Creation Rebel - Starship Africa

Creation Rebel - Starship Africa
Label - Hitrun / On-U Sound / Beat (Japan)
Released - 1980 / 1982
Style - Electronic/Spacey Dub

Credits: Producer - Adrian Sherwood
Notes: Originally released in 1980 by Hitrun records, rereleased in 1982 by On-U Sound.


Tracklisting:
1 Starship Africa Section 1 (5:00)
2 Starship Africa Section 2 (5:16)
3 Starship Africa Section 3 (4:33)
4 Starship Africa Section 4 (3:18)
5 Starship Africa Section 5 (0:54)
6 Space Movement Section 1 (8:52)
7 Space Movement Section 2 (4:08)
8 Space Movement Section 3 (4:14)
9 Space Movement Section 4 (4:33)


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Blackbeard - I Wah Dub [1980]

Blackbeard - I Wah Dub
Label - More Cut (UK)
Released - 1980
Style - Electro/Dub

Notes:
Produced by Dennis Bovell
Recorded & Mixed at Gooseberry's Studio
Engineers : Mark Lusardi & Dennis Bovell
Mixing Engineers : Dennis Bovell

(from Rough Trade shops)
The classic dennis bovell album where he experimented with electronics; this 8 track album has been unvailable for years...

(from answers.com)
Born in Barbados in 1953, reggae guitarist Dennis Bovell (sometimes known simply as Blackbeard) was one of the key figures on the London reggae scene of the late '70s and early '80s, not only as a solo artist but also as a producer. The band Bovell co-founded in the mid-'70s, Matumbi, was one of England's first self-contained reggae bands, and also one of the best; in addition, Bovell released several albums of solo dub experiments, which often featured jazz-pop keyboardist Nick Straker and producer Tony Mansfield (Captain Sensible, New Musik), both old school chums. As Blackbeard, Bovell released Strictly Dub Wize in 1978; he quickly became involved in production work for experimental post-punkers like the Slits and the Pop Group. I Wah Dub appeared in 1980, carrying on Bovell's eclectic sensibilities...


Tracklisting:
1. Electrocharge
2. Steadie
3. Jazz
4. Reflections
5. Blaubart
6. Oohkno
7. 'Nough
8. Binoculars

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Culture - Rare & Unreleased Dub

Culture - Rare & Unreleased Dub
Label - Revolver (S. Africa)
Released - 1978 / 2003
Style - Reggae/Foundation/Dub


NOTES: Culture in Dub album with 3 extra tracks - dubs of 'Two Sevens Clash', 'Disobedient Children' and 'Forward to Africa'.

- RECORDED AT: Treasure Isle, Joe Gibbs
- Late 1970's. Excellent dub!


Tracklisting:
1. Disobedient Children Dub
2. Forward To Africa Dub
3. Everyday Love Dub
4. Skilful Dub
5. Iron Sharp Dub
6. Skilful Dub
7. Iron Sharp Dub
8. Tropical Dub Fever
9. Heavenly Dub
10. Harder Than The Rest Dub
11. Freedom Jam Dub
12. Deep Root Dub
13. Two Sevens Clash Dub

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21st Century Dub

21st Century Dub
Label - ROIR
Released - 1980 / re-released - 1991
Style - Dub


[from ROIR site]
21ST CENTURY DUB
For Fans Of: Bob Marley, On-U Sound, Mad Professor, Word Sound I Powa, Badawi, Lee Scratch Perry, Bill Laswell

An amazing but true story about an experimental dub session organized by BOB MARLEY in Jamaica in 1979!!!

In 1979 during a visit to Japan, Bob Marley met the acclaimed Japanese percussionist Pecker. Pecker, a big fan of reggae, convinced Marley to bring top Japanese musicians (mostly members of The Yellow Magic Orchestra) to Jamaica to mix it up with the cream of Jamaican reggae artists, to jam and play out in informal dub sessions at both Channel One and Tuff Gong Studios. The astounding results were released only in Japan on two separate LP's in 1980.

