Exit - Exit

Charles Holmes, a Brixton fella, recorded two albums, I've heard only this one, pure drone. If you're into that, enjoy..

If you feel like sharing the second one (called Set), the stage is yours.

1. To Hyena

2. Infinite Gain

3. Horsa

I also included Turn Me On Dead Man (taken from '96 V/A compilation called Disco Sucks), here's the link.

Infected - Breathe

Infected Mushroom (not the trance duo) was formed in a small Israeli town called Nahariya, released an album called Don't Panic in 1993 and broke up. Pretty soon after some of them moved to London and started Infected.
If you want to check that first incarnation you can get the album's re-released CD version (shorter than the original cassette) in this awesome dead blog (please come back).. personally I always had a mixed feeling about that one, it's a weird one, even for me. Avantgarde goth/post punk/funk metal idk, Bauhaus-Primus-Cardiacs, they didn't stop there, pretty diverse. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

Shachaf Barkai, Amir Shoat, Jon Acker at Bull & Gate , 1994
Photo by Mick Mercer*

Anyways, we're here to talk about the London trio, which I have much more sympathy towrads. Amir Shoat (vocals) and Jon Acker (bass, synths and drum programming) were both the founders of the original group, they were joined by Shachaf Barkai (guitar) who also participated as a guest on Don't Panic. The three were a bit more focused this time, and embraced the goth-industrial influences to the end (I don't mean they've gone straight up Skinny Puppy by saying that). It's still weird, still very unusual, and great all the way doing their own thing.
They were active mostly around Camden Town, especially The Bull & Gate club, between 1993-'96, and recorded a couple of tracks which were compiled to their sole release, Breathe. I think it was released on tape in 1996, but I only have a CD version which says 1999, so I ain't really sure.

I need to get a new scanner..

1. Shake [1993]
2. Breathe [1993]
3. Happy [1993]
4. Grey [1994/95]
5. Toxic [1993]
X. Winelight [bonus track I added, taken from Fuckin' Hardfloor Volumes 1+2 Compilation, 1995]

"Breathe" (Lossless rip)

*That awesome pictures up there by Mercer was stolen from the Bull & Gate facebook group page, where, if you bother to search, you'll find many more by him and some flyers. Mercer actually published a photo book of them.

Various Artists - The Mercy Killing of Tarantula Pie

An excellent compilation featuring bands affiliated with London's Bull & Gate during late 90's. Lots of alternative british bangers on this one, I liked it a lot.

1. The Courtesy Group - Roll Out The Man

2. The Brain of Morbius - I'm A Busy Bee & I'm Loaded

3. Malowski - Sour Crutches

4. The Beale - Manns

5. Reverend Pike - I Lost My Coat

6. I, Ludicrous - We're The Support Band

7. Normal - Ton O'Bricks

8. Treatment - Under The Lie

9. Probing Cranks - Tuxtla

10. Nero Burns - River Of Sleaze

11. Diary - Central Line Arseholes

12. Pence Eleven - I Cried When I Hurt My Mouth

13. Gertrude - X-Ray

14. The Bigots - Margarine Man

Loseless with full artwork scans
Thanks to Saint Zager for providing me his copy.
Posted more The Bigots last year, you can find it here.

The Bigots - Artificial Head

Not dead yet, and not in a very chatty mood, but hadn't post in quite a while so a short one as usual.
These folks were a trio active around mid-late 90's, London, mostly the Bull & Gate venue scene. 

The group consist of two Israeli fellows, Dotan Cohen (gtr, vox) and Shmil Frankel (bass), and a mystery drummer who's identity I do not know (sry). 
This here is their only (unreleased) full length album, I assume recorded around '99-'01, sent to me with the blessing of Dotan, so thank you sir. They also recorded (and released) an EP called Silence (which I never got) and participated in compilation called The Mercy Killing Of Tarantula Pie (which I'll post soon).

Some pretty sweet post hardcore noise rock, Scratch Acid-Jesus Lizard thingy, done pretty well.

Shmil Frankel, Dotan Cohen, ???

1. The Hit

2. Eye Ball

3. Margarine Man

4. Night Walk

5. Artificial Head

6. Dead Or Alive

7. Collect The Prize

8. Jump Up

9. Intention To Kill

10. Sweet Sister Paranoia

Lossless rip, thank you Dotan

If you have anymore info, or a rip of the Silence EP, share with us. 

They deserve to get some digital recognition. Enjoy.

Oh, and on a different note: FUCK YOU BLOGGER for changing your editing option. It has now became a bigger pain in the ass to write posts. Good job morons.

