INTRODUCTION
Louis Celine described the act of creativity as akin to discovering a statue buried in sand. You trip over it, hurt your foot, get curious and then start to DIG. This perhaps describes the process by which came across these tracks. All of them were downloaded from the Internet in late night or early morning stumbles, before my brain became too occupied with cleaning the toilet or watering the plants. If you are a follower of Dr Freud – i.e. you think going to the toilet is sexy - then you will naturally jump to the conclusion that this collection of music reflects my personality. Personally I think that is true to a certain extent ; what each piece shares (with myself) is a certain "attitude" of poetic nihilism ; most are rough hewn and idiosyncratic with a pop (avant) sensibility but punk rock (in the truest sense of the word).
The sharper ones amongst you will also notice that the list is mostly devoid of anything that my flat mate would call "art shit" or what I would call studio based music with a reflexive reference to technique (e.g. "plunderphonics" ,"sound art"). This doesn't mean my pockets don’t bulge with Asmus Tietchens and John Oswald CD’s. It simply reflects the fact that I come across this music in a very different way (mostly in concert
situations).
So, I hope you enjoy this selection as much as I enjoyed stumbling upon it. To steal a line from the mighty Orchestrae Murphy: futile letters of complaint to the usual address.
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01. M.A. Numminen: Wovon mann nicht sprechen kann, Darüber Muss Mann Schweigen (lyrics by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Finnish genius of surrealistic tounge twisting in many languages.
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02. Allun: Manichini
Roberto dribbles the ball slowly past ten men and then sits on top of it for
89 minutes.
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03. Die Toedliche Doris: The Super Doris
A gentle manifesto spoken by poster boyfriend of this deadly German trio.
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04. Go Underground To See More Animals: Go Underground
Polska swings its young heart from the rafters before joining the European Union.
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05. Dame Darcy: C-h-i-c-k-e-n
The lady knows how to spell and also how to draw.
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06. The Phenomenological Boys: Ice Cream
Pruporting to be a trio, rumoured to be the work of one chewing gum rainbow hair four track girl.
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07. Scissor Girls: WHPK Interview
Smart answers to dumb questions.
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08. Q & A With Rev. Fred Phelps: >>
Dumb answers to smart questions.
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09. Charlie McAlister: Island Robot Building Monkey
Another tall tale from the sizzling frying pan of demented cajun genius.
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10. The Harmon e. Phraisyar Show: >>
The best show on Resonance FM sprung spin dryed from the fertile mind of Xentos Fray Bentos.
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11. Sam Bikov: Dance the Night...
This is the sort of music that makes me dance! Rock N Roll as if electricity had never been invented.
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12. Costes: My Cock Is My Dog
"The last revolutionary French man" – Mariola Brillowska.
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14. The Stink Sisters: Wesley Willis
Flaxen king of mad haircuts Harry Merry bashes the keys with this long standing Rotterdam group of free floaters.
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15. Jim Goad: Let’s Hear It For Violence Towards Women!
Jim Goad…love him? Hate him? try listening instead.
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16. The Bongoleeros: Sexy Radio Sound (Live on ELFM Radio)
Absurdist trio of plate smashers who don’t play the art game.
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17. Frothy Shakes: Kill All Martians
Smash all machines!!!!!!!!
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18. Hit Machine: Snookies
Nigmegen’s finest swallow the microphone over lo fi kitch.
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19a. Jan Van Den Dobblesteen: Don’t Look Back
19b. Danielle Lemaire: Zelda
Dutch art tag team Jada post their separate entries for alernative
soundtrack to Chicago (the musical).
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20. Ensaladillarusa: Lenin Turece La Mirada
Not only the Dead Kennedys like short songs!
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21. The Life And Death Of A Fruit Fly: >>
Culled from gigantic archive of ‘quirky’ radio articles broadcast on some radio station in Canada.
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22. Dennis Tyfus: Radio Centraal Jingle
Extended cheese jingle made by Kris Delakoer for Radio Centraal show hosted by Antwerp based artist and beer swiping brothel creeper.
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