HR182 - Various Artists - Final Fling Thang - 2 x C90 — 1990
SIDE A:
WEBCORE: THE SILENT RAGE CEPHALIC INDEX: LEEGZHEW ALIEN PLANETSCAPES: MARCH OF THE ELECTRONIC DILLETANTES SOLANACEAE TAU: MACHINATION ENGINE SWINE IS MENTAL: STUMBLE WANK HÄNZEL & GRETZEL: UNE MORE NU MUERT JAMAIS |
SIDE B:
RANDY GREIF: AGE OF EPILEPSY SEX WHOLLY BELIEF/SEX HOLY DISBELIEF: OUR TURN TO PROCESS VIKTIMIZED KARCASS: TIME TO FILTER OUT ANEMIC CINEMA: HER SEX WAS COMMAND TO THE PEOPLE BOB NEUMANN: ULTIMATUM (VERSION) MIKE SHANNON: BEAT MENTAL ANGUISH: LOVE YOU FOREVER |
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SIDE A:
NON SEQUITUR: SIT IN THE BLUE HAWAII DUNE BUGGY NOMUZIC: BIG DEAL DAVID PRESCOTT: ZOLL OSIRIS: THE SEER CANCEROUS GROWTH: SWAY & SWAYED M. FINNKRIEG: THE NATURE THE BEAT ROBERT HORTON: LEFT ALONE (FOR ERIC DOLPHY) MITCH RUSHTON: ALPHA HÄNZEL & GRETZEL: ALLO RADIO NANCY |
SIDE B:
HENRY HEKTIK: N.R.G. VIBRATION MISFEASANCE: FROM THE INNER DEPTHS OF HELL TO THE GATES OF HEAVEN MINIMAL MECCA: ANSWERS PARTS 1 & 2 ODAL: UNTITLED PENGA: THE POOL OF FRAGILE BEAUTY CRIME ‘O’ NAUTIX: A NIGHT ON THE BEACH REGIMENTAL ANGUISH: NOVA DECORUM CEPHALIC INDEX: HOLD FOR LEIBMAN HENRY HEKTIK: COSMIC TRIGGER |
Review by Jerry Kranitz
Other than completing the ‘Country’ series and compilations curated by others, this would be the last compilation Chris Phinney assembled during Harsh Reality’s initial run through the early 1990s. And he goes out with a bang on this double C90 extravaganza. Let’s take the quickie tour…
Webcore were a UK band whose members included Dan ‘Spannerman’ Carpenter and Paul Chousmer (Thunderdogs, Another Green World). Their track is a nifty piece of spacey electro-prog.
Cephalic Index is the solo project of Michael Thomas Jackson, who also runs the Xkurzhen Sound label. Mike contributes two tracks. One combines drone jazzy horn, crowd noise and miscellaneous voice samples, spaced out electronic cacophony, and quieter ambience. I especially enjoyed the second, which is like a rumbly gurgly brand of space-ambient psychedelia.
The Alien Planetscapes lineup for this track were the quartet of Doug Walker, Carl Howard, Louis Boone, and Chris Phinney, recorded while Chris was visiting New York and New Jersey from Memphis. It’s a 22+ minute trip through deep space, carnivalesque dreamland, strange Caribbean vibes, and cosmic drone-scapes.
From Germany, Solanaceae Tau create sandpapery rhythmic soundscapes accompanied by chants and spoken word.
Swine Is Mental were the duo of Roger Moneymaker and Chris Phinney, who also played together in Viktimized Karcass. Their track is a cool blend of bouncy keys, gloomy grunge guitar, squealing guitar leads and gurgly effects.
Hänzel & Gretzel are a project from France’s Daniel Mangeon. One of his two tracks features a plinkity toy-like melody, punctuated by abrupt percussive blasts and sundry skittish electronic effects. And the second is a lysergic trip that blends shortwave radio dial surfing, a cut-up mash of tape manipulated voices, and other effects.
Randy Greif is an American musician who also ran the Swinging Axe Productions label. His track consists of a ceremonial percussion foundation over which haunting symphonic keys flow and various chants and growls pop in. This would make great soundtrack music.
