In honor of Adrian's Birthday today I offer you all one of my favorites out of his solo releases, 5:00AM. You can also grab some of his other work that has been posted on the blog here in the past just click on the 'Adrian Borland' or 'The Sound' Tags to bring you to the posts. So start listening and make this day a remembrance of one of the most underated musicians of our time.
Stray Bullets Dangerous Stars Vampiric Baby Moon City Speed Kissing In The Dark I'm Your Freedom The Spinning Room Redemption's Knees Between Buildings Over The Under Before The Day Begins
Before there was Grant Lee Buffalo, there was Shiva Burlesque... the post-punk counterparts to the LA paisley underground. From the mastermind of Grant Lee Phillips, Shiva Burlesque is 'a psychedelically tinged, folky, punky, lyrical, spooky, melancholic musical brew' that managed to put out two of the most exquisite albums to come out of the late 80's Los Angeles indie music scene and have managed to be in my top 100 favorite albums of all time.
Shiva Burlesque were :
Grant Lee Phillips - electric acoustic guitars and vocals
Joey Peters - Drums Percussion
Dick Smack - Bass
Jeffrey Clark - Vocals
Greg Adamson - Cello
This is the original soundtrack from a video-film by Wonder Product, and a film which I have yet to see but was a must when I saw the contents. The soundtrack is filled with covers of Syd Barrett, The Yardbirds, Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane and Patti Smith, all done by members of Minimal Compact, Tuxedomoon and the very underrated Niki Mono. They manage to dissect these classics, drain them and turned these songs into strange and beautiful corpses. It may not be the best material from Tuxedomoon or Minimal Compact, but it's certainly quite fascinating just the same and possibly one of the best soundtracks I have heard in years. It's a must for fans of Minimal Compact and Tuxedomoon.
Minimal Compact - Still I'm Sad Niki Mono & Nikolas Klau - Flaming Peter Principle - No Man's Land Niki Mono & Minimal Compact - Marathon Minimal Compact - Late Night Nikolas Klau, Steven Brown, Peter Principle - Venus in Furs Niki Mono & Berry Sakharof - Dancing Barefoot Steven Brown - Coming Back To Me Bruce Geduldig & Peter Principle - Ocean
Navastrau were a duo from Chicago consisting of Rick Gallo(former member of The Cunts) and vocalist Gretchen Witte; who were also part of the Disturbing Records crew, one of the first punk labels in Chicago. The band was known for their post punk minimal sound and their reluctance to perform live. On August 4th, 1981 they finally decided to do a show at Exit, they billed it as "their first and only" before playing New York, the gig at the Exit sold out. J. von Damen, one of the writers forThe Coolest Retardliked their debut single so much he sent a copy of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk. Who was impressed by the single, but when seeing them was 'underwhelmed' by their live performance. Navastrau also came out with 1 more single in 1981 where a relatively unknown at the time Al Jourgensen would play bass for a few of the tracks. The thing I really like about this single is that each song slightly differs in style, varying from minimal synth wave to NDW to erratic post punk funk with a blaring sax. While all accompanied by male and female vocals both in German and in English, but what stood out the most was the track 'Looking from an Airplane'. Thanks again to Jason Hall for providing the rip and the artwork.
Their 2nd release off Plastic Head Records (same label as Every New Dead Ghost ) this album is loaded with heavy guitar riffs thunderous bass, tribal drumming and less annoying samples then their 1st release Blackout. over all pretty kickass. Will appeal to those who like Killing Joke, Uk Decay and Theatre of Hate
JLA were:
Bass - James Connor
Guitar - David Bessel
Programmed By - David Bessel
Vocals - Phillip Yeadon
This is the first full length from German band Marilyn's Army. I posted a few months back their first single ' Puppet's of a Broken Dream ', which had a bit more of a darker sound then this debut album. Some tracks on Golden Paradise tend to lean more on the indie pop side, which might turn a few people off but it is no reason to dismiss given it a listen, the self titled track alone is worth it ! Included in with the rip is scans of band info, history, and lyrics.
Not to much info could really be found, but Mettle was considered by some to be one of the first bands in Ontario to front the electro/minimal scene in the city and also were a support act for OMD. I really wouldn't go as far as labeling Mettle as minimal wave to me their sound is much more in the new wave/post punk vein. Many thanks to Jason Hall for sharing this 12"
One Man Clapping was the third album from UK band James, a live album released in 1989. The album was recorded at the Moles Club, Bath, UK on the 14 and 15 November 1988. The album was issued on their own One Man imprint of Rough Trade Records, after parting company with Blanco y Negro/Sire. To fund the album, the band had to borrow 12,000 from the Royal Bank of Scotland. Initially, the bank manager was not willing to lend the band the money, but after seeing them live in Manchester he agreed.
