Vinyl On Demand label S/D and worship thread

It's like the Bear Family for people in leather pants. and very cool! only i'm not rich :(

ha, yeah, even with a subscription I am still paying approx. $20 per LP once postage and the exchange rate get factored in. I couldn't really afford it but given the lineup I had no choice.

the record cover archive is friggin' amazing. kudos for that alone:

http://www.vinyl-on-demand.com/Gallery_of_Record_Covers_(appr__20_000_pics___scans_of_Record___Tape_Covers)-2-80.htm

Whenever we get a shipment of these, there's usually two or three that I'm ultra tempted to buy. I have never bought one of their boxes! I came close with Broken Flag & the Tietchen's one as well.

That E.G. Oblique graph 2LP, that's a real winner. And those Die Todliche Doris LPs, now probably out of print.

I think this could be part of a larger discussion about subscription labels as a new business model for niche bands. This came up on an Einsturzende Neubauten thread because they are engaged in similar subscription programs.

xpost to ian yeah all that early EG Oblique and Muslimgauze stuff rules.

I have never heard Die Todliche Doris :( Must rectify.

There's a fifteen minute track featuring Borbetomagus on the new-ish Controlled Bleeding Box!

english language link:

http://www.vinyl-on-demand.com/HOME-2-64.htm?PHPSESSID=51a5fcbb974f7c3f8aff22e929ece65b

shocked at the lack of interest in this thread.

A lot of the more New Order/Depeche Mode sounding "minimal synth" stuff doesn't impress me much. Never been a big fan of that aesthetic, really. There are exceptions; a band like the Pink Dots really kind of transcends being tagged as "coldwave" or whatever, and their box is really quite good. I'm normally kind of skeptical of the Dots, but the stuff on that box that leans towards the more ambient is really something, and even the vocal passages don't grate as much as they do on some of their records. I think my problem with the Pink Dots is that they just have so many records out, plus all the Ka-Spel solo records. I'd probably like a good chunk of it, but it's such a big discography and the records are uncommon enough (CDs easy enough to find, i guess..) that I don't have the patience to dig through it all.

I really like the Storm Bugs single LP they put out last year; that and the Storm Bugs disc on Fusetron are both really excellent; they were another band who transcended a genre, being more concerned with the method and creation behind each individual piece than being a band with a "sound." Good interview with main storm bug guy in the newest issue of Sound Projector, too.

please allow me to vomit at my overuse of the word "really."

afaik that Storm Bugs is available as an MP3 from the VOD site.

I am with you about all the cold wave minimal synth stuff, I don't think it has aged very well. I did recently hear ADN Krystal (who are on the 2008 schedule) and I liked that quite a bit.

As far as Ka-Spel, Pink Dots, etc, yeah they were always a different beast.

Some quick LPD recommendations: Asylum, Chemical Playschool 3/4 or 8/9 (either), Faces In The Fire.

Lots of stuff on here by people who I've meant to check out, but never quite got round to. Legendary Pink Dots, in particular. They seem a real love 'em or hate 'em proposition. Anyone see the letter from Ka-Spel in the Wire this month after one of the reviewers shat on one of the recent Pink Dots compilations? Suprisingly, that was the first ever mention of them in the mag.

Anyway, I'm hunting around for the best price on the Asmus Tietchens set right now, but I'd also like to hear the Snatch Tapes, Cultural Amnesia and The Naughtiest Girl was a Monitor...

the 5-LP Severed Heads box (scheduled for 2008) also looks quite interesting.

Only one of the 2008 Industrial releases I don't know is that Third Door From The Left tape. I looked at their website but had never heard of them before.

i wish i got the Broken Flag box, I'll be kicking myself everyday for it

the only thing that kiiiind of bothers me about the whole VOD deal is the fact that they're all edited like crazy, no real collector's worth. When I'm nitpicking I'd rather see some good reissues, but hey...who'd care to do that?

??? not the Pink Dots, Die Todliche Doris, or Tietchens boxes, those are reissues of full cassettes. Broken Flag I can see being bits and pieces of all kinds of releases though. As far as I know the MB box also contains complete tapes.

The Broken Flag box yeah...I can't wait for the Ramleh Awake! box to come out

rizz, you could find a copy of the broken flag box relatively easily if you hunt around on the net.

i know...no $$ though

do a couple medical experiments at your local hospital or university! they pay well for a few hours work.

