This astonishing 6LP/DVD Box-Set compiles most of Smegma's long out or print and impossible to find Vinyl-releases and contributions on labels such as their own legendary PIGFACE-Records, LAFMS, TRAP, DOM and SELEKTON.
The box incl. their first three 7" inches "Disco Diarrhea", "Flashcards", "Pigface Chant", their Lp's like "Pigs for Leper" or "Glamour Girl 1941" as well as a 2Lp-sided extract of the Live 73-82 Double Tape „Spontaneaous Sound, all in one place. Smegma started collectively by Ju Suk Reet Meate, Cheese it Ritz, Chucko Fats, Dennis Duck, Amazon Bambi and Cheesebro and found many other Avantgarde/Freejazz/Improv-musicians to participate in the next 3 1/2 decades to come. This Box is taking you on a journey with the least likely Folk-Primitive-Avant-Gard band in Pasadena, California, through Portland Oregon's Punk Rock revitalization and first melt down, to become the serious force in weird music that continues today. Box is accompanied with a DVD-Version of the original Video "10 years wasted" released in 1983 which is a great document of Smegma's first 10 years of existence & work
Box is accompanied with a DVD version of the original amazing Video "Smegma the first 10 years“ by Mike Lastra released in 1983 plus 2 Bonustracks of performances from 1978 & 80.
VOD 72: O Yuki Conjugate „Ambiguism“ (1983-87) 4LP/7“/DVD“/Poster
UK ambient group O Yuki Conjugate were formed in 1982 by Tim Horberry, Roger Horberry, Clare Elliott and Andrew Hulme. Between 1983 and 1987 they released two vinyl albums – “Scene in Mirage” on A-Mission Records and “Into Dark Water” on their own Final Image Label – as well as recording numerous soundtracks, experimental projects and solo works.
This retrospective documents those years. It tells the definitive story of how OYC’s sound emerged and developed. The result includes a reissue of their first two albums with bonus tracks, two additional full length LPs of unreleased material, a 7” single of their first ever recordings, a DVD featuring excepts from their “Scenes in Mirage” and “Peripheral Vision” videos, as well as a large-format poster and detailed listening notes that give a unprecedented insight into the world of OYC.
All told, this package includes over 50 OYC tracks, around half of which have never been released in any form, making it an essential purchase for the OYC completist.
VOD 71: Die Form "Chronology" (The Bain Total Years 77-85) 6Lp/7"
This 6Lp/7" Box Compilation is an outstanding audio-selection of Tape-Releases by Die Form and its Side-Projects ("Eva-Johanna Reichstag", „Fine Automatic“, "Krylon Hertz", "Camera Obscura", "DF Sadist School", "Mental Code" and "Hurt"), all released between 1977-1985 on the french Minimal/Synth/EBM-Label "Bain Total" which has run by mastermind Philippe Fichot of Die Form.
This careful selection has been made by Philippe Fichot and VOD with focus on audio-material which has only been released on those super-rare and highly collectable tapes (BTK01-BTK29).
All the tracks and visual archives have been mastered from the originals. This is for sure an archival masterpiece and a Must-Have for all serious and passionate collectors and listeners of early 80's minimal Synth and Wave/EBM.
Members will furthermore recieve their release in an artificial leather bag