Saturday 19 September 2020

Whoosh (1997) - The Mercy Bell

 
 Indie pop with emotive female vocals. I'm not sure how to characterise this one, so you'll need to listen to it yourself. Reminds me a bit of Litany, actually. See Discogs for more info.

There are a few Sonic Youthy guitar moments which are quite nice.

1. All We Can Do        4:10
2. Wallpaper Faces        3:37
3. Always        5:37
4. Spare Us        4:16
5. Get Out        3:13
6. Home        4:31
7. Picking Daisies        2:48
8 .Headless Turtle        1:29
9. Follow        4:52
10. Far Too High        4:30
11. Breath Of Fresh Air        3:30

Whoosh (1997) - The Mercy Bell

Organarchy Sound Systems: B.P.M Conspiracies (1999) - Various Artists

 
 The network of references that conspired to bring me to Organarchy Sound Systems is too complex to go into here, but I'll add some links and backstory as I can be more bothered.

Organarchy Sound Systems was a sound system associated with the C@T Anarchist Collective in Sydney (famous for developing the software that IndyMedia ran on and for having late Sydney Cave Clan founder Michael 'Predator' Carlton as a member). Their early websites were hosted by C@T and early email addresses point to a cat.org.au server. See here for a mention of an Organarchy tape in a C@T-hosted tale of a doof in Darwin.

There was also a Clan Analogue connection with some of the artists who featured on the Organarchy comps.

Most of the music is amateurish techno, but there are a few sublime moments as you will see.

The Discogs page has a lot more info, including more period links than what I have (bump them into the Wayback Machine).

If anyone has a copy of the 'Filthy Jabilucre' release they'd be willing to share PLEASE get in touch!

1. Sine On        7:44    Fatty Acidz V's Earth Metal
2. Tofu        5:16    John 'badger' Jacobs
3. Apple Song        5:19    The Meddling Kids
4. Hypnotize (Safety Dub Mix)        4:24    Disco Stu
5. Moral Xxxciter        6:42    Nam Shub Of Enki
6. Give Me Funky Disco..Yeah (Late Saki Mix)        6:43    Dee Dee
7. Fizz        4:57    Gasm
8. Freequency Response        5:05    Non Bossy Posse
9. Dance Food        5:45    Sleaze Louise
10. Bush Bebe        5:45    El Toro
11. Party People Politics        6:53    Grumblemorf
12. Softest Thing        6:15    Adrenalentil

Organarchy Sound Systems: B.P.M Conspiracies (1999) - Various Artists

4ZZZ's Hot 100 (1997) - Various Artists

 

One of the best compilations of 1990s Aussie indie that I've found, this 1997 release from Brisbane community station 4ZZZ is studded with gems. Aside from the obvious domestics (Magic Dirt, iNsuRge, Regurgitator, Spiderbait, Clouds, Dirty Three, The Fauves, etc.) there are a few international alternative anthems on board (e.g. Lush's 'Ladykillers' and Butthole Surfer's 'Pepper') and some more obscure Brisbane locals (e.g. Small Fantasy's very cute 'DSS' and the jangly almost-emo of Turnpike's 'Straight to Video').

Even my girlfriend likes it. Enjoy on a hot sunny day.

[Disc 1] 

1. Fish & Chip Bitch From Ipswich        4:27    Escape From Toytown
2. Static        3:21    Screamfeeder
3. DSS        2:21    Small Fantasy
4. Speculator        3:02    iNsuRge
5. Thunder        3:33    The Mavis's
6. Sexual Deviant        3:04    Blowhard
7. Pepper        4:57    Butthole Surfers
8. Spitboy Girl        3:00    Godnose
9. Big Mouth        2:35    Big Heavy Stuff
10. No KFC        1:21    Scrumfeeder
11. Kong Foo Sing        2:58    Regurgitator
12. Aussie Song        6:19    Lee Harvey & The Oswalds
13. Straight To Video        2:11    Turnpike
14. Chunky Doh        3:13    The Melniks
15. Purple Girl        4:46    St. Jude
16. Benediction        5:05    Blood Party
17. Napalm Sticks To Kids        4:10    Alien Virus

[Disc 2]

1. Her Royal Fisticuffs        3:39    Superchunk
2. Punch In The Face        1:46    Frenzal Rhomb
3. Ladykillers        3:15    Lush
4. Will Drop Pants For Airplay        2:04    Nancy Vandal
5. Neon Pressure        2:27    Fur
6. Trophy Girlfriend        3:04    Heavenly
7. Buy Me A Pony        1:46    Spiderbait
8. Down from the Sky        2:58    Clouds
9. Kneecap        2:41    Budd
10. I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me        6:12    Dirty Three
11. I Was Cruel        6:57    Magic Dirt
12. Horny In The Morning        1:36    Pansy Division
13. Kissing The Sun        4:32    The Young Gods
14. Stop & Go Man        2:41    Even
15. Tarmac & Lime        5:12    Gaslight Radio
16. Living Dead        4:43    Discordia
17. Self Abuser        2:53    The Fauves

4ZZZ's Hot 100 (1997) - Various Artists

 

Bad Hair Life (1995) - Rail

I had a go at this one, thinking it'd be like Glide for some reason. Ash Naylor was in it, and he was on TV a lot.

Yes, I did pinch the cover from Discogs because I can't find my scanner. It's buried in here under all this junk... somewhere...

1. Never Whole        4:03
2. Freebird        4:23
3. Billy & K        5:52
4. Immune Deficiency        3:41
5. Rock Dreams        4:17
6. Gonna Bury You        6:20
7. Volume Creep Vs. Nature Boy        3:26
8. The Coolest Thing        3:05
9. Bridget Fonda        3:12
10. Theatre Of Yr Soul        4:47
11. My Last Beer        2:08
12. People Who Look Like Things        0:29
13. Spinning Ball        5:22

Bad Hair Life (1995) - Rail