#förlag för fri musik

[husmusik]

Drifting - Dream Autopsy (Förlag För Fri Musik, 2023)

#dan johansson #discreet music #förlag för fri musik #weston czerkies #julia bjernelid #amateur hour #form hunter #sewer election

[goodbysunball]

Best of 2022

Here it is: my yearly summation of the small labels working through rising costs and punishing manufacturing delays, the artists making music unafraid of chance, and the freaks supporting all of it in spite of the daily consequences of a ruling class increasingly detached from reality. Lots more that deserve accolades from more prestigious publications, and I'm sure they'll get 'em, but these are records that were inseparable from certain points of my year, including now. Yeah, they were all kinda my favorite at one point, and could be again tomorrow, but Kilynn Lunsford is #1 for a reason. Glad to be back at shows, however sparingly, experiencing all the awkward camaraderie and room-silencing/room-flattening performances that come with them. It all feels more necessary than ever. Up and up in a world of lava. Happy New Year, everyone.

LP

Kilynn Lunsford, Custodians of Human Succession (ever/never)

Joe Colley, Deformation of Tone (Total Black)

Kitchen's Floor, None of That (Petty Bunco)

Thomas Bush, Preludes (Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox)

Hissing, Hypervirulence Architecture (Profound Lore)

Tim Goss, Afterfly (Penultimate Press)

Carla dal Forno, Come Around (Kallista)

Rose Mercie, ¿Kieres Agua? (Celluloid Lunch/Jelodanti)

Incipientium, Belastning (Förlag För Fri Musik)

Siobhan, Body Double (Nostilevo)

7"/12"/Cassette/CD

The Body & OAA, Enemy of Love CS (Thrill Jockey)

Brain Tourniquet, s/t 7" (Iron Lung)

CIA Debutante, "The Punch" b/w "The Garden" 7" (Digital Regress)

Cube, Proof of Bells CD (H&S Ranch)

Darksmith, Imposter CD (Throne Heap)

Gaoled, Bestial Hardcore 7" flexi (Iron Lung)

Greymouth, Twilight Furl 7" (Kashual Plastik)

Horrendous 3D, s/t 7" (Black Water)

Incipientium, Inhuman CS (Kashual Plastik)

Primitive Man, Insurmountable 12" (Closed Casket Activities)

RRR Band, s/t CS (Petty Bunco)

Sprite, Epic Sundry CS (Tropical Cancer Rort)

Stomachache, Hiss Noise Whir CD (Lagniappe Exposure)

R.I.P. Young Slo-Be

Rap

42 Dugg & EST Gee, “Thump Shit”

BandGang Lonnie Bands, Scorpion Eyes (Anti Media/TF Entertainment)

Denzel Curry feat. Key Glock, “Walkin (Remix)”

Earl Sweatshirt, SICK! (Tan Cressida)

Lil Durk & Gucci Mane, “Rumors”

Maz G x GuttaFoe, “Win Some, Lose Some” - what is going on in Milwaukee

Starlito & Troy Money, Cheap Phones & Turkey Bags (Grind Hard)

Billy Woods, Aethiopes (Backwoodz Studioz)

Young Slo-Be, Southeast (KoldGreedy / Thizzler on the Roof)

Z Money, Back 2 the Blender (self-released) - thx @raygarraty

Pictured: Angels of Mons

Live shows

The Body at 529, Atlanta, GA (May 17)

Primitive Man, Mortiferum, Jarhead Fertilizer, Body Void & Elizabeth Color Wheel at The EARL, Atlanta, GA (May 20)

Brain Tourniquet, Excavate & Thirdface at DRKMTTR, Nashville, TN (July 16)

Reeking Aura at the Brickyard, Knoxville, TN (November 11)

Bitchin Bajas, Maspeth & Angels of Mons at the Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN (December 11)

Five songs that made my daughter dance every time they hit the deck

Bitchin Bajas, "Quakenbrück" from Bajascillators

Can, "Halleluhwah" from Tago Mago

Rose Mercie, "Cats and Dogs" from ¿Kieres Agua?

Träden, "När lingonen mognar (Lingonberries Forever)" from Träden

YL Hooi, "W/O Love" from Untitled

#Kilynn Lunsford #ever/never records #Joe Colley #Kitchen's Floor #Petty Bunco #Thomas Bush #Hissing #Tim Goss #Carla dal Forno #Rose Mercie #Incipientium #Siobhan #Brain Tourniquet #Iron Lung #Greymouth #Darksmith #Horrendous 3D #Primitive Man #Gaoled #CIA Debutante #Starlito #Young Slo-Be #Z Money #Earl Sweatshirt #Billy Woods #Best of 2022

[dealgemeneverwarring]

Best records 2022 - part one

So, in the latest episode of De Algemene Verwarring, #84, I mentioned that I put a list of what I think are the best records of 2023 on my personal Facebook page, and that is a bit of a pity for Facebook users that are not connected with me and even more for non-Facebook users, as someone pointed out. Some listeners are curious, but honestly, if you’re a regular listener of the show you should probably be familiar with most of these. And it won’t surprise many of you that there are quite some Swedish records in there. So, here we go. 10 to 6 plus best of the rest.

