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The band :

paul riekert - vocals , percussion

huyser burger - canvas , percussion

at nel - sampler , percussion

arnaud van vliet - guitar , percussion

The albums :.

Battery9 : Protskrog

Battery9's first album . Released in 1995 it took the South African Industrial market by storm .You've never heard anything like this .The lads have a totally brilliant time on stage at the live shows , banging oil drums and appropriated road signs . There are lots of words to describe the music of Battery9 , but quiet is not one of them .

The Tracks :

1. I'm Home	8. Villa Ding
2. Kom Hier	9. Stop Acting Weird
3. Wees Bevrees	10. Flight of the Bungle Bee's
4. Oil Slick Schizophrenic	Massive Stoned Cousin
5. Lucy from the Steakhouse in Delmas	11. Heeere Kitty Kitty
6. Oom Kosie	12.Tempo Hewig
7. See You Later	13. I'm Home (Fishwife Mix)

Battery9 : Strop

Battery9's second album . Totally brilliant . But then again what did you expect ?. A lot more mature than the first album , but still manages to nail you to your seat .. Really inovative ways to use a baby's noise .

Tracklisting :.

1. Kiss the Machine	8. The revised smoker's lament
2. Cross no more rivers	9. Turning blue
3. Scream	10. Missing details
4. Vatso jou booswig	11. Wie will pas hê ?
5. Lie if you have to	12. Score us some more of
6. Twyfelaar	that gargoyle soup
7. Another Dawn	13. Rugsteker

Battery9 : Gris

Battery9's third album . Consists mainly of remixes off Strop and Protskrog + some new tracks . The Limited edition also contains a CD rom track , a screen saver , sound samples and video footage.

Tracklisting :

CD1	1. Kick the machine	*5. Kiss the machine (H2SO4 Jacuzzi Mix)*
	*2. Scream (Cornered Animal Mix)*	*6. Lie if you have to (Procession Mix)*
	*3. Cross no more rivers (Naked Carrot Version)*	*7. Oom Kosie (Breinskade Mix)*
	*4. Koue vuur (Arctic Torture Version)*	8. Aag fok
CD2	*1. Another dawn (Dopamine deficiency mix)*	2. 'n nuwe begin

The band on Battery9 :.

The first album was more experimental in terms of sound , it was also more idea based than song based . They were more serious about the songs for Strop .

Industrial reflected in what the band does means using the sounds of industry , sounds that you wouldn't normally find in music , sounds that are maybe considered non-musical . But they believe that there is definitely music in there , when you walk into a factory all these rythms going , all that stuff , there is definitely music there .

How do they go about engineering their live performances ? They have tracks running off the sampler , basically drum sounds , some bass sounds , weird samples like vocal samples . They have four percussion setups on stage that they mike up & play live . Huyser plays a big drum , an oil drum , with a ten kilogram hammer . Paul plays an airvent and they have a live guitarist on stage . Paul does live vocals and they have a painter , Huyser , doing live action painting .

Paul has a parallel project going , called Breinskade . How different is it from Battery9 ? Breinskade came at a time when Paul was obsessed with Rotterdam hardcore techno , in the form of Oranje Boven , etc. Breinskade is extremely fast , extremely hard and it's quite funny also . People sometimes call it happy hardcore . Live it's a 10 minute show , it's very short . They dress in the most tasteless clothes they can find and they smash things . They used to play the CreepyCrawly , but that got smashed .

This lot comes from an interview with Battery9 on 5FM sometime in September '96

Student Life interview with Paul ; November 1996 .

GTFO.

What car do you drive ?.

An old fucked-up Datsun panelvan.

Who is your favourite local band ?.

The rubber band .

Do you sleep with groupies ?.

Not as a sport . I am more interested in quality than quantity . If I want to sleep with someone and she happens to be a fan , it won't stand in my way .

What turns you on ?.

Intensity , passion , individuality and beauty .

Would you ever sleep with a friend's girlfriend ?.

Never .

What is your favourite drug ?.

Caffeine and THC .

How much do you pay your maid ? .

I don't have a maid . I clean up after myself .

Have you ever snowballed ? .

No . Snowballing smacks of narcissism .

Have you ever shoplifted ?.

Once . I got caught when I couldn't actually lift the shop - it was too heavy .

Are you cool ?.

Cooler than a well-digger's arse .

Have you got a big penis ?.

Of course .

Do you drink too much ?.

Not really but I do go on binges sometimes .

Do you read Vibe , if so why ?.

No , I haven't read it .

Do you enjoy pornography ?.

No . Porno fans tend to masturbate a lot . I prefer a more interactive approach to sex .

In your oppinion , who is the worst local band . Why ?.

Just Jinger . I hate the music of Toto .

Do you have a day job ? .

Music is my full time and only job .

Have you ever donated sperm ? .

Only to willing recipients .

Who's underrated ? .

The grillers at restaurants . In fact , most of the culinary industry is underrated .

Who do you hate the most and why ?.

Surplus people , they use our oxygen .

For some sounds & more about the band check out the official homepage

http://www.fridge.co.za/battery9

For info & official merchandise :

battery9

one f music

po box 32927

braamfontein

johannesburg

2017

south africa

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