ACTUS – A Way To The Empire Of Strength And Order (1990)

Country: Hungary

 

Tracklist

1. (I.) Spiritual Heritage 01:28
2. Cataclysm 05:39
3. (II.) Spiritual Heritage 05:23
4. The Mirror 07:19
5. Ceremony 05:03
6. A Way To The Empire Of Strength And Order 04:23
7. The Decay Of A Body Is The Birth Of Another One 07:00
8. Descent 04:01
9. Apocalypse 04:22
10. Tabula Rasa 04:13
11. The Spring 03:20

 

 ACTUS (Archaic Cultic Traditions United in a Society) has been preparing

together with other branches of artistic activity (video, dance) since 1987 and has carried out its work

in the spirit of metaphysical traditions of universal strength hidden behind historical forms

differing both ethnically and geographically.
The story of ACTUS formed as an artistic project dates back to 1987, and its goal remained unchanged throughout the years: to create works, which demonstrate the crisis penetrating our world, but even more importantly,

works which are in accordance with the eternal measure, and which always carry the notion of uplifting catharsis

and at the same time can present their receiver with the joy of reinvention listen after listen.
Their releases leave no doubt about the group’s consistency, no compromise has ever affected the original concept

and this resulted in high reputation all over the world among fans of quality, spiritually dominated contemporary arts.
Starting out from the early experimental, post-industrial, electronic scene, 

the band gradually started to put acoustic instruments to use.
Their albums feature symphonic sounds, acoustic guitars, folk instruments, percussion, heroic choirs, recitations

and lyrics that are sprouting from the clearest source, the traditional worldview.

ACTUS studies original knowledge, which concentrates on answering essential questions

from the perspective of apocalyptic historical humanity, whereby it endeavors to create a new golden age.

 
Memory

Professor Richmann – Succulent Blue Sway (Soundtrack) (1994)

 

Country: Australia

 

Tracklist

1. Fax 04:21
2. Arc 02:52
3. Spiral Path Of A Blindfolded Man 03:13
4. Ambient Fear 07:48
5. Salt 03:13
6. Dog Beneath The Skin 03:38
7. Eis 02:01
8. At The Emperor's Mercy 04:01
9. DNA Loop 04:52
10. Stroboscopic Photograph 05:23
11. Obsidious 07:11
12. Spiral Path #3 01:36
13. Virus 03:34
14. Pandæmonium 02:59

 

Shinjuku Thief leader Darrin Verhagen created this album in 1994

in between the release of the albums "Witch Hammer" and "Witch Hunter".

It was commissioned by the Vis a Vis company production as a soundtrack for a contemporary dance work

examining man's relationship with technology and was first performed in Canberra, Australia in October 1994.
Whilst its is still a lush evocative world, Verhagen's trademark moody landscapes are augmented here 

with ambient techno and minimal IDM grooves, creating a rich dynamic blend of drama and intrigue.
Released on his own label Dorobo.

 
Memory

Tlön Uqbar – La Bola Perdida (1999)

Country: France

 

Tracklist

 1. Yemishe 10:15
2. Succurath 10:53
3. Yaquaru 10:00
4. Elengassen 11:23
5. Mylodon 12:38

 

Tlön Uqbar was a collaboration project between Jérôme Mauduit (aka Désaccord Majeur)

and Éric Latteux (aka Internal Fusion).
Together in 1999 they released on Staalplaat label the album "La Bola Perdida",

that offered ominous ambient soundscapes mixed with hypnotic ethnic-sounding tribal rhythms.

 
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Bruno Nicolai – Tutti I Colori Del Buio (1972)

Composer: Bruno Nicolai

 

Tracklist

 1. Magico Incontro 02:12
2. Bambole 01:46
3. Medium 02:03
4. Magico Incontro 03:25
5. Insidia 01:52
6. Suggestione 02:28
7. Magico Incontro 02:58
8. Evocazione 03:12
9. Bambole 01:45
10. Esorcismo 03:03
11. Oppressione 02:22
12. Magico Incontro 02:53
13. Ipnosi 02:31
14. Invasamento 02:15
15. Sabba 03:44
16. Incantesimo 03:28
17. Propiziazione 02:38
18. Insidia 01:45
19. Sabba 05:45
20. Immateriale 02:57
21. Espiazione 01:45
22. Medium 03:43
23. Insidia 02:30
24. Magico Incontro 01:29
25. Insidia 02:28
26. Magico Incontro 01:11
27. Invasamento 03:37
28. Sabba 03:46
29. Magico Incontro 02:23

 

 Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director,

conductor, pianist and musical editor, most active in the 1960s through the 1980s.
While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome,

he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship,

with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone.

