12" - Laibach - Across The Universe (12 MUTE 91) UK

Laibach is a Slovenian experimental music group, strongly associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia. Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984. The name "Laibach" is the German name for Slovenia's capital city, Ljubljana.

A Across The Universe
Featuring - Germania , Opus Dei Choir
B1 Maggie Mae (Auf Der Luneburger Heide & Was Gleicht Wohl Auf Erden)
B2 Get Back

Laibach has frequently been accused of both far left and far right political stances due to their use of uniforms and totalitarian-style aesthetics and also due to the Wagnerian influence found in some of their music, notably the thunder in "Sympathy for the Devil (Time for a Change)" and releases such as Macbeth. They were also accused for being members of the neonationalism movement which reincarnates modern ideas of nationalism. Laibach always denied this strongly, pointing out that, as fascism needs a scapegoat, they had become their own scapegoat in the name of satire. Milan Fras, vocalist, is quoted as saying "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter" when confronted with such accusations.[1]

Laibach is notorious for rarely stepping out of character. Some releases feature artwork by the Communist and early Dada artist/satirist, John Heartfield. Laibach concerts have sometimes aesthetically appeared as political rallies. When interviewed, they answer in wry manifestos, showing a paradoxical lust and condemnation for authority. [1]

Richard Wolfson wrote of the group:

Laibach's method is extremely simple, effective and horribly open to misinterpretation. First of all, they absorb the mannerisms of the enemy, adopting all the seductive trappings and symbols of state power, and then they exaggerate everything to the edge of parody... Next they turn their focus to highly charged issues — the West's fear of immigrants from Eastern Europe, the power games of the EU, the analogies between Western democracy and totalitarianism. [Wolfson, 2003]

http://www.myspace.com/laibach
http://www.laibach.org
http://www.laibach.nsk.si
http://laibach.stumm-network.com
http://www.nskstate.com/
http://www.gla.ac.uk/~dc4w/laibach/laibach.html

12" - A Split Second - Smell Of Buddha (Antler 068) BEL

A1 Colonial Discharge (5:32)
Featuring [Additional Chaos Performance] - Twilight Ritual
A2 Taste (The Suburban Whiplash) (5:42)
B1 Check It Out (5:30)
B2 Drinking Sand (4:51)

ASS was a successful synth rock/new beat/EBM band from Belgium. The duo — Mark Ickx and Peter Bonne (under the artist name Chrismar Chayell) — were active from their debut in 1986 until they split up in 1991, when A Split-Second continued as a solo project.

After signing to Antler Records, A Split-Second made their debut in 1986 with the track "Flesh". It was followed the next year by another single, "Rigor Mortis", and the album "Ballistic Statues".

In 1988 they were signed to American label Wax Trax! Records and released the albums "A Split-Second" and "From The Inside" in the U.S. The single "Rigor Mortis" made it to the top of the alternative dance charts (Rockpool magazine) and stayed there for weeks. The singles "Mambo Witch" and "Colosseum Crash" were also chart-topping hits. New members Fedjean Venvelt (guitars) and Peter Boone (keyboards) joined the band for their U.S tour.

Their 1990 album "Kiss of Fury" featured the track "The Parallax View" which was also a successful single and saw the band moving towards more of a guitar-based sound. Nicolas Mansy (keyboards) joined the band for their second U.S. tour.

In 1991 Marc Ickx became involved in a side project, Wasteland, which soon became more important for him than the band itself. The band split up and Marck Ickx continued with A Split-Second as a solo project. Another album, "Vengeance", was released in 1995.

A Split-Second's debut single "Flesh" is credited with kick-starting the New Beat genre. Legend has it that New Beat was invented in the nightclub Boccaccio in Ghent when DJ Marc Grouls played the 45rpm single record at 33rpm with the pitch control set to +8.

In 2002, Perfecto Records released a progressive trance remix of "Flesh", produced by Paul Oakenfold

http://www.micrart.com/ass/assindex.htm


http://www.swerquin.net/ass.htm

12" - A Split Second - Mambo Witch (Antler 088 12) BEL

A1 Mambo Witch (Extended Version) (6:00)
B1 Mambo Witch (Experimental Version) (4:50)
B2 Voodoo Witch (2:21)

ASS was a successful synth rock/new beat/EBM band from Belgium. The duo — Mark Ickx and Peter Bonne (under the artist name Chrismar Chayell) — were active from their debut in 1986 until they split up in 1991, when A Split-Second continued as a solo project.

