Réseau D'Ombres - Sotcha

With a big thanks to Rommel, I can present to you another Réseau D'Ombres, the "Sotcha" album. Réseau D'Ombres is born in 1983 in Laval, in France. At the base of the project, Ernst which was already active in punk formations, with vocals and the keyboards and the Hamards brothers who will set up bass and drums for the group. The trio quickly records a cassette, “Abracaz”, packed in a plastic bag covered with cabalistic signs. A few months later, the group gives a concert which will enable them to leave a second cassette drawn from this live concert. Musically the group chooses a mixture of post punk and cold wave which fits in the line of similar bands of that era. The group produces there own productions and their reputation extends in France, in particular thanks to the fanzines which support Réseau D'Ombres. At the end of 1984, it is time for another live cassette and in 1985 the recording of the first 7", “Mirrors”, and got them an appearance on FR3 Brittany. At the end of 1985, the first album, “Scotcha” which will provide them another TV appearance. Sotcha was released as vinyl by Kool ( CACT 1001) in 1985.


Tracks :


1. New York
2. On The Floor
3. D'Estonnie
4. Bigger
5. Return Ticket
6. Blue Horsemen
7. Square
8. Whoska Sound
9. The Gold Of Netsa


Sotcha


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Hellebore - Il Y A Des Jours

Hailing from France, Hellebore was the collective effort of, Jean Cael (Bass, Crumar and Vocals), Alain Casari (Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute and Vocals), Antoine Gindt (Guitar and Crumar), Daniel Koskowitz (Drums, Percussion, and Vocals) and Denis Tagu (Piano, Organ, Guitars and Vocals). Stylistically Hellebores’ sound is almost impossible to categorise. Forming and composing throughout a period where ‘Rock In Opposition’ was anything but flourishing, they held firmly to the roots of many earlier R.I.O. bands. Taking influences from pioneers such as Henry Cow, Etron Fou Lebloublon and Univers Zero (delving into their more sinister side). To the distress of many, Hellebore was to only release one album “Il y a Des Jours”. Originally recorded over a 20-day period, from December 1983 to January 1984, it was not until 1985, when “Il y a Des Jours” found the light of day, published under Ayaa Records. Taking into account the limited 1007 issues, alongside the extravagant sleeve and in lay design, “Il y a Des Jours” has become a much sort after item among collectors. The album moulds 7 blinding tracks, from as many genre one can possibly fathom; classical, Zeuhl, New wave, Free-Jazz, Electronic etc; while maintaining an almost dangerously relaxing state amidst the onslaught of oddities. Though criminally over looked, Hellebore is a must for anyone interested in the more absurd forms of music. A masterpiece of R.I.O. and music in general. Essential listening. Written by Adam (Black Velvet). Il Y A Des Jours was released on vinyl by Ayaa (DT 0385) in 1985, in 2000 re-released on cd by Musea Rec./Gazul Rec. (GA 8632.AR).



Tracks :


1. Introduction Vegetarienne
2. Tetraktys
3. Artefact
4. Film Di Ripratoria
5. Warme Wasser Mit Grass
6. Umanak - Marquis De Saint Cricq
7. Ce Sont Des Choses Qui Arrivent

(I.Eclaté - II.Troisième - III.Après)

Il Y A Des Jours


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Déficit Des Années Antérieures - Les Ambulants

The nice Mr. Continuo must have had a little peep into my mind while he posted the D.D.A.A. ‘La Famille des Saltimbanques’ cassette, as he makes a reference to their Les Ambulants lp, just the one I was recording to post today. So now on to Les ambulants : in 1984 DDAA where still an obscure group of experimental music makers who used improvisation and collage to craft strange sounds and deconstructed songs for highly creative music that is as far off the path of conventions as that of similar but more known visionaries like the Residents and Nurse With Wound. In fact, DDAA roughly began the same time as NWW in the late '70s, started by three visual artists, Sylvie Martineau, Jean-Philippe Fee, and Jean-Luc Andre in Lion sur Mer, France. The multi-talented trio originally formed Illusion Productions to create plastic sculpture and other various artistic pursuits and DDAA became the musical arm of Illusion. Déficits des AnnéesAntérieures, their full name, translates roughly in English as "last year's deficit," though perhaps more appropriate is the fact that their initials are an anagram of Dada, that pre-Surrealism art movement at the time of World War I. As none of the three were trained musicians, their music had a distinct naive quality of outsider art and with few noticeable influences, exists on a plane of its own. Like others whose music is too uncompromisingly different to become commercial, DDAA began releasing recordings under the umbrella of Illusion Productions, starting with a 7" 45, Miss Vandam, in 1979. Research into various traditional ethnic music resulted in the EP Adventures in Africa in 1981 and the LP Action & Japanese Demonstration the next year, with hand-painted covers and elaborate packaging and inserts. Bernard C joined the lineup to play on the 1984 album Les Ambulants and continued on and off with them until the early '90s. Throughout the '80s and '90s, the group continued to put out records and tapes, as well as perform, and even exhibit artwork in various galleries in Paris and Nice. One highly recommended album. Les Ambulants was released on vinyl by Illusion Production (IP 020) in 1984.


Tracks :


1. The Riddle's Standards
2. Heidelberg Original
3. History
4. Attraper Un Bruit De Piano
5. From The Deep HP
6. Baltique 1ere Et 2eme Partie


( Tracks 1, 2 and 3 are recorded together)


Les Ambulants


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M.Rendell - Pravda

I could not find any info on M.Rendell and have no idea who he is, anyone any info? The cassette can be described as moody synthetic Korg experiment's and happy pulsating relaxing dark music with the use of the old, in that time much used drum computer. The track Apolinar is adapted from a traditional Bolivian song. Pravda was released as a cassette by Konduktör Rekords (KR11) in 1985.



Tracks :


1.CV In
2.Air Under Pressure
3.Funktion Infrarot
4.Pyccko
5.Straight Ahead
6.Silent Landing
7.Apolinar


Pravda


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Attrition - Fear / Devoid

Formed in 1980 by Martin Bowes and Julia Waller in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early '80's UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Test Department, Coil, Legendary Pink dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al. Their music is an undefinable marriage of dark and light...of futures and pasts...probing unexplored sonic landscapes with an eclectic marriage of experimental and traditional sound, of electronics and acoustics, of male and female.... Fear/Devoid - two early home recordings appear as a flexi disc with Adventures in Reality 'zine - run by the bands live visuals engineer Alan Rider...also of synth/wave band Stress... Fear/Devoid wes released as a single sided flexi by Adventures in Reality (ARR 002) in 1982. Later in 1983 both tracks appeared on the Deux Demo's cassette release by Rabbit Records (R.R. 003/83).




Track:


01.Fear
02.Devoid


Fear/Devoid


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