"Kitchen Motors", as played on the John Peel Show back in '79,was one of those epiphanal moments on the peel show, between the crap
reggae and anecdotes about shagging schoolgirls in the sixties, when
everything stops, and you think, or even say,"What the Fuck was that?"One of those "What the fuck was that?" moments,that ranked up there with hearing such delights as Blah Blah Blah's "In The Army" for the first time; high praise indeed.
This is electronic avant-pop as it should sound.Starkly minimal futurism without the boiler suits.Raw analogue circuit frying electronic bleeps and clangs,played by hand.Augmented by wired up toy instruments and Kitchen appliances, blending a kind of electronic folk music for an imagined modern age of the near future.It still sounds like the future to these ears;a preferable one to the version we are going to get,where the only drones we will get are the surveillance drones circling your suburban hutch,packed to the rafters with information gathering tech........for your own 'security' of course.
This download includes everything this fine trio recorded,plus vinyl rips of their two official ep's from the groups actual lifetime.So think yourself blessed this is available below,accessed by just one click with your mouse finger. Now that IS technology put to a good use; hopefully it comes to you without any porn links or tempting messages from some charming capitalist.
This is the Future.A Future with mobile phones,smart phones, talking tablet computers,automatic doors(all first seen on Star Trek) and the internet; technological marvels, yes? But what do we do with them? Gossip,buy crap,order Russian Brides, and watch Pornography.
The only other thing that came true fifties and sixties scienec fiction is that we are listening to Crash Course in Science, with their buzzy, boingy,electro fuzz anti-music of the 21st century.The only problem being, that it was made in the 1970's; and only now is it being appreciated.
Oh yes, they came from Philadelphia by the way,and I don't know what their favourite colour was,is,or will be.
Tracklist:
DOWNLOAD a crash course in a crash course in science HERE!
This is electronic avant-pop as it should sound.Starkly minimal futurism without the boiler suits.Raw analogue circuit frying electronic bleeps and clangs,played by hand.Augmented by wired up toy instruments and Kitchen appliances, blending a kind of electronic folk music for an imagined modern age of the near future.It still sounds like the future to these ears;a preferable one to the version we are going to get,where the only drones we will get are the surveillance drones circling your suburban hutch,packed to the rafters with information gathering tech........for your own 'security' of course.
This download includes everything this fine trio recorded,plus vinyl rips of their two official ep's from the groups actual lifetime.So think yourself blessed this is available below,accessed by just one click with your mouse finger. Now that IS technology put to a good use; hopefully it comes to you without any porn links or tempting messages from some charming capitalist.
This is the Future.A Future with mobile phones,smart phones, talking tablet computers,automatic doors(all first seen on Star Trek) and the internet; technological marvels, yes? But what do we do with them? Gossip,buy crap,order Russian Brides, and watch Pornography.
The only other thing that came true fifties and sixties scienec fiction is that we are listening to Crash Course in Science, with their buzzy, boingy,electro fuzz anti-music of the 21st century.The only problem being, that it was made in the 1970's; and only now is it being appreciated.
Oh yes, they came from Philadelphia by the way,and I don't know what their favourite colour was,is,or will be.
Tracklist:
Signals From Pier Thirteen | ||
A1 | Cardboard Lamb | |
A2 | Crashing Song | |
A3 | Flying Turns | |
A4 | Factory Forehead | |
Bonus Track | ||
A5 | Pompeii Spared (Original Demo Version) | |
Bonus Tracks: 1981 Demos | ||
B1 | Near Marineland | |
B2 | Second Glance | |
B3 | It Cost's To Be Austere | |
B4 | No More Hollow Doors | |
B5 | Force The Habit | |
B6 | Jump Over Barrels | |
Live Recordings | ||
Opening For Phillip Glass Ensemble, Harrison Auditorium_University Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. November 15, 1980 | ||
C1 | Crashing Song | |
C2 | Cardboard Lamb | |
C3 | Alarm | |
C4 | Digital Information | |
C5 | Two Panes Of Glass | |
C6 | Pompeii Spared | |
C7 | Pressure Point | |
C8 | Basic Device | |
C9 | Mechanical Breakdown | |
FOPPEM Electronic Music Festival, Tucc Cinematheque, Philadelphia, Pa. December 19, 1981 | ||
D1 | Near Marineland | |
D2 | Someone Reads | |
D3 | Jump Over Barrels | |
D4 | No More Hollow Doors | |
D5 | Sputnik In Orbit | |
D6 | Cardboard Lamb | |
D7 | Second Glance | |
Near Marineland | ||
E1 | Near Marineland | |
E2 | Second Glance | |
E3 | It Cost's To Be Austere | |
E4 | No More Hollow Doors | |
E5 | Force The Habit | |
E6 | Someone Reads | |
E7 | Jump Over Barrels | |
F1 | Pompeii Spared | |
F2 | Near Marineland Remix | |
F3 | Second Glance Remix | |
F4 | Jump Over Barrels Remix | |
Cakes In The Home | ||
G1 | Cakes In The Home | |
G2 | Kitchen Motors | |
G3 | Mechanical Breakdown | |
Rehearsal Tapes | ||
G4 | Streetcar 4 A.M. | |
H1 | Bumpster | |
H2 | Beat Filter_Instro | |
H3 | Wait A Minute |
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10 comments:
Said it before and i'll repeat it: I am obsessed with your blog. Is there any chance to see any Kosmonatentraum on here? Thank you!
Absolute brilliance. Have both vinyl releases but I'm hoping the sonic quality of this is better than my poor vinyl. This is the sort of record that would languish in the record shop bins for way too long. Many thanks.
I often wonder -if I was filthy rich, would I buy all Vinyl-On-Demand releases?
Thanks a million Jonny for this and all your incredible posts.
Its ironic that you have to be filthy rich to buy the stuff on VOD that was mostly available originally either for nothing, or very cheap.Like football its only available for the rich when it was designed for the proletariat! another example of the disenfranchisement of the slave class.
Kosmonautentraum you say? Ok,as you're obsessed with my blog(a good thing i reckon)i got a couple of singles and a live tape.
Just posted it.
Cheers
Amazing release from the best blog still kicking around. Keep on bringing these obscure gems!
This is top ten stuff compared to what i've got lined up next.....Spanish industrial anyone?
thank you. i just had a "what the hell was that?" moment on youtube, and this blog delivers an answer once again!
LOVVVVVVEEEEE
THANKS!!
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