tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50236122019308175032024-03-13T04:12:43.134-07:00Obscuro!A mix of the out-of-print, out-of-the-ordinary, and the simply out-of-their-minds.Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.comBlogger404125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-31699975159411782462021-07-19T14:57:00.005-07:002021-07-19T14:57:24.771-07:00Shark Move - 'Chede Chokra's Shark Move' (1970)<p> Pretty cool downbeat psych rock from Indonesia that reminds me of a heavier Traffic. Lots of jazz keys and direct input guitar solos. I guess it also sounds a little like SRC.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj_dAuDfXulCrtYTCAbj8Wn8BqxUcGy64qqm6F3d0Gw5tLNFND0dwpf8ogmTToznlqKR0zg_g4YaI2kC9vA2keiTDuK2Vp-N6gLyR3RwokQTNsosvcLPpNI3IedW4weR_bvfT7SJx0yo/s300/shark+move.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj_dAuDfXulCrtYTCAbj8Wn8BqxUcGy64qqm6F3d0Gw5tLNFND0dwpf8ogmTToznlqKR0zg_g4YaI2kC9vA2keiTDuK2Vp-N6gLyR3RwokQTNsosvcLPpNI3IedW4weR_bvfT7SJx0yo/s0/shark+move.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. My Life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Butterfly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Harga</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Evil War</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Bingung</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Insan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Madat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/20khTCbC#viegjd4m3gBqwsnWk2aSK2gbrC9ybnh_RcywcB2wHeE" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-15451883323958843802021-07-19T14:44:00.006-07:002021-07-19T14:44:58.544-07:00White Coffee - 'Voodoo/Save Me' (1974)<p> This one's always stuck in the back of my head. B-side isn't spectacular but damn 'Voodoo' is wild. Low voiced dudes growling over a stomping funk rock track that seems....vaguely racist somehow? Maybe overtly racist? Also the lyrics are fucking weird and don't make much sense, are they in third person? Wth? Either way it's super catchy, like something Yello would've come up with if they existed a decade earlier.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlVxQzzA2WFYC2NkTS8B2R_OcGcqJ5LJa6WvfC0l_CeVDHX5zIxZeEBWzRFIvIidl8teb00caRSyYt-Y-rMnoot9jcTlbhyphenhypheng8NymoNXjMVa74AyjCsqWZZcxGWI13eE4Toy2JaGVWjgY/s600/White-Coffee_45ps.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlVxQzzA2WFYC2NkTS8B2R_OcGcqJ5LJa6WvfC0l_CeVDHX5zIxZeEBWzRFIvIidl8teb00caRSyYt-Y-rMnoot9jcTlbhyphenhypheng8NymoNXjMVa74AyjCsqWZZcxGWI13eE4Toy2JaGVWjgY/s320/White-Coffee_45ps.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/K0snxS5L#MGMgOpz_87SvAfRDgQMJgtbPbFJvAZmdJfTcccISZxc" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-54007310327795059072021-07-19T14:38:00.002-07:002021-07-19T14:38:19.486-07:00Megatrip - 'S/T' (1996)<p> Don't know what this is or why I have it, but somebody is probably looking for it. Doesn't seem to really exist anywhere in full that I can find.</p><p>4 super long, super sloppy psych jams very informed by 70's improv stuff (see 'Song for Syd.') The outro is spoken word over some real noisy space synths.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_UvkNxrXI0WWVGpEODbZhp7xv2-ejyA8Ui0FHEXY-3GAJdxNsZZakT8sjBJG5lP7sEaK5AiFTGu_msvZ5t6lGuAaKP4t_0UCpVtFMpwDTThAEfYaCWOoDuihJoGIvOmmCjzv6ZVSUsE/s1846/Mega+Trip+-+front.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="1844" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_UvkNxrXI0WWVGpEODbZhp7xv2-ejyA8Ui0FHEXY-3GAJdxNsZZakT8sjBJG5lP7sEaK5AiFTGu_msvZ5t6lGuAaKP4t_0UCpVtFMpwDTThAEfYaCWOoDuihJoGIvOmmCjzv6ZVSUsE/s320/Mega+Trip+-+front.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. WWPFAT Spoiled Mushrooms</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Song for Syd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Slicing Hearts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Megatrip Outro</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/is0yDR6J#XBj9FXm5W9Bu4hybKRbh-Cx6J4w5qGwXYXgw6EfyBe4" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-7096126546018423582021-07-19T14:18:00.003-07:002021-07-19T14:38:30.912-07:00Fifth Era - 'See You in Hell' (1999)<p> Apparently we're retroactively calling this type of music 'doomcore' which I guess is fine. It's slow-to-mid-paced hardcore techno/gabber with a lot of doom and gloom. This, along with the Rat of Doom EP, are two of my favs. Also worth checking out is the 'Selected Classics' comp by The Mover.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx6T-T4bS6joPEPvvdov3wgIl1CsBkq5WHWypFvZEmpSbV4mdlv4jTKvrRU2aYnjlimtwSzB5EsViS2oqd_TMomzR0rUA43317J8VJGG2VkC4oYzbZ3t7_tEXEwD5fv6mvJq87iI2zts/s400/fifth+era.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjx6T-T4bS6joPEPvvdov3wgIl1CsBkq5WHWypFvZEmpSbV4mdlv4jTKvrRU2aYnjlimtwSzB5EsViS2oqd_TMomzR0rUA43317J8VJGG2VkC4oYzbZ3t7_tEXEwD5fv6mvJq87iI2zts/s320/fifth+era.webp" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(It's just one long track bc it's a tape rip)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. See You in Hell</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Live in the Netherlands</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Night of Fear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Kill, Kill, Kill</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Are You Ready?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Sabotage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Blackest Shadow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Live in Hackney 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. AC93</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10. Broken Souls</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/HttHAC4Y#3dy-RoFk26iMxmxnXDKMBOukkMJCV4lPWXyzRJpWDF8" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-57643461172514248202021-07-18T19:05:00.001-07:002021-07-19T14:18:49.640-07:00Crack Baby - 'Gestation Period of a Smurf' (2000)<p> Finally found this in a pile of old CDs and junk...I used to go see this band at the community center when I was very young. I don't know what's in the water, but my tiny town had at least three super confrontational bands that blended Black Flag-style hardcore with grunge. These guys were the tightest musicians for sure, and some of these tracks still slap. I'll never get tired of hearing 'I DON'T NEED YOUR FUCKIN RULES' lol. </p><p>I misplaced the tracklist, so I'm going to just guess. It should be noted that the ska song ('Rudy Can't You Wait') was probably written about one of my friends.</p><p>I'll fill in the other tracks if I find the list.</p><p>Tracklist:</p><div style="text-align: left;">1. Stupid Reason</div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Fed Up</div><div style="text-align: left;">3.</div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Stupid Reason (Radio Edit)</div><div style="text-align: left;">5. Track 3 Radio Edit</div><div style="text-align: left;">6. Booger Off</div><div style="text-align: left;">7. Never Leaving</div><div style="text-align: left;">8. </div><div style="text-align: left;">9. </div><div style="text-align: left;">10. Blank Stare</div><div style="text-align: left;">11. Love Song</div><div style="text-align: left;">12. Next in Line</div><div style="text-align: left;">13. Black Market Babies</div><div style="text-align: left;">14. Do I Smell Bacon?</div><div style="text-align: left;">15. Loose Stools</div><div style="text-align: left;">16. Rudy Can't You Wait?</div><div style="text-align: left;">17. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/O8MgnTaB#MvgUj-cq92A0Idh-CskxUQO2f451wYESBYl1ZAYNDvw">DOWNLOAD</a></div>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-12886462637848771232021-07-17T16:06:00.002-07:002021-07-17T16:06:07.747-07:00AFRTS (Various Artists) - 'The Simple Gifts' (1972)<p>This is a really, really weird and unsettling recording. It's some kind of PTSD coping exercise, and I'm pretty sure it's the only record ever released by the Armed Forces Radio and Television Services. </p><p>Not sure if it's actual veterans on the album, but it's mostly extremely harrowing spoken word pieces set to sometimes restrained, sometimes atonal orchestral music. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EFmPJujMk7K-tEbZhq9Pd-2qsFTXZQaNV_5jnz3827kA4vhEkrPGfUkalDjAn-N1yAHlRZj1JCCGzhnEA9rp-qAb4W3zT56qoILLn8GhcxxsJbIRNiZg_6EL1dOIo9MpdIxPkOPSzuI/s250/simple+gifts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EFmPJujMk7K-tEbZhq9Pd-2qsFTXZQaNV_5jnz3827kA4vhEkrPGfUkalDjAn-N1yAHlRZj1JCCGzhnEA9rp-qAb4W3zT56qoILLn8GhcxxsJbIRNiZg_6EL1dOIo9MpdIxPkOPSzuI/s0/simple+gifts.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. The Sea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. I Am a Number</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. His Childish Face Grown Old Too Soon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Look to This Day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. I Pity the Drunk</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Who Has Woe?