tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72141121584957912962024-03-14T00:40:00.563-07:00Mr Phreek's Anokist EmporiumHomemade music in digital times.Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-20588667221886518842012-05-04T10:44:00.000-07:002012-05-04T10:44:57.553-07:00Undiscovered Bum - Old Skool Jungle Party 113.21<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">After I graduated high school, I spent the summer of '96 on Long Island, where I befriended a group of misfits who enjoyed hanging out until the wee hours of the morning. They listened to a strange form of music I hadn't heard before: jungle - dark electronics over crazy percussion. This wasn't thump-thump techno, it was something really interesting and exciting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When I returned to CA, I bought a slew of jungle comps, even some vinyl, and found that several of my friends were also into this music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It was only natural that I'd try my hand at a jungle set once I started DJing. Considering it was my first go, it came out pretty well.</span><br />
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</center><br />Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-63347848440468874392012-04-16T20:24:00.005-07:002012-05-04T10:46:01.234-07:00Undiscovered Bum - The Big Takeover Top Ten 03/2012<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r9pxjDpn568/T4zk_oe2q_I/AAAAAAAAAnM/M9Ur83IYq00/s1600/logo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732208207585520626" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r9pxjDpn568/T4zk_oe2q_I/AAAAAAAAAnM/M9Ur83IYq00/s400/logo.gif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 190px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 150px;" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">One of the hats I wear is as music critic for <a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/">The Big Takeover</a>, in both print and online versions. I used my <a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Chuck-Foster-120304">Top Ten list</a> of favorite recent reviews to assemble a DJ set, which morphs from punk to metal to noise to mutant blues.<br /><br />Thanks to all the artists and labels who sent me stuff to review. Keep sending it to me. You inspire me in so many ways.<br /></span><br />
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<br /></div>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-76614259177633996532012-03-03T21:46:00.006-08:002012-05-04T10:45:42.936-07:00Undiscovered Bum - Almost Molly Blooms<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Nw_9xfA1n0/T1MCYZdIw4I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/N9CD16OwFRk/s1600/l.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715914970236502914" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Nw_9xfA1n0/T1MCYZdIw4I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/N9CD16OwFRk/s400/l.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span class="cloudcast-text-description" itemprop="description" style="font-family: courier new;">Sometime around the summer of 2007, a friend asked me and a few other people to join him in DJing a night at Molly Blooms II in Amityville, NY. We'd each get an hour to play whatever we wanted and, if things went well, we'd be able to do it again. Unfortunately, at the last second (like the day before) the people at Molly Blooms canceled and nothing ever came of it. I always wondered what that set-list I'd had in my head would have sounded like and, after looking over my notes, I finally assembled an approximation of what I would have played that night. My intention was to show my interpretation of dance music, beyond the confines of what it is commonly perceived to be. Being the first real DJ mix I've ever assembled, it's not perfect, but I think it's a lot of fun and, hopefully, it gets my philosophy across in an entertaining manner.</span><span class="cloudcast-text-description" itemprop="description" style="font-family: courier new;"><br /></span><br />
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<br /></div>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-71785800929905757622012-02-18T21:09:00.003-08:002012-05-04T10:45:20.236-07:00Undiscovered Bum - Gainstep Volume One<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cTsK-ikAIpQ/T0CE_G9ozLI/AAAAAAAAAkE/enp2zBn7gQI/s1600/GAINSTEPsmall.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710710547241553074" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cTsK-ikAIpQ/T0CE_G9ozLI/AAAAAAAAAkE/enp2zBn7gQI/s400/GAINSTEPsmall.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Wow, 2011 went by and I didn't post a damn thing.<br /><br />Well, I've been working on some new stuff so I thought I'd start posting it here.<br /><br />Here's a "mixtape" I constructed of ultra-noisy dubstep and drum & bass using samples from my favorite horror movies, something I call GAINSTEP.<br /><br />Tracklist: Intro, Instrument of Evil, Piledriver, Piss Your Pants, Guadelupe One, Macumba, Death, Gallbladder.</span></span><span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;"><br />Some quick shameless self-promotion.<br /><br />In 2003, I resumed my noise project <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/goatfish">Goatfish</a>, only I added a few letters to the name and, taking some guidance from Ron K of <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/eckankore">Eckankore</a>, I focused my soundscapes rather than letting chaos rule. The result was a darker, more nightmarish noise than my Merzbow-inspired experiments of old.<br /><br />Initially released as a made-to-order CDR, the web-based <a href="http://www.eleventhkey.com/index.php">Eleventh Key Records</a> has reissued <span style="font-style: italic;">Room For One More</span>, my first album as the mutated Ghoatefische, in their "Distributed Titles" section with new album art designed by Brian Magar. It's only $2 but over an hour of eardrum-piercing intensity, so it's quite a bargain, if I do say so myself.<br /><br />Also, watch for news of the Necroparthenophacy/Layr split 3"CD, coming soon on Eleventh Key!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;"><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-46305661781390380942010-06-22T13:29:00.000-07:002010-06-22T13:49:21.037-07:00Violent Fit - Descent of the Monarch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TCEgocVJQSI/AAAAAAAAAic/8UY03ALGEVU/s1600/Ex%C3%A9cution_de_Marie_Antoinette_le_16_octobre_1793.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TCEgocVJQSI/AAAAAAAAAic/8UY03ALGEVU/s400/Ex%C3%A9cution_de_Marie_Antoinette_le_16_octobre_1793.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485701700285710626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">A quick one to get back on track.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br />Violent Fit is Dan, bassist/vocalist of <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/12/ultrabastard-demo.html">Ultrabastard!</a>, doing a solo hardcore thing in the Garage Band program. Don't let the "guy on a computer" aspect turn you off, though. This is some seriously noisy, pummeling shit, kind of a cross between Rupture and The Cows, or maybe Melt Banana and Poison Idea. I dig it, and you should, too.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TCEgoNi6iwI/AAAAAAAAAiU/IFE-7fj-4mk/s1600/Scan+1_1.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TCEgoNi6iwI/AAAAAAAAAiU/IFE-7fj-4mk/s400/Scan+1_1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485701696316934914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Violent Fit</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Descent of the Monarch</span> MP3EP</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(MPAE)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2010</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yymnyjdhmvo">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Descent of the Monarch</span> as a .zip file!</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample track:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zyigvkey2n4">Descent of the Monarch</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-23062446006223886162010-06-02T16:19:00.000-07:002010-06-02T17:02:50.096-07:00400 Blows - 3-19-98<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvMhzWenI/AAAAAAAAAhs/F38glNWiQRg/s1600/400bband.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvMhzWenI/AAAAAAAAAhs/F38glNWiQRg/s400/400bband.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478328995254008434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Here's another one that I'm extremely excited to be posting.<br /><br />400 Blows were part of the Downtown LA scene that also spawned <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Leopold">Leopold</a> and <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Sleestack">Sleestak</a>. In fact, I remember hearing that members of Sleestak and Leopold were instrumental in getting the band members together. Out of the three, though, 400 Blows became the most popular, taking a Melvins/Karp-style assault to an even more basic, primal level.<br /><br />Christian (or Xian, as he later became known) played a guitar that was tuned to a single chord. He played with two fingers and daisy chained two amps together to get the high-end squeal and the low-end bass, so he effectively acted as both guitarist and bass player. Ferdie was the manic metronomic drummer propelling and accenting the wall-of-sound that emanated from Christian's two amps (and two fingers). At the front of the stage, Skot gyrated and contorted his body like a spastic as he delivered his oddball lyrics of alienation and reckless abandon. All three members wore black naval uniform shirts that Skot found in a thrift store. Sometimes Christian wore a bunny thing on this head. Eventually, Skot expanded his wardrobe to include black leather gloves and aviator sunglasses.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvaJu6kbI/AAAAAAAAAiM/8KyQ4wo8rfg/s1600/400blyrics.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvaJu6kbI/AAAAAAAAAiM/8KyQ4wo8rfg/s400/400blyrics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478329229311119794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Most of these songs have been rerecorded and released on other 400 Blows albums, but this is how I remember the band sounding - a raw, in-your-face attack by an overgrown three-year-old who tauntingly chants "na na-na na na" as he beats your face into the edge of the concrete curb. For that, this is absolutely my favorite album by them. I suggest turning it up as loud as your ears can take, then a few more clicks and dancing like a heathen to the primitive groove.