PLAYLIST with COMMENTS/REVIEWS

[Brad]

THEOLOGIAN "The Further I Get..." CD
Haven't enjoyed much of this post-NTT work, but this disc takes me away. Very excited about the show in Philly this Saturday.

Picked this up last week at the show in Montreal, good stuff.

[eyestrain]

Picked this up last week at the show in Montreal, good stuff.

Yeah? How was the performance? Looking forward to seeing him with Sewer Goddess and Burial Hex this weekend. Not too interested in Bain Wolfkind (bad James Bond lounge music with pathetic lyrics) or Deutsch Nepal.

[Brad]

I wasn't too familiar with Theologian before the show, but the performance was at least as good as that CD, as I recall it.  When I was talking to Leech he might have said some of it was from the unreleased second Crucial Blast album.  Anyway, the live version of Theologian was a duo (didn't catch who the other guy was), and there was a great collection of visual art presented with it that expanded on the themes of the album art.

Sewer Goddess is a band I've really wanted to see for a while, I hope they come to Canada eventually.

[Matthias]

Can - The Lost Tapes 3xCD (Mute)
Going through these 3 hours, it's impossible to understand why I never turned into a bigger Can-ophile. There are unreleased tracks and versions here that are just unbelievable good, basically mindblowing stuff. That some of these tracks has been filed in a german cabinet for 40 years is hard to take in. Apparently they went through more than 30 hours of archived material, so maybe not impossible with a Vol. 2. Comes packaged in a 10" sized box with a nice booklet.

JFK - Teenage Fantasy 2xLP (Harbinger/Hospital)
Woelf tracks are GREAT. Amazing stuff and right up my alley. Didn't care that much for the other BF cassette included here, but some of the unrelesaed stuff is decent. Definitely worth the pricetag alone for the Woelf material. 

The Sodality - Beyond Unknown Pleasures LP (Urashima)
Very much welcomed upgrade from shitty mp3s.

was it the track linked on the ljud & bild page that you heard? ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSh9MJKT2-U&feature=youtu.be ... that's a pretty good representation of the cd i'd say. i think it's the focus and restraint that really stand out for me. tracks are generally short, around the 3, 4 minute mark, and the whole cd is under half an hour in length (although i tend to listen to it on repeat!). no filler whatsoever. also, the ljud & bild cd's look really amazing. simple (deceptively so), stark, really striking. between this and the sewer election - vittra sonder lp, looks like sweden is gonna rule 2012

I have another track from the CD up here which I personally thinks represents the overall sound on the album better: http://arvmiljo.tumblr.com/

[Zeno Marx]

Can - The Lost Tapes 3xCD (Mute)
Going through these 3 hours, it's impossible to understand why I never turned into a bigger Can-ophile. There are unreleased tracks and versions here that are just unbelievable good, basically mindblowing stuff. That some of these tracks has been filed in a german cabinet for 40 years is hard to take in. Apparently they went through more than 30 hours of archived material, so maybe not impossible with a Vol. 2. Comes packaged in a 10" sized box with a nice booklet.

There's an unofficial collection called Canobits (amongst other titles).  4CDs worth of material.  "rare studio & live material.  This material recently became available from 'wreka' who allowed them to be vined on the  Canopener mail list.  These are selections of tapes that he obtained years ago from a friend of the band."  This was I believe in 2005.  1968-1977.  Including 30+ minute improvisations.  Some of my favorite material from Can.  I'm not a big Can fan, but I would be if there was more of what I found on this set.

Another great Can must-have is the 73-02-19.FM.BBC-London recording.

As for The Lost tapes, tracks "Waiting for the Streetcar" and "Deadly Doris" on CD1 drove me nuts.  For me, the weak link has always been the vocals.  They really get in the way of me enjoying the many virtues of this band.  

[P-K]

Hermann Nitsch : tilburg orgelconcert 2xlp
...affordable Nitsch! ...nice long organ-drones.....but shabby gatefold & not the best pressing imho (side b with lots of cracks&pops), hence the price?

[absurdexposition]

Illusion of Safety - More Violence and Geography
Worker - Dream Dead http://workernoise.bandcamp.com

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

Can - The Lost Tapes 3xCD (Mute)
Going through these 3 hours, it's impossible to understand why I never turned into a bigger Can-ophile. There are unreleased tracks and versions here that are just unbelievable good, basically mindblowing stuff. That some of these tracks has been filed in a german cabinet for 40 years is hard to take in. Apparently they went through more than 30 hours of archived material, so maybe not impossible with a Vol. 2. Comes packaged in a 10" sized box with a nice booklet.

Today I received this item and I finished to listen it few minutes ago. Good release, but I hoped it will be better. I hoped that it will be so good as this bootleg: http://black2com.blogspot.com/2008/03/can-outtake-edition-4-cd-set-franny.html

[Tenebracid]

kakerlak + the rita  - knifing and knived cs
the rita / dog holocaust - split cs
kevin drumm - purge cs
ultra fuck - sex at the maly trostenets cs
bizarre uproar - unsafe and insane lp
novy svet - cuori di petrolio cd

[Zeno Marx]

Can - The Lost Tapes 3xCD (Mute)
Going through these 3 hours, it's impossible to understand why I never turned into a bigger Can-ophile. There are unreleased tracks and versions here that are just unbelievable good, basically mindblowing stuff. That some of these tracks has been filed in a german cabinet for 40 years is hard to take in. Apparently they went through more than 30 hours of archived material, so maybe not impossible with a Vol. 2. Comes packaged in a 10" sized box with a nice booklet.

Today I received this item and I finished to listen it few minutes ago. Good release, but I hoped it will be better. I hoped that it will be so good as this bootleg: http://black2com.blogspot.com/2008/03/can-outtake-edition-4-cd-set-franny.html

aka Canobits.  Check my previous post.  We're in agreement.

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

aka Canobits. 

Nice to know. I didn't know about this alternative title.

[RyanWreck]

ultra fuck - sex at the maly trostenets cs

I want this fucking tape!

[Zeno Marx]

aka Canobits. 

Nice to know. I didn't know about this alternative title.

I don't believe it was ever intended to be sold.  I believe it was originally shared as FLACs through various message boards and torrent sites and intended to be shared freely and for free.  If so, that would make some industrious, opportunistic asshole who took those lossless files and realized they could make some money by putting out the 4CD set.  Not all that surprising, but definitely unfortunate.  This is the kind of thing that sours bands.  Some of them know about the sharing, are flattered by it, and quasi-endorse it.  Then someone comes along and cashes in on something that was meant to be somewhat as a gift to the fans.

[bitewerksMTB]

Goblin "dawn of the dead" LP
Escape from New York  LP (not the new reiss)

currently listening to "Isolation is Lonely Murder"

[RyanWreck]

Hmm Mania sounds like a good choice right now.

Just finished Hate Basement - "Pathetic" from Anabolic Dimensions not long ago. The tape is really short, the A-side was over before I finished smoking my cigarette. Atmospheric almost Industrial like undertones instead of straight out Harsh Noise, the B-side is my favorite with some droning hiss and a building heavy electronic crunch that slowly envelopes the whole thing. Really good but not as good as his collaboration with Machismo on the same label which I am going to review on my blog shortly.