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Various – The Tyranny Of The Beat

Posted on April 21, 2012 by cranio

The Tyranny Of The Beat

With a big thanks to Volker here’s The Tyranny Of The Beat. The Tyranny of the Beat: Original Soundtracks From the Grey Area is, essentially, the secret history of Mute Records (via subsidiary The Grey Area). The title may indicate dance music, but the “beat” here comes closer to industrial than techno. As Biba Kopf’s liner notes state, “Beat presently imposes itself as the martial law controlling all expression. Music is now only music if legitimized by Beat. And the dancehall represents society under disco lockdown.” Although many familiar names are included, the tracks are rarely the most obvious. For instance, instead of, say, the oft covered “Mother Sky,” Can is represented by “Oh Yeah” (1971). Instead of “Ex Lion Tamer” or “Strange” (both from seminal recording Pink Flag), Wire is represented by a live version of “Our Swimmer” (1979). And so it goes with the rest of the selections on this 15-track sampler. Consequently, quite a few of them are now hard to find elsewhere. Many of the top British, German, and Australian noise merchants from the 1970s and ’80s are present and accounted for. This includes such interesting side projects as Dome (featuring Graham Lewis and Bruce Gilbert from Wire) and the Boys Next Door (Nick Cave’s pre-Birthday Party outfit). Those with an interest in experimental and electronic music could do worse than to track down these soundtracks for imaginary movies or the actual video companion of the same name, which features nine of the same artists (ten on the U.S. version). Review by Kathleen C. Fennessy. The Tyranny Of The Beat was released on CD by The Grey Area (A GREY 1) in 1991.

Tracks:

  1. SPK – In Flagrante Delicto
  2. Throbbing Gristle – See You Are (Live At The Factory, Manchester, 19 May 1979)
  3. Cabaret Voltaire – Automotivation
  4. Chris Carter – Solidit (Edit)
  5. Die Krupps – Wahre Arbeit, Wahrer Lohn
  6. DAF – Co Co Pina
  7. Einstürzende Neubauten – Tanz Debil
  8. NON – Cruenta Voluptas
  9. Can – Oh Yeah
  10. Wire – Our Swimmer (Live At Notre Dame Hall, July 1979)
  11. Swell Maps – Midget Submarines
  12. The Boys Next Door – Shivers
  13. Dome – Cruel When Complete
  14. Monte Cazazza – Candy Man
  15. The Hafler Trio – A Thirsty Fish / The Dirty Fire

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Cabaret Voltaire – Methodology ’74 / ’78. Attic Tapes;

Posted on February 12, 2011 by cranio

Methodology

The CD box set charts the development of Cabaret Voltaire, starting from their early experimental period of ’74/’75. The package contains recordings made during the same period as those featured on the CD, “1974-76″, released on Industrial Records in 1978 (and reissued by The Grey Area of Mute, 1992). Included on the release are original recordings of classics such as ‘Nag Nag Nag’, ‘No Escape’, ‘The Set Up’, ‘Baader Meinhof’, ‘Here She Comes Now’ and ‘Do The Mussolini (Headkick)’, all later re-recorded with new equipment and released by Rough Trade in the late ’70s. The material contained in the box set sounds incredibly fresh when played alongside some of the new generation of ‘laptop experimentalists’, especially considering that the recording technology was quite basic compared to that available today. “METHODOLOGY ’74-’78. Attic Tapes” is an invaluable insight into how the band evolved prior to, and during, the punk explosion, and how the music gradually took on a more structured and rhythmic form. Cabaret Voltaire, who alongside Human League, Throbbing Gristle, Fad Gadget and The Normal, were at the forefront of the UK Electronic Movement of the late ’70s and are one of the most truly influential and innovative acts of the last twenty five years. Cardboard boxset with a 32 pages booklet: each CD comes in a cardboard sleeve and has an individual catalogue number. Some tracks are early versions of allready existing Cabaret Voltaire-songs. Methodology ’74 / ’78. Attic Tapes; was released as a 3 x CD box set by Mute, The Grey Area (CABS17CD, CABS17CD) in 2003.

Tracks:

Methodology ’74 / ’75. Attic Tapes One;

  1. Exhaust
  2. Synthi Aks Piece One
  3. Synthi Aks Piece Two
  4. Jet Passing Over
  5. Sad Synth
  6. Treated Guitar
  7. Treated Clarinet
  8. Treated Drum Machine
  9. Possibility of a Bum Trip
  10. Space Patrol
  11. Jack Stereo Unit
  12. Magnet
  13. Counter Reaction
  14. Capsules Version
  15. Makes Your Mouth Go Funny
  16. Dream Sequence Number Three [Short Version]
  17. Reverse Piece One
  18. Stolen from Spectra
  19. Shes Back, Pt. 1
  20. Jive
  21. Single
  22. Speed Kills
  23. Fascist Police State

Methodology ’75 / ’76. Attic Tapes Two;

  1. Synthi Aks Piece Three
  2. Data Processing Instructions
  3. Fuse Mountain
  4. Calling Moscow
  5. Dream Sequence Number Two [Ethel's Voice]
  6. Attic Tapes
  7. Treated Speech
  8. Dream Sequence Number Three [Long Version]
  9. Henderson Reversed Piece Two
  10. Bed Time Stories
  11. Loves in Vein
  12. Do the Mussolini (Head Kick) [They Kill Him Dub]
  13. Shes Black, Pt. 2

Methodology ’77 / ’78. Attic Tapes Three;

  1. Its Not Music
  2. Slo Change
  3. Original Voice of America
  4. Heaven and Hell
  5. Do the Mussolini (Head Kick)
  6. Here She Comes Now
  7. Capsules
  8. Oh Roger
  9. Havoc
  10. Talkover
  11. No Escape
  12. Photophobia
  13. Set Up
  14. Minute Is a Life Time
  15. Baader Meinhof
  16. Nag Nag Nag
  17. Its About Now

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