(AVAILABLE IN SHOP BY END MARCH)

VOD49: Severed Heads - ADENOIDS 1977-1985 5-lp-Box w. 16-page Booklet and w. or w/o. T-Shirt (for members with printed pillowcase and T-Shirt)

VOD50: S.P.K. - DOKUMENT IIIO 6-Lp-woodenbox with T-Shirt and 36-page Booklet (for Members with add. 3x7"Box and option to buy one more with wooden 3x7"Box)

VOD51: Experimental Products - PROTOTYPE plus GARAGE TRACKS Lp-2 (for members with Bonus 7")

VOD52: GERECHTIGKEITS LIGA - 181-1987 Lp-2 with DVD in Armee-boot-bag (for Members with Bonus 7")

PRIPUZZI 02: GOZ MONGO / INYURMANIA Split Lp with Booklet

for those interested in Storm Bugs, some mp3s at http://www.stormbugs.co.uk

Hey Storm Bugs!!
Great interview in Sound Projector; love both the LPs on VoD and the Fusetron one.

we aim to please :)

Just signed up for the '08 industrial set. Now i've got $35 to live off of for the next week, thx VOD. Just couldn't pass it up, last years releases were tempting, but this year they've outdone themselves. I don't see what they could possibly do in '09 to top this.

I guess now we wait... $530 poorer and wait wait wait.

are there tracklistings for the severed heads and spk? i can't seem to find them. would like to know before i buy.

nothing yet. I was curious as well. 6lp's+3x7"s of pre'83 spk is all i had to hear.

Printed pillowcase!!? Fuck the merzcar!

6lp's+3x7"s of pre'83 spk is all i had to hear.

Yeah, me too. It says "1979-1983" on the box.

btw mp3 blog dualtrack has a mindboggling assortment of live SPK gigs.

Yea i discovered that entire webring of industrial/etc. blogs last year. Found tons of new (read old) wonderful stuff. It inspired me to start a couple of my own (white ward and shock corridor).

VOD finally updated the shop. Here's the spk info:

"Besides the official Tape-Releases such as Wars of Islam, From Science to Ritual, at The Crypt, and Last Attempt at Paradise, this Box-Set also includes Live recordings from their first concert in Sydney in 79, the Heaven Concert London in 80, the Brickwerkz-Concert in 82, the SO36 Concert in Berlin plus a few more live-documents. Members will recieve their edition with a limited 3x7“wooden Box-Set containing their first 3 Side Effect 7“ from 1979 plus a Post-card-Set with photographies by SPK-Member Sinan Revell"

Interesting. can't wait to see the box and shirt. Unless someone beats me to it i'll probably do the discogs entry and take a bunch of pictures.

it's the 3x7" box that would clinch it for me but sadly i have missed this ear's membership allocation.

sinan revell = swoon! i have been in awe of her since i saw them in '84.

omg just what I was hoping for

extra bonus points for the "From Science To Ritual" tape, all studio stuff.

stirmonster, you can generally get the subscription extras on an individual basis as a non-subscriber if you get in early (at a small extra cost). you should email the label.

do a couple medical experiments at your local hospital or university! they pay well for a few hours work.

-- ian, Friday, February 8, 2008 2:17 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

I should take my own advice.

waiting waiting waiting argh, didn't reckon how painful it would be to wait for these things to show up.

from the VOD site, lol:

5 NEW RELEASES OUT BY END APRIL (30th of APRIL, NOT MID APRIL!!)

PLEASE NOTE: IT TAKES 2-3 WEEKS TO HANDLE ALL ORDERS AND PACKAGES SO DO NOT WRITE MAILS ABOUT TRACKINGNUMBER OR DELIVERY-STATUS, I WILL NOT ANSWER THOSE TIME-INTENSIVE MAILS IN ORDER TO SPEED-UP THE PACKAGE-MAILOUT.

also stirmonster, apparently the subscriber edition comes with an offer for me to be able to buy another whole box set (with the 7" box), so email me if you still want/need one.

amazing

just noticed your earlier post, sleeve. am i too late?????

did you get the SPK box sleeve?

yes

hi folks! this thread is gonna be a lot quieter without ian :(

Stir feel free to email me, I am a little unclear on how it'll work with VOD but it says that 250 copies of the singles box are for distribution. I'll email Frank and ask him. I think you have to buy the whole 6LP box to get it though.

the box does not include From Science To Ritual, all material is live. It DOES have the complete Last Attempt At Paradise tape and (I think) all of the Crypt tape. Only some of the Al's Bar gig. The box is huge and imposing. Large glossy book with a lotta amazing photos, essays, and discography/gigography for the era. The singles come with exact replicas of the original covers as inner sleeves and a VOD design with SPK graphics for the outer sleeves. I can't fit everything into the small wooden box so I had to leave the outer sleeves in the big box.