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Good Old Days</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. The Committee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. The Door</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10. Words... Words... Words</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11. Show Me My Door</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">12. Beggars on Church Steps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">13. Hearts Unlovely and Unloved</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">14. Don't Be Angry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">15. Who is Man?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">16. Simple Gift </div><br /><p><a href="https://mega.nz/file/Ol9gCBSA#K0H54W6rvJhjlJlHMaB9a7xF8VCB2uTOH7DipC3oiwM" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-47046462712792555682021-07-17T16:05:00.003-07:002021-07-17T16:05:34.234-07:00Five Star Hotel - 'Streets of Rage' (2016)<p> Five Star Hotel is one of my favorite current producers. Her music is I guess EDM trap? But that's really not doing it justice...there's a lot of influence from harsh noise, goth, industrial, and body horror cinema. 'Gray Data' is the classic album, but she's since moved onto noisier material with harsh vocals. I think because the current sound is so far removed from her old work, a lot of it has either been taken down or is just lost to time.</p><p>This is a mixtape (I think) that I spent months trying to track down. It's got a very distorted, bitcrushed sound and a vague dystopian theme running through it. Some of these recordings were reworked for her full-lengths (I think one of them is on 'Outlands?') but the mix flows really nice as a single piece.</p><p><a href="https://fivestarhotel.bandcamp.com/">Please support her other projects if you like this one!</a> She has a deluxe version of 'Gray Data' up w/ extra tracks...get it now bc it could always disappear...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Cj2PcrcfMjp8NJcA7GEW2rMh5QsAV8q6WH9cYh6pDE6SQzNo3HktzUu6takFLFX5331HcZZxu731YSykBirYMmPGhyphenhyphenMR0RwzGae9vS4NiJoA3NQi5kkeNEhrE9FmxeZDhNKjV1ExWtU/s600/fivestarhotel.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Cj2PcrcfMjp8NJcA7GEW2rMh5QsAV8q6WH9cYh6pDE6SQzNo3HktzUu6takFLFX5331HcZZxu731YSykBirYMmPGhyphenhyphenMR0RwzGae9vS4NiJoA3NQi5kkeNEhrE9FmxeZDhNKjV1ExWtU/s320/fivestarhotel.webp" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. S1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Streets of Rage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Radio Free</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. NetgearAD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Horizon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. S2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Pentium</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Hexagoness</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. S3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10. Underpass</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11. Tempad</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">12. Column</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">13. S4</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">14. Whole Earth Gone Again</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(nevermind the double tracks...hard drive copying bullshit and I already uploaded it lol)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/v11iiDhb#FsC9LSq-AerUjIzHbqd8j2CDw3WdtX7KaiYwqwlb-B4" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-11268427440292079072021-07-17T15:37:00.004-07:002021-07-17T15:37:34.659-07:00The Shape Shifters - 'Know Future' (1999)<p> So these guys have kinda vanished from the internet. Conspiracy theorist boom-bap alien rap collective from LA. This is one of their harder-to-find releases (the most popular being 'Shape Shifters Was Here') and also one of the weirdest. All the tracks are super long, barely have anything resembling a hook and the beats are noisy and lo-fi. Some of these dudes have serious skills and interesting flows...Awol One and Radioinactive came the closest to blowing up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_s_nZE3m226jKkBdlschawcnTZ7ZkycaGehfj3OwNonwHXM_-CHlfPNTm6KVBGgPPT97mgvjiqvZb4ns-VrDEhIs6nnriiBiV2T0HeNvF9BAACPdDaZwIqr5nCXwkgaqyLAVd6mbshlY/s226/shapeshifters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_s_nZE3m226jKkBdlschawcnTZ7ZkycaGehfj3OwNonwHXM_-CHlfPNTm6KVBGgPPT97mgvjiqvZb4ns-VrDEhIs6nnriiBiV2T0HeNvF9BAACPdDaZwIqr5nCXwkgaqyLAVd6mbshlY/s0/shapeshifters.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Disc One - 'Primitive'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Rock Der Planet/Abundance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. The Peoples' Rally of Area 51</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Planet Rockers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. a. Reincarnate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. b. Man 2 Ape 2 Fish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. c. 666.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. d. LA 2 San Jose/Outermost</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. e. Let Da Good Times Roll</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. f. Strawberry Alarm Clock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10. Girls Dipped in Chocolate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11. Pond Scum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">12. The Calendar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">13. Moses Freed the Slaves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">14. Brain Fish Oner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">15. Gotta Be Undastanden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">16. Hey, Nimrod... It's Yer Birthday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Disc Two - 'Future'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Give it to Me (Intro)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Lojack Leviathan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. One Percent</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. 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Untitled</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NO IDEA about all the bizarre track segues, it all kinda just flows together into one hazy puddle of backpack rap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/y1Fg2bDI#j-B3sc73ar072x__VViJi3oA7WF_7S-IfV1FK6afbI4">DOWNLOAD</a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-4760886734433266382021-07-17T15:23:00.002-07:002021-07-17T15:38:09.024-07:00Desiree - 'Desiree Tapes (77)'<p> No idea where this came from or if I ever even played it on the radio program, but it rocks hard. Started listening to some tracks and couldn't stop. It's just kinda generic hard rock/pre-metal stuff but the riffs hit and it's a lot of fun.</p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/1819806-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e">Apparently they are from Germany and have some other recordings, too.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdTjWz8oSGfJ3mGE2L8jgrl5PKq701VKXsa9RKdaHqcStPHXTnRgw2OM1g0gtyYS1uVM8AnVWpI86_KuaqM6-WevR0sW-m3T0cDyQGxTsXKaqM4DjfiCzW2GRHtH_w1bkrsNY_ckxDH8/s280/desiree.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdTjWz8oSGfJ3mGE2L8jgrl5PKq701VKXsa9RKdaHqcStPHXTnRgw2OM1g0gtyYS1uVM8AnVWpI86_KuaqM6-WevR0sW-m3T0cDyQGxTsXKaqM4DjfiCzW2GRHtH_w1bkrsNY_ckxDH8/s0/desiree.webp" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tracklist:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. 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Baby Love Me One More Time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/Wl0j2CJZ#eAkgM0AlC3ANSSjgWgS9oIlRQzLCDueFtBa-15LAGPI">DOWNLOAD</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-84362790768456865712021-07-17T15:15:00.006-07:002021-07-17T15:15:43.355-07:00V/A - 'Curl Activate' Vols. 1 and 2<p style="text-align: left;"> The theme this time around is basically digging through all my endless hard drives of random music from years and years of collecting shit, and finding stuff I have no idea about. I'm also trying to find things that are at risk of being lost to time (i.e. things that aren't on YT yet lol.)</p><p style="text-align: left;">First up, a couple comps courtesy of the Music for Maniacs blog (linked in sidebar.) They have consistently uploaded some of the weirdest shit on the web, but a lot of the older links are down.