Noise-Maker's Fifes – Soundscapes Of The Inner Eye (1995)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. Beyond Description 21:40
2. Burnt By Ice 16:07
3. Dead City 17:27
4. The Battló House #2 08:23
5. The Battló House #1 09:33

Noise Maker's Fifes was a Belgian experimental/improvised music collective

that was formed in 1990 by Geert Feytons and Timo Van Luijk.
Their music was created by a variety of often self-made instruments

in combination with electronics, effects and environmental sound recordings.
During its 17 years of existence the group underwent a big evolution.

They started solely as a music group and gradually became more multidisciplinary

incorporating video, dance, sound installations and performance in order to create complex audio visual events.
In 1993 Greg Jacobs joined the group and sound engineer Eric Faes became a regular member until 1998.
In 1996 Timo Van Luijk moved to the background to concentrate on his personal musical work

and Marc Wroblewski appeared in the fixed NMF line-up.
NMF slowly grew out to an audio visual unit working with many different artists depending on the nature of the projects.

All video work, where surreal imagery and visualisation of sound play an important role, was realised by Geert Feytons.

Ciro Carcatella, Vilbjorg Broch and Stella Spitaleri were mostly responsible for the performance and dance aspect

while the sound installations were conceived and created by Marc Wroblewski and Geert Feytons, the core of NMF.
The regular participants for the musical part, depending on the project were Greg Jacobs,

Timo Van Luijk, Bryan Seating, Luc Van Lieshout and Michael Prime.

Other guests for specific projects were Miet Brands, Laura Maes, Jacques Brodier,

Hans Van Koolwijk, Daniel Denis and others.
Improvised music, mostly on self made instruments, structured within a visual frame

remained a constant in the NMF creations and especially the visual aspect became more and more sophisticated.
For the construction of the instruments and the autonomously functioning sound sculptures and installations,

materials as cords, recycled metal, glass, wood, stones, liquids were used.
The video work was determined by the desire to visualize different sound sources

and to use images in which sounds manifested themselves.
The last few years Marc and Geert also concentrated on pure audio-visual installations (eg. Naos).
NMF created about 10 major audio visual projects

and over the last decade the group toured extensively throughout Europe in different configurations.
Apart from their proper activities the group was also active creating music for dance.
About 20 titles (CD's, 7", 10") got released on various international labels.
With the death of Geert Feytons in 2006,

the other members decided to stop working under the NMF banner and formed the group Onde.

However, they also decided to preserve all existing audio and video material

and to release archival material on a regular basis.

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Drift – The Beyond (1995)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Burial Ground 24:22
2. Before Silence 18:58
3. Under 21:59
4. My Eyes Still See 21:11

Ultra bleak soundtrack atmospheres and sinister-droning sounds created by Drift.
Gabriele Giuliani is the main person behind this Italian dark ambient project,

mostly known for his act Dead Body Love among others (Alzheimer T.V., Discordance, Gridlock, Oleoresin Capsicum).
Drift existed from mid 90s to 2000 and published several releases on cassette and CD format.

"The Beyond" was recorded between April - May 1995 and released on cassette by Slaughter Productions 

in an A5 sleeve with decorated transparent covers.

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Omala – Germ (1988)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. (Theme From) Cockroaches 04:55
2. Davul 07:33
3. Cataplasm 03:51
4. 709 05:36
5. Smell Touch Taste 05:25
6. Essential Embrocation 02:19
7. War 03:33
8. He Who Hath 06:19
9. Sand Of Nubia 08:33
10. Blue Azur Valley 14:19
11. Shaping Blades With Bare Hands 05:41
12. Somniferous 06:54

Omala (Andreas Karperyd and Mattias Tegnér) was one of the early Swedish ambient/industrial acts 

that produced several releases from late 80s to early 90s before disappearing.
The duo later resurfaced with the project He Said Omala, collaborating with Edward Graham Lewis.
Andreas Karperyd and Mattias Tegnér are also known for their electronic/trance project Obconic 

where in the late 90s they produced a couple of releases.
"Germ" was originally released on vinyl in 1988 by the Swedish label Frequent Frenzy

 and reissued in 1993 by Hyperium Records on CD format featuring four bonus tracks

that were taken from their 1987 cassette release "Cataclysm".

