Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Year: 1996Genre: Electronic
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JEFF MILLS - METROPOLIS
Label: Tresor
Format:CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 01 Oct 2000
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Ambient
Tracklist
1 Entrance To Metropolis 3:18
2 Perfecture: Somewhere Around Now 5:54
3 They Who Lay Beneath 3:15
4 Convicted To Paradise / Maria (Bridgette Helm) 4:45
5 The Keeping Of The Kept 5:07
6 Landscape (Utopian Dream) 3:28
7 Blue Print 4:06
8 Transformation A 4:19
9 Transformation B (Rotwang's Revenge) 3:09
10 Robot Replica 4:57
11 Revolt 5:07
12 Flood 5:12
13 The Storm Among Us 2:29
14 Silence 1:25
15 New Beginning 3:13
Another exceptional release by Jeff Mills. Metropolis is an album which truly captures the essential aspects of Fritz Lang's masterpiece. From the intoxicatingly beautiful melodies of " New beginning " and " Landscape : utopian dream " to the haunting ambience of " They who lay beneath ", Metropolis is an album of intense enjoyment. Thought provoking and intriguing, this album is sure to tickle the fancy of any respectful of the genre of free thinking empirical sound. Obtain it before it is lost within the unstoppable progress of our metropoliptic society...
Jeff Mills was born in Detroit in 1963. By the 80s, he had become a popular radio DJ on Detroit station WJLB, where he was known as The Wizard. Many Detroit residents, even those who might not have followed the lineage of techno that Mills and other Detroit techno innovators helped develop, remember him for his technically amazing mashups of hip hop, early house and techno, new wave, and electro. On The Electrifying Mojo's radio show, Mills complemented the selection with his inspired technical skills, as he and The Mojo (AKA Charles Johnson) helped introduce them to a new breed of underground electronic music.
With former Parliament bass player Mike Banks, Mills created the now-legendary techno group Underground Resistance, whose early releases were some of the first to hint at taking the techno sound pioneered by artists like Derrick May and Juan Atkins in a harder, more minimal direction. UR were also among the first to adopt a full-fledged narrative and image for techno, based around militaristic resistance to established societal norms and artistic conceptions, while at the same time remaining faceless and rarely revealing their own identity or doing interviews.
En los años 80, Mills comenzó su carrera musical como DJ bajo el seudónimo "The Wizard" (El Mago), apodo dado en relación a su gran habilidad como mezclador. Sus sesiones eran uno de los platos fuertes del programa de radio nocturno de The Electrifying Mojo, influyente locutor que inspiró a la primera generación de productores de techno. Las sesiones de Jeff Mills combinaban una forma de mezclar pionera, que utilizaba trucos clásicos del hip hop junto a otras técnicas avanzadas, y todo ello al tiempo que mezclaba temas de Detroit techno oscuro, Miami Bass, house de Chicago o clásicos de New Wave.
Jeff Mills forma parte de la llamada "segunda ola" de Detroit techno. Creativamente, Mills comenzó produciendo a través del colectivo techno Underground Resistance junto a Mike Banks, un antiguo guitarrista del grupo Funkadelic. De forma similar a cómo lo había hecho unos años antes el grupo de rap Public Enemy, Mills y Banks se enfrentaban desde esta plataforma contra la industria musical con un discurso consciente y estrictamente anti comercial, de fuertes raices negras y con una estética futurista.
Mills dejó UR hacia 1992. En esta época creó junto a Robert Hood el sello discográfico Axis en el que publicó desde entonces un techno de corte fuertemente minimalista. Nuevos subsellos fueron creados más adelante, como Purpose Maker o Tomorow. Desde entonces no ha dejado de producir, sin dejar de lado su faceta de DJ. Ha sido considerado como uno de los mejores DJs de techno de la historia por su excelente habilidad. Para sus sesiones suele utilizar tres platos, normalmente una caja de ritmos Roland TR-909 y pincha aproximadamente 70 discos a la hora.
HANZEL UND GRETYL - TRANSMISSIONS FROM URANUS
Label:Out Of Line
Format:CD, Album, Enhanced
Country:Germany
Released:1998
Genre:Electronic
Style:Industrial
Tracklist
1 Black Forest Galaxy 1:58
2 9D Galactic Center 3:57
3 Pleiadian Agenda 3:42
4 Take Me To Your Leader 3:55
5 Zeta Reticula 0:33
6 Komet Ride 4:29
7 Trance Planet Vortex 6:48
8 Robot Logik 3:57
9 Helium Popsicles 1:40
10 Starfucker 3:12
11 Hyper Erotic Joy Helmet 0:42
12 Mutant Starseed Creation 4:57
13 Fireball XL5 2:22
14 Hallo Berlin 1:38
15 Astronafti 3:37
16 Om Zentrale Station 7:33
Contains the video-game "The Alienator" for PC and Mac.
Exploration of the future gave birth to Hanzel und Gretyl. Kaiser Von Loopy and Vas Kallas fixated on a machine approach to music that has since popularized the infamous quote "Machines Good, People Bad." As the human element of musicians fell apart from their former band projects (including Cycle Sluts From Hell), Vas and Loopy were left in the deep black forest of the music business and it was only natural to take on the personas of the fairy tale "Hanzel und Gretyl." What a concept! A futuristic, post apocalyptic, extra terrestrial German fairy tale... Hanzel und Gretyl. Each release tells a chapter to the story.
TRANSMISSIONS FROM URANUS was released, and that tour took them through-out the US as a headliner, and as direct support for bands PRONG, SLIPKNOT, and ROB HALFORD. AUSGEFLIPPT and "9D Galactic Center" were played on K-ROCK RADIO stations and "Robot Logik" on the HOWARD STERN show during station ID's, used in the blockbuster movie MORTAL KOMBAT: Annihilation, and played during the 1997 MTV MUSIC AWARDS.
