S.P.K. - Live

The project ideal is to express the content of various psycho-pathalogical conditions, especially schizophrenia, manic - depressive psychosis, mental retardation and paranoia. Information Overload supersedes normal, rational thought structures, forcing deviation into less restrictive mental procedures of so-called 'mental illness'. SPK is trying to be a voice for those individuals condemned to the slow decay of mental hospitals and chemical / electro / surgical therapy, without fetishising them into blatant entertainment product. 'SONIC FOR MANICS' aims to be a vehicle for sharing mental experiences through sound.

Primer



Dokument III0 1979 - 1983 (2008)



LP 1
Garibaldi's - Sydney, AUS : 21 April 1979
A1 Slogun 3:44
A2 Panik 2:07
A3 Factory 2:21
A4 Contact 5:42

Odd Fellow Hall - San Francisco, USA : 16 May 1981
A5 The Last Night Of Tibet - Edit 2:56

The Crypt - London, UK : 25 April 1981
A6 Berufsverbot 6:41
A7 Emanation Machine R. Gie 1916 6:10
B1 Ground Zero : Infinity Dose 7:23
B2 Stammheim Torturkammer 4:42
B3 Serenace 8:34
B4 John 4:49
B5 Victim 7:03


LP 2
Heaven - London, UK : 23 December 1980
C1 Emanation Machine R. Gie 1916 6:41
C2 Suture Obsession 5:58
C3 Epilept : Convulse 2:09
C4 Retard 4:11
C5 Victim 5:45

Brickworks - Sydney, AUS : 6 March 1982
D1 Genetik Transmission 3:22
D2 Napalm (Terminal Patient) 2:48
D3 Post Mortem 2:39
D4 Desolation 1:30
D5 Cry From The Sanatorium 2:59
D6 Baby Blue Eyes 3:52
D7 Israel 2:32
D8 Internal Bleeding 3:01
D9 Chamber Music 4:09
D10 Despair 4:54



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LP 3
Al's Bar - Los Angeles, USA : 24 April 1982
E1 Napalm (Terminal Patient) 2:43
E2 Baby Blue Eyes 3:52
E3 Day Of Pigs 4:35

Off The Wall Hall - Lawrence, USA : 28 April 1982
E4 Maladia Europa (the European Sickness) 3:30
E5 Suture Obsession 4:58
E6 Berufsverbot 5:19
E7 Metall Field 5:34
F1 A Heart That Breaks (In No Time Or Place) 4:15
F2 Cry From The Sanatorium 2:49
F3 Ground Zero : Infinity Dose 4:21
F4 Wars Of Islam 4:21
F5 Walking On Dead Steps 6:01
F6 Despair 4:40
F7 Serenace 8:06


LP 4
Dancetaria - New York, USA : 13 June 1982
G1 Suture Obsession 5:01
G2 Berufsverbot 5:02
G3 Metall Field 5:24
G4 Walking On Dead Steps 5:51
G5 Despair 4:37
G6 Salo Salon 5:52

SO36 - Berlin, GER : 19 November 1982
H1 Maladia Europa (The European Sickness) 4:08
H2 Suture Obsession 5:30
H3 Berufsverbot 5:44
H4 Metall Field 5:58
H5 A Heart That Breaks (In No Time Or Place) 4:50
H6 The Agony Of The Plasma 3:25
H7 Despair 5:12


LP 5
Sala Borromini - Rome, ITA : 11 December 1982
I1 Inferno 8:39
I2 Delirium 6:13
I3 Animalia 6:54
I4 The Kult Of A Human Head 7:54
J1 The Agony Of The Plasma 3:21
J2 Wars Of Islam 4:51
J3 Walking On Dead Steps 6:09
J4 Despair 5:04
J5 Serenace 8:38


LP 6
Neroberg - Wiesbaden, GER : 2 December 1982
K1 Animalia 6:06
K2 Chamber Music 4:39
K3 The Kult Of A Human Head 5:38
K4 Wars Of Islam 5:07

Brixton Ace - London, UK : 20 April 1983
K5 Ich Klage An 7:51
L1 Satori 5:43
L2 In The Dying Moments 4:37

De Doelen - Rotterdam, NL : 2 September 1983
L3 Napalm 2 4:34
L4 The Sandstorm Method 9:00
L5 The Kill 5:30


Limited edition of 300 numbered copies (number 501-800), comes in a black wooden box with T-Shirt and booklet.





Live at Garibaldis 79

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Live At The Crypt

Live at The Crypt
TIME : 25 April 1981
PLACE : The Crypt - London - England
SUPPORT : Nocturnal Emissions
SETLIST : 48"
- Berufsverbot
- Emanation Machine R.Gie 1916
- Ground Zero : Infinity Dose
- Stammheim Torturkammer
- Serenade
- "John"
- Victim
Nigel Ayers' interest in the altered perspectives created by mental illness led him to correspond with and later befriend members of the industrial music group SPK. This was a music group that took its early inspiration from (what turned out to be sensationalised media reports of) a socialist mental patients' collective based in Germany. AYERS: "In 1990 we were performing in a squatted railway arch in Atlantic Road, Brixton. There were riots going on at the time, a response to Thatcher's racist policing operations. The street outside was strewn with rocks and the burned out shells of cars, the end of the road was blocked by rows of policemen. We'd seen SPK perform a few weeks earlier in Heaven, a gay nightclub, where they'd turned strobe lights on in the face of the audience. Whether this was an SPK stunt, or Heaven's usual policy, I never found out. But we knew they were coming to see us in the railway arch, so in homage we'd turned strobe lights on the audience. I remember Graeme complaining in the pub afterwards that he thought he was going to have a fit. "We became friendly and they invited us to play with them at the Crypt (also known as the Cryptic One Club), a youth centre in North London, at the height of their noisy period. I recorded the show on my Walkman, and I think it's the only live recording they ever allowed to be released. If you listen carefully you can hear me and my brother arguing over whether the Walkman's switched on or not.



