Ritorno alla grande per Dudu - Marco Lettieri(voce in Ohuzaru, Gonna Fall Hard, Vallium, Sgurd...)e Biglee - Alberto Breda al basso (anch'egli proveniente dalla Venezia hardcore sin dagli anni '90, con L'Amico di Martucci, Ohuzaru, e via elencando) accompagnati da due giovani leve della scena punk cittadina, ovvero Marco Rigoni alla chitarra ed Edoardo Guariento alla batteria. Visti per la prima volta un paio di settimane fa a Padova, in un festival con sette gruppi tutti italiani che da subito ho voluto ribattezzare NWOIHC, così giusto per fare un po' di ironia sui trend e le etichette circolanti nella scena punk hardcore mondiale (NWOBHC è la sigla utilizzata da tutto quel giro inglese facente capo a band come The Flex, Violent Reaction, Arms Race), hanno prodotto una cassetta in puro stile anni '80 sia nella musica che nella fattura. Un lato demo ed un lato live, una miscela di punk hardcore primitivo con cadenze oi!; quello che colpisce è che la tecnica musicale è primitiva ma efficace, i pezzi spaccano il culo con riff semplici che restano subito in testa.
In un periodo storico in cui ormai il punk hardcore ha perso da tempo ogni valenza di minaccia sociale, musicalmente diviso tra derive metal da un lato e sfilacciamenti chitarrinistici garage dall'altro, questo demo è una boccata di aria fresca per chi finalmente si è deciso a rimettere la parola PUNK accanto a quella hardcore. I testi sono in italiano e volutamente provocatori, giocano con il portare all'estremo le tematiche di certi gruppi skinhead degli anni '80; faranno discutere soltanto chi è avvezzo a cercare nella musica la sicurezza di avere un posto sicuro in cui stare, la fantomatica "scena" in cui tutti sono d'accordo con tutti e non esiste quell'attrito capace di creare novità. Cinque pezzi + la registrazione del loro primo live sul lato B, la mia preferita resta "Stringi i Denti" ma giusto per citarne una, perché tutto il demo mi fa venir voglia di scendere in strada a spaccar della roba a caso. scarica il demo QUI
Compilation of japanese hardcore punk bands from the eighties on a french label. I suppose it's from 1987. Jungle Hop records 105 Trivia: I found this one at my first record fair in Milano, 1995. I was hangin' round with a bunch of younger friends who were laughing at me because, while they were purchasing limited edition of "cool" u.s. hardcore bands (i remember them buying UNIFORM CHOICE's "demos" double 7 inch among the others)i was checking the "used & very cheap" bins. I ended up buying Discharge "never again" single, the "complete disorder" ep and this japanese sampler. At the time I had no idea who these bands were and the history behind them. It happens that recently, while checking discogs for other japcore gems, i run into the Jungle Hop label and noticed this wasn't filed. Here it is. Enjoy.
This is the first volume of three (i've just discovered that). A real barrage of noise in pure japanese style from 1999. Three labels involved (Thrash Ahoy, Killed By Fast and One Coin), fourteen bands for a total of 27 songs in 11:23 total running time. This is timeless thrash, including by now legendary Unholy Grave, Fuck On The Beach and Nice View plus a couple of never heard like K.N.K. or Skunk. Among my favorite are the grinding maniacs I.R.F. (still devouring their split ep with Dahmer, I'll post it later). Recently, my passion for crazy japanese fastcore maniacs has grown back as in the past. I am trying to put my hands on every gem I can find -for reasonable prices- with roots well planted in noise. Bands like Gibbed, D.O.N.D.O.N., Aburadako, Idora or more recent bands like ADA+MAX and Flipout AA are amazing and know how to floor everybody at shows!!!
When in Barcelona...and you do not want to come back home.
Good vegan food, great record shops, the weather is simply perfect. Can't wait to be back.
(how fun is it when you find this record in the funk corner of the shop?)
(this one record shop was so packed i lost interest after 5 minutes; two rooms COMPLETELY packed with any sort of vinyl record from any country of the world and of any musical sub-genre. When i put myself in this weird situation i usually start to sweat, can't breath properly, my mouth gets dry in 5 seconds and i call it quits. I literally can not think in front of all this stuff)
(BEASTIE BOYS "paul's boutique" SURE - i already own an original copy, but hey this is not gatefold as my 1989 version, this is QUADRUPLE GATEFOLD and you know i had to buy it)
(URIAH HEEP "sweet freedom" I discovered this one thru Darkthrone's Fenriz. This is a russian edition, complete with booklet, found in a record shop mainly packed with techno/electronic music. Good one.)
(OBSCURE/HUMAN WASTE demos - never heard of both bands, but the price was tempting and the layout undoubtely OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL so I wanted to give it a try. decent death metal from Spain, both demos reprinted on vinyl)
(momma miss america! I've never been a fan of the guy in the picture, but i've discovered a song sampled by the beasties on paul's boutique - an instrumental, actually - which is very groovy with a bit of a melancholic refrain. check it out if you can! all the album is very good, actually)
(In the '80s I was frightened by Grace Jones. there was an advertisement on tv for a french car company, and her look and her gaze always sent creeps down my spine. thirty years later, a friend of mine played her version of "warm leatherette" for me during a car trip, and after a quick internet search i have discovered this little gem. Mute records number 1, this is the root that started it all. very very creepy and exciting both ways)
This is an outlet for my love of fast, noisy and unpleasant music...I love to make reviews and share some records, both old and new. Most of the links found on this blog are uploaded by myself...if you want something to be removed just write an email and I'll do it.
Anyway, i'll keep updated a list of some labels/distributors of cool diy music, so if you think it's worth the value, support the bands and buy their music!!!
Keep on thrashing,
xPULCEx
DJ PANINO on MIXCLOUD
Just created a MIXCLOUD account. you can listen to my mixtapes, mostly dealing with jazz/funk/soul/early hip hop stuff. enjoy!