<br /><br />I believe they're still around in some incarnation, though Skot's the only original member at this point. After not seeing them for years, I caught them in 2004 at the Knitting Factory in NYC. Skot was outside and he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw me. He gave me a hug and got my buddy and me in on the list. That's the last time I saw the original lineup.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvNfd2INI/AAAAAAAAAiE/2M1dyzRiRA4/s1600/400binsert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvNfd2INI/AAAAAAAAAiE/2M1dyzRiRA4/s400/400binsert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478329011806806226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with the full consent of Anthony Francoso, owner of Total Annihilation Records. Thank you, Anthony!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvNEtJbOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/spVzuFz1r4A/s1600/400bfront.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvNEtJbOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/spVzuFz1r4A/s400/400bfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478329004623228130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >400 Blows</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">3-19-98</span> CD</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(Total Annihilation)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >1998</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvMKwQVFI/AAAAAAAAAhk/xmIhw7a1GYQ/s1600/400bback.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/TAbvMKwQVFI/AAAAAAAAAhk/xmIhw7a1GYQ/s400/400bback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478328989067007058" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?izzjyimwm1j"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">3-19-98</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tbmgzzy3e5n">The Bull That Killed the Matador</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dmmqmndtmka">Premature Burial</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wmzwmmn5ihm">Electric Wilderness</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-24253034785130489912010-05-18T14:58:00.000-07:002010-05-18T15:58:07.219-07:00Sleestak - The Power of Gemini(a<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXldtGnQI/AAAAAAAAAg0/YUeAYvb0-q0/s1600/sleepoglogo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXldtGnQI/AAAAAAAAAg0/YUeAYvb0-q0/s400/sleepoglogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472743904581688578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">I cannot express how happy I am to be posting this on MPAE.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXkp68uFI/AAAAAAAAAgc/gSjYR-LszOU/s1600/sleepogfilm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXkp68uFI/AAAAAAAAAgc/gSjYR-LszOU/s400/sleepogfilm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472743890681116754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">I first heard of Sleestak from Mike Desert of <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Jack%20Saints">The Jack Saints</a>. He told me about his friend's band that was just out-of-control noise and if I liked Slug, I should check them out. As soon as the CD came out, I hunted it down, bought it and listened to it with a group of friends while we all wondered what the hell to make of it. Seemed like I was the only one who liked it, so I was glad I bought it.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYD3XtiJI/AAAAAAAAAhc/3vkSksOxIS8/s1600/sleepogug.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYD3XtiJI/AAAAAAAAAhc/3vkSksOxIS8/s400/sleepogug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472744426867361938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">The first time I saw them was at a coffee house in San Pedro (I've forgotten the name) where there was an annual noise rock festival. I met Eddie of <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Leopold">Leopold</a> there for the first time, too. Sleestak's set was strange. They seemed really unhappy, probably because of the rain outside, but I enjoyed the set, strange as it was.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYCTZAlDI/AAAAAAAAAg8/cyK-4iPiCHE/s1600/sleepogaf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYCTZAlDI/AAAAAAAAAg8/cyK-4iPiCHE/s400/sleepogaf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472744400029258802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">I came to realize that all Sleestak sets were unique, like jazz sets. Then, when I joined Leopold, Sleestak became family, as they shared a practice space, so I got to know them a bit. At one point, I asked Anthony, the bass player, how they wrote their songs. "We jam them out," he said.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYDDD8MeI/AAAAAAAAAhM/JqtqbS0DRo4/s1600/sleepogcd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYDDD8MeI/AAAAAAAAAhM/JqtqbS0DRo4/s400/sleepogcd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472744412825792994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">I really think that they never got their just due in that Downtown LA noise scene when they were around. Quite frankly, people never knew what to make of them. It was sludge-y power violence, with a brutal artistic mindset that just seemed to be a contradiction. I think that's why I liked them so much.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYCk3zruI/AAAAAAAAAhE/ljBUvNlZmy0/s1600/sleepogbn.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYCk3zruI/AAAAAAAAAhE/ljBUvNlZmy0/s400/sleepogbn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472744404721839842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">As horrifying and uncompromising as this CD is, it brings back good memories, and it remains a favorite of my collection. By the way, Sleestak were a HUGE influence on <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Pope%20Goat%20VII">Pope Goat VII</a>.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYDqHKI-I/AAAAAAAAAhU/_iXaBs9qoVE/s1600/sleepogmr.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MYDqHKI-I/AAAAAAAAAhU/_iXaBs9qoVE/s400/sleepogmr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472744423308272610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Sleestak has now morphed into the mighty <a href="http://www.myspace.com/soundsofgeronimo">Geronimo</a>.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXlJQRCII/AAAAAAAAAgs/CjQnXC6tynI/s1600/sleepogliner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXlJQRCII/AAAAAAAAAgs/CjQnXC6tynI/s400/sleepogliner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472743899092027522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with Anthony Francoso's full consent. Thank you, Anthony!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXk0oobFI/AAAAAAAAAgk/8K_YNLzuLNY/s1600/sleepogfront.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXk0oobFI/AAAAAAAAAgk/8K_YNLzuLNY/s400/sleepogfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472743893557079122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sleestak</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Power of Gemini(a</span> CD</span></span> <br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Big Jesus)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1997</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXj60MgDI/AAAAAAAAAgU/SmljbRglFaI/s1600/sleepogback.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S_MXj60MgDI/AAAAAAAAAgU/SmljbRglFaI/s400/sleepogback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472743878036324402" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dzeyjgolnld"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">The Power of Gemini(a</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tmtmzmg2xyd">Mothball Coffin</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fyznnyzynhi">Brown Bag</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hzyzmt0fymj">Phantom of the Mothra</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-41015654974715588632010-04-27T17:49:00.000-07:002010-04-27T18:45:59.999-07:00Pope Goat VII - Book of VII Commandments<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eRfvfXXwI/AAAAAAAAAf8/KqPGBY2iZ-4/s1600/SWORD+SHEILD+AND+DRUM.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eRfvfXXwI/AAAAAAAAAf8/KqPGBY2iZ-4/s400/SWORD+SHEILD+AND+DRUM.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464996647347379970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Photo by Sir Ackronomicon)</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />I'm really excited to post this, as I haven't heard it since we recorded it 11 years ago.<br /><br />This was the last book of Pope Goat VII to be recorded in my mom's house before Sir Ackronomicon and I set up our domain in The Blue Room. Quite honestly, I don't remember much about this recording session, probably due to intoxication, but I do remember it being the first time I used my guitar for the Pope Goat and that we were screaming through most of it. Listening to it now, it sounds like a cross between Throbbing Gristle, Whitehouse and Acid Mothers Temple.<br /><br />Of course, it was supposed to be 10 Commandments, but we moved before recording the last three Commandments, and by that time, the Pope Goat commanded us to start fresh, with the <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2010/02/pope-goat-vii-book-of-new-surroundings.html">Book of New Surroundings</a>.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eRfSSFe6I/AAAAAAAAAf0/KSa_7CJPS-k/s1600/GOAT+ANGEL+SHIELD.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eRfSSFe6I/AAAAAAAAAf0/KSa_7CJPS-k/s400/GOAT+ANGEL+SHIELD.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464996639507053474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">About the psalms:<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">(note: psalms that are linked can be downloaded as samples)<br /><br />01. I Am the Only God - His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:2-6.<br /><br />02. Keep My Sabbath Holy - </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:8-11.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?myziiiymzxi">03. Bear False Witness</a> - </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:16.<br /><br />04. Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods - </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:17.<br /><br />05. Thou Shalt Kill - </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:13.<br /><br />06. Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife - </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:17 (continued).