Various Artists ‎– "Slaughter Of The Innocent" (New Blockaders Org) 1983

This compilation, compiled by Richard Rupenus of New Blockaders fame, tries nobly to dispel much of the criticism leveled against the industrial/power electronics genre as an all sound-alike group of TG/Whitehouse imitators(Which it largely IS). The great variety of styles, techniques and sounds displayed on this 20 track tape suggest that perhaps this genre is more of a philosophical collective rather than a purely aesthetic one.The truth being more like a mixture of both leaning strongly towards the Aesthetic shoebox that all these acts find themselves cornered in. All the performers included here are extreme and intense chaps, yet the gamut of sounds runs from new musique concrete via 23 Skidoo Funk (Bourbonese Qualk, Mixed Band Philanthropist) to dark ritualistic collages (Metgumnerbone), to skin peeling power electronics (New Sadism, Vortex Campaign). Then we have Observation Clinique, Konstruktivits,and David Jackman to provide the dark understated, avant garde end of the genre to make us all feel thick.And finally always the very odd one out, Paul Kelday is here to provide some Kosmishe inspired spacey electronics.

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Various Artists ‎– "A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird (An International Compilation)" (Dark Star ‎– DS 1-2) 1985

A wide ranging compilation that included all the leading lights of the UK Electronic Underground.....aka a fancy way of saying 'Prog'......are collected on this c-90/c-60 double package.Compiled in 1985 by our chums from the Ultima Thule Record Shop in Leicester; whose own projects (Alto Stratus and Zircon etc) take up a hefty 20 minutes of tape time.....and why not?
A wide range of abstract experimentation is on display over these two and a half hours, ranging from Ambient electronics to mid range Industrial, to the madness of DDAA,categorised in the 'Other' category on iTunes.

Tracklist:
White Side
A1 –Paul Nagle-Skrying 8:45
A2 –Peter Frohmader-Pharaonische Grabkammar 9:10
A3 –Colin Potter-Potters Wheel 6:14
A4 –Region 5-In The Cage Of Crystal Moonlight 5:43
A5 –Conrad Schnitzler- 1·11·84 7:02
A6 –Adhara Alucian Landscape 6:58
Yellow Side
B1 –Ken Moore In The Field With Flowers & A Toilet 5:47
B2 –Kevin O'Neill The Claws That Catch 5:39
B3 –Peter Frohmader Sepulchral Choirs 11:28
B4 –Alto Stratus The Captive 14:56
B5 –Paul Kelday Timelord 5:06
Grey Side
C1 –Günter Schickert Powolerman/Suleika 8:53
C2 –Land Of Yrx Merman Ikon Bee 7:07
C3 –Bourbonese Qualk-Blackout 3:02
C4 –New 7th Music-Tlazolteotl 5:03
C5 –Hartmann-Forget The Past 3:08
Blue Side
D1 –R N Andrews- Humphrey's Final Words 2:06
D2 –Aussenminister-City Wolf 4:29
D3 –Zircon & The Burning Brains-Imaginé 5:16
D4 –Input- Heavy Street 4:19
D5 –David Gate-Nothing Isn't Everything 3:39
D6 –Rollkomanndo-Nude Picture 2:11
D7 –DDAA-Une Etude De Sonorisation Par Le Sol 4:50

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Various Artists ‎– "The Elephant Table Album" (X Tract ‎– XX 001) 1983

Companion album to "Three Minute Symphony" compiled, again, by Dave Henderson ,late of the now defunct Sounds newspaper.Full of great tracks, even the 400 Blows track is fantastic, i think they went downhill fast after this single.
Its not perfect, (which is perfection?), as The Legendary Pink Dots do only a mildly irritating version of their Syd Barrett fans play with casiotone keyboards and pots'n'pans stuff.....still made me wanna punch somebody though!
We also got a minimal Coil track which is virtually a slow TR808 solo; dare to be minimal!
SPK on the cusp of becoming total Shite,the excellent Lustmord, Portion Control transmuting into their nasty vocals phase(which i'm not too enamoured about).
To sum it all up, it has its faults, but  a classic old school Industrial compilation, and a great starting point for the Industrial virgin to catch the 80's underground In flagrante delicto! (I don't really speak Latin by the way!)

