SUB GENIUS EP, 1995

Epko kanadskej kapely SUB GENIUS som pred rokmi objavil kdesi zastrčené vo výpredajovej krabici s doskami na EKH. Oslovilo ma cenou a aj tým, že sa jedná o kapelu z Kanady, pretože moc kapiel odtiaľ som vtedy (cca 10 rokov dozadu) nepoznal. Muzika sa mi zapáčila, tiež texty a nakoniec som sa dozvedel, že tam voľakedy dávno pôsobil aj Eric Boros (dnes hrá vo výbornej kapele VIALKA) a práve toto EP nahrával Jason Flower (s ním nájdeš aj rozhovor na tomto blogu), ktorý zasa neskôr hral s Ericom v MEXICAN POWER AUTHORITY. Radšej to tu utnem, lebo týmito konexiami by som sa dostal až neviem kam. Obaja borci hrávali (a hrajú) v mnohých kapelách, o niektorých ešte bude reč na tomto blogu. Nedávno som sa dostal ku kontaktu na basáka SUB GENIUS - Coreyho a už som mu aj odoslal otázky ohľadom kapely, takže po zodpovedaní ich nájdeš tu.
Zatiaľ príjemný počuv.



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SUB GENIUS. Nice canadian HC/PUNK band from mid 90s. Enjoy their EP!


Some info about band from Jason Flower (and I hope that soon also interview with Corey - bass player from SUB GENIUS).

"The Subgenius session was recorded all in one day, at my friends house (Reubenandy Studio) in Esquimalt on a 1/2" Eight track reel to reel. the original session was about 25 minutes long and released as a split tape with Forgotten (a skate-punk group from Courtenay) which I'd also recorded. Reubenandy (spelling wrong?) just means Reuben (from Port Alberni, manager for Sensory Crossover) and Andy (guitarist from Tomorrows Hostility).

The first real explosion of Vancouver Island Punk outside of Victoria was in the early '90s beginning with Nanaimo's great Ninth Hour; they inspired an entire generation. Ninth Hour released 2 or 3 demos and are legendary.

Subgenius formed from two groups:

- Dementia with Jim and Eric, releasing one demo (i forget the title). Dementia were dead when Subgenius formed. Dementia played a mix of punk and death metal.

- Sensory Crossover with Corey; the first known underground band from Port Alberni, releasing one demo titled "Smells Like Home" (named after the stink from their local paper-pulp mill factory). SC continued to play after Subgenius stopped. They were stoner metalheads from a small town, nice guys.

Both groups were recorded and released by me on Break Even.

Subgenius were not together very long. Jim began to have serious health problems and unfortunately had no choice but to stop because he was ill, which was saddening for everyone. Eventually he recovered and is an active drummer again. I had played in Black Kronstadt and Enfa-Lak...Eric and I were already close friends and had played in Hermit for a while, plus Enfa-Lak and MPA had done shows with Subgenius and Hermit. When Jim had to stop playing, I jumped at the opportunity and came up to Nanaimo to jam with them. Corey released the 7" right when Jim stopped, and to respect him we changed our name to Droid. The Droid name didn't last long - we adopted the Subgenius repertoire but as soon as we began to make our own songs, Eric suggested the name change to TWP. We quickly began to gig, and then recorded...but Corey was making some career choices and decided to resign before the end of 1995. Soon after we chose to stop playing with Caro and became a duo."

jason


mišo

KAMPEC DOLORES - S/T LP, 1988

Kapelu KAMPEC DOLORES som videl na živo pred dvoma rokmi na festivale v Mikulove. Dovtedy som ich poznal len zbežne, z knihy Luka Haasa a z myspace. Po ich koncerte som chcel počuť od tejto zaujímavej kapely viac, tak som sa pustil do hľadania. Nakoniec mi chalanisko z Maďarska s ktorým som menil muziku, poslal ich prvé dva albumy v MP3. Prvý môžeš počuť tu.

Pred časom sme mali so STEHom hrať v Maďarsku a že vraj aj práve s KAMPEC DOLORES, žiaľ zišlo z toho. No nič, tak si ich pustím aspoň z compu.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xz4any1wen4

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As you can read in Discography of eastern european punk music 1977-1999 book, KAMPEC DOLORES are "experimental punk with lots of variety and excellent musicanship (ex-Kontroll Csoport)".
Try it and enjoy their first album.