Sex Wholly Belief/Sex Holy Disbelief are an Australian duo who create a continually unfolding collage of rhythm, clatter, music samples, unhinged voices, drones, tripped out guitar rock, and more,
Viktimized Karcass were a Memphis, Tennessee based space/punk/experimental rock band whose members usually included Chris Phinney, Roger Moneymaker, Richard Martin, sometimes Michael Thomas Jackson, and others. This track is a robotically dancey acid-punk and space-pop tune.
Anemic Cinema is the solo project of American musician Frank Page, who plays an interesting blend of grueling industrial rock and experimental collage.
Bob Neumann plays industrial dance music with arguing voice samples.
Mike Shannon is an American musician who has been involved in numerous projects and ran the Joy Street Studios label. His track is driven by bass leads with a desolate atmosphere and spoken word vocals.
Mental Anguish is the ongoing solo project of Harsh Reality label honcho Chris Phinney. His track is a spacey electro dance hip-shaker for robots.
Non Sequitur is a Chicago based trio who play edgily tense ambient rock within an experimental collage context. A bass jams away to searing drone keyboard lines, waves crashing and other sounds of nature. After a while drums kick in along with oddball vocals and we’re rocking out while all the other sounds continue. It’s quite a stew.
Nomuzic was the solo project of Carl Howard, who was a sometimes member of Alien Planetscapes, played in space rock band Born to Go, and ran the Audiofile Tapes label. Carl’s entry is a rhythmic slab of spacey and goth infused synth-pop.
Boston based David Prescott plays deep space electronic music with an experimental edge. Layers of soundscapes are accompanied by bleeps, blurps and alien morse code signals.
Osiris was a project of UK based Dave Adams. Dave’s track is a spacey and psychedelically distorted prog-punk-pop song.
Cancerous Growth were the duo of Chris Phinney and Michael Thomas Jackson. They contribute a spacey glom of buzzing synths, soaring tones and chattering effects, propelled by offbeat percussion.
M. Finnkrieg is the project of Berlin based Ulrich Heinke who also ran the Deaf Eye label. His track is a lo-fi blend of Kraftwerk and industrial dancefloor clatter.
American musician Robert Horton plays off-kilter yet compelling jazz.
UK based Mitch Rushton ran the Alternate Media Tapes label and contributes a beautiful space electronic song with a Shadowfax styled world music edge.
German musician Henry Hektik offers up two tracks. One is a cool grooving blend of industrial dance and synth-pop, and the other retains the groove but is more experimental, with varied rhythms, voices and effects.
Misfeasance was the duo of Chris Phinney and the late Mike Honeycutt. Their track is space exploratory and lightly melodic with a symphonic feel. I like how the music blends heavenly bliss and busily efx’d alien encounter.
Minimal Mecca play robotically funky and pretty darn good synth-pop.
Odal is Dutch artist Peter Zincken who offers up a short collage of crowd samples, banging, jazz jamming horn, scrapes, scratches and more.
UK based Penga explores the most meditative regions of space.
Crime ‘O’ Nautix are an Italian ensemble that includes Rodolfo Protti, who also runs the Old Europa Café label. This is a short collage of garbled voice, buzzsaw punk and effects.
Regimental Anguish is the duo of Tom Sutter and Chris Phinney, who contribute a cool blend of mangle strummed guitar, spoken word, shaker percussion and scrapes.
Other than completing the ‘Country’ series and compilations curated by others, this would be the last compilation Chris Phinney assembled during Harsh Reality’s initial run through the early 1990s. And he goes out with a bang on this double C90 extravaganza. Let’s take the quickie tour…
Webcore were a UK band whose members included Dan ‘Spannerman’ Carpenter and Paul Chousmer (Thunderdogs, Another Green World). Their track is a nifty piece of spacey electro-prog.
Cephalic Index is the solo project of Michael Thomas Jackson, who also runs the Xkurzhen Sound label. Mike contributes two tracks. One combines drone jazzy horn, crowd noise and miscellaneous voice samples, spaced out electronic cacophony, and quieter ambience. I especially enjoyed the second, which is like a rumbly gurgly brand of space-ambient psychedelia.
The Alien Planetscapes lineup for this track were the quartet of Doug Walker, Carl Howard, Louis Boone, and Chris Phinney, recorded while Chris was visiting New York and New Jersey from Memphis. It’s a 22+ minute trip through deep space, carnivalesque dreamland, strange Caribbean vibes, and cosmic drone-scapes.
