The Grey Area

The Tyranny Of The Beat

Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (1991)

1 SPK - In Flagrante Delicto
Vocals - Jan Thornton

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 Boys Next Door, The - Shivers

13 Dome - Cruel When Complete

14 Monte Cazazza - Candy Man

15 Hafler Trio, The - A Thirsty Fish / The Dirty Fire

"...Beat presently imposes itself as the martial law controlling all expression. Music is now only music if legitimised by Beat. And the dancehall represents society under disco lockdown..."
(quote from rear cover)

Cabaret Voltaire

Mix-UpLP/CD(1990)


1 Kirlian Photograph 5:52
2 No Escape 3:40
3 Fourth Shot 4:03
4 Heaven And Hell 5:57
5 Eyeless Sight (Recorded Live 79) 3:15
6 Photophobia 5:56
7 On Every Other Street 4:02
8 Expect Nothing 6:10
9 Capsules 4:08

Bass [Guitar], Lead Vocals - Stephen Mallinder

Drums - Haydn Boyes-Weston

Electronics, Tape - Chris Watson

Guitar, Performer [Wind Instruments] - Richard H. Kirk

Originally released on vinyl by Rough Trade in 1979.
Recorded and produced at Western Works, Jul/Aug 1979.


Three Mantras CD (1990)


1 Western Mantra 20:39
2 Eastern Mantra 20:11
Other [Tapes, Jerusalem Market] - Jane
Percussion [Additional] - John Clayton

Recorded at Western Works (Sheffield), January 1980.
Originally released on vinyl by Rough Trade Records in 1980.



The Voice Of America

LP/CD(1990)

1
The Voice Of America/The Damage Is Done (6:29)
2
Partially Submerged (3:53)
3
Kneel To The Boss (3:58)
4
Premonition (5:08)
5
This Is Entertainment (6:01)
6
If The Shadows Could March? (1974) (0:58)
7
Stay Out Of It (2:45)
8
Obsession (5:18)
9
News From Nowhere (2:31)
10
Messages Received (3:11)

Originally released on vinyl & cassette by Rough Trade Records in 1980.



Red Mecca

LP/CD (1990)

1 A Touch Of Evil 3:11
2 Sly Doubt 4:59
3 Landslide 2:08
4 A Thousand Ways 10:35
5 Red Mask 6:54
6 Split Second Feeling 3:47
7 Black Mask 3:19
8 Spread The Virus 3:40
9 A Touch Of Evil (Reprise) 1:33

Originally released on vinyl by Rough Trade 1981
Recorded At Western Works, May 1981



2X45 (1990)


1 Breathe Deep (5:17)
2 Yashar (5:10)
3 Protection (7:39)
4 War Of Nerves (T.E.S.) (5:08)
5 Wait And Shuffle (8:07)
6 Get Out Of My Face (13:10)

Originally released by Rough Trade in 1982





Listen Up With Cabaret Voltaire

2LP/2CD/Cass.(1990)

1.1 Baader Meinhof 3:23
1.2 Sex In Secret 3:57
Tracks 1.1 & 1.2 released on A Factory Sample EP FAC-2 (not FAC-4 as reported on the sleeve)

1.3 Raising The Count 3:37
Track 1.3 released on NME/Rough Trade cassette

1.4 This Is Our Religion 4:00
previously unreleased

1.5 Loosen The Clamp 4:50
Track 1.5 released on NME/Mighty Reel cassette

1.6 Automotivation 6:04
Track 1.6 released on Gasoline In Your Eye VHS

1.7 Dead Mans Shoes 6:03
Track 1.7 released on Diamond In The Mouth Of A Corpse LP

1.8 Time In Minutes 4:03
previously unreleased

2.1 Trust In The Lord 5:56
Track 2.1 released on It's Clean, It Just Looks Dirty VHS

2.2 Over And Over 4:26
Track 2.2 released on Vinyl Magazine #13 flexi-disc

2.3 Playing For Time 7:10
previously unreleased

2.4 Mercy Man 6:24
Track 2.4 released on NME/Raging Spool cassette

2.5 Why 6:33
2.6 Don't Drive Fast 7:22
2.7 Enough's Enough 5:45
2.8 That's The Way It Works 6:34
previously unreleased



1974-76 CD(1992)