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dmnydzt1rdt">07. Stealing Is Good</a> - </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">His Holiness Pope Goat VII's response to Exodus 20:15.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eRznCICDI/AAAAAAAAAgE/FYxzONCZheQ/s1600/7+Commandments+Insert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eRznCICDI/AAAAAAAAAgE/FYxzONCZheQ/s400/7+Commandments+Insert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464996988674639922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Pope Goat VII</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Book of VII Commandments</span> CDR</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(MPAE/Hummer Productions)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >1999</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eR5Q5EeMI/AAAAAAAAAgM/CxSOAfCyF80/s1600/7+Commandments+Tray+Card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S9eR5Q5EeMI/AAAAAAAAAgM/CxSOAfCyF80/s400/7+Commandments+Tray+Card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464997085810292930" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lmzonodl1iz"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Book of VII Commandments</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">note: the .zip file includes booklet and tray-card inserts so you can make your own PG7 CD!</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Pope%20Goat%20VII"><span style="font-family:courier new;">More Pope Goat VII</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/popegoatvii"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit Pope Goat VII on MySpace!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-89395482875655460112010-04-13T15:59:00.000-07:002010-04-13T16:40:41.627-07:00Necroparthenophagy - "Laiad Chis Ananael"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6mEIMCuI/AAAAAAAAAfc/smkyaKS_LQA/s1600/necroparthenophagy-myspace-header.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6mEIMCuI/AAAAAAAAAfc/smkyaKS_LQA/s400/necroparthenophagy-myspace-header.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459764180129942242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">My work schedule has been eating up all my time, but I'm taking some time out to celebrate.<br /><br />Today marks the official release of my black metal album on <a href="http://www.wingeddiskrecords.com/">Winged Disk Records</a>. Oddly enough, out of all the music I've recorded since I was 17, this is the first thing that anyone as wanted to release with their own money. Special thanks to Rich Black at Winged Disk for his continued support and guidance.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6l78OYJI/AAAAAAAAAfU/fRxmoRRyW4Q/s1600/necrocoronzonpic.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 394px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6l78OYJI/AAAAAAAAAfU/fRxmoRRyW4Q/s400/necrocoronzonpic.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459764177932279954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">For contractual reasons, I won't be posting the entire album here, but I will post the title track, which has become a "single" of sorts in the digital domain.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6ls2Fs4I/AAAAAAAAAfM/wh5R13Nulrg/s1600/cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6ls2Fs4I/AAAAAAAAAfM/wh5R13Nulrg/s400/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459764173880013698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Necroparthenophagy</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >"Laiad Chis Ananael" MP3</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(Winged Disk)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2010</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?i4zmmtzgfhj"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download "Laiad Chis Ananael" as an MP3!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />If you like what you hear, please...<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6lIG7VJI/AAAAAAAAAfE/2r8D5EDJYys/s1600/laiad-chis-ananael.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S8T6lIG7VJI/AAAAAAAAAfE/2r8D5EDJYys/s400/laiad-chis-ananael.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459764164018525330" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Laiad-Chis-Ananael/dp/B003C5IPVQ"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Buy the album on Amazon</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/laiad-chis-ananael/id361927263"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Buy the album on iTunes</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.emusic.com/artist/Necroparthenophagy-MP3-Download/12642539.html"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Buy the album on Emusic</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606137924844752/Necroparthenophagy/Laiad_Chis_Ananael"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Listen/purchase on Lala</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://home.napster.com/ns/music/artist_search.html?artist_id=13040776"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download from Napster</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://enochianblackmetal.com/"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit the official website</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/enochianblackmetal"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit the official MySpace page</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/necrocoronzon"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit the MySpace fan page</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.metal.ee/bestia/hexenreich/index.php?page=cd"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Get my original handmade CDRs at Hexenreich Records</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Misnp6N-mps&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Misnp6N-mps&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-17174043005025941422010-03-18T16:18:00.000-07:002010-03-18T17:35:03.621-07:00Exclusivos - Out of a Promising Start<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE3w60kSI/AAAAAAAAAek/VrvHYoeNMa0/s1600-h/exdonhills3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE3w60kSI/AAAAAAAAAek/VrvHYoeNMa0/s400/exdonhills3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450134961375187234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Well, the response the first time around was pretty enthusiastic, so <span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm happy to say that the third official MPAE blog release is this double-disc collection of outtakes, rarities and live recordings by one of the most original bands you've never heard of, The Exclusivos.</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE45pAKXI/AAAAAAAAAe0/Bb_7c7y3MLs/s1600-h/exdonhills5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE45pAKXI/AAAAAAAAAe0/Bb_7c7y3MLs/s400/exdonhills5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450134980896237938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Nef says, "It took me nearly six months to culminate but here you go. It's all of our music aside from what's already posted. It's 31 songs, all in chronological order. You pretty much get to hear us evolve from start to finish. The compilation ends with stuff we demoed last year. There are also some surprises at the beginning and end of some of the material. There are Instrumentals on there as well."<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE4ezM6aI/AAAAAAAAAes/jcGTbUYXSeU/s1600-h/exdonhills4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE4ezM6aI/AAAAAAAAAes/jcGTbUYXSeU/s400/exdonhills4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450134973691259298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Admittedly, most of these recordings are pretty damn rough, but, chances are, if you're coming to this blog you're not an audiophile anyway. If you haven't heard The Exclusivos yet, I highly recommend that you begin with <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/09/exclusivos-demos.html">the first release I posted</a>, and then come back here after you're completely hooked.<br /><br />Now bask in the strangeness.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE5o5rA5I/AAAAAAAAAe8/iRl3BovI7vc/s1600-h/CollectiveExclusivos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S6LE5o5rA5I/AAAAAAAAAe8/iRl3BovI7vc/s400/CollectiveExclusivos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450134993582621586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Exclusivos</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Out of a Promising Start</span> MP3</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(MPAE)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2010</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Disc 1:<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">(note: songs that are linked can be downloaded as samples)</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">01. Madness (Intro)<br />02. Year 3000<br />03. Charlie<br />04. Oh No<br />05. Summer of Fantasy<br />06. Fargunstein (Original)<br />07. Sad Ending (Original)<br />08. Alcoholism<br />09. Losing (Original)<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m43yzw5tcyt">10. Make Believe</a><br />11. Rocket (Original)<br />12. Losing (Revisited)<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?emkgaadddtz">13. Micheal 5 (instrumental)</a><br />14. Micheal 6 (instrumental)<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kmmykinvi3a">15. The Machinist (Original)</a><br />16. Forces Unknown (Original)<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mmqjintdeex"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download Disc 1 as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Disc 2:</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">(note: songs that are linked can be downloaded as samples)<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ikq2nznwgnz">01. Oh No! (live '05)</a><br />02. Rocket (live '05)<br />03. Fargunstein (live '05)<br />04. Break Free<br />05. Ballad of Fred (Original)<br />06. Hello<br />07. Faster<br />08. She Never Liked Me Anyway<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?we0ztwzgzyz">09. Rocket (Revisited)</a><br />10. Losing (Let The Child Cry Version)<br />11. Tradition (Demo)<br />12. Acoustic Demo #1 '08<br />13. Acoustic Demo #2 '08<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjtwaw2umiw">14. Demo #1 09</a><br />15. Demo #2 09<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nzz1zzodttm"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download Disc 2 as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Exclusivos"><span style="font-family:courier new;">More Exclusivos!