10. The Idealist - A Lion Is A Lion And Not A Lamb (Meakusma) - I’ve always thought The Idealist (Joachim Nordwall from Skull Defekts) was a dub project and I don’t like dub so I thought hey I won’t like this. But it turns out this records isn’t that dubby and I like it.

9. The Drin - Engine Sings For The Pale Moon (Drunken Sailor) - first released on a very limited tape, this is a solo project from a guy from The Serfs and Drunken Sailor saved it from total obscurity. In the meantime two more records have been released that sound a little different but this one is perfect.

8. Astrid Øster Mortensen – Skærgårdslyd (Discreet Music) - The difficult second record. I like it, but I liked her first one better, probably because she sings more on the first record. Still, this is absolutely gorgeous.

7. Puppet Wipes - The Stones Are Watching & They Can Be A Handful (Siltbreeze) - Just recently bought this one and I’m very intrigued. First Canadian band on the Siltbreeze label. Features a member of Judy & The Jerks, but it’s not punk, it’s scabby lo-fi rock and I love it.

6. Arv & Miljö - Vålnad Av Fornskog (Discreet Music) - part 4 of the “seasonal ambient” albums from the project of Matthias Andersson, who runs the Discreet Music and I Dischi Del Barone labels, and it is as beautiful as the three previous ones, but now that this series is over and done with I’m curious about his next steps. Started as a harsh noise act, by the way.

Best of the rest:

Poison Ruin - Poison Ruin (Drunken Sailor)

Lettera 22 - Exposition of Clove (Nashazphone)

Stefan Christensen - Atlas Rand (Kashual Plastik)

Klara Livet - Varandra (Förlag För Fri Musik)

Sarah Davachi - Two Sisters (Late Music)

Organ Of Corti - Auris (New Forces)

Lewsberg - In Your Hands (Self-released)

Ekin Fil - Dora Agora (Helen Scarsdale Agency)

Non Plus Temps - Desire Choir (Post Present Medium)

Exek - Advertise Here (Castle Face)

#Best of 2022 #experimental music #post punk #minimal #drones #ambient #punk #Dungeon Synth #and so on

[backstreetsbackalright]

Excellent preview track from the forthcoming Monokultur LP. Really looking forward to this one...

#Monokultur #Ångrar inget #2019 #Förlag för fri musik #Ever/Never Records #Ever/Never #JJ Ulius #Elin Finnsdotter Engström #Skiftande Enheter #Elena Biner

[freersounds]

Monokultur - Monokultur

Monokultur had me hooked with their self titled EP. Ångrar Inget suggests that their album will be even better. It is scheduled for release on Förlag För Fri Musik in Europe and Ever/Never in the US. Full review to follow!

BUY

#förlag för fri musik #Ever/Never #monokultur #diy

[something-higher]

Top albums of 2021

Myriam Gendron - Ma délire - Songs of love, lost & found (Feeding Tube Records - Les Albums Claus)

Ma délire - Songs of love, lost & found by Myriam Gendron

Nala Sinephro - Space 18 (Warp)

Space 1.8 by Nala Sinephro

Space Afrika - Honest Labour (Dais Records)

Honest Labour by Space Afrika

Roxane Métayer - Éclipse des ocelles (Morc tapes Records)

Éclipse des ocelles by Roxane Métayer

PLO Man & C3D-E – public static v. (Acting Press)

Maxine Funke - Seance (A Colourful Storm)

Seance by Maxine Funke

Tara Clerkin Trio - In Spring (World of Echo)

In Spring by Tara Clerkin Trio

Mr. Mitch - Lazy (Gobstopper Records)

Lazy by Mr. Mitch

Klein - Harmattan (PentaTone)

Harmattan by Klein

Purelink - Bliss / Swivel (Not On Label)

Bliss / Swivel by Purelink

Monokultur - Ormens Väg (Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox)

Monokultur - Ormens Väg by Monokultur

Tirzah - Colourgrade (Domino)

Grouper - Shade (Kranky)

Shade by Grouper

picnic - picnic (Daisart)

picnic by picnic

Circuit des Yeux - -io (Matador)

-io by Circuit des Yeux

Loraine James - Reflection (Hyperdub)

Reflection by Loraine James

Refreshers - Way U Smile (Refreshers)

Way U Smile by Refreshers

Frog of Earth - Frog of Earth (wherethetimegoes )

Frog of Earth by Frog of Earth

Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2 (Rough Trade Records)

BLACK METAL 2 by Dean Blunt

Cindy - 1:2 (Mt. St. Mtn.)