1 The Dada Man 8:31
2 Ooraseal 4:30
3 A Sunday Night In Biot 3:24
4 In Quest Of The Unusual 2:43
5 Do The Snake 6:53
6 Fade Crisis 3:15
7 Doubled Delivery 5:42
8 Venusian Animals 5:27
9 The Outer Limits 8:48
10 She Loved You 8:42

Originally released on cassette by Industrial Records in 1980.
Recorded at Chris Watson's Loft.
Some tracks also appeared on a cassette limited to 25 copies that Cabaret Voltaire duplicated by hand and gave to friends in 1976:
tracks in question are 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9.




Stephen Mallinder

Pow Wow Plus (1985)

1
Temperature Drop (5:08)
2
The Devil In Me (5:17)
3
0-58 (0:56)
4
Pow-Wow (3:32)
5
Three Piece Swing (3:01)
6
Cool Down (3:50)
7
1-37 (1:39)
8
In Smoke (3:43)
9
1-59 (1:47)
10
Length Of Time (6:16)
11
Going Out (1:35)
12
Del Sol (5:39)

The first solo album produced by Stephen Mallinder, the singer and bassist from Cabaret Voltaire. Originally released in 1985 by Doublevision, as an expanded reissue of the former Pow Wow mini LP (Fetish, 1982)


Richard H. Kirk

Disposable Half-Truths 1992

1 Synesthesia 8:43
2 Outburst 11:44
3 Information Therapy 4:34
4 Magic Words Command 3:49
5 Thermal Damage 3:19
6 Plate Glass Replicas 4:01
7 Insect Friends Of Allah 2:46
8 Scatalist 8:10
9 False Erotic Love 3:30
10 L.D. 50 1:37
11 L.D. 60 5:22
12 Amnesic Disassociation 5:27

Re-issue of album previously released in cassette format on the Industrial Records label in 1980



Time High Fiction 1994

1.1 The Greedy Eye 5:05
1.2 Shaking Down The Tower Of Babel 3:15
1.3 Force Of Habit 7:09
1.4 Day Of Waiting 4:49
1.5 Black Honeymoon 5:34
1.6 Nocturnal Children 4:20
1.7 Wiretrap 6:32
1.8 The Power Of Autosuggestion 5:00
2.1 Dead Relatives Part One 20:47
2.2 Dead Relatives Part Two 18:38

Originally released on double LP by Doublevision in 1983.



Black Jesus Voice 1995

1 Streetgang (It Really Hurts) 7:54
2 Hipnotic 5:55
3 Boom Shala 7:15
4 Black Jesus Voice 6:47
5 Martyrs Of Palestine 4:13
6 This Is The H-Bomb Sound 5:44
7 Short Wave 5:00

Originally released on vinyl by Rough Trade in 1986.




Ugly Spirit 1995

1 The Emperor 2:48
2 Infantile 3:44
3 Confession 2:33
4 Frankie Machine (Part One) 12:48
5 Hollywood Babylon 3:54
6 Thai 3:37
7 Voodoo 4:19
8 Frankie Machine (Part Two) 7:24

1986 on Rough Trade Records (Vinyl), 1995 re-issued.


Peter Hope & Richard H. Kirk

Hoodoo Talk 2000

1 Intro 0:32
2 Numb Skull 6:47
3 N.O. 8:36
4 Cop Out 7:02
5 Surgeons 6:51
6 50 Tears 4:24
7 Leather Hands 6:41
8 50 Tears (Reprise) 1:51
9 Sugar Can You Feel The Drums? 5:43
10 Upbeat 3:13
11 Leather Hands (12" Mix) 9:56
12 Leather Hands (Crash Mix) 5:55

Previously released on LP by Native Records (1987)
Track 9 & 10 previously unreleased
Track 11 & 12 previously released on 12" by Doublevision (1985)



Richard H. Kirk

Unreleased Projects Anthology 74/89 (2004)

