61. “Unitas XXIX”

“Would it be terribly posturing-fucking-pretentious-artist of me to ask for the silent p before the capital S in pStan to be added (even though you knew me back when I was plain Stan)? And to point out that the 'i' and 't' for 'in the' in the middle of 'Howl in the Typewriter' should be lower case? Fuck me, these bloody people! He'll be asking for a bowl of Smarties with all the green ones removed, next . . ." (pStan Batcow, 2nd August 2021)

pStan Batcow (it’s a silent ‘p’, apparently)... Pumf Records (you pronounce that one though)... Howl in the Typewriter (upper case H and T, lower case for ‘in’ and ‘the’)... gronk...

pSTAN BATCOW (Pumf Records)

I’ve known pStan since he was ‘young master Batpupcalf’, once separated by some 250 miles, but nowadays we’re virtually neighbours, as he lives in Blackpool. Which, as Keith Woodhouse so correctly pointed out, is on the Fylde Coast where we live. You may well recognise the name from our “Curiositas” album, he was responsible for “Jesus Has Risen (Let’s Mow The Lawn)!” He’s still in hiding from the provisional wing of the Sacred Heart Church Choir because of it. A rather unique individualist, pStan first released a MMATT tape on Pumf in 1992, it was called “Designer Brain Damage”. He wouldn’t just accept one of the ‘Flashbax’ series we produced especially for other labels, oh no, we had to do a bespoke job for HIM with HIS choice of tracks. But I digress, which is most unlike me. I thought I was over that now, it’s been nearly 30 years, but clearly I have more work to do with my therapist. To the present day, and Stan still runs Pumf, but it’s all CD’s now, no beautiful cassettes any more, and does the Godspunk compilation series, co-operatively financed by the participating artists. Well, we thought that was a great idea and worthy of support, so we put our money where our mouths were. And we began our revenge too; overran by 2 seconds and didn’t pay any extra, hah!

62. “Lights Out” - Howl in the Typewriter

Howl in the Typewriter can be contacted through Pumf Records at www.pumf.net

That’s all he’s written, honest. Unique individualist, told you so.

o

63. “Unitas XXX”

Gerardo Colin... Obama The Cat Ruidismo Anti-Humanos Records... estoy presente

“El Poema Político”... me gustan los gatos...

GERARDO COLIN (OTCRAH Records)

From one of our oldest friends to our newest, based in Nuevo León, México. We’ve only been in touch since the summer, though now I think about it in those terms, it feels forever away. Hey, at least it’s stopped raining. For now. Extremely diverse output, and it must be the most ‘international’ label I’ve seen to date, if the variety of nationalities I’ve observed on the compilations are anything to go by. In a club with Stan as the only two underground muzos in the world that aren’t on Bandcamp, but not nearly so finicky about how his name is written, so he’s a winner by us.

64. “El Poema Político” - Gerardo Colin

Gerardo Colin es un productor de Harsh Noise Wall /Musica Experimental proveniente de General Escobedo, Nuevo León, México. Su debut comienza en 2014 bajo su proyecto principal "j.c.19" con el cual produjo musica generativa y Chillout para ambientes relajantes. En 2015 hizo sus primeras muestras de ruido y su primer EP titulado "Funny Frecuencies" donde el ruido y el sonido experimental es muy divertido he de aqui el titulo. Gerardo debuto como noiser y musico experimental en 2017 luego de decidir entre seguir este camino y el camino del chillout. Colin a tenido muchas participaciones tanto independientes como en sellos, colectivos, entrevistas, menciones en documentales. En septiembre 2019 fundó OTCRAH RECORDS, lugar que sigue vigente y no ha parado de operar. Con casi 23 años de edad, el artista sigue manejando el sello y experimentando muchas nuevas cosas en el lado oculto de la musica.

mi respuesta / opinión sobre la compilación...

Magic Bullet & Firends es una compilación de lo mejor, reune a muchos artistas de los ochenta que son mis influencias asi como artistas de nueva generación.

Es una compilación donde se convive en armonía y amistad intercambiando ruidos de diferentes paises del mundo.

 https://otcrahrecords.wordpress.com

o

65. “Unitas XXXI”

It’s Kev Trundley... the Trundley Experience... you know when you’ve been Trundled... Conny Plankton... Conny Plankton... Conny Plankton... “Asparagi”... warning; listening to this track may make your wee smell...

KEV TRUNDLEY (Album artwork)

Kev is another of my very oldest friends in the music world, I remember distributing some of his Trundley Experience compilations in the very first batch of M&E releases in April 1992. I remember meeting up with him in The White Hart pub in Frimley, back when he still had hair and didn’t smell of wee. I remember the cover art he did for Wat Tyler’s “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”, which I shan’t describe here for reasons that would be obvious if you saw it, but if I just suggested you think Michael Jackson behaving inappropriately with a certain chimpanzee, you’d probably get the right idea. Nevertheless, I asked him to do all the artwork for this album, and what a fantastic job he’s done. He’s worked very hard to keep his alter ego of Conny Plankton a secret over the years, so just between us, okay? Thanks.

66. “Asparagi” - Conny Plankton

Conny Plankton has been working under a range of different identities in Music and Video since the early 90s. Conny Plankton will bring you a confusion of electronics, noise, loops, discord and harmony - often in the same track! Conny Plankton is a prolific artist, often putting out over 100 tracks and mixes a year, as well as remix projects, collaborations, submissions to compilations, video mixes and graphics. Links to the world of Conny Plankton can be found at:

Blog (with all news and links to everything): http://quaquaversity.blogspot.com

Bandcamp: https://connyplankton.bandcamp.com/

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/connyplankton/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/

Soundcloud for early tracks and mixes: https://soundcloud.com/connyplankton

The track, Asparagi, is based on used modulated samples from sessions with my Eurorack set up, together with choice selected snippets from Magic Bullet (We Are Stayin’ Up!) and Magic Moments at Twilight Time (Little Green Men In Bowler Hats, Shades Of Purple), all used with permission from Space Captain Mick Magic himself. Also woven into the mix, is  a heavily distorted vocal piece from the golden larynx of Conny Plankton himself. Enjoy folks!

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