Controlled Bleeding - "Knees And Bones" LP 1985 & "Shanked And Slithering" CD 2005 (320)



"Controlled Bleeding was an experimental music project from Massapequa, New York. Founded by Paul Lemos, most of their recordings featured two main collaborators, Chris Moriarty and Joe Papa, who both died in the late 2000s. The band was originally formed in Boston around 1978, after returning alone to Massapequa, Lemos rebooted the project with old school friends Gary Pecorino (organ) and Tony Meola (drums), and released a 7" EP called 'Wall Of China Love Letter' in 1980. This early incarnation played progressive art rock. By 1983, Pecorino and Meola had left and were replaced by new collaborators Joe Papa, a 300-pound scat-singing eccentric, and Chris Moriarty, a neighbor of Paul's who played drums. The new trio's output soon strayed into areas of harsh industrial noise (sometimes mixed with guitar and vocal work). In February 1985, their first full length LP in this style, 'Knees And Bones', was released by Swedish label Psychout Productions. A 2005 compilation CD, 'Shanked And Slithering', contains previously released and unreleased material from that time (83-86) which was entirely remixed and remastered."

Kikeiji - EPs '83-'85 (320) & "Early Days Rough & Tough '83" 10xCD 2014 (FLAC)




"Formed in Tokyo in November 1982. Released the 1st flexi sheet, the first release of the hardcore punk label ADK Records launched by Tam, the former member of The Stalin. In 1983, released the EP "PLASTIC SCANDAL" and disbanded. In 1984, the flexi sheet "PRESSURE" was released even though the band was disbanded. In 1985, they reunited, played two shows, released the EP "Hello Good-bye" and disbanded. Bassist Tatsushi joined another early ADK band, MASTURBATION. Furthermore, after the dissolution of Masturbation, in 1986 he formed "TRANSFORMER" with guitarist Hiroshi, and in 1987 released "MANOEUVRE" from Balcony Records. In 1993, formed again. Participated in the former Ghoul's Masami memorial live. In January 1994, drummer HIROSHIMA launched OK Records, and with the start of the CD release of ADK's works, they performed their last live and officially disbanded. They released a live album "LIVE AT LAST" containing this live sound source, and an omnibus album "1982-1994" covering all released sound sources up to that point. In 2008, the members of YASU, HIROSHI, TATSUSHI, and HIROSHIMA reunited for the third time. In 2010, TATSUSHI and HIROSHIMA withdrew. Tsuji is in charge of bass, Toshiaki Sudo is in charge of drums, and Proletariat Honma is in charge of keyboards, which will be a new part. "Recite and bury yourself!" was released. In 2012, released the EP "Disgust". Tsuji, who is in charge of bass, has left the band, and Seiji Fukushima of THE FOOLS has joined. In 2014, he released his second album, "De-Human: The madness of fake things is just shit that makes the world uncomfortable". In addition, he released a collection of early live recordings "EarlyDays Rough & Tough" and a self-cover album "Reborn Or Hell?", which is a re-recording of his early works. The death of vocalist YASU on December 20, 2021 was announced on the official website and official Twitter on the 24th."

Sakevi + Jojo (SKV & Hijokaidan) - "Mammalia" LP 1987 (Vinyl FLAC 24/96)



"JOJO Hiroshige (September 9, 1959) is a Japanese noise musician, guitarist, singer, music critic, sports card collector, businessman, and fortune teller. His real name is Yoshiyuki Hiroshige. Around 1974, he started recording at home in Kyoto. Initially, he produced many overdubbed works on cassettes and reel-to-reel tape decks. In 1977 he formed the improvisational band SLOTH. In 1978, he formed the avant-garde punk rock band ULTRA BIDE. In 1979, he formed noise band Hijokaidan. At a time when most of the possibilities of rock music had been exhausted, he sought 'something that no one else had done, something that no one could understand', and ended up playing noise. In 1984, he established the independent label Alchemy Records with Naoto Hayashi. He has released over 200 works, including CDs and DVDs."

"Sakevi Yokoyama (age unknown) is a Japanese graphic designer and collage, digital, and performance artist. Best known as a founding member of metalpunk/experimental group G.I.S.M., other activities include editor and co-publisher of "Punk On Wave" magazine, brute-industrial music collaborations, art showings, limited printing of his art and design on t-shirts and posters, and at least one book. A reclusive & mysterious individual, his exploits have garnered many myths and urban legends since the 1980s."