Later.
1.01 Never Lose Your Shadow (12" Mix) 10:00
1.02 Street Gang (9mm 12" Mix) (RTT179 Aborted) 6:09
1.03 I Want More 3:03
1.04 Numero Uno Baby / Information 3:42
1.05 Do As I Do 3:36
1.06 On Fire 5:49
1.07 Digital Globe 3:55
1.08 Narcotics Rap (It Stinks In Here) 4:21
1.09 Latin / MYBM 5:56
1.10 Martyrs Of Palestine (12" Mix) (RTT 199) 8:11
1.11 One Three Fourgasm 5:54
1.12 Public Fun 1:19
1.13 Electron 78 4:49

Earlier
2.01 Hell In Here 5:41
2.02 Cosmic Override 1 1:04
2.03 International Smashface Detective Theme 5:13
2.04 Phantom Of Liberty 0:38
2.05 Concerto For Damaged Piano (Extract 1) 1:41
2.06 Venusian Electrodes 1:26
2.07 Immaculate Riot 4:48
2.08 Radio Silence 0:26
2.09 Entering Creation (Help Me I'm Melting) 9:05
2.10 El 2:02
2.11 Zyklus 1 1:49
2.12 Photomaton 2:28
2.13 Au Service De La Révolution 3:52
2.14 Lost Rhythm Of Life 3:41
2.15 Trabantenstadt 3:26
2.16 All Nationalities 5:40
2.17 Solar Defiance 6:36
2.18 Zukunft 2:37
2.19 Kinshasa Express 3:03
2.20 Cosmic Override 2 4:50

shuujin, May 15, 2007
There's something new with this anthology; the demos tapes of Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire, dating from 1974 to 1989. The old bear from Sheffield states that he never played these tracks to anybody, even not his old friend, the singer Stephen Mallinder. By listening closely, you can hear the rubbings of the magnetic tapes, which haven't received any post-production treatments before becoming an amazingly mature double CD. The first part is made of a mix of icy funk, close to the "Black Jesus Voice" sessions. The socio-political themes dear to the mentor Kirk are already present (war, dictature, weapons, drugs...) and they're underlined by obsessing rhythmics collages. The second part dating of 1974 is a whole of primitive electronic pieces prefiguring the sound of the 80s' industrial music, as well as the approach of the current techno-minimalist generation. It's also, according to Kirk, the kind of album he would like to produce now. Even some avant-garde people look back in the past, and they're right to do so.


Sandoz

Digital Lifeforms (Redux)2004

Disc 1

1-01 Armed Response 7:43
1-02 Chocolate Machine 7:34
1-03 Digital Lifeforms 8:05
1-04 Human Spirit 7:00
1-05 Drum Meditation 7:01
1-06 Limbo 8:47
1-07 Zombie Astral 8:27
1-08 Beam 6:47
1-09 Steel Tabernacle 7:52
1-10 White Darkness 9:10

Disc 1 was originally released as 'Digital Lifeforms' in 1993 on Touch.

Disc 2

2-01 Communicate (With The Future) 7:03
2-02 Ocean Reflection 8:53
2-03 Tribal Warfare 7:43
2-04 White Tab / Steel Darkness (Tetrodotoxin Mix) 9:27
2-05 Erzulie 7:27
2-06 Human Spirit (Original Dub And Roll Mix) 6:59
2-07 Zombie Savane 7:02
2-08 Medium Cool 10:15
2-09 Shanpwel 6:04
2-10 Mirror 3:37

Disc 2 contains bonus material to this re-release, recorded in the same years. Track 8 on disc 2 ("Medium Cool") is the very first track recorded by Richard H. Kirk under the name Sandoz, in 1992.


Chris Carter

The Space Between CD (1991)

1
Beat 4:24
2
Outreach 5:22
3
Electrodub 1 5:21
4
Clouds 4:11
5
Reprise 1:07
6
Electrodub 2
6:55
7
Poptone 5:30
8
Slomo 3:59
9
Walkabout 6:43
10
Maybe 4:47
11
Falling 7:46
12
Solidit 3:32
13
Snap 4:20
14
Interloop 4:39
15
Resonance 7:22

Solo tracks recorded by Chris Carter during the TG period, some at Industrial Records studio.
Originally released in 1980 on cassette by Industrial Records (IRC32).