Tracklist :

A1	– Portion Control	Chew You To Bits
A2	– Chris And Cosey	Tears Of Blood
A3	– Metamorphosis	Muzak From Hawthorne Court
A4	– Coil	S Is For Sleep
A5	– Nurse With Wound	Nana Or A Thing Of Uncertain Nonsense
B1	– 400 Blows	Beat The Devil
B2	– Konstruktivits	Andropov '84
B3	– Lustmørd	Boning Of Men
B4	– Muslimgauze	Melena Jesenska (Extract)
B5	– David Jackman	Edge Of Nothing
C1	– SPK	Despair
C2	– MFH	Vox Humana
C3	– Nocturnal Emissions	Suffering Stinks
C4	– Attrition	Dream Sleep
C5	– Legendary Pink Dots	Suprise, Suprise
C6	– Paul Kelday	Birth Of Planetesimals (Extract)
D1	– Bourbonese Qualk	Under The City
D2	– Sirius B	Build Your Children
D3	– New 7th Music	New Humanity Switchboard (Extract)
D4	– We Be Echo	Alleycat
D5	– Bushido	Modelwerk

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Bourbonese Qualk - "Recloose Organisation Releases" (1983-86)

Three release from the Funky Industrial Disko that is Bourbonese Qualk.
More form the 23 Skidoo/400 Blows end of the Industrial Spectrum than the TG middle end or the crusty whitehouse edges. Highly entertaining.



"Laughing Afternoon" -(Recloose Organisation ‎– LOOSE 004)1983

Tracklist

A1		God With Us
A2		Idiot Pain
A3		Barcelona Telephone Exchange
A4		Freefall
A5		Blood Orange Bargain Day
A6		Behind Closed Doors
B1		Qualk Street
B2		To Hell With The Consequences
B3		Building Jerusalem
B4		Feast Of Trumpets
B5		Virgin Ears, Virgin Eyes
B6		Spanner In The Works
B7		Mystery Dance

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"Hope" (Recloose Organisation ‎– LOOSE 007) 1984

Tracklist

A1		Erector	2:37
A2		Sunset Sex	6:13
A3		Invocation	3:54
A4		Cold Blood	1:50
A5		Head Stop	3:33
A6		Mission England	2:51
B1		Dereliction	4:44
B2		Black Madonna	3:12
B3		Gag	4:28
B4		Something In The Air	4:10
B5		There Is No Night	2:41

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"Preparing For Power"- (Recloose Organisation ‎– LOOSE 010) 1986

Tracklist:

A1		Return To Order
A2		Outcry
A3		Boggy Creek
A4		Confrontation
A5		Lies
A6		Soft City
B1		Xenophobia
B2		Born Left Hearted
B3		Is-it-as-it-was
B4		Backlash
B5		Insurrection

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Bourbonese Qualk - "The Spike" (Dossier Records ST 7504) 1985

Often over looked in the industrial shoebox , the excellent Bourbonese Qualk, are like all the good bits of 23 Skidoo and 400 Blows merged into one blast of sonick terrorist funk.
This German release finds the boys at their very best Industrial Disko mode. 'Shutdown' being the greatest 23 Skidoo track that never was.
Recorded during 1985 while the group were involved in organising the Berlin Atonal festival.
Side B taken from the score of a Recloose dance performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London 31.1.-2.2.1985

Tracks:

A1		Shutdown
A2		Suburb City
A3		About This
A4		New England
A5		Preparing For Power
A6		Pogrom
B1		Call To Arms
B2		Frontline
B3		Spanner In The Works
B4		In-flux
B5		Deadbeat

