V/A Circusirus .. 3x7"??
Petri Supply
Don't know where I got this, it had handmade pricetag in $$ to possibly bought it somewhere in US. Anyways. Listened it otherday, wondering what the fuck is this. Packaging is highly confusing. You don't know who is playing, what speed, and... well, I didn't basically even know the name of the release, but due knowing label, took a look at discogs today and it says:
"pressed in edition of 400 in 1991. however, the records and their beautiful silkscreened envelop lay in storage in a basement in Seattle waiting for some as yet undecided element to finish them. then in late 1996, they were finally unleashed, though only 100 copies, as it was decided that each batch of 100 would be a different variation on the set, and work on the each batch would seem to start only well after the last one had sold out. through this long process, Mark Schomburg a.k.a. Abo of Yeast Culture varied the title of the collection as well as of the label, though essentially containing the same material. this is the first edition of 100 and includes a third record by Dada Action Group. this third 7" is actually a conceptual anti-record (a hand altered and painted vinyl record of unknown origin). the artist on each side as well as the speed each side plays at (some are 33 and some are 45) can be figured out by listening to the spoken intros to each side recorded by Mark Andrew Schomburg and John Hubbard. each record does have its own individual sleeve, and all three are contained in a silkscreened envelope which is tied shut with string."
My version, don't know exactly what pressing, has just 2 7"s and the third is just sheet on cardboard with blind writing (embossed dots). Probably as useful as spraypainted anti 7". Don't know what it says, if anything that would make sense. Artwork remind of the recent Hands To "flatline" LP. One can give credit for the artists really crafting these things with ultra detailed level.
So who's in? Smegma, Ultra, Strength Through Joy and Yeast Culture. And while some of the stuff goes into just insane improv. or collage of sonic fart, crude electro-acoustic dirt, drum-machines and guitars with female voice... some of the material could be simply labeled under amazing gutter noise. So who's who and did I even listen at correct speed? Not sure, but in this context, it seems irrelevant. Amount of total gutter is perhaps too small, and maybe this should have been on topic of obscure compilations. Since it is exactly that. Makes hardly sense most of the time when didn't know who was in. But with knowing who's actually in, new spinning suddenly started to make much more sense. Also about speeds of how it was intended..