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I had no idea what this even was until I did a little research. It's basically two volumes of novelty rap from the 80's and early 90's, when everybody thought rap was a 'fad' and all the white record exec lames pumped out tracks like 'Rappin' Rodney' and 'The Presidents Rap' (the latter is actually on a DJ Screw tape where it slaaaaps.)</p><p style="text-align: left;">Some of these tracks are made by 'legitimate' rappers...like Bobby Jimmy and the Critters, which is a pseudonym of Arabian Prince from NWA.</p><div style="text-align: left;">Vol. 1<br />1. Deryl with the Curl and DJ Curl Activator - Curl Activate<br />2. Akeem the Dream Olajuwon - The Unbeatable Dream<br />3. The Rappin Reverend Dr. C. Dexter Wise, III - The Original Rap <br />4. Chunky A - Owww<br />5. Chick Hearn - Rap Around<br />6. Hurt Em Bad and The S.C. Band - Monday Night Football<br />7. Mac the Rapper - What Is Love<br />8. The Wilson Sisters and Speedy D - The Magic Man<br />9. Rich Little - Presidents Rap<br />10. The Coach - Take it to the Hoop<br />11. Gerty Molzen - Walk on the Wild Side<br />12. The Fat Boys - Chillin with the Refrigerator<br />13. Bobby Jimmy and the Critters - NY-LA Rappers<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">(No track tags, sorry)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/K9dhTK7D#cDfsWF9Goy6X2s2v-udOI4HPwmoYIk985GnuDuiDssk">DOWNLOAD<br /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2008/04/curl-activate-novelty-hip-hop-12-of-80s.html">More Info</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Vol. 2<br />1. The Qwarymen - Beatle Rap<br />2. Greg Poltrock and Rick Rumble - Mayberry Rap<br />3. Joe Piscopo, Eddie Murphy and D.S.T. - Honeymooners Rap<br />4. Rodney Dangerfield - Rappin Rodney<br />5. Shawn Brown - Rappin Duke<br />6. Elvira - Monsta' Rap<br />7. Hurt Em Bad - NBA Rap<br />8. Ron and the DC Crew - Ronnie's Rapp<br />9. Doonsbury Break Crew - Rap Master Ronnie<br />10. Bobby Jimmy and the Critters - Roaches<br />11. Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks - City of Crime<br />12. Eddie Murphy - Boogie in Your Butt<br />13. Hurt Em Bad and the Soul Connection Band - Boxing Game<br />14. Mel Brooks - Hitler Rap<br />15. Chicago Bears - Super Bowl Shuffle<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/KodnWA7a#eERXcusptgA9JErU6NaCKE-MVlTjSwl_W2Dz9HWY5BQ">DOWNLOAD<br /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2013/03/curl-activate-2-more-80s-hip-hop.html">More Info</a></div>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-9133657464627584532021-07-17T08:40:00.001-07:002021-07-17T08:40:34.382-07:00Back again. Comment requests.<p> I'm posted up w/ a broken ankle so I'm gonna unload some rare music for the first time since 2016. Obviously I've accumulated a ton since then. My interests have shifted a lot, but this will always be a place to find super out there shit.</p><p>As the title says, comment any requests on this post...anything where the links don't work since I've went thru like 3 or 4 filesharing sites over the duration of this blog. Also anything you wanna hear in full and think I might have, based on podcasts or individual tracks or whatever.</p><p>For now, here are a few artists I've been digging recently whose work you should check out (and pay for)</p><p><a href="https://jak3trashman.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Jak3 the Trashman</a> - Outsider to the max. His music has shifted from bizarre collages of half-finished ideas to brilliantly hazy concept pieces, sort of like a less pretentious, more focused James Ferraro. I love his early albums like 'Hellworld,' they turn phonk/Memphis revival into surrealist art. His newest stuff feel like what Modest Mouse would have made in the early 90's on a steady diet of Esham, ambient dNb and Motocross.</p><p><a href="https://ratscanner.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Ratscanner (aka Wheeler aka Slerk aka Deadzone)</a> - Another producer who took ideas from Soundcloud phonk and made it his own world. I can't think of better music for a toxic, smog-ridden post-pandemic world. Instead of proper albums or beat tapes, he releases music in 15-20 min chunks of beats with recurring ideas and melodies, complete with bizarre artwork influenced by early PC games. I'm pretty partial to 'Ghost Brain' and 'Grifter's Path.'</p><p><a href="https://bloodyfistrecords.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bloody Fist Records</a> - 90's/00's hardcore techno label from Australia. If I had found this music in HS, I probably would've abandoned rock music altogether. Although all the artists have their own sound, it's basically like lo-fi, nihilist Prodigy with power electronics aesthetics and a really mean sense of humor. Some of the best and craziest EDM out there.</p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/delroy-edwards" target="_blank">Delroy Edwards</a> - Ron Perlman's son makes really sick lo-fi house music on old analog equipment. This is the timeline I was supposed to be in for sure.</p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/234-Chain-Reaction" target="_blank">Chain Reaction</a> - Ok, so some of this might be hard to actually find and 'pay for' and I certainly...borrowed some of it. But it's all good! Super minimalist ambient techno that really puts ya in a place.</p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/cerberusclick" target="_blank">Cerberus Click</a> - Producer collective that shifts from Memphis-influenced ambient-rap to power electronics and soundscapes to blissed-out dance tracks, sometimes with vocalists, sometimes fully instrumental. 'Ana Massacre' is the hit but 'Demo (Full Tape Rip)' is maybe the best representation of their current sound.</p><p><a href="https://dealersofgod.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Dealers of God</a> - Super weird outsider rap/psytrance/new age wildness from Australia. They have a really strange sense of humor and a really strange set of influences.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's it for now...'real' posts w/ download links coming soon.</p>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-65806398545786396692016-12-21T20:37:00.000-08:002016-12-21T20:37:23.609-08:00MX-80 Sound - 'Big Hits and Hard Attack'Ok, really, this is the real reason I started doing this blog again. I wanted to post this record, realizing I never did a few years back when I was heavy into these fellas.<br />
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Coming out of the oasis of Bloomington, IN (basically the ONLY good thing in Indiana, and a pretty strange place), this band is a combination of influences that I really don't like. I hear a lot of Captain Beefheart, whom I despise, and also maybe some Frank Zappa, who is ok but not my favorite, Velvet Underground, who I also hate, and an assortment of 70's radio rock. Somehow, all this ends up being awesome, and completely unlike anything else, no matter how many people say they 'sound just like Sonic Youth.'<br />
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This kind of music just doesn't happen anymore. Here you have some college dudes in the middle of nowhere, just making music and playing for their friends, without ANY real musical worldview. So out of touch with everything going on in '76 that they sound current in 2016. It's fitting that they were discovered by The Residents, who also put out the bulk of their material on their Ralph Records, after Island dropped the band.<br />
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Since I can't really relate their sound to anything else other than their influences (which really doesn't cut it), this might get a little detailed.<br />
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So, you've got scratchy, 'angular' guitar work that sounds half-improvised, but always inspired. It's also really unpretentious...it never feels like the band is 'trying' to be weird, or experimental, they're just weirdos. You can tell there's a lot of early heavy metal influence in the guitar work as well. And yes, some parts sound strikingly similar to Sonic Youth drones, but more interesting, I would argue.<br />
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The bass player is ALWAYS busy, and actually has some of the 'lead' riffs while the guitar fucks around. Best, however, are the drums, which are SO FUCKING HEAVY. It sounds like an old jazz kit being played as hard and fast as possible. Like, I don't even really know, I was just smiling at this guy's playing the whole album, it's way funkier than you'd think for this type of music, and also REALLY idiosyncratic, maybe a little like Primus.<br />
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Primus is actually a good comparison, come to think of it. Except the vocals aren't super fucking annoying, and the songs don't feel as laborious.<br />