Because the album was self-funded, only 10,000 CD copies were produced
Started by the members of the band Strange Boutique, Bedazzled Records was a Washington D.C Based record label that lasted 11 years between 1989 - 1999. They were primarily known for showcasing Dreampop, Shoegaze, Darkwave and Gothrock bands such as: Switchblade Symphony, Strange Boutique, The Curtain Society, Siddal and This Ascension(which ended up moving to Tess records )
Mistle Thrush - She is a Flower The Curtain Society - Cradle Strange Boutique - In the Lonely trees Where I Wake Warm - Sense Of Skin Viola Peacock - An Angel A Week Feast of Saints - In Galleons Lap Johanna's House Of Glamour - As Far As Forever Chainsuck - Shindo Ultracherry Violet - Wayve Blueshift Signal - Halo *amazing track ! * Siddal - A Glendale Melody An April March - Delirium Underflowers - Psalms to the Sun Lanterna - Falling
The almost complete anthology of The Sun and The Moon minus one track 'Elected'. The reason why this track was omitted from this compilation was explained by Mark Burgess:
"Due to complications arising around the Alice Cooper Track 'Elected' dispatch of the Sun And The Moon CD 'The Great Escape' will be delayed by around three weeks. This is the situation. When the ep 'alive; not dead' was issued the licensing of this track was in the name of Midnight Music, not Glass Pyramid, as we had always believed.Midnight Music no longer exist and therefore the license is void. We have been trying to sort out the paper work that would allow us to continue with the inclusion of this track but changes in copyright law along with lack of efficient responses on the part of the copyright owners and controllers have hindered these attempts. The pressing was halted at the 11th hour, artwork readjusted and re-filmed and the track 'Elected' has been pulled from the release. This is sad but frankly we were just not prepared to faff around any longer."
The Sun and the Moon was a post Chameleons project that spanned over two years from 1987 - 1989 releasing 1 full length and 3 singles.
The Speed of Life The Death Of Imagination A Matter of Conscience Peace In our Time Dolphin House On Fire The Price OF Grain Limbo Land A Picture of England This Passionate Breed The Boy Who Sees everything I Love you, You Bastard C'est La Vie Arabs and Americans
To change it up a bit from The Sound and Adrian Borland bootlegs I've been posting lately. This is the second self-titled album from German band Short Romans. Their sound is guitar driven, dark and catchy as hell. At times yes, they sound a bit over-produced, perhaps even cliche!? Still... tracks like Linda and Jealous Way manage to lodge it's way deep into the inner recesses of the brain and you find yourself putting it on repeat... needless to say I absolutely Love these guys !
I'll be posting their 1st release 37 Guitars and more info about them shortly.
Will appeal to those who like Comsat Angels ,
early Marquee Moon, and Laughing House
Re-United States of Love Open Door Rocket Stranger In The Soul Break My Fall Station Of The Cross Simple Little Love White Room Past Full Of Shadows Ordinary Angel Lonely Late-Nighter Someone Will Love You Today Forgiveness Rootless In Passing Shoreline
Faithful Flight 23 Rising in Love European Streets Nowhere to Fall All The Words Oh Sister Universe of You New Century Smile Healing Kiss Rouge Beauty No Ethereal Chrystaline Light The Sky Found Lost Found
REQUEST: Harmony & Destruction was the project he was working on before his untimely death,the recordings were completed by co-producer Wally Brill and the session musicians and released after. It is still in print and available to buy at Sun Red Records , who also has reissued Sad Lovers & Giants, And Also The Trees, House Of Love, Lowlife, The Opposition, Comsat Angels and many others. You can also grab the demos to Harmony & Destruction here
There seems to be some inconsistencies with the album art, The cover say SSH Recordings, and the back artwork says SHH Recordings. I wanted to point this out to avoid any unnecessary comments. Yes.. whoever made this bootleg forgot to check their spelling errors..
but who gives a damn right!
The SHH! Recordings Harmony & Destruction Demos Solar Destiny Stops Screaming Scrapyard Ghost of Your Heart Get Me A Witness In The Field Angel Sulk Land Meets Ocean Are These The Days Europe is a Darkroom Forever From Here When A Star Dies Love Will Save The Day Angel Sulk pt.2 Song Damn Song Heart Goes Down Like The Sun Summer Wheel
Thanks to Gino for sharing this one This is an 'unplugged' bootleg made by a fan, containing some of the best versions of 'Silent Air', 'The Other side Of The World ' and ' When Can I be Me ' I've ever heard.