Thule

Graeme Milton, Graham Perkins, Simon Doling, Martin Byrne
1993

With all due respect to both Norwegian groups (which there isn't much actually), the only one trve Thule that matters were this London group formed around 1987.
Now, while they didn't got much name outside local Camden scene, let alone England, they deserved much more appreciation for their unique experimental leftfield big beat/dub/industrial post rock. Yap, that's pretty much how they sounded like, making a brilliant british link from the 80's to the 90's, while performing mostly in western european countries and leaving not much recorded audio out there to document that.
Their old myspace page credits a long list of musicians in the line up, though I believe only the first five listed here were the main core, correct me if I'm wrong:
Graeme Milton - Drums, Programming, Percussion
Graham Perkins - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Percussion
Martin Byrne - Bass, Guitar, Keys, Vocals, Percussion, Programming
Simon Doling - Bass, Percussion (also played drums for World Domination Enterprises for some time, later to join Terminal Cheesecake and be replaced by Charlie Finke)

Perkins, Doling, Byrne, Milton
1993

Dave Smith - Vocal, Percussion
Mick Ritchie - Keyboards, Percussion
Kev Poree - Live Sound, Keyboards (from FOH mix position)

Their first 12", 1988's Dr. Lloyd, I've never managed to get, but two tracks out of it were featured on later releases, leaving us with only two tracks missing from their discography. Here's what I first thought of them before even knowing about Simon Doling's connection- "Terminal Cheesecake joining forces with WDE trying to mimic how Bark Psychosis would sound playing big beat records". Really, they fuse it all through industrialish very early big beat with dub touches plus heavy/ noisy rock tracks (Disko Beach, Dynamo, Murderball and few more).
Influences on myspace said to be Chrome, Kraftwerk, Tackhead, Can, 23 Skidoo, Cabaret Voltaire.. (and if I may add Finitribe, Slab!, Meat Beat Manifesto ?)
Later on Perkins, Milton and Byrne joined forces with Jason White acting as 95 Nil, playing pretty much what they did with Thule.

1989 - La Jamais Contente [160 kbps] (12", Wiiija Records)

1. Springtime (Etched In Ice)
2. Owed To Kreed
3. Looking Backward To See You
4. Disko Beach






1990 - Wheel [128 kbps] (Wiiija Records)

1. World Service
2. Looking Backward To See You
3. Springtime
4. S.G.L.
5. Sharps
6. Good Old Good Olds
7. Robber
8. Concave Bulge

1992 - 321 Normal 2 [Lossless Rip] (Clay Records)

1. While It Lasts
2. Dynamo
3. Idiomatic
4. Murderball
5. Three Legged Race
6. 4/5 Of 5/8 Of F/A
7. King's English
8. Park Keeper
9. Split
10. We Is You Am
11. Skyscraper

As usual, if you have any missing stuff, better quality, or just some nerdy trivia/info/memories, share with us common people.

World Domination Enterprises - Live at Tegen Tonen Festival

Keith Dobson & Digger Metters at Paradiso
Picture taken by Bauke Koster

Just another short one, in honor of Steve Jameson, bass player for WDE who passed away. Only a few bass players could get as heavy as he did in the 80's.
Found this bootleg last year, thought now's a fine time to upload it, than saw it was already uploaded here, which I assume is the fellow who originally taped or ripped it, so kudos. Anyway, no reason for this incredible documentation not to be shared again.

A fine demonstration of Steve's talent and pounding muddy sound and in general for this group's unique chemistry. Abusing their instruments to create their abrasive dense sound.

Steve Jameson at Paradiso
Picture taken by Bauke Koster

1987.05.29 - Live at Tegen Tonen Festival, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Track 1-5 are soundcheck recording

1. Hotsy Girl
2. Look Out Jack
3. Look Out Jack
4. Look Out Jack
5. The Bullit Man
6. Funkytown (Lipps Inc. Cover)
7. Asbestos Lead Asbestos
8. The Bullit Man
9. The Stack Blew Jack
10. Look Out Jack
11. I Can't Live Without My Radio (LL Cool J Cover)

Both pictures were snatched off a fantastic facebook photo album by Bauke Koster. So thank him too.

Rema-Rema

Michael Allen, Gary Asquith, Marco Pirroni, Marc Cox, Max

I didn't made a 2015 best of list (but be sure it wouldn't be so replicating like all others, jesus, this is the easiest age to find new music by yourself and everyone seems to just get their taste from the same place) nor did I make an 2016's most anticipated, but if I would, Rema-Rema would be on the top of it.

Yap, you read good, Rema-Rema, 2016 ! Legendary short living London group is releasing on upcoming summer a new album, compilation of unreleased studio recordings recorded before Wheels In The Roses (during 1978-1979).
Just so you'll have any clue of what treats are coming up to you ears (not that you don't know it already if you've heard the EP) here are two live bootlegs


1979 - Live at Lyceum, London (not quiet sure it's really at Lyceum)

Marco Pirroni, Max, Mick Allen

1. Short Stories
2. Christopher
3. Feedback Song
4. Laurence Harvey
5. Why Ask Why ? (Cut in the end)


1979.04.26 - Live at Acklam Hall, London

1. Feedback Song
2. Laurence Harvey
3. Why Ask Why ?
4. Short Stories
5. Christopher
6. Entry
7. Rema-Rema


The last two years have already saw some unreleased Rema-Rema recording, released as 7" and 12" by Inflammable Material.