1:2 by Cindy

Nikolaienko - Rings (Faitiche)

Rings by Nikolaienko

Astrid Øster Mortensen – Gro Mig En Blomst(Förlag För Fri Musik)

Gro Mig En Blomst by Astrid Øster Mortensen

YL Hooi - Untitled (Efficient Space)

Untitled by YL Hooi

Mark Templeton - Ocean Front Property (Graphical Recordings)

Ocean Front Property by Mark Templeton

Emma DJ - Godrime (UIQ)

#top #top 2021 #Myriam Gendron #Feeding Tube Records #les albums claus #Nala Sinephro #Warp #space afrika #Dais Records #Roxane Métayer #Dais Morc Records #plo man #acting press #Maxine Funke #A colourful storm #Tara Clerkin Trio #world of echo #Mr. Mitch #Klein #Purelink #Monokultur #tirzah #Grouper #kranky #picnic #Daisart #circuit des yeux #Loraine James #hyperdub #Refreshers

[ozkar-krapo]

MONOKULTUR

"Monokultur"

(LP. Förlag För Fri Musik. 2019) [SE]

#monokultur #2019 #sweden #jj ulius #elin engstrom #post punk #electronic #diy #ambient #records #Bandcamp

[still-single]

new HEATHEN DISCO (the radio show) ep. 224, Sept 6th 2020

Episode 224, Sept. 6th <-- click to listen HOUR 1 Reg King – That Ain’t Living (s/t, United Artists, 1971) Abby Lee Tee – B (excerpt) (Cohabitating Species, Accidental, 2020) Loopsel – Future Spiral / Organ Going / Backwards Vision (The Spiral, Förlag För Fri Musik, 2020) Blues Ambush – Walk the Walk (single, self-released, 2020) Hidden Strength – Hustle on Up (Do the Bump) (s/t, United Artists, 1975) Mel Brown – Time for a Change / Good Stuff (Mel Brown’s Fifth, Impulse!, 1971) Midnight Sun – Living on the Hill (excerpt) (s/t, Kapp, 1971) Xylitol – Crazy Frog (I’m Pretty Sure I Would Know If Reality Were Fundamentally Different Than I Perceived It To Be EP, Thrilling Living, 2020) Brick Head – Fatal Flourish (Thick as Bricks, self-released, 2020) Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Spinning Round (12” single, Red Rhino, 1985) Oily Boys – Heat Harmony (Cro Memory Grin, Cool Death, 2020) Eternal Valley – Miss You (demo, self-released, 2019) HOUR 2 Skeleton – Taste of Blood (s/t, 20 Buck Spin, 2020) Grave New World – The End (The Last Sanctuary, Bitter Lake, 2020 reissue) Xmal Deutschland – Young Man (Fetisch, 4AD, 1983) Six Six Seconds – Tearing Down Heaven (So Click Heels comp, DNS, 2012) My Mine – Hypnotic Tango (single, Blow Up, 1983) Nite Fields – Take My Side (A Voyeur Leaves No Mark, Lost Race, 2020) The Airplane Crashers – White Rabbit (12” single, Subway, 1989) New Order – Ceremony (ver. 1) (12” single, Factory, 1981) Charles Curse – Bad Horse (Split Personality, Chemical Imbalance, 2020) Jeff Simmons – Raye (Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Straight, 1969) Pugh – Love, Love, Love (Ja, Dä Ä Dä!, Vault, 1969) Air – In Our Time (s/t, Embryo, 1971) Musica Transonic – Unseen (s/t, Black Editions, 2020 reissue) Jon Collin – Lyrik 2 (Water & Rock Music Volumes 3-4, Feeding Tube, 2020) HOUR 3 B.C.F.W. – Planet Escape (Barragemirage Megamultifurcation, Radical Documents, 2020) Boc Scadet – Sel Alterat (Still in My Arms: Compiled by Bayu & Moopie, A Colourful Storm, 2020 reissue) Nishimuri Alimoti – Tori Ga Tonda Rarara (The Limited Edition Vanity Records Box Set VAT 1-6, Vinyl-on-Demand, 2020 reissue) Mark Beer – Laughing (Dust on the Road, My China, 1981) The Chamber Strings – Telegram (Gospel Morning, Pravda Archive, 2020 reissue) Spun Out – Running it Backwards (Touch the Sound, Shuga, 2020) Mordecai – Pointed (Library Music, Feeding Tube, 2020) The Lives of Angels – Heartland (Hole in the Sky, Dark Entries, 2017 reissue) Thot Audit – Sesame (Albert Demuth/Thot Audit split cassette, self-released, 2020) Caldwell/Tester – Bells in the Distance (Little Flower, Astral Spirits, 2020)

[trlcom-blog]

Blod - Leendet från helvetet

#Blod #Leendet Från Helvetet #Förlag För Fri Musik

[dustedandsocial]

60 more records from 2017: 2017 pt.ii: CELEBRATING 2017 in 2018: (continued...)

