Flavor of the week #40

Chris Carter
www.myspace.com/chris_carter_/
www.chriscarter.co.uk
( ;D --> Chris Carter sure has turned his childhood hobby into a career. Born in Islington, London, England on January 28, 1953, Carter became enchanted with high-tech equipment early in his youth. When he was only a boy, Carter spent hours playing with a tape deck; his father would record family conversations and add sound effects to them, even changing speeds. At the age of 13, Carter fell in love with mixing electronic sounds. Carter joined a garage band called the Dragsters in 1967. A year later, Carter took drugs and saw Pink Floyd perform at a dive in North London. The group's visual presentation and acid-damaged pop left Carter spellbound. Inspired, Carter formed Orpheus Lites with his friend Chris Panayiotou, providing local acts with Pink Floyd-ish psychedelic light shows. Orpheus Lites eventually turned into an integral part of their biggest client, the outfit Willa. Carter joined Willa as a keyboardist, but he left in 1974. In 1975, Carter made his solo debut, performing at Thurrock Technical College in England as Waveforms, utilizing synthesizers and keyboards. He then met future bandmates Genesis P-Orridge (vocals) and Cosey Fanni Tutti (guitar), both of whom were in COUM Transmissions, a performance art ensemble that disgusted and disturbed English audiences by torturing their g*****ls and licking their vomit on-stage. With the addition of Carter, COUM Transmissions evolved into industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. In 1980, Carter released his first album, The Space Between. Throbbing Gristle broke up a year later, and Carter started collaborating with Fanni Tutti as Chris & Cosey and Creative Technology Insitute, otherwise known as CTI. They also created their own record label, Conspiracy International. Carter entered the journalism field in the '90s, writing music reviews; he also designed album covers with Fanni Tutti and remixed two songs from Erasure.)
The Spaces Between remastered
www.kompakt.fm/releases/the_spaces_between
( ;D --> Originally recorded between 1974 and 1978 at Industrial Records studio in London 'The Space Between' album was first released as a 90 minute cassette in 1980 on Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records label. It wasn't until 1991 that it was again released by Mute Records on CD. Although tracks from 'The Space Between' have appeared on numerous compilations since its release, the album has never been available on vinyl until now. This new vinyl edition on Optimo Music, now retitled 'The Spaces Between', doesn't include all the tracks of the original album but has been enhanced and remastered from the original two-track master tapes and has new cover artwork especially for this release.)
Small Moon
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Disobedient
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Electronic Ambient Remixes One
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The Spaces Between (original release)
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CTI - Core - A Conspiracy International Project
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( ;D --> Each track was a joint project between Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni Tutti, together with colaborators; Joe Potts, John Duncan, Monte Cazazza, Robert Wyatt, Lustmord and Boyd Rice. Sounds were mailed or brought to Studio 47 where they were manipulated, processed, composed and mixed with the full collaboration of those involved.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/flavor-of-week-42.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/flavor-of-week-28.html
Throbbing Gristle/Chris & Cosey clip from Synth Britannia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpH-8Exq5oE


Brian Eno
http://brian-eno.net
www.enoweb.co.uk
www.myspace.com/enobrian  
www.myspace.com/ambientlegend  
( ;D --> The longest and poshest name in music - Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno - is often just abbreviated to just 'Eno', and belongs to a man with an incredible record of innovation as a musician. A multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer, music theorist and producer, he has been involved in the best work of several prominent artists, as well as pioneering ambient music with his own solo work.)
Small Craft On A Milk Sea
http://enoshop.co.uk/
Taste:
www.brian-eno.net/#audio-stream
Another Green World
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David Byrne & Brian Eno
www.everythingthathappens.com/
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
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Brian Eno & John Cale
Wrong Way Up
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( ;D --> Recorded at Brian's Wilderness studios, Eno comes close to the style of Another Green World. Cale is as catchy as he's been since Honi Soit. The result is one of the best albums either one has ever made.)


Feindflug
www.myspace.com/feindflug
www.feindflug.info
( ;D --> Feindflug is a controversial German aggrotech band founded in 1995. Translated, the name means "attack-raid" or literally "foe-flight" ("flight against the enemy"); it corresponds in military use to the French/English word "sortie".)
Im Visier
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Feindflug
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Jesus Antichristus (Feindflug Remix)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=alPinZirnN8&feature=related


Govinda
www.myspace.com/govindamusic
www.govindamusic.com
( ;D --> Govinda fuses beautifully spooky melodies inspired from across the planet with sexy beats and crunchy, ambient atmosphere. Govinda has played with Thievery Corporation, DJ Spooky and Cheb I Sabbah and been featured in compilations such as Buddha Bar II, Asian Travels II, and Nirvana Lounge.)
Amethyst Noise
http://govinda.bandcamp.com/album/amethyst-noise
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/02/flavor-of-week-07.html


Switchblade Symphony
www.myspace.com/30511393 
( ;D --> Switchblade Symphony was a San Francisco, United States–based band which was formed in 1989 by composer Susan Wallace and vocalist Tina Root. They released their first album in 1995 on the Cleopatra Records label. They also had two live guitarists, first Robin Jacobs (who later joined Razor Skyline) and then George Earth, and two live drummers, first Eric Gebow (now with Blue Man Group) and then Scott van Shoick.
Switchblade Symphony's music combined orchestral sounds with heavy synth sequences and ethereal vocals to create a highly original sound resembling The Flower Duet sung over a twisted union of classical music and gothic rock. The band's name refers to this union, the result of cutting up elements of classical music to mix them with harder sounds. Though this sound is uncommon, it might be compared with Rhea's Obsession, Siouxsie Cindergarden, The Machine in the Garden and Dead Can Dance.
Switchblade Symphony disbanded in November 1999. Subsequently, Tina Root started Tre Lux. In 2008 Tina Root and George Earth formed SmallHalo. Small Halo is based out of L.A. and are working on an upcoming EP.)
Serpentine Gallery
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Clown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNQ58zV-WkI&feature=related

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