Einstürzende Neubauten

Die Hamletmaschine 1991

Soundtrack to the theatre piece "Die Hamletmaschine" by Heiner Müller as performed by DDR Radio. Music by Einsturzende Neubauten. Ofelia performed by Gudrun Gut, Hamlet part spoken and performance directed by Blixa Bargeld.



Strategies Against Architecture II 1992


1-01 Abfackeln 3:30
1-02 Partynummer (live) 1:35
1-03 Z.N.S. 5:39
1-04 Die Elektrik (Merle) 2:21
1-05 Intermezzo/Yü-Gung (live) 6:18
1-06 Seele Brennt 4:08
1-07 Blutvergiftung 1:50
1-08 Sand 3:30
1-09 Kangolicht 4:14
1-10 Armenia (live) 4:39
1-11 Ein Stuhl in der Hölle 2:08
2-01 Vanadium I Ching 4:53
2-02 Leid und Elend (live) 4:35
2-03 DNS Wasserturm 6:27
2-04 Armenia II (live) 3:46
2-05 Fackeln! 1:56
2-06 Ich bin's 3:21
2-07 Hirnlego 3:09
2-08 Wardobe 2:39
2-09 Bildbeschreibung 9:31
2-10 Haus der Lüge (live) 4:37
2-11 Jordache 0:28
2-12 Kein Bestandteil sein (Alternative Ending) 6:43

A short history of Einstürzende Neubauten in the years 1984-1990


Dome

1 & 2

1 Cancel Your Order 2:13
2 Cruel When Complete 3:14
Vocals, Written-By - A.M.C.
3 And Then… 4:19
4 Here We Go 3:15
5 Rolling Upon My Day 3:46
6 Say Again 3:36
7 Linasixup 4:14
8 Airmail 3:28
9 Ampnoise 4:26
10 Madmen 3:25
11 The Red Tent 1 & 2 9:07
12 Long Lost Life 3:18
13 Breathsteps 4:25
14 Reading Prof. B 3:03
15 Ritual View 4:52
16 Twist Up 4:31
17 Keep It 7:20


Artwork By [Design For Cd] - B.C. Gilbert , Jon Wozencroft
Artwork By [Poster For Dome] - Koninck Londyn
Photography - The Douglas Brothers
Photography [Tube Man From A Photograph By] - Christina Birrer
Producer, Voice, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Tape, Drums - G. Lewis
Producer, Voice, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Tape, Synthesizer - B.C. Gilbert
Written-By - Gilbert (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 17) , Lewis (tracks: 1, 3 to 17)

"1" originally released in 1980 & "2" originally released in 1981 both on Dome & Uniton records.
Tracks from "1" are 1-10 and tracks from "2" are 11-17.


3 & 4 (1992)


Dome 3 (1981)
1 Jasz 3:48
Saxophone - D.O. Miller
2 Ar-Gu 5:25
Guitar - Eric Radcliffe
Percussion, Voice - Russell Mills
3 An-An-An-D-D-D 4:20
4 Ba-Dr 4:04
5 D-D-Bo 3:52
Percussion, Voice - Russell Mills
Saxophone - D.O. Miller
6 Na-Drm 1:39
7 Ur-Ur 2:28
Saxophone - D.O. Miller
8 Danse 4:37
9 Dasz 6:11
10 Roos-An 2:42


Dome 4 (Will You Speak This Word) (1982)
11 To Speak 18:15
Saxophone - Terrence Leach
Synthesizer [Fairlight 11] - Vincent Clarke
Violin - David Drinkwater
Voice - Deborah Danahay , Vincent Clarke
12 To Walk, To Run 4:06
13 To Duck, To Dive 4:07
Saxophone - Terrence Leach
14 This 3:25
Saxophone - Terrence Leach
15 Seven Year 5:04
16 Atlas 2:11