30 favorite/best albums: experimental/avant/free jazz/non-rock

ADPC (Arszyn, Duda & Paper Cuts) - There Is No Conclusion CS (Pawlacz Perski) Aging - Suitable For Night CS (Tombed Visions) Alessandra Novaga - Fassbinder Wunderkammer LP (Setola Di Maiale) Angles 9 - Disappeared Behind The Sun CD (Clean Feed) Bastide, Durand, Lozzitto, Niyri - Discussions Du Jeudi 2xCD (Harisska) Blod - Leendet Från Helvetet LP (Förlag För Fri Musik) Colin Potter - The Abominable Slowman LP (Abstrakce) Chicagojazzen - Ständut Black LP (Zeon Light) Delphine Dora – Multitudes: Songs Of Walt Whitman's Leaves Of Grass CDR (Self-Released) Dog Lady Island - Future Of The Body CDR (Chocolate Monk) Equipment Pointed Ankh - Resplendent Bird With Rayon Book And Broken Erection CS (Loin Seepage) Gagu - Elephant (dualpLOVER) Gaute Granli - Animalskt CD (Drid Machine) Kristian Poulsen, Mathias Sæderup - Hybrid-Subjekt-Objekt LP (K.P. & M.S.) Louis Minus XVI - De Anima LP (Love Mazout + 10 other labels) Macho Blush - User Guide CS (Tymbal Tapes) Matmos, Villeneuve, Class Of 69 - Tatouages Mentholés Et Cartouches D'aube CS (Scum Yr Earth) Maximum Ernst (with Daniel Carter) - Maximum Ernst CD (Ever/Never) Nakama - Worst Generation LP (Nakama Records) Nicole Mitchell - Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds 2xLP (FPE) Ot To, Not To - These Movements I & II CS (ACR) P Wits - P Wits CDR (chemical Imbalance.) Phew - Light Sleep LP (Mesh-Key) Potro Joyo - Potro Joyo CD (Morphine) Refurinn Kitsune - Spacelight Shines Through Us CS (Zamzam) Roe Enney - Glare (Root Strata) Sexton Ming - Inevitable Stupid OST (Mordant Music) Somesurprises - Serious Dreams CS (Eiderdown) Won James Won - Prozrachnik CS (Baba Vanga) zOHastre /\ Nibul - zOHastre /\ Nibul CS (Zamzam)

30 favorite singles/eps/demos: punk, rock, noise rock, etc

Andy Human & The Reptoids - Pee-Pee 7" EP (Goodbye Boozy) Bogano - Gross National EP (Self-Released) Cole Tut - Cole Tut CS (Marginal ProductS) COQ - Demos CS (Self-Released) Crack Cloud - Anchoring Point 7" EP (Good Person) FLQ - War Measures (Self-Released) Gad Whip - In A Room 12" (Ever/Never) Golden Oriole - Golden Oriole 12" (Drid Machine)  Housewives + Massicot - Split 7" (Et Mon Cul C’est De Tofu? / Red Wig / Harbinger Sound / Blank Editions) It's Me: Ross - 'The Knife' bandcamp single (Self-Released) Monster Island. - The New Vernacular EP (Self-Released) The Moonrakers - recollections of a big band error EP (Self-Released) Mozart - Nasty 7" EP (Iron Lung) Night Sticks - Afraid To Cry 7″ (Waving Hands) Noseholes - Noseholes 7" EP (ChuChu / Harbinger Sound) P.J. Bonneman – Mig Og Henriette 7" (Hjernespind) Piss - ST EP2 7" (Static Age)  Playboy - Celebration 12" (Negative Jazz) Rank/Xerox - M.y.t.h 12" (Adagio830) Sass - Demo 2017 CS (I Hate I Skate) Schizos - Fuck Iggy Pop 7" EP (Neck Chop) Spray Paint & Ben Mackie - Get Legless 7" (12XU) Stefan Christensen - Open Day 7" EP (I Dischi Del Barone) Straightjacket Nation - Straightjacket Nation 12" (La Vida Es Un Mus) Structure - Demo (Self-Released) Tendre Biche - Minigolf EP (Self-Released) Traffic Island Sound - All Aboard 7" (Another Dark Age) Tropical Trash - Decisions' Empty Nest 7" EP (Sophomore Lounge) TV Dinner Education - Little Birds 7" (8tta 7uor) X-Ray Fiends - Fuzzilla/Buzzkilla 7" EP (1:12 Records)

#Best of 2017

[goodbysunball]

Laughing with the gods

A couple latecomers in 2023 that ought not to be missed. Happy New Year, in February.

Drifting, Dream Autopsy (Förlag För Fri Musik)

A welcome sign that the Discreet Music-adjacent actors continue to find grey skies and grimy alleys to haunt. Drifting is an overseas collaboration between Form Hunter's Weston Czerkies and Gothenburg's own Julia Bjernelind and Dan Johansson. Both Julia and Dan are in Amateur Hour, and Dream Autopsy ends up around the same neighborhood as the underrated Kr​ö​kta Tankar och Br​ä​nda Vanor double LP, but Weston reorients Drifting with a strong emphasis on tape hiss and mechanical noise. Within this space, Julia's voice acts more as a poltergeist haunting the proceedings; there are probably proper lyrics, but long song titles are colorful enough, and the keening vocals provide instrumental contrast to the rather bleak, often caustic rumblings below. A few brief respites are found across the album: the beginning of "Kill Them All at Once," for example, is a catchy yet eerie vocals-and-keyboard snippet, and the very end of "Narratives In Music Is a Fuck (In Two Parts)" rides distantly groaning tape loops with Julia's sickly-sweet vocals. The push-pull between the gentle vocals and the tape noise is presented as organically as possible, playing out as two sidelong tracks devoid of any clunky transitions or jarring cuts. Dream Autopsy doesn't come as much of a surprise in terms of the sounds within; the label's own "sublime tape music" descriptor fits. But how effectively the sounds are rendered makes it feel more intentional than just a meeting of the minds. Shocking how much this one sticks once it's over, and even more shocking that it's still widely available - scoop now and avoid regret later.

