German industrial from the early 1980s, debut album produced by the great Conny Plank
What does ILM know about this band?
The track 'Ultradeterminanten' is incredible--early Neubauten junkyard noise and terrifying howling plus a super funky bassline and a super danceable beat. Disorienting textures and effects in the classic Plank stylee. Amazing how it all hangs together somehow--it's so wrong yet so right
― geeta, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
I know I've heard this at least once but damned if I can remember more than the fact I liked it. Now I've got to find it again!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:31 (fourteen years ago)
stirmonster and dan selzer to thread!! does frenchbloke still post here or do i have to find him on twitter? sigh.
― geeta, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:33 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRWbxncIrb4
― the tune is space, Friday, 3 June 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)
big love to the tune is space
here's 'ultradeterminanten'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_thqhnLW418
― geeta, Saturday, 4 June 2011 05:15 (fourteen years ago)
here's a great mix of conny-produced classics, including that kowalski track:
http://testpressing.org/2011/05/18/producers-series-12-conny-plank/
― geeta, Saturday, 4 June 2011 15:58 (fourteen years ago)
hearing that kowalski tune mix into whodini's 'rap machine' is one of those perfect musical moments
man, now i am going to have to revive the whodini thread
― geeta, Saturday, 4 June 2011 21:53 (fourteen years ago)
mmmm, that Gabi Delgado cut (hell, whole album) had me fiending for a mix like this.
― beta blog, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:05 (fourteen years ago)
it would have been a good mix to put 'rosenmontag' by a flock of seagulls on. all that early 80's plank stuff revolves around 'zero set' for me, so much of the best music
did not know about kowalski!
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 5 June 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)
for sure. that flock of seagulls track is great.
the first time i heard 'zero set' my brain melted--i wish i could simulate that experience again. this mix has 'pitch control' but that's one of the least weird parts of 'zero set'
― geeta, Sunday, 5 June 2011 02:52 (fourteen years ago)
whoa, just found this archive of rare german cassette tapes from the '80s. beautiful stuff:
http://tapeattack.blogspot.com
― geeta, Monday, 6 June 2011 15:19 (fourteen years ago)
The amateur audio archivers of the 21st century are really an unsung story in terms of how music is shared and learned. You know that they're 'out there' and specializing in particular areas but there's no real full overview of them, it's hard to take in the overall impact.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 June 2011 15:26 (fourteen years ago)
good point, ned--i'd love to see someone do a thesis project on that. at the very least, it'd be a great EMP paper.
― geeta, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:46 (fourteen years ago)
True! Gives me ideas...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:50 (fourteen years ago)