Morricone noted in an interview discussing the Dollars Trilogy:

"I chose a great musician and friend to be my conductor, Bruno Nicolai,

who conducted almost every score of mine from that point on until 1974.".
Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote many scores for director Jesús Franco.
Nicolai's compositions are characterized by their rich orchestration and innovative use of instruments, 

including bells, anvils, and whips, elements that became synonymous with the spaghetti western sound. 

He also explored various musical styles, from classical to avant-garde,

and was known for his work in library music, founding the labels Gemelli and Edi-Pan.
His work was also featured in Tarantino's films "Kill Bill: Volume 2" and "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood".
"All The Colors Of The Dark" (Italian: Tutti I Colori Del Buio) is a 1972 giallo film directed by Sergio Martino

and starring George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Julián Ugarte, George Rigaud, Susan Scott and Marina Malfatti.

The film was also released under the alternate titles "Day Of The Maniac" and "They're Coming To Get You!".

 
Memory

Werkbund – Aquis Submersus (1989)

Country: Germany

 

Tracklist

1. Beginne Den Tag Mit Sterben 21:12
2. Der Feind Sieht Dein Licht Verdunkeln 27:13

 

 Enigmatic industrial and experimental band from Hamburg, active since the late 1980s.
Speculation has involved collaborations with other Hamburg artists such as Felix Kubin and Uli Rehberg

 and possibly Asmus Tietchens, though Tietchens has repeatedly denied involvement.
Their sound deals mainly with marine tales and myths from Northern Germany,

incorporating experimental, ambient, field recordings and industrial styles to create cold mystical nuances.
Released by German label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien that was founded in 1980 by Uli Rehberg.

 
Memory

Orphx – Fragmentation (1996)

Country: Canada

 

Tracklist

 1. Word And Symbol 03:22
2. Layers Of Dura 04:19
3. Ekstasis 06:10
4. Auto-Erotic 04:11
5. Sepsis 06:14
6. Tanha 08:14
7. Pathogenesis 06:40
8. Words Once Spoken 09:22
9. Electroencephalographic Measurements 04:04
10. Samsara 04:29
11. Cellular Resonance 08:48
12. Within 07:05

 

 Orphx is an industrial/techno project from Canada.

Formed in 1993 in Hamilton, Ontario by Rich Oddie, Christina Sealey and Aron West

 and inspired by early industrial music and the extreme fringes of metal.
In late 1995 West departed to focus on his noise project Tropism,

while Oddie and Sealey began to push Orphx in a more rhythmic direction.
Orphx have been developing their hypnotic rhythms and experimental noise using modular and analog synthesizers,

software, location recordings and feedback circuits, utilizing darker pieces of techno and electro

and combine these elements with the experimental aesthetics and themes of early industrial music.
Oddie and Sealey have performed throughout Europe and North America at celebrated venues like Berghain and Tresor 

as well as notable electronic music festivals such as Movement and Mutek.
Their live appearances are renowned for delivering improvised performances

that combine software with modular synthesizer and other hardware.
"Fragmentation" was originally released on Malignant Records label

and was made using the same basic tools as in their early cassettes: contact microphones, scrap metal, 

effects pedals, feedback circuits, a drum machine, a couple of synths,

and location recordings and found sounds manipulated by Sealey on reel to reel machines and an 8-bit sampler.
While early Orphx recordings were primarily improvised direct to tape, this album places much greater emphasis

on carefully constructed layers of sound, shaping their improvisational energy into powerful compositions

that combines death industrial atmospheres and brutal power electronics with relentless, hypnotic percussion.
"Fragmentation" was reissued by Hospital Productions in 2020 including the original album

and over an hour of additional rarities and previously unreleased recordings.