Heresy - "Never Slit Thanks" CD 1990 (FLAC), Live St. Gallen / Nottingham / Wigan '86-'88, True First Peel Session July '87 (UNRL/Never Pressed), "Dortmund Tapes" Rehearsal '87, Troubled Times Radio Interview '88


One of the Ashoka Pillars of all fast 'cores (especially the ones that rap)...


&...

Rage Reset - Discography (W / Both Versions Of "Syndrome" EP) '94-'96


The only Amigacores not from Newcastle to release on Bloody Fist
(and they lived in Sydney, Mark N's mortal enemy! THE ENTIRE FUCKING CITY!!!)...

R.I.P. Fucker - 2013 Demo


First Chaos U.K. EP quantum entangled with Sore Throat's midpace alter.
Only release (cuts like a crib death to type that), "R.I.P. to FUCKERS!!!"

Deceased - "The Evil Side Of Religion" Demo 1986 & "Birth By Radiation" Demo 1988 (320 VBR Tape Rips)



"King Fowley and guitarist Doug Souther started the band in 1984 in Arlington, Virginia with a goal to out-thrash Slayer. They experimented with a number of band names, formations, and styles before settling on the name 'Deceased' in 1986 (the final lineup consisting of Fowley on drums and vocals, Mark Adams joining Souther on guitar, and bassist Rob Sterzel). Tragedy struck the group on March 3rd, 1988 when Sterzel and several friends, including Souther's brother, were killed in a hit-and-run accident. Les Snyder became bassist later that year. Souther finally quit and was replaced by Mike Smith in 1991. The lineup of King Fowley, Mike Smith, Mark Adams, and Les Snyder lasted over a decade and recorded some of the group's most celebrated works."

Raison D'etre - "The Luminous Experience (Live In Enschede 2008)" CD (FLAC)



Interview by Marcus Stiglegger (Exact Year Unknown)...

Peter, first of all, please tell us some facts about yourself.

I was born 1973-03-20 in a small town called Boxholm in the south-east part of Sweden. Right now I am studying the master level on the programme ‘Cultural, Society and Media production’ at the University in Norrkoping. This programme builds on a broad spectrum of research traditions within the humanities and social sciences. It includes production studies and practical work in film, television, audio installation, radio, computer-based media and museum exhibitions. Besides my music activities and studies I am mostly interested in film, art, Tibetan Buddhism and meditation, in water, in mountains, in life.

Peter, could you tell us something about the underground-music-scene in Sweden in general?

I actually don’t now much about it. Most of it is based around Cold Meat Industry, and then there are some younger generation making noise at home on their computers.

What is the artistic concept behind your main project Raison D’être?

The concept is about the freedom of expression, to use any creative tool in order to make an expression, Music, film, photo, painting, poem or whatever kind of layers. So far I have most been into music making, but I have plans to expand the creative layers to more than music, at least it was the intention when I started raison d’être, and I feel the film layer is quite close now.

From where did you take the name?

The name is taken from a sentence in a book by Carl Gustav Jung, something like this "the individuation is the raison d’être of the self". At the time when I started Raison D’être I was reading a lot of Jung literature and his thoughts has inspired both my life and my work. Raison D’être is a very existential term and can be used in a lot of different ways. I think it is a beautiful word and everyone can find his or her own meaning of it.

How would you define your own perspective on the Brian-Eno-term ‘ambient music’?

For me terms like ambient or soundscapes is about the sounds of nature or the environment, sounds that is already there, you don’t even need to record it. At the beach and if you relax and close your eyes and you will enter a new world: listening to sounds from boats, animals, wind etc, creating a tune of the environment. I think it’s very beautiful. Eno thought about mixing recorded sound and environment sounds but from the beginning it was not included to record the ambient sound, as it was already existing by itself. However, to record the ambient sounds also means that other people can listen to it without being in a particular environment, as Eno did on the album ‘On Land’ and some other artists had done several years earlier without label it ambient. For me ambient is a way to create a substitute for a world that exists or may not even exist more than as a thought. Like a wasteland, when I picture it in my mind I try to create the ambient soundtrack for this particular world and then put it a step further by composing a sort of soundtrack for the whole image, with the ambient soundtrack included, with non-ambient sounds mixed or on top of it.

