Organum ‎– "In Extremis" (L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ‎– LAY 19) 1985

Another plethora of scraping and squealing sounds, augmented by what sounds like an electric fan with something inserted between the rotating blades.
Top quality Non-Music from one of the originators of the genre, helped on side B by the Rupenus brothers, aka 'The New Blockaders', who add their own special brand of Nihilism as anti art to the already nihilistic mixture(they also frown on 'Anti-Art too by the way!).....and end up making....er......Art?!? In fact even making non-music and releasing a record with a designed sleeve seems to go against their impossible standards somewhat, but there you go, nobody's perfect?

Tracklist:

A1 In Extremis Pt. 1
A2 In Extremis Pt. 2
B Valley Of Worms

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Organum ‎– Tower Of Silence (L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ‎– LAY 12) 1985

This is the sound i heard every Friday lunchtime at school,where the whole class would move their chairs and desks in the direction of the exit to make ready for the rush to get to the dinner hall first before sport in the afternoon.
If scraping chairs,nails scratching down a blackboard,and general metal on metal friction is your gig,this is highly recommended.

Tracklist:

A1 Tower Of Silence Pt.1 2:21
A2 Tower Of Silence Pt.2 7:14
B1 Voice Of The Angel 3:49
B2 Incarnate 4:48

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The New Blockaders and Organum ‎– "Pulp" (Aeroplane ‎– AR 7) 1984

This is the single version of Organum's "Pulp/Icon" cassette, augmented by anti-anti-art noise merchants the 'New Blockaders';who add a spadeful of searing noise to the recipe.
One has to say, the 7" vinyl format seems suited to this brand of scraping heavy machinery.As intense and exciting this grinding racket is, three and a half minutes is just about enough to avoid boredom.......modern day attention spans huh?   

Tracklist:
A Pulp Pt.1
B Pulp Pt.2

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Organum ‎– "Pulp / Icon" (Self-Released C-30) 1983

Whereas David Jackman appeared as 'himself' on his early cassette releases; around 1983 he became 'Organum' to become more anonymous ,if that was possible?
Dipping his toes further into the realms of non-musical droning noise, here's Organum's first release, featuring two near identical drones not unlike a spinning washing machine dueling with a taxi-ing prop driven aircraft.
Basically, don't expect a sing-a-long. 

Tracklist:
A Pulp (15:38)
B Icon (15:10)

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David Jackman ‎– "Ritual" (Snatch Tapes ‎– tch 211) 1981

A lengthy C-7 release on Philip Sandersons legendary 'Snatch Tapes', by David Jackman, with some assistance by everyone's favourite DIY label owner.

For the need of a better word, this 'cassingle' was unlikely to trouble even the most obscure of charts with Snatch Tapes unlimited supply of 30.

Side A is like an ambient recording from the engine room of a small submarine of a small vessel passing on the surface above, accompanied by a swinging rope brushing randomly against an electric guitar.

Side B is the sound of that same small vessel grounding itself on a reef while the sub breaks apart in the depths.

Tracklist:
A –David Jackman "Ritual" (3:29)
B –David Jackman & Philip Sanderson "Offshore" (3:28)

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David Jackman ‎– "Crest" (Aeroplane ‎– AR02) 1982

Four foreboding noise drones for the modern gentleman, as released on a very limited edition C-20 in 1982 by David Jackman on his own Aeroplane label.

These days everyone has a drone project going on; but back in 1982 this kind of stuff could get a Daily Mail reader foaming at the mouth like a rabid ferret, warning about such ill-informed hyperbole as 'the death of civilisation'. Those Brexit voting cretins would be missing the point, because this non-music is all about philistines like 'Daily Mail readers' in their role as the real killers of civilisation........again.....Twats! A cosy cardigan slippers and pipe type of passive evil that their kind are!

