Wednesday 10 December 2014

Big City Orchestra ‎– "Arph, Arph, Arph" (A.R.P.H. Tapes ‎– AT # 012) 1985


Usually I have some kind of loose theme for my posts, but recent events have fucked up my mind-track. So i'm just gonna do random selections from the category known on iTunes as “Other”.
Its a prestige pigeon-hole to be sorted into, one the straights have invented to put artists that cannot be pigeon-holed.
Such an act is the prolific Big City Orchestra,who have a back catalogue the size of the Welwyn Garden City phone book. Another category this combo usually gets lumbered with, is “Experimental”. Which is an adequate adjective for this highly inventive uncategorisable otherness.
It contains a virtual anthem for our times in “Child Abuse”, with found dialogue that both exposes the attitudes to under age exploitation and the accusing finger of peado-paranoia of the 21st century. Almost a foot tapper.

Tracklist:


A1 White Sale 3:16
A2 Child Abuse 4:36
A3 Sex Dance 4:04
A4 Chimes Video 3:56
A5 Wolf Boy Eyes 2:36
B1 I Turned It Off 2:06
B2 Tax Talk 4:29
B3 Commercial 4:20
B4 Spidey Ub's Out 4:26
B5 Fuzzy Wuzzy 5:30

5 comments:

  1. Good to see you back JZ. All the best.

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  2. Yes, good to have you back.hope you´re feeling better. All the best,
    Michael

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  3. Big City Orchestra used to feature regularly on 'Epitapes' as did AFP stuff - Mike T must have put out around a hundred compilations of bands that would fall into 'other',
    All good stuff :)

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  4. Dear friends, here my personal wanted list from B.C.O.:
    1987 - Myth Makers
    1988 - Substance Abuse
    1988 - Absence Sharpens, Presents Strenghtens
    1989 - Aime-Morot
    1989 - Bretagne
    1989 - Childhood Rememberences
    1990 - Bell, Book And Candle
    1990 - Tallywags
    1990 - Prattling Box
    1995 - Tryst 8 (with Voice of Eye)
    1997 - And When We Get Homme, We Find Someone Else's Male
    2009 - Eerily
    xxxx - Beatles Hell
    xxxx - Carnival Of Monsters
    xxxx - Water Bewitched
    xxxx - Dance Upon Nothing
    xxxx - Tryst 6 (with Nux Vomica)
    xxxx - Seeds Of Doom
    xxxx - Telegraphe

    If someone could provide some links...
    Thank you.
    Carlo

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  5. http://ubuibi.bandcamp.com/

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