An unannounced bonus - a small black box called DoppelgANGER by Sinan Revell, containing a series (maybe 40) of glossy photos some of which she appears to have taken, some definitely not. Some are disturbing and they definitely make a point.

Also, a T-shirt.

I wonder who they have do their mastering - these are the only records I've ever head that fit 32-33 minutes on a side and don't sound like shit towards the end.

Haven't dived into the Gerechtigkeits Liga 2LP beyond a couple of tracks.

oh now I see the photo box was announced, I missed that before.

this thread is gonna be a lot quieter without ian :(

I rest my case.

bump for stirmonster

VOD 53: Etant Donnes Tapes 1977-1983 6-Lp-leather-Box with DVD 87,99 €

The Box provides all of Etant Donnes avantgarde-tapes released between 1977 and 1983 on the famous french BainTotal-Label Recordings include in specific: LA VUE, L’OPPOSITION, L'ETOILE AU FRONT, CEUX QU'ON AIME - CE QUE JE HAIS , CINQ PORTES SOUDEES, LES CENTS JOURS CLAIRS. The release also contains a DVD with Live-Peformances of Etant Donnes of the last 3 decades. The music of this Etant Donnés’s first period (1977/1983) boxset describes a rite of passage from mortality to divinity ,a powerful but hidden passion craving beauty and burning love that can be conquered only by another form of secret pain ,that of losing yourself in the cosmos and becoming part of the muddy streams of distant stars .Their soundworks are constructed through the manipulation of natural sounds ,using the variation of velocity and intensity of the recordings ,the cutting and splicing of tape . Etant Donnes ‘s compositions are passionate and brutally communicative ,their music and words are minimalist just like the writings and chants of the religious mystics sufi ,trying to recover the virginity of the words and sounds ,they map new territories and establisch their own personal rules.These first tracks contains all the brutal collages of found sounds investigating nuances of sounds that at times verges upon silence ,the inspired and enraptured meeting with earth’s natural forces ,an hommage to the shadow of night ,to the vineyard and the golden door. In these six first vinyls Etant donnés create their own brand of total audio expression using belches and punches ,their attention is concentrated on the symphonic cacophonie organisation of disorganized found sounds ,using magical rythms only directed by cosmic rules . A perfect way of organising natural sounds that obeys to fundamental principles that everyone wishes to convey ,a music able to tear down walls and to build a universal comprehension ,a cosmic law of beauty ,a magical and alchemical act of poetry.

I don't see what they could possibly do in '09 to top this.

new schedule for '09 AND '10 out now!!! And yeah, they didn´t top '08.

We have 2009-confirmations by:

For the Industrial-Subscription:

Nurse With Wound (3Lp), Vidna Obmana (3Lp), Andrew Liles (3Lp),
Giancarlo Toniutti (3Lp), DDAA (4Lp), Smegma (5Lp)

for the Wave/Minimal-Subscritption: Norma Loy (1Lp), Polyphonic Size
(4Lp) Konstruktvists (1Lp). Die Form/Bain Total (5-Lp), Crash Course
in Science (3Lp), M-Squared-5Lp-Box (Systematics, Scattered Order,
Makers of Dead Travel Fast, ,

Schedule for 2010 is also set with! Programm für 2010 steht auch
schon! Sleep Chamber (4Lp), Rapoon (3Lp), Laibach (5Lp), Voice of Eye
(2Lp), Hunting Lodge (3Lp), Spanish Industrial Box (4Lp), The
Grief(2Lp), Neon (5Lp), Mark Lane(1), GermanWave Box (4Lp) & with
Portion Control (5Lp-Box)

who the hell are Neon? Looks like my bank account will be saved this time around, although the 2010 Industrial looks tasty and I like Portion Control a lot. I'm probably just going to buy the NWW set separately this next year and pass on the rest. Smegma have to be the most overrated of all these bands, I sure don't need 5 LPs worth.

also I would like to say that while the Etant Donnes box LPs were not all that great, the DVD that came with it is super, most of it from the later Touch era that I love unconditionally.

The Nocturnal Emissions is hit and miss, two great records, one poor-sound-quality LP's worth of noisy live gigs, one side of earlier Pump stuff that's OK, and one side of "outtakes" that sound much more like their later work post-Caroline K.