 The Memory links also contains these as bonus.

 
Memory

Organ 31 – Spiritus Sanctum (1985)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

 Spiritus Lycanthropique
1. Hounds Of Hell 05:31
2. Dog Star 09:34
3. Danbhalah La Flambeau 07:48
4. Digitaria 06:02
Hymn Of Ur
5. The Gate Way 04:28
6. Sumerian Charm Against Daemons That Assail In The Night 07:11
7. ...And He Strayed From The Path With She 04:17
8. Niether-Niether 04:42
9. Kether 10:12

 

Organhouse is the umbrella since 1982 for the following groups Organ 31, Aktion Direkt, and Organization 31 

originally from Non-Dasein (Sherpa Studio) Fullerton, CA USA.
Non-Dasein founded by members of Republic Of Sherpa

 and previous tenants were Fullerton punk rock legends The Mechanics.

Groups and persons that vied for studio time and performed there include: Republic Of Sherpa, LINT,  

Topper Krause & The T-Birds, Tim Maag, Toxic Era, TAO MAO, Bile, Aktion Direkt, Goat,  

Organhouse, KORE, DI, Whale, SPFN, Zits, Social Distortion, Torn Memory and many more.
In Spring of 1986 Organhouse would move to the mountains in northern New Mexico

where they are currently producing and (re) releasing music once again.
The official name used for all current releases is Organhouse 

while past re-issues will be under their originating names respectively.

 
Memory

Alquimia – "Coatlicue" Goddess Of The Earth (1992)

 

Country: Mexico

 

Tracklist

Coatlicue Diosa De La Tierra:    
I. Coatepec (Hill Of Snakes) 02:38
II. Tlilán (The Temple Of Darkness) 01:48
III. Coatlicue (The Goddess Of The Earth) 03:11
IV. Festividades (Festivities) 02:56
V. Danza De Xilonem (Xilonem's Dance) 04:26
VI. La Dualidad De La Diosa (The Duality Of The Goddess) 03:10
VII. Procesión (Procession) 02:45
VIII. Ofrenda (Offertory) 03:49
IX. Sacrificio (Sacrifice) 05:53
10. Walkyrias 05:55
11. Alkaest 04:19
12. Avatar 04:08
13. Aura 03:34
14. Inquisición 03:28

 

 A project that started in the late 80s by Mexican female multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Margarita Saavedra.
Her work explore the experimental scene with risky blends of musical genres achieving a sonic amalgamation.
While her basic tracks feature vocals and piano, Alquima enhances her recordings with layers of looped vocals,

electronic processors, sound effects, samples, synthesizers, gongs and bells.

The result is a sound that combines the musical traditions of Latin America

with influences of avant-garde, classical and improvisational music.
Alquimia developed an early love of music and singing, partly from her mother, a classical opera singer.

She went on to study in France and Canada, before making her permanent home in England.

Although she has often been far from home, her interest in the ethnic musical styles of her home country

made her learn various pre-Columbian percussion instruments and flutes,

while her search for new sounds inspired her use of modern music technology.
Alquimia has recorded many albums, both as a solo artist and with writers and musicians such as Hans-Joachim Roedelius,

Rüdiger Gleisberg, Peter Mergener, Anton Zinkl, Mark Powell, Art Of Infinity, Carlos Robledo and others.

 
Memory

T • A • G • C – Digitaria (1986)

Country: England

 

Tracklist

1. Blood Burns Into Water 03:03
2. Dog Star 04:23
3. Balag Anti 08:12
4. Chozzar Over Abyss 02:13
5. Pre-Eval 05:03
6. Ghost Cultures Under Collapse 06:59
7. Noosphere 08:12
8. Lux Nox 09:07
9. Tzaddi (1994 CD Bonus Track) 01:27
10. The Abominable Plateau Of Leng (1994 CD Bonus Track) 01:56
11. Sekhet (1994 CD Bonus Track) 04:59
12. ShgL 3.33 (1987 CD Bonus Track) 03:36
13. Sunset Eyes Thru Water (1987 CD Bonus Track) 05:39
14. Po-Ema (1987 CD Bonus Track) 02:41

 

 The Anti-Group Communications (or T.A.G.C.)  is an open-membership collaborative art and information project

formed in 1978 by Adi Newton and Steven James Turner of Clock DVA fame.