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Speaking of the vocalist, who sounds a little like Jesse Michaels from Operation Ivy, except crazy, he is VERY good at his limited style. He's not the best singer, but he doesn't just get the fuck out of the way like most noise-rock vocalists. If he's not conversationally joking about PCB's and kidnapping girls, he's honking on his out-of-tune saxophone.<br />
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I could just go on. I don't even know how many times I laughed at the bizarre jokes in the lyrics. Rich Stim has perfect comedic timing in the way that only the Dead Milkmen or The Frogs perfected. When he does get serious, it's more creepy than anything, and makes the band seem sort of menacing, like their live shows must have been totally out of control.<br />
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Aaaaanyways, their second album, 'Out of the Tunnel,' and the third, 'Crowd Control,' are also very good. Their later stuff is spotty, but I'm glad they're still slightly active. Definitely my favorite band on Ralph Records, which is pretty insane considering their roster includes Tuxedomoon, Snakefinger, and of course The Residents.<br />
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NOTE: My version also includes their first EP, as 2 long tracks at the beginning of the album. It's good, but 'Hard Attack' is where it's at.<br />
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MX-80 Sound - 'Big Hits and Hard Attack'<br />
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Tracklist:<br />
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1. Train to Loveland / You Turn Me On / SCP / Til Death Do Us Part<br />
2. Myonga Von Bontee / Boy Trouble - Girl Trouble / Tidal Wave<br />
3. Man on the Move<br />
4. Kid Stuff<br />
5. Fascination<br />
6. Summer '77<br />
7. PCB's<br />
8. Crushed Ice<br />
9. Tidal Wave<br />
10. Theme from 'Checkmate'<br />
11. Facts-Facts<br />
12. You're Not Alone<br />
13. Civilized / Demeyes<br />
14. Afterbirth / Aftermath<br />
15. Sad Girls (Bonus Track)<br />
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<b><i>Bizarro Jerry's 2016 List:</i></b><br /><br /><b>King - "We Are King"</b><br /><br />Throwback R&B by two sisters and their friend who write and produce all their own songs. Their debut album has a dreamy, almost 'hypnagogic' vibe that out-hazes Sade at times, which I found impressive.<br /><br /><b>Andy Stott - "Too Many Voices"</b><br /><br />Genre-less electronic music with bits and pieces from a lot of unlikely sources (i.e. 80's New Romantic music, Memphis rap, outsider house) that I like a LOT. I'm really excited to see what this dude does next.<br /><br /><b>Yves Tumor - "Serpent Music"</b><br /><br />Further proof that music is transcending genres. Faded R&B mixed with industrial, lo-fi, field recordings, vaporwave-ish looped samples, religious records and creepy beats.<br /><b><br />Zomby - "Ultra"</b><br /><br />Stoned-out, insular dance music with elements from trap rap, 90's rave, dubstep, and ambient techno. I feel like I should hate this, but it's so tossed-off and weird that I don't. Just seems like this dude has fun with what he does.<br /><br /><b>Demdike Stare - "Wonderland"</b><br /><br />I've learned to appreciate music that I might initially write off as 'boring' under the right circumstances. Normally I'm not too into the kind of ambient creep-fests these two guys usually cook up, but they're perfect for late-night driving. I think I'm finally sold on them with this release, though, as it's a lot more musical and beat-driven. Still creepy, but in a car-thumping, menacing kind of way.<br /><br /><b>Nicolas Jaar - "Sirens"</b><br /><br />I have no idea what this dude is on about, but I got major feels off this. He seems very angry. His music is...strange. More shapeshifting, genre-bending weirdness that encompasses Suicide-esque synth punk, IDM and ambient, and somehow has a lot of chaotic jazz drumming and saxophone, too.<br /><br /><b>Immune - "Breathless"</b><br /><br />Kind of like if you took the vaporwave recording aesthetic and applied it to 90's dance music. I guess a lot of these are slowed-down remixes of old dance tracks, but whatever. It's got a rainy-day kinda vibe, and I fall asleep to it a lot.<br /><b><br />Spark Master Tape - "Silhouette of a Sunkken City"</b><br /><br />Spark's experimental take on mainstream rap continues, and gets even darker. This came out after a 2-year hiatus where nothing was heard from him at all. I still think he's Kai Skywalker.<br /><br /><b>2 8 1 4 - "Rain Temple"</b><br /><br />This is like the soundtrack for some 90's made-for-TV tech-thriller film, and I love it.<br /><b><br />callasoiled - "Vapor Reflection"<br />callasoiled - "音響効果芸術集"</b><br /><br />I don't know a whole lot about this Japanese producer. I don't even know if I correctly typed his or her name, because sometimes it's stylized as 'Calla Soiled,' sometimes as 'calla soiled' and sometimes like I have it. I do know that the music they make is super-luxurious, maximalist electronica that seems (to me) very modern, but also very natural. Even with trap drumkits and dubstep wobble bass popping up here and there, callasoiled's best tunes feel like a forest broken down into mathematical components, then turned into music. Last year's 'Lucoq' is the best release I've heard, but they've put out like, 5 things this year that are all pretty good.<br /><b><br />Babyfather - "BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow"</b><br /><br />I am apparently just as baffled by Dean Blunt's music as everybody else. I dunno, this kinda seems like he just freestyled really badly over some songs he had that sort of resembled rap music, but taking into account his public persona, it seems that wouldn't be the case, and that this is a carefully planned release. I don't know. Parts of it are obnoxious, but then it gets very disorienting and weird. It's interesting, at the very least.<br /><br /><b>Moe and ghosts X 空間現代 - "Rap Phenomenon"</b><br /><br />Okay, it's headache-inducing math rock with female, Japanese rapping on top. It's insane. This could have only come from Japan.<br /><br /><b>Vektor - "Terminal Redux"</b><br /><br />I've heard about 4 songs, and they were all good. Vektor has consistently been solid, and this might be their best release yet.<br /><br /><b>Deftones - "Gore"</b><br /><br />Every time the Deftones put out a new record, it ends up being my second favorite, after "White Pony." This time, for real, this is my second favorite Deftones record. Okay, maybe third, because I have a soft spot for 'Adrenaline,' but SERIOUSLY, this is a good Deftones record. Any minor complaints I had about "Diamond Eyes" and "Koi No Yokan" (namely over-production, auto-tuned vocals, and a few kinda samey songs) are resolved here.<br /><br /><b>Floating Points - "Kuiper" EP</b><br /><br />Like, some weird combination of film noir instruments and ambient electronica? I don't really know. It's got a movie-feel to it, and it's pretty dark and dreamy. I dig it, along with the full-length they put out last year.<br /><b><br />Esperanza Spalding - "Emily's D+Evolution"</b><br /><br />Why aren't more people talking about this?? Really, REALLY cool jazz-fusion from a young bassist/singer. Like, for one thing, how many female singer/songwriter/bassists are there? And how many of them sound like Prince's weirder moments and play like fucking Jaco Pastorius?<br /><br /><b>Joao Donato - "Donato Eletrico"</b><br /><br />I just stumbled across this album, and it's just super chilled-out Latin jazz that could've come from any era, if it weren't for random moments of record scratching and other strangeness. It's just very unassuming and enjoyable.<br /><br /><b>Autechre - "Elseq 1-5"</b><br /><br />Okay, I've only heard a small fraction of this because I haven't been in an Autechre mood, but I love these dudes, and what I've heard is classic Autechre. In some ways, it's even noisier than they usually go for. Less chaotic and alien than something like "Confield," but definitely more experimental than their early albums.<br /><br /><b>18+ - "Fore"</b><br /><br />What the hell is this? I'm not even sure if I like it. It might be super pretentious. Or it might just be some drug addicted, idiosyncratic weirdos. I guess it's R&B?? It's a guy and girl half-rapping/half-singing over these really strange beats...like some outsider couple version of Bones or something?<br /><br /><b>Nu Guinea - "The Tony Allen Experiments"</b><br /><br />Cool jazz-funk with a lot of African vibes that reminds me of Bill Laswell's classic recordings. Nothing new, but not bad at all.<br /><b><br />Burial - "Young Death / Nightmarket"</b><br /><br />It took me a lot of listens to get into Burial. I still think his debut is better than "Untrue," which kind of bores me honestly. This...kind of bored me too...but it's just neat this reclusive dude is still putting tunes out, and it's cool to be able to get excited about new releases again.<br /><b><br />Ho99o9 - "The Dope Dealerz / Double Barrel"</b><br /><br />This is what the teens are doing now, and it's fucking terrifying. Like OFWG if they were actually as 'punk' as they think they are. These dudes do rap songs, and then they pick up instruments and do punk songs. Sometimes it crosses over, but not usually. These two tracks represent their two sides perfectly, much better than their previous EPs.<br /></div>