I have 2 Neon mp3s downloaded on those old virtual bootleg comps, New Wave Complex Vo. 4 and A Tribute to Flexipop 09. Not my favorite. The M-Squared/Australian one looks cool.

looks like the website has been shut down

he had a good run

RIP VOD, although their Facebook page is fairly active—posted about a DVA box in the works...?

Frank is back, start saving now:

VOD-RECORDS UPCOMING RELEASE PROGRAM:
LATE JUNE / EARLY JULY

VOD155: ZOVIET FRANCE "Châsse" complete album works 1982-1987 15Lp-Wooden Box with Shirt (ltd. 400) plus 11 Stand Alone Releases (ltd. 200 each)
Lp1: Garista Lp (1982)
Lp2: Untitled / Norsch Lp (1982/83)
Lp3/4: Monomishe 2lp (1983)
Lp5/6: Eostre 2Lp (1984)
Lp7: Gris Lp (unreleased extended version) (1985)
Lp8/9/10: Popular Soviet Songs And Youth Music 3Lp/7inch (1985)
Lp11: Misfits, Loony Tunes And Squalid Criminals Lp (1986)
Lp12: Gesture Signal Threat Lp (1986)
Lp13: Loh Land Lp/7inch (1987)
LP14: Assault And Mirage Lp (1987)
Lp15: A Flock of Rotations Lp (1987)
(All originally 12 Releases re-mastered by Sam Grant and manufactured with Direct Metal Master Cut and pressed on 180 gram Vinyl)

VOD 156: TWO DAUGHTERS Tape-Recordings 1979-1981 2Lp-Set (ltd.500)

VOD136.re CLOCK DVA & THE FUTURE Horology 2 - Radiophonic DVAtions 5Lp Box (ltd.400) (new edition without large Booklet so that it can be shipped worldwide for just 17 Euros on postage)

LATE OCTOBER / EARLY NOVEMBER (more detailed Info soon)

VOD 157: COME ORGANISATION 10Lp Box

VOD 158: Jerry Kranitz / Various: Cassette Culture - Homemade Music and the Creative Spirit in the Pre-Internet-Age 212p. Book w. 2x7inch

VOD 159: CLOCK DVA Horology 1-3 Recordings 1977-1980 15 CD Box with 212p. Book

already eyeing up the :z*f: and Come Org sets

wowwww

YESSSSSS

TWO DAUGHTERS!

Excited for the ZF.

So, did i imagine it or did he announce VoD was all over at some point, and then changed his mind?

he announced a year-long break for 2018 and said he'd return in a slightly different form

during the break he was working on this:

https://www.tape-mag.com/

ah, ok. thanks. i'd seen tape-mag but didn't realise it was him. i'm not complaining but the form isn't very different.

no subscriptions this time around I think?

from Frank:

You can surely already reserve and preorder a copy, just let me know address and Shirt-SIze and I will get back to you with a price

There is no mailing list anymore after European copyright law had some new rules and me not being able to use my old registered emails.

But I am searching for a way to inform all 2000 soon.

Vol 2 of the awesome :zoviet*france: reissue programme went up earlier today on Frank's site, the art edition box set is sold out already but as of now the regular edition is still available along with some of the individual LPs.

was the art edition box set much more expensive?

no, maybe 30 more euros for like an extra print or something, maybe hand screened box?

(I got the regular version)

ok. thanks.

Massive release programme for 2021-22 just announced:

NEW RELEASES FOR 2021

LATE MARCH 2021

VOD166: Hafler Trio / Autechre 7Lp-Box

Lp01. æ³o / h³æ
Lp02. æo³
Lp03 ³hæ
Lp04/5 5ah³eo
Lp06/7 ha³oe

VOD 167: TOLERANCE 4Lp plus 7inch

Lp01 Anonym
Lp02 Divin
Lp03 Dose
Lp04 Demos
Bonus 7inch Today's Thrill / no title

VOD 168: VARIOUS VANITY BOX VOL.1 5Lp

LP1 R.N.A.ORGANISM / R.N.A.O Meets P.O.P.O
LP2 BGM / Back Ground Music
LP3 SYMPATHY NERVOUS / Sympathy Nervous
LP4 SAB / Crystallization
LP5 SYMPATHY NERVOUS,MAD TEA-PARTY,PERFECT MOTHER / 7“singles

