current listening...

Abra Cadabra anacondaconan at GMAIL.COM
Sun Feb 1 23:16:02 EST 2015


speaking of "fake" TOPY comps, there are The Unknown Deutschland:
Krautrock Archive vol. 1 & 2 - i have one of them (the one with Astral
Army, Golem etc) and i really dig it. Cope-Pope-Krautxploitation !

2015-02-02 5:06 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com>:
> Trip Reset is patchy... Those two early ones were good, if inconsistent.
>
> Not sure about At Stockholm really!
>
> Towards the Infinite Beat is some of the best of PTV's Fred Gianelli era.
> Beyond is just remixes of the same. Fred Gianelli's muisc is quite
> innovative. The 'fake' compilations Jack the Tab/ Tekno Acid Beat are
> favourites of mine too.
>
>
>
>
> On 2 February 2015 at 12:00, Abra Cadabra <anacondaconan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I went thru my PTV stuff... Dreams Less Sweet is a mighty, mighty
>> album. Force The Hand of Chance is good too. But DLS is IT! Also great
>> are Allegory & Self. At Stockholm is a bit indulgent about being some
>> kind of Church Vatican catholic maniac. But ok - Genesis is Pope
>> Orridge of TOPY. Trip Reset kind of loses me, too much nilly willy
>> 1996 limbo era - PTV by then were burning out past the house/dance
>> era. I ordered Peak Hour and Beyond Thee Infinite Beat. I used to like
>> PH a little but havent heard BTIB.
>>
>> 2015-01-30 12:51 GMT+01:00 Abra Cadabra <anacondaconan at gmail.com>:
>> > I used to have Peak Hour on CD. Think i traded or sold it off with
>> > loads of CDs back in 1999 when i must have sold like 400 CDs for
>> > almost nuthin.
>> >
>> > 2015-01-30 12:47 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com>:
>> >> Those are all good, but I also like the Acid House stuff like
>> >> Jack the Tab
>> >> Towards the Infinite Beat
>> >> Beyond the Ultimate Beat
>> >> Ultrahouse
>> >> Peak Hour
>> >> ...all collected in Origen of the SpeciE's
>> >>
>> >> You might like the new album Snakes-- not decided on that yet.
>> >>
>> >> Some of GPO's other stuff is OK, but some like Thee Majesty, is self
>> >> indulgent rubbish.
>> >> The HEX SEX "The Singles" is really great, and i must say ESSENTIAL,
>> >> also the 2007 "Hell Is Invisible" is a really rock heavy punk-psych CD
>> >> i REALLY recommend, it even has a reference to "Stairway To The Stars"
>> >> on the very first song. Also the "Silver Sundown Machine" 12" a few
>> >> years ago was ok. I am less TOPY/PTV/TG cultish than with HW and The
>> >> Legendary Pink Dots as regards the Mystical Bacon of the 66-Sixties
>> >> wave music... hehe... but i do know some SERIOUS O.T.O. type Crowley
>> >> mystics who have every release by P-Orridge & Co, From my collection
>> >> (which is very small)...:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Psychic TV - Force The Hand Of Chance (CS from vinyl LP)
>> >> Psychic TV - Force The Hand Of Chance + Themes (remaster CD)
>> >> Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet (CS from vinyl LP) & (remaster CD)
>> >> Psychic TV - Allegory And Self (CD-R)
>> >> Psychic TV - Hex Sex: The Singles pt. 1 (CD-R)
>> >> Psychic TV - Trip Reset (CD-R)
>> >> Psychic TV - At Stockholm (CD-R)
>> >> Psychic TV/PTV3 - Hell Is Invisible... Heaven Is Her/e (2007)
>> >> Psychic TV/PTV3 - Silver Sundown Machine VS. Alien Lightning Meat
>> >> Machine 12" vinyl Maxi [Hawkwind cover EP, new 2012]
>> >>
>> >> 2015-01-30 11:47 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com>:
>> >>> What PTV do you like? I have  some-- but not many live albums (which
>> are
>> >>> often poor).
>> >>>
>> >>> On 30 January 2015 at 17:25, Abra Cadabra <anacondaconan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> current listening:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Gong Global Family - Brazil 2007 (far out the BEST Gong Teapot era
>> >>>> live of recent)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The Chills - BBC Sessions (Rolling Moon is a wondrous pop track)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Yes - Something's Coming (just for Beyond & Before live)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Fantomas - The Director's Cut (some great horror and gangster movie
>> >>>> themes with Mike Patton from Faith No More & Mister Bungle etc)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Venom - Calm Before The Storm (i already had this release as Beauty &
>> >>>> The Beast but its a great album nonetheless and i paid like 38 USD
>> >>>> which sucks cause i already had B&TB for like £4.99)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Throbbing Gristle - Greatest Hits (nuff said, variably great and bad,
>> >>>> i am more familiar with PTV etc of later eras)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Skinny Puppy - B Sides Collect (even on my tiny CD stereo / docking
>> >>>> station it sounds so clear and digital its mindblowing)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Fit & Limo - Terra Incognita and Ginnistan CDs (Limo from The Shiny
>> >>>> Gnomes, its folk kraut psych and very hippie blossoming peace music)
>> >>>>
>>



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