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<b>Melt Yourself Down - "Last Evenings on Earth"</b><br /><br />Afro-post-punk wildness. EXCELLENT sax playing, complex rhythms, and a lot of anger. Sometimes the vocals are a little annoying, but these folks have a cool sound.<br /><br /><b>Yello - "Toy"</b><br /><br />I didn't even realize these two weirdos were still doing shit...they must be in their 60s or 70s now. You remember 'Oh Yeah' from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' of course, but the rest of their classic output was more like the Residents Lite. I haven't heard this full album, but it sounds just as yuppie-ish, lush, and goofy as they always did.<br /><br />I dunno, there's other stuff, but I don't wanna start doing the 'music journalist' thing and write about albums I'm not familiar with. This is stuff I've been ACTUALLY listening to.</div>
Society's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016583344710972587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-83269656367266031592016-12-08T20:24:00.001-08:002016-12-08T20:24:29.592-08:00Singers and Players - 'War of Words'I've also been listening to a lot of Jamaican music. All the way from ska and rocksteady to the dub and roots reggae of the 70's. Of course, I wouldn't post something here unless it were a little out of the ordinary. Lots of dub has strange qualities...I mean, it IS a genre founded on getting high and doing the craziest mixes you can think of to pre-recorded tracks. It just sounds like pure fun. This album, however, is not fun at all.<br />
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Initially I saw this described as 'gothic reggae,' and I guess that's not far off the mark. It's got a very skeletal, sterile dub sound. The echo and reverb is all harsh and digital, and for some reason there's also a lot of super-distorted guitar, which is atypical of dub. The lyrics are all performed in creepy whispers, or a really deep, smoked-out toasting voice.<br />
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Everything, down to the black and white cover photo, conjures up a deeply depressive vibe, something also atypical of dub. While it's normally bass-heavy and minimal, this is heavy in different ways.<br />
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If you're looking to get into reggae, but want to start with the furthest possible point from Bob Marley, this is probably a good bet.<br />
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Singers and Players - 'War of Words' - 1982<br />
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1. Devious Woman<br />
2. Quante Jubila<br />
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4. Fit to Survive<br />
5. Reaching the Bad Man<br />
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Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian jazz-fusion guitarist with several albums out on ECM. The double-LP 'Odyssey' is maybe his best work, but I think this one from 1979 distills that album's best ideas into a one-album set, without any 20-minute ambient soundscapes. Despite that, it's still very dreamy. Although Rypdal developed his style in a totally different time, his playing is very shoegazey.<br />
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According to the information I can find, most of his recorded material is at least partially improvised, which is pretty impressive considering how focused the mood here is. Well, it's not just here...most of his work has a late-night, creepy vibe, that would be taken to extremes by dark-jazz groups like Bohren and Der Club of Gore in the 2000's.<br />
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Good stuff to zone out to. I'd recommend it even if you're not a jazz fan, because this reminds me a lot of post-rock, which makes sense because a lot of the best post-rock seems to come from Scandinavia as well.<br />
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Terje Rypdal - 'Descendre' - 1979<br />
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Should I start doing this thing again? I dunno...does anybody even read it anymore?<br />
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I really fell off w/ listening to new music, although I never really paid it much mind to begin with.<br />
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Been through a lot of jobs, musical projects, and weed in the past 2 years, but who cares about that?<br />
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Anyhow. Recently, I started to get back into newer stuff...mainly jazz and electronic, because new rock music is weaaaaaak.<br />
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Here are some things that came out this year, which I am enjoying. Maybe it will turn into a 'best of 2016' list? I dunno. We'll see how bored I get at work.<br />
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Andy Stott - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_cAZeTeYx0">'Too Many Voices'</a><br />
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I can't decide if I like this or his previous album, 'Faith in Strangers,' more. That one has the track 'Damage,' which is probably my favorite SONG by him, but this one is more consistent. It's also not as dark, and more of just a nighttime cruising record, I guess. That's what I do with it, anyhow. I don't really know what to call it, which is why I like a lot of stuff coming out this year. It's got murked out 808 drumkits, weird vintage synth tones, detached female vocals, and even some 80's post-punk bass guitar. It's too slow to be techno, and while it thumps like a rap record, the mood is more similar to The Cure or something.</div>
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Ok, so the first two tracks are pretty obnoxious. A lot of stuff that's being tagged as 'UK Bass' is like listening to someone play Call of Duty from the other room. Lots of super-modern effected drums and gun clacking type shit. Sometimes it feels really random. Other stuff, like the previously mentioned 'Too Many Voices,' is super cool. Zomby falls prey to the UK Bass gun sounds and obnoxious synths on the first two cuts, but then this record turns into a pretty neat combination of trap-style drums, creepy, cold, synths, and unconventional song structures that seem pretty off-the-cuff, like he doesn't ever go back and re-edit things. There's even a Lil Ugly Mane sample, which sold me on it. People seem to prefer his last release, the 2xCD 'With Love,' but I dunno, it's pretty damn long, and a lot of it sounds the same. This is a pretty nice distillation of that, and 'Fly 2' (ft. Blank Banshee) is better than anything on that record.</div>
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While this might not go down as one of my favorite records, it perfectly illustrates what I love about recent music trends. It's perfectly fucking okay to wholesale jack some old soul song and just sing over it and morph it into a depressed, introverted stew. And, it's perfectly okay to stick that song on a record with cut-up marching drum field recordings, and some seriously haunted industrial-influenced R&B. Tumor is an associate of gender-fluid rapper Mykki Blanco, and has produced for them. This is a very strange record, but I like all the ideas on display, and it reminds me a lot of Divine Styler's 'Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light.' Even the album cover, with its soap-opera soft focus, combines a bunch of eras into a nonspecific whole.</div>
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I got bored about 2/3 of the way through, but that's still a pretty good run all things considered. Recently, I've been pretty bored with rock music, and afro-funk, jazz and soul has kinda taken its place, so it's cool to see that stuff influencing modern groups. This FEELS like punk to me, even though it absolutely doesn't sound like it. The sax lines are like a cross between Morphine and Fela Kuti. The bass and drums, although playing pretty standard afro-funk patterns, are SUPER blown-out and huge-sounding. The vocals are sometimes cool, sometimes meh. Even if it's not a 'favorite,' it's a very creative record.</div>