The T.A.G.C. acronym refers to the four different types of DNA Nucleotide: thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine.

The group's main objective was to combine interactive and mixed media art, installations,

and research on psycho acoustics and philosophical concepts to produce fascinating presentations.
The first non theoretical action devised by T.A.G.C. was the film "The Delivery", a 16mm triptych projection and soundtrack,

and the Anti theater performance "The Discussion" designed for five tape recorders and multi-video projection systems.

These two works were first presented at the "De Doelen" center in Rotterdam on Saturday, September 22nd, 1985.

"The Delivery" has been exhibited at the "2nd Atonal Festival" in "The Ballhaus Tiergarten" Berlin, Feb 18th 1985

where the soundtrack was recorded on a mobile 24 track system.

This document was released as "The Anti Group - The Delivery" on Atonal Records.
After these initial performances T.A.G.C. concentrated on audio development.

It was during this period 1985 to 1987 that the above recordings were realized

along with the highly acclaimed ambisonic album "Digitaria" which is a technological and ethnological work

based on the ideas of the Sabean cults of ancient Khem and the Dogon tribe of Mali.

Having worked through these areas, it became the next logical step to move into the application of Psychophysics 

developing the use of frequencies and Psychoacoustics with computer aided technology.

Performance of these ideas took place at the "3rd Atonal Festival" at "Alte TU-Mensa" Berlin on December 13th, 1986

and "SO 36" Berlin on Feb 14th 1987 and at the "Museum Of Contemporary Art" Prato, Italy on Sept 23rd 1988.
It was at this time also that T.A.G.C. displayed their first Meontological visual experiment "Burning Water".

The recordings utilized in these performances were released as part of a series of recordings

entitled Meontological Research Recordings 1 + 2.

T.A.G.C. performances were held at the Electro-Acoustic Music Academy Stockholm, August, 23rd 1990

and at the ARS Electronica symposium on Virtual Reality held in Linz, Austria on September 8th, 1990.

Meontological Research Recordings 3 + 4 followed where Recording 3 explores the central ideas 

expressed in the Coulier Noire and Recording 4 centers around the current research project

into the development of methods and techniques to aid expanded consciousness

in collaboration with R.E.S.T., SpaceTimeTanks and Relaxation Center Chicago, America.
All these psychoacoustic experiments and carefully constructed aural rituals are usually accompanied 

by lengthy liner notes, explaining the theoretical underpinnings of the recordings.
In this way, T.A.G.C. presents itself explicitly as acoustic research rather than music.

 Although the group disbanded in 1996, Newton continued the project with CD releases and live performances in 2009.
T.A.G.C. audio recordings are released on Newton's Anterior Research Recordings label.

 
Memory

Nightmare Lodge – Negative Planet (1994)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. First Contrast 01:15
2. Baby / Death 06:34
3. Become Visible 03:59
4. The Bird Comes Back 03:44
5. Negative Planet 04:32
6. Mirage IV 05:56
7. Toxic Ways 02:54
8. Grey Wind 03:31
9. The Glorious Animal 03:20
10. Presence 04:54
11. Endless Pleasure (On) 03:49

Nightmare Lodge started in June 1987 as a musical project founded by Minus Habens Records / Disturbance founder

Ivan Iusco alongside vocalist B. Mazzilli and bass player Gianni Mantelli,

when the trio decided to embark on a path in search of their own dreamlike musical dimensions.
Soon they entered a small recording studio in Bari to record their first cassette "Big Mother In The Strain",

that was released on December 12, 1987 as the first publication of Minus Habens founded in the same year by Iusco.
After a few months, because of trivial disputes, the lineup was changed.
Ivan found himself completely alone deciding the Nightmare Lodge destiny.
In the meantime, he met female vocalist M. Cioce, that was selected

to be involved in two tracks on the split LP "The Oneiric Transgression / Noise And Dream",

with the Roman band Lyke Wake, the first vinyl release of Minus Habens Records in 1989.
When the album was out, M. Cioce left and B. Mazzilli returned.

