The Brits 2

We continue our strange musical tour of the British Isles with more of the same from last week, just a lower ratio of fun upbeat stuff to... well... even some fairly disturbing fare, with one of my favorite noise pieces of all time... T.G.'s Hamburger Lady... (how may other songs have you heard about a burn victim?)
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1. This Heat ~ S.P.Q.R. (1981) {Deceit)
2. Poison Girls ~ Other (1980) {Chappaquiddick Bridge}
3. PiL ~ Pop Tones (1989) {Metal Box}
4. Soft Machine ~ Hibou, Anemonie And Bear (1969) {Volume II}
5. Second Hand ~ Lucifer and the Egg ( 1971) {Death May Be Your Santa Claus}
6. Robert Wyatt Soup Song (1974/1987) {Peel Sessions}
7. L. Voag ~ Kitchen (1979) {The Way Out}
8. Jan Dukes de Grey ~ Call of the Wild (1971) {Mice and Rats in the Loft}
9. King Crimson ~ The Court Of The Crimson King Including The Return Of The Fire Witch And The Dance Of The Puppets (1969) {The Court Of The Crimson King}
10. Pop Group ~ We Are Time (1980) {We Are Time}
11. Lemon Kittens ~ Pain Topics (1980) {We Buy A Hammer For Daddy}
12. Ray Russel ~  Rites and Rituals (1971) {Rites and Rituals}
13. Third Ear Band ~ Dance of the Elves (1990) {Magic Music}
14. Throbbing Gristle ~ Hamburger Lady ~ (1978) {D.o.A. The Third And Final Report}
15. Trevor Wishart ~ Menagerie: No. 10, Dreamer (1998) {Menagerie/Beach Singularity/Vocalise}
16. Whitehouse ~ Foreplay (1980) {Total Sex}
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The Brits 1...

Lots and lots of British acts on the List! Many of them are upbeat, fun and quirky as well. This week's set is one of my favorites in a while. Everything is offered from upbeat anarcho-punk, to artsy New Wave, Rock, Prog and experimental concrete fun.
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1. Family Fodder ~ Wrong (1980) {Monkey Banana Kitchen}
2. Flying Lizards ~ Money (rare, original extended LP mix) (1979) {Flying Lizards}
3. Deep Freeze Mice ~ 186,000 Endings Per Second (1984) {I Love You Little BoBo With Your Delicate Golden Lions}
4. Gong ~ Blues For Findlay (instrumental) (1972) {Continental Circus}
5. Hugh Hopper ~ Every Silver Lining (1980) {Two Rainbows Daily}
6. Crass ~ Systematic Death (1980) {Penis Envy}
7. Alternative TV ~ Punk Life (1997) {Punk Life}
8. Comus ~ The Bite (1971) {First Utterance}
9. Art Bears ~ Moeris Dancing (1984) {Hopes & Fears}
10. Henry Cow ~ Terrible as an Army With Banners (1975) {In Praise of Learning}
11. Chillum ~ Too Many Bananas (1971) {Chillum ...Plus}
12. Cabaret Voltaire ~ Diffusion (1985) {Gasoline in Your Eye, tape}
13. Fred Frith (& Henry Kaiser) (1987) {With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?}
14. Cupol ~ Ends With The Sea (1988) {8 Time}
15. Glaxo Babies ~ This is Your Vendetta (1980) {Nine Months To The Disco}
16. AMM ~ Later During A Flaming Riviera Sunset (1967) {AMMmusic}
17. Steve Beresford ~ Mr. & Mrs. Wu (1980) {The Bath of Surprise}
18. David Cunningham ~ Error System (C Pulse Solo Recording) (1977) {Grey Scale}
19. Ron Geesin ~ The Eye That Nearly Saw (1967) {A Raise of Eyebrows - As He Stands}
20. Arzachel ~ Azathoth (1969) {Arzachel}
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The Swedes...

...or Scandinavians, more accurately. Turns out that Denmark, Sweden, Norway AND Finland are all represented by acts on the list, and here they are in rocky and experimental bliss!
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1. Arbete & Fritid ~ Kalvdans (1979) {Håll Andan}
2. Secret Oyster ~ Paella (1974) {Sea Son}
3. Sammla Mammas Manna ~ Första Satsen (1976) {Snorungarnas Symfoni}
4. Archimedes Badkar ~ Badidoom (1977) {Tre}
5. (International) Harvester ~ Nepal Boogie (1969) {Hemåt}
6. Älgarnas Trädgård ~ Takeoff (recorded 1973-1974, released 2001) {Delayed}
7. Pekka Airaksinen ~ Pieni Sienikonsertto (1973) {One Point Music}
8. Blue Sun ~ Solhverv (1973) {Blue Sun}
9. Iskra ~  Den Ensamme Cyklisten and part of Klir (1977) {Allemansrätt}
10. Ragnar Grippe ~ Capriccio (1977) {Electronic Compositions}
11. Sperm ~ Bra Bonita (1970) {Shh!}
12. Min Bul ~ Ved Sørevatn (1970) {Min Bul}
13. Förklädd Gud ~ Fläsklägg (1967) {Förklädd Gud}
14. Terje Rypdal (and the Chasers) ~ Og Hva Synes VI Om Det (1987) {Blue}
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French Weirdness #4

And the French Weirdness series comes to an end with a bonus track (filling in the dead space at the end as the entire 4 week trek came up short of divisibility by 2 hours) by the EPIC French group (and one of my personal favs) Magma, also complementing a solo track by the band's founding genius drummer, Christian Vander, as he is also listed separately by the NWW trio and is in addition, also French too, as well...       !
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1. Semool ~ Essai 1 ~ (1971) {Essais}
2. Tamia ~ Narcissa Solis (1978) {Senza Tempo}
3. Ghédalia Tazartès ~ Un Amour si Grand qu'il Nie son Objet (1979) {Diasporas}
4. Mama Béa Tekielski ~ La Folle (1977) {La Folle}
5. Jacques Thallot ~ Eleven (1977) {Résurgence}
6. Christian Vander ~ Tromnba (part 1) (1973) {et Les 3 Jef}
7. Verto ~ Reel (1978) {Reel 19.36}
8. Patrick Vian ~ Oreknock (1976) {Bruits Et Temps Analogues)
9. Igor Wakhevitch ~ Rites of the Doll (1973) {Les Fous D'Or}
10. ZNR ~ Enchevetrement Desordonne (1980) {Traite De Mecanique Populaire}
11. *bonus(filler)* Magma ~ Köhntarkösz Part Two (1974) {Köhntarkösz}
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