VOD174:VARIOUS VANITY BOX VOL.2 4Lp

Lp01 Dada - Jyo
Lp02 Morio Agata Norimono Zukan
Lp03 Normal Brain - Lady Maid
Lp04 R.N.A. Organism - Unaffected Mixes

VOD 169: VARIOUS VANITY Demos 2Lp

Lp01 DEN SEI KWAN / P'
Lp02 V.A. / Demos

VOD 170: ICE 9 - The Fifth Column Years 2Lp

Lp01 1981
Lp02 P.F.L.P

MID JUNE 2021

VOD CD09: CLOCK DVA Horology 1-3 Recordings 1977-1980 15 CD Box

Horology I - DVAtion 78/79/80
CD01 Lomticks Of Time
CD02/03 2nd - I
CD04 Sex Works Beyond Entanglement"
CD05 Deep Floor
CD06 Fragment

Horology II - Clockdva, The Future & Radiophonic Dvations
CD07 The Future
CD08 Radiophonic Dvations 1
CD09 Radiophonic Dvations 2
CD10 Radiophonic Dvations 3
CD11 Radiophonic Dvations 4

Horology III- DVAtion 78/79/80
CD12 Tape, Reel_Recordings & Art 1
CD13 Tape, Reel_Recordings & Art 2
CD14 Tape, Reel_Recordings & Art 3
CD15 Tape, Reel_Recordings & Art 4

VOD CD10: MUSLIMGAUZE Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones 11 CD Box
CD01 Opaque
CD02 Kabul
CD03 Hunting Out With An Aerial Eye / Hammer & Sickle
CD04 Buddhist on Fire
CD05 Blinded Horses
CD06 Flajelata
CD07 Hajj
CD08 Jazirat Ul Arab
CD09 Abu Nidal
CD10 The Rape of Palestine
CD11 Coup d'Etat

VOD CD11: S.P.K. Anthology 1979-1983 7 CD Set w. booklet

CD01 Information Overload Unit
CD02 The 7inch Tracks
CD03 Leichenschrei
CD04 Leichenschrei Backing Tracks
CD05 Studio and Compilation Tracks 1981-83
CD06 Backing Tracks 1982/83
CD07 Backing Tracks 1983

VOD171: V/A LOS ANGELES FREE MUSIC SOCIETY 1974-1983 12Lp Box (lmtd. 500 plus 99 friends editions)

Lp01 Chip Chapman’s cassette - “Magic Beans”
Lp02 "Seldom Melodic Ensemble Godzilla's Mystery Abortion 77“
Lp03 " Dennis Duck Goes Disco album cover Dennis Duck Dennis Duck Goes Disco 77“
Lp04 4 Light Bulb, Issue 3 Christmas Box Cassette
Lp05 "Joe Potts Airway (7"", Ltd) none 1977 1 " "Mother/Daughter / The Residents album cover Joe Potts / Slimy Adenoid And The Pablums Mother/Daughter / The Residents 77" "The Pablums Under My Gums (7"")“ AIRWAY cassette single
Lp06/07 Light Bulb Magazine Number Four - "The Emergency Cassette“
Lp08 1981 December Compilation (a selection)
Lp09 Tom Recchion Freak Show
Lp10 Dinosaurs with Horns (Rick Potts / Joseph Hammer)
Lp11 Fredrik Nilsen Music from Norway
Lp12 Archive Recordings / unreleased

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

LATE SEPTEMBER / EARLY OCTOBER

VOD172: ZOVIET FRANCE Châsse Vol. 3 16Lp Wooden Box (ltd. 500 plus 99 artists-editions in special colored Vinyl plus 8 x Stand Alone Releases (ltd. 300 each)

VOD 172 1/2 in.version (1996) 2LP – first time on vinyl
VOD 172 3/4 Digilogue (1996) 2LP – first time on vinyl for the original expanded CD release
VOD 172 5/6 Feedback (Mort aux vaches) (1998) 2LP – first time on vinyl
VOD 172 7/8 The Decriminalisation of Country Music (2000) 2LP – first time on vinyl, including additional unreleased recordings
VOD 172 9/10 A Long Walk (2011) 2LP – first physical release
VOD 172 11/12 7.10.12 (2012) 2LP
VOD 172 13/14 The Tables Are Turning (2013) 2LP – including additional unreleased recordings
VOD 172 15/16 A Third Collusion (new) 2LP - tracks from compilations, first time on vinyl