HuG paved the way for US newcomers, RAMMSTEIN, at the CMJ Music Festival in NYC, solidifying the Deutsche-American Fruendshaft. It opened the doors for success on RAMMSTEIN's first ever American tour, with HuG direct support in 1998.
TRANSMISSIONS FROM URANUS was released, and that tour took them through-out the US as a headliner, and as direct support for bands PRONG, SLIPKNOT, and ROB HALFORD. AUSGEFLIPPT and "9D Galactic Center" were played on K-ROCK RADIO stations and "Robot Logik" on the HOWARD STERN show during station ID's, used in the blockbuster movie MORTAL KOMBAT: Annihilation, and played during the 1997 MTV MUSIC AWARDS.
HuG paved the way for US newcomers, RAMMSTEIN, at the CMJ Music Festival in NYC, solidifying the Deutsche-American Fruendshaft. It opened the doors for success on RAMMSTEIN's first ever American tour, with HuG direct support in 1998.
GOLDIE - SATURNZ RETURN
Label:Metalheadz
Format:2 x CD
Country:UK
Released:1998
Genre:Electronic
Style:Drum'n'Bass, Jungle
Traclist:
1.01 Mother 1:00:15
1.02a Truth 14:52
1.02b The Dream Within
2.01 Temper Temper 5:14
2.02 Digital 5:51
2.03 I'll Be There For You 6:57
2.04 Believe 7:09
2.05 Dragonfly 16:04
2.06 Chico - Death Of A Rockstar 7:14
2.07 Letter Of Fate 7:54
2.08 Fury - The Origin 6:30
2.09 Crystal Clear 6:53
2.10 Demonz 6:03
Starting out as a Graffiti artist, earning comissions from local councils in the UK. He moved to the US when be began fitting gold teeth (hence his artist name), alongside appearing in the grafitti art-movie "Bombing".
He returned to the UK, and became a convert to Rave after being taken to Rage by DK Kemistry (his girlfriend at the time), and eventually started doing design work for Reinforced Records, before becoming A & R man for the label. He then started to produce his own tunes, usually alongside DJ Freebase (Linford Jones).
He quickly became one of D'n'B's most famous figures, establishing the infamous Metalheadz (Label & club night), gaining an acting role as a dodgy gangster in the TV show 'EastEnders' and was also a participant in the celebrity version of the reality show 'Big Brother'. He also starred in Michael Apted's James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) as a dodgy gangster called "Bull" (Robbie Coltrane's sidekick)
Clifford Price, más conocido como Goldie (28 de diciembre de 1965, Wolverhampton) es un músico electrónico británico, hijo de inglesa y de jamaicano. Goldie decidió introducirse en el mundo del hip-hop cuando conoció a Afrika Bambaataa. Pronto se convertiría en uno de los mejores artistas de graffiti del Reino Unido. Más tarde, se dedicó a vender dientes grabados en oro (como los que él mismo lleva) y se pegó unas largas vacaciones en Miami haciendo de gánster. Cuando volvió a UK, comenzó a acudir a los sets de Fabio y Grooverider en el Rage y, en contacto con Doc Scott, grabó en 1993 sus primeros temas en onda darkside. Poco a poco fue creciendo su popularidad hasta convertirse en auténtico rey del jungle. Tiene su propio sello, Metalheadz. Ha estado casado con la artista islandesa Björk. Ha actuado en papeles secundarios en las películas "Snatch" y "The World Is Not Enough.
Su álbum Saturn Returnz es un referente del género.
Format:2 x CD
Country:UK
Released:1998
Genre:Electronic
Style:Drum'n'Bass, Jungle
Traclist:
1.01 Mother 1:00:15
1.02a Truth 14:52
1.02b The Dream Within
2.01 Temper Temper 5:14
2.02 Digital 5:51
2.03 I'll Be There For You 6:57
2.04 Believe 7:09
2.05 Dragonfly 16:04
2.06 Chico - Death Of A Rockstar 7:14
2.07 Letter Of Fate 7:54
2.08 Fury - The Origin 6:30
2.09 Crystal Clear 6:53
2.10 Demonz 6:03
Starting out as a Graffiti artist, earning comissions from local councils in the UK. He moved to the US when be began fitting gold teeth (hence his artist name), alongside appearing in the grafitti art-movie "Bombing".
He returned to the UK, and became a convert to Rave after being taken to Rage by DK Kemistry (his girlfriend at the time), and eventually started doing design work for Reinforced Records, before becoming A & R man for the label. He then started to produce his own tunes, usually alongside DJ Freebase (Linford Jones).
He quickly became one of D'n'B's most famous figures, establishing the infamous Metalheadz (Label & club night), gaining an acting role as a dodgy gangster in the TV show 'EastEnders' and was also a participant in the celebrity version of the reality show 'Big Brother'. He also starred in Michael Apted's James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) as a dodgy gangster called "Bull" (Robbie Coltrane's sidekick)
Clifford Price, más conocido como Goldie (28 de diciembre de 1965, Wolverhampton) es un músico electrónico británico, hijo de inglesa y de jamaicano. Goldie decidió introducirse en el mundo del hip-hop cuando conoció a Afrika Bambaataa. Pronto se convertiría en uno de los mejores artistas de graffiti del Reino Unido. Más tarde, se dedicó a vender dientes grabados en oro (como los que él mismo lleva) y se pegó unas largas vacaciones en Miami haciendo de gánster. Cuando volvió a UK, comenzó a acudir a los sets de Fabio y Grooverider en el Rage y, en contacto con Doc Scott, grabó en 1993 sus primeros temas en onda darkside. Poco a poco fue creciendo su popularidad hasta convertirse en auténtico rey del jungle. Tiene su propio sello, Metalheadz. Ha estado casado con la artista islandesa Björk. Ha actuado en papeles secundarios en las películas "Snatch" y "The World Is Not Enough.