Nightmare Lodge succeeded to assemble two new works across 1990 and 1991,

a split LP, " Ice Skin / The Gospel According To The Men In Black" with the band Blackhouse and a tape entitled "Asylum".
These two releases marked a long retirement period for the duo

caused by the compulsory military service that overwhelmed Ivan and B. Mazzilli.
In that time Nightmare Lodge produced only some tracks on various compilations around the world.
With the relocation of Mazzilli in Veneto in 1992 and the collaboration of Ivan Iusco with the Belgian Dirk Ivens for Dive,

the post-industrial period of Nightmare Lodge closed.
When Ivan came back from the military service he was busy in raising again his record label Minus Habens.
Due to this, the Nightmare Lodge inactivity existed until 1994.
In that year a new friendship born with the mysterious Russolo,

a very talented electronic composer passionate with horror and science fiction cinema.
A perfect union was made and since then Nightmare Lodge released a CD trilogy

("Negative Planet", "Luminescence", "The Enemy Within"),

that received considerable attention from critics and audiences in various countries.
In 1998 Nightmare Lodge composed the soundtrack (in collaboration with the Sicilian musician Paolo Bigazzi)

of the independent science fiction film "Syrena" by Mariano Equizzi

followed by two albums ("Blind Miniatures" and "Tentacled") for the U.S. label Red Stream.
In the summer of 2000, Nightmare Lodge, with guitarist Nicola Cipriani,

performed live for the first time in Calabria a soundtrack written specifically for the film "The War Of The Worlds".
Ivan Iusco has also involved with the project It and composed two songs for the sci-fi video game "Cyberpunk 2077".

 
Memory

Havohej – Black Perversion (12'' EP 1994)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Black Perversion 07:18
2. Unholy Sodomy 02:00
3. Mary Goddess Of Shit 06:00

Solo experimental black metal project of Paul Ledney, formed in 1993 after the split of Profanatica the previous year.

Former Profanatica and Incantation member Brett Makowski assisted with guitars and bass on the first Havohej album,

"Dethrone The Son Of God" in 1993, which consists mainly of re-worked and re-recorded Profanatica tracks.

During the following years Havohej developed a much more unique and experimental style

of minimalist black metal, mixed with dark ambient and noise/industrial elements.

On September 29th, 2007 the band made their very first and only performance ever at the Autumn Equinox V festival.

 
Memory

Biota – Rackabones (2xLP 1985)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Vagabones A 26:34

2. Vagabones B 26:12

3. Rackabones A 18:08

4. Rackabones B 17:57

American experimental music ensemble that created in 1979 in Fort Collins, Colorado

under the name Mnemonist Orchestra (shortened soon after to Mnemonists).
Biota founded by fellow scientists and community radio engineers Mark Derbyshire and William Sharp, 

the Mnemonists ensemble of artists, musicians, and college-town bohemians.
in 1984, the group split into two collaborative factions:

a visual-arts collective, which retained the name Mnemonists, and the musical group, Biota.
Biota adheres to an unpredictable method of organizing sounds that ideally invites listeners

to imbue proceedings with their own individualized interpretations and experiences

(much like interpreting a work of abstract visual art), thereby allowing for an element of "listener composition".

Such a concept is in keeping with notions of community collaboration

and song evolution inherent in many forms of traditional folk music.
Biota-Mnemonists has taken to the stage for live performance only twice,

in 1981, at the Colorado State University art school in Fort Collins, Colorado,

and in November 1990 at the then-annual New Music America festival, held that year in Montreal, Quebec.