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


LATE DECEMBER

VOD173: VARIOUS: NEKROPHILE RECORDS 1983-1987 10 Lp plus 2x 7inch wooden box with 200 page Book (ltd. 500 plus 99 artists-editions)

LP01 NRC01 1983 Korpses Katatonik Subklinikal Leukotomy 1Lp
LP02 NRC02 1983 Genesis P-Orridge / Stan Bingo What's History 1Lp
LP03 NRC03 1983 Various The Beast 666 1Lp
- Korpses Katatonik Choronzon 4:26
– Coil Here To Here (Double Headed Secret) 4:22
– Hunting Lodge Learn To Will I 4:28
– Kathan Spiss The Serpent 6:38
– Toy Muzik Introducing The Brides Of Christ II Part A 7:45
– Stigma Diaboli La Force Pas La Joie 10:18
– Hunting Lodge Learn To Will II 5:08
– Mr. Vile Thumb Introducing The Brides Of Christ II Part B 4:44
– Zero Kama V.V.V.V.V. 6:59
– Post Mortem: The Sea Of Cefalu 1:45
LP04 NRC04 1984 LAShTAL Thoum Aesh Neith 1Lp
LP05 NRC05 1984 Zos Kia / Coil Transparent 1Lp
LP06 NRC06 1984 Various The Archangels Of Sex Rule The Destruction Of The Regime 1Lp
– Sleep Chamber W:O:M
– Zero Kama Prayer Of Zos
– Ain Soph Theme III
– Ewald Spiss Gbvrh
– Metgumbnerbone Death
– Coming To Now Thy Call To Kia
– Zero Kama Seven Nights Of Tantra
– Ain Soph Theme II
– Ewald Spiss NTzCH
– Sleep Chamber Coven Of Angels
LP07 NRC07 1984 Zero Kama The Secret Eye Of L.A.Y.L.A.H. ‎(Cass, C60) 1Lp
LP08 NRC08 1985 Ain Soph Ars Regia ‎(Cass, Album, C60) 1Lp
LP09 Coming to Now „Closer to Silence“ 1Lp
LP10 Metgumbnerbone For the Raven“ Lp plus 7inch

__________________________________________________________________________________________

RELEASES SRPING / SUMMER 2022 (Last VOD-Releases most likely)

VOD 175: ANESTIS LOGOTHETIS electro-acoustic works 4Lp Box

VOD 176: David Toop / Paul Burwell / Bob Cobbing / ABana Trio 4Lp 70’s Improvisation Recordings

VOD 177: VARIOUS British Cassette Culture Vol.2 8Lp
- Bourbonese Qualk
- The Pump (pre Nocturnal Emissions)
- Konstruktivists
- Robert I Gillham (NCP / Aconite)
- Stress 2Lp
….more artists to be announced

VOD 178: VARIOUS: SYNKRONOS Label Retrospective 5Lp w. Booklet
- The Nightcrawlers
- Tom and Peter Gulch
- Chuck van Zyl
- Xisle
- D Andrew Rath

Too much!

we're behind! bunch of stuff released since the last post. I guess the last vinyl box will be a Monte Cazazza set.

1st VOD festival and opening of the shop is planned for July 18-19 of 2025.

festival now for July 18-20

Bands so far that showed interest to perform and have sent technical riders, hospitality riders, fees, travel expenses etc are (in alphabetical order)
Absolute Body Control
Attrition
Asmus Tietchens
Clock DVA
Crash Course in Science
Esplendor Geometrico
Etant Donnes
Final Program
Giancarlo Toniutti
Graeme Revell (SPK)
John Duncan
Laibach
Legendary Pink Dots
Nocturnal Emissions
Portion Control
Ramleh
Rapoon
Severed Heads
Zero Kama
Zoviet France

:O

None yet confirmed though? Even if hypothetical, it's an astounding list.

Yeah we'll have to wait a bit for the dust to settle, Seeing as Final Program is the only one of these artists I don't know and like/love I am happy with whatever turns out, pretty sure I am going to this.

anyone else get onto the reserved ticket list? or the waitlist?

looks like I will be doing this

i would have loved to but have a family wedding that weekend. bah!

we're going, I'm getting super excited. I did not realize that Attrition had reunited with the original lineup, omfg.

am I the only ILXor going to this? schedule still looks the same as above, more or less.

Enjoy! Can you bootleg the Severed Heads?

they are doing a pro recording at the venue fwiw

I'm seeing the Severed Heads in 2 weeks in London but I'm v jealous you're going to this sleeve, especially Attrition as I was listening to them a lot earlier this year

It would've made a fantastic summer destination but the family commitments here were too great. Really glad that you're going, sleeve. Please post your thoughts.