"Some of the best dub of all time. This complete reissue of two Japanese LP's ('Pecker Power' and 'Instant Rasta') combines the best of classic mid-70's dub (Joe Gibbs 'African Series', Pablo, Tubby styles) with the best in technological advances. Quite simply, classic." - Peter Wright (now GM of Rykodisc) 1987


Tracklist:
1. Pecker - Mystical Cosmic Vibrations (5:24)
2. Pecker - International Orchitis (4:10)
3. Pecker - Pecker Power Part Two (1:25)
4. Pecker - Pecker Power Part One (5:07)
5. Pecker - Concrete Jungle (5:11)
6. Pecker - Militant Sniff (4:27)
7. Pecker - Jamming (4:11)
8. Pecker - Mystical Electro Harakiri (5:02)
9. Pecker - Beggar Suite Part 1 (4:54)
10. Pecker - Beggar Suite Part 2 (3:32)
11. Pecker - Beggar Suite Part 3 (2:49)
12. Pecker - Dub Jam Rock (4:50)
13. Pecker - Kylyn (6:42)
14. Pecker - Dr. Dr. Humanity (1:18)

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WCVT 89.7 FM Towson - Industrial Show [1990]

WCVT 89.7 FM Towson - Industrial Show [1990]

* This one tape is the only record I could find anywhere of this obscure radio show ever existing. If ANYONE reading this knows anything about WCVT or this Industrial show from Friday nights around late-80s/'90/'91 - please let me know. I'm dying to locate more recorded shows from that station, since they disappeared into thin air without warning :( RIP WCVT


When I was in 8th Grade, I went over to a neighbor’s house and asked if I could have this broken solid-state AM/FM receiver that was sitting in the garage. I took it home, took it apart, cleaned up all the connections and re-sautered ones that were loose. I put it back together, plugged it in and was ecstatic to see the soft amber backlit glow of the FM dial. After searching the FM range slowly for about 2 weeks, looking for signs of life in between the main stations - I finally came across something faint that really sounded strange. It was *just barely* picking up the signal from 89.7FM, Towson MD’s extremely indie college radio station. The call letters were WCVT - and I happened to stumble upon it late one friday night, during the weekly experimental/industrial show. I had to get better reception to figure out what the f*ck they were playing!

My brother had an old GE boombox that he gave me - looked like a piece of shit, but it worked. He said it picked up WHFS really well, so I gave it a shot. Low and behold, this thing had a ’sensitivity boost’ switch that would give a significant boost to the FM reception. I was thrilled to see that this GE boombox picked up the WCVT reception almost perfectly, if the antenna was in a very specific position. Come that next friday night, I tuned in at midnight and listened to this show in its entirety. I was in 8th Grade, and this random find had literally changed my life forever. I had already gotten into heavy metal and punk via my older brother and some local older neighborhood kids, so Industrial/experimental music logically was the next step in my progression. I was able to record ONE tape’s worth of magic from one particular week’s show; two weeks later I tuned in, and there was just white noise instead of music. I was completely crushed - but a week later the reality sank in. I desperately tried to tune in, only to become horrified at the sound of smooth jazz and adult contemporary where WCVT once was. Seemingly overnight, funding for WCVT was cut - forcing them to kill their transmitter, and also leaving opportunity for this horrible adult contemporary station to snatch up the bandwidth like an evil hermit crab.

Upon further research, I realized that their transmitter operated at a very low wattage - something like 5 kwatts. People in Baltimore had trouble tuning in to WCVT, and Towson is less than an hour away from Baltimore. Yet somehow my GE boombox picked it up clearly, and I live almost 2 hours distance from Towson. To this day, I still see this chance encounter as some weird act of divine intervention so that I could be exposed to all this insane underground music.

Just ripped the original WCVT tape yesterday, and it's got a little radio noise and skips around a little, but who cares. I dare you to find me another WCVT Towson recording anywhere online. They don't exist! The contents of my tape include music from Godflesh, Clock DVA, Motor Morons, Helios Creed, The Wolfgang Press, Throbbing Gristle, 2nd Communication (japan), The Church, Cabaret Voltaire, Bauhaus, The Cramps, A.R. Kane, Circle Jerks, D.O.A., Broken Toys and more. Plus a priceless PSA warning against the dangers of STDs.

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Dub Syndicate - One Way System

Dub Syndicate - One Way System
Label - ROIR
Released - 1983
Style - Electronic/Dub/Other

*This one is a necessity for the real dub fanatics or any On-U Sound freaks who know what's up!

