Άρης Ρέτσος – Σοφοκλέους Αντιγόνη (1995)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. Σοφοκλέους Αντιγόνη 01:14:08

Aris Retsos was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1957 and studied acting at the Veakis School in Athens.
Between 1981 and 1986 he appeared in the films "Oi Apenanti" and "Mania" directed by Giorgos Panousopoulos,

"Bordelo" directed by Nikos Koundouros, "I Fotografia" directed by Nikos Papatakis,

a film considered to be inside the top ten of the Greek cinema,

and in the tv movie "Xoma Kai Nero" directed by Fotis Vianelis.

He became widely known to the public through the part of the consumptive young man Paspatis,

in the television series "Astrofeggia" (1981), based on a novel by I.M.Panagiotopoulos.
In 1986 though, the promising, upcoming young star Aris Retsos,

made a very unusual choice and decided to retire from the movie and theater business.

He became involved in deep and systematic research of the rules and techniques of acting in general, 

and with special emphasis given on the Ancient Greek Drama.

At that time, he also started his practice at the martial art of Tai chi.
In 1993, after seven years of retirement, he returns to the theater, with a solo performance entitled "Anoixti Dokimi".

There, in "EMPROS" theater in central Athens, having only one stringed musical instrument accompanying him,

he recites excerpts from the Greek tragedy "Ajax" by Sophocles in ancient Greek and in a way never heard before.
During that performance, it became vividly understood for the first time, that the musical measures, pace and rhythm, define completely not only the way of acting in the Ancient Greek Drama, but also the direction, the choreography etc.
This totally new proposal, after the initial surprise, was very well received by the audience.

The famous Greek composer Manos Xatzidakis, having watched the performance, immediately asked Aris Retsos 

to record "Ajax" and publicize it through the avant-garde record company "Seirios" that he managed those days.
In 1994, Aris Retsos chooses for his debut in theater direction

the highly praised contemporary Greek one act play "To Tavli" (The Backgammon) by Dimitris Kexaidis.
In 1995 he founds the theater company "Polionimo" (the one with the many names) and presents in "Sfendoni" theater 

the performance "Antigonis Xoros" (chorus of Antigone) based on "Antigone" by Sophocles

and exploring the central part of the "Chorus" in Ancient Greek Drama.

At the same period he released the CD "Σοφοκλέους Αντιγόνη" that features a live recording performance

at "Sfendoni" theater and comes inside a box with a cloth bound book of the performance text.
In 1996 he appears in the international poetry festival "Myrisai To Ariston" (Smell The Excellent), 

directed by Maya Liberopoulou, in Herodes Atticus Odeon, with a performance based on "Ajax" by Sophocles.

In 1998 he participates in the international theater festival "The Ancient Drama In The East"

organized by the European Cultural Center of Delphi, with the performance "Antigonis Xoros".
In 1998 he presents the performance "Strofes - Antistrofes" (Verses and Counter-verses) based also on plays by Sophocles.

During this performance, the musical orchestra "Nikos Skalkotas"

played music by Ianis Xenakis under the direction of Miltos Logiadis.
Between 1993 and 2001, Aris Retsos, appeared in many cultural events and festivals all around Greece 

and was invited by the German - Greek theater festival of Koln, where he presented the performance "Strofes - Antistrofes".
Since 2001, Aris Retsos has adopted a completely new approach concerning his research of the acting technique.

He has concentrated on the modern Greek language, and has been examining the possibility of transferring

the musical rhythm and measures from the ancient Greek language to the modern,

a transfer which is not academic and arbitrary, but organic and meaningful, and actually raises the quality

and gives answers to the questions of acting in the Ancient Greek Drama and in general.
Based on the knowledge accumulated by this longtime research,

in 2008, he directs and plays in the solo performance "Aima Kako" (Bad Blood),

based on the first chapter of the poem of Arthur Rimbaud "Season In Hell" in a modern Greek language translation.
On the July 5th 2011, invited by the Greek Festival he directs, the performance "Thronos Atreidon" 

(The Throne Of The Atreus Family) in Herodes Atticus Odeon, based on excerpts of Sophocles and Aeschylus

 relevant to the legend of the Atreus family, in the modern Greek language and with the cooperation of twenty actors.

He is also in charge of the music selection, the scenography, the costumes and the choreography.

In front of a large audience this time, the vast possibilities offered by the musical measures and rhythms 

of the plays for the upgrading and evolving of contemporary art, became crystal clear and understood.

In 2013, he directs and appears in the solo performance "Epea Pteroenta" (Words That Fly),

where he recites for the first time ever and in a completely new way, monologues from Aeschylus and Sophocles,

and not only parts of the Chorus as he used to do up to then.

