Esplendor Geométrico - Tarikat

Spain's premier Industrial/Electronica terrorists. A great compilation of classic 86-89 material. Web site of the group here.

Macao 1
Macao 2

Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies - The American Metaphysical Circus

Requested by Andres. More electronic/psychedelic craziness from Mr. Byrd.

"Byrd wasted no time refurbishing his nest with another group, this time a studio-only entity known as Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies. Their lone LP, The American Metaphysical Circus, is another oddball classic. Opening with some dark, electronic soundscapes laminated with haunting, moaning female vocals that segue into an awesomely catchy, lightweight, psychedelic rock song; a parody of many musical styles then follows: ’60s pop, romantic ballads, vintage hot jazz (in one speaker only with tons of surface crackle added for authentic 78 rpm record sound), old folks' sing-along piano ditties, etc. with occasional ominous electronics bubbling up to the surface. The overall “Age of Aquarius” feel is subtly twisted by beautiful, mostly female vocals belting out some fairly mentally disturbed lyrics."

Mister 4th

The United States of America - s/t

Request by Andres. Like the Silver Apples, the USA's use of electronic apparatus to bolster the song into other planes of there made them instrumental to the development of popular electronic music.

"Joseph Byrd is a composer and music teacher who's been working since the 1950s. After starting out playing in pop, jazz and country bands as a Tucson, Arizona teen, Byrd moseyed on over to Stanford college in New York City in 1959, where he became a student of experimental composer John Cage and joined the nascent Fluxus art scene. He even debuted his first minimal music works at Yoko Ono's loft! Soon after college, Byrd accepted a teaching position at UCLA in the mid '60s, but after the music bug bit him hard, he quit to play full-time. His most well-known work appeared on two LPs at the end of that decade.

Byrd's first band, the short-lived United States of America, splashed out a unique spray of rock, psychedelic and avant-garde music. They eschewed rock's staple instrument, the electric guitar, in favor of then cutting-edge electronic devices like an early, primitive synthesizer and a ring modulator, the whoosh and bleeps of which they blended in with crystal clear female vocals and searing violin to effortlessly bake a whole loaf's worth of damaged space age pop. After the release of their one and only self-titled LP in 1968, the band played a few shows, then promptly and predictably imploded due to the usual drug problems and creative differences."

USA

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

The album that got my head rearranged, many moons ago. Did the same for many others as well. Essential.

Shoot him with a gun

Silver Apples - Silver Apples/Contact

The tremendously influential duo Silver Apples were formed in 1967 and consisted of crazily creative percussionist Danny Taylor and the mighty Simeon, vocalist and player of the Simeon Machine,described by himself as:

"Nine audio oscillators and eighty-six manual manual controls...The lead and rhythm oscillators are played with the hands, elbows and knees and the bass oscillators are played with the feet."

Pulses, drones, hums, repetition, a huge drumset with strange tunings, and timeless music.

OOOSCILLATIOOONSSS

As The Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade.

Mark Stewart was the frontman of the Pop Group, perhaps the most sonically inventive and politically aggressive post punk group. After The Pop Group, Stewart teamed up with Dub maestro Adrian Sherwood of the On-U Sound ensemble and the group of Skip Mcdonald, Keith Leblanc and Doug Wimbish, also known as Sugarhill Records' house band. The results were stellar in their debut "Learning to Cope with Cowardice" (to be posted soon) but on this album they truly grasp the sonic equivalent of a world being torn to pieces. Dub treatments ricochet everywhere while vocal transmissions fall in and out with outrageous sampling and pure static hovering like pissed off ghosts. A sonic gauntlet that has been rarely picked off after it was released, this ear cleanser is not for everybody. Only adventurous Sonic Barbarian Motherfuckers need apply.

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Adventure.

The oft-ignored 2nd album by Television. Why? Beats me, 'cause it always sounds marvelous to my ears, specially the delicate beauty "Days" and Verlaine's glorious solo on "The Fire". A
reappraisal is due. Or not.














http://rapidshare.com/files/160327316/Adventure.zip