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Charlie2300
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Re: What's the weirdest record you've heard and enjoyed?
Jul 07, 2013, 12:34
Monganaut wrote:
Spiral Insana was my intro to NWW, must have been 17 or 18, still my fave Stapleton release if I'm honest. Accompanied many trips and experiences, I find it a very calming record, despite it' occasional dissonant moments.

Was unaware of his Kosmische interests as a youth (or indeed the term Kosmische at all) coming at him as a sometime Coil collaborator. As a slight aside, other interesting NWW discs for me would include, 'Who Can I Turn To Stereo', Cooloorta Moon, Rock and Roll Station, Second Pirate Session, Shipwreck Radio, and a lovely meditative piece in Soliloquy For Lilith.

Weirdly, I've kinda ignored most of his output since about 2005/6. When Coil ceased to exist, I seemed to loose interest in much of that 'experimental' output when Balance died. Must try and remedy that, I'm sure he's put out some interesting stuff.

Yeah, Berbarian is a great OST (Film is quite interesting as well). The vinyl is a lovely thing to look at and hold).

You've probably heard the last Broadcast album before Berbarian 'Witch Trials Of The Radio Age'. Explores similar themes and soundscapes. It's unlike much of their output in being almost dreamlike in it construction. Sub nursery rhymes and snippets of ideas. It's holds together pretty well, but has an overall unsettling, almost fragmented feeling to it.

RE: Chrome, all I've got is Chrome Box, which is mostly marvelous, but probably has some gaps in it. Cheers for the heads up RE:ROM. Will check out your recommendation, if I can find a DL of it.



I'll try and keep this relatively short; many points to cover!

Stephen Stapleton was the driving force behind the release of "Ultrasonic Seraphim" on United Durto, an anthology of music from the first two albums by Sand, who remain one of the more obscure Deutsch Kosmiche bands.

http://www.discogs.com/Sand-Ultrasonic-Seraphim/release/506211

I will certainly be checking out the other NWW releases that you have recommended. Fortunately I have a mate who is well into all the Coil/Current 93/NWW/Pyschic TV releases and I'll start there.

Broadcast and The Focus Group... Investigate Witch Cults of The Radio Age -recommended here in the den; wilder, more experimental and psychedelic than the Berberian soundtrack. The best Broadcast recording of those I've heard thus far.

And, finally, to the notorious "Read Only Memory" EP by Chrome. The good news is that you already have a 'version' of the EP, but what you've got is dependant upon what version of the Chrome Box you possess. Thus, if you have the Cleopatra CD issue "Chrome Box", you will find an 'extract' from ROM clocking in at 8 mins.

http://www.discogs.com/Chrome-Chrome-Box/release/373220

This extract suffers from truncation. ROM is an immersive experience and should be swallowed whole for maximum effect. Conversely, the original vinyl edition "Box" contains ROM in it's entirety (about 21 mins on the original vinyl EP) on Side H.

http://www.discogs.com/Chrome-Box/release/1066469

So far so good. Now we get into the general strangeness that was the world of Chrome during their golden years - because the ROM EP, originally a 12", was fully reissued on the "No Humans Allowed" album release on vinyl

http://www.discogs.com/Chrome-No-Humans-Allowed/release/1059338

.....but the CD version of No Humans allowed features a version of ROM that clocks in at 42 mins!!!!!

http://www.discogs.com/Chrome-No-Humans-Allowed/release/102288

The extended version is the real McCoy. I have absolutely no idea how there came to be a remixed and expanded version of ROM; it's yet another piece of Chrome folklore where the truth has yet to come out.

I thought fleetingly of comparing and contrasting the 21 and 42 min versions of ROM for completeness, but that has serious potential for cerebral overload. When I was considerably younger, I had a reputation for 'inflicting' challenging musics onto friends when they were suitably vulnerable - things like "An Electric Storm" (White Noise), "Heresie" (Univers Zero) and "Gorilla" (Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band); you get the idea. ROM featured prominantly at such times, especially the 'Big Dipper' tune, and the casualties were many.

As for a download version of ROM, I'm not aware of one. My internet connection lacks stability, so I'm not aware what's out there these days on torrent sites.

Cheers

Charlie
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