Ceramic Hobs - 72 Hour
Drinking Binge Alcopop Madness 7" e.p.
Bonkers Butthole Surfer Psychosis. Kinda swampy, kinda grungy.
Kinda
disturbed. Cheesy listening samples and spacey synths collide
with some
choice ranting and that tried and tested guitars and drums combo.
'Trilaterals Killed Cornelius Cardew' seems to feature the riff
off 'I
Wanna Be Your Dog' and some avant garde plinky plonk screech business.
'Scotch Mist' gets all six-six-sixties wah wah on us: "I
AM BLACKPOOL...
scotch mist around the big blackpool cock/soctch mist around my
sticky
stick of rock... we are the real illuminati".
Other tracks feature more
punk psychosis and may be dangerous to small children or operators
of
heavy machinery. There are also some lyrics on the sleeve for
a track
called 'The Yellow Race Dead-Fucks Mary Jo Kopechine" in
which Esther
Rantzen tells all about vampires. Regrettably this doesn't seem
to
feature on the record, but it's definitely a winner. Ceremic Hobs
are
part of the emerging Mad Pride movement, and are probably well
worth
checking out live. Always read the label.
PUMF Records, 25 Ivy Avenue, Blackpool FY4 3QF, UK
delphium - our tribe of
nothingness 7" clear vinyl e.p.
More from delphium, who still haven't found the 'shift' key on
their
keyboard. Some very satisfying dark tracks. The title is nice
and
evocative with some bassy choral samples and tribal beats ("I
like this
one!" - Lorna). 'a.s.i.' is more mellow and dream-like, with
the occasional
big boshing beat inna ceremonial stylee. 'never dream never feel'
covers
the whole of one side and is pretty funky. It's got a synth stab
on it
that reminds me of all those hard-beat records. Some nice choppy
breakbeats (again - at head-nodding pace - mmmmm nice!) that catch
you
slightly off balance.
delphium - amplifier (amplified),
bruised/Big City Orchestra - Fire As Solution (split 7")
delphium's first track starts with an orchestra tuning up and
continues
on a dark orchestral loops tip. It has a hesitant quality to it,
but in
some ways that's better than something gleamingly polished. 'bruised'
is
a right old groover - trip hoppy beats and some marvelous dark
synth
loops. Lorna says "this is pretty good for a DIY record.
Much better
than the other side!"
Big City Orchestra kick off with a kitch spoken word intro, following
it
up with an ambient crackle punctuated with the odd beep. The track
builds up gradually, making the crackle more slurpy. At its climax
there
are some great drones. One for the dark ambient crew - it's all
made up
of old records and so on, apparently. Lorna says "this is
terrible and
goes on for about twenty minutes longer than it should - it's
really
bad"
aquese records, 13 warren close, sandhurst, berkshire, gu4
9el
Association of Autonmous Astronauts - Rave In Space CD
Man, that AAA CD is hardcore. 'rave in space' - this rave was
in the engine room, not the zero G dock! no chillout anywhere
in this solar system...
available from us - soundclips now up!
[dnyl]
King Mob Echo - English
Section of the Situationist International
Nicely produced anthology of ye olde English Situtionist Texts
put together by Tom Vague. Lots of this has been floating around
in bits and pieces for a while (well, since the 60s I guess) but
this is a pretty comprehensive collection. Some pretty good analysis
of the times (Chicago Riots, Provos, The Who, youth cults etc)
and some overviews of deviant culture that are well worth a go
- Blake, Surrealism, etc. Plus texts from the SI, Up Against The
Wall Motherfucker, etc. Nice graphics and photos of King Mob grafitti.
They shouldn't have typset the whole thing in bold though.
There's also a companion volume of Tom's "speed history",
which like his Notting Hill psychogeography booklets is basically
a list of dates and events.
Vague/Dark Star £6.00
Street Rat 1 & 2
Vermin of the world unite! Nice thick zine from Baltimore. The
first issue has some good political bits and bobs (Mumia, Zapatistas,
etc) and a brilliant long piece by tENTAVIELY, a cONVENIENCE on
"Low Classical Usic" which gets deep into the high/low
culture divide and doing it yourself.
Two is bigger and comes with a nice envelope full of stickers
("bananas not cars" is my favourite!). Tentacon checks
out a local pyramid selling scheme, there's more stuff on the
Zaps, a Seattle black-bloc report, some other stuff on tent's
projects and a cool neoist cartoon. All topped off with some great
graphics. I'm not really doing it justice here because of a terrific
all-day hangover, but it's a great read. It manages to be enthusiastic
in all the right places and carries off the more serious aspects
with a righteous sense of humour.
Street Rat Liberation Front, POB 71245, Pittsburgh PA 15213,
USA
willrat@hotmail.com