V/A "SEXORAMA" 5x TAPE
Statutory tape
I was talking with friend about this comp when listening first of the tapes, urging him to order one. I had feeling that RRR has ALWAYS sold these. But... no. And according to discogs, these are NOT cheap anymore. Not at all. Time just flies too fast. RRR still sells some of the other boxes. Best of GROSS, Journey Into Pain, etc.
Sexorama was early 90's reissue 5 x cassette box set compiling cult industrial / noise compilations done by Masami Akita is the 80's. Not only artist lists are kind of who-is-who of the tape scene noise of the time, but also utterly brilliant material and most of all juicy s e x noise!
I am quite sure Masami would not want to touch sleazy stuff anymore. Perhaps even some artists would not consider these their greatest achievements - but this would REALLY make so great CD collection, especially if the original 80's booklets were reproduced. It captures specific era and spirit so greatly, and if tapes are this expensive, reissue would be certainly appreciated.
Sexorama was such a treat, one feels tempted to re-listen whole 5h glory instantly, but moving into other things.
OP RECHTS "Murderer Report" LP
This Swizz early 90's obscurity isn't talked much. Full A-side of synth buzz and Eg Gein information narrated... Who would not love it? The glory of old time ki11ers is never ending. If someone today would make song influenced by someone like Ed Kemper, could you turn it down as "dated" or "done". No way. Kemper is immortal as subject. Ed Gein not bad either.
For fans of power electronics, this LP certainly good grab if you find it for reasonable price.
How good can "PE compilations" get? Early days set quite a damn high strandard. Neuengamme, I got both of the LP versions and some tape boot - just in case. White Power comp same thing. Neither the LP nor tape I have, is 100% legit, but one of those "dubs in circulation" back in the 90's and the nice sounding LP bootleg. Listening the Sutcliffe Jugend and thinking how come pretty much nobody has so striking and ripping vocal performances in contemporary power electronics?
I know it is not completely healthy to cling on the past, BUT sometimes the best things would be good to keep available, as reminder of level where newbies should be able to answer.
Not so long ago I was listening Consumer Electronics The Weight / Hostility Blues 7" thinking mr. Best still got the skills. Fucking ripping 7". I did not like so much previous recordings, but that 7" made me want to check something what they may having upcoming....
More compilation vinyls.
First was two kind of "not so classic" albums. I don't think I ever heard anyone praise Contact #1 or Dark side of the brain LP's. Contact #1 has some very good stuff on it. Contagious Orgasm, MSBR,.. Dark Side... less of great, but there are some personal things... like how critical one could be of Endorphine Factory LP release? Of course I NEED it, despite it ain't that phenomenal...
Natural Order 2xLP, I had recollection that it could be better. Well, there is not THAT man 100% perfect albums that could not be better. However, despite I won't say that anyone here would have submitted their absolute greatest songs into this 2xLP box set - as a whole, it is really good and much better than how it felt back when it came out. Anenzephalia, Con-Dom, GO, Grey wolves, Inade, Thorofon, A Swarm of Locusts... indeed, A LOT of great stuff here!
Frenzy with vinyl compilations continue. I guess it feels now I should just go through all of them. Listened few that didn't feel was noisy enough to report. Late 80's Old Europa Cafe LP had nice Gerogerigegege track, but mostly Italian odd gothic music. Comp with NWW, Bushido, Legendary Pink Dots and Konstruktivists, was also too pop-esque... but these three - no complaints!
Heilige Feuer compilation. This came as both LP and CD, is great reminder of 20 years ago, when band like Reutoff, Sal Solaris, Deutsch Nepal and such were saluted as absolute highlights and best out there. Not to mention Der Blutharsh and Genocide Organ! I can't remember last time I heard someone mention Reutoff? This does not indicate that band would be bad, but this type of atmospheric post-industrial, with fairly full- & clean production values seems to exists far far away in abother subgenre bubble, nothing to do with "noise" or "raw power electronics". Either that, or these may not be so hot... Reutoff here sounds as if he used massive cinematic keyboard tones and mixed it with looped Aube sounds?! He probably did those sounds himself, but there is this one loop that sounds exactly like fragment of early Aube water works...
Ultrason compilation LP includes also fairly musical industrial stuff. Especially Maruta Kommand was project who produced almost "pure" EMB at times. Militia, Folkstorm, Schloss Tegal, nice stuff. Aged fairly well, although compilation is by no means classic...
Statement LP, not Neuengamme, but there is no complaints from me. 1984 Broken Flag has the emerging guitar useage appearing, but it is noisy and fierce release with great balance and intense tracks from several classic acts.
4 LP presses of Xenophobic Ejaculation a.k.a. "XE". 18, Black hole and Vala double all appear somehow better on LP. Despite I was almost hesitating do I actually NEED the vinyls of stuff I have already CD, and some also on tape... but glad I did. LP format, with flipping sides, somehow gives good shape for this material. I think the early stuff is still best of XE. Since then material starts to bleed heavily into other F&V sound. It's hard to really say why somethings is XE and not some other F&V roster artist name. Fierce, unpleasant, blunt and primitive.
And more compilation revisited:
Die Geburt Des Jahrtausends LP on Steinklang. Krieger, Legion Condor, Operation Julmon, all feel somehow lazy compared to better tracks of Sektion B, Leiche Rustikal and Rasthof Dachau. There is very much the early 2000's Steinklang feel to this.
Japanoise of Death LP. Also Steinklang, impressive line-up, but there is something here why I never rated this along the very greats of Japanese noise compilations. Many tracks are great, like Incapacitants, K2,... and more.. but there are also couple tracks thrown there that are way below good. Normally, good comp can survive bunch of lazier tracks, but somehow this always has something unexplained why it just doen't hit me like it... "should". Listened this twice now, and my conclusion remain the same. Good, but not great. Can't explain why.
