Illusion Of Safety - Water Seeks Its Own Level

From Allmusic.com : "Dan Burke formed the shadowy experimental/isolationist collective Illusion of Safety. He works with a loose lineup of eight people -- usually two to three per project -- and has released more than ten albums of ambient music, sparked by occasional flashes of industrial and thrash/funk. Burke also works as Fixated, Lilycrusher and Cubensis, and issues much material through his own Complacency label."

"Water Seeks Its Own Level" was released by Silent Reocrds in 1994.

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Illusion Of Safety - Inside Agitator

From Allmusic.com : "Rhythmic sequencer-based pieces spiced with various samples, sound bites and found vocals. Interspersed with these are several low-key noise pieces. The best of the latter include "Wasteland," with its very dense layers of atmospheric droning noise, and the minimal 25-plus minute epic "Recognition," a sparse, menacing track that unfolds so slowly you're almost not aware it's happening."

"Inside Agitator" was released by Complacency in 1992.

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Einstürzende Neubauten - Nag Nag Nag / Wüste (Ballet Version) [3" CD]

Released together with a book containing lyrics, biography, interviews and discography of Einstürzende Neubauten.

Track 1 unavailable anywhere else. Track 2 is listed as "Wüste (Ballet Version)", but this includes "Batman brät Fische ("Instrumental Version" by FM Einheit which appears in a version with vocal-recording on his "Stein" album). 

"Nag Nag Nag / Wüste (Ballet Version)" was released by Stampa Alternativa in 1993.

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Entrave Et Etouffement [2 x 10"]

Side A :
1. Systematics - Vanessa Teratology
2. Systematics - Bovine
3. Systematics - 2.4.5.T
4. Systematics - When I'm Older
5. Systematics - Mmmm   

Side B :
1. EST - Ain't Just True
2. EST - Yvonne Is Out Again
3. EST - Red TV

Side C :
1. Scattered Order - I'm Not Whole
2. Scattered Order - Mass Murder
3. Scattered Order - Bent Up   
4. Splendid Mess - Nasa Secret Ansac

Side D :
1. The Limp - Pony Club
2. Negative Reaction - Land Of Surrender
3. Pel Mel - Click Click
4. Severed Heads - Lambourgini

"Entrave Et Etouffement" was released by L'Invitation Au Suicide in 1982.

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Severed Heads - Gashing The Old Mae West - 12"

Side A :
1. Gashing The Old Mae West (Marathon Mix)

Side B :
1. A Relic Of The Empire
2. A Million Angels
3. Blast Patter

"Gashing The Old Mae West" was released by Ink Records in 1986.

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Severed Heads - Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live in the Past [2 x LP]

From Allmusic.com : "This double LP, a collection of the earliest Severed Heads recordings from 1979 to 1983, shows them at their most experimental, using a heavy dose of electronics, tape loops, and effects and aligning themselves closely to early industrial groups like Throbbing Gristle and especially Cabaret Voltaire. There are prototypical electro-pop pieces like "Day in the Country," "Power Circles," and "J. Edgar Hoover," with primitive rhythm machine beats and cut-up spoken word that hint at later albums, as well as odd tape cut ups like "Advertisement," collage works, and some industrial noise works, including "Nightsong" and the irritating "Dance," which consists of migraine-inducing distorted synth tones repeated over and over. Fortunately, most of the other material is far more interesting than "Dance." The above-mentioned "Power Circles" evokes a certain old European elegance, while "Saturday Night" chops up an old Judy Garland-type song into a piece of wonderful looped plunderphonics that seamlessly segues into "Man Dat Hip," with more wild looping of pre-World War II jazz music. These tracks set the tone as the rest of side three continues with a further collage of loops of everything from various world musics to found-sound spoken word. Side four strays further into experimental realms with an early take on Since the Accident's "A Relic of the Empire," as well as "Tiny Fingers," where an ambient texture is created from tinkly keyboard notes, and the warped turntable collage of "Play It Again." Though grittier and more lo-fi than the later stuff, Clifford Darling has some of the Severed Heads' most creative work."