Live At The Brickworks

TIME : 6 March 1982
PLACE : Brickworks - Sydney - Australia
SUPPORT : Fetus Productions

- Genetik Transmission
- Napalm / Terminal Patient
- Post-Mortem
- Desolation
- Cry From The Sanatorium
- Israel
- Internal Bleeding
- Chamber Music
- Despair
- Day Of Pigs
- Maladia Europa
- Wars Of Islam
- A Heart That Breaks (In No Time Or Place)
- Serenade




Live at Al's Bar LA


01. Genetik Transmission (4:22)
02. Napalm / Terminal Patient (2:56)
03. Post-Mortem (2:35)
04. Desolation (1:26)
05. Cry from the Sanatorium (2:57)
06. Internal Bleeding (4:06)
07. Israel (2:48)
08. Baby Blue Eyes (3:01)
09. Chamber Music (4:11)
10. Despair (4:14)
11. Day of Pigs (4:55)
12. Maladia Europa [The European Sickness] (4:15)
13. Wars of Islam (4:49)
14. A Heart That Breaks [In No Time Or Place] (4:42)
15. Serenade (8:32)



Live at Club Cod Chicago 82

- Maladia Europa (The European Sickness)
- Suture Obsession
- Berufsverbot
- Metall Field
- A Heart That Breaks (In No Time Or Place)
- Cry From The Sanatorium
- Ground Zero : Infinity Dose
- ?
- The Agony Of The Plasma
- Wars Of Islam
- Walking On Dead Steps
- Despair
- Serenade



The Last Attempt At Paradise cass. (1983)


A Part 1 30:32
B Part 2 29:40

Recorded live in Lawrence, KS - April 28 1982.
Off The Wall Hall.

Some Copies came with 'Primer'- Booklet.
J Card does not contain a tracklist, but here is the setlist:

A1. Maladia Europa (The European Sickness)
A2. Suture Obsession
A3. Berufsverbot
A4. Metal Field
A5. A Heart That Breaks (In No Time or Place)
A6. Cry from the Sanatorium
B1. Ground Zero : Infinity Dose
B2. Wars of Islam
B3. Walking on Dead Steps
B4. Despair
B5. Serenace



Live In New York

Live at the Danceteria, NY. 13.6.1982

01. Suture Obsession (4:58)
02. Berufsverböt (5:07)
03. Metall Field (5:26)
04. Walking On Dead Steps (5:51)
05. Despair (4:46)
06. [unknown title] (4:30)


Live at Bruxelles 82

No Info




Live In Berlin

TIME : 19 November 1982
PLACE : SO36 Club - Berlin - Germany
SETLIST : 44"

- Maladia Europa (The European Sickness)
- Suture Obsession
- Berufsverbot
- Metall Field
- A Heart That Breaks (In No Time Or Place)
- The Agony Of The Plasma
- Wars Of Islam
- Walking On Dead Steps
- Despair




Live at Neroberg 82

TIME : 2 December 1982
PLACE : Neroberg - Wiesbaden - Germany
SETLIST : 31"

01. [unknown title] (5:39)
02. Chamber Music (4:21)
03. The Kult of the Human Head (4:06)
04. Wars of Islam (4:36)
05. Walking On Dead Steps (5:48)
06. Despair (2:37)


Angst PopLP 1983


A1 Will To Power 6:10
A2 Your Eyes 8:51
A3 Metal Field 5:46
B1 Metal Dance 5:37
B2 Dead Steps 6:05
B3 Napalm 2 5:37

Bootleg recording of a live performance in Markthalle, Hamburg (Germany)
11 September 1983.

There are two different versions of the cover. One with front and backcover with text in red; the other has frontcover a xerox of the original backcover, but with a small grey SPK stamp.



Peel Sessions 31/08/1983


01. Metal Dance [Peel Session 31.8.83] (4:42)
02. Metal Field [Peel Session 31.8.83] (5:44)
03. Will To Power [Peel Session 31.8.83] (5:40)
04. Untitled [Peel Session 31.8.83] (3:30)
05. Sandstorm Method [Peel Session 31.8.83] (5:41)
06. The Shape Of Things To Come [Jensen Session 01.11.83] (5:44)

Sinan (Vocals)
Derek Thompson (Trumpet, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion)
Graham (Percussion, Electronics)



Oceania - In Performance 1987 (1993)


1 Oceania
2 The Doctrine Of Eternal Ice
3 Breathless
4 Mouth To Mouth
5 Kambuja
6 Crack!
7 Seduction
8 Dies Irae
9 In Flagrante Delicto
10 Necropolis
11 In The Dying Moments

Recorded during the 1987 SPK world tour.
Tracks 9 - 11 are CD-only.