Andrew Chalk and Giancarlo Toniutti ‎– "Tahta Tarla" (Pans'urlo Panseri ‎– G:Rᵐ–>Rⁿ / 03Rⁿ) 1993

Silence is often louder and more disturbing than the visceral noise that Andrew Chalk began his career with as Ferial Comfine.
This tinnitus style collaboration with early Italian Industrialist Giancarlo Toniutti, is as disturbing as being confronted by your own hidden thoughts.
As it's our last post of this very....very.... crap year of 2017,it will give you a chance to reflect upon the tragedy of the rise of a new dark age of popularism. For the first time since the Berlin Wall came down, there's a real danger that we have leaders stupid enough to start a nuclear conflict. So savor what could be your last chance to say 'Happy New Year',no matter how ironic are those words or vacuous those tedious fireworks displays are , because next time, we could all be DEAD!

Tracklist:

A Tienalauami(24:27)
B Warkswood (20:31)

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New Blockaders With Ferial Confine ‎– "The Final Recordings" (Dom Bartwuchs ‎– DOM BW 02) 1990

These are indeed the 'Final Recordings' of Andrew Chalk's 'Ferial Confine' project, but The New Blockaders would carry on to this very day.
Andrew Chalk would go on to make increasingly disappearing and quieter music as himself in the Dark Ambient arena; whereas The New Blockaders would carry on making the same old noise for the next quarter of a century.
As much as I love a nice paint stripping noise track or two, they do tend to chafe somewhat at the boredom threshold. Like Van Morrison has made the same LP every year for fifty years, the leading lights of the Noise/Drone scene are doing the very same, pointless exercise. Having said that, Pointlessness is the entire point of The New Blockaders raison d'etre, so I can't criticize them for sticking to their dogma like limpets,as I usually criticize artists for not doing this.......they just can't win can they?
I heartily advise making just one record then stopping.Then one cannot be criticized for anything of the sort,except for being a quitter.

Tracklist:

A Untitled 17:06
B Untitled 18:21

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Ferial Confine ‎– "Meiosis" (Broken Flag ‎– BF48) 1985

Another journey through the Richter scale of noise from Ferial Confine, aka Andrew Chalk.
Ranging from gentle electrical interference accompanying birdsong, to paint stripping screeching noise.
Meiosis is the initial stage of cell division that leads, ultimately to the existence of the Human scourge of the Planet Earth.So the gentle acceleration from something tranquil ,even beautiful, to an ear-bleeding destructive racket is, for these bleeding ears, a very accurate portrayal of natures greatest mistake.

Tracklist:

Side A (31:41)
Side B (31:07)

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Ferial Confine ‎– "The Full Use Of Nothing" (Self-released Cassette) 1985

Ferial Confine was Andrew Chalks scratchy scrapey nihilistic noise outing from early in his 'career.
Reminding one very much of similar cohorts, Organum,and The New Blockaders work; Chalk was right in there when it came to the early days of articulating 'Noise' into something feasible. He would later travel down the well-trodden path of ambient drones,but his early work is truly bizarre.

Tracklist:

Side A (20:23)
Side B (18:35)

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Andrew Chalk – "Crescent" (Integrated Circuit Records ICR 21) 1986

One of my favourite ICR tapes is this early C-30 release from Andrew Chalk. Dark ambient Industrial soundscapes which reminds me of some of Delia Derbyshire’s more creepy work for the BBC. Sounds rather like listening to the nightshift at a quarry through miles of steel piping.
That is a recommendation to my fucked up ears.

Track Listing:

	A1		Crescent
	A2		Old Hive
	A3		Browney Dyke
	B1		Slip

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Andrew Chalk – " Harvest " (Integrated Circuit Records ICR 22) 1988

This is the mirror image of Neil Young’s “Harvest”, same title, completely different effect.
Two years between ICR21 and ICR22!…but worth the wait. Andrew Chalk’s recycling of his work with Organum, into a minimal version of a thousand bomber raid. Side B’s especially resplendent Luftwaffe Dronescape, descending into a series of thuds and clangs, before building slowly up again to a malfunctioning machine finalé. This is ground-breaking stuff for 1988.
Nowadays everyone and their granny has a Drone project going on.One can trawl the internet and find thousands of Drone based cd-r’s,;but this was the beginning of the flood. Not forgetting the long shadow of Lamonte Young’s Eternal Music Ensemble, and Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, Chalk and his peers developed a more quiet and sinister form of drone, that still echoes on today.
Recorded at IC Studio 1986-88. Special thanks to David Jackman.
Re-worked and newly produced recordings using material from Organum’s “Kanal” sessions.

Track Listing:

A		Untitled
B1		Untitled
B2		Untitled

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