Re: Just found old Minimal synth tapes in shop..
[quote author=“malegys”]
-Crawling Chaos. “Homunculus Equinox” (Tyne & wear,UK 1981 Foetus productions no cat. number)
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Crawling+Chaos
http://crawlingchaos.co.uk/
Spaced out post punk minimal folkrambling. Great for those who like, absolute gibberish for those who do not understand it :D
Homunculus Equinox was Crawling Chaos’ second album and actually meant as a companion to the Factory Benelux released Gas Chair Clown aka The Gas Chair. Most people liked their debut single Sex Machine, everything that came after was like Hawkwind for retarded analfabetics :D
[quote author=“malegys”]-Let’s have healthy children ..again. S/T. (Belgium 1981 w/lyric insert ap 003)
Let’s Have healthy Children was Ludo Engels and Guy De Bièvre (http://www.guydebievre.org/), The name of the tape is Let’s have healthy children ..again
One of the many bands in the early 80’s Brussels coldwave/minimal underground. After this both got into experimental music (http://www.discogs.com/Ludo-Engels-Guy-De-Bièvre-Lars-Rudolph-Jan-Blondeel-Le-Requiem-Des-Kangourous/release/1692168)
Guy De Bièvre went his own way and became a composer of soundtracks for plays ao All of the in the experimental corner.
The music on this tape is typical for the early Brussels scene: minimal with a healthy dose of guitar in the Velvet Underground vein not unlike Absent Music or early Company Of State
[quote author=“malegys”]-Incidental music Volume one. S/T. (Dartford,UK 1977-1981 private release? ES 001)
Got that one too, but can’t remember what it sounds like.
If recall correctly it was more in an experimental vein.
The label was Electrosound, the same name as the studio it was recorded in.
The two protagonists in this release are R.J. Curd on synths & sequencers and K. Manson on guitar.
[quote author=“malegys”]-Kloot per W. “Tubescreamer” (Belgium 3/81 & 3/82. #46/300. fm-bx 4)
It’s actually a split tape between Kloot Per W and a band called Tubescreamer.
The Fm-Bx Societytapes were tapes released by the Brussels undergound radio FM Bruxel (http://www.discogs.com/label/The+FM-BX+Society+Label)
4 tapes were released, all of them mapping a small part of the Brussels underground.
Apart from Topplers and Tubescreamer all other bands from these tapes had releases pretty sought after in the coldwave/minimal community over the years.
Tubescreamer is simple down to earth indieguitar, with some interesting songs here and there.
Kloot Per W is a musical octopus playing since the mid 70’s
Punk & ska with The Employees, punk, powerpop & rock ‘n’ roll with The Misters, minimal synth(pop) with Polyphonic Size, dutch “sex"pop with De Lama’s (together with Peter Slabbynck from Red Zebra), a metal/hardrock radioshow on Belgian national radio, a Ramones tribute, etc….
He also recorded as De Minz and Rel Rex (on B9 comp)
As a soloartists he released about 10 tapes all with a different musical interest, experimenting with music and musicstyles.
Of his first 4 or 5 about 75% can be described as new wave/synth/minimal/coldwave.
A few years ago a 3CD of these tapes was released by Kloot himself, containing some nice demo’s of songs later resurfacing as Polyphonic Size “hits”
http://www.klootperw.com/
