I am a big fan of jagged, angular noise bands, tempo changes, etc.

There are a plethora of punk comps that tirelessly gather obscure old snot rock recordings but none that do so for the Math.

I often wonder how many math/noise outfits recorded a 7" here or there and then simply evaporated.

Anyone know of some good, obscure math/noise recordings that I might try to hunt down?

Off the top of my head I can think of a few:

Cyclops 'Second Son of Poseidon' 7" (Splinter 001) -- Really creepy recordings. A soundtrack for an extreme closeup of a slug crawling through salt.

Swob 'The Explosion of Scilence' 7" (Pop Bus 13) -- Great stuff. I guess they hailed from Pittsburgh (?). I heard they were going to put out a full length on Project A Bomb back in the mid 90s but, after getting the vinyl pressed, the label folded.

There are probably many bands like Table, Tetsuo/Brass Knuckles for Tough Guys, and Stickdog that had releases which were widely distributed but somehow fell through the cracks. Labels like Bovine or Satan's Pimp that went grind, etc.

Oh,well, just wondering if I might be able to get turned on to some hip shit from back in the day (or the present).

Thanks

Ranxerox wrote:Swob 'The Explosion of Scilence' 7" (Pop Bus 13) -- Great stuff. I guess they hailed from Pittsburgh (?). I heard they were going to put out a full length on Project A Bomb back in the mid 90s but, after getting the vinyl pressed, the label folded.

Yeah, that's about right, as far as I know. I know Jon, and last I saw him was when I was on tour and went through St. Louis, where he's living now. He wasn't doing music anymore at the time, unfortunately.

I released some stuff from a couple of French bands:

Chevreuil http://www.myspace.com/chevreuil
Cheval De Frise http://www.freneticrecords.com/cheval/info.html

I have mp3s and stuff at the URL down there...

Ranxerox wrote:Swob 'The Explosion of Scilence' 7" (Pop Bus 13) -- Great stuff. I guess they hailed from Pittsburgh (?). I heard they were going to put out a full length on Project A Bomb back in the mid 90s but, after getting the vinyl pressed, the label folded.

God these guys were awesome.

i enjoy tic code

Paul Newman.

You probably heard them but if not then get their first 2 albums. They rule all.

burun wrote:

Ranxerox wrote:Swob 'The Explosion of Scilence' 7" (Pop Bus 13) -- Great stuff. I guess they hailed from Pittsburgh (?). I heard they were going to put out a full length on Project A Bomb back in the mid 90s but, after getting the vinyl pressed, the label folded.

God these guys were awesome.

Nice guys, too. Even though St. Louis was kind of a bust, it was good to see Jon again.

eephour wrote:i enjoy tic code

hey I did the tic code record as well...

Dagobah from Boston who put out an excellent s/t CD. The guitarist is now the drummer for Helms.

turnbullac wrote:hey I did the tic code record as well...

I just realized I have done sound for many bands you have put out records for. All very nice people. And very good. You have good taste, sir.

Jon