio Soup (The Herbaliser Remix) (6:46)
5 Prime Audio Soup (Edit) (3:32)


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The 0rb - Dipping Into The Cyberworld

The 0rb - Dipping Into The Cyberworld
Label - Trance Music (Italian bootleg)
Released - 1995
Style - Dub/Ambient/Chill

Tracklisting:
1 Outlands (5:25)
2 Mudslicker (2:41)
3 Valley (8:34)
4 Towers Of Dub (13:06)
5 UF.Orb (4:20)
6 Little Fluffy Clouds (8:10)
7 Blue Room (10:50)
8 Earth (Gaia) (1:23)
9 Close Encounters (9:50)
10 A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Center Of The Ultraworld (Loving You) (7:45)


Notes: Tracks 1 to 5:
Live at Woodstock Festival, New York, August 1994.

Tracks 6 to 10:
Live from FM Radio, England 1994.

There is written on the back-cover:
"Forget the virtual reality, hear this music and you are in!"


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The 0rb - The Visit0r

The 0rb - The Visit0r
Label - pirate style
Released - 93/94
Style - Leftfield/House/Ambient/Breakbeat

Tracklisting:
1 Alex Vs The KLF (10:18)
2 Brooklyn New York (3:46)
3 Alex & Steve [Hillage] - Music 2 Funk 2 (7:09)
4 Reefer Spin In The Galaxy (5:02)
5 Towers Of Dub (Solaris Mix) (16:33)
6 Oobe (Pool Mix) (11:33)
7 Blue Room (Ambient Demo At Mark Angelos) (9:00)
8 Orb Vs Coldcut - Kiss FM (Extract) (14:27)


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Mike & Rich - Expert Knob Twiddlers

Mike & Rich - Mike & Rich [expert knob twiddlers]
Production credits - Richard D. James [aphex twin] and Mike Paradinas [mu-ziq]
Label - Rephlex
Released - 1996
Style - Leftfield/Drunken IDM/Electronic

Tracklisting:
A1 Mr. Frosty (6:51)
A2 Jelly Fish (6:30)
B1 Eggy Toast (4:07)
B2 Reg (5:57)
B3 Vodka (4:12)
C1 Upright Kangaroo (3:31)
C2 Winner Takes All (5:44)
C3 Giant Deflating Football (6:22)
D1 The Sound Of Beady Eyes (7:46)
D2 Bu Bu Bu Ba (6:51)


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P0lygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves [original '93 release]

P0lygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves [original '93 release]
Label - Warp
Released - 1993
Style - IDM/Ambient/Electronic

Tracklisting:
1 Polygon Window (5:28)
2 Audax Powder (4:40)
3 Quoth (5:36)
4 If It Really Is Me (7:03)
5 Supremacy II (4:07)
6 UT1-dot (5:20)
7 Untitled (6:24)
8 Quixote (6:03)
9 Quino-Phec (4:41)


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Musick - To Play In The Club

V/A - Musick - To Play In The Club
Label - Shitkatapult
Released - 2004
Style - Techno, Electro, Minimal, ???

My vote goes to Jerry Abstract for his 'Grittn' contribution. But they're all whacked out. Good for kicking the shit out of a sound system and general late-night scare tactics. Good luck!

Tracklisting:
A1 Elastic Heads - Kickin!
A2 Jerry Abstract - Grittn
B1 T.Raumschmiere - Kønig Shuffle (Pt. 2)
B2 Peter Grummich - Dirty Disco Rock

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Anders Ilar - Everdom

Anders Ilar - Everdom
Label - Shitkatapult
Released - 2003
Style - Electronic, Dub, Minimal, Ambient

This guy really knows how to create a textural masterpiece. This stuff is emotive, lush, otherworldly, timeless; synthetic yet somehow natural. Beyond excellent.

Tracklisting:
1 Coastline (5:04)
2 Rare Islands (8:41)
3 Remember When (7:33)
4 Make Believe (10:10)
5 Illusion Of A Summerbreeze (10:35)
6 December Haze (7:18)
7 Everlast (9:26)

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