Notes: Created by Adrian Sherwood Of On-U Sound productions. This was ON-U LP 25 yet never saw release on On-U Sound and was solely licensed to ROIR instead. Later saw its release on CD by EFA/On-U Sound.

Tracklisting:
A1 Socca
A2 Overloader
A3 Drilling Equipment
A4 Drainpipe Rats
A5 Schemers
B1 Ascendent Part 4
B2 Synchronizer
B3 Independence
B4 Substyle
B5 Displaced Master
B6 Ascendent Part 6


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Prefuse 73 - The '92 vs '02 Collection

Prefuse 73 - The '92 vs '02 Collection
Label - Warp
Released - 2002
Style - Electronic/Downtempo/Hip-Hop/IDM

Tracklisting:
1 Desks.Pencils.Bottles (3:21)
2 When Irony Wears Thin (3:19)
3 It Never Entered (4:25)
4 Love You Bring (5:09)


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Prefuse 73 - Extinguished Outtakes

Prefuse 73 - Extinguished Outtakes
Label - Warp
Released - 2003
Style - IDM/Hip-Hop

Notes:
Outtakes, alternate takes and beats from "One Word Extinguisher".

Tracklisting:
1 Suite For The Ways Things Change: A) Your Family, B) Your Life, C) The Most Beautiful Things, D) Your Seeds (4:44)
2 Tel Aviv's Gravel Toothbrush (1:14)
3 Pase Rock's Preestyle (0:44)
4 I Got No Time For Rearviews (1:27)
5 Dubs That Don't Match (2:16)
6 Between Man And Woman (1:34)
7 Martinique Was My Girl (0:59)
8 Culturaluhorgasm (0:16)
9 Whisper In My Ear To Tell Me You Hate Me (0:45)
10 One For The Crime Scene, A Bullet For Your Time (1:16)
11 Vikings Invade The Mediterranean But Don't Leave (1:26)
12 Diarrhea Takes Over Your Life (1:29)
13 I Can't Get My Eyes Off (0:44)
14 For Some But Not For Me (1:28)
15 Sao Paulo Arkansas (1:23)
16 Coming Into Something Better (0:30)
17 Humor Judgements (0:21)
18 Wrong Posture (0:49)
19 3 Sounds From 94 (1:05)
20 Robot Snares Got No Cadence Or Balance (3:17)
21 Key Intro 99 (1:42)
22 Drum Machine, Cello, Headwrap (6:03)
23 If They Died And They Were Yours (1:51)


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Samhain - Live 85-86

Samhain - Live 85-86
Label - E-Magine
Released - 2001
Style - Goth Rock/Punk/Metal

Notes:
Tracks 1 - 10 recorded live at Danceteria, NYC, 1985.
Tracks 11 - 18 recorded live at Metro, Chicago, 1986.

Tracklisting:
1 All Hell
2 Samhain
3 The Shift
4 The Howl
5 Unholy Passion
6 All Murder, All Guts, All Fun
7 I Am Misery
8 The Hungry End
9 Horror Biz
10 He-Who-Can-Not-Be-Named
11 Black Dream
12 Death Comes Ripping
13 Mother Of Mercy
14 To Walk The Night
15 Halloween II
16 In My Grip
17 London Dungeon
18 Archangel


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Poor Paris.

From CNN.com:



Paris Hilton going back to jail
POSTED: 3:57 p.m. EDT, June 8, 2007
• NEW: Paris Hilton led from court screaming
• NEW: Judge did not "approve the defendant being released"
• Hilton served five days in jail before being let out Thursday

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Screaming and crying, Paris Hilton was escorted out of a courtroom and back to jail Friday after a judge ruled that she must serve out her entire 45-day sentence behind bars rather than in her Hollywood Hills home.

"It's not right!" shouted the weeping Hilton, who violated her probation in a reckless driving case. "Mom!" she called out to her mother in the audience.

Hilton, who was brought to court in handcuffs in a sheriff's car, came into the courtroom disheveled and weeping, hair askew, sans makeup, wearing a gray fuzzy sweatshirt over slacks.

She cried throughout the hearing, her body shook constantly and she dabbed at her eyes. Several times she turned to her parents, seated behind her in the courtroom, and mouthed, "I love you."


Touching story, right?

