Another night with another classic comp:
"Ohrenschrauben" LP (Dom, Germany)- from 1985. Discogs says both sides end in lock grooves but I don't think my copy does. I'll have to double-check. You get pretty much a little bit of everything here. Classic PE with "My Cock's on Fire" (WH should be given an award for 'All time's most fun power electronics act'); cut-up/musique concrete from NWW, P16.D4, & HNAS (great track!); harsh noise from Organum/TNB and car crashes from The Haters and on top of all of that you have VDO's processed animal growling then Current 93's amazing song, "I'm the One". Hard to believe this sucker is limited to 150 copies! The artwork on the center labels is pretty cool esp the 'screaming nun' (that's what it looks like).
Also, listened to Grunt's side of the split LP with Facialmess released by Freak Animal in 1998. 3 tracks, (track one is in 2 parts) so 4 in all. First 11 minutes (Pt. 1 & 2) are heavy electronics with loops, vocals, samples, etc. but it's tracks 3 & 4 that are heavy duty PE-Noise. Both have great vocals, feedback, static walls, junk metal abuse, everything he's known for. Copies are Discogs are reasonably priced. The only thing missing is actual artwork. I think I'll dig out the split LP with BLJ next (and give Facialmess a spin).
Ending the night is a comp. from '91 called "Ohrenschmalz" released by Unclean Prod. in an edition of 999 copies, which, means copies can still be found for decent prices. You get a victim of Jack the Ripper on the cover plus heavy industrial by Mental Measuretech, Mental Destruction; PE- Death Industrial from G.O. & BDN; harsh noise by Merzbow( track is 3 parts; first is great noise but evolves into cut-up sounds that lose it in the end), Controlled Bleeding (starts with real music, ends with crappy grindcore), & Masonna; and whatever-the-hell experimental/industrial by Phallus Dei (sounds like acoustic sounds with lots of flanger), Sigillum S (great vocals & panning, heavily processed guitar), & Nightmare Lodge.