"Kampec Dolores was founded in 1984 by Csaba Hajnoczy, Gabi Kenderesi and Szini (she used to sing and play guitar, later she changed for electric bass). In the early days they supported Nico in Budapest (1985), played at Eastern Europe's first international alternative festival (Carrot Festival, Warsaw 1987), and were support act for the 12-country revival tour of legendary American band Pere Ubu in Europe (1988). Their first record was initiated by The Ex, who invited Kampec Dolores to record in Amsterdam and released the LP on the Konkurrel label (1988). Kampec Dolores toured in almost all the countries of Europe from Spain to Moscow and from Sweden and Norway to Italy and Yugoslavia (1988/2002). They made their North-American debut at the prestigious Victoriaville Festival in Canada ('99).

The musical evolution of Kampec Dolores started from "new rock" selfmade experimentalism. Over the years the band came through a whole lot of ethnic, contemporary and improvisational influences. All the albums represent a different stage of the proccess. The earlier ones mostly concentrated on "songs". ?Levitation? was called by local press the best Hungarian alternative record in the year 1991. (It was internationally released by ReR Megacorp, London.) In the period of ?Eye of the Needle? (rel. 1993) the sound was based on the presence of two guitars. The point of "Rapid" (1996) was to create a larger construction, and a more free and associative playing as well. Singer Gabi has developed her own way of almost wordless singing. She uses unknown languages and unusual vocal technics. ?Sitting on the Buffalo?, which was released in October 2000, features both songs and ?pieces?. The diversity of the influences, adopted in their own style, makes the group able to play for different audiences.

Kampec Dolores concentrates around the couple of Csaba HAJNÓCZY and Gabi KENDERESI. The band has been their main musical activity. Both of them are part of Kiss Erzsi Music. They were part, together with Amy Denio (Seattle, USA) and Pavel Fajt (Brno, Czech Republic), of the ?Danubians? project (1999-2001). They are also regularly collaborating with István Grencsó in various formations. Gabi appears on The Ex's "Joggers and Smoggers? album. Csaba played from 1980 to 83 in Kontroll Csoport (Control Group), one of the leading bands of Hungarian new rock of those years.

Árpád VAJDOVICH (bass guitar), after his jazz studies in Budapest and Hilversum, NL, playes in various Hungarian jazz, rock and electronic acts. He's the bass player for Kiss Erzsi Music too.

Tamas OLVECZKY (drums) playes with various jazz and rock groups.

István GRENCSÓ is one of Hungary?s most original saxophone players. From the late seventies on he played with various formations of the great Hungarian jazz musicians Mihaly Dresch and Gyorgy Szabados. In 1985 he formed Grencso Kollektiva, which is still his main activity. His music is always strongly attached to the culture and traditions of Eastern-Middle-Europe, from these inspirations he developed his own style. In Hungary he is generally considered one of the strongest personalities of the "local school", that stream of Hungarian jazz and improvised music, which instead of imitating the Western mainstream, is dedicated to the creation of local values."
info from myspace

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Csaba from KAMPEC DOLORES played from 1980 to 83 in Kontroll Csoport (Control Group), one of the leading bands of Hungarian new rock of those years.

check also this band here:

Kontroll Csoport - A félelem háza (1983) (Nem állókép!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWi9Ek6aVM&feature=related

Kontroll Csoport - Kis piros bombázó (1983)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odNz1zZrVt4&feature=related

Mišo

V/A CAMBODIAN ROCK CD

Cestovali sme kamsi na koncert s našou punkovou kapelou STEH a v aute som počas jazdy pustil CD so singlami českej beatovej kapely MATADORS. Mám rád muziku zo 60-tych rokov a MATADORS považujem za jednu z "naj" starých kapiel na CS scéne. Chvíľu sme to počas rozpravy počúvali a po chvíli náš kamoš a vodič Tomáš pustil iné CD. Zaznel surový retro zvuk, beatové gitary a vysoký hlas v ázijskom nárečí. Odznelo asi pol skladby a pýtam sa ho "Čo to je? Znie to skvele!"
"Rock z Kambodže, zo 60/70-tych rokov" odpovedá.