Mount Trout, Petrol Bush (Albert's Basement)

Praise be to Albert's Basement for putting the new Mount Trout album on wax, something I've daydreamed about doing for both Screwy and Shelter Belt but never had the connections, know-how or gumption to do. The warm-sounding, naturally imperfect vinyl format is readymade for Mount Trout's brand of detuned, shambling and spacious music, a tradition the guitar-bass-drums trio continues on Petrol Bush. This one feels like the most approachable of their three albums to date, with tracks like "Dan's Bar," "Aquatic Waltz" and "No Wrong" featuring sparkling guitars and gentle tempos that could slot in next to Devotion-era Beach House on a playlist. True to form, there's some grit and sinew buried in the mix, a couple curveballs lest you get too comfortable in the late day sunshine conjured by certain tracks. I'll let you decipher the lyrics to "Dreams," and "Find a Man" and "Shoveller" simmer with a nearly AmRep level of angst. "Find a Man" is particularly jarring, coming after the daydreaming "Aquatic Waltz,” where the lyrics ("Find a man, find a man/who can be my lover") become drawn out and more menacing as the song goes on. The lyrical efficiency on "Find a Man" is a new refinement for the band across Petrol Bush, and one need look no further than the first track here for proof. The lyrics are made up of little more than "Laughing with the gods/I don't know/if things are really good," slipping a splinter under the fingernail during some Dionysian afternoon. It's the space Mount Trout has always lived in, looking for comfort or peace (possibly found on "No Wrong") but embracing the pain, injustice and shame pervasive in the world. Petrol Bush, like Shelter Belt, puts me in a contemplative, somewhat melancholy headspace, but everything here feels warm, gently baked in the sun; it sits somewhere between Low and Palace Brothers, but with enough needling from the lyrics to sidestep any self-pity. The LP was released late last year, and didn't land here until late January, otherwise it might've taken the top spot in my year-end list for 2023. Highly, highly recommended; put it on and simmer in it while the great thaw beckons.

ssabæ, Le Roi Est L'oiseau (Few Crackles)

Blink-and-it's-gone release from mid-November 2023, courtesy of France's intriguing and selective Few Crackles label. ssabæ released Azurescens one year before and was favorably reviewed by some shops and writers I respect, and while I managed to grab a copy from Technique Street (fave shop/distro, big ups), at the time it felt a bit too refined and stately for my taste. Still, there was something present in the music that made it past the sparkling reviews and limited edition pressing, and stuck in my craw long enough to make checking out this new album a priority. Glad I did, because Le Roi Est L'oiseau is even better. The loose collective running about 12 members deep, according to all of the names on the sleeve, takes elements of jazz, folk, field recordings and chamber music to make this hushed, spare music that only works with the rapt attention of the listener. On one hand, this is a collection of influences and sounds that pops up a lot these days, either from contemporary outfits or reissues, and it's not really a priority for me to make space for all of it; on the other hand, a track like Le Roi Est L'oiseau's "Le Premier Soir du Monde" comes on, sits you down and makes apparent the potential of this amalgamation of sounds in the right hands. There is an almost alchemical, mystical element to ssabæ, the austere presentation giving the impression that these sounds are sacred and deeply spiritual. The sounds here live in darkness, stillness, away from any light pollution; where notable contemporaries use repetition to transcend this sphere, ssabæ conjure shadows and voices in isolation. The stunning title track could fit on the Twin Peaks soundtrack were it devoid of kitsch, and there've been more than a few late nights where the voices at the end of the track get under my skin. Quintessential late-night soundtrack, near-perfect in presentation and execution, and hopefully an album the label sees fit to make available again.

Stress Positions, Harsh Reality (Three One G)

I caught Stress Positions at a last-minute show booked here in Knoxville last December, knowing only that (a) Iron Lung reissued their demo on vinyl, and (b) the Chicago band was mostly made up of former members of C.H.E.W., who also had an LP and 7" on Iron Lung. The band went on to tear apart my flagrant indifference and put on one of the best sets I saw all year, drawing mostly from their just-released LP on Three One G, a label that I had no idea was still active. It's getting harder for me to differentiate hardcore punk, let alone get excited about analyzing why some bands are more convincingly pissed off than others. Stress Positions make it easy with acrobatic drumming courtesy of Jon Giralt (check "White Leech"), meaty riffs smeared with righteous anger, and the performance of Stephanie Brooks, a vocalist that can easily shift from rapid-fire to menacing. It doesn't hurt that the songs tackle politically-induced pervasive poverty, white privilege and police brutality with pointed lyrics and the appropriate high level of rage and indignation. The band does the fast stuff as effectively as they can do mosh-worthy: "No Sympathy (For the Police)" is the most fun you'll have stage-diving to hating cops, and "Performative Justice" fits an impressive number of movements in its grinding 25 seconds. It's after "Performative Justice" that things begin to depart from the norms of hardcore; "Sunken Place" has the same feel as the rest of the record, but the lyrics are more opaque ("Hell is a sunken place/in awe of its power/a subtle spasm flirts with desire"), and the crawling closer "Ode to Aphrodite" lumbers with a violent Life Time-era Rollins Band level of menace before the raging close. It's a jaw-dropping ending, both musically and lyrically anomalous for hardcore, the lyrics tackling the repression of sexual desire tangled within a hollow morality. Powerful record; here's hoping they stick together to tease out the ideas in the last two tracks into another recording.

