Early industrial / post-mortem / electronics (80´s)

[Krigsverk]

Been digging deep in archives and listening to a lot of really early stuff from the 80´s lately. There is something special about those early-mid 80´s recordings. So let´s discuss what is out there - I keep finding new stuff all the time, and I am amazed that it never stops. You think you have heard it all, and then you become amazed over and over again.

So besides the more  well known stuff (SPK, early Laibach, Lille Roger, Korpses Katatonik, early Lustmord, MB etc etc) what is there hiding out there?

My latest find was Chazev. The old tape "Katatonia" was re-released on CD by Narcolepsia in 2020, amazing soundscapes.

[Theodore]

The best way to not get lost in recommendations that dont do it for you is to continue like you do, by yourself and that's really rewarding. I think the best way is through compilations of this era. To listen, see what's interesting for you, continue with them, their releases, other comps they took part in, the labels, and never ends. A good starting point is Idealistic Idiot series, and Katacombe series.

To answer the question : Victor/im , Merz , A Violated Body , Stenka Bazin.

[Moran]

Giancarlo Toniutti's La Mutazione.

[Zeno Marx]

I think the best way is through compilations of this era.

Cosign this.  Rewarding, educational, interesting, and practically endless.  Collect them off blogs and make your own playlist radio station.  The dark side is that you'll regularly run into artists and projects that never did anything else.

[Andrew McIntosh]

I recommend Club Moral.

[XS]

As mentioned above: old compilations. Also check out collaborations or pseudonyms of some projects/acts.

For example, Victor/Im had a collaboration with Frans De Waard under the name Staalbad. Or check out Pietro Mazzocchin's projects: The New Sadism, Swastika Kommando, Lyoto Music, etc.

I also thought of:
Odal
DMDN
Het Zweet
La Nomemklatur
Produktion
Satori

[ritualabuser]

Just picked up Zahgurim-Moral Rearmament a while back and liked that one. Should scratch the early SPK itch, even the newly recorded material sounded pretty decent.