Well let's put Crying Paris in perspective.

September 5, 2006. Paris gets denied entrance into Bungalow 8 for a private MTV VMA's afterparty. So she cries...




June 8, 2007. Paris goes to jail for a few days, gets told she's being put on house arrest for another few days, then gets called back to court where they tell her SIKE! and totally punk her for her full 45-day sentence back in actual lockdown. And she cries...




I'm crying now too, from laughing so fucking hard. Grow up, bitch. Deal with it. At least when you get out you have millions of dollars in your checking account and even after that, billions of dollars in your family inheritance. Most people in this country who are incarcerated come out and have to deal with child support, debt, no job, beef on the streets and no place to live. And they don't fucking cry about it. Please grow up.

V/A - Mind Your Release * Relapse Promo sampler

V/A - Mind Your Release [Promo Sampler]
Label - Release/Relapse Records
Released - 1997
Style - Dark Ambient/Noise/Experimental/Electronic

* was never in stores
** promo sampler for Release Your Mind compilation on Relapse


Track Listing:
1) Trial Of The Bow - Borderland
2) Amber Asylum - Dream
3) Solarus - Negative Polarity
4) Namanax - Released
5) James Plotkin - Intruder?
6) Subarachnoid Space - L.A. Makes Me Uncomfortable
7) Con-Dom - Lose Control
8) Runzelstirn And Gurglestock - Zerrhohe-Schlagpunkt (Edit)
9) Dissecting Table - Mask
10) Japanese Torture Comedy Hour - Voltage Monster
11) Haters - Burst
12) Masonna - Spark


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RE/SEARCH - Incredibly Strange Music Vol II [V/A]

RE/SEARCH presents - Incredibly Strange Music Volume II [V/A]
Label - Asphodel
Released - 1995
Style - Electronic/Jazz/Rock/Leftfield/Abstract/Easy Listening

Credits: Compiled By - Andrea Juno
Notes: Recordings selected from the collection of V. Vale.
This is an audio companion to the book Re/Search #15: Incredibly Strange Music Volume II.


Tracklisting:
1 Hot Butter - Skokian (2:14)
2 Bob McFadden & Dor - The Mummy (2:01)
3 The Nirvana Sitar & String Group - The Letter (1:51)
4 Lucia Pamela - Walking On The Moon (3:07)
5 Ken Nordine - Flesh (1:32)
6 Billy Mure - Chopsticks Guitar (2:28)
7 Myrtle K. Hilo - Lover's Prayer (2:37)
8 Russ Garcia & His Orchestra - Delicado (3:28)
9 Del Close & John Brent - Introduction (1:15)
10 Jean-Jacques Perrey - Gossipo Perpetuo (2:08)
11 Ken Nordine - Green (1:32)
12 Eden Ahbez - Full Moon (2:55)
13 Harry Breuer - Bumble Bee Bolero (2:11)
14 Marcy Join - The Gospel Express (1:27)
15 Les Baxter - Terror (3:17)
16 Ken Nordine - Yellow (1:32)
17 Rusty Warren - 1rst Song / Opening Monologue (3:02)


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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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Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

Slayer - Haunting The Chapel
Label - Metal Blade
Released - 1984 [re-released 1993 w/ Aggressive Perfector]
Style - Heavy/Speed/Thrash Metal


"Blackened magic infest with lust
Lucifer rules supreme
The crystal ball shows unknown fate
The last thing that's heard is the screams"

- Haunting the Chapel


(from allmusicguide)
Boasting the awesome "Chemical Warfare," a regular staple of Slayer's live shows, the Haunting the Chapel EP was a more crucial stepping stone in the legendary L.A. band's career development than many give it credit for. Issued in between the band's very promising debut and the following year's more sonically ripened Hell Awaits, Haunting the Chapel offers important clues about this transition period, which saw Slayer's rock-based song structures give way to the non-linear, genre-defining style thereafter regarded as thrash metal's signature sound. Among the uniformly solid cuts here, the enduring fan favorite "Captor of Sin" is another highlight, making this a well-recommended release for committed Slayer fans.


Tracklisting:
1 Chemical Warfare (6:04)
2 Captor Of Sin (3:31)
3 Haunting The Chapel (3:58)
4 Aggressive Perfector (3:30)


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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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