After signing to Antler Records, A Split-Second made their debut in 1986 with the track "Flesh". It was followed the next year by another single, "Rigor Mortis", and the album "Ballistic Statues".

In 1988 they were signed to American label Wax Trax! Records and released the albums "A Split-Second" and "From The Inside" in the U.S. The single "Rigor Mortis" made it to the top of the alternative dance charts (Rockpool magazine) and stayed there for weeks. The singles "Mambo Witch" and "Colosseum Crash" were also chart-topping hits. New members Fedjean Venvelt (guitars) and Peter Boone (keyboards) joined the band for their U.S tour.

Their 1990 album "Kiss of Fury" featured the track "The Parallax View" which was also a successful single and saw the band moving towards more of a guitar-based sound. Nicolas Mansy (keyboards) joined the band for their second U.S. tour.

In 1991 Marc Ickx became involved in a side project, Wasteland, which soon became more important for him than the band itself. The band split up and Marck Ickx continued with A Split-Second as a solo project. Another album, "Vengeance", was released in 1995.

A Split-Second's debut single "Flesh" is credited with kick-starting the New Beat genre. Legend has it that New Beat was invented in the nightclub Boccaccio in Ghent when DJ Marc Grouls played the 45rpm single record at 33rpm with the pitch control set to +8.

In 2002, Perfecto Records released a progressive trance remix of "Flesh", produced by Paul Oakenfold

http://www.micrart.com/ass/assindex.htm


http://www.swerquin.net/ass.htm

12" - The Neon Judgement - MBIH! (ABR 011) BEL

A1 I Wish I Could
A2 Let's Get Born
A3 Tomorrow In The Papers
B1 Brain Dance
B2 Sister Sue
B3 See That!

The Neon Judgement was a Belgian new wave band.

The band was started in Leuven in 1981 by Dirk Da Davo and TB Frank.

The band briefly stopped performing in 1998, but reformed in 2004 and started playing live again to promote a series of remixes and rereleases of their material. The touring continues into 2006, with the band promising on their [homepage] that, "Live, The Neon Judgement will continue to give art terrorism a good name, finding new ways of marrying noise and beauty, machines and magic."

Nowadays Dirk Da Davo is also active in the side project Neon Electronics, for which he started his own record label Dancedelic-D and he both reworks old classics and composes new material. Both Neon Electronics and the original band have also joined Belgian community Je m'en fish.

http://www.myspace.com/theneonjudgement

http://www.theneonjudgement.com/

LP - The Neon Judgement - The Neon Judgement 1981-1984 (FACE 07) BEL

Only a very small part of this LP arrived at Scarface HQ in a red sleeve. This has nothing to do with first or second pressing. It's simply an error made by the pressing plant. Since the number of those erroneous sleeves were very limited the band and label decided to sell them after all although the correct sleeve (as requested/ordered) was of course black and white.

A1 The Fashion Party
A2 Concrete - It Feels So Strong
A3 Too Cold To Breathe
A4 One Jump Ahead
A5 Nion
B1 Tv Treated
B2 Please, Release Me, Let Me Go - Go
B3 I Must Be On My Own
B4 Factory Walk
B5 Concrete - NY, Stoney Wall Doll

The Neon Judgement was a Belgian new wave band.

The band was started in Leuven in 1981 by Dirk Da Davo and TB Frank.

The band briefly stopped performing in 1998, but reformed in 2004 and started playing live again to promote a series of remixes and rereleases of their material. The touring continues into 2006, with the band promising on their [homepage] that, "Live, The Neon Judgement will continue to give art terrorism a good name, finding new ways of marrying noise and beauty, machines and magic."