I will! super excited abt Attrition

Hey sleeve, so how was VOD fest? Any highlights?

haha hi all

I updated Zing on my phone, it immediately crashed, and I couldn't remember my ILX login so I have been unable to post since 7/10

more later! unbelievably great event.

ok here's my writeup

There were two stages, the indoor one and the outdoor one, each day the 3rd and 5th artists played outside so there were no real breaks between sets. All the inside bands had a huge video screen behind them with their own video/projections. There were booths for food and drinks as well as merch tables in a nice outside patio with lots of seating where you could hear everything going on inside quite well. The artists all mingled with the crowd of 450, and were very approachable. I talked w/Nigel Ayers and swapped stories about odd radio telescope interference issues before I knew it was him! He was wearing a radio telescope shirt so we just started chatting on Friday.

DAY 1

Attrition - Lots of incense. For some reason Martin’s vocals weren’t very loud, but Julia sounded great. They only played two “older” songs and nothing before 1987 I think, but I liked it all.

Portion Control - EBM! They still sound the same. Did an oldie as their last tune “Chew Ya To Bits” and dedicated it to Frank

Asmus Tietchens - Outside set. The first genuinely mindblowing set, he was probably also the oldest person there at age 78. I love his vocal manipulations like on Aus Freude Am Elend and the Von Mund Zu Mund series, this set had a lot of that. Immersive and utterly unique. One long set/piece.

Legendary Pink Dots - I think this is the 6th time I’ve seen them, no surprises, good set. I wish they had thrown in a few genuine oldies, but oh well.

Final Program - Outside set, idk about this one. They recreated all their original synth sounds digitally, there was only one of the two original members. Probably the least memorable for me. Minimal synth style.

Zero Kama - This was awesome as well, ritualistic and immersive with FANTASTIC sound. At some point on the 2nd say I talked to a Dutch guy who was a retired sound engineer and he said the system/equipment was like the 2nd or 3rd best quality you could get in terms of brand/components. Another one that was just one long piece. I was unfamiliar with her work before, now I want to hear more. I bought a fancy metal pin from their merch table.

DAY 2

Absolute Body Control - Wow these guys are popular in Europe! Biggest crowd indoors so far. More EBM in a Portion Control style, very energetic singer, almost a party.

Graeme Revell - This was billed as a solo set but it was full on SPK insanity from the get-go. They started with an early single (Slogun I think) and then into a track from Leichenschrei (!!!!). His (adult) son was on stage with him! Very intense video montage of Palestinian hardship, fascist rallies, etc. At one point Revell yelled “IT’S FUCKING GENOCIDE” - he was PISSED OFF. They chopped up a pig’s head with an axe and beat the shit out of a 55-gallon metal barrel. VERY noisy and utterly amazing, another highlight. Apparently SPK is active again and actually played under that name in Italy recently, look out world. Last time I saw them was 1987 with SInan! He swung a big chain around back then too, lol.

John Duncan - Outside set, one long piece again. Dense, full-frequency noise bath. I had a blast chatting with him about solar power the day before. He was quietly worried about the sound (“I’m just not sure it will work with what I do”) but seemed happy during the performance (which sounded incredible, like pretty much all the sets).

Laibach - Holy moly this was great. I swear they did “Brat Moj”, a personal favorite. ALL very old stuff, like Rekapitulacija era, not even anything from Nova Akropola. Lots of impenetrable Slovenian grumbling, also the only actual drumset of the festival.

Nocturnal Emissions - Outside set. The festival’s biggest surprise. this was basically political stand-up comedy with backing music and audience participation and singalongs, plus a version of “Bring Power To Its Knees”. Wild and memorable, also very funny in parts.

"I saw sweet Jean down at the rave, she was there with gloomy Dave...
I was on the door, and I was pissed...
I said, "Are you on the guest list?"
....
[[You can join in with me]]
...
I said:
"Are you on the guest list?"