#Drifting #Forlag For Fri Musik #Mount Trout #Albert's Basement #ssabae #Few Crackles #Stress Positions #Iron Lung #Three One G

[dealgemeneverwarring]

Best of 2023 - part 2

So, last year I posted my best-of-2022 list on this Tumblr page after some non Facebook minded listeners asked me about it, and this time I'm being proactive so here it is, my best records and gigs of 2023, starting with the records that were released in 2023 - 6 to 1 + best gigs 2023. With YouTube clips or Bandcamp links if available.

6. CIA Débutante: Down, Willow (Siltbreeze) - best record yet of the duo CIA Débutante, and they also released the collab lp with Al Karpenter, also a beast of a record.

5. Leda: Neuter (Discreet) - guitar loops looping guitar loops looping. It's Leda, you know what to expect, and still this is probably, together with the Music For A Film tape, the best effort of Sofie Herner so far. And very close to what she did with Neutral too.

4. The Sheaves: Excess Death Cult Time (Minimum Table Stacks) - bizarre nasal post-punk. The record is too short, but so great. First released on tape, thanks to MTS now also on vinyl. The Fall is dead, long live The Sheaves.

3. Drifting: Dream Autopsy (Förlag För Fri Musik) - Angelic voices on a background of tape loops and sheer noise. New trio with Sewer Election, Form Hunter and Julia from Amateur Hour. Probably sounds like Amateur Hour without the songs/guitars.

2. Ordeal: Vätterns Pärla (Aguirre) - there was already a very limited tape released in 2020 that was screaming for more, and suddenly out of nothing comes Vätterns Pärla, released on Belgian label Aguirre Records, and when they made this announcement I kinda jumped out of my chair with excitement. Ordeal is another alter ego of Dan Johansson of Sewer Election/Neutral/Amateur Hour and more, and this drone music inspired by master Maurizio Bianchi. Great great record.

1. Famous Mammals: Instant Pop Expressionism Now! (Siltbreeze) - Same story: there was a tape first and a digital release and then suddenly this record on Siltbreeze and it's sooooo good. And it's a supergroup made up of Andy Jordan (Andy Human, Non Plus Temps, The World, Lenz, Naked Roommate), Stanley Martinez (Rays, Children Maybe Later, Violent Change) and Amber Sermeño (The World, Naked Roommate). Again: The Fall is dead, long live Famous Mammals.

To end: it wasn't a big hot gigs year, but there's been more than enough to enjoy. Here's a small list of the best shows I saw in 2023:

Oi Boys @ De Kreun/Pit’s

Ignatz/Christophe Clébard @ Pit’s

The Serfs @ Pit’s

Front 242 @ De Kreun

France @ Pit’s

Bad Breeding @ Pit’s

Pain Appendix & Sisto Rossi @ Crude Transmissions Festival, Leiden

Olimpia Splendid @ Trefpunt

Tramhaus @ De Kreun

Boy Harsher @ Dour Festival

Gee Tee @ Pit’s

Stereolab & Chalk @ Sonic City

Venediktos Tempelboom @ a chapel in Kortrijk.

Enjoy 2024. De Algemene Verwarring #104 is coming up on January 8!

#best of 2023 #de algemene verwarring #post punk #drones #experimental music #new wave #punk #indie #Youtube #Bandcamp

[freersounds]

Monokultur Live at Folk

When the support act outshines the headliner! Monokultur were great. Live, their music took on a different dimension. Tracks like Dåliga Nyheter sounded particularly impressive. The album is still available digitally here or here. The Ever/Never vinyl edition is out at some point soon and the Förlag För Fri Musik  version can still be snagged via Discogs.