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-20088459214126742972010-03-11T17:37:00.000-08:002010-03-11T17:58:03.453-08:00Ultramundane - A Kingdom at Birth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5meY8yVwUI/AAAAAAAAAeU/es4Cr5mObvE/s1600-h/45811_photo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 347px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5meY8yVwUI/AAAAAAAAAeU/es4Cr5mObvE/s400/45811_photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447559375752642882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm very pleased to announce that Shaadie Khoury, the brain behind Ultramundane, has given me permission to post the entire Ultramundane discography.<br /><br />I discovered the band while writing my series on Middle Eastern Black Metal for <a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/">Bigtakeover.com</a>. You can read the entries on Ultramundane <a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/reviews/evil-egypt-ammattammen-bas-oziris-and-ultramundane">here</a> and <a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Chuck-Foster-091220">here</a>.<br /><br />This was their first album. From what I can tell, the band was a side-project of sorts of Egyptian black metal band, Oziris. While there are two very nasty lo-fi black metal tracks on this album, the other five tracks are dark, psychedelic instrumentals, kind of like Mogwai. It was a great start to what would become a great band, although after this, they'd become an electronic darkwave/ambient band with drummer Shaadie Khoury at the helm.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with Shaadie Khoury's full consent. Thank you, Shaadie!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5meZKHTZSI/AAAAAAAAAec/Fk3O5Ykw8w0/s1600-h/90788.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5meZKHTZSI/AAAAAAAAAec/Fk3O5Ykw8w0/s400/90788.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447559379330229538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Ultramundane</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">A Kingdom at Birth</span> CD?/MP3</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(Ultramundane?)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >1998</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zymvdmbnvtz"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">A Kingdom at Birth</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yizn2kmn2uj">Sworn Revenge</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?moyyhht5lum">Stepped Into Heaven</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=202366"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit Ultramundane at Soundclick!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-57398962869586681982010-03-04T18:00:00.000-08:002010-03-04T18:26:53.541-08:00Pete-less - Pete-less<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqWreStTI/AAAAAAAAAd0/uk9LbEFapl4/s1600-h/petelesscd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqWreStTI/AAAAAAAAAd0/uk9LbEFapl4/s400/petelesscd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444968887350375730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Here's a band John, from <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Ultrabastard">ULTRABASTARD!</a>, was in over 10 years ago. From what I remember, the band had another name and a proper singer until John was looking at their website one day and he saw something saying that the singer, Pete, had quit to start another band. Apparently, Pete forgot to tell his bandmates. John was playing bass, so out of necessity, he became the vocalist and they changed their name to Pete-less.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqX6Z3-qI/AAAAAAAAAeE/-vIA9BmBgtU/s1600-h/petelessinsert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqX6Z3-qI/AAAAAAAAAeE/-vIA9BmBgtU/s400/petelessinsert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444968908538247842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Sonically, I think the band is more "grunge" than anything - not like Pearl Jam mind you - but that style of metalized punk that really doesn't have any other name. Between Barbara's heavy guitar chops, Joe's powerful drumming and John's shouted vocals, it has a very late '80s/early '90s Northwestern US sound.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqYe6sm9I/AAAAAAAAAeM/l8SVw8lXuUM/s1600-h/petelesslyrics.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqYe6sm9I/AAAAAAAAAeM/l8SVw8lXuUM/s400/petelesslyrics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444968918339591122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Some words from John:<br /><br />"It's 33 minutes, 11 songs and aside from the shitty vocals, it still rocks after all these years!! We shoulda been contenders! 'When Illumination Comes' was a 10 minute jam with a lot of good riffs that I whittled down to 2 minutes. Half the songs were about Joe's breakup with his girlfriend including '3 West' which was named after the psych wing he was in because of depression. 'Tired' was a fuck you to everyone who said we were this or that."<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqYe6sm9I/AAAAAAAAAeM/l8SVw8lXuUM/s1600-h/petelesslyrics.jpg"><br /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with John Ulmer's full consent. Thank you, John!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqXdwgtbI/AAAAAAAAAd8/_Jlg8H7cxGc/s1600-h/petelessfront.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqXdwgtbI/AAAAAAAAAd8/_Jlg8H7cxGc/s400/petelessfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444968900848563634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Pete-less</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Pete-less</span> CD</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(Pete-less)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >1999</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqWVZgNII/AAAAAAAAAds/Gs-587ydCDM/s1600-h/petelessback.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S5BqWVZgNII/AAAAAAAAAds/Gs-587ydCDM/s400/petelessback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444968881424708738" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z5cztjonmmd"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Pete-less</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wxmjnzjy3q2">Squeezed-out</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2kujnl1tyju">When Illumination Comes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wqfqjtegmq0">Bradees</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-17494254243850590702010-02-24T18:59:00.000-08:002012-05-03T18:42:43.710-07:00Libyan Hit Squad - Fiji<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S4Xr3OL_L1I/AAAAAAAAAdc/GR1MEyaf1iI/s1600-h/insertBRIGHT.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442015058680819538" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S4Xr3OL_L1I/AAAAAAAAAdc/GR1MEyaf1iI/s400/insertBRIGHT.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">If you've been reading this blog from the beginning and/or you know me personally, then you know how highly I think of Libyan Hit Squad. 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</style><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;">LHS never fail to amaze me. Now that their full-length promo CD has finally found a proper release on vinyl with Ripping Records, it’s like hearing the album all over again. LHS exist in their own musical dimension of Black Flag, Love and The Minutemen. <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Fiji</st1:place></st1:country-region> kicks off with the folk-rocker, “Triggers & Knives,” which could have been recorded by Arthur Lee and company back in the ‘60s. Then you’re immediately thrown into the hardcore melee of the next three songs until side A closes with the syncopated instrumental, “BHS.” Side B gets even more out there with two eerie instrumentals, a folk punk number, a straight-up hardcore thrasher and a weirdo Butthole Surfers-style track. LHS are punk rock at its challenging, unpredictable, original best. There’s something about <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:state>…</span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S4Xr2nIlYLI/AAAAAAAAAdU/_Jgs8tlTHHs/s1600-h/insertA.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442015048197562546" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S4Xr2nIlYLI/AAAAAAAAAdU/_Jgs8tlTHHs/s400/insertA.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">They're a great group of guys with great songs and they're one of the five bands around today that I actually give a shit about (others include Six Finger Satellite, <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Jack%20Saints">The Jack Saints</a> and The Secret Machines). I really can't wait to hear where they go after this cuz I know it will be good.</span><span style="font-family: courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with Craig Englund's full consent. Thank you, Craig! Extra special thanks for the LP art scans and MP3s!</span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S4Xr2IEejHI/AAAAAAAAAdM/YloKK_uIIgo/s1600-h/folder.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442015039858838642" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S4Xr2IEejHI/AAAAAAAAAdM/YloKK_uIIgo/s400/folder.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">Libyan Hit Squad</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><a href="http://www.runnamucks.com/rippingrecords.html">BUY THE DAMN ALBUM!!!</a> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?omjnt5jiqdq">Long Way</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yyyayntnzfz">Break</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.myspace.com/thelibyanhitsquad"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Visit LHS on MySpace!</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-time-as-reviewer-for-under-volcano.html"><span style="font-family: courier new;">More Libyan Hit Squad!</span></a></div>
