So, Sunday morning, Easter Day, Twizz comes
bouncing into the studio;
"Daddy, Uncle Skit, what is Easter all about?"
She inquires.
Well...
01. Magic Bullet - Jesus Is Dead (Let's Eat Chocolate!) (4:13)
From the album "Curiositas", which may have
been mentioned once or twice on this website...
Yes, I have a significant birthday coming up 15 days after the show goes
out, I hit UK pension and bus-pass age (66) on April 21st (I like marzipan), and
I thought I'd celebrate becoming a burden on the state with a Music &
Elsewhere party, taking a round the world trip and looking back at some of
my favourite electro-experimental artists to have appeared on the label
throughout the golden age of cassette culture...
02. Communication Union - American Night (8:08)
From "Symphony no.
1 - Where Land Meets Water" (M&E 249, Jan. 1994). Representing the Americas,
Ohio based brothers Blaine and Jason Jones. Blaine is currently working on
the long awaited sequel...
*** WATCH THIS SPACE ***
03. Levente - Dante: La Divina Comedia (Hell / Heaven / Purgatory) (8:23)
From "Turning Pages (Tales From Time)" (M&E
596, May 2003). Based in England nowadays, but is originally an ethnic
Hungarian from Transylvania, Romania. He wrote a book called "Ears" about
his years living under the Ceaușescu regime, a PDF copy of which can be freely
downloaded on the button...
https://levente.bandcamp.com
"Ears"
by Lehel Vandor (138 pages - PDF format)
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04. Klangwart - Inkiek (9:49)
From "The M&E Audiozine No. 5" (M&E 435, Jul.
1998). The German based duo of Markus Detmer and Timo Reuber, I have some of
their stuff on vinyl, be jealous! Markus still runs the Staubgold label,
upon which all of the band's material is still available...
https://staubgold.bandcamp.com
05. Sphinx - Yin (5:38)
From "The Secret Of Sphinx" (M&E 065, Jul.
1992). This was the work of Jay Scott, who ran Network 77 in South Africa
back in the day. Nowadays runs Microdot Records and works under the name of
Amoraim Amoraim...
https://microdotrecords.bandcamp.com
06. Aya - The Bions (9:04)
From
"Split" (M&E 487, Sep. 1999). Eye / Aya, two sides of the same
coin from the man behind Blatant Propaganda and many other muso-political
subversions down there in Australia, the mighty Robin Ó Riagháin, amongst
other names...
https://aya-electronicmusic.bandcamp.com
07. Toshiyuki Hiraoka - Untitled tracks 1 & 10 (4:04)
From "T" (M&E
554, April 2000). The Japanese electromeister is the final stop on our world
tour, one of M&E's most successful sons, having worked with the likes of
Dave-iD Busaras (Virgin Prunes) and even got an entry on the IMDB for his
film scores. We salute you, Toshi-san...
https://toshiyukihiraoka.bandcamp.com
08. Kevyn Dymond - Too Drunk To Land, Over (4:04)
From "The
Guaranteed Cleveland Records Sampler" (M&E 589, May 2003). Back to The
States for this month's play-out, a nod to my good friend of many years, who
sadly left this world at the end of last year. Don Campau has set up a
memorial Bandcamp for him...
https://kevyndymondmemorialarchive.bandcamp.com
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