Su álbum Saturn Returnz es un referente del género.
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY - THE INITIAL COMMAND
Label:Zoth Ommog
Format:CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak
Country:Germany
Released:1997
Genre:Electronic
Style:Industrial, Experimental, Ambient
Traclist:
1 Complexity 7:48
2 Intelligence Dream 6:49
3 The State 6:16
4 Insanity Lurks Nearby 6:10
5 Casualties 4:46
6 Ausgang Zum Himmel 7:14
7 Nine Times 6:27
8 Black March 5:59
9 No Control 6:37
10 Slaughterhouse 5:11
Front Line Assembly (abreviado FLA y a veces escrito Frontline Assembly) es un grupo de música Industrial canadiense formada en 1986 y conformada por Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, Chris Peterson, Jeremy Inkel y Jared Slingerland.
Posteriormente de haber hecho el demo de Nerve War y Total Terror el grupo lanza en 1987 el álbum The Initial Comand. Posteriormente, Rhys Fulber se une al grupo y en 1988 es lanzado el primer álbum a nivel mundial con el nombre de State of Mind. En 1989 Michael Balch se separa del grupo para unirse a otra banda con el nombre de Ministry. En 1989 es lanzado el álbum Gashed, Senses & Crossfire, del cual la canción Digital Tension Dementia causa sensación entre los fans y DJ's. El álbum Caustic Grip, lanzado en 1990, causo el mismo nivel de sensación que el anterior. En 1991 el sencillo Virus es un éxito a nivel mundial al presentarse en clubs de música industrial y dance. Hacia 1992 y con el álbum Tactical Neural Implant Front Line Assembly se coloca entre las bandas más populares de la música industrial. En el álbum Millenium, lanzado en 1994, empiezan las mezclas de guitarras eléctricas con música electrónica, es decir Rock Industrial con Metal Industrial, que prevalecerían durante la década de 1990.
En 1997, Rhys Fulber se retira de la banda para concentrarse en la producción de la banda Fear Factory y otras bandas. Esto afecto también a otros proyectos como Delerium. Chris Peterson reemplazo a Rhys Fulber, quien daba soporte a la banda en presentaciones en vivo. En ese mismo año es lanzado el álbum FLAvour of the Weak, álbum que le dio un giro al estilo musical de Front Line Assembly: las influencias de Rock Metal se detuvieron y los sonidos electrónicos era ahora los nuevos tonos de la banda. Esta influencia no duro demasiado, el sonido del Rock Metal regreso en 1999 con el álbum Implode, seguido de Epitaph. Hacia el año 2002 Chris Peterson se retira de la banda, dando así el rumor de la separación total del grupo.
En 1997, la discográfica alemana Zoth Ommog, reedita The Initial Command, en una cuidada edición en formato digipack y con dos temas extras.
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http://www.myspace.com/thefrontlineassembly
Posteriormente de haber hecho el demo de Nerve War y Total Terror el grupo lanza en 1987 el álbum The Initial Comand. Posteriormente, Rhys Fulber se une al grupo y en 1988 es lanzado el primer álbum a nivel mundial con el nombre de State of Mind. En 1989 Michael Balch se separa del grupo para unirse a otra banda con el nombre de Ministry. En 1989 es lanzado el álbum Gashed, Senses & Crossfire, del cual la canción Digital Tension Dementia causa sensación entre los fans y DJ's. El álbum Caustic Grip, lanzado en 1990, causo el mismo nivel de sensación que el anterior. En 1991 el sencillo Virus es un éxito a nivel mundial al presentarse en clubs de música industrial y dance. Hacia 1992 y con el álbum Tactical Neural Implant Front Line Assembly se coloca entre las bandas más populares de la música industrial. En el álbum Millenium, lanzado en 1994, empiezan las mezclas de guitarras eléctricas con música electrónica, es decir Rock Industrial con Metal Industrial, que prevalecerían durante la década de 1990.
En 1997, Rhys Fulber se retira de la banda para concentrarse en la producción de la banda Fear Factory y otras bandas. Esto afecto también a otros proyectos como Delerium. Chris Peterson reemplazo a Rhys Fulber, quien daba soporte a la banda en presentaciones en vivo. En ese mismo año es lanzado el álbum FLAvour of the Weak, álbum que le dio un giro al estilo musical de Front Line Assembly: las influencias de Rock Metal se detuvieron y los sonidos electrónicos era ahora los nuevos tonos de la banda. Esta influencia no duro demasiado, el sonido del Rock Metal regreso en 1999 con el álbum Implode, seguido de Epitaph. Hacia el año 2002 Chris Peterson se retira de la banda, dando así el rumor de la separación total del grupo.
En 1997, la discográfica alemana Zoth Ommog, reedita The Initial Command, en una cuidada edición en formato digipack y con dos temas extras.
Si quieres este CD, escribe a: suenosdebitacora@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/thefrontlineassembly
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY - HARD WIRED
Label: Off Beat
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style:Techno, Industrial
Tracklist:
01. Neologic Spasm (5:51)
02. Paralyzed (5:30)
03. Re-Birth (5:19)
04. Circuitry (5:55)
05. Mortal (5:42)
06. Modus Operandi (5:47)
07. Transparent Species (7:15)
08. Barcode (6:11)
09. Condemned (5:51)
10. Infra Red Combat (8:49)
Credits:
Electronic Execution: Bill Leeb & Rhys Fulber. Engineered and Mixed by Greg Reely. Assistant Engineer: Delwyn Brooks. Guitars by Devin Townsend. All songs Written by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber. Tracks programmed at Cryogenic. Recorded and mixed at the Warehouse. Design, illustration & photography by Dave McKean at Hourglass.