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<br /></div>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-76554543417991200582010-02-18T16:57:00.001-08:002010-02-18T17:25:00.953-08:00The Repercussions - Modern Sounds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m1unPFgI/AAAAAAAAAcs/3o-TMzeWRqI/s1600-h/repmsbookback.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m1unPFgI/AAAAAAAAAcs/3o-TMzeWRqI/s400/repmsbookback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439757735653479938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">The Repercussions were one of those incestuous garage bands whose members had been in several bands before this one and most of the members had been in those bands together. They played some damn fine rock'n'roll though, and they honored me when they asked me to write the liner notes to their debut full-length. Here's what I wrote (click the image to make it larger):<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m2x4JtrI/AAAAAAAAAdE/YSKPmsRgxWQ/s1600-h/repmsliner.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m2x4JtrI/AAAAAAAAAdE/YSKPmsRgxWQ/s400/repmsliner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439757753709606578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Unfortunately, whoever transcribed what I wrote left out a line of text, making one section not make too much sense, but whatever, you get the point.<br /><br />I saw them a few times at the now defunct and sorely missed club, Saints'N'Sinners, and in my vain attempt at getting a job in the A&R Department of Atlantic Records, this was one of the CDs I presented. Hell, they were better than most of the other crap on that label.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m2um2lhI/AAAAAAAAAc8/ageOkbEjk8U/s1600-h/repmsinsert.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m2um2lhI/AAAAAAAAAc8/ageOkbEjk8U/s400/repmsinsert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439757752831743506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Perhaps it was for the best, though, as they broke up shortly after this was released. Now they're in different bands with each other.<br /><br />That's rock'n'roll!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with the full consent of Jake Elliot Roren, owner of ESCHE Records. Thank you, J-Ro!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m2Kk-J4I/AAAAAAAAAc0/P8fT6xE-KnM/s1600-h/repmsfront.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m2Kk-J4I/AAAAAAAAAc0/P8fT6xE-KnM/s400/repmsfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439757743160174466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Repercussions</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Modern Sounds</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> CD</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(ESCHE)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2005</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m1YQ2nEI/AAAAAAAAAck/FyiAg0VtCjQ/s1600-h/repmsback.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S33m1YQ2nEI/AAAAAAAAAck/FyiAg0VtCjQ/s400/repmsback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439757729654021186" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m23d0nmaymm"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Modern Sounds</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jmqvxhm05nm">Everything Is Gonna Be Alright</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymz2lamha2d">Heather in Pleather</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jyqjuam2znf">Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-32305890133254295202010-02-11T17:33:00.001-08:002010-02-15T17:43:04.729-08:00Pope Goat VII - Book of New Surroundings<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3S8_ISEZ0I/AAAAAAAAAb8/4Oop_pUyMrc/s1600-h/BLUE+ROOM+FLOOR.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3S8_ISEZ0I/AAAAAAAAAb8/4Oop_pUyMrc/s400/BLUE+ROOM+FLOOR.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437178442884081474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >(The Blue Room floor circa 1999/2000 - Photo by Sir Ackronomicon)</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">What better way to get back on track than with another Book of Pope Goat VII?<br /><br />This is the Sixth Book of Pope Goat VII. Where's Number 5? We never mixed it down.<br /><br />This was the first book we recorded after we moved out of my mom's house and into our own apartment. We immediately transformed our hallway, which was actually pretty spacious for a hallway, into a permanent recording studio, the Blue Room, for us to use at our leisure. This was really the most thriving creative period His Holiness the Pope Goat gave us, and we recorded something like 45 of our 50 Books here.<br /><br />All tracks were now one take, no overdubs, completely improvised either off a riff one of us started, or by just hitting record and seeing what happened. This is really one of our finest moments, as the excitement and energy of our new living situation and my new-found freedom really shines through.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3S9AmTm0JI/AAAAAAAAAcU/ms56BUrawNY/s1600-h/sword.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3S9AmTm0JI/AAAAAAAAAcU/ms56BUrawNY/s400/sword.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437178468123463826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">About the psalms:<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">(note: psalms that are linked can be downloaded as samples)<br /><br />01. All Ye Who Enter Here - Our first recording in our new apartment and in the Blue Room conjuring the powers of His Holiness, the Pope Goat.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2gcdyoaztyw">02. Tropical Frog</a> - We had some shitty cereal with stale marshmallows in it, like Lucky Charms or something, and it was advertising the new "tropical frog" marshmallow, so in true Pope Goat fashion, we did a song about it.<br /><br />03. Tropical Toad - We didn't feel done with the "Tropical Frog" thing when the tape ran out, so we recorded a "sequel," as directed by the Pope Goat.<br /><br />04. Do the Pope Goat - Pope Goat disco. Pretty self-explanatory.<br /><br />05. Shit - Everybody does it.<br /><br />06. Christian Disco - The only channel we got on our TV (since we refused to pay for cable) was TBN, the Born Again Christian channel, which became a huge inspiration to our music. I believe this is the first TBN reference in the Pope Goat cannon.<br /><br />07. White Trash Rap - Here, we were joined by Sir Ackronomicon's brother, Sir P of Pimping Hos, on vocals, and Sir Minister Barry the Conquistador on keyboards. Sir Ackronomicon is on bass and I'm playing trumpet and screaming in the background.<br /><br />08. You Silly Bitch - Yup.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?edzewy5nmoi">09. Black Sunday</a> - We were hungover on a Sunday morning, and we said, "Black Sunday" - a reference to the great Mario Bava movie - in our Pope Goat voices and realized were were being summoned by His Holiness Pope Goat VII to record, which we did.<br /><br />10. Leaky Ceiling - One morning it rained and I woke up with a deluge of water dripping through my ceiling all over my room, like it was raining inside.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gnyztnymqdn">11. Metal Plate</a> - Basically, when we were moving into our apartment, Sir Ackronomicon had leaned a metal plate from something his dad had welded against the railing outside our door, and when we were moving his mattress in, we knocked the plate, which slid under the railing and sailed down into the courtyard of the apartment complex. We heard somebody yell, "What the fuck was that?" We didn't think anything of it until he kept yelling. We looked at each other and knew something was wrong. We ran downstairs and saw some guy on his knees holding his head. Sir Ackronomicon pulled the guy's baseball cap off his head and blood poured down his face. I ran back upstairs and called 911. Luckily, the guy didn't sue, but Sir Ackronomicon was stuck paying the guy's medical bills for a while.<br /><br />12. Toilet - It was one of those typical shitty cheap apartment toilets that ran for no reason or got stuck after you flushed and you had to jiggle the handle.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3n3wk6EqlI/AAAAAAAAAcc/9L5INAMF0po/s1600-h/PG7+New+Surroundings+front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3n3wk6EqlI/AAAAAAAAAcc/9L5INAMF0po/s400/PG7+New+Surroundings+front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438650438939617874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pope Goat VII</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Book of New Surroundings</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> CDR</span></span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />(MPAE/Hummer Productions)</span></span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />1999</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3S8__dyTMI/AAAAAAAAAcE/7qLNnZISmFg/s1600-h/PG7+New+Surroundings+back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S3S8__dyTMI/AAAAAAAAAcE/7qLNnZISmFg/s400/PG7+New+Surroundings+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437178457697176770" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iz0m3ggyczq"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Book of New Surroundings</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">note: the .zip file includes booklet and tray-card inserts so you can make your own PG7 CD!</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/Pope%20Goat%20VII"><span style="font-family:courier new;">More Pope Goat VII!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/popegoatvii"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit Pope Goat VII on MySpace!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-76399234659987083372010-02-04T20:08:00.000-08:002010-02-04T20:12:45.985-08:00***UPDATE***<span style="font-family: courier new;">I was sick for a while and I fell off the radar, but I'm finally starting to feel better so I should be back up and running at full capacity sometime next week. I apologize for the delay.<br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-53468881476498716722010-01-14T16:32:00.000-08:002010-01-14T17:37:57.806-08:00World War IX - When a Good Time Turns to Shit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0_F8woFw2I/AAAAAAAAAbk/GSoOkz8MWoI/s1600-h/ww9goodcd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0_F8woFw2I/AAAAAAAAAbk/GSoOkz8MWoI/s400/ww9goodcd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426773723640611682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">Haven't been feeling very motivated lately, so here's a quick one for the week.<br /><br />This is an early "single" from WWIX, when Max was still the vocalist. Personally, I never really cared for his vocals - his voice is a bit dopey and onstage he really seemed to be trying too hard. Compare this version of "Treasure Hunt" to the one on <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/08/world-war-ix-brown-bagging-it.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Brown Bagging It</span></a> with Mike's vocals. There's no comparison; Mike's is way, way better.<br /><br />But the band is top-notch here as always and it's cool to hear the origins of "the best trashy punk band in NYC," to quote myself.