Units, ‘Bug Boy’ (1980) Tuxedomoon, ‘Joe Boy The Electronic Ghost’ Chrome, ‘All Data Lost’ Screamers, ‘Need a head-on’ (1977 or 1978) Units, ‘Cannibals’ (1979) Tuxedomoon, ‘Nervous Guy’ Units, ‘Bird River’ (1978) The Residents, ‘Home Age Conversation’ Tuxedomoon. ‘(Special Investment For) The Family Man’ Units, ‘i Night’ (1980) Screamers, ‘Magazine Love’ Screamers, ‘Government Love Affair...
For a slice of synth-punk history that’ll knock spots off your Depeche Mode collection, why not tune in to this excellent new comp History Of The Units: The Early Years 1977-1983 (COMMUNITY LIBRARY CL16). This band were prominent in the San Francisco “scene” in the 1970s and are often mentioned in the same breath...
Alva Noto has stepped out from the comfort zone of his computer suite to collaborate with Japan’s palest aesthete, Ryuichi Sakamoto, to produce the splendid utp_ (RASTER-NOTON R-N 96), a composition blending electronic and digital works with the clinical string playing of Ensemble Modern. This modernist workout sounds utterly crisp and clean to the...
We very much enjoyed an uncanny night of music at Café Oto last night. (See here for a great poster). This was the first venture of The Sound Projector to this London venue with which all of the capital’s underground cognoscenti are abuzz, and quite rightly. We were there to see a performance by...
Skullflower‘s main man Matthew Bower teams up with Lee Stokoe, Samantha Davies and Stuart Dennison, to produce the amazing Malediction (SECOND LAYER RECORDS SLR002) record, a blistering studio bash recorded last November. Guitars and percussion (plus some cello and violin) have rarely sounded so utterly cataclysmic, except in the hands of this reliable veteran...
‘Starlight’ From This Is Folk Music, USA LAST VISIBLE DOG LVD 092 CD (2005) ‘Wwhirlpool, Wwindow Liight Nightt’ From Hungry Ghosts! These Songs Are Doors, USA DIGITALIS INDUSTRIES ACE005 CD (2007) Extreme Animals, ‘Lil John Carpenter Tribute Song’ From Mudmux Vol. 1, USA DNT RECORDS DNT035 7” SINGLE ‘Thaw’ From Music for Any Speed,...
Tonight’s Sound Projector radio broadcast is a showcase for visiting American musician / artist / performer mudboy from Providence RI, who is presently touring Europe. Show will feature a new 23-minute performance which he recorded especially for this show, plus I’ll be spinning lots of rarities from mudboy’s catalogue of cassettes, CDRs and singles....
Great LP by TANKJ, a lively French group led by veteran drummer Jean-Noël Cognard; the combo play brass, upright bass and live electronics in an inventive set-up, producing much energetic noisy jazz. Indeed “Free jazz meets Junk Noise” is how they accurately describe their work. I find it very much in the great tradition...
Now, ‘Splurge’ From Ooodipooomn, UK PICKLED EGG RECORDS EGG 74 CD (2009) Calle Debauche, ‘Regarding Pete’ From Calle Debauche, USA EGG HELMET RECORDS NO NUMBER CD (2009) Kacheltisch, (Track 4) From Kacheltisch, GERMANY BETONG TONTRÄGER 001 CDR (2009) Leverton Fox, ‘Rubbed Out’ From Country Dances, UK GRAVID HANDS GRVH001 CD (2009) Jim O’Rourke, ‘Let’s...
Second Layer Records of North London, already one of the smartest record shops on the planet, has launched a new record label, first release being a collaboration between Evan Parker and John Wiese. C-Section (SLR001) dishes up four live improvisations recorded in the studio by Anna Tjan, packed in a handsome digipack and wrapped...
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