Tracklist:

A1 Crest
A2 Ember Hollow
B1 Grass
B2 Dawn Plaza

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David Jackman ‎– "Up From Zero" (Aeroplane ‎– AR03) 1982

A Fine and willful purveyor of creeping sinister noise is ex-scratch orchestra and Snatch tapes stalwart David Jackman. In there right at the year zero of articulated scraping Noise. A single minded approach to making non-music,looking total obscurity in the face. 
If you like the sound of a distant container vessel breaking up in a calm sea and sliding to the bottom of a polluted and dead ocean along an immense blackboard? Then this is for you. Although there is something strangely comforting about this menacing symphony of crashing cars and drowning hulks of structurally compromised hulls.

Tracklist:

Ways To The Sea
Threshold
Up From Zero

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Various Artists‎– "Sudden Departure" (Recloose Organisation ‎– LOOSE 001) 1982

Classic 'Industrial' compilation on Bourbonese Qualk's own Recloose Organisation label.Featuring such classic artists as Colin Potter, Bryn Jones(E.G.Oblique Graph),and Phillip Johnson.Even Lol Coxhill makes an appearance!Rather marvellous.
The first release from Bourbonese Qualk's RecLoose Organisation label was a compilation release intended to be followed up by albums by each of the artists. the album included works by lol coxhill, eg oblique graph (muslimgauze), new 7th music, la fondation, colin potter and Bourbonese Qualk with two early pieces; " i've heard some talk" and "the women and the sun" recorded in 1981.
"One of my favorite early '80s compilation albums was "Sudden Departure" on the RecLoose label. Bladder Flask (one Richard Rupenus a.k.a. Funeral Danceparty) was featured on a few of the very best tracks, as were Bourbonese Qualk and EG Oblique Graph, who would later change names to Muslimgauze. I already love this album to pieces!" [Jeff Gibson]

Tracklist

A1	La Fondation –	"Cat Sisters"
A2	La Fondation –	Petit Meurtre
A3	Bladder Flask –	Did Debussy Wear An Anorak?
A4	New 7th Music –	Forever
A5	Bourbonese Qualk –	I've Heard Some Talk (No You Don't!)
A6	Mental Aardvarks –	Radio Caroline North
A7	Colin Potter –	Soul Train
A8	Paul Kelday –	Somewhere Over The Rainbow
A9	Peter Northz (At Home), The –	Can't See The Trees For The Pope
B1	E.g Oblique Graph –	Affirm/Deny
B2	Bourbonese Qualk –	The Woman And The Sun
B3	Lol Coxhill –	Bim 80
B4	La Fondation –	Holidays En Espana
B5	Bladder Flask –	You Can Slap Me Or Sleep With Me But Don't Call Me A Crust (I Insist)
B6	La Fondation –	Lettre Au Procureur
B7	E.g Oblique Graph –	Human Rights
B8	Bourbonese Qualk –	Apart From That Mrs. Lincoln, Did You Enjoy The Play?
B9	Philip Johnson –	Entertainment

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Funeral Danceparty - "Quirtyiop" (C-60 No Label FD 03) 1980

Another Alien Brains Related tape.One of the many projects of Alien Brains, New Blockader and Organum member Philip Rupenus, with brother Richard. One hour of live improvised tape fuckery from the deep end of the experimental swimming pool.Highly inventive mash up of percussion, scraped and plucked strings, creaking doors, falling objects, abused tapes, and i'm sure there's a kitchen sink in there somewhere! It never stays still for one minute of the 60 on this superb cassette recording.Come on,dive in and drown!

Track listing: 

Side A
Side B

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Organum & The New Blockaders – "Salute" (Frux Records) 1984

This is the sound of sinking oil tankers breaking their backs as they founder in a deep ocean.The screeching of metal as it rips and scrapes against massive machinery struggling to operate as an onslaught of sea water compromises its functionality (sorry for this americanism).
A thousand refuse lorries emptying their rotten cargo into a bottomless landfill site, to a cacophony of malfunctioning electricity pylons.
Beaten to the punch ,maybe by Whitehouse and Non, this is a pityless march into the forbidden realms of extreme noise, only matched by the 90′s work of Merzbow.
David Jackman‘s Organum, joining forces with arch-nihilists, The New Blockaders, set a new benchmark for ear bleeding noise, gauranteed to send any normal citizen running to the nearest suicide leap point……..which is a highly recommended objective in art; and this is art,not pop.

