Einsturzende Neubauten – Rip Off / Ruff Trade – 1982

Sehnsuchi / U Haft / Schallen / Pygmaen / Schwarz Einsame Wolfin Schlangensohn / Nin / Gestohienes / Band (ORF) / Kallaps / Bochum (Publikum) From the ashes of Hamburg’s Ab-warts, Blixa Bargeld created the industrial punk band Einsturzende Neubauten (meaning Collapsing New Buildings in English). This live recording was recorded at various locations between July […]

Various Artists – Fast Product – 1979

Joy Division – Auto Suggestion / From Safety To Where? – Thursdays – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Thursdays – Perfection – Basczax – Celluloid Love / Karleearn Photography Second in the Earcom series of 12″ EPs on the Fast Product label. Joy Division we all know, and the two tracks offered for […]

The Legendary Pink Dots – In Phaze Records – 1983

Love Puppets / Wall Purges Night / Lisa’s Party / Arzhklahh Olgevezh / Pruumptje Kurss Waving At Aeroplanes / Hiding / Doll’s House / The Palace Of Love / Stoned Obituary Sounding somewhere between Robyn Hitchcock’s Soft Boys, Wire and the Television Personalities (all with extra synths) this third Legendary Pink Dot’s LP released on […]

Surgical Penis Klinik – Industrial Records – 1980

Slogun Mekano (Factory) Debut UK released 7″ single by Surgical Penis Klinik released on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records imprint in 1980. As you would expect, a fair amount of fun and joy is packed into the two sides of this 7″ single from Surgical Penis Klinik. The debut S.P.K. LP and the band’s second LP can be listened to […]

No Doves Fly Here – Kalashnikov Collective

Kalashnikov Collective cover The Mob’s No Doves Fly Here with haunting turned up to eleven. From the Kalashnikov collective’s album “Living in a psycho-caos era” (DIY 2010).   Kalashnikov were born in 1996 on the dirty floor of a squat in Milan, to give vent to the adolescent restlessness of three guys with their ears […]

Orbituary for Leo of Soundbox Studios – 1943 – 2010

Leo from Soundbox Studios, Thomaby Gardens, Edmonton, N18 passed away on Friday 20th August after losing his fight against cancer. He was an important part of the anarcho-punk scene and I am sure his friends and members of bands that he worked with would like to know about his passing on. Other than being involved […]