Nowadays Dirk Da Davo is also active in the side project Neon Electronics, for which he started his own record label Dancedelic-D and he both reworks old classics and composes new material. Both Neon Electronics and the original band have also joined Belgian community Je m'en fish.

http://www.myspace.com/theneonjudgement

http://www.theneonjudgement.com/

LP - Revolting Cocks - Big Sexy Land (WAXUK 017) UK

A1 38 (4:07)
A2 We Shall Cleanse The World (5:32)
A3 Attack Ships On Fire (4:52)
A4 Big Sexy Land (3:49)
B1 Union Carbide (West Virginia Version) (3:24)
B2 T.V. Mind (5:39)
B3 No Devotion (6:48)
B4 Union Carbide (Bhopal Version) (3:39)

The origin of the group's name is uncertain. One story claims that the name was the result of the original lineup participating in a night of extremely heavy drinking which resulted in a bar owner throwing the drunk group out and calling them a bunch of "revolting cocks." Another, possibly equally apocryphal, tale goes that Al Jourgensen and Chris Connelly were drinking in a bar where they were accused by girls who overheard their discussion and called them "revolting cocks." Still another rumor is that the name was originally that of a Belgian street gang based in Brussels.

The group was founded in 1985 by Al Jourgensen and Luc Van Acker, along with Patrick Codenys and Richard 23 of Front 242. The first release was No Devotion on Wax Trax records.

Losing Richard 23 and Patrick Codenys due to creative differences, the group's remaining two members were augmented by a rapidly changing set of musicians centered around Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, later Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Ministry), Duane Buford, and Bill Rieflin (who is now playing for REM), with around twenty others as irregular contributors or guest artists.

The single was quickly followed by an album Big Sexy Land in 1986, followed by a live album You Goddamned Son of a Bitch in 1987 and Beers, Steers, and Queers in 1989. After a hiatus, Linger Ficken' Good, was released in 1993 - this would be Revolting Cocks' last album for over 10 years.

The first album was a mix of industrial, dance and techno, with sampling and strong synthesized beats dominating. The live album, with the change in personnel, featured a return to Ministry-like industrial - the Big Sexy Land tracks embedded in shouting and noise. This trend continued on Beers, Steers and Queers, layering sample over sample and pushing ever further into distortion. Linger Ficken' Good was released by Sire records and is a tamer affair, most tracks returning to the less layered material and only occasionally producing Ministry noise. Included was a cover of Rod Stewart's Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, also released as a single.

In 2004, the band released iterations of "Prune Tang" to disappointing responses from fans. An album titled "Purple Head" was due in 2004, but was delayed until 2006 with a change in title, "Cocked & Loaded." The first single, "Caliente (Dark Entries)," a cover of sorts of "Dark Entries" By Bauhaus, with vocalist Gibby Haynes, was featured on the soundtrack to Saw II in 2005.

The Revolting Cocks are also known for their perverse lyrics and raunchy live shows. Due to their content, they were a target for angry moralists in the late '80s/early '90s. In the mid '80s, their song "No Devotion" was put on the PMRC's "banning list", and in 1990, Britain's Home Secretary Douglas Hurd tried to stop the band from performing in the UK by refusing them work permits. They have also been offensive to the songwriters/performers in which they chose to cover and satire, such as Olivia Newton-John and Rod Stewart (though the former denied them permission entirely to perform their work outright).


http://www.revoltingcox.com/

http://www.myspace.com/revoltingcocks

LP - Borghesia - No Hope No Fear (BIAS 58) BEL

A1 Ni Upanja, Ni Strahu / No Hope, No Fear (4:30)
A2 Na Smrtno Kazen / Sentenced To Death (5:15)
A3 133 (4:15)
B1 Blato / Mud (5:16)
B2 Lovci / Hunters (3:19)
B3 Mi Smo Povsod / We Are Everywhere (5:41)

Borghesia is a Slovenian electronic music / rock music group, created in Ljubljana in 1982. The band was formed by members of the alternative theatre group Theatre FV-112/15. Borghesia created its aesthetics using the imagery of prohibited, tabooed and repressed. Their sound is often compared to that of other groups in the period such as D.A.F., Manufacture and more notably Front 242, whom many cite as the chief instigators of the Electronic Body Music label used to describe such music. Notable moments (to meet Wikipedias standards for notability above):

1. Borghesia went on several Europe-wide concert tours, mainly in 1988-91, which were reviewed in large music magazines in England, Germany etc, like NME, Melody Maker, New Life, Zillo.

2. They released four albums on Play It Again Sam, one of the more important indie labels, which were also licensed to Wax Trax in the USA and Canada.

