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FNTC – Opera

cranio — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:15 PDT

FNTC was founded in the mid 80′s, members were Cora Emens, Willem De Ridder, Hessel & Nicole Veldman and for this release featuring John Rose. A live recording of FNTC’s famous 3 dimensional hearplay. During this performance the audience was blindfolded and … Continue reading →

Hula – Black Pop Workout

cranio — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:02 PDT

The Sheffield based band Hula was founded in 1981. Three members (Mark Albrow, Alan Fish and Ron Wright) lived with Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Paul Widger (They must be Russians, Clock DVA, the Box) in a villa called Hula … Continue reading →

Francisco López – Untitled (1993)

cranio — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:51 PDT

Drone material, processing of sounds from the rainforest and other environmental recordings. Starts on track 6 to pick up where his last Staalplaat CD left off. in silk-screened slimline case. Five excerpts from his U.S. concert tour of 1993, where … Continue reading →

TAGC – The Delivery

cranio — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:37:55 PDT

The first non theoretical action devised by TAG was the Film “The Delivery”, a 16mm triptych projection and soundtrack, and the Anti theater performance “The Discussion” designed for five tape recorders and multi-video projection systems. These two works were first … Continue reading →

Mandible Chatter – Drinking Out The Hourglass

cranio — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:03:30 PDT

Mandible Chatter is the enigmatic duo of Grant Miller and Neville Harson, two very unconventional US-based guitarists who joined in the early 90′s via an ad placed in a Bay Area newspaper. This six-year union has seen the creation of … Continue reading →

T.A.G.C – ShT

cranio — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:31:15 PDT

The original idea for the Anti Group was devised by Adi Newton and Steven James Turner as early as 1978, with the intention of the formation of a multi-dimensional research & development project active in many related areas. Research and … Continue reading →

Kranioklast – Romantisch & Zärtlich

cranio — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:36 PDT

I think this is one of the first Kranioklast releases and differs from there later work. The tracks here are minimal electronics with spoken text from Georg Büchner (tracks 1 & 2) and Franz Kafka (tracks 3 & 4), sound … Continue reading →

Ultra – Spray / Death / Ultra

cranio — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:16:45 PDT

Spray / Death / Ultra is the third album and the best I listened to so far by Ultra, Excellent shifting ambient rhythms in an eerie surrealistic environment. Spray / Death / Ultra was released on vinyl by Dom America … Continue reading →

Appi – Mahnfaktor Katharsis

cranio — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:32:01 PDT

Could not find much about Appi, Appi was the solo project of André Aspelmeier who lives in Hamburg, Germany. André Aspelmeier’s current project’s are called Gradient Communication and Incite/. Nice electronic / experimental / industrial 7″. Mahnfaktor Katharsis was released … Continue reading →

Asmus Tietchens Und Okko Bekker – E

cranio — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:25:13 PDT

Dutch-born Okko Bekker is quoted as first appearing on the German music scene in the late-1960′s when in Hamburg he made friendship with the then very young Asmus Tietchens. His early work with Asmus is documented on the newly released … Continue reading →