Zoviet France - Super mellow/ambient, with a static video backdrop of an idyllic country view. From Ben:

“You might have noticed the sound of running water a couple of times during our set on Saturday night. This wasn't a random field recording we used, it was recordings we made the night before of water running below this vent outside the Ibis hotel across the road from the venue. We believe there's a culverted stream running underground there so you were hearing the sound of a hidden water course flowing below where we all were. We have a few of these in Newcastle and the burial of streams here is part of the secret history of the growth of the city. If anyone local knows anything about this one's history, we'd like to know more.
Thanks for the great response, it was one of our favourite gigs in recent years and we hope you all got home without any problems, especially if you were travelling with Deutsche Bahn and Air France.
:sophie & franz:”

Day 3

Clock DVA - Had to play first because of some scheduling issue with Adi. His voice is so distinctive! I am not really familiar with their post-Advantage work but this was cool, rad video projections as well.

Severed Heads - My most pleasant and unexpected surprise of the weekend, I am only familiar with the early experimental stuff and a little bit of the Wax Trax era, I had no idea they did stuff like what is (apparently) on the Bulkhead album, absolutely in my sweet spot of trippy/pretty synth lines and sweet vocal melodies. Apparently this was their last show ever?

Giancarlo Toniutti - Outside set, another mindbender. If you stood in the right spot between the speakers you could hear all this crazy stereo imaging, sounds flying all around the stereo field, at one point I literally jumped because things sounded like they were coming from behind me. Fascinating sound manipulation, very detailed. Another long unbroken set.

Esplendor Geometrico - Utterly awesome and mindblowing. These guys have not lost one iota of their drive, vision, or sound throughout 45 years. Like being at a rave on another planet, so much energy. Crunchy, pummeling, loud as hell, relentless, hypnotic. Another favorite. Can’t wait to hear this one in full quality board sound.

Alex Fergusson - Outside set, but as they were setting up it started pouring down rain and it had to be moved inside. Appropriate for an event that was being referred to as “Woodstock for black t-shirt wearers”. Unexpectedly moving and beautiful, I actually teared up at one point. Video backdrop was casual home movies of the PTV crew back in the day. Set list:

(on a gorgeous acoustic 12-string)
Breakthrough (!!!)
Just Drifting
Caresse
The Orchids
Black Moon (!!)
White Nights (yes I cried)
Godstar (the whole audience sang along, congrats whoever y’all were who were hitting those high harmonies)
Just Like Arcadia

then he picked up an electric guitar, started up a rhythm track, and did a great version of “Unclean” with lots of noisy guitar shredding.

and back on acoustic for the closer, “Stolen Kisses”

Ramleh - Pretty harsh noise, impressive and probably a good ending set for the weekend, but not really my thing. SPK was better and noisier.

Met lots of awesome folks from all over, a unique once-in-a-lifetime experience and I am so glad I went into debt to go.

sounds amazing. don't feel so bad about missing Attrition if they didn't play any old stuff though

I saw Edward Ka-Spel a couple of months ago at Watching Trees festival, he was great, not sure if he did any Legendary Pink Dots stuff as the songs I remembered were solo ones.

re Severed Heads "last show ever" - at the London gig a couple of weeks ago he said he might come back in 2030

What a lineup!

Yeah, wow. Hadn’t realized this was happening at all!

Boring I thought of you during the Severed Heads set! I have a smidgen of audio to post later.

Thanks!!!!!

Ok just ordered a US copy of Bulkhead on Doscogs, weirdly it's not on their Bandcamp page.

for those interested, here's a link to photos and video - some photos and all video by me, some other photos taken from the group FB page for the fest.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/64odta2rtopho5kphu5ht/VOD-Fest-copy.zip?rlkey=gkrp53fh4701x18f2vcf7t0bi&dl=0

I'll keep this up for a day or two, please don't put the videos on youtube or anything.

minor correction: Fergusson didn't do "Caresse", he played the acoustic song-y part at the end of "Terminus" from the 1st album

Frank is also posting some pro video edits of various songs on the VOD Facebook page, but they are not linkable/downloadable

Wow, many thanks sleeve, for sharing your reviews and especially the video clips. It looks like it was a fantastic weekend. I was curious how the Nocturnal Emissions set would proceed (ambient? dub reggae? noise?) but will admit that political standup singalong was not on my bingo card. Day 3 looks to have been the most amazing. Closing it out with EG and then an Alex Fergusson PTV acoustic set would have been perfect for me.

haha a significant chunk was indeed dub reggae, including the call-and-response part quoted above!

and yeah I said it upthread but EG absolutely fried my mind, just amazing trance rhythm crunch - great video backdrops too, lots of shots of old cassette tape designs

Did EG do “Moscu esta helado!”

pretty sure they did not, somebody in the FB group asked abt the setlist and the reply was "Arturo says he can't remember"