 
Memory

Shub Niggurath – Les Morts Vont Vite (1986)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Incipit Tragaedia 15:46
2. Cabine 67 05:56
3. Yog Sothoth 12:28
4. La Ballade De Lénore 08:58
5. Delear Prius 04:03
6. J'ai Vu Naguère En Peinture Les Harpies Ravissant Le Repas De Phynée 04:19

Shub Niggurath was a progressive rock/zeuhl band, formed in France in 1982 and consisted of Allan Ballaud (bass),

Franck Coulaud (percussion), Frank W. Fromy (guitar/percussion), Jean-Luc Hervé (harmonium/piano/organ),

Ann Stewart (vocals) and Véronique Verdier (trombone).
Their name was taken after one of the deities in Cthulhu Mythos created by the American horror writer H.P.Lovecraft.
The project was created after the bands Aspara and Gorgonus were merged together.

Ann Stewart and Franck W. Fromy from the former, Véronique Verdier, Jean-Luc Hervé and Allain Ballaud from the latter.
Drummers had to be changed often, due to the difficulty of certain compositions,

which were at times too free-form, or too strictly written at others.
Their debut album "Les Morts Vont Vite", that was released in 1986 on the Musea label,

received critical acclaim for its innovative avant-garde inclinations,

and major developments influenced by Magma's "Zeuhl" style.
Musea also reissued the album on CD in 1997, including two bonus tracks.
The debut sold well and later, one song appeared on the tribute compilation to Magma "Enneade".
After its release percussionist Franck Couland left, as did Franc Fromy.

Jean-Luc Herve, also being a guitarist, took Fromy's spot.

In the next years Shub Niggurath appeared on the compilations "Douze Pour Un Vol. 2" (1987) and "Dithrambe" (1988)

followed by a live tape with the new line up: Allan Ballaud (bass), Jean-Luc Herve (electric guitar),  

Veronuque Verdier (bass trombone/percussion), new singers Sylvette Claudet and Jean-Pierre Lourdeau,

and new drummer Michel Kervinio.
Prior to the release of their second studio album, "C'étaient De Très Grands Vents" in 1991, also on the Musea label,

Jean Pierre left the band to become a painter and a new percussionist, Edward Perraud, was added. 

Since then, the band has toured around Paris playing for small audiences.

In 1995 bassist Allan Ballaud passed away due to cancer an incident that put the band on a permanent hiatus.
In 2003 Musea issued their third album "Testament" which consists from archive material recorded in 1992-1994.
The label Soleil Zeuhl reissued on CD in 2009 their demo tape from 1982 entitled "Introduction" and on Vinyl in 2018.

 
Memory

Ornament – Adorers (1999)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Feed The Fortress Of Hate 06:31
2. Burning Blood-Vessels 05:31
3. New Flesh For Your Incarnation 06:48
4. Terminal Equinox 12:05
5. The Absent God 03:19
6. Plague-Spreader 09:57
7. The Finger 04:40
8. Chasm 08:26

Ornament was the first solo project of Italian artist Davide Del Col, that was created in 1999 and ended in 2003.
In 1999 he released his first mini-album on cassette "Strychninlovenectar",

published by the label Ossarium, which consisted of four structured death-industrial tracks.
His second work entitled "Adorers", inspired by the great plague,

was released shortly after on Oktagön Records as a limited edition CD-R.
In 2000 Davide released the album "Unicorn Lullaby" on Ossarium label, where he explored deep dark-ambient territories.
In 2002 "Yzaniaveis" was published by Blade Records followed by "Effortless"

that was made available by the author in late 2003 on his own website

and later in 2006 was published in digital version by the net label Benekkea.
Davide Del Col was also involved with the projects:

O Diabo De Vila Velha (electronic compositions based on 70s and 80s cosmic music), Nimeton Geist (experimental ambient),

Echran (experimental abstract-ambient in collaboration with Fabio Volpi and Accursio Graffeo),  

Molnija Aura (cosmic ambient project in collaboration with Andrea Marutti),
Rhetra (black metal band with guitarist-vocalist Sophia Anna Pezzaliin),

30 Seconds Over Teheran (collaboration with Paolo Romano of I/O),

while his more active ones are Antikatechon, Cult Of Light (with Ascanio Borga)

and We Promise To Betray (collaboration with Giuseppe Verticchio of Nimh).