TRACK LISTING:

A1 Part One
A2 Part Two
A3 Part Three
B1 Part Four
B2 Part Five
B3 Part Six
B4 Part Seven
B5 Part Eight

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David Jackman and Phillip Sanderson – " 0° North " (Aeroplane Records AR04) 1982

Scraping ambient noises, with abundant repetitious tin can percussion, adequately describes what you are hearing on this cassette release on David jackmans Aeroplane label. Following his contributions for Sanderson’s Snatch Tapes compilations; it seemed only right that he should collaborate with Sanderson and release it on his own imprint.
For some reason, ‘Under Press of Sail’ makes its third appearance,albiet a more ambient version, (see Snatch 1 and Snatch 3), and ‘Ashes and Diamonds’ makes another too. I suppose its easier than making a new track, and you may not have heard its other manifestations,so why not?
The title track,’Zero degrees north, sounds rather unimaginatively like the north pole,lots of windy synth effects.Pretty uninspiring, but there’s plenty else to be inspired by on this C30.

Track Listing:

A1	David Jackman & Philip Sanderson –	Ashes & Diamonds
A2	David Jackman & Philip Sanderson –	Terrain
B1	David Jackman & Philip Sanderson –	Zero Degrees North
B2	Philip Sanderson –	Under Press Of Sail
B3	David Jackman –	Fade Of Light

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Various Artists – "Snatch 3" – (Snatch Tapes TCH 300) 1981

More avant garde sound sculptures from Phillip Sanderson’s Snatch Tapes. The man himself appears a few times on this tape, including another version of ‘Under Press of Sail’, and as Claire Thomas, and probably Ice Yacht too; and why not,it is his label after all?
Avant Garde legend David Jackman contributes two drone-fests,as befits a man of his stature in this field.
The Alien Brains get funky??,Orior get Ambient, Steven Ball turns from experimental to library party music in one fell swoop;M.P.Denton is in bedroom contemporary composition mode, and Nigel Jackson gives us a tape collage buried under a mountain of cotton wool.
This just leaves Mental to perform a Sax,tape, and sequencer improvisation in someone’s toilet block…….and rather fine it is too.
Various artists/various musics is the key word on a Snatch Tapes compilation, which is as it should be one supposes.
Listen to the two hour radio special podcast, by Collective Voice Radio, on Snatch Tapes HERE!…it includes many extremely rare Snatch Tapes releases,and an interview with Mr. Sanderson himself. Its a recommended listen.
Track Listing:

		Turquoise Side:
A1	Steven Ball –	60″/60″
A2	Mental (2) –	“Sound 2″
A3	Ice Yacht –	0° North
A4	Nigel Jacklin –	Song
A5	Philip Sanderson –	Under Press Of Sail
A6	David Jackman –	World
		Pink Side:
B1	Claire Thomas* –	Ashes And Diamonds
B2	Steven Ball –	Dressing For The Party
B3	David Jackman –	Blues
B4	Alien Brains / + Instruments* –	Untitled
B5	Orior –	Call
B6	Michael Peter Denton –	Part 3

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Andrew Chalk – " Harvest " (Integrated Circuit Records ICR 22) 1988

This is the mirror image of Neil Young’s “Harvest”, same title, completely different effect.
Two years between ICR21 and ICR22!…but worth the wait. Andrew Chalk’s recycling of his work with Organum, into a minimal version of a thousand bomber raid. Side B’s especially resplendent Luftwaffe Dronescape, descending into a series of thuds and clangs, before building slowly up again to a malfunctioning machine finalé. This is ground-breaking stuff for 1988.
Nowadays everyone and their granny has a Drone project going on.One can trawl the internet and find thousands of Drone based cd-r’s,;but this was the beginning of the flood. Not forgetting the long shadow of Lamonte Young’s Eternal Music Ensemble, and Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music, Chalk and his peers developed a more quiet and sinister form of drone, that still echoes on today.
Recorded at IC Studio 1986-88. Special thanks to David Jackman.
Re-worked and newly produced recordings using material from Organum’s “Kanal” sessions.

Track Listing:

A		Untitled
B1		Untitled
B2		Untitled

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