'DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE LIVE! VOL. 1 THIRTIGONE' FENLAND HI-BROW ARCHIVE SERIES FH-B 005 (CD) FEB 2001 SYNOPSIS: TERRIBLE ENFANT EFFORT TO SPATTER VOLLEYS OF GOB ON ZORN'S GILDED TEENAGE HOTHAUS. RECORDED 1990/1 BY IRRITATING CHILDREN; SWATHED IN HISS AND PRE-ADOLESCENT HOLLERING, THIS STANDS AS A SEMINAL ACHIEVEMENT, ERUDITE, COMPELLING, SCHOLARLY, HIS BEST WORK YET. THE DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR OF CHILDHOOD INTENSITY AND OBSESSION BOTTLED AND READY FOR INVOICE! ABJECT FAILURE AS 'MUSIC', POWERFULLY GRIPPING AS DISASTROUS ODDITY. COMPLETE WITH EXCEPTIONALLY DETAILED, NAIVE AND VIOLENTLY CHEERFUL 500 WORD POLITICAL COMMENTARY BY MAKIM CIRCE. |
'CALLING' BY PLEASURE-DRENCHING IMPROVERS FH-B 006 (CD) FEB 2001 SYNOPSIS: OPENING SALVO OF DUO, PATHS THAT HAVE YET TO BE TROD IN FULL BEGIN TO BE BEATEN HERE. in AN EFFORT TO SURVEY THE FOUNDATIONS, P-DI SCOOP UP FISTFULS OF SLIMY JUNK, EMPTYING THE BOGHOLE. DICTAPHONES HARASS SONIC PLEASURE?S pre-recorded SKELETON, INKING A RETROSPECTIVE BOX ACROSS THE FUN. CONVERSELY DRENCHING'S PUTRID BULLSHIT SETS SCENE FOR FUNNY PROCESSIONALS. ALSO INCLUDES POST-PUNK VERSION OF ZAPPA'S 'IN FRANCE' WITH SONIC PLEASURE'S EASTERN VOCAL INFLECTIONS QUITE RIGHTLY CAUSING DISTRESS IN SOME LOW QUARTERS. |
'LIVE @ CITY SCREEN #1' BY PLEASURE-DRENCHING IMPROVERS FH-B 008 (CD) MAR 2001 SYNOPSIS: the first ever live appearance by p-di plunges a glowing shard, undiverted, into the clockwork heart of bourgie commonsense, with an ornate bricks and dictaphones set in local cinema. from gwilly edmondez' opening d.j. salvo to the final rapturous shuffling of 'audience', every sound here is GUARANTEED practically hallucinogenic in its minute sculptural detail, like a hologram of circuit board. but all in all it provides merely exquisite backing for latte HOARDS, haunting the arena, addled with a stuck kÄsekuchen, later to catch a piece of serious film. |
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