 
Memory

Luciano Dari – Wajd (1989)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Metatron Of The Sea 07:45
2. Sirens 03:25
3. La Luz 06:35
4. Night Of Djinn 04:05
5. Lotus 04:34
6. Manvantara 05:43
7. Antro Dei Misteri 04:05
8. Inno Ad Helios (Bonus Track) 02:38
9. Lapide Minerali (Bonus Track) 03:49
10. Theatrum Naturae (Bonus Track) 22:13

Luciano Dari is an Italian dark ambient musician/producer

and founder of the Musica Maxima Magnetica label that operated from the late 80s to late 00s.
In 1987 he released "Idrogeni Superiori", as part of the split album together with The Hafler Trio, 

followed by the album "Wajd" in 1989.
He also participated in many cassette compilation releases.
The Memory link contains three bonus tracks that were taken fron Dari's participation in the compilations:

"Hora Aurea (1989)", "Devastating Templaric Sounds (1990)" and "Nature Morte (1991)".

 
Memory

Sechres Mound – D2 740m440 (1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Dia 02:16
2. Spir 03:46
3. Pore 04:23
4. Cycle 1 01:51
5. Expir 04:02
6. Contus 06:13
7. Anthro 05:14
8. Senescence 05:41
9. Infra 03:00
10. Cyclodrome 05:05
11. Cycle 7 02:56
12. Traumatism (Bonus Track) 08:27

Sechres Mound was a collaboration between Cédric Peyronnet (Toy Bizarre)

and Cyril Herry (Lecanora, Ashes To Ashes, Ninth Desert, Exotoendo)

which began in February 1995 following the discovery of an unused & monumental tank unit.

The aim was to exploit the sound potential of the place by using materials

mainly found on the site and installations built inside the one and only tank (no. D2 740m440).
New materials were brought in (PVC pipes, strings, metal bars etc.) to try out the unique reverberation of this space.

After a few weeks, the tank became a true research laboratory, full of various objects (wood pieces, cables and nails).

The purpose was to reveal the authentic sound identity of this place.
In October 1995, it was decided to release a cassette with a selection of live recorded sequences.
It was a little cardboard boxset with rust taken from the tank and the cassette inside.
80 numbered copies were released on Cédric & Cyril's own label, Cynistrose.

 Each "D2 740m440" piece was improvised and recorded live on site without any external contribution or sound treatments.
Exactly ten years later, "D2 740m440" was re-released on a A5-sized carboard cover in a plastic sleeve CD-R

including the bonus track "Traumatism" that was taken from the compilation tape "Germ",

released by Incense (Cyril's own label) in 1995.

Memory

Le Syndicat – 1985 - 1995 - Ten Years Of Excess (1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

Disc 1

Delikatëssen
1. Masse Dépréciatrice 13:19
2. Farce De Morse 09:31
3. Machefer Recharge 10:06
4. Terrificante Matter 07:41
5. Chanson Bruitiste 02:13
Relapse
6. Quadripartite 21:53
7. Dentiste-Surprise 04:24

Disc 2

Vorgine
1. Exorde 06:44
2. L'Horloge De St-Luce 06:25
3. Jouvenceau 00:46
4. Maelström Fornicator 06:16
5. Le Corps De Jehan 05:53
6. Deux 02:55
7. Vorgine 08:36
Relapse (Continued)
8. Roméo Ou Juliette 19:20
9. Dissection-Fantaisie 05:33

Le Syndicat is a collective entity and a former cassette label that began activities in 1982.

It is one of the leading bands in the industrial movement in France

and was created by Jean-Marie Onni (aka Ruelgo) and Zyklon B.
The project later collaborated with visual artists Zorïn and Mïrka Lugosi,

produced a lot of audio concrete cassettes and participated to a lot of "mail art" international compilations.
As a label Le Syndicat released cassettes for artists such as Merzbow, Parazite, Pacific 231, Controlled Bleeding,

Blackhouse and Dog As Master while they also had contacts,

notably with exchange of sounds and compositions by correspondence, with Japanese noise bands like The Hanatarashi.
After the departure of Zorïn and the arrival of Veidt Mjolnir, their  music is experiencing a significant change,

leaving the fields of improvisation and moving from collages, tape loops,

film samples or sequences of classical music, to prominence electronic rhythmic noise beats.
During the second half of the 1990s , the group enters into sleep and reappeared in 2010 with a new album,

this time reconnecting  with bruitism, collage and extreme dynamic forms.
"1985 - 1995 - Ten Years Of Excess" is a double compilation CD released in 1995 by Staalplaat 

featuring the re-release of their cassette albums "Delikatëssen" (1985), "Relapse" (1987) and "Vorgine" (1986).