Front Line Assembly (FLA) began when Bill Leeb, decided to part company with Canadian Industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy under alleged controversial circumstances and set out of his own musical quest. Whilst Bill trading under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder had real little influence in Skinny Puppy, it was a place where he learnt his trade and saw the germination of some of the ideas that would form the backbone of FLA.
Front Line Assembly... ...with their last album, "Millennium", went for the easy bucks, forsaking their deeply affecting cyber-goth atmospherics for chug-a-long metal pyrotechnics. It was a cheap shot and thankfully unsuccessful (missed! doh!) as "Hard Wired" constitutes an enforced return to form. This time, though, they embrace Euro-techno (Why not? They invented it-ish), their electro-riffs continuously convoluting over echoing footsteps, close-up shrieks and distant detonations. Guitars are present but minimised, used to the full, the overall effect being one of extremely pleasurable panic... [This] album demand[s] your immediate attention.
Looks like summer's really over. THE STUD BROTHERS
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Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style:Techno, Industrial
Tracklist:
01. Neologic Spasm (5:51)
02. Paralyzed (5:30)
03. Re-Birth (5:19)
04. Circuitry (5:55)
05. Mortal (5:42)
06. Modus Operandi (5:47)
07. Transparent Species (7:15)
08. Barcode (6:11)
09. Condemned (5:51)
10. Infra Red Combat (8:49)
Credits:
Electronic Execution: Bill Leeb & Rhys Fulber. Engineered and Mixed by Greg Reely. Assistant Engineer: Delwyn Brooks. Guitars by Devin Townsend. All songs Written by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber. Tracks programmed at Cryogenic. Recorded and mixed at the Warehouse. Design, illustration & photography by Dave McKean at Hourglass.
Front Line Assembly (FLA) began when Bill Leeb, decided to part company with Canadian Industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy under alleged controversial circumstances and set out of his own musical quest. Whilst Bill trading under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder had real little influence in Skinny Puppy, it was a place where he learnt his trade and saw the germination of some of the ideas that would form the backbone of FLA.
Front Line Assembly... ...with their last album, "Millennium", went for the easy bucks, forsaking their deeply affecting cyber-goth atmospherics for chug-a-long metal pyrotechnics. It was a cheap shot and thankfully unsuccessful (missed! doh!) as "Hard Wired" constitutes an enforced return to form. This time, though, they embrace Euro-techno (Why not? They invented it-ish), their electro-riffs continuously convoluting over echoing footsteps, close-up shrieks and distant detonations. Guitars are present but minimised, used to the full, the overall effect being one of extremely pleasurable panic... [This] album demand[s] your immediate attention.
Looks like summer's really over. THE STUD BROTHERS
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ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO - SHEIK ALJAMA
Label: Daft Records
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial, Noise, Minimal
Tracklist
1 Baraca 4:40
2 Trafica 7:20
3 Introspeccion 5:45
4 Medinati 5:45
5 Descontrol 5:48
6 Jeque de Aljama 4:30
7 Min Dahul 5:00
8 Animatriz 4:01
9 Sinaya 3:10
Esplendor Geométrico es un grupo español de música industrial. El grupo se formó a principios de 1980 con Arturo Lanz, Gabriel Riaza y Juan-Carlos Sastre, todos ellos ex miembros de El Aviador Dro y sus Obreros Especializados. Tomaron el nombre de Esplendor Geométrico de un poema futurista del escritor italiano Filippo Tomasso Marinetti. En 1981 editaron su primer solo (single), "Necrosis en la Poya", con el sello Tic Tac, seguido de su debut en LP, El Acero del Partido en 1982. En 1985 el grupo formó su propio sello, Esplendor Geométrico Discos, y publicó su segundo LP, Comisario de la Luz. Su fácilmente reconocible estilo de ásperos ritmos industriales se desarrolló en sus dos siguientes álbumes: Kosmos Kino en 1987 y Mekano Turbo en 1988, éste último considerado por muchos como el lanzamiento definitivo de EG. Tras el álbum en directo de 1989 Live in Utrecht, las futuras ediciones aparecerían con el sello Geometrik.
De nuevo aparecen voces árabes ("Baraca"), situadas esta vez en un contexto de crudeza y distorsión cercano al de "Comisario de la luz / Blanco de fuerza", aunque existen momentos de mansedumbre hipnótica ("Introspección", "Animatriz") que abren una nueva puerta en la evolución de su sonido. En el otro extremo, los magníficos "Trafica" (con más noticiarios oficialistas), "Sinaya" y, sobre todo, "Descontrol" impiden estarse quieto durante su escucha. Soberbio y sin concesiones.
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De nuevo aparecen voces árabes ("Baraca"), situadas esta vez en un contexto de crudeza y distorsión cercano al de "Comisario de la luz / Blanco de fuerza", aunque existen momentos de mansedumbre hipnótica ("Introspección", "Animatriz") que abren una nueva puerta en la evolución de su sonido. En el otro extremo, los magníficos "Trafica" (con más noticiarios oficialistas), "Sinaya" y, sobre todo, "Descontrol" impiden estarse quieto durante su escucha. Soberbio y sin concesiones.
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DIVE - GRINDING WALLS
Label: Daft Records
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial, Experimental, Ambient
Tracklist
- Dunes of Rust – 3:49
- Grinding Walls (Part 1) – 5:29
- The infinite Shades of Disgust – 2:40
- Blood Feast – 5:34
- On small Foetuses black Souls dance and cry their Triumph – 3:16
- Grinding Walls (Part 2) – 2:24
- Inside my Spine Stones of Death are threading like Pearls – 3:41
- Flesh' extreme Leap – 3:21
- Small Paper Man – 2:06
- And the Power weaves its Death Curtain with our Dribble's Thread – 1:04
- Blue Waters – 3:19
- On the future Path is now leading the Cripple Mark – 7:09
Grinding Walls is Dive's soundtrack for a 1995 film by the Italian band Sigillum S in collaboration withmultimedia artist Petulia Mattioli aka Koma.
Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse but left the group after one year to form the new band The Few. In 1980 he formed the electronic band Absolute Body Control, influenced by Suicide, DAF, and British artists like Fad Gadget. After going through various members, Absolute Body Control soon settled as a duo with Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem.
In 1985, Absolute Body Control joined forces with Marc Verhaeghen's band The Klinik and Sandy Nys' The Maniacs to form the "supergroup" Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. The name was soon shortened to The Klinik; Nys left in 1986 and van Wonterghem in 1987 to work on their own bands, while Ivens remained a member until 1991, when he left to concentrate on his solo project Dive.
In 1996, Dirk started Sonar together with Patrick Stevens, who left in 1998 to be replaced by long-time collaborator (and brother-in-law) Eric van Wonterghem. In 2003-2005 he rejoined Marc Verhaeghen in The Klinik for a few festival concerts, without releasing any new material.
Ivens has also guest starred as a vocalist on songs by Monolith, Suicide Commando, and Nebula H (among others), remixed other artists, and runs the record labels Body Records and Daft Records.
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Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse but left the group after one year to form the new band The Few. In 1980 he formed the electronic band Absolute Body Control, influenced by Suicide, DAF, and British artists like Fad Gadget. After going through various members, Absolute Body Control soon settled as a duo with Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem.
In 1985, Absolute Body Control joined forces with Marc Verhaeghen's band The Klinik and Sandy Nys' The Maniacs to form the "supergroup" Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. The name was soon shortened to The Klinik; Nys left in 1986 and van Wonterghem in 1987 to work on their own bands, while Ivens remained a member until 1991, when he left to concentrate on his solo project Dive.
In 1996, Dirk started Sonar together with Patrick Stevens, who left in 1998 to be replaced by long-time collaborator (and brother-in-law) Eric van Wonterghem. In 2003-2005 he rejoined Marc Verhaeghen in The Klinik for a few festival concerts, without releasing any new material.
Ivens has also guest starred as a vocalist on songs by Monolith, Suicide Commando, and Nebula H (among others), remixed other artists, and runs the record labels Body Records and Daft Records.
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DISJECTA - CLEAN PIT AND LID
Label: Warp
Format: CD, Album
Genre: Electronic
Format: CD, Album
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, IDM, Experimental, Minimal, Ambient
Tracklist
01: Gammi 7:48
02: Conviction Hic 5:27
03: Kracht 5:29
04: Cheekchops 6:00
05: Pit 3:17
06: Smokehead 5:25
07: Are You An Echo? 4:54
08: Sudden Squeeze 5:12
09: Is That Really It? 7:15
10: Timorous Bitster 3:18
Disjecta is the electronic alter-ego of Mark Clifford, who is best known as the glide guitar sculptor from Seefeel back in the early '90s. As Disjecta he has attempted to bridge the gap between the dreamy, electronically tinged shoegazerism of Seefeel and the emotionally sympathetic sounds of IDM electronica.
Mark Clifford interview by Dave Andrae
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Mark Clifford interview by Dave Andrae
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DAVID SHEA - SATYRICON
Label: Sub Rosa
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic,
Style: Modern Classical, Abstract, Experimental, Avantgarde
Tracklist:
1 Opening 2:50
2 *Q 5:34
3 Psyche 7:58
4 Eros 4:26
5 Wheel 3:21
6 Giton's Theme 3:21
7 Eumolpus 1:43
8 Circe 2:39
9 Ars Nova II 5:03
10 Aphrodesia 2:25
11.A Trimalchio 7:45
11.B Trimalchio
12 Cave Canern 1:07
13 The Wife Of Epheseus 3:25
14 The Dream 2:04
15 The Waves 4:36
Like past Shea releases, his 1997 Sub Rosa release Satyricon takes its creative impetus from literature (this time from ancient Roman author Petronius' work of the same name). Unlike past Shea releases, however, there are next to no samples in this nearly hour-long work, Shea instead assembling the remote contributions of nearly two dozen musicians (Sim Cain, Anthony Coleman, Zeena Parkins, Sebastian Steinberg, Fabio Accurso, and Erik Friedlander, among others) into abstract instrumental ambient and electro-acoustic pieces incorporating the sparse tropics of techno and jungle as often as Western classical and Eastern traditional musics. Since Shea mostly limits his source material to discrete performances, Satyricon is a far more minimal affair compared with earlier releases such as Tower of Mirrors or Hsi-Yu Chi, but since those works tended at times toward the over-dense, the imposition is advantageous, resulting in an overall more approachable album.
- Sean Cooper (Allmusic Guide)
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic,
Style: Modern Classical, Abstract, Experimental, Avantgarde
Tracklist:
1 Opening 2:50
2 *Q 5:34
3 Psyche 7:58
4 Eros 4:26
5 Wheel 3:21
6 Giton's Theme 3:21
7 Eumolpus 1:43
8 Circe 2:39
9 Ars Nova II 5:03
10 Aphrodesia 2:25
11.A Trimalchio 7:45
11.B Trimalchio
12 Cave Canern 1:07
13 The Wife Of Epheseus 3:25
14 The Dream 2:04
15 The Waves 4:36
Like past Shea releases, his 1997 Sub Rosa release Satyricon takes its creative impetus from literature (this time from ancient Roman author Petronius' work of the same name). Unlike past Shea releases, however, there are next to no samples in this nearly hour-long work, Shea instead assembling the remote contributions of nearly two dozen musicians (Sim Cain, Anthony Coleman, Zeena Parkins, Sebastian Steinberg, Fabio Accurso, and Erik Friedlander, among others) into abstract instrumental ambient and electro-acoustic pieces incorporating the sparse tropics of techno and jungle as often as Western classical and Eastern traditional musics. Since Shea mostly limits his source material to discrete performances, Satyricon is a far more minimal affair compared with earlier releases such as Tower of Mirrors or Hsi-Yu Chi, but since those works tended at times toward the over-dense, the imposition is advantageous, resulting in an overall more approachable album.
