Mannequin Records is proud to present a compilation of one of the most important Industrial bands active during the 80’s in the UK.
Bourbonese Qualk were an experimental music group from England who where active from 1979 until 2003. Throughout this period they had a number of different line-ups but this album concentrates on the period from 1983 until 1987 with the trio of Simon Crab, Julian Gilbert and Steven Tanza. During this time the group released five albums: ‘Laughing Afternoon’, ‘Hope’, ‘The Spike’, ‘Preparing For Power’ and the self-titled ‘Bourbonese Qualk’ on their own Recloose Organisation and New International Records labels.
The group were always obsessively and uncompromisingly focussed on controlling their work – they ran their own record label, recording studio, tour organisation and music venue (the notorious ‘Ambulance Station’) – they refused to integrate into the commercial music racket turning down publishing deals from major labels – stubbornly opting for total independence.
The group are known for their political activism which was formed in the crucible of the 1980s Britain: The Miner’s Strike, Falklands/Malvinas war, Anti-fascism, Thatcherism, Moneterism, squatting/housing, local government corruption, anti-capitalism, and Anarchism – which was further re-enforced by touring Europe and meeting like-minded groups and organisations.
Bourbonese Qualk saw their music as a revolutionary cultural force – a belief that radical musical forms must be part of positive social change. Despite this position, the group avoided dogma, cliché and propaganda, preferring to let their audience come to their own conclusions – their work was often ambiguous and directly critical of cynical power-politics of any color – often irritating members of the traditional ‘organised left’.
In 1984 Bourbonese Qualk occupied a large empty building on the Old Kent Road in South London which they turned into a base for their activities and a co-operative for artists, musicians and writers as well as a centre for radical political activism – specifically as a co-ordinating centre for the ‘Stop The City’ anti-capitalist riots of 1984-1986. Most of the recordings on this album were recorded in their studio at the Ambulance Station.
The group never record in a ‘proper’ studio (not that they could ever afford to), choosing instead to work with their own extremely basic equipment (at a time when home studios were very unusual – the unique raw sound of these recordings is the result of their choice – which now, ironically, is in vodue due perhaps to the overwhelming obliquity of ‘clean’ audio digital production tools.
If Bourbonese Qualk have a legacy, it is that ‘culture’ should be reclaimed, re-defined and owned by the people, wherever they are, however small and not by the state or the market and that ‘culture’ is a vital vehicle for debate and radical change.
The fight goes on. (Simon Crab, London, 2014)
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LP Version
* First official vinyl compilation of Bourbonese Qualk.
* Limited edition of 2xLP, 500 copies, 160-gr. black vinyl, with insert.
* Graphic design curated by Simon Crab and Alessandro Adriani.
* Mastered by Rude 66
Tracklist
A1 Dream Decade *
A2 Born Left Hearted
A3 Pogrom
A4 Soft City
A5 Headstop
A6 Gag
A7 Outcry
B1 Return to Order
B2 Confrontation
B3 In Flux *
B4 Qualk Street
B5 Backlash
B6 Sweat It Out *
B7 There Is No Night *
C1 God With Us
C2 Blood Orange Bargain Day
C3 Shutdown
C4 Invocation
C5 To Hell With The Consequences
D1 Erector
D2 Black Madonna
D3 Suburb City
D4 Workover
D5 Deadbeat
D6 Insurrection
D7 This Is The Enemy
* LP-only-tracks
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CD Version
* First official CD compilation of Bourbonese Qualk.
* Limited edition of 500 copies, digipak.
* Graphic design curated by Simon Crab and Alessandro Adriani.
* Mastered by Rude 66
Tracklist
01 God With Us
02 Blood Orange Bargain Day
03 To Hell With The Consequences
04 Qualk Street
05 Erector
06 Invocation
07 Head Stop
08 Black Madonna
09 Gag
10 Shutdown
11 Suburb City
12 Pogrom
13 Deadbeat
14 Return To Order
15 Outcry
16 Confrontation
17 Soft City
18 Born Left Hearted
19 Backlash
20 Insurrection
21 This Is The Enemy
22 Workover * CD esclusive track
The beloved Toronto-based band will release their highly anticipated fifth studio LP titled Searching for Zero on March 9th, 2015 on their own imprint, Noise Church Records.
Produced by legendary multi-platinum producer Ross Robinson (At The Drive-In, Slipknot, The Cure, Sepultura, glassjaw) Searching For Zero is simultaneously the most melodic, yet menacing Cancer Bats release. The record incorporates the crude hardcore punk of their 2006 debut, Birthing The Giant and more metal leanings of 2008’s Hail Destroyer, while pushing the heavy hybrid sounds of 2010’s Mayors Bears Scraps and Bones and 2012’s darker Dead Set On Living to a new plateau. The choruses are hookier, the screams more savage, the riffs more vicious, the songs more powerful. This is Cancer Bats at their pinnacle – their “True Zero.”
The album from Scarlet Soho is now out!
SCARLET SOHO - IN COLD BLOOD - ALBUM 13.02.15
'In Cold Blood' is the brand new album from synth pop superstars Scarlet Soho, and is officially released 13.02.15 (via Cadiz)
"a vocal and musical uppercut" (Peek A Boo)
"some of the catchiest and most relatable electronic Pop music around... a standout release... confident, classy and thoroughly deserving of your attention" (Electronic Rumors)
"the kind of music to fall in love to... a resounding triumph" (We Are The New Underground)
The cover art for 'In Cold Blood' was shot by ace photographer Mark Holloway, who recently won Getty Images 'Music Picture Of The Year: 2014' for his live shot of Ella Eyre. Additional production on the album came from Robbie Nelson who won a Grammy last night for his work with Beck.
Tracks from the album have already gained airplay from US college radio alongside regional and specialist stations reaching as far as Ghana, Peru and Australia.
Mechanical Moth is back with a "DIGITAL ONLY" Remix album, the release date is on the 27th of February.
Mechanical Moth about „Unendlichkeit, Versionen und Visionen“: After the "Unendlichkeit"-record had a outbreak of the darkness of´our dreams to show our world of our smoldering ruins we needed a lusty counterbalance. And when we tell our people that we are fancy about some remixes which shall be most alien and different to the originals, borders shall be crossed! So we´ve stirred our vastly damaged friends into action to manufacture "Unendlichkeit, Versionen und Visionen". Only one rule: Do it different! Now we got distorted mirrors of the original album: industrial, experimental and other strange creature roam there. On top two edits of our songs never heard before and one new born song. Mechanical Moth always was driven to flirt with the strange and try new things and we wish to thank all the minions of the scene who helped us with their own versions and visions.
soundcloud.com/darkdimensions-1/mechanical-moth-gute-vibrationen-chainreactor-remix
AUTODAFEH is back with a new digital release. The Single “DIGITAL CITIZENS” will be released on the 27th of February. “DIGITAL CITIZENS” is taken from the forthcoming album with the same title. The Single includes two new tracks + two exclusive remixes.
“DIGITAL CITIZENS” (The Album) will be released on the 27th of March 2015.
Tracklisting - Digital Citizens - The Single :
1.DIGITAL CITIZENS(ORIGINAL VERSION)
2.DIGITAL CITIZENS(REMIXED BY GUILT TRIP)
3.DIGITAL CITIZENS(REMIXED BY NOVO PROGRESSO)
4.HIGH ON PAIN
soundcloud.com/darkdimensions-1/autodafeh-digital-citizens-original-version