#monokultur #Folk Gothenburg #Forlag for fri #ever/never #Better than Carla

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De Algemene Verwarring #98 - 2 October 2023

The ninety-eighth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, October 2, 2023, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

Again, I'm late, I know. You know, work, life, gym, etcetera. Anyway, pictured below is the UK anarcho punk band Poison Girls. They are one of the many bands on the excellent double lp compilation"Cease & Resist - Anarcho Punk In The Uk 1979-1986", released by Optimo Music. I played their track "Underbitch" in this episode. I can't say I'm really familiar with the anarcho punk subgenre, and that's why I welcome compilations like this one. There's some obvious bands on it such as Crass, Honey Bane, Chumbawamba, Flux Of Pink Indians and Zounds, but also quite a few names that I had never heard of. I've heard the name Poison Girls before, obviously, as they are one of the better known bands, but to be honest I have never really checked their music, but after hearing this track "Underbitch" I might very well do an effort to listen to some more Poison Girls. You might hear more from this compilation in the upcoming next episodes. Also there's new and less new music from Famous Mammals, Burnt Envelope, Buck Biloxi, Now, The Cool Greenhouse, Al Karpenter & CIA Debutante, Private Arms, Soccer Committee and last but not least: Coil! And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

Motormouth: Too Tough (7” “Motormouth” on Take The City Records & Roaring Blood Records, 2023)

Buck Biloxi And The Fucks: You Can’t Tell Me Shit (LP “Streets Of Rage” on Hozac Records, 2015)

Smirk: Minuscule Amounts (12” “Smirk EP” on Total Punk, 2021)

Burnt Envelope: 23 And Me (LP “I’m Immature: The Singles Volume II” on Hozac Records, 2023)

Poison Girls: Underbitch (2LP V/A “Cease & Resist - Sonic Subversion & Anarcho Punk In The UK 1979-1986, Optimo Music)

Famous Mammals: Crayon World (LP “Instant Pop Expressionism Now!” on Siltbreeze Records, 2023)

Now: Wind Was (LP “And Blue Space Is Burning Noon” on Slothmate, 2023)

Honey Radar: Middle Class Revolt (LP “Sing The Snow Away: The Chunklet Years” on Chunklet Industries, reissue 2023, originally released in 2020 - also released on a lathe cut 7” split with John Peel)

The Cool Greenhouse: The UFOS (LP “Sod’s Toastie” on Melodic Records, 2022)

Rema-Rema: Fond Affections (12”  “Wheel In The Roses” on 4AD, reissue 1986, originally released in 1980)

Plus Instruments: Don’t Forget Me (LP V/A “Kale Plankieren (Dutch Cassette Rarities 1981-1985 Volume I) on Knekelhuis, 2017)

Al Karpenter & CIA Débutante: Fuck You All To Fade No More (LP “Al Karpenter & CIA Debutante” on Ever/Never Records, 2023)

Private Arms: Turd Masters (LP “Your Words Drip Like Wet Saliva” on Förlag För Fri Musik, 2017)

Ligature: Cessation (LP split with Kjostad “Overgrown” on New Forces, 2017)

Peter Jefferies: Ghostwriter (LP “Closed Circuit” on Grapefruit Records, reissue 2023, originally released in 2001 on Emperor Jones)

Soccer Committee: Aride Afar (LP “Heart/Lamb” on Morc Records, 2023)

Coil: The First Five Minutes After Death (LP “Horse Rotorvator” on Force & Form Records, 1986)

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De Algemene Verwarring #95 - 10 July 2023

The ninety-fifth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, July 10, 2023, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-95-10-juli-2023/

Pictured below is Rick Froberg, here performing with Drive Like Jehu somewhere in the early nineties. It’s always a pity that I have to write something about someone who passed away unexpectedly at a much too young age. Rick Froberg was 55. That’s only three years older than I am, and he died from natural causes. Froberg was an graphic artist but was mainly known as frontman and guitar player for the bands (in chronological order) Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and Obits and only that last one wasn’t with his partner in crime John ‘Swami’ Reis. I’ve seen the last three of those bands live, and I have always been most impressed with Drive Like Jehu, who released only two full length albums, but whose influence cannot be underestimated. It’s their brilliant mixture of melody and dissonance that have influenced fellow nineties bands such as Polvo, Trumans Water, and many more. Drive Like Jehu played in the Pit’s in those early nineties, and the day after they played in a garden in my student home town Leuven, saw them twice and each time left me in amazement. Later I saw Hot Snakes in Ghent, and as encores they played two Drive Like Jehu tracks and in all honesty I can say those two tracks blew the whole Hot Snakes set away. Drive Like Jehu was a brilliant, a brilliant band and I cannot recommend you enough to buy their albums. And when you are 55, you don’t die, ok? Laat ons dat afspreken.

Other music in this episode, last one of the season by the way, comes from Avengers, TNT, Nots, Swell Maps, Soft Drinks, The Christian Family, Chrome Cranks, Dinosaur Jr & Lou Barlow, Nova Mob, De Fabriek, and there’s also brand new stuff from Roy Montgomery, Oroskällan, and Leda. Oh and by the way I have to apologize for a short break in the recording of this episode during the Brecht Ameel track. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for this show. Enjoy the summer and you’ll hear me back in September!