From Germany, Solanaceae Tau create sandpapery rhythmic soundscapes accompanied by chants and spoken word.
Swine Is Mental were the duo of Roger Moneymaker and Chris Phinney, who also played together in Viktimized Karcass. Their track is a cool blend of bouncy keys, gloomy grunge guitar, squealing guitar leads and gurgly effects.
Hänzel & Gretzel are a project from France’s Daniel Mangeon. One of his two tracks features a plinkity toy-like melody, punctuated by abrupt percussive blasts and sundry skittish electronic effects. And the second is a lysergic trip that blends shortwave radio dial surfing, a cut-up mash of tape manipulated voices, and other effects.
Randy Greif is an American musician who also ran the Swinging Axe Productions label. His track consists of a ceremonial percussion foundation over which haunting symphonic keys flow and various chants and growls pop in. This would make great soundtrack music.
Sex Wholly Belief/Sex Holy Disbelief are an Australian duo who create a continually unfolding collage of rhythm, clatter, music samples, unhinged voices, drones, tripped out guitar rock, and more,
Viktimized Karcass were a Memphis, Tennessee based space/punk/experimental rock band whose members usually included Chris Phinney, Roger Moneymaker, Richard Martin, sometimes Michael Thomas Jackson, and others. This track is a robotically dancey acid-punk and space-pop tune.
Anemic Cinema is the solo project of American musician Frank Page, who plays an interesting blend of grueling industrial rock and experimental collage.
Bob Neumann plays industrial dance music with arguing voice samples.
Mike Shannon is an American musician who has been involved in numerous projects and ran the Joy Street Studios label. His track is driven by bass leads with a desolate atmosphere and spoken word vocals.
Mental Anguish is the ongoing solo project of Harsh Reality label honcho Chris Phinney. His track is a spacey electro dance hip-shaker for robots.
Non Sequitur is a Chicago based trio who play edgily tense ambient rock within an experimental collage context. A bass jams away to searing drone keyboard lines, waves crashing and other sounds of nature. After a while drums kick in along with oddball vocals and we’re rocking out while all the other sounds continue. It’s quite a stew.
Nomuzic was the solo project of Carl Howard, who was a sometimes member of Alien Planetscapes, played in space rock band Born to Go, and ran the Audiofile Tapes label. Carl’s entry is a rhythmic slab of spacey and goth infused synth-pop.
Boston based David Prescott plays deep space electronic music with an experimental edge. Layers of soundscapes are accompanied by bleeps, blurps and alien morse code signals.
Osiris was a project of UK based Dave Adams. Dave’s track is a spacey and psychedelically distorted prog-punk-pop song.
Cancerous Growth were the duo of Chris Phinney and Michael Thomas Jackson. They contribute a spacey glom of buzzing synths, soaring tones and chattering effects, propelled by offbeat percussion.
M. Finnkrieg is the project of Berlin based Ulrich Heinke who also ran the Deaf Eye label. His track is a lo-fi blend of Kraftwerk and industrial dancefloor clatter.
American musician Robert Horton plays off-kilter yet compelling jazz.
UK based Mitch Rushton ran the Alternate Media Tapes label and contributes a beautiful space electronic song with a Shadowfax styled world music edge.
German musician Henry Hektik offers up two tracks. One is a cool grooving blend of industrial dance and synth-pop, and the other retains the groove but is more experimental, with varied rhythms, voices and effects.
Misfeasance was the duo of Chris Phinney and the late Mike Honeycutt. Their track is space exploratory and lightly melodic with a symphonic feel. I like how the music blends heavenly bliss and busily efx’d alien encounter.
Minimal Mecca play robotically funky and pretty darn good synth-pop.
Odal is Dutch artist Peter Zincken who offers up a short collage of crowd samples, banging, jazz jamming horn, scrapes, scratches and more.
UK based Penga explores the most meditative regions of space.
Crime ‘O’ Nautix are an Italian ensemble that includes Rodolfo Protti, who also runs the Old Europa Café label. This is a short collage of garbled voice, buzzsaw punk and effects.
Regimental Anguish is the duo of Tom Sutter and Chris Phinney, who contribute a cool blend of mangle strummed guitar, spoken word, shaker percussion and scrapes.