ALLEGORY CHAPEL LTD

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Today been revisiting some of the old ACL stuff. This project has been appreciated by several people I know, but nevertheless remained far in depths of industrial network.

Allegory Chapel Ltd "Trip" tape
Sound Of Pig
One of the early highlights. I rate also Satanic Verses rather high. I know band leader hasn't been too keen on reissuing old works that feature also other members. This is live recording in radiostation and besides Elden M, there is guys from Carbon 14 and Big City Orchestra. To me, this is perhaps the crucial element what makes material work so well.
There is that flowing -actual performed- (as opposed to "edited") feel to all material. Abundance of loops, samples, physical and sampled sounds. At times it is almost sound collage, but then proceeds into forward going intense industrial noise loop rhythms spiced up with tons of small things happening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a7Ig-kBVGo

Allegory Chapel Ltd "Confirmation" tape
Sound Of Pig 
This 1989 tape is less exciting moment in ACL discography. Perhaps simply because it's so much more musical recordings. Between good industrial tracks, you got other pieces what would go well to Some Bizarre label compilation with some bass & beats type of stuff. It's not totally foetus type of stuff, though. However, easily the least interesting title of all what I have heard.

But this did not mark any permanent direction.
Follows Satanic Verses (Nihilistic Recordings), Demimonde Voices (G.R.O.S.S.) which are really good tapes. There are handful other between which should revisit sometime soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXVReJg50ho

In 1994 ALC did his first and only CD release, which to me, always seemed like odd CD. It has lot more clean keyboard works. Perhaps more "professional" production, but less hectic, less interesting soundworks. And then after this, followed releases that were far more noisier. Even to qualify as noise. Always maintaining the diversity of sounds, so never entirely harsh.

Probably missing couple tapes in my collection. It wasn't long ago when you could still get some of the original tapes from Sound of Pig and various distributors.

Feelings? And anyone catching the very latest ACL stuff or live gigs?

[HHL]

My introduction to ACL was the two reissues that Klaxon Records did in the early 2000s. Following those releases which I greatly enjoyed I picked up the When Angels Fall CD that you mentioned. The CD is interesting material that I occasionally revisit, but definitely far different than earlier works.

I've been living back in the Los Angeles area for the last few years and have been able to catch him live a few times. My favorite performance was one with Constrain and Fejhed where he seemed semi-plagued by technical difficulties, which lead to a bit more improvisation and an overall more challenging sound. Regardless it's always worth making the trek out.

I've picked up the recent releases on Nostilevo and Chondritic Sound and have enjoyed both, especially Resurrection, the Chondritic release. Gnosis, the Nostilevo release, utilizes brighter almost trance like keyboard patterns where as Resurrection is far murkier and darker sounding heavy synth work.

[impulse manslaughter]

Recently picked up that CD. Guess i need to check out some of his other stuff..

[Potier]

http://www.throneheap.com/allegorychapelltd.html

Throne Heap just put out a new LP fairly recently - haven't heard it but would imagine it would be worth grabbing.

[Zeno Marx]

Love the CD.  Top quality composition skills.  Dynamic.  Like the way he uses that material live as well on the 1995 radio station recording.

[abusepotential]

Eldon is still active somewhere on Twitter. Not to gossip, but I think he was/is married to Debbie Jaffe, and that he perhaps had some role in running the Blackmetal.com label? I'm not sure.

The radio station he recorded at in 1995 has a long relationship with Eldon and Debbie as well as Bone Awl, BCO and some other associated acts.

Looks like 'When Angels Fall' is available on Discogs for pretty cheap still.

[Zeno Marx]

I'm a lot behind on ALC listening.  Modus Operandi is a fun, great listen, and the EBM tracks are a highlight.