Playlist:

Avengers: We Are The One (LP V/A “Dangerhouse Volume One” on Frontier Records, reissue 2008, originally released in 1991, single released in 1977 on Dangerous)

TNT: Subwayscene (LP V/A “Chaos in CH - A Collection Of Underground Swiss Punk 1979-1984 on Beat Generation, 2022, originally released on 7” in 1979 on Voxpop Records)

Nots: Strange Rage (LP “We Are Nots” on Goner Records, 2014)

Swell Maps: Let’s Build A Car (LP V/A “Do It Yourself - The Rise In The Independent Music Industry After Punk” on Soul Jazz Records, 2007, originally released on 7” in 1980 on Rough Trade Records)

Soft Drinks: Misconception (LP V/A “Outer Himmilayan Presents” on Dark Entries & Sacred Bones Records, 2018)

Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs: Gettin’ High For Jesus (7” “My 45” on Damaged Goods, 2008)

The Christian Family: Oh My Don’t Cry (LP “The Raw And Primitive Sound Of The Christian Family” on Voodoo Rhythm Records, 2022)

Chrome Cranks: I’m Trash (LP “Ain’t No Lies In Blood” on Bang! Records, 2012)

Drive Like Jehu: New Math (CD “Yank Crime” on Elemental Records, 1994)

Dinosaur Jr.: Back  To Your Heart (LP “Beyond” on Fat Possum Records, 2007)

Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh: Dirty Mind (CD “23 Songs - A Collection Of Previously Released Songs” on City Slang, 1994)

Nova Mob: Admiral Of The Sea (79 A.D. Version) (CD “The Last Days Of Pompei” on Rough Trade, 1991)

Roy Montgomery with Emma Johnston: Dear Imprudence (7” “Dear Imprudence” on Knotwilg Records, 2023)

Ameel Brecht:  The Wrestlers (LP “8-Infinities” on Discos Transgénero, 2021)

Oroskällan: Saknar Dig (LP “Inspirationsfestivalen” on Förlag För Fri Musik, 2023)

Leda: A4 (LP “Neuter” on Discreet Music, 2023)

De Fabriek: Kleeblat (LP “Blecheintopf (Music for Modern Art Exhibitions, Volume II” on Futura Resistenza, 2022, originally released on cassette in 1982 by New Bulwark Records & Tapes)

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De Algemene Verwarring #81 - 14 November 2022

The eighty-first episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday November 14, 2022, and you can listen to it by clicking on the Mixcloud widget below. And if that does not work, here’s the direct link to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-81-14-november-2022/

Pictured below is Frederikke Hoffmeier, aka Puce Mary. Puce Mary has been very active between 2011 and 2018, but 2018 was the year of the last full length “The Drought”, released on PAN. She was also active as the duo (with Jesse Sanes) JH1.FS3, but the last three-four years it’s been quiet around the power electronics project that is Puce Mary. Until recently, two new tapes were released on Hypersomnia Records, a new label probably started by Hoffmeier herself. It took a while to send the tapes to the listeners, and there were a lot of unhappy comments on the PM Bandcamp page, but the tapes were sent out and they are simply awesome. I’m playing a track out of the “You Must Have Been Dreaming” tape called “The Alphabet”, a track that shows a softer side of Puce Mary. The noise and the power electronics are a little more suppressed and turned inwards, more introspective, somewhere in between early Puce Mary releases and the JH1.FS3 releases, and I really hope that these two new releases give new energy to the Puce Mary project. In this episode we also shortly look back on a very nice Sonic City weekend here in Kortrijk with excellent shows by Lewsberg, Crack Cloud and Kiran Leonard, amongst others (EXEK were awesome too), and we play some new tracks by Vision 3D, Mitraille, Lithics, and old tracks from Kate Fagan, Galaxie 500, The Ex and Parquet Courts. And beneath the photo you can find the playlist for the show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

The Ex: Blueprints For A Blackout (LP “Blueprints For A Blackout”, reissue on Pig Brother Productions/Ex Records, 2022, originally released in 1984 on Pig Brother Productions)

Vision 3D: No Medication (LP “Hypnose” on Six Tonne De Chair Records, Belly Button Records & Rockerill Records, 2022)

Mitraille: No Probs (LP “Mitraille” on Ronny Rex & Belly Button Records, 2022)

Lithics: Nature Observation Poem (one-sided lathe cut 7” “Nature Observation Poem”, edition of 50, self-released)

Kate Fagan: Waiting For The Crisis (7” ‘“I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool” on Disturbing Records, 1981, reissue on Manufactured recordings, 2016)

Parquet Courts: Stoned And Starving (LP “Light Up Gold” on What’s Your Rupture Records, 2013)

Lewsberg: Six Hills (7” “Six Hills” on Speedy Underground, 2022, 500 copies)

Galaxie 500: Here She Comes Now (7” “Fourth Of July” on Rough Trade, 1990)

Crack Cloud: Philosopher’s Calling (digital release, originally released on a 7” “Anchoring Point” on Good Person Recordings in 2017)

Amateur Hour: Get Fucked (LP “Amateur Hour”, reissue on Appetite Records, 2022, originally released on Förlag För Fri Musik, 2016)

L$D Fundraiser: The Ugly Angel Works Like A Devil (cassette & digital downloadd “Fashionable Late For The Apocalypse” on Knotwilg Records, 2022)

Puce Mary: The Alphabet (CS “You Must Have Been Dreaming” on Hypersomnia, 2022)

Maxine Funke: Boy On The Bow (LP “Silk” on Feeding Tube Records, 2018) LP

Kiran Leonard: The Ship (2CS “Tresspass On Foot”, self-released, 2021)

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