"The Nostromo work draws inspiration mainly from Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi noir classic 'Alien', and in particular shots of the interior of the spaceship 'Nostromo'. Various themes and notions are touched upon by these quiet, haunting scenes, and a conscious decision was made to marry the implications these images carried to an interest in sound reflective of spaces as opposed to narrative. The resultant 'fictional listening' is a simple exploration of the ship in all its quiet darkness. Although apparently silent, it's living human components lie frozen in the deepest of sleep, the ship itself throbs a constant heartbeat from the rumble and pulse of its massive engines, the hum of energy flowing through its circuitry, hydraulic fluids pumping through its quiet mass. But behind these layers hide smaller, more indistinguishable elements (was that something scurrying away in the shadows?). Shhh...in space no one can hear you dream."
Framtid - Rehearsal Demo 1 1997 (O.G. WAV)
Innoventors of "Crasher Crust" who once vaporized continents before
petering out (in originality) post 2002. New god become old god...
"Varning! For Punk" 3xCD Comp '79-'85 (1994, 320, Complete Booklet Scans)
Gud-Kejsare of Swedecore comps! 3 3/4 hours, 146 trax,
nearly their entire first-wave documented!!!!!!!!!!!!
Raped Ass 2 Comp Tape 1983 (FLAC)
One of the "Egg Tapes" that made up the "Varning" box set a decade later (decades ago!!!)...
Sturmovik - "Schwarzer Tau" MLP 2005 (320)
2nd release of cinematic black-martial (industrialized, not Heidi pounding on 55-gallon toms)...
Deadlock - "Mf-Dos" CDR 2005
Sydney breakcore producer (more core than break) with an NCL attitude.
Ex United Speedcore Nation...
Blue Cross 2010 Demo & Cemetery 2011 Demo
Post-crust gothcore from Chicago and Canada (Joe Germ!!!)...
Court Martial - Demos 1 & 2 And EPs 81-82
"Court Martial was a minor fixture on the punk circuit in 1982, scoring an indie hit that year with the first of their two Riot City singles, the scampering 'Gotta Get Out' EP. Musically they were more 77-style but without any discernible talent. Although vocalist Alex was suitably snotty, he was a hopeless singer. Originally called The Zeds, they changed to Court Martial when Ian replaced John on drums.
They were formed in late 1979 while they still were at school. The first few gigs they played were at local youth clubs, before branching out to support Vice Squad and Chelsea at larger venues. Court Martial were also present at the Trinity Hall Bristol punk festival. Shortly after they recorded their demo tape they got signed with Riot City Records. The line-up was Alex: Vocals, Simon: Guitar, Richard: Bass, and Ian: Drums, and also a guy called Brian Wright (who is their manager and does the job well).
They recorded three demo tapes. Three tracks from the third demo were used for the 'Gotta Get Out' EP, with a fourth track used on the Riot City compilation LP 'Riotous Assembly' in a slightly different mix. A second single, No Solution EP, did not fare as well as the first and proved to be their last."
Bastards - "Harhaa" Tape-LP 1983
"Bastards was formed in Tampere in the early 1980s, being one the very first 'pure hardcore' bands in Finland. They toured Europe in 1983 and had their records licensed for German release. They quit in 1985. In the 21st century all vinyl albums have been re-released from central Europe. The American group 'World Burns To Death' took their name from Bastard's debut EP. Bastard's composer and lyricist Risto 'Rike' Jokela later played in Riistetyt and Pyhät Nuket. He is now a television director, winning a few awards."
Mahcanik VS Chavez - "S/T" 1985 Tape and "Katatonia" Tape 1986 (128/320 With Scans)
Proto-professional shocktronics from John Zewizz and the Italo-German league...
Visions Of War - Unreleased Demo April 1998
Belgian discrust with ultrafuckingbrutal grindcore vocals. Sounds very "L.A." to me...
Blood Robots - Demos 83-84 And Live (320 From WMA With Scans)
Brume - "Fuck Your Sun" Tape 1988 (With Scans)
"Before recording my 1st sound I played synthesizer in a jazz-rock big band. It was in 1978 and we were no less than nine musicians in this large structure called Uria. I must say that i was the only non-musician in the band. I was here only to make 'special effect' like wind, birds, noise of all kind to give the band a touch of weirdness. We did a lot of performance especially in south of France. The positive aspect of this musical experience made it possible for me to learn how to play keyboards, seriously speaking. But the negative stuff was all the wasted time during rehearsals, also I decided to leave the band in 1981 to compose alone. I must add that in the same time from 1979 to 1981 I started to experiment with poor equipment. I managed sounds with a cheap bass guitar, a very old Farfisa organ, a 2nd hand MS20 (I bought another 2nd hand SQ10 sequencer and a Boss DR55 rhythm machine) and a defective reel to reel recorder which died one year later.