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I've been a fan of Spark since his first mixtape, 'Syrup Splash.' Not that that matters for any reason, it's just been fun to watch the development of an artist from the beginning. To be sure, I'm not really sure what the fuck Spark is doing or planning. Disappearing for long periods of time, then coming back anonymously with another record of radio-friendly trap filtered through the avant-garde. This time around, songs are longer, more fully-formed, but also less fun. Spark seems really depressed, and I guess who can blame him? This is more of a 'greater than the sum of the parts' album than 'The Serengeti Swoup,' and probably because of this, there are fewer stand-out tracks. 'Chalkk,' 'Goin' Robbin'' and the absurd 'She Started Talkin'' are some of his best tracks, and Paper Platoon's production has just kept getting weirder. There are less of your favorite mixtape sound effects, but there are more obviously-stolen accapella 'features,' including a track that has all the surviving members of NWA together. Also of note, he seems to have some better pitch-shifting software this time around.</div>
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Well, I might be back with some mixes or downloads. You should buy any of these releases if you dig 'em though (except the Immune one, cuz fuck it.) I did, which makes this the first year I've paid for music since like 2011. There's some good shit out there for once.</div>
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<br />Society's Faulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11016583344710972587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-17579543108266254812014-11-15T20:20:00.000-08:002014-11-15T20:20:58.095-08:00Bizarro Jerry's Memphis rap favesIf you like all the rare Memphis rap stuff I post here, you should check this list out:<br />
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<a href="https://rateyourmusic.com/list/TheHATENoise/bizarro_jerrys_memphis_rap_faves/">Bizarro Jerry's Memphis Rap Faves</a><br />
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I made it for the RateYourMusic website, and if you're deep into this shit like I am, it's got some obscurities you might not have heard of. Alternately, if you're just getting into Memphis rap, I think it's a pretty good starting point, since there are also some of the classics.Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-1602875475290888612014-11-15T19:41:00.000-08:002014-11-15T19:41:12.739-08:00Reader submission: Avant-garde strangeness from the deep webGot another reader submission the other day, this time from someone who found me on the RateYourMusic website. He sent me a few albums, and a link to his <a href="https://archive.org/details/ratcavepodcast">weekly podcast.</a><br />
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He goes by the name of Tunnel Rat, and his music is somewhere in between bizarro Jandek outsider improv and the early chaotic releases of Beck. I'm actually not sure where he's based, but he's had records put out by labels from Florida and Canada. The one on Panama City's Fork and Spoon Records, called <a href="https://forkandspoonrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rothko-fsn-13">Rothko</a>, features free form improvisation on bass, and some very strange spoken word sections. There are also some field recordings and odd samples, giving it a definite vibe of 'bedroom music.'<br />
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It's a very short affair, with the longest track being just over three minutes. Despite the amateurish recording quality, Tunnel Rat sounds pretty proficient on the bass, and some of this stuff reminds me of 60's avant-garde jazz. The poetry set to it gives the whole thing a completely different feel, though.<br />
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The other release I was sent, which is titled <a href="https://garbagemenpukingnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/hide-the-syrup-spacemen">Hide The Syrup Spacemen,</a> is even more avant-garde and strange. This was the one that reminded me of Beck's early sound experiments. Odd in-jokes are combined with distant-sounding field recordings and some spastic mandolin playing. I don't know what to make of it all, but if you were a fan of the Obscuro! radio program, you'll definitely be into this.<br />
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His internet podcast is sort of a discussion on experimental and spoken-word music, but it also touches on conspiracy theories, current news events and the benefits of the RateYourMusic website. It's every bit as strange as you'd think it is from hearing the music.<br />
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Thanks for the submission, Tunnel Rat, and to everyone else, keep 'em coming!Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-27750735705570925042014-10-26T18:54:00.000-07:002014-10-26T18:54:47.857-07:00Reader submission: Dracula-themed short film in the spirit of the holidaysI always like it when somebody sends me their own work, and it doesn't happen nearly enough.<br />
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<a href="mailto:whimperwarrior@gmail.com">whimperwarrior@gmail.com</a> is where you can contact me with your music, films, art, etc.<br />
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Here's an interesting little short film I was sent earlier in the week, just in time for All Hallow's Eve. 'Danse Macabre' comes from Chicago indie filmmaker Derek Quint and his Addovolt Productions. It fits right in with the movies I usually post here, as it's intentionally designed to have that timeless, b-movie look. My guess would be 16mm film, but it could be digital post-effects. Either way, it has that cool look to it, and aside from a few modern-looking people in a crowd shot, it definitely succeeds in feeling out-of-time.<br />
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The plot consists of Dracula and his brides riding around in a limo on Halloween. When they stop for the girls to buy some jewelry, Dracula is kidnapped by some Vatican officials who plan to do away with him for good. Interestingly, the director chose to have the vampire characters ACTUALLY speak in Transylvanian, and the Vatican officials speak in Italian.<br />
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I won't give away the rest of the plot, but the mood definitely trumps everything else in importance. It feels like a less-disgusting John Waters short film, with the gaudy costumes and big ideas put on bargain-quality film. There is a choice moment where a guy on the subway is looking at the cast members, and you can tell it was unintentional.<br />
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I'm not up on my Dracula mythology, but the fact that Mr. Quint chose to use the Transylvanian language tells me there are probably other allusions to other vampire-based works here as well. Regardless, it's a fun little piece of independent filmmaking from some fellow b-movie aficionados.<br />
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Check out Derek's blog for Addovolt Productions <a href="http://addovolt.blogspot.com/">here.</a><br />
<br />Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-72768189233815779972014-10-26T18:53:00.001-07:002014-10-26T18:53:51.238-07:00Some scare-tacular listening for All Hallow's Eve 2014Even though I'm focusing on my movie blog right now, I had to come back with some scary albums for Halloween. Some of these are actually kind of frightening, but most are just silly. They're all out of the Obscuro! radio program vaults, from my numerous Halloween theme shows.<br />
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1. Anton LaVey - <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/a5ssuavvxycd65r/AL_-_SM.zip">'Strange Music' EP</a><br />
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The founder of the Satanic Church (and author of the Satanic Bible) is also, hilariously, fairly proficient on the pipe organ. He has another album of mostly instrumental stuff called 'The Devil Takes a Holiday,' and it's pretty funny to me that this dude obviously can poke fun at himself. Anyhow, the majority of these tunes are his versions on old standards (i.e. 'Gloomy Sunday.') It's not great, but it's totally the type of thing you can throw on at a Halloween party.<br />
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2. Lucifer - <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/iiec51daqhoc462/L_-_BM.zip">'Black Mass'</a><br />
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Electronic music pioneer Mort Garson did this album under the Satanic pseudonym, presumably because it's darker music than his other stuff. If you like the horror-movie synth soundtracks of the 80's, or the library music stuff I've posted here, you'll probably dig this. I did feature it in a previous Halloween post, but the blog I linked to for a download is apparently long-gone, so I re-uploaded it myself.<br />