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">The images and music were uploaded with Justin Melkmann's consent. Thank you, Justin!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0_F83LjAJI/AAAAAAAAAbs/eDOkdGESq-U/s1600-h/ww9goodfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 391px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0_F83LjAJI/AAAAAAAAAbs/eDOkdGESq-U/s400/ww9goodfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426773725399941266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >World War IX</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">When a Good Time Turns to Shit</span> CD</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(Elis Eil)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2005</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0_F9KYbbhI/AAAAAAAAAb0/RJup7-s98YM/s1600-h/ww9goodback.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0_F9KYbbhI/AAAAAAAAAb0/RJup7-s98YM/s400/ww9goodback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426773730554244626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nlz02wmnqym">01. Intervention</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ttlymqmnzzd">02. Treasure Hunt<br /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/worldwarix"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Visit WWIX on MySpace!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-39610269832761554382010-01-07T17:27:00.000-08:002010-01-07T17:49:52.532-08:00The Two Felipes - Hot Off the Grill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0aN4sM1hpI/AAAAAAAAAbM/bxdJcPQGtGE/s1600-h/hotoffthegrill.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0aN4sM1hpI/AAAAAAAAAbM/bxdJcPQGtGE/s400/hotoffthegrill.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424178806291531410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">For the beginning of the new year (and a new decade, according to some on NPR), I bring you the origins of one of the most important bands to my musical upbringing.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hot Off the Grill</span> was The Two Felipes' first tape, and it's basically a "demo" for what would become <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-felipes-eat-your-fill.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Eat Your Fill</span></a>. It's pretty interesting to hear the orignal versions of these songs in comparison to how they evolved only a few months later.<br /><br />A must for all Felipes Fanatics!<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >The images and music were uploaded with Dan Vebber's full consent. Thank you, Dan!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0aN44TW3rI/AAAAAAAAAbU/legvPhfhrOw/s1600-h/hotoffthegrillfront.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0aN44TW3rI/AAAAAAAAAbU/legvPhfhrOw/s400/hotoffthegrillfront.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424178809540107954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >The Two Felipes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Hot Off the Grill</span> CS</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >(Flaming Cow Productions)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >1986</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0aN5F0ZyCI/AAAAAAAAAbc/NuU2VLjzjjU/s1600-h/hotoffthegrillback.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/S0aN5F0ZyCI/AAAAAAAAAbc/NuU2VLjzjjU/s400/hotoffthegrillback.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424178813168371746" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rwtyfjmzmg1"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Hot Off the Grill</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rxi2t20zmxz">Industrial Strife<br /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lyywovkzgzk">Jay's Plan</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zndfmnjnzzn">Fish</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/search/label/two%20felipes"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >More Felipes!!!</span></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-19645910289475688112009-12-29T17:11:00.000-08:002009-12-29T18:46:09.912-08:00ULTRABASTARD! - Demo<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6RMOC0dI/AAAAAAAAAas/bnBMqx4M6I4/s1600-h/ubliveatalsparty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6RMOC0dI/AAAAAAAAAas/bnBMqx4M6I4/s400/ubliveatalsparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420849905994486226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: courier new;">(Live at Big Al Doogie's birthday party August 2006)</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">My band, i.e., the functioning one that practices every week and plays out once in a while.<br /><br />John and I met in Maggot, a Lower East Side scummy punk band that I joined after seeing them play once. Unfortunately, main man Greg Maggot and I butted heads and I was out of the band a few months later. Shortly afterward, I started playing with a douchebag who called himself Atom, where I met <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/12/optimus-prime-and-nowoptimus-prime-time.html">Dan</a>, but that's another story.<br /><br />Basically, John called me out of the blue one day after the Maggot debacle, right when I was realizing things weren't working out with Atom, and he asked me if I wanted to play music with him. Of course I did - he's a great guy, really easy to work with and he played bass. So we started writing and practicing songs with a drum machine in his garage. John wanted to name the band "Hypocrite," and I liked "Jackhammer," so we became Jackhammer Hypocrite. We actually played a show with the drum machine to about five people in a sandlot. <br /><br />The thing was, we really wanted a singer and a drummer. Eventually, we found the latter in Dan Brown, a guy from my neck of the woods, the North Fork of Long Island. None of the singers we "auditioned" worked out, so John and I took over vocal duties. This line-up played several great shows, most notably at The King's Club in Centereach and Saints'N'Sinners in Smithtown. We also changed our name to JAKKHAMR HYPOCRYT for some reason.<br /><br />Eventually, Dan Brown, who's a helluva musician by the way, began flaking on band practice, leaving John and I to sit there pissed off and frustrated. Finally, we just never called him back for practice and we returned to square one. We put a classified ad in a local music mag and talked to a few people, but nothing worked out. In the meantime, I played with Optimus Prime. Then one day, John called and said, "I've got a dumb idea - why don't I switch to drums and get Dan from Optimus Prime to play bass?" So that's what we did, and it's stayed that way for better or worse ever since, although now we practice in Dan's basement and we're called ULTRABASTARD!<br /><br />There's been a lot of fun and a lot of turmoil. We did a mini-tour of Florida with Libyan Hit Squad. We played Cleveland and met Nightmare Mode. We've had incredible, ass-kicking shows and really horrible, embarrassing ones. We've hated each other and loved each other. We all love it, though, and we always come back for more. In fact, we're recording again (finally).<br /><br />These songs were recorded in late 2005, right after John switched to drums and Dan joined.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6ResGN2I/AAAAAAAAAa0/d4PvZLI2myM/s1600-h/ubliveatjoesparty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6ResGN2I/AAAAAAAAAa0/d4PvZLI2myM/s400/ubliveatjoesparty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420849910952376162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: courier new;">(Live at Joe's going away party October 2009)</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">About the songs:<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">(note: songs that are linked can be downloaded as samples)<br /><br />01. Turning Fat Into Muscle - This instrumental evolved out of a riff I pulled out of my ass one night when John was playing bass and Dan Brown was still drumming. It became our staple opener for quite a while.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vgqngymiolh">02. Numb</a> - John wrote this one, though I came up with the chords for the solo part. It's a heavy, solid song about frustration - a subject that appears often in our lyrics. This was one of the original seven songs John and I assembled with the drum machine.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?krdjtwzgmnm">03. Don't Need You</a> - I wrote this trying to write the "Sonic Reducer" of break-up songs. I actually originally recorded it on my 4-track for the second FPOS album that never materialized (because I had a real band for a change). It remains a crowd favorite.<br /><br />04. Alive - John write this, but his original lyrics were some "pretty girl, dream come true" drivel that had no place in our repertoire, so I wrote lyrics about the asshole my mom married. Another of the original seven songs.<br /><br />05. Kiss Me - One of mine, written shortly before "Don't Need You." One of the original seven.<br /><br />06. Citiots - Dan came up with the music for this killer song and we all worked together to arrange it into what it is here. I wrote the lyrics about summers on the North Fork with some inspiration from The Candy Snatchers.<br /><br />07. Piss & Hatred - John wrote this about a rough patch in his marriage. Also one of the original seven.<br /><br />08. Big Fat Dumb - I was on a Motorhead kick when I wrote this song about an asshole I had to work with. We don't play it anymore, mostly because Dan can't remember the bass line and I'm too lazy to re-teach him.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wwjwjo0wmjz">09. Myrtle (Something Good)</a> - Dan wrote and sang this garage-y stomper. He titled it "Something Good," but John said it should be called "Myrtle." Still one of my favorites.<br /><br />10. Blues Type Thing - One of the original seven I wrote that was inadvertently ripped from Iggy Pop's "Rock And Roll Party" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Party</span>. And yes, that's a Robert Plant reference in the lyrics.<br /><br />11. Fight Song - I wrote this song about my experience moving across the country after being annoyed by Rush on the radio at work. Funny how that worked out. John said he could see the crowd fighting to it, so the name stuck. I think I wanted to call it "Wanderlust," but that didn't last long. One of the original seven, and, just for the hell of it, I'm gonna post that original seven song, four-track demo up here at some point. Also, be sure to listen to the hidden track, which appears 30 seconds after "Fight Song" ends.<br /><br />PLAY LOUD AND DRINK HEAVILY.