3. Further interviews and articles in the magazines above.

4. Aldo Ivancic later formed the band Bast, and is famous in the Slovenian music scene today as a producer.

5. Borghesia together with Laibach were prominent representatives of Slovenian Electronic Body Music, and topped the bill on the compilation albums Trans Slovenia Express, released on Mute Records.

6. Their live show in Gothenburg, Sweden in October 1988 was the subject of an hour long broadcast on Swedish national radio network, on the show P3 Live.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borghesia

LP - Front Line Assembly - The Initial Command (KK 001) BEL

A1 The State
A2 Insanity Lurks Nearby
A3 Casualties
A4 Ausgang Zum Himmel
B1 Nine Times
B2 Black March
B3 No Control
B4 Slaughter House

With a limited range of equipment, Leeb manages to do an amazing job on this album back in 1987. It may sound primitive at first, but the tracks really grow on you.

The State.
This is a nice intro for the album. It's very repetitive, with no chorus or vocals, but it's catchy nonetheless. It starts with a medium paced synth line and then quickly adds a strong looping drum beat which is the highlight of the song. There are some very effective samples used throughout the track in place of vocals, and some Delerium-like orchestrations in the background.

Insanity Lurks Nearby.
Very bass driven track. The bass sound is quite artifical sounding compared to more recent works however. Leeb also does a decent job of singing on this track, with no vocal distortion. Overall a decent mid-paced track, very EBM-like, but a little darker.

Casualties.
Fast, tinkly synths start off this track. It's also quite melodic overall. There's some low singing by Leeb far in the background. Again no chorus. This track is very different from usual FLA, sounds like it should belong on an early Delerium album as it's pretty atmospheric.

Ausgang Zum Himmel.
This is a very strange track. No real structure or beat to it. Mostly a lot of samples and sound effects thrown together with no vocals. It's quite dark as well. This one I would almost have to put on a Synaesthesia album because of it's style.

Nine Times.
This one starts with tinkly synths and samples, followed by a funky bass synth that wouldn't sound out of place on a Front 242 track. There's also a high pitched synth that almost souds like a guitar solo, but works well in the song. Again quite catchy overall, very EBMish.

Black March.
This one sounds quite like Front 242 musically, and even in terms of vocals. It's also the first track on the album that seems to have something of a chorus. It's a great track, with some dark vocal melodies.

No Control.
Very rythmic synths with lots of reverb. A lot of different instrument sounds. No real vocals. One of the fastest tracks on the album. It is also quite atmoshperic in places. Excellent overall.

Slaughter House.
This track is basically synthpop with samples. Not bad, but not outstanding either.

This is a good album overall. Excellent if you factor in the limited equipment and the fact that it's Leeb's first album. A must have if you like EBM, but be warned, it's very different from their recent albums. Hard to find in record stores but plentiful and cheap at online music stores. I got my mine for $10 US.

Review by Flavius


http://www.delerium.com/
http://www.mindphaser.com/

LP - David Bowie - Rare (PL 45406) ITA

Finally! Helden is at last part of my record collection.

Please listen to this masterpiese.
It's in the beginning of the Client DJ-Set.

A1 Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (5:02)
A2 'Round And 'Round (2:41)
A3 Amsterdam (3:25)
A4 Holy Holy (2:15)
A5 Panic In Detroit (5:49)
A6 Young Americans (3:11)
B1 Velvet Goldmine (3:08)
B2 Helden (6:07)
B3 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (3:26)
B4 Moon Of Alabama (3:51)
B5 Crystal Japan (Instrumental) (3:07)

CD - Tanghetto - Buenos Aires Remixed [ARG]

Numero de catálogo: CM-007
Fecha de edición: 10-oct-2005

12 house / progressive club mixes from Tanghetto's songs + two pop classics covers in "tanghettized" versions: “Enjoy the Silence” (Depeche Mode) and “Blue Monday” (New Order).

A lovely gift from my younger brother and his wife when visiting from argentina.

01. Alexanderplatz Tango (Andina mix) [4:53]
Performed by Tanghetto & ADN Proyecto Andino. Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

02. Incognito (Tanghetto mix) [4:44]
Performed by B.A. Jam & Tanghetto. Remixed by Tanghetto. Original version released on "Tangophobia Vol. I" album.

03. Enjoy the Silence [5:23]
Originally performed by Depeche Mode. Written by Martin L. Gore © 1990 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd. / EMI Publishing Ltd.