Side A :
01. Advertisement
02. Prototype Pop
03. Exiles Excerpt
04. A Day In The Country
05. Elephant Decibels
06. Power Circles

Side B :
01. Alaskan Polar Bear Heater
02. Umbrella
03. J. Edgar Hoover
04. Blame
05. Meanwhile, Back At Exiles...
06. Dance

Side C :
01. Saturday Night
02. Man Dat Hip
03. An American In Paris
04. Tarzan's Grip
05. That That Revolves
06. Special Day

Side D :
01. Malt Duck
02. Never Fall In Love
03. Nazi Beach Party
04. A Relic Of The Empire No. 2
05. Tiny Fingers
06. Sydney Quads & The Megascope Space Probe
07. Play It Again
08. Carry My Books
09. Nightsong
10. Car Ad

"Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live in the Past" was released by Ink Records in 1985.

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Severed Heads - Since The Accident

From Allmusic.com : "The first Severed Heads album as part of an actual contract isn't quite a crossover effort; yes, "A Million Angels" and the single "Dead Eyes Opened" are surprisingly melodic synth-pop, though the sampled spoken word material on the latter does the title justice. Much of the album, however, includes avant tape experiments like "A Relic of the Empire," "Brassiere, in Rome," and "Alaskan Polar Bear Heater," merging the voices of an American middle-class everyman with an opera singer."

"Since The Accident" was released by Ink Records in 1983, then re-released by Nettwerk and Volition in 1989.

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Severed Heads - City Slab Horror

From Allmusic.com : "Their most varied, interesting work, City Slab Horror includes stark synthesizer workouts, several tracks of pure rhythm and noise, and, thankfully, little of the unambitious tape music for its own sake of Since the Accident. "Cyflea, Rated R," "4.W.D.," and the title track provide several examples of the best experimental synthesizer tracks of the mid-'80s."

"City Slab Horror" was released by Ink Records in 1985, then re-released by Nettwerk and Volition in 1989.

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Severed Heads - Gashing / Kato

"Gashing / Kato" was released by Sevcom in 2001.

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Severed Heads - Blubberknife

"Blubberknife" was released by Terse Tapes in 1982, then re-released by Sevcom in 2002.

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Severed Heads - Ear Bitten

From Allmusic.com : "Severed Heads were one of the pioneering acts on Australia's alternative music scene, a group whose work embraced elements of industrial, synth pop, electronic, and experimental music, with found sounds, tape loops, samples, and full-on noise playing as large a role in their music as any conventional instruments. Eclectic and stubbornly refusing to confine themselves to any single genre, Severed Heads evolved constantly from their debut in 1979 to their final retirement in 2008, as they used a wide variety of formats to distribute their prolific output (from vinyl and cassettes to VHS, CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, MP3 downloads, and even the short-lived MP2 format before MP3s became common), while 20 musicians drifted in and out of their recording and performing lineups, with Tom Ellard the sole constant (though he's bristled at suggestions that the group is exclusively his brainchild).

Severed Heads' story begins with two Sydney-based musicians, Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, who had formed an experimental combo called Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign. After Tom Ellard signed on and they became a trio, the combo recorded its first cassette-only release. When they sent a demo tape to Sydney's 2JJ Radio, they used the group name Severed Heads, as one of the disc jockeys was interested in early industrial acts such as Throbbing Gristle; while the name was meant more as a joke than anything else, the demo received enough airplay for the name to stick. By 1980, Wright had left the band and Severed Heads made their vinyl debut on a split LP called Ear Bitten, with one side featuring Severed Heads and another Aussie act, Rythmyx Chymx, on the flip side. Released in 1981, Clean was recorded as Fielding parted ways with Severed Heads; their music became more melodic and accessible as they embraced more conventional song structures, and new member Garry Bradbury encouraged Ellard and his collaborators to move their live performances from experimental venues and art spaces to rock clubs, which were better equipped for concerts and drew audiences who would be challenged by what they heard.

Frustrated with the expense and limitations of releasing music on vinyl, Severed Heads' 1983 album Since the Accident was initially released as a 60-minute cassette; to fill out the lineup, Ellard added the song "Dead Eyes Opened" to the end of the running order. As luck would have it, the tune was catchy enough that Severed Heads scored record deals with Ink Records (distributed by Virgin) in the U.K. and Virgin Records' new Australian branch at home, and the tune became a minor hit. Severed Heads' live shows were also becoming more ambitious, as Ellard began collaborating with video artist Stephen Jones, who created a new video synthesizer that created stylized backdrops for Severed Heads' performances. And Ellard also began creating information booklets for the band's releases, detailing how they were recorded and what source materials were used; when they weren't included with the albums, Ellard was willing to mail them to fans who sent in requests along with stamped return envelopes.