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3. The Elm Street Group - <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/wob73vgwa1ad7zh/ESG_-_FGH.zip">'Freddy's Greatest Hits'</a><br />
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Of all the dumbed-down horror movie merchandise to come out of the 80's ('Toxic Crusaders,' anyone?) this might take the cake for stupidest. Some no-name studio musicians concocted these run-of-the-mill synth-pop tunes (many of which are covers of 50's and 60's novelty songs) and somehow got Robert Englund (aka Freddy Krueger) to lend his voice to them. It's all pretty bad, but 'Do The Freddy' at least has novelty appeal. I guess by '87, the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' franchise was pretty much a joke anyways.<br />
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4. Moevot - <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/6sd8ha0fmhacmm3/M_-_EVZME.zip">'Ézléýfbdréhtr Vépréùb Zùérfl Màzàgvàtre Érbbédréà'</a><br />
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Okay, THIS is genuinely scary. An anonymous 'black metal' musician, whose music sounds more like recordings from inside a long-buried tomb than actual metal. I guess it's not to dissimilar from the ambient tracks on Burzum albums, just....way more poorly recorded. And it's got these weird groaning vocals that sound like a ghost. I dunno. It's fascinating, if nothing else.<br />
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Happy Halloween, y'all....<br />
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<a href="http://obscurofilms.tumblr.com/">Obscuro Films</a>Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-40407205326572044042014-09-13T13:28:00.002-07:002014-09-13T13:28:42.684-07:00More incredibly strange metalHere are a few more of these oddball metal releases I've collected over the years...<br />
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First, two non-classics from the Metal Enterprises label. See <a href="http://obscurowidr.blogspot.com/2010/08/crazy-bullshit-metal-for-yall.html">this post</a> and <a href="http://www.obscurowidr.blogspot.com/2014/09/2-classics-of-incredibly-strange-metal.html">this post</a> for more info on that fiasco...<br />
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Kalaschnikov, like the other artists in the ME stable, probably just wanted distribution for their mediocre album ('The Torture Never Stops') but got ripped off like so many others when the label did a fake 'follow up' record with their own in-house musicians/producers. Unlike the other groups (such as Killer Fox, whose original recordings were just unlistenable garbage) Kalaschnikov's sound was at least weird on its own.<br />
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The whole album kinda feels like it was written in a day, including the lyrics, which are so over-the-top 'evil' you have to hear them to believe them. It's like somebody told the vocalist to just sing about stuff that was the opposite of the Bible, so you get classics like 'Kill Your Neighbor' and 'Devil's Your Hero.' Despite the crappy production, it's a pretty good time, and you can't really hate songs like 'Rockin' By the Graveyard' and 'Video Monsters.' The lack of musicianship also seems to have resulted in some unusual guitar riffs in a kind of Voivod-ish way.<br />
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So, then, enter the ME staff's version of Kalaschnikov, present on their second (and final) album 'Desert Storm.' It sounds like they weren't even trying on this one. Two long tracks of obvious space-filling 'ambient' stuff, a few songs that sound a little too musically competent to be the ME staff...my guess is that they got hold of some Kalaschnikov demos for a second album, and dubbed their own awful vocals over. Then there are a handful that are obviously the same people responsible for the second Killer Fox and Thrash Queen albums. The ridiculous female operatic vocals and the snarly cartoonish male vocals, bad drum machines and totally non-metal guitar tones. Oh yeah, and whistling solos.<br />
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Yeah. Fucking whistling solos on what is essentially a thrash metal song ('Czarewitch').<br />
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Well...basically, if you're for some reason collecting all the Metal Enterprises releases, these will be of use to you. Otherwise, probably not? Oh well, the first album is enjoyably funny at least.<br />
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Kalaschnikov - 'The Torture Never Stops'<br />
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1. Devil's Your Hero<br />
2. The Haunted House<br />
3. Rockin' By the Graveyard<br />
4. Kill Your Neighbor<br />
5. Chosen One<br />
6. Demon's Rebellion (Instrumental)<br />
7. Video Monsters<br />
8. Hell's Runnin' Wild<br />
9. Demon's Rebellion (Vocal)<br />
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Kalaschnikov - 'Desert Storm'<br />
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1. Czarewitch<br />
2. Siberian Werewolf<br />
3. Homage to the Holocaust<br />
4. Headbanger<br />
5. Stinking Shrine<br />
6. Scull Scratcher<br />
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Lastly, here's a release that might not be EXACTLY metal, but it definitely has metal influences (mostly from the doom genre) and it's certainly fucked up. While there are quite a few bands calling themselves Warning, this is the 1982 release by the German synth-doom group. Actually, the vocals here wouldn't sound too out of place on a Metal Enterprises release...they're like...death metal growls? I guess? But put through all sorts of effects to make it sound like aliens. The music is literally a head-on collision between OG doom metal (think Sabbath and Witchfinder General) and euro-disco synth stuff.<br />
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It's pretty goofy, but it's also very enjoyable, and occasionally really creepy. One review compares them to Rammstein, and I guess that's not far off, but WAY WAY more 80's than that description lets on. It really does sound like Kraftwerk playing satanic metal before that kind of metal even existed. If you read this blog, you'll like it I'm sure.<br />
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Warning - S/T<br />
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1. Why Can the Bodies Fly<br />
2. Magic Castle<br />
3. Wild Roses for the Exit<br />
4. Darkness<br />
5. Out of Tune<br />
6. The Door (Pt. I)<br />
7. The Door (Pt. II)<br />
8. A Message<br />
9. Warning<br />
10. Lost in Time<br />
11. In the Crowd<br />
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First up, an experimental death metal band from Italy called Trifixion. Apparently they only put out this one album, in 1995, although there is at least one other band with the same name.<br />
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It's way more varied than pretty much any other death metal release out there...atmospheric keyboard passages lead to psych-rock jams, which lead to trebly black metal guitar and psychotic screaming. I'm not really sure what kind of audience these guys were going for, and maybe that's why they only did one album.<br />
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I guess some of the experimentation could be called similar to Voivod (my favorite metal band) but basically if those guys were death/black metal instead of thrash. It isn't particularly well-recorded, but all the musicians are super-talented so you never really notice. The artwork is fairly creepy, too. Probably more out there than most experimental metal fans can tolerate, but outsider/weirdo music appreciators will dig this.<br />
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Trifixion - 'Abschurfungepoch'<br />
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1. Fear, Is All That I See<br />
2. Col Heaven<br />
3. Litanie<br />
4. World Called Truth<br />
5. Immortal<br />
6. You Breed<br />
7. Abschurfungepoch<br />
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Next is a release that isn't nearly as challenging or intelligent. Actually, it's not intelligent at ALL. <a href="http://obscurowidr.blogspot.com/2010/08/crazy-bullshit-metal-for-yall.html">You may remember me posting about Killer Fox and the awful Metal Enterprises label.</a> Click that link, please, so I don't have to recap.<br />
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This is another outing from the producers of the second Killer Fox album, and it's just as awful, if not more so. There are some very distinct (and completely out-of-place) reggae influences, and it also has the WORST Beatles cover I've ever heard. The female vocalist who is present on the Thrash Queen album is on this quite a bit. Also, it seems like they included some demos by the original Godzilla band, as if the album wasn't inconsistent enough already. Just terrible, stupid, and entertaining.<br />