Artwork By [Design For Cd] - B.C. Gilbert , Jon Wozencroft
Drums, Percussion - Peter Price (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
Producer, Instruments, Voice - B.C. Gilbert & G. Lewis
Voice - A.M.C.(tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10)
Written-By - A.M.C.(tracks: 3) , Lewis/Gilbert, Drinkwater (tracks: 11)

"Dome 4" was originally released with the title "Will You Speak This Word".
Tracks 1 to 10 are from "Dome 3" and were recorded between 13 Nov. '80 to 11 June '81. It was released on LP through Dome Records in 1981.
Tracks 11 to 16 are from "Will You Speak This Word" and were recorded in '82. It was released on LP through Uniton in 1982.



Monte Cazazza

The Worst Of Monte Cazazza 1992

1
Bart Alberti, M.D.
Psychiatric Review (2:10)

specially recorded for this CD by a PhD in Psychology who presents his "clinical" analysis of Cazazza (1991).
2
Monte Cazazza
To Mom On Mother's Day (3:26)
Lyrics By - Judith Bell Performer [Music] - Throbbing Gristle Vocals - Monte Cazazza
3
Monte Cazazza
Candy Man (2:33)
Performer [Music] - Throbbing Gristle Vocals - Monte Cazazzafrom the To Mom On Mother's Day 7" (Industrial Records, IR005, 1979).
4
Monte Cazazza
Rabid Rats (Vietnam) (2:09)
Voice, Synthesizer [Aks], Effects - Monte Cazazzapreviously unreleased (1978).
5
Monte Cazazza
Distress (2:21)
Tape, Vocals - Monte Cazazza
6
Monte Cazazza
Mary Bell (2:23)
Narrator - Monte Cazazza Piano - Cosey Fanni Tutti Vocals - Cosey Fanni Tutti , Kim Norris , Tana Emmolo Smith
7
Monte Cazazza
Kick The Habit Man (2:04)
Lyrics By - Brion Gysin Vocals, Guitar, Sequenced By [Sequencer], Drum Programming [Rhythms] - Monte Cazazza
8
Monte Cazazza
First / Last (5:14)
Engineer, Mixed By, Effects - Chris Carter (2) Guitar - Tana Emmolo-Smith Technician [Technical Supervision] - Genesis P. Orridge* , Peter Christopherson Vocals, Synthesizer - Monte Cazazza
from the Something For Nobody 7" (Industrial Records, IR0010, 1980).
9
Monte Cazazza
Tiny Tears (1:39)
Vocals - Monte Cazazza
previously unreleased (1979).
10
Monte Cazazza
Stairway To Hell (4:50)
Bass, Synthesizer [Casio Mt-30], Performer [Spoons] - Joseph Jacobs* Guitar [Lead] - Bond Bergland Vocals, Synthesizer [Casio Vl-tone] - Monte Cazazza
11
Monte Cazazza
Sex Is No Emergency (2:59)
Bass, Synthesizer [Casio Mt-30], Jew's Harp [Jaw Harp] - Joseph Jacobs* Vocals, Synthesizer [Casio Vl-tone] - Monte Cazazza
from the Stairway To Hell / Sex Is No Emergency 7" (Sordide Sentimental, SS45007, 1982).
12
Monte Cazazza
A Snitch Is A Snitch (8:59)
Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programming [Programmed Rhythms] - Monte Cazazza
from the "Pin-Points On A Nation" compilation cassette (Fifth Column, 1984).
13
Love Force, The
Six Eyes From Hell (4:45)
Sampler, Keyboards - Elden M* Sampler, Vocals - Monte Cazazza Violin - Kris T. Force*
previously unreleased (1990).
14
Love Force, The
Liars (Feed Those Christians To The Lions) (5:26)
Sampler, Percussion - Monte Cazazza Vocals - Kris T. Force* Vocals, Arranged By - Michelle Handelman Vocals, Sampler - Elden M*
previously unreleased (1990).
15
Atom Smashers, The
A Is For Atom (6:10)
16
Atom Smashers, The
If Thoughts Could Kill (6:36)
17
Atom Smashers, The
Mark Of The Devil (6:19)
from the First Strike LP (Pathfinder Records, PTF 8621, 1986).
18
Love Force, The
Climax (8:00)
Sampler - Elden M* Sampler, Keyboards - Monte Cazazza Vocals - Michelle Handelman previously unreleased (1990).




