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BATES, MARTYN - Migraine Inducers / Antagonistic Music

Format: do-CD Label & Cat.Number: Beta-Lactam Ring Records mt196cd Release Year: 2007 Note: re-release of the very first MARTYN BATES cassette "DISSONANCE" (as MIGRAINE INDUCERS) with 20 short pieces from 1979, plus the later issued 'American version" (1981), and a re-work from 1994 on the bonus CD!! An almost historical document being influenced by the industrial, new wave/punk & experimental movement from that time.. comes w. oversized hardcover / gatefold-sleeve with 16 page booklet + extensive liner notes by ELSE TEICHER; BACK IN STOCK!! Price (incl. 19% VAT): €15.00 More Info Wiederveröffentlichung der allerersten BATES-MC von 1979, damals als MIGRAINE INDUCERS! Völlig verschieden von dem späteren Songwriting, stehen diese Sounds noch voll in der Spätsiebziger Post-Punk und Industrial-Tradition, mit rauhem low-fi Noise und Instrumental-Sounds (v.a. Gitarre & Synths), Gesangexperimenten, etc.. aber auch schon ruhigere folkige Elemente die an den späteren MARTYN BATES erinnern, mit seiner typischen Delay-Orgel und gezupfter Gitarre, sind vorhanden... 20 kurze Stücke voller freier "Anti-Musik"-Energie, die den Geist der damaligen Zeit atmet; auf der zweiten CD ein späteres Remake / Komplettierung des Tapes von 1994. "Calling yourself Migraine Inducers might not be the best route to stardom. But then, this was released in 1979 at the birth of the DIY movement, which was all about making a defiant two-finger salute to stardom. A new generation of ambitious musicians armed with total artistic freedom released their music on the then-popular cassette format thus bypassing major record companies. Martyn Bates (of later Eyeless in Gaza fame) debuted with Dissonance/Antagonistic Music, a homemade cassette full of intense nervous fragmented soundscaping, not dissimilar to Nurse With Wound or an instrumental Throbbing Gristle. When the initial 12 copies had sold out, the tape was re-released slightly more professionally over the years and now, for the first time ever, as a double CD. Sonic exploration is the heart of this beautiful, stark masterpiece, which may not be easy on the ear on first take, but gradually grows and then, when you least expect it, proves itself full of harsh beauty." [FK / Vital Weekly] www.blrrecords.com Beta-Lactam Ring Records