CD-čko mu priniesol jeho brácho z Kambodže a ja ho hneď po návrate z koncertu prosím o napálenie a teším sa na počúvanie. A teraz je tu pre vás.
Nejaké stručné info o histórii Kambodžského rocku je aj na dole uvedených weboch.
Inak, časť hudobníkov (možno aj prevažná) z tých kapiel, zahynula počas vlády Pol Pota a Červených Kmérov.
Zostala po nich neuveriteľne silná muzika, značne ovplyvnená US a UK beat/psych soundom 60/70-tych rokov.

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"During the 60's and early 70's, as the war in Vietnam threatened its borders, a new music scene emerged in Cambodia that took Western rock and roll and stood it on its head - creating a sound like no other.

Cambodian musicians crafted this sound from the various rock music styles sweeping across America and England, adding the unique melodies and hypnotic rhythms of their traditional music. The beautiful singing of the renowned female vocalists became the final touch that made this mix so enticing.

As the peasant Khmer Rouge army closed in on the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodian rock and rollers played at rooftop parties while bombs ignited the evening sky."

info from web-site http://cambodianrock.com/

Listen: https://youtu.be/i3QPTefh7bQ

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and here is GREAT compilation of Cambodian beat/psychadelic bands!!!
Enjoy!





http://www.edisk.sk/stahni/63609/VA_-_Cambodian_Rock_-_Sounds_From_The__60s____70s__2007_.rar_95.09MB.html



Online: 

More info about Cambodian rock music:
http://www.myspace.com/cambodianrock
http://cambodianrock.com/

Mišo

Trochu poézie...Pavel Z.

Niekoľko textov Pavla Zajíčka (DG 307). Je to výber z knihy "DG 307 Texty z let 1973-1980", VOKNO, Praha, 1990.

Nateraz zopár starších textov:









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+ video from live gig of band DG 307, 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaNjmivU_-Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijmn1TWc53k&feature=related


mišo

ARKANGEL for animal liberation zine

Čau. Kamarát mi poslal link na stiahnutie niekoľkých čísel zinu (najmä starších), ktorý sa venuje právam zvierat. ARKANGEL for animal liberation. Považujem ho za jednu z "vlajkových lodí" publikácií, tlačovín zaoberajúcich sa právmi zvierat v radikálnejšej forme. Ak máš záujem, stiahni tu:

http://www.edisk.sk/stahni/41375/arkangel_-_for_animal_liberation__en_.rar_94.71MB.html

Arkangel,všetky čísla okrem 06 a 23-31.

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"Arkangel is a British-based bi-annual animal liberation magazine, first published in the winter of 1989. The magazine, which is sold internationally, covers global aspects of underground and overground animal rights campaigning, and promotes a vegan lifestyle.

The magazine was the idea of Ronnie Lee, the founder of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). While in prison, he regularly received letters of support and details of unreported actions by ALF activists. Lee decided to publish these in the form of a magazine, with the first edition put together by Vivian Smith. The magazine continues to be written largely by activists associated with the British ALF."

short info from Wikipedia

...so some issues you can download above.

mišo

LATVIJAS PUNK/HC compilation CD, 2002

O lotyšskom punku už na tomto blogu bola reč. Ak chceš, napíš do hľadáčika kľúčové slová ako: "Lotyšský punk", či "Latvian punk"...a vyhodí ti to odkazy na konkrétne príspevky.

Teraz jedno kompilačné CD s 22 lotyšskými kapelami.









http://www.edisk.sk/stahni/93365/VA_-_Latvijas_Punk_HC__2008_.rar_60.7MB.html

mišo

Greek post punk bands

I found page which is "dedicated to 80s greek post punk / new wave scene".
You can spend these sunny days with cold and dark post-punk music.
So...
http://www.myspace.com/greekpostpunk

check also:
http://greekpostpunk.blogspot.com/
http://greekpunk.blogspot.com/

all important informations and sounds of bands you will find in the links above!

nice weekend.

mišo