- Sean Cooper (Allmusic Guide)
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DAVID SHEA - THE TOWER OF MIRRORS
Label: Sub Rosa
Format: CD, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic,
Style: Modern Classical, Avantgarde, Experimental
Tracklist:
1: Red Jade 2:33
2: Entering 0:35
3: The Tower 2:58
4: Mirrors 0:47
5: Elegy 3:12
6: Exotic Gardens 2:31
7: Locus Solus 2:10
8: The Green Green World 2:38
9: Kuan-Yin Mirrors 2:35
10: The Forbidden City 1:45
11: The Machines 4:40
12: Chang-O Changes Form 3:46
13: Tuning 1:26
14: The The Pure Land Illusions 6:32
15: Canto I-XX 2:08
16: Schizoid 5:24
17: Hammer And Anvil 2:58
18: The Red Chapel 3:14
19: Canton Noir Blues 4:33
20: Song Of The Old 1:18
21: The Lovers 3:16
22: Sallambo & Salome 4:45
23: Broken Jade . Four Directions Battle 5:36
24: The Elder Of The Void . Awakening 2:47
David Shea is a composer working with combinations of samplers and live musicians, centered on the possibilities of electronic and acoustic traditions. The focus is on the interconnections between styles, histories and mediums with single pieces containing multiple layering's of compositional methods, electronic and acoustic orchestrations - Drawing from experimental music and film music influences as well as traditional musics from both eastern and western cultures, many pieces are based on films, novels, mythology and visual sources.
This is the third album released by sub rosa in two years. After the acclaimed prisoner and i (for sampler solo), this one gives a more complex figure of the sampler composition. Composed and produced by David Shea in New York City, during september-october 1995, it included 24 tracks (each one is a room to explore with its own mood). Featuring David Morley (r&s) on analog synthesizer programming, Dave Douglas on trumpet, Zeena Parkins on piano & prepared piano, Jim Pugliese on percussions.
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Links:
http://www.dshea.net/
http://www.myspace.com/dsheametta
This is the third album released by sub rosa in two years. After the acclaimed prisoner and i (for sampler solo), this one gives a more complex figure of the sampler composition. Composed and produced by David Shea in New York City, during september-october 1995, it included 24 tracks (each one is a room to explore with its own mood). Featuring David Morley (r&s) on analog synthesizer programming, Dave Douglas on trumpet, Zeena Parkins on piano & prepared piano, Jim Pugliese on percussions.
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Links:
http://www.dshea.net/
http://www.myspace.com/dsheametta
CHRISTOPH HEEMANN - DAYS OF THE ECLIPSE
Label: Barooni
Format: CD, AlbumCountry: Netherlands
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract
Tracklist:
01: Solstice 2:07
02: I 30:36
03: II 14:28
Tracklist:
01: Solstice 2:07
02: I 30:36
03: II 14:28
Christoph Heemann (born 1964 in West Germany), is a German musician.
Heemann has recorded under his own name, with the tape music group H.N.A.S., and with many collaborators in alternative rock, soundtrack production and visual arts.
Though his hometown featured some notable experimental rock groups (like Rufus Zuphall and Necronomicon), Heemann was largely unaware of them and of the larger "Krautrock" movement until introduced to it via British or American friends. Largely self-taught in electronic equipment, Heemann started out as a "non-musician" with acquaintance Achim P. Li Khan The duo's influences at the time included Chrome, Jac Berrocal (France) and Nurse with wound. These activities finally led to the creation of the "Faust"-influenced unit "H.N.A.S." (i.e. Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa, roughly "No Deer allowed on the Sofa") after meeting up with Steven Stapleton from the like-minded Nurse With Wound. The duo's first step on the record-producing market were two self-produced samplers (released on their own "Dom"-Label) Ohrensausen and Ohrenschrauben. Featured various artists like P16D4, Organum, H.N.A.S., and Nurse with Wound.
H.N.A.S. sometimes included Heemann's brother Andreas Martin on guitar and Nicole Schmidt on vocals. This quartet cut several full-length albums, the third of which Im Schatten der Möhre (1987) met with critical acclaim and can be regarded as their major work. Other titles include Melchior - Aufmarsch der Schlampen, Küttel im Frost and Abwassermusik and give proof of an extraordinary sense of humour and a profound knowledge of German underground as they are full of references to major Krautrock electronicisms. Another notable H.N.A.S. album was "The book of Dingenskirchen" -- the title being an ironic reference to Psychic TV's 23 live LPs and Germans' pseudo-correct pronunciation of English names. It was issued in different record jackets, each designed by H.N.A.S., as were most of the other H.N.A.S. productions.
In 1993, H.N.A.S. disbanded due to creative differences. Their final album, "Willkür nach Noten", displayed their growing dissent. This became visible (audible) already on the previous "Ach dieser Bart" album: Khan and Heemann were each responsible for a side of the LP.
After disbanding both went into different directions. Heemann's new projects included numerous collaborations with Edward Ka-Spel (from The Legendary Pink Dots) with whom he produced "Kata-Climici-China-Doll" and later worked together in the band "Mimir", composed half-and-half of H.N.A.S. and Legendary Pink Dots. He also worked with the German musician/performer Limpe Fuchs, and with the U.S.'s Jim O'Rourke.
Mirror, a duo with established English drone musician Andrew Chalk was a very fruitful collaboration with many releases, often initially appearing in limited, hand-made editions before being reissued in more widely available form. This unit ceased to exist around 2005, although a handful of unreleased recordings are still scheduled to be issued. Heemann has also worked with David Tibet from "Current 93" and was a semi-steady member of that group during the late 90's.
