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Kennelmates (Muscial Influences on SP)
by Hobb Fri 9 Dec 2016 - 15:50
1985 Interview wrote:PLF: Musical Influences?
cK: We were all influenced by this postindustrial scene, probably for myself it was Thomas Leer, Robert Rental, “The Bridge” was a very inspiring album.
NO: Early Portion Control
cK: Yeah, early Portion Control, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, anything that came from that era.
“The Bridge” can be found HERE.
Two Portion Control recordings from 1981 can be found HERE
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Re: Kennelmates (Muscial Influences on SP)
by Hobb Tue 13 Dec 2016 - 18:03
Fall 1982 - 18 year old, Gary Levermore starts a 'post-punk' fanzine called Tone Death to feature some of the interesting demo and underground tapes he has exploring.
Early 1983 - Levermore distributes 'Rising From The Red Sand Vols. I & II' through his newly-formed Third Mind label. It is a two cassette compilation of the music acquired through the tape-trade.
The title - like Cabaret Voltaire's 'Red Mecca' and Muslimgauze's work - seems to reflect the hopes of some Leftist suffering from Thatcher/Reagan shellshock that the successful Iranian revolt against their CIA-imposed Shah was the next edge of global revolution.
Soviet/Islamic fundamentalism are also authoritarian - and there has always been a soft spot for authoritarianism in the industrial scene. Plus there is the influence of Dune's desert mysticism that was rife in the counter-culture, the next volume of Red Sands will even feature a band called 'Bene Gesserit'.
May 1983 - The British music magazine Sounds publishes Doug Henderson's seminal 'Wild Planet' article that gives an epic survey of the experimental/industrial tape-trading scene and includes contact information.
mid-1983 - Doug Henderson creates the Elephant Table Album an "audio catolouge" (sic) of his 'Wild Planet' column.
Jan 1984 - Reed's History of Industrial Music (2013) states that Skinny Puppy formed in the wake of listening to Elephant Table and contacting some of those artists, [unfortunately he provides no footnote for this]. SP's first demo tape (Back & Forth #1) thanks "N.E, P.C and L.P.Ds" who are likely Nocturnal Emissions, Portion Control and Legendary Pink Dots - all appear on Elephant Table.
1984 - Back & Forth #1 is reviewed in Henderson's Wild Planet column
1985 -Skinny Puppy headlines for Elephant Table alumnus Chris & Cosey on their North America tour.
[...]
1990s+ - Gary Levermore will sign Bill Leeb's Frontline Assembly to his Third Mind label and 'RedSands PR' will become Nettwerk's publicity agent in Britain.
Early 1983 - Levermore distributes 'Rising From The Red Sand Vols. I & II' through his newly-formed Third Mind label. It is a two cassette compilation of the music acquired through the tape-trade.
The title - like Cabaret Voltaire's 'Red Mecca' and Muslimgauze's work - seems to reflect the hopes of some Leftist suffering from Thatcher/Reagan shellshock that the successful Iranian revolt against their CIA-imposed Shah was the next edge of global revolution.
Soviet/Islamic fundamentalism are also authoritarian - and there has always been a soft spot for authoritarianism in the industrial scene. Plus there is the influence of Dune's desert mysticism that was rife in the counter-culture, the next volume of Red Sands will even feature a band called 'Bene Gesserit'.
May 1983 - The British music magazine Sounds publishes Doug Henderson's seminal 'Wild Planet' article that gives an epic survey of the experimental/industrial tape-trading scene and includes contact information.
Introduction to Wild Planet column wrote:With the release of Third Mind's 'Rising From The Red Sand' cassette a whole spectrum of music from around the world was brought together in a 2xC60 package. The wealth of sound and variation of content so impressed me that I began to contact the groups involved to see what else they had been doing.
mid-1983 - Doug Henderson creates the Elephant Table Album an "audio catolouge" (sic) of his 'Wild Planet' column.
Jan 1984 - Reed's History of Industrial Music (2013) states that Skinny Puppy formed in the wake of listening to Elephant Table and contacting some of those artists, [unfortunately he provides no footnote for this]. SP's first demo tape (Back & Forth #1) thanks "N.E, P.C and L.P.Ds" who are likely Nocturnal Emissions, Portion Control and Legendary Pink Dots - all appear on Elephant Table.
1984 - Back & Forth #1 is reviewed in Henderson's Wild Planet column
1985 -Skinny Puppy headlines for Elephant Table alumnus Chris & Cosey on their North America tour.
[...]
1990s+ - Gary Levermore will sign Bill Leeb's Frontline Assembly to his Third Mind label and 'RedSands PR' will become Nettwerk's publicity agent in Britain.
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Re: Kennelmates (Muscial Influences on SP)
by Hobb Fri 16 Dec 2016 - 20:45
Images in Vogue
The first half of the documentary is great little peak at the Vancouver music scene of the early 80s. The music club 'Luv-A-Fair' will also be an early Skinny Puppy Venue.
Here is Cevin Key of the 'Luv-A-Fair'
- LUV A FAIR:
- cEvin Key remembers his initial visit to the Luv-A-Fair as a formative experience. In 1980, the former gay disco switched formats and quickly became Vancouver’s premier new-wave hangout. Already a fan of punk and early hardcore, Key had his mind blown when he stepped through the door of 1275 Seymour Street for the first time.
“It was this life-changing club,” he recalls, reached at his studio in Los Angeles. “The first time, I was taken there by a bunch of punk rockers. One of them was Al Nelson—Illegal Youth was the name of the band. ”˜Let’s go, let’s go. They play D.O.A. and the Dead Kennedys at this club, I’ve heard.’ You go in and it’s like these people from Mars dancing to this alien music.”¦But then all of a sudden the Dead Kennedys would come on, and D.O.A. and the Subhumans, and it would be this mixture. And it was like, ”˜Oh my god, this is a whole new world.’ ”
Key became a regular at the club, which is where he befriended the like-minded Steven R. Gilmore, who deejayed there from ’80 to ’85. This turned out to be an auspicious meeting: Gilmore was also a graphic artist, whose designs would grace the early efforts of Key’s pioneering electro-industrial outfit Skinny Puppy. The pair’s friendship continues to the present day, and though both are now based in California, they’ll be returning to Vancouver for a DJ set celebrating their favourite tracks from the heyday of the nightclub that changed their lives.
“When I got together with Steven Gilmore, we were discussing this whole Luv-A-Fair period and how inspirational it was,” Key says. “Like, the first time you ever heard, say, ”˜Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by Joy Division was there. You didn’t hear it at home on your iTunes; you heard it at this club because some DJ went all the way to Seattle and picked it up. And so it was like, ”˜Oh, my god!’ You’d run to the DJ booth so many times it was tiring.”
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