In 1984, as the City Slab Horror album was awaiting release, Bradbury left the group, and Ellard was the group's principle songwriter from that point on. Severed Heads were invited to tour the U.K., and Ellard chose to tour as a duo -- he performed all the music, and Jones provided video images. During the U.K. tour, Severed Heads signed a North American deal with Nettwerk Records, and as Ellard's relationship with Virgin Australia was deteriorating, they entered an agreement with Volition Records. The group became more visible, and Ellard began exploring the possibilities of digital sampling and new recording technologies (their early albums were tracked at home on four-track cassette machines) while his vocals played a larger role as the group took on a larger lineup for live shows, which became more sophisticated as Jones kept pace with advancing video technology. Severed Heads continued to record and tour at a steady pace, and in 1989 they enjoyed a U.S. alternative hit with "Greater Reward" from the album Rotund for Success. However, while the group had a solid commercial profile and still made video a major part of its presentation after Jones left the group in 1992, Ellard became increasingly dissatisfied with the strictures of the mainstream music business, and Severed Heads ended their deal with Nettwerk, leaving the 1994 album Gigapus unreleased in North America until 1996. By this time, "Dead Eyes Opened" had gained new life in Australia thanks to a remix by Robert Racic, and the new release went Top 40 at home as Severed Heads became regular fixtures in the Boiler Room, the dance-oriented stage at the Australian Big Day Out touring festival. But Volition Records began experiencing financial problems in 1996, and Ellard chose to find a new label in his homeland.

Severed Heads began documenting their multimedia work on CD-ROM releases in 1994, and were one of the first Australian bands with a presence on the Internet (the group included an e-mail contact address on the Gigapus artwork so fans could directly communicate with the group). As new media gained acceptance, Ellard embraced it with enthusiasm, as it allowed Severed Heads to operate with greater independence. He created Sevcom Music Servers as the band's new label, and from the 1998 album Haul Ass onward, new releases were issued as CD-Rs (and later MP3s) by SMS. In 1996 Ellard issued Severything, a single-disc collection that featured nearly the complete Severed Heads catalog compressed onto one disc using the new MPEG 1, layer 2 format; it was the first in a long series of archival releases self-replicated from the Severed Heads archives. The Aussie label LTM Records reissued Rotund for Success in 2004 and began partnering with Severed Heads for selected catalog reissues and anthologies, and in 2005 Severed Heads scored the film The Illustrated Family Doctor, which earned an award as Best Film Soundtrack of the year from the Australian Recording Industry Association. Ellard finally brought the Severed Heads story to a close in 2008; according to their official website, "It was euthanised...as it no longer brought happiness." The Sevcom website, however, is still active and provides information on Severed Heads as well as CD-R releases of their back catalog."

"Ear Bitten" was released by Terse Tapes in 1980, then re-released by Sevcom in 1999.

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Towering Inferno - Kaddish

From Allmusic.com : "Towering Inferno's Kaddish has slowly gathered acclaim as one of the most interesting rock-influenced experimental recordings of the mid-'90s; Brian Eno, for instance, has referred to it as the most frightening record he's ever heard. Towering Inferno are the British duo of Richard Wolfson and Andy Saunders, who are principally responsible for the composition of Kaddish (with some additional material from other sources), and also for much of the programming, keyboards, and guitars. British prog-rock vets Elton Dean and John Marshall (ex-Soft Machine) and Chris Cutler, as well as Hungarian folk singer Marta Sebestyen, also add important contributions to this 75-minute concept album of sorts, inspired by the horrors of the Holocaust. Rabbinical chants, hard rock/heavy metal guitar, ambient synthesizer, and Eastern European folk singing are all elements of an ambitious palette which gets its disturbing message across without sounding pedantic. Wolfson and Saunders have presented Kaddish as a mixed-media performance as well; originally released in 1994, it was picked up by Island for larger distribution, and issued in the U.S. in 1996. Wolfson and Saunders have something quite different in mind for their next project, which they described in the British magazine Record Collector as "a light-hearted, fun, post-rave kind of B-movie affair."