In Camera, another duo project with Af Ursin's Timo Van Luyck was started in 2004 and has produced two albums so far, the self titled first album (Some fine legacy) and Open Air (Robot), presenting yet another facet of Heemann's ideas of textural electroacustica, this time with a focus on improvisation.
After the split-up of H.N.A.S., Heemann also became active as a solo-artist: The number of TV appearances (such as in Nancy, France), live-performances in locations such as Austin, Texas, Chicago, Toronto, and Tokyo became more frequent. Solo works include titles such as Invisible Barrier (1992), Aftersolstice (1994), Days of the Eclipse (1996) and Magnetic Tape Splicing (1997).
Heemann also worked as a producer and engineer on albums by artists such as Keiji Haino, Charlemagne Palestine, Organum and Pantaleimon.
As a visual artist Heemann has created album sleeves for Jim O'Rourke, The Teargarden, The Aeolian String Ensemble, Edward Ka-spel and Limpe Fuchs amongst others.
If you want this CD, write to: suenosdebitacora@gmail.com
Link: http://www.christophheemann.com/
Heemann has recorded under his own name, with the tape music group H.N.A.S., and with many collaborators in alternative rock, soundtrack production and visual arts.
Though his hometown featured some notable experimental rock groups (like Rufus Zuphall and Necronomicon), Heemann was largely unaware of them and of the larger "Krautrock" movement until introduced to it via British or American friends. Largely self-taught in electronic equipment, Heemann started out as a "non-musician" with acquaintance Achim P. Li Khan The duo's influences at the time included Chrome, Jac Berrocal (France) and Nurse with wound. These activities finally led to the creation of the "Faust"-influenced unit "H.N.A.S." (i.e. Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa, roughly "No Deer allowed on the Sofa") after meeting up with Steven Stapleton from the like-minded Nurse With Wound. The duo's first step on the record-producing market were two self-produced samplers (released on their own "Dom"-Label) Ohrensausen and Ohrenschrauben. Featured various artists like P16D4, Organum, H.N.A.S., and Nurse with Wound.
H.N.A.S. sometimes included Heemann's brother Andreas Martin on guitar and Nicole Schmidt on vocals. This quartet cut several full-length albums, the third of which Im Schatten der Möhre (1987) met with critical acclaim and can be regarded as their major work. Other titles include Melchior - Aufmarsch der Schlampen, Küttel im Frost and Abwassermusik and give proof of an extraordinary sense of humour and a profound knowledge of German underground as they are full of references to major Krautrock electronicisms. Another notable H.N.A.S. album was "The book of Dingenskirchen" -- the title being an ironic reference to Psychic TV's 23 live LPs and Germans' pseudo-correct pronunciation of English names. It was issued in different record jackets, each designed by H.N.A.S., as were most of the other H.N.A.S. productions.
In 1993, H.N.A.S. disbanded due to creative differences. Their final album, "Willkür nach Noten", displayed their growing dissent. This became visible (audible) already on the previous "Ach dieser Bart" album: Khan and Heemann were each responsible for a side of the LP.
After disbanding both went into different directions. Heemann's new projects included numerous collaborations with Edward Ka-Spel (from The Legendary Pink Dots) with whom he produced "Kata-Climici-China-Doll" and later worked together in the band "Mimir", composed half-and-half of H.N.A.S. and Legendary Pink Dots. He also worked with the German musician/performer Limpe Fuchs, and with the U.S.'s Jim O'Rourke.
Mirror, a duo with established English drone musician Andrew Chalk was a very fruitful collaboration with many releases, often initially appearing in limited, hand-made editions before being reissued in more widely available form. This unit ceased to exist around 2005, although a handful of unreleased recordings are still scheduled to be issued. Heemann has also worked with David Tibet from "Current 93" and was a semi-steady member of that group during the late 90's.
In Camera, another duo project with Af Ursin's Timo Van Luyck was started in 2004 and has produced two albums so far, the self titled first album (Some fine legacy) and Open Air (Robot), presenting yet another facet of Heemann's ideas of textural electroacustica, this time with a focus on improvisation.
After the split-up of H.N.A.S., Heemann also became active as a solo-artist: The number of TV appearances (such as in Nancy, France), live-performances in locations such as Austin, Texas, Chicago, Toronto, and Tokyo became more frequent. Solo works include titles such as Invisible Barrier (1992), Aftersolstice (1994), Days of the Eclipse (1996) and Magnetic Tape Splicing (1997).
Heemann also worked as a producer and engineer on albums by artists such as Keiji Haino, Charlemagne Palestine, Organum and Pantaleimon.
As a visual artist Heemann has created album sleeves for Jim O'Rourke, The Teargarden, The Aeolian String Ensemble, Edward Ka-spel and Limpe Fuchs amongst others.
