Not Cabbage from Brussels,but somewhere called Melsele in fact(?);and not strictly a compilation of Belgian artists either;but it IS on a long defunct Belgian cassette label that compiled musicians from anywhere,from any musical pigeon-hole, that would be willing donators.
For example we have Mans Hate from Peterborough UK, If Bwana from the Sound Of Pig stable,USA. Het Zweet from the Nether regions, Zan Hoffman from Kentucky......oh....and,naturally, a load of Belgians and other flemish types.
The Cabbage compilations came in four parts, this being numjber two obviously; and you can get Part 1 HERE and 4 HERE and if you are curious........Part three is notoriously hard to find.....so if anybody out there has it?...etc!
Tracklisting:
A1 –De B.B.O.- Radio Ventraal
A2 –The Voodoo Sex Atom - You Speak Well My Dear
A3 –Man's Hate - Old Men In Drag
A4 –M.A.L - The Wanderer
A5 –If,Bwana - Desert March
A6 –Collectionism - We Are All Children Of God
A7 –Asmodaeus - Second Time Is Different
A8 –Cauchy 138 - Obligation
A9 –Zanstones - Green Waiter
A10 –Narzisse - But That's For Later (Excert)
B1 –Unovidual - Silent Shadows
B2 –Magthea - Neptunes Wakes Up
B3 –Het Zweet - Wall
B4 –Ratbau - Show Me How
B5 –JD3 - Fear On Trial
B6 –Moz-Art - Trash Around The Clock
B7 –Man's Hate - The Action Men Are Rotting
B8 –OB Minimax - Eegah!
B9 –Collectionism - Side Effect (Excert)
Now for some vintage Belgian minimal wave compilation tapes from back in the day.The real thing.
Starting with one of the best from Climax Productions.
Not a duff tune on this classic C-60.
As the compiler says: "it was my intention to make you a cassette with a large amount of variations and I succeeded quite good. You see, I bring you: depression of Asmodaeus, semi-industry with Magthea, romantic stuff from Somnambulist, commercial acts from Emotional Violence, Schicksal and Braindamage."......dunno too much about variation though,it all sounds quite cohesive to me?Could even be by the same band if you squinted your eyes and bunged up your ears.
DOWNLOAD to climax HERE!
Any art that has the uber realist philosophy, as printed on the insert of this cassette,and I quote:
"The only meaning of life is Emptiness. The Horrible, beautiful
Emptiness. There is no evil, no good; there is only the blind power of:
to be or not to be, to will or not to will, to do or not to do. Nothing
is arranged. It is chaos where-out the uncontrolled insanity grows...".
......has to be good!
But, this is great!
I assume this was intended as an accompanying electronic soundtrack for
some dodgy fringe theatre production in Antwerp, Belgium, back in 1983.
A year when it seemed that everyone in that fine land had a synthesizer,and/or a minimal electronic project going on.
This C-60 is a forgotten classic of the era,full of throbbing
oscillators, tin pot drum machines, and monophonic synths-a-plenty.
And remember,the only meaning of life is Emptiness, but the kind of
emptiness found on this cassette gives life meaning.A horrible,
beautiful meaning.
Track Listing:
Side A : Untitled (30:58)
Side B : Untitled (31:10)
DOWNLOAD this insanity HERE!