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6RhkXfwI/AAAAAAAAAa8/LaqED0V3fY4/s1600-h/ultrabastardfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6RhkXfwI/AAAAAAAAAa8/LaqED0V3fY4/s400/ultrabastardfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420849911725260546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ULTRABASTARD!</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Demo</span> CDR</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(MPAE)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2005</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6R1FenbI/AAAAAAAAAbE/c0PvHDndt5o/s1600-h/ultrabastardbackscan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Szq6R1FenbI/AAAAAAAAAbE/c0PvHDndt5o/s400/ultrabastardbackscan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420849916964412850" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymfnt43zyzw"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Demo</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Bonus!!! A video of us in the basement performing a song that's not on the CD!!!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rjAwimYFtEU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rjAwimYFtEU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-54334679819649963102009-12-23T17:27:00.000-08:002009-12-24T08:01:24.813-08:00MPAE presents...A Guide to Middle Eastern Black Metal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzLTr43o9SI/AAAAAAAAAaY/n5fLSx_7u7w/s1600-h/astrologer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzLTr43o9SI/AAAAAAAAAaY/n5fLSx_7u7w/s400/astrologer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418626052633720098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">I don't know about you, but I despise Christmas. It's one thing to be socially obligated to buy crap for people when I can barely afford to cover my rent, pay my bills and feed myself, but, to add insult to injury, I'm constantly assaulted by trite, vapid Christmas music everywhere I go. Makes me want to drive around the malls blasting Fear's "Fuck Christmas" over and over again at top volume. I'd like to dig up the corpse of Charles Dickens and kick his dead, rotten ass into dust.<br /><br />So if you're like me and you feel like killing every asshole in a Santa hat, I've assembled a Christmas carol antidote - a collection of blasphemous black metal from the Middle East. This is some of the most punishing, brutal black metal on the planet, and the reality is, most of these bands are risking their lives by performing this music in their home countries. Talk about balls.<br /><br />If Jello Biafra wants to bitch about a lack of personal freedom, he should go try to record a black metal album in Syria, where the style is out-right BANNED.<br /><br />I have personally selected each track on this comp from bands I've covered in my series on MEBM for <a href="http://www.bigtakeover.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bigtakeover.com</span></a>. None of it was cleared, but most of these tracks are out-of-print, nearly impossible to find or were never given proper releases due to political or religious restrictions. If you really like a song on this comp, please try to purchase something from that band and help support true underground music.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzLTsJtXNdI/AAAAAAAAAag/tBiaTchxQ44/s1600-h/MEBMred.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzLTsJtXNdI/AAAAAAAAAag/tBiaTchxQ44/s400/MEBMred.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418626057154016722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >MPAE presents...</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />A Guide to Middle Eastern Black Metal</span> MZ</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><br />(MPAE)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2009</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tvtomkjqm5n"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">A Guide to Middle Eastern Black Metal</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Tracklist:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">01. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ayat</span> - "Possession" from <span style="font-style: italic;">El Nabi Mojrem Moghtaseb Dajjal</span> LEBANON<br /><br />02. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Die Entweihung</span> - "The Unholy Precept" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Die Entweihung</span> ISRAEL<br /><br />03. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mucous Scrotum</span> - "You Will Perish" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Calls from the Underground</span> ISRAEL<br /><br />04. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Narjahanam</span> - "Nehaya Wa Bedaya" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Undama Tath'hur Al Shams Mn Al Gharb</span> BAHRAIN<br /><br />05. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Al-Namrood</span> - "Barzakh" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Narcotized</span> SAUDI ARABIA<br /><br />06. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ammattammen Bas</span> - "Mint Tea Til Sugar Skog" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Estanna Yabny Estanna</span> EGYPT<br /><br />07. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dhul-Qarnayn</span> - "From Chaos" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Beyond Human Malice</span> BAHRAIN<br /><br />08. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Infernal Nature</span> - "Of Lords & Servants" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Calls from the Underground</span> ISRAEL<br /><br />09. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Veinen</span> - "Apocalyptic Nuclear Terror" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Hypnosis</span> LEBANON<br /><br />10. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nekroforest</span> - "Kristian Grave" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Kristian Grave</span> TURKEY/UAE<br /><br />11. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rabbath Ammon</span> - "Crown of Sand" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Rabbath Ammon</span> JORDAN<br /><br />12. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ultramundane</span> - "Sworn Revenge" from <span style="font-style: italic;">A Kingdom at Birth</span> EGYPT<br /><br />13. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Damaar</span> - "Ode to Blasphemy" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Triumph Through Spears of Sacrilege</span> LEBANON<br /><br />14. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aras</span> - "Wish to Be in Death Embrace" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Depressive Rebellion</span> IRAN<br /><br />15. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dark Promise</span> - "The Dark Promise" from <span style="font-style: italic;">To Violate the Light</span> SYRIA<br /><br />16. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Blaspherion</span> - "The Night Before Mourning" from <span style="font-style: italic;">The Night Before Mourning</span> UAE/USA<br /><br />17. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sorg Innkallelse</span> - "Lethal Invasion" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Into the Dark Tower</span> IRAN<br /><br />18. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Azaroth</span> - "The Winds of Mayhem" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Azaroth/Nekroforest</span> TURKEY/UAE<br /><br />19. <span style="font-weight: bold;">De Mysteriium</span> - "546 BC (short mix)" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Cold Days in Experience</span> IRAN<br /><br />20. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kusoof</span> - "Exist to Un-exist" from <span style="font-style: italic;">Vile</span> BAHRAIN/KUWAIT</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-17172678036668184402009-12-21T16:41:00.000-08:002012-10-20T20:05:44.735-07:00Simstim Technologies - Neuromance<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzAeWSrS77I/AAAAAAAAAaA/Ep7SbOQG5Xk/s1600-h/PHREEK%27S+ORGAN-WINNETKA.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417863720046096306" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzAeWSrS77I/AAAAAAAAAaA/Ep7SbOQG5Xk/s400/PHREEK%27S+ORGAN-WINNETKA.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">(Mr Phreek circa 1998/1999 - Photo by Ackronomicon)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">It's oh-so-apt that I'm posting this after winning a five day battle with the swine flu of computer viruses...<br /><br />Anyway, I'm really big into cyberpunk. <span style="font-style: italic;">Max Headroom</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Shadow Run</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Blade Runner</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Tron</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">THX-1138</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Akira</span>, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, Cordwainer Smith and, of course, the novels of William Gibson all rank highly on my entertainment scale.<br /><br />On a cyberpunk kick in 2005, I decided to create music that was truly "cyberpunk." I figured a good way to do this would be to record a digital instrument through an analog recorder, so I overdubbed my digital Korg Prophecy on my cassette-based Fostex XR-7 multitracker. I kept William Gibson's first novel, <span style="font-style: italic;">Neuromancer</span>, in mind as I assembled the tracks to create this bit of lo-fi electronica.<br /><br />If you're familiar with <span style="font-style: italic;">Neuromancer</span>, the song titles should speak for themselves, so a track-by-track analysis is unnecessary. However, if you're unfamiliar...hell, download this album and listen to it while you go to the bookstore to buy it. Or, in true cyberpunk fashion, shop online for an ebook.<br /><br />And, no, you can't dance to it.<br /></span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzAeWv7irwI/AAAAAAAAAaI/ibbIjv-waII/s1600-h/simstimfront.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417863727898865410" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzAeWv7irwI/AAAAAAAAAaI/ibbIjv-waII/s400/simstimfront.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 395px;" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">Simstim Technologies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Neuromance</span> CDR</span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzAeW7px_SI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/NObeiAN-73k/s1600-h/simstimback.