04. Vida Moderna en 2/4 (neo clubber mix) [5:58]
Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

05. Blue Monday [4:29]
Originally performed by New Order. Written by Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner & Gillian Gilbert. © 1983 Be Music / Warner Chapell Ltd.

06. Aire (Tanghetto mix) [5:00]
Performed by NeoShaft & Tanghetto. Remixed by Tanghetto. Original version released on "Tangophobia Vol. I" album.

07. Montevideo (Street Wise Religion radio edit) [4:36]
Remixed by Diego Heavy. Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

08. Biorritmo (Disorder Mix) [04:24]
Original version released on "Tangophobia Vol. I" album.

09. Recursos Humanos (Humana Mix) [5:20]
Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

10. La Caída (Isabella mix) [4:21]
Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

11. El Derrumbe (Insomnia Mix) [4:15]
Original version released on "Tangophobia Vol. I" album.

12. Inmigrante (remix) [6:40]
Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

13. La Muerte del Prejuicio (Aetherea mix) [6:23]
Performed by Hybrid Tango / Tanghetto. Remixed by Tanghetto. Original version released on "Hybrid Tango" album.

14. Montevideo (Mechanica Mix) [4:25]
Original version released on "Emigrante (electrotango)" album.

Read more:
http://www.tanghetto.com

Buy it:
http://www.tanghetto.com/english/buy.htm

CD - Lip Service - >COPY KILL ORIGINAL (SWECD03)

Lip Service celebrated the release of their Debut album yesterday with playing live at COMBUSTION at Södra Bar in Stockholm. A great preformance with damn good songs and they had the audience in their hands from beginning to end.

01. Velvet Machine
02. Flies
03. Two Worlds Collide
04. Crash And Burn
05. Vampire Sisters
06. Adorable Moves
07. Unite
08. Get Your Boots
09. Trace The Fourteen Lights
10. Ivy
11. Doppelgänger Music
12. Outro 1
13. Outro 2

This is the first album from stockholm based electroact lip service. The band was formed at the end of 2006 and decided by an immediate decision to make an album consisting of hard beats, electronic baselines and a retro approach in a modern soundscape.

By april this year it was recorded. By may it was mastered and now july 9th 2007 it is released.

“Copy Kill Original” includes the sexual slavery of “Velvet machine”, the ultraviolent slaughtering of a machomale in “Flies”, the escaperoute for the curious in “Get your boots” and the great conspiracy of “Trace the fourteen lights”.

band quotes:

“The hip hop scene has openly been re-using so much over and over again and getting away with it. I think it´s the same with most of the music of 2007. It´s being done again. Recreated. Sometimes tasteful. Sometimes disgusting. And this is why i think doppelgänger music isn´t such a dirty genre. As long as you´re not kidding yourself pretending to be an original.”

“We thank the pioneers of electronic music, the replicants of electro, the ice-cream of the mu-mu´s, the mighty giants of rock and roll, the underrated geniuses of the alternatives, and the belgian blue of the eighties for providing us with inspiration for this record.”

“Lip Service has just started. This record is the concrete and the floor of what we`re about. O next record will probably add the walls of sound and possibly some nice panorama windows”

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It all began in 1982...

From KRAFTWERK to DAF to FAD GADGET to DEPECHE MODE to FRONT 242, THE NEON JUDGEMENT AND POESIE NOIRE to NITZER EBB to NINE INCH NAILS to TECHNO to THE KLF as well as LEFTFIELD and THE PRODIGY.

2007 and it´s quite the same....

WE ARE THE ORIGINAL KOPISTS.
WE PLAY DOPPELGÄNGER MUSIC.
WE ARE LIP SERVICE.

Respect to the inventors, respect to the imposters and the original kopists!

We also admire many great bands and artists such as:

Primal Scream, Silverbullit, Vive La Fete, ABBA, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Devo, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Einstürzende Neubaten, Radiohead, The Cure, The Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, Mew, The Pixies, Nirvana, Blondie, The Velvet Underground, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Indochine, Elvis Presley, David Bowie...

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Record Label Devotchka Records

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Buy this excelent album here:
http://www.klicktrack.com/shop/search.jsp?q=Lip+Service

Listen to the songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/lipservicetheband