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Various Artists‎– "Sudden Departure" (Recloose Organisation ‎– LOOSE 001) 1982

Classic 'Industrial' compilation on Bourbonese Qualk's own Recloose Organisation label.Featuring such classic artists as Colin Potter, Bryn Jones(E.G.Oblique Graph),and Phillip Johnson.Even Lol Coxhill makes an appearance!Rather marvellous.
The first release from Bourbonese Qualk's RecLoose Organisation label was a compilation release intended to be followed up by albums by each of the artists. the album included works by lol coxhill, eg oblique graph (muslimgauze), new 7th music, la fondation, colin potter and Bourbonese Qualk with two early pieces; " i've heard some talk" and "the women and the sun" recorded in 1981.
"One of my favorite early '80s compilation albums was "Sudden Departure" on the RecLoose label. Bladder Flask (one Richard Rupenus a.k.a. Funeral Danceparty) was featured on a few of the very best tracks, as were Bourbonese Qualk and EG Oblique Graph, who would later change names to Muslimgauze. I already love this album to pieces!" [Jeff Gibson]

Tracklist

A1	La Fondation –	"Cat Sisters"
A2	La Fondation –	Petit Meurtre
A3	Bladder Flask –	Did Debussy Wear An Anorak?
A4	New 7th Music –	Forever
A5	Bourbonese Qualk –	I've Heard Some Talk (No You Don't!)
A6	Mental Aardvarks –	Radio Caroline North
A7	Colin Potter –	Soul Train
A8	Paul Kelday –	Somewhere Over The Rainbow
A9	Peter Northz (At Home), The –	Can't See The Trees For The Pope
B1	E.g Oblique Graph –	Affirm/Deny
B2	Bourbonese Qualk –	The Woman And The Sun
B3	Lol Coxhill –	Bim 80
B4	La Fondation –	Holidays En Espana
B5	Bladder Flask –	You Can Slap Me Or Sleep With Me But Don't Call Me A Crust (I Insist)
B6	La Fondation –	Lettre Au Procureur
B7	E.g Oblique Graph –	Human Rights
B8	Bourbonese Qualk –	Apart From That Mrs. Lincoln, Did You Enjoy The Play?
B9	Philip Johnson –	Entertainment

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Various Artists - "The Last Supper" (Adventures in Reality ARR007) 1984

Fantastic, faultless Industrial cassette compilation, complete with fanzine, from 1984.Not a duff track on this,and a spectrum zx computer program to boot!......spectrum ZX programs themselves sounded not unlike some of the Drill'n'Bass stuff that appeared in the 90's from acts like Squarepusher and some left-field Aphex Twin.
The weakest tracks come from german group Gorilla Aktiv, but only because they are a carbon copy of early Deutsche Amerikanishe Freundschaft, but that's no bad thing 'cus by 1984 DAF were shite, and Gorilla Aktiv were excellent.
Best Track, probably the Smersh one; a distorted kind of House musick for an insane asylum.
Included with an 'Adventures in Reality' Fanzine, which was based in Coventry,and ran from 1980 to 1984.All these tracks were exclusive,and not to my knowledge released anywhere else!
Pro-printed cassette with j-card in snap case. Packaged together with a 16-page booklet, including a 3-page interview with SPK.

Satisfy yourself with the 3 sample tracks I have included below as a taster for more to come.

Track Listing:

Side 1:
SPK - Ich Klage An (Euthanasia)
SPK - Satori (mp3 sample track)
Gorilla Aktiv - Spiegelbild (Mp3 sample Track)
Gorilla Aktiv - Ottos Pornos
Autentisk Film - Polaroid
Smersh - X, X, X, Going On L (mp3 Sample Track)
Bourbonese Qualk - In The Flesh

Side 2:
Test Dept. - Forward
Audio Leter - A 'Lot' Of Time
Muslimgauze - Metropolis
Muslimgauze - Trans/Time
Tex Mirror H - Sister
Attrition - Mr. Toma (I Looked But It Was Gone)


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