Do you see the possibility of promoting philosophical idea of life via pure sound?

On principle, no, not in the music itself as pure sound, but rather in the context where it is played, as I believe that everything is cultural bounded. Meanings and symbols are in almost all cases not global, but Jung talks about the archetypes that are common for us all, so maybe after all there is some way to promote primitive but deep rooted ideas via sound.

How important is the visual presentation of a musical work for you?

The visual presentation is often the very first contact with a band so it’s important. The artwork for an album should reflect the content of the disc, the music. When viewing the cover and listening to the music it should be like enter a new world, or it should work as key to understand the world painted by the music. The same goes for video backdrops during live performances. Everything must not be shown clear, it can be hidden, like an enigma to solve. Right now I am much into minimalistic art design, I want to move to more pure state of mind, both in my music and with the visuals, they go hand in hand.

On your early recordings you make heavy use of Christian chorals and chants. Did you see this in the context of a bleak and Gothic 'vision du monde'?

They are still used but to a less extent. I use religious elements in my music not as symbols for religion in itself. These kinds of elements / symbols may connote to things like loneliness and contemplation and that is why I use them. Most people see my music as bleak and gothic visions so if looking at the result of my music guess you are right.

Your side-project Atomine Electrine is more inspired by techno/trance-sounds. What is your connection to the techno-scene?

Actually, I am not much involved into techno/trance, but more into electronic ambient sounds. I have been a fan of cosmic music since I first started listening to music. Artists like Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze was a big inspiration for me when I was young. In the 90’s I started to listen to bands like the Orb, Aphex Twin and Future Sound of London, but that’s the closet I have got to the techno scene even if I don’t consider those bands being techno, more on the verge to techno.

Another of your projects is Bocksholm. What is the concept of that collaboration with Lina Baby Doll of Deutsch Nepal?

This is a quite funny project. Lina and I have so much in common that we were forced to have a project together. We are both grown up in the same small town (3000 inhabitants), Boxholm (the old spelling was Bocksholm), and we both have the same name, Peter Andersson (yes that’s Linas real name too), and we both are making industrial music on the CMI label. The project is about our childhood in Boxholm, our young experiences and about the fear of the Ironworks and the alcoholics in the town. Most of the sounds we use are sampled in Boxholm, especially in the area around or in the Ironworks, so the music got an Boxholm atmosphere all over.

Your main label is Cold Meat Industry, a label that coined a certain style of Post-Industrial music. How strong is the influence of label-boss Roger Karmanik on the music of ‘his’ bands?

I would say that we are free to do what we want, but if Roger dislike the music he will probably not want to release it on CD. Normally it’s not a problem. Roger have signed bands that he likes not only for the music in itself but what kind of people there are behind the music. He actually prefers to work with good people that do not perfect music before working with assholes that do fantastic music. Only a few times he has rejected new material from pretty established bands. And he never say how he would like the sound to be, the artists produce their own music without any interference from other interests.

Your music is eventually inspired by films. Could you comment on this? Do you sample from your favorite movies?

I believe many things inspire my music, actually everything I have experienced may play a role. But film or any kind of images or even real sights are able to visualise my ideas. For example, if the word 'wasteland' inspires me I try to picture it in my head and then I got certain mind images that may rely on what I have seen in real life, or on film or in images. More often people say that my music would fit very well as film music. I have been asked several times to make music for films but at the end the film productions have been cancelled. Nowadays I never sample from films, I may have done it a few times in my earliest years as music creator, but I prefer to do as much sounds as I can by myself.

At your live-shows you show films of abandoned places. What is the idea behind that? Where are the pictures shot? And who did it?

The idea is simply to create images for audience that goes along with the music. Martin Pels who is responsible for many of the images on the CMI sleeves shot the images for my recent two backdrops in Argentine and Brasilia. One backdrop is of an old abandoned graveyard and the other backdrop is at an old harbor with rusty abandoned ships.

Do you plan to publish an audiovisual work (DVD) in the near future?

Yes, I have been thinking about a DVD. I have got such plans for a while but I haven’t had any time, maybe later this year I can start working on such things, at least I hope so. But I do work on other audiovisual works that is part of my studies at the university, this will result in a DVD in the future. Right now I am working on a poetic, artistic and existentialistic short film about abandoned places and residual energy to be recorded at different locations in Poland and Czech Republic. I will compose a special soundtrack, but it will be under the name Peter Andersson not as 'Raison D’être'.