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Fabio Fabor – Pape Satan (1980)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Ad Inferos 02:52
2. Acheron 03:06
3. Infernal Galop 03:14
4. La Forgia 03:26
5. Segno Di Fuoco 02:13
6. Caronte 02:58
7. Dies Irae 03:34
8. Stige 03:20
9. Trillo Del Diavolo 02:39
10. Dalle Sirene 03:49
11. V Bolgia 02:33
12. Diabolic Love 02:40

Fabio Borgazzi (24 April 1920 - 3 August 2011), also known as Fabio Fabor,

was one of the most prolific library music composers in Italy between the 1960s and 1980s.
A versatile and multi-talented musician, he explored almost all existing genres, from classical to jazz, 

from pop to electronic music, and released hundreds of records through his own publishing company, Minstrel,

and its numerous sub-labels, such as World, Hard, Flam, Fonovideo and Ring.
"Pape Satan" was originally released on the Hard label in 1980 and has become a cult record,

one often regarded as a groundbreaking exploration of electronic music.
In this work Borgazzi makes extensive use of synthesizers (ARP 2600, ARP 3620, ARP Omni and Roland System 700),

percussion, keyboard instruments (piano, harpsichord, Fender Rhodes) and voices,

developing an abstract and experimental electro-acoustic soundtrack to a dark and infernal environment,

or, as Borgazzi himself explained in the liner notes, an "eschatological-Dantesque environment

caught in its side of transcendent imagination metaphysics and, sometimes, even ironic interpretation.".

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Fumio Kosakai (コサカイ フミオ) – Earth Calling (1987)

Country: Japan

Tracklist

1. Absent Water 05:09
2. Drive To Universe 18:09
3. Look To The Light 22:05

First solo release from legendary artist Fumio Kosakai

that is best known from Japanese noise acts like Incapacitants and Hijokaidan.

In 1987 and 1993, Kosakai self-released two very limited cassettes (about 30 copies each),

of sublime solo electronic minimalism,  "Earth Calling" and "The Warm Garden".

"Earth Calling" was a live recording of a solo performance carried out at the free jazz venue

"Goodman" in Ogikubo, Tokyo, which ran around 1985 - 1986.

For the performance Kosakai used a self-made transmitter, a mini-keyboard Yamaha synthesizer, 

cassette tapes with environmental sounds recorded and a delay-like effect.

For the two first tracks some sounds were overdubbed later on at his home,

while the third track was released as it was on the live performance.

On the track "Look To The Light" Kosakai tried to recreate the infinite repetition

that Terry Riley had performed on his album "A Rainbow In Curved Air".

Also the title of the cassette originates from the first track on the live album "Space Ritual" by Hawkwind.

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James Plotkin & Mick Harris – Collapse (1996)

Country: United States / England

Tracklist

1. Momentum 11:57
2. Collision 10:28
3. Collapse 19:21
4. Drench 14:39
5. Dissolve 09:49

Collaboration album between American guitarist and producer James Plotkin,

known for his role in bands such as Khanate and O.L.D. with participation in acts like Phantomsmasher and Scorn,

and English musician Michael John Harris that was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991,

before joining Painkiller with John Zorn and Bill Laswell

 and since the mid-90s he has worked in electronic and ambient music, with his main projects being Scorn and Lull.
"Collapse" was recorded in Harris’ Black Box studio using looped guitars and a variety of processed sound sources,

resulting a haunting set of five dark ambient/drone soundscapes.
A second collaboration album was also in the future plans, to be released by Sub Rosa label, but this never happened.

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