the prayer 'Gebet gegen die Arbeit' was written by Michael Stein in 1998

https://www.surfpoeten.de/jobs/gebet-gegen-die-arbeit/

bronko taubenheim - gebet

LER 1029: Influenza Prods. - Mémoire 

After a tonne of delays, we’re resurfacing with a compilation of music from Italy’s original “homewave” band the ‘Influenza Prods.’
 
Bruno De Angelis and Giovanna Gulinello unwittingly met in London in the late 70’s, after being introduced by a mutual friend. Although, it wasn’t until Bruno rescued Giovanna from an awkward date that the pair became a couple. At the time, music was just something they did for fun. Bruno already had an acoustic guitar and G bought a bass. Those were the days when you could start a new band, whether you could play or not, and new independent labels were springing up. Rough Trade Records was literally around the corner.

In 1981 the pair moved back to Italy and found an apartment in Rome. It’s here that they began to focus on their music and where they started ‘recording’ their tracks. First, they would lay down the rhythm, maybe add the Gigster (the name of their “cheap drum machine”), the bass, and then, as they made a copy of the first cassette onto a second cassette they would add guitar, more synth, or both at the same time. After that, it was not unusual to copy from the second cassette back into the first cassette adding even more “stuff”.
 
As with many artists during the early 80’s, the Influenza Prods’ sound was the direct result of the accessibility of emerging electronic instruments and the recording equipment available to them. The duo’s homespun recordings found a web of admirers in the unofficial distribution of tape trading and mail-art scenes. Despite the DIY ethos and the fact that most tapes were handmade, the Influenza Prods still managed to ‘release’ three albums which comprised of the Greatest Tits (1983), Cheek-A-Bomba (1984) and Quasi Solo (1985). Bruno and Giovanna were sadly subjected to serious family problems, including the loss of loved ones in their lives and eventually parted ways. However, to this day they remain close friends who keep in touch regularly.

Compiled by: Chris Bonato & Bridget Small

Design: Lewis Fidock & Bridget Small

Mastered by Dan Elleson

Distribution directly in the Antipodes, or via Rushhour for the rest of the globe

Mémoire

Rocking Gertrude

Kdyz se ombudsmani poperou

Když se ombudsmani poperou

My contribution to Disquiet Junto Project 0600. The opportunity to participate in this is special to me as I participated on Project 0004 which also featured wonderful samples from Marcus Fischer. I created a piece that is still a personal favorite.

Approach and process - I was extremely time constrained with only a few hours to put something together. I built it around a heavily re-worked and effected version of the file '600_PSU_stairs-mfischer'. I used Bitwig Studio, a lot of automation, and a few time stretching tricks. 

I hope Marcus provides more raw material in the future. Thank you to Marc and Marcus for putting this together.

Reaching Out And Reaching Back - Disquiet0600

Live with Ummy in the Greenhouse. Thanks to Jack and Rory.

Deep Water Greenhouse - Umut & Bridget Small

For LER 1023, we've put together a collection of recordings taken from the elusive Berlin band I.A.O., spanning their third phase from 1988 to 1995. Phase III commemorates the bands final line-up of three members; Achim Kohlberger, Ralf Östereich and Carsten Zielske. The sounds on this retrospective vary widely, however, link with threads of melancholic sequences, angular jamming and a focus on electronic soundscapes.
 
The tracks are pinned against a backdrop of political and social unrest in Berlin at the time. Two different cities had become one with the fall of the wall, driving a bubbling subculture attempting to reunite the capital. Seemingly irrelevant to what I.A.O. was producing, these territories dance parallel to one another. In the late 1980’s, Achim Kohlberger of the band and partner Dimitri Hegemann, were orchestrating ‘Atonal Festival’, these days known as Berlin Atonal. Soon after, they set-up of one of the first techno clubs in the world - UFO, today known as Tresor.
  
I.A.O. cites the cast of personalities they would come across in the clubs and pubs as influential in their songwriting, artists, outsiders or the ‘general dropouts.’ However, the works of IAO far resemble techno music. Phase III’s opening track Gospel IV introduces the band with their patience and restraint, synthesizers work to reveal folding melodies. The downtempo voyage continues with Marshmallow Girls, an insight into the band’s sensitive observations and hazy imagery. All Is Bliss presents a vocal mantra cooperating with nagging bass lines and euphonic percussion. Meanwhile, two instrumentals Love and Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Little Star  both typify and defy timeless dancefloor paradigms. The compilation signs off with Ferns, binding the icy yet bright tones found throughout.

Phase 3

Feel The Forgotten Sense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AudE4dcVDP4

Bruch - Chemical Pt. 2 SOS Tape

a soundtrack to float you into atmospheres; taking you to a time and place far away.

Artwork is from @brianqtn album Lubricating The Species, featuring the song Purple Martin which is the opening song to this mix. Check out his music here: brianQTN.bandcamp.com

Lubricating The Species - 01. Drowning Your Sorrows

Taken from the album 'Drug of Choice' out 12/02/21.

Order: https://alterstock.org/product/drug-of-choice/

Cube - Neighbor (ALT63)

VED - The Embrace Of The Oarfish

Archival label based in Melbourne. No new demos please.

Rocking Gertrude

Left Ear Records

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