Virgin Prunes

A New Form Of Beauty

CD1-1 Sandpaper Lullabye (3:05)
CD1-2 Sleep Fantasy Dreams (2:45)
CD1-3 Come To Daddy (10:01)
CD1-4 Sweet Home Under White Clouds (6:28)
CD1-5 Sad World (5:28)
CD1-6 Beast (10:37)
CD1-7 Abbagal (5:19)
CD1-8 Brain Damage (3:45)
CD1-9 No Birds To Fly (7:12)
CD2-1 Din Glorious (37:32)

Wire


Document And Eyewitness 1991

Notre Dame Hall - Live
1 Go Ahead 4:01
2 Ally In Exile 4:20
3 Relationship 1:22
4 Underwater Experiences 2:47
5 Witness To The Fact 2:46
6 2 People In A Room 1:58
7 Our Swimmer 3:01

Montreux - Live
8 Heartbeat 3:12

Electric Ballroom - Live
9 5/10 6:00
10 12XU (Fragment) 1:47
11 Underwater Experiences 2:38
12 Everythings Going To Be Nice 1:04
13 Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars) 5:19
14 We Meet Under Tables 3:05
15 Zegk Hoqp 5:28
16 Eastern Standard 3:03
17 Instrumental (Thrown Bottle) 2:12
18 Eels Sang Lino 3:04
19 Revealing Trade Secrets 2:33
20 And Then ... Coda 9:00

Magritte Studio
21 Our Swimmer 3:34
22 Midnight Bahnhof Cafe 4:33

Compilation of previous releases.



:zoviet*france:*

Collusion 1992

1 Ram
Recorded 9-10 September 1984. First released 1985 on the Cassette 'Lands End'
produced by Touch (Touch T33.4). Now deleted.

2 Sprey
Recorded July 1983. First released in 1986 on the magazine/cassette compilation 'Bad Alchemy Nr 4' produced by Bad Alchemy. Now deleted.

3 Le Mur Mûr Nu
Recorded 19 September 1986. First released in 1986 on the LP 'Fight!' produced by Cathexis Recordings (CRL 14), now deleted. Subsequently released in 1989 on the CD 'Absolute' produced by Soleilmoon Recordings and Parade Amoureuse.

4 First Vigil
Recorded 17-18 August 1987. First released in 1988 on the CD 'A Classic Guide to No Man's Land' produced by No Man's Land (nml8813cd).

5 White Dusk
Recorded 1987. First released in 1989 on the LP 'A Bead To A Small Mouth' produced by Barooni (BAR 001). Subsequently released in 1991 in CD format by Barooni and Soleilmoon.

6 Something This Beautiful
Recorded March 1990. First released in 1990 on the CD 'Mouvements' produced by La Légende Des Voix (LDV 003). Now deleted.

7 Fugitive
Recorded 1990. First released in 1991 (shortened version) on the CD 'Death Of Vinyl' produced by DOVentertainment (DOVECD22)

Additional information: Track 3, 5 and 6 have different durations as their original compilation appearances. "Le Mur Mûr Nu" is 35" longer, "White Dusk" is 36" longer and "Something This Beautiful" is 2' 23" shorter on this release!


Alastis, Feb 13, 2006
This is an excellent overview of the whole spectre of what Zoviet-France were doing - from ambient to drones to freak-outs to pure beauty. The most interesting part to me, however, is a track which opens this "compilation of compilations." Its called "Ram" and was originally released in 1985. Its the words of an unknown evangelist discussing Jonestown case ("I was Jim Jones attorney...). These words were later used in tracks by Lords of Acid and Praga Khan and the effect that this track is producing is quite powerful, especially at the moment when evangelist screams "THIS WAS A MASS MURDER...Follow Jesus! Follow Jesus!"

See Also: SPK BOX