During this period, I was interested in 'serialism' like early Steve Reich, Terry Riley, some stuff by John Cage, Krautrock, Magma, Heldon, Metal Urbain, the 1st Suicide, Fripp & Eno.
All these fabulous artists inspired me a lot to begin some basic experiments with two cassette players. I got the idea to open a cassette, cutting the tape in order to create a loop. I did many cassettes like that. It was fantastic because whatever you recorded on them, all sounds were automatically synchronised when you played together two of these tapes! Of course playing 1000 looped cassettes together would had been the same incredible result! So 1979 to 1985 was the theater of many experimentations: programming synthesizers, recording technic, cut-up and other tape manipulations...I bought a Revox reel to reel recorder with a speed of 38 cm per second and in the same time a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder, a 8-track mixing deck, some effects and a beautiful Korg Polisix synth.
As I already recorded many pieces of music, I decided to produce myself my 1st cassette called 'Frikture' on my own label 'Brume Records'. In 1985 this cassette included some old experiments and some new tracks. It was limited to 50 copies only! I got some good reviews on many fanzines in France and in Belgium. A 1st track was submitted for a compilation cassette on the Belgian label 'INSANE MUSIC FOR INSANE PEOPLE'. This fact motivated me a lot to continue to produce some new tapes and material available for eventual international tape compilations. The 2nd Cassette called 'Le Jour Du Cochon' was limited to 100 copies and made me accepted in the international mail-art cassette culture.
It was always in 1985 and I decided to do my 1st Brume performance. My old friend G. Guiggia (an old member of Uria, playing bass & guitar) and me found a nice place to perform. It was an old disused bus warehouse. Of course this performance was unofficial and we were arrested by the Police at 11pm. An extract of this performance was recorded on the 'Exit/No Use' cassette (50 copies). By the way I started to get some invitations to make whole Brume cassettes and more and more compilation by labels such as Old Europa Cafe and many others (both very obscure and well know labels). Finally I did about 45 whole cassettes from 1985 to 1999, mainly in USA, Germany, Italy, and Belgium.
I got a lot of fun, motivation, amusing and exciting state of mind! I must say that some cassettes were recorded in one week-end or during one night and one day. I was very happy to see that my work on tapes was sold very well. I answered a lot of interviews in fanzine & magazines. The tape culture made me discover a lot of music I didn’t know before and a lot of nice people. I got some real good relationships that I still have today! This medium opened the door to make some vinyls & CDs. But the most important stuff was the relations between some people from the entire world and me.
Today I notice that vinyls and cassettes create once again a new strong interest with people. That’s great!!! Anyway iI was bored to do CDs again and again. Cassette and LP are sensual objects, CD is cold! Also since 2011 I decided to release LPs and...some new cassettes ! To be continued..."
-- C. Renou/Brume, February 2012
"6 Years" Comp Tape 1986 (With Hi-Res Scans)
Half interviews, half musick (advanced darktronics and experimental-industrial) from Jonathan Briley, Seven From Life, Cult Ov Womb, The Mahcanik, Women Of The SS, Coup De Grace, Sleep Chamber,
and Noizeclot...
A5 - "Kalte Erotik..." 7" 1981
2nd EP of Bremen "raw" wave. "Ice cream, everybody needs ice cream"...
203 Of Scruff's American 80's Flyers (Hi-Res, Partied On, Weirdly Misnumbered)
"A few months ago I stopped at an estate sale in my neighborhood and discovered a trove of vintage punk rock flyers in a dirty cardboard box in the back corner of the garage. The original owner's nickname was 'Scruff', he was a local Metro Detroit father and musician who had been in the punk scene his whole life. I also found out that he has passed in the prior year from cancer. It became clear to me that I had found something special and rare, and that this collection needed to be preserved." --Author/Date Unknown
John Joseph - MRR Interviews 1996 (Scans) & 2009 (320)
John Joseph McGowan (born October 3, 1962) is a musician, author and Ironman triathlete from New York City, most famous for his work as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags. McGowan was raised in foster care, and grew up on the streets of New York City. In the late 70s he enlisted in the United States Navy after drug charges could’ve landed him in Federal Prison. While in the Navy he was stationed in Virginia Beach, VA and discovered the punk scene down there.
He joined the Cro-Mags in 1981 for six months until the band broke up, and again when they reformed in 1984. He sang and wrote lyrics for their demo, first, third, and fourth albums. He also sings lead on the "Before the Quarrel CD", essentially a reissue of the demo. Before, during, and after his time in the Cro-Mags, McGowan served as a roadie for Bad Brains, and he sang background vocals on Antidote's "Thou Shalt Not Kill" EP. He returned to the Cro-Mags briefly in the early to mid-1990s. He also worked as a bicycle messenger in New York City from 1981 to 1991, and continues to cycle around the city today, often recording it for his social media. McGowan has also sung for the bands Both Worlds and Bloodclot.