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Krozier & The Generator – Tranceformer (1982)

Country: Australia

Tracklist

1. House Of The Sun 02:40
2. Khan-Khallili Razaar 03:27
3. The Devil May Care 08:23
4. Slave Traders 02:38
5. Land Of Unclean Spirits 04:03
6. Perhaps Reincarnation 02:02
7. House Of The Joker 08:27
8. Take A Look 04:56
9. Temple Of Exotic Delights 15:37
10. Feed You To The Sharks 01:47
11. Lapis-Lazuli 06:45
12. I´ll Be A Sphinx For You 01:37
13. Doubting Thomas 01:34
14. Paid Your Money 07:37

Geoff Krozier (Born Geofrey Thomas Crozier) was a music performance artist and avante garde magician.
His first connection with magik came when he amazed one of his teachers

by accurately predicting the placegetters in a school cross-country run.
A number of amateur appearances as an illusionist provided a slight insight into where he was going.
His first real break came whilst working as a set designer and props man for a Melbourne television station.

The booked act failed to turn up for a talent program, so he stood in and won.
Television appearances mushroomed nation wide, and by the late 1960’s the tendrils of rock and roll 

reached out and grabbed him and he often filled spots between main acts.
Geoff’s first real complete stage show came with the formation of Crozier’s Indian Medicine Show,

a wondrous show of pyrotechnics, smoke and lighting effects with multi-decibel rock and roll.
It would be a mistake however to assume that the shows were well planned or well rehearsed,

it was more like ‘hold on’ for the audience, and, ‘hang on tight’ for his band.

As Duncan Fry, one of Geoff’s earliest guitarists wrote:

“What he wanted was free-form continuous music for the 30 minutes or so that he performed,

while clouds of oily smoke, flashpots, and strobe lights alternately choked and dazzled the audience.

Most of the musicians who turned up for the audition couldn't handle such a laissez-faire attitude to the music side of things.

"But what songs are we going to play?" they would whine.

"No songs, just play, play" Geoff would reply, setting off another flashpot.”
Throughout the 1970’s Geoff and various incarnations of the Indian Medicine band toured Australia widely,

putting on performances, which ranged between brilliant and totally chaotic.

He was variously faced with stunned silence or rapturous scenes of mayhem as the audience went wild.
Despite the showings of appreciation, his act languished for the want of wider acceptance.

He lapsed into a deep depression and eventually left for America.

He worked with a variety of musicians and then disappeared again, this time to appear in Paris,

where he was the highlight act at the Olympia.
Another stint back in the USA followed, he formed Kongress, with noted keyboardist Otto Von Ruggins,

but he was tiring of the rock & roll element of his shows, and indeed felt a need to return to his native Australia,

and so it was he reappeared in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1970's.
It was then that he connected with the experimental group The Generator (aka Rainbow Generator),

a two-man outfit consisting of Rob Greaves on all manner of synths and rhythm machines

and David Labuschagne on guitar and synths.
Rainbow Generator had tried to produce something new and unheard in their studios.

Releasing dozens of tapes which were thrashed and no one ever seen them.

They come up with a full length in 1978 entitled "Dance Of The Spheres" 

that was released in 399 copies from which only 200 survived the floods.
Blending experimental electronics with tribal elements and using instruments like Didgeridoo

with some drony psychedelic rock fusions.
As Krozier & The Generator they played an intense series of shows in and around Melbourne in the later part of 1980.

In January 1981 he and the entire show, menagerie and all, relocated to the Fission Chips Studio

(a three story building in the squats of Woolloomooloo NSW), operated by Generator guitarist, David Labuschagne.
There was to be a lay-off while David shaped hours of recorded material together,

and Geoff devised a new set of illusions, all in preparation for a national tour.
Unfortunately Geoff Krozier died on May 17th 1981 at the age of 33,

from an accident at his home, before that tour manifested.
The double vinyl album "Trancerformer" was released in mid 1981 as a tribute to him

featuring tracks that were selected from recordings of the last live shows by the group,

between January 7th and 26th 1981, prior to Geoffrey´s death.
That album was subsequently re-released in in 2015 on the Finders Keepers label.

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Henry - Portrait Of A Serial Killer – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1986)

Composers:  Robert McNaughton, Ken Hale, Steven A. Jones

Tracklist

1. Henry Theme 02:14
2. Dead Body Drone #1-#4 04:11
3. Too Young For These Blues 04:22
4. The Stalk 01:31
5. La Lania 02:52
6. Football Boys / Housewife Body Drone #5 01:57
7. Fingers On It 04:12
8. Becky Downtown 01:04
9. Yeah, I Killed Mama 01:04
10. Callin' Colleen 03:17
11. She's Your Sister 00:20
12. Jukin 02:38
13. Kill Hookers 00:48
14. It's Always The Same - And It's Always Different 01:07
15. Let's Go Shopping 03:48
16. Drive Up / Home Invasion 01:30
17. Stop Frame #1 - Stop Frame #2 01:26
18. Beauty & The Beast 00:35
19. Adios, Motherfucker 01:04
20. My Mistake 02:38
21. Henry End Of Theme 01:35
22. Drone 01:08

Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer is a 1986 American psychological horror crime film

directed and co-written by John McNaughton and Richard Fire,

about the random crime spree of a serial killer who seemingly operates with impunity.