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T.G.V.T. – Terra Lingua (1994)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Memorandum 02:41
2. Proton Nekrotaphion 05:15
3. Ner Tamid 02:56
4. Mother Father Blood'n Guts 05:25
5. Tribal Tongues 04:15
6. Sex Glow 05:20
7. Cemitèrion Oriental 03:56
8. Soil Of Abyss 04:41
9. Mumur 06:40
10. Aqua Regis 05:12
11. Atoll 08:49
12. Memorandum (Lingua) 03:37

T.G.V.T. (Third Global Vagina Torture) was an ethno-industrial project from Germany,

creating noisy collages of sinister sounds and frequencies that they broadcast in every part of their expressive form.
Their work stylishly resembles the structures of groups such as Throbbing Gristle or SPK.
The project released the albums "Rinde Humano" in 1991 and "Terra Lingua" in 1994,

followed by their last work in 1998 the 10'' EP "Paralysis".
The Memory link also contains as bonus tracks their vinyl EP.

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Cromagnon – Cromagnon (1969)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Caledonia 04:21
2. Ritual Feast Of The Libido 03:26
3. Organic Sundown 07:10
4. Fantasy 07:19
5. Crow Of The Black Tree 09:40
6. Genitalia 02:46
7. Toth, Scribe I 10:38
8. First World Of Bronze 02:47

Cromagnon was an American experimental band that was active during the late 1960s.
Led by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot,
the band released their one and only self-titled album

(later reissued as "Cave Rock" and also as "Orgasm") in 1969 on the ESP-Disk record label.
Cromagnon is said to have foreshadowed the rise of noise rock, no wave and industrial rock genres

that came into existence in the following decades.
Their album combined psychedelia, folk rock and noise with primitive instrumentation (including sticks and stones).
It was recorded at A-1 Sound Studio in the Upper West Side of New York City in 1969.
Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique, of which producer Brian Elliot was a fan, heavily influenced the album's sound.
During recording, band members brought in random people from the street and asked them to contribute to the album.
The result was a non-linear journey through the subconscious,

weaving together bizarre instrumentation and meter with a psychotic blending of musical styles.
Bagpipes, pounding percussion, blood-curdling yelps, tribal chanting, laughing, and billowing subterranean rumblings

create the otherworldly soundscape of an album that was ridiculously ahead of its time.

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Arud – 2001... The Saturnus Mission (Demo 1998)

Country: Hungary

Tracklist

1. 2001... The Saturnus Mission 10:50

2. Coldwave 09:46

Hungarian short lived project of Roland Horvath (aka Winter),

known for his involvement with bands such as Forest Silence, Nefarious, Satanik Art and Sear Bliss.
The project released only one tape in 1998 on Horvath's personal label Winter Productions
featuring two tracks of electronic/cosmic dark ambient.

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Nergal – Symbol Of Zadkiel (Demo 1992)

Country: Switzerland

Tracklist

1. Rite Of Beltane 04:41
2. Symbol Of Zadkiel 04:28
3. The Winter Soltice Black Mass (Cosmic Brain Surgery) 04:14
4. Fountain (In Eternal Falls) 03:02

Nergal was a black/death metal band from Rubigen, Switzerland.

It was formed in 1989 as P.S.F. (aka Possessed Swiss Formers), by guitarist Mike Burger and bassist Beat Oswald.

Fisch came in to the band handling the drums in 1990 and completed the lineup.

They recorded one demo and a split EP before changing their name to Nergal in 1992.
Under the Nergal moniker they released two demos and two split EPs

(one of them with Bundeswehra) before disbanding in mid 90s.

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