His autobiography, "The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon", details his rough upbringing in an abusive foster home, the problematic history of the Cro-Mags, and his extensive involvement with the Hare Krishnas. He is also the author of two other books: one on veganism and fitness training titled "Meat Is for Pussies", and the other titled "The P.M.A. Effect", which is about living life with a "positive mental attitude". Interviews with McGowan were featured in the 1999 documentary "N.Y.H.C." as well as the 2006 documentary "American Hardcore". Since 2010, McGowan started competing in Ironman competitions. He lives a straight edge lifestyle, but does not identify with its subculture.
Boredoms - "77 Boa Drum" 2xCD & DVD 2007/2008 (320 & MP4)
77 Boa Drum is a live album by Japanese experimental group Boredoms, recorded at 7:07 p.m. on July 7, 2007, in Brooklyn, New York. The concert featured Boredoms' core members with an additional 74 drummers encircling them (like a Boa Constrictor snake), bringing the total musicians involved to 77 (Eye was member 0, while the listener is considered member 78).
The drummers...
Aaron Moore, Abby Portner, Adam Autry, Alan Licht, Alianna Kalaba, Allison Busch, Andee Connors, Andrew W.K., Andrya Ambro, Andy McLeod, Aron Wahl, Aviram Cohen, Barbara Schauwecker, Brian Chippendale, Brian Tamborello, Butchy Fuego, Christopher Brokaw, Chris Millstein, Chris Moore, Christopher Powell, Clare Amory, Daniel Franz, Dave Abramson, David LeBleu, David Aron, David Grubbs, David Nuss, Dreiky Caprice, Eric Cohen, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Jaiko Suzuki, Jarred Barron, Jared Burak, Jason Kourkounis, Jeff Salane, Jesse Lee, Jim Abramson, Jim Black, Jim Siegel, Jim Sykes, John McSwain, John Moloney, Jonathan Lockie, Josh Bonati, Josh Madell, Justin DeRosa, Kayrock, Keith Connolly, Kid Millions, Lizzy Bougatsos, Marianne Kozlowski, Matt Heyner, Matthias Schultz, Michael Catano, Michael Evans, Miggie Littleton, Mike Pride, Nadav Havusha, Nathan Corbin, Nick DeCarmine, Oran Canfield, Pete Vogl, Rick Prior, Robin Easton, Ryan Sawyer, Sadie Laska, Sara Lund, Sen10, Spencer Herbst, Spencer Sweeney, Taylor Richardson, Than Luu, Tim Dewit, Travis Harrison, Warren Huegel, Yo2ro, Yoshimi.
"Fur Ilse Koch!" Come Org Tape 1982 (FLAC) & "Sound Of Hate Vol. 2" Trevor Ward Tape (No Year, 128)
Pure-industrial triggercore from Grey Wolves, Intrinsic Action, Con-Dom, Nurse With Wound, Whitehouse, and mooorrreee, with interstitials from Aleister Crowley, Heinrich Himmler, and Charles Manson. STACKED!!!
SS Kids - "Humans Punk" 7" 1983
Zippy French punk with a drummer named Discharge and a song called Disorder...
Chainsaw Madness - This is Terror 4-7-2011
Kong level A-P-E-S-H-I-T speednoize-techno radio show (mixed!) with Euro-as-fuck DJ accents...
Dead Boys / Devo - Live Max's Kansas City 10-31-76 (320) & Live Minneapolis 1978 (320)
RESPECT Justin! 😀
"Dead Boys were an American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. They were among the first wave of punk bands in general, as well as one of the rowdiest and most violent groups of the era. Dead Boys were formed by vocalist Stiv Bators, lead guitarist Cheetah Chrome, rhythm guitarist Jimmy Zero, bassist Jeff Magnum, and drummer Johnny Blitz in 1976, splintering off from another group called 'Rocket From The Tombs'. They released two studio albums, 'Young Loud and Snotty' and 'We Have Come for Your Children'. Their song 'Sonic Reducer' is often regarded as one of the classics of the punk genre. In 1978 Johnny Blitz and a group of his friends got into an altercation which led to Blitz being stabbed in the chest approximately 17 times. While he was recovering in the hospital a benefit was held for him, at which the Dead Boys performed with John Belushi and New York Dolls/Johnny Thunders drummer Jerry Nolan filling in on drums."
"Devo is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic lineup consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs (Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a major hit in 1980 with the single 'Whip It', which popularized them with the mainstream. Known for their stage shows mingling kitsch science fiction, deadpan surrealist humor, and mordantly satirical social commentary, their early, somewhat dissonant tracks used synthetic instrumentation and novel time signatures influential to new wave, industrial, and alternative rock music. They were also pioneers of the music video, creating clips for the LaserDisc format, and 'Whip It' getting heavy airplay in the early days of MTV. The name Devo comes from the concept of 'de-evolution' and the band's related idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind had begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society."