It stars Michael Rooker as the nomadic killer Henry, Tom Towles as Otis,

a prison buddy with whom Henry is living, and Tracy Arnold as Becky, Otis's sister.

The characters of Henry and Otis are loosely based on convicted real life serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole.

However, as the opening statement makes clear, the film is based more on

Lucas' violent fantasies and confessions rather than the crimes for which he was convicted.

The original poster artwork was a painting by Joe Coleman,

that was considered too extreme and was replaced by the current official poster.
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Robert McNaughton, Ken Hale and Steven A. Jones

with the help of Paul Petraitis on guitar, and was originally released in 1991  by Q.D.K. Media.
The music is mostly ambient / electronic mixed with samples from the movie and also features songs 

from rock & roll / hard rock bands like Kid Tater And The Cheaters, Enuff Z'nuff and Lynne And The Lizards.

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Murder (2 x 7'' EP 1994)

Country: United States

Tracklist

Side A

1. Edmund Emil Kemper (Sexual Murderer, Necrophiliac, "Co-Ed Killer")

"I Had Thought Of Annihilating The Entire Block That I Lived On." 06:18

Side B

2. Henry Lee Lucas (Murderer, Rapist, Arsonist, White Trash)

"I Was Death On Women." 07:26

Side C

3. Theodore Robert Bundy (Serial Murderer, "Phantom Prince")

"I'm The Most Cold-Blooded Son Of A Bitch That You'll Ever Meet." 06:51

Side D

4. Kenneth Bianchi (Rapist, Murderer, "Hillside Strangler")

"I Didn't See Anything Wrong With It - It Was Just There." 06:42

"Murder" was the first installment of a special interest series 
that would be dealt with the brutal reality of man's murderous capabilities.
Unfortunately no further installments were ever released.
This release contains portions of interviews with four convicted killers 
that many of them came from the documentaries The Killing of America (1981) and Murder: No Apparent Motive (1984).
"Murder" was released in 1994 by Alamut Records as a 2 x 45rpm 7" EP's, both on red vinyl.

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Vincent Price – Witchcraft - Magic: An Adventure In Demonology (2xLP 1969)

Country: United States

Tracklist

Side A 25:30
1. Prologue
2. The Tale Of Master Seth
3. Hitler And Witchcraft
4. Witchcraft In History
5. Women As Witches
6. Witch Burning
7. Witch Tortures
Side B 25:56
1. Witch Tortures (Continued)
2. The World Of Spirits And Demons
3. Preparation For Magic
4. Instruments Of Magic
5. How To Invoke Spirits, Demons, Unseen Forces
6. The Magic Bloodstone
7. The Witches Cauldron
8. How To Communicate With The Spirits
Side C 26:45
1. How To Communicate With The Spirits (Continued)
2. Gerald Yorke And Necromancy
3. How To Make A Pact With The Devil
4. How To Become A Witch
5. Curses, Spells, Charms
Side D 26:25
1. Curses, Spells, Charms (Continued)
2. Potions
3. The Hand Of Glory
4. The Witches Sabbat
5. Witchcraft Today
6. Epilogue

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor,
known for his performances in horror films.
He identified with gothic horror and crazed villainy through a series of leading film roles in the 1960s 
that were based on Edgar Allan Poe poems and short stories such as The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher,
The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Masque of the Red Death all of them directed by Roger Corman.
Thanks to the actor's wide exposure in those movies and others like them, his voice became immediately associated 
with the horror genre, opening the door for Price to contribute to a number of different recordings.
During the early 1970s, Price hosted and starred in BBC Radio's horror and mystery series The Price Of Fear.
He also recorded dramatic readings of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories and poems,
which were collected together with readings by Basil Rathbone.
Around 1975 he greatly reduced his film work, as horror itself suffered a slump, and increased his narrative and voice work.
His spooky laughter alone was enough to conjure all sorts of macabre thoughts and associations,
and his elegant diction only enhanced the effect.
A sampling of Price's contributions includes an appearance on Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" in 1975
and a guest spot on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in 1982.
Price's album,  "Witchcraft - Magic: An Adventure In Demonology", was released by Capitol Records.

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