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Godzilla - 'II'<br />
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1. Ingoz<br />
2. Helter Skelter<br />
3. Ass of the Prophet<br />
4. I Followed the Zombie<br />
5. Cinderella Rockefella<br />
6. Halfbreed<br />
7. Killing Joke<br />
8. Foul<br />
9. Outgoz<br />
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<br />Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-75923971348458953262014-09-07T17:11:00.000-07:002014-09-07T17:11:09.352-07:00Outsider cinema, vol. 2 - 'Hawk Jones'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First off, this post does NOT include a download link for the movie, BUT, it is <a href="http://www.hawkjones.info/">extremely affordable from the creator's website,</a> and I'd encourage all of you to support them.<br />
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This is one of the most bizarre things to come out of the 1980's VHS era that I've ever seen. We will start off with a quote from the director's website:<br />
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"<span style="background-color: #323a31; color: #9b8e69; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hawk Jones</span></span><span style="background-color: #323a31; color: #9b8e69; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> was the brainchild of Tor Lowry. Tor got the idea for </span><span style="background-color: #323a31; color: #9b8e69; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hawk Jones</span></span><span style="background-color: #323a31; color: #9b8e69; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> when he saw a Bill Cosby Jello commercial in which all the kids were dressed as adults. Tor thought that would make for an interesting movie to have an all child cast and his brother, Rico, agreed. "</span><br />
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Yep. The only film I'm aware of with an all-children cast...but it's also not FOR children.<br />
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The plot is not very good, and the script isn't either...it's your basic thriller/crime caper with 40's film noir references. Obviously, though, that doesn't matter, because it's ALL CHILDREN.<br />
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So, it's an hour and a half of kids smoking cigars, driving cars, shooting each other up (yes, there is blood), hanging out at bars, and talking like 1940's adults ('The streets are no place for dames!'). All of which makes for an incredible viewing experience.<br />
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One review I read claimed that this is the type of film you couldn't get away with making in modern times, which is definitely true. I'm surprised that they found a whole cast of children whose parents were cool with this back in '86 or whatever. I mean, some of it is borderline creepy. Judging by the info on the director's website, they did have trouble finding a distributor, even in the anything-goes VHS era.<br />
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What's weirder is that it's actually well done...it does look to be shot-on-video, but the editing is flawless, and all the sets are well-decorated. My guess is that an extremely wealthy person did this, and had enough sense to hire people for production than do it himself. Somehow, he also found some pretty decent child actors...I mean, a few of them are REALLY good for how old they are.<br />
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Here are a few highlights:<br />
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-A kid hitman named 'The Eliminator' who wears some bizarre homemade sunglasses and a golfer hat.<br />
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-A lengthy, awkward scene where two kids 'make eyes' at each other.<br />
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-Multiple kid gangsters with drawn-on facial hair who keep asking their boss 'want me to waste him??'<br />
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-The music, which is gloriously 80's but also would be more appropriate for an early Olsen twins film or something.<br />
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-A kid playing an old man, complete with a walker and grey wig.<br />
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Yeah, it's great. I also wonder if any of these kids went on to become 'real' actors?Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023612201930817503.post-72903275789893132682014-08-31T18:40:00.000-07:002014-08-31T18:40:11.417-07:00Outsider cinema, vol. 1 - 'Double Down'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been brought to my attention that some of you may be interested in this film...I uploaded it to share with a couple of interested parties on the RateYourMusic website, but the fact that people are asking about it means it's pretty damn hard to find...<br />
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I'm hoping that director Neil Breen doesn't sue the shit out of me, or get my Mediafire account taken down, but we will see. I don't necessarily feel bad about posting it, as Mr. Breen sort of condemns his films to obscurity each time he makes a new one. I even contacted him a while back about his second feature, 'I Am Here....Now' and he told me he wasn't making anymore copies. This one (his first film) is even harder to come by.<br />
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So, basically, this is 'outsider' cinema...made by a fairly successful real estate agent (the realty king of Las Vegas) who uses his earnings to make b-movies that he writes, directs, and stars in (and even does some of the music for, I think.) Which, if you know anything about film, means there is a LOT of room for things to go wrong...lots of situations where nobody else gives input or says 'maybe you shouldn't put that in your movie.' Fans of Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' and 'Troll 2' would definitely be into his stuff. I'd wager that Breen creates even WEIRDER films...<br />
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Whereas Mr. Breen's two more recent movies are kinda sci-fi action, his first is mainly an action/thriller (I guess?!) with a LITTLE bit of fantasy thrown in for good measure.<br />
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Oh yeah, before I go any further, just in case Neil stumbles across this post...I have NOTHING negative to say about this movie. I will probably watch it over and over. Yes, it's basically a how-to on making a movie completely wrong, but that doesn't matter. It's pure entertainment, and it's also demented as hell.<br />
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The 'plot' concerns a genius computer hacker (who seems to not really know anything about computer) who is trying to save the world with his skillz, after years of working for anybody who will pay. It's unclear what he really does, but he spends a lot of time waking up halfway in his car in the desert (seriously, this happens about 10 times, and it's all different shots, so I'm not really sure if it's supposed to be a flashback or what) and dicking around with a whole bunch of laptops that never seem to be on. Most of the film is actually just that...the hacker (played by Breen) driving around Las Vegas with a car full of laptops.<br />
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Everything is held together by a voiceover explaining the story, that disappears halfway through for seemingly no reason...then reappears towards the end. Oh yeah, and somewhere along the way, the main character realizes he has the ability to cure cancer with his mind(!)<br />
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EVERYTHING you could want to go wrong most certainly does, from head-shaking music cues, to bizarre dialog, to the distinctly skewed worldview the film creates. And it's all completely awesome.<br />
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GET IT. Now, before the feds come for me...<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/watch/96oftg6g49y5ob6/VTS_01_1.VOB">HERE</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/watch/7cqgy15jkikmd83/VTS_01_2.VOB">HERE</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/watch/9kku9yefw7hbb4w/VTS_01_3.VOB">HERE</a><br />
and <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/watch/9b086bdfhaigg5c/VTS_01_4.VOB">HERE</a><br />
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Also, if YOU somehow have a copy of 'I Am Here....Now'...help me out?Bizarro Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399130432791324378noreply@blogger.com8