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417863731045596450" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SzAeW7px_SI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/NObeiAN-73k/s400/simstimback.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 398px;" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zzwztwdykze"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Neuromance</span> as a .zip file!</span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kynwoo1dnjm">Television Sky</a><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?g224wmm43ry">Sleeping Coffin</a><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-83236595696474993842009-12-10T17:48:00.000-08:002009-12-10T18:16:27.150-08:00Optimus Prime - And Now...Optimus Prime Time!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGpRqzN2UI/AAAAAAAAAZw/324p-KINl3g/s1600-h/optray.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGpRqzN2UI/AAAAAAAAAZw/324p-KINl3g/s400/optray.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413794348088023362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">To make a long story short, I met Dan through a total toolbag who went by the name of Atom (when he called, he'd say, "Hey, it's A-T-O-M!") and we all played together in a short-lived band called A Funeral in the Fall. Dan and I eventually got sick of said toolbag and quit, but that's another story.<br /><br />Anyway, Dan had this thrash band that he had just started called Optimus Prime, but they couldn't hold down a guitarist. I volunteered, saying I couldn't practice with them, as they got together Monday afternoons and I had to work, but I'd kinda learn the songs and improvise the rest. As a big Melt Banana fan, Dan liked the idea and I joined as noise guitarist.<br /><br />One day in February 2005, we went into Dan Keely's studio in Southold and recorded this gem.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGqglxrDQI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/R61vrtx1M3g/s1600-h/opinsert.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGqglxrDQI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/R61vrtx1M3g/s400/opinsert.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413795703949036802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">We played a total of 12 shows from May 2004 to July 2005, when Joe, the singer, quit and we gave up. It was fun while it lasted.<br /><br />Dan wrote everything. I think Joe wrote the lyrics for "Who the Hell Knows?" though. Lou played drums like a cracked-out Animal.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGpRBAsbFI/AAAAAAAAAZg/1JHJE7SbTwg/s1600-h/opfront.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGpRBAsbFI/AAAAAAAAAZg/1JHJE7SbTwg/s400/opfront.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413794336870263890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Optimus Prime</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">And Now...Optimus Prime Time!</span> CDR</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(MPAE)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2005</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGpQ09rwfI/AAAAAAAAAZY/Wk0SZELcLCk/s1600-h/opback.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SyGpQ09rwfI/AAAAAAAAAZY/Wk0SZELcLCk/s400/opback.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413794333636411890" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zlctwomj5jx"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">And Now...Optimus Prime Time!</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Sample tracks:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymyc4zzfahq">Better Days</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jmmttionynm">Skin Deep</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mtnyxzkytij">Get Off Yer Ass and Practice What You Preach</a><br /><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214112158495791296.post-13171068154351785152009-12-03T16:19:00.000-08:002009-12-03T18:36:31.654-08:00FPOS - Fuck You, We're Fucking Piece of Shit<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Sxhvpee7kiI/AAAAAAAAAZI/jRItAvQEenM/s1600-h/No+fuck+you.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/Sxhvpee7kiI/AAAAAAAAAZI/jRItAvQEenM/s400/No+fuck+you.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411197710633767458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >(Mr Phreek circa early 2001 - Photo by Ackronomicon)</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />December is my birth month (I was born on the seventh) so all my posts this month will be from my own musical projects.<br /><br />When I recorded this album, I had been NY for a year and a half and I was completely frustrated. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't connect with anyone musically - open-mindedness isn't exactly prevalent on the east end of Long Island. I really wanted a punk band, but I was surrounded by strict metalheads and people whose ideas about punk rock came from MTV.<br /><br />So, in DIY fashion, I did it on my own. It's a really good document of what was going on in my head at the time (late 2002). I also pulled out some of my favorite songs from <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/mpae-anokist-antiquity.html">the original MPAE tape</a> and finally gave them a proper recording, despite the ultra-crappy production.<br /><br />Goes well with a 12-pack of cheap beer.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SxhxMLrZJ6I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/QKoAhs-tKX8/s1600-h/OH+BOY.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SxhxMLrZJ6I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/QKoAhs-tKX8/s400/OH+BOY.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411199406392813474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >(Mr Phreek circa early 2001 - Photo by Ackronomicon)</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">About the songs:<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">(note: songs that are linked can be downloaded as samples)<br /><br />01. Something More - This song came from nights where I'd just aimlessly drive around the North Fork because I didn't have any friends and I didn't know what to do with myself.<br /><br />02. Q&A Session - Musically, this was one of the first songs I ever wrote back when I was 16, but I never really did anything with it. I decided to resurrect it here and write lyrics that are kind of like a punk rock Samuel Beckett. It's too bad I mixed this so poorly, as I really spent time on the drums.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mzzgmj4jjom">03. Climbing Up the Walls</a> - I had kicked junk a little less than two years before this was recorded, but I still had really bad cravings, which only got worse with my frustration.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?myozhlmw4jt">04. I Wanna Die</a> - This Dwarves-inspired ditty can be interpreted as either a celebration of hedonistic nihilism or a sarcastic mockery of it. Personally, I go back and forth, depending on what mood I'm in. Lots of people tell me this is their favorite song on here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nyzmmwhazte">05. Deaf Mute</a> - Remember that part in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Catcher in the Rye</span> where Holden Caulfield says he wants to move to some podunk town and work in a gas station and pretend to be a deaf mute so he wouldn't have to deal with people? I horrified my freshman high school literature teacher when I told her I thought it was a good idea.<br /><br />06. Pissed Off/A Sellout Like You - The first part is very Black Flag-ish hardcore, but the second part really came from Crass. Again, the drums were mixed way too low.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qvlznzzzm5x">07. Bithing Again</a> - A song about how all my songs were complaining about something or other. Even in my darkest moments, I retained a sense of humor. I've always really liked this one.<br /><br />08. I Really Hate You - One of the songs from <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/mpae-anokist-antiquity.html">Anokist Antiquity</a> that got a proper recording here.<br /><br />09. Kill Your TV - Another <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/mpae-anokist-antiquity.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Anokist Antiquity</span></a> track that finally got the balls it deserved.<br /><br />10. Sick of Porn - Ack had sent me this horrible porn tape, <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Luckiest Man</span> starring Jon Dough (who has since killed himself), and, without internet access or the slightest success in the female department, it was all I had to get off. It got old really quickly.<br /><br />11. Burn Down Your School - My favorite <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/mpae-anokist-antiquity.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Anokist Antiquity</span></a> track. Burn, baby, burn.<br /><br />12. I Don't Care - A much better version of a song from <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/mpae-mixdown-2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mixdown 2</span></a> with better lyrics.<br /><br />13. That's Me - This was also originally on <a href="http://mrphreeksanokistemporium.blogspot.com/2009/02/mpae-mixdown-2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mixdown 2</span></a>. This version is dirtier in that Fang way.<br /><br />14. Pretty Bad Girl - A Flipper-type track about a girl I worked with based on stories she told me. It seemed like a good way to end the album.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SxhvoxqUcnI/AAAAAAAAAZA/CM9RBJzi5nM/s1600-h/fposfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SxhvoxqUcnI/AAAAAAAAAZA/CM9RBJzi5nM/s400/fposfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411197698601939570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >FPOS</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Fuck You, We're Fucking Piece of Shit</span> CDR</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >(MPAE)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >2002</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SxhvohfW0eI/AAAAAAAAAY4/QV8aufCC-0s/s1600-h/fposback.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wagb-oewN4A/SxhvohfW0eI/AAAAAAAAAY4/QV8aufCC-0s/s400/fposback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411197694260990434" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kyyzzwtzant"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Download <span style="font-style: italic;">Fuck You, We're FPOS</span> as a .zip file!</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /></span>Mr Phreekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08286596395390548590noreply@blogger.com0