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Link: http://www.christophheemann.com/
BRAIN PILOT - INTERFACE 3.0
Label: Nova Zembla
Format: CD, EPCountry: Belgium
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, TechnoTracklist:
01: Access 7:58
02: Substantia Electronica 5:42
03: Initial Run 5:30
04: Synaptic Amplitude 6:51
05: Sensory Mapping 5:57
06: Wet-Wired (First Wiring) 5:27
07: Positive i.d. 8:31
08: Inner Phase 9:54
09: Trepan (Dormant) 3:05
10: Disconnect 6:34
11: Mark#unit 6:07
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BRAIN PILOT - ILLEGAL ENTRY EP
Label: Nova Zembla
Format: CD, EPCountry: Belgium
Released: 1996
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, TechnoTracklist:
01: Wet-Wired 8:52
02: Illegal Entry 7:33
03: Psylink 3:26
04: Circuits (Live At The Cosmic Arena) 6:21
05: Trepan 3:43
Right on the heels of the excellent "Mind Fuel" album, Brain Pilot release this short 5 track EP. "Wet Wired" takes you right to the dancefloor with a track of hypnotic sounds and a nicely placed bassline. Adding a layered Aphex Twin "I care because i do" type of melody on top of the main melody coupled with a nice break type beat and that ever groovin' basslines makes this the highlight of the EP. The real nice part is at 6 minutes when you think the song is just going to wind down, the beat drops and just the Aphex Twin type melody only plays. The beat comes back in diluted but more funky and raw, creating a wicked dance floor groove. PHAT! "Illegal Entry" is an interesting track. It start off horrible, like a Goa type break but quickly it melds together and you hear the quality, especially when the main melody comes in and the once cheesey beat becomes a background for the trip. Sometimes I wish Autechre would have drifted into this style then their current vein. This is a good track. This EP also has a nice live version "Circuits" as well which is taken off of "Mind Fuel". The other two track are just short fillers making this EP a little short. By TIM
Link: Brain Pilot
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BILL LASWELL & PETE NAMLOOK - OUTLAND 3
Label: Fax +49-69/450464
Format: CD, Limited EditionCountry: Germany
Released: 20 Apr 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: AmbientTracklist:
01: Definition Of Life 14:13
02: The Question Of Containment 20:44
03: Keeper Of The Purple Twilight 11:47
04: DSTC 7:47
Artwork By - PEK
Artwork By [Front Cover Painting] - Bill Laswell
Producer - Peter Kuhlmann
Written-By - Bill Laswell , Pete Namlook
Recorded at Klanglabor, Frankfurt & Traben-Trabach.
Limitation: 2000
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AMIR BAGHIRI - TIME
AMIR BAGHIRI
Title: Time
Releasedate: 1997
Label: ARYA, Italy
Format: CD
Tracklist:
01: Timearrow 07:03
02: Black Hole 13:32
03: Expanding Rooms 10:10
04: Killing Time (psalm 90) 08:51
05: Memory of Lost Dimension 09:54
06: Everything you see is already Past 18:20
07: Galileos Dream 07:25
Total: 74:14
All songs composed, performed and produced by Amir Baghiri (©Amir Baghiri, 1996) Recorded and mixed at the Blue Box, Lemgo, Germany, by Amir Baghiri. Concept by Gabriele von Hardenberg & Amir Baghiri. Published by Amplexus-Arya, Italy, 1998.
Amir Baghiri: analog and digital synthesizers, sequencers and sampler, percussion-programming and groove creating, various percussions, didgeridoo, ney, surna, rainsticks, stones, bullroarer, spiritcatcher, ocarina, dumbak, tabla, chime, dohol, guitar, water pots, frame drum and various shakers.
Guest artists: Mathias Grassow, Malek Halime, Gabriele von Hardenberg, Melanie Kaup.
Review 1:
Digging deeper into Amir's back catalog reveals more gems... timearrow enters on darkly mysterious vapors, textural activities and throbbing tribal drums which thunder through the organic mistiness. Strangely, a crazed xylophonist seems to dwell at the entryway to the murky didge-laced depths of black hole(8:26), switching to percussion thankfully. The chiming sequences of killing time (psalm 90) are soon pepped up by a perkier almost-dancefloor rhythm. Those trancey waves of energy are counterbalanced by the simple, lushly layered ebb-and-flow of cushier memory of lost dimension whose beats are comparatively few and far between... mmmm, seductive! With glacial progress, everything you see is already past (17:14) sloowly fades into earshot, the low breezes bring distant percussion closer, like approaching thunder. Again, a mixture of Roach/Obmana tribalisms and gorgeous shapelessness. An A-.
©David J Opdyke (www.ambientrance.org)
Review 2:
When I first got this, it didn't leave the CD player for several days. Baghiri has always been a self-admitted Steve Roach emulator, but on Time he breaks free with fresh ideas. Gradually drifts from light sequencer pieces to quieter, ambient sound-worlds, perfect for repeat listenings. Gets my highest recommendation.
© Cliff Tuel
Amir Baghiri: analog and digital synthesizers, sequencers and sampler, percussion-programming and groove creating, various percussions, didgeridoo, ney, surna, rainsticks, stones, bullroarer, spiritcatcher, ocarina, dumbak, tabla, chime, dohol, guitar, water pots, frame drum and various shakers.
Guest artists: Mathias Grassow, Malek Halime, Gabriele von Hardenberg, Melanie Kaup.
Review 1:
Digging deeper into Amir's back catalog reveals more gems... timearrow enters on darkly mysterious vapors, textural activities and throbbing tribal drums which thunder through the organic mistiness. Strangely, a crazed xylophonist seems to dwell at the entryway to the murky didge-laced depths of black hole(8:26), switching to percussion thankfully. The chiming sequences of killing time (psalm 90) are soon pepped up by a perkier almost-dancefloor rhythm. Those trancey waves of energy are counterbalanced by the simple, lushly layered ebb-and-flow of cushier memory of lost dimension whose beats are comparatively few and far between... mmmm, seductive! With glacial progress, everything you see is already past (17:14) sloowly fades into earshot, the low breezes bring distant percussion closer, like approaching thunder. Again, a mixture of Roach/Obmana tribalisms and gorgeous shapelessness. An A-.
©David J Opdyke (www.ambientrance.org)
Review 2:
When I first got this, it didn't leave the CD player for several days. Baghiri has always been a self-admitted Steve Roach emulator, but on Time he breaks free with fresh ideas. Gradually drifts from light sequencer pieces to quieter, ambient sound-worlds, perfect for repeat listenings. Gets my highest recommendation.
© Cliff Tuel
The CD is dedicated to Stephen W Hawking.
Links: Amir Baghiri
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