"Kaddish" was released by TI Records in 1993.

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Decoder

Tracklisting :
01. Dave Ball & Genesis P. Orridge - Muzak For Frogs
02. Matt Johnson (The The) - Three Orange Kisses From Kazan
03. Dave Ball & Genesis P. Orridge - Dream
04. Dave Ball & Genesis P. Orridge - Main Theme "Showdown"
05. Dave Ball & Genesis P. Orridge - Sex & The Married Frog
06. F.M. Einheit & Jon Caffery - Riots
07. Genesis P. Orridge - Information
08. Jon Caffery / F.M. Einheit / Alexander von Borsig - Muzak Decoding - Dreamachine - Pirates
09. Einstürzende Neubauten - Compressed Metal
10. Dave Ball & Genesis P. Orridge - Main Theme "Finale"

"Decoder" was released by What's So Funny About in 1985, then re-released in 1992.

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Cabaret Voltaire - 1974-1976

From the liner notes : "This cassette is a selection of material recorded by Cabaret Voltaire during their earlier and formative years of existence. All of the recordings were done in an attic 10 feet by 6 feet, on a domestic reel to reel tape recorder. A number of the recordings here were part of those which made up the now legendary Limited Edition cassette released by Cabaret Voltaire in 1976. Happy Listening."

"1974-1976" was released by Industrial Records in 1980, then re-released by The Grey Area in 1992.

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The Industrial Records Story

Side A :
1. Throbbing Gristle - We Hate You (Little Girls)
2. Monte Cazazza - To Mom On Mother's Day
3. The Leather Nun - Slow Death
4. Robert Rental & Thomas Leer - Day Breaks, Night Heals
5. SPK - Mekano
6. Cabaret Voltaire - Sunday Night In Biot

Side B :
1. Elisabeth Welch - Stormy Weather
2. Clock DVA - Silent
3. Dorothy - I Confess
4. Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams (Part Two)
5. William S. Burroughs - Nothing Here Now...

"The Industrial Records Story" was released by Illuminated Records in 1984.

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Throbbing Gristle - Special Treatment

"The time of The Cryptic One gig was a very important time for all the industrial scene alltogether. All the interested parties were there that night. People and groups that have since become infamous against the hard core underground scene. It was an electric night, very alive and thumping energy from wall to wall and from roof to well below ground. A great shift and a great surge forward happened that night... Suffice it to say it was special in many many ways to all the people who attended." (Cosey Fanni Tutti)

Recorded on stage at the Cryptic One, London Nov. 11, 1978. Re-processed in September 1983 at Studio 47, London.

Side A :
1. Whistling Song
2. Tesco Disco

Side B :
1. E-Coli
2. High Note

"Special Treatment" was released by Mental Decay Records in 1984.

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Throbbing Gristle - Editions Frankfurt-Berlin

Side A :
1. Discipline
2. Strangers In The Night

Side B :
1. The Old Man Smiled
2. Something Came Over Me
3. N Point Zero

"Editions Frankfurt-Berlin" was released by Svensk Illuminated and S/Phonograph in 1983.

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Throbbing Gristle - Once Upon A Time

Recorded live at 'A Lyceum Days Industrial Event' on 8th February 1981.

Side A :
1. Primal Church
2. Look Away
3. Endless Discipline

Side B :
1. Discipline
2. Consummation
3. Endless Discipline

"Once Upon A Time" was released by Casual Abandon in 1984.

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Throbbing Gristle - S.O. 36 Berlin - 10"

Recorded 7th November 1980 at SO 36 Club in Berlin.

Side A :
1. Programme 1

Side B :
1. Programme 2

"S.O. 36 Berlin : Führer Der Mensheit" was released by American Phonograph in 1981.

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Throbbing Gristle - Journey Through A Body

Side A :
1. Medicine
2. Catholic Sex (For Paula)

Side B :
1. Exotic Functions
2. Violencia (The Bullet)
3. Oltre La Morte / Birth And Death

"Journey Through A Body" was released by Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien in 1982.

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