Is there a certain difference between performing in Germany than playing live in Sweden, Russia, Italy etc? What are the audiences like?

Russia and Italy is quite similar, they are very nice and warm as audience. Germans are a bit more restrained but not as much as Swedish audience. Worst is English audience, they are even crappy, seems like they want to leave the building even if they enjoy the music. Else it the same type of audience, most young people but sometimes really old ones, I have met people that are over 70 years old. Most of them are dressed in black, but far from all. It’s often more differences from performance to performance in the same country that between countries.

You are regularly playing live at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, Germany. What do you think about this event?

I am not that fond of Wave-Gotik-Treffen, it’s a lot of shit bands, but it’s a nice place to meet a lot of people as they are coming from everywhere, even from United States. CMI usually have their own stage so that’s good, I don’t want to blend with goth bands.

The industrial/ritual-music-scene in Germany suffers from ideological prejudices. A lot of concerts are criticised by leftist extremists for ‘promoting right wing politics’. In Raison D’être nothing of that sort can be found. But you performed at several occasions together with some of the attacked bands, like the 'Heilige Feuer' festival in St. Petersburg. What is your opinion about that?

I am not interested in politics, at least in combination with music as I see it more as an aesthetic expression. On the other hand I have to face the fact that some artists and audience may have a political agenda and that it may cause trouble sometime. But it has not caused any trouble so far and I am friends with most of the bands even if I don’t agree on their political standpoint.

Do you listen to Industrial and neofolk music yourself? What are your musical favourites?

I have listen to industrial music since the early 80’s, but I am not much into neofolk. In the industrial field I enjoy old bands like T.G., S.P.K., Lustmord, but right now I listen most to Organum, Ora, and Troum. But I have to say that I don’t buy or even listen to much music anymore. And I do listen to other artits, not only industrial ones.

Besides your music you are a student of graphic/media design. Are you able to live on the royalties of your music?

I can not survive on my royalties, but if I played live often and sold a lot of merchandise, maybe I could live on my music. But on the other hand I don’t want to turn my music to a commercial spectacle. In the first place I do music because I need to, not to make money on it, on the other hand I want to be free, to have money so I don’t need to work 9-5. So right now I am surviving on some royalty money and contributions for studying at the university.

What may the future bring for your creative work? What are your current plans?

Right now I have some new albums to be released by my side projects Necrophorus and Stratvm Terror. In early summer I will start composing new material for an Atomine Elektrine album, it was almost 10 years ago so it’s about time now, and after that there will be a new Raison D’être album. I will also continue making movies, I want to do a DVD for Raison D’être. All these plans are yet only undeveloped ideas so I can’t say much more about them. I guess, in future, I will work more on music in combination with film, it’s a rather new area for me and I am very excited about it.

Greymachine - "Disconnected" CD & "Vultures Descend" 12" (Discography 2009 FLAC)



"Greymachine. How did the collaboration come about? Why Aaron Turner specifically? Did you feel he was essential to personal goals for the project, or was it a mutual admiration thing?

It started as a solo project with a few loose concepts; something grimy, noisy, punk, absorbing most musics I find to have a strong sense of attack/defence, music that has influenced me since I was a kid. Once I had picked up pace recording, Dave Cochrane was someone I immediately hoped to get involved; we hadn't worked together for a number of years and I considered him someone who would appreciate where this project was going and would fit in well to the sound. Aaron and I had been discussing doing something together for some time, seemed it would probably be something guitar drone based, but since Aaron and I had both been discussing our mutual like of extreme musics again, it felt natural to invite him into this project. Diarmuid Dalton was obvious too...

Did you have any personal goals going into Disconnected? Inspirations, etc...?

I wanted to do something that was as close as possible to the same set of emotions that would be unearthed from listening to, say, Swans' Filth, Sonic Youth's Confusion Is Sex, Dillinja's Thugs, No U Turn Input, The Stooges first album, Flipper, Abruptum, Public Enemy's first two albums, No Trend's When Death Won't Solve Your Problem etc etc etc etc... this sense of excitement, threat and abstraction gleaned from these records, coupled with a general sense of misanthropy, which clearly fuels a lot of my work."

--Justin Broadrick 2009 for Brooklyn Vegan