No Age

Dieser Post wird Euch und mir von Lucky von Border Music gespendet: No Age ist ein "unbesungener" Klassiker der Avantgarde-Musik-Szene. Hier sind keine Jazzer am Werk, sondern Punks und Rocker, und sie versuchen sich an allem, an Improvisationen, an ziellosem Genudel direkt aus der Hölle des Institut für Gitarren-Technologie, am Herumhacken auf den Tasten des Synclavier, an traditionellen Melodien und Harmonien, am komplettem Ausflippen, schön kontrastreich zusammengestellt so dass den HörerInnen nie langweilig wird. Ein zeitloses Dokument über die musikalischen Möglichkeiten der Rockmusik jenseits des Diktates von Gesang und Text, das Tor zu einem anderen Universum. HÖRT - ES - AN! JETZT (Peitschenknall)!

"No Age - a compilation of sst instrumental music" (SST Records SST 102, DoLP/CD/MC, 1987)
Black Flag "Southern Rise" / Blind Idiot God "Dark And Light" / Henry Kaiser "Sugagaki For Conlon" / Elliott Sharp "Shopping Maul" / Lee Ranaldo "Florida Power" // Lawndale "March Of The Melted Army Men" / Glenn Phillips "Vista Cruiser" / Pell Mell "Cinnecitta" / Paper Bag "Faith Opaque" // Scott Colby "Let's Go Places And Eat Things" / "Lawndale "Days Of Pup And Taco" / Paper Bag "Priests On Drug" / "Universal Congress Of "Chasing" / Steve Fisk "Johnny Smoke 'Swamp Thing'" // Gone "Left Holding Bag" / Alter Natives "Over The Counter Culture" /Elliott Sharp "Diurnal" / Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser "The Trace" / Gone "Insidious Detraction" // sequencing by Michael Whittaker (download)

Summary: If you are interested in punk and instrumental music there is no way to ignore SST Records from Lawndale California, home of Black Flag (check out their "The Process of Weeding Out"-12" which must have annoyed 99% of all previous Black Flag listeners), Minutemen und Hüsker Dü (check out "Reoccurring Dreams" from the "Zen Arcade" double album), but they also released stuff by Henry Kaiser, Sonic Youth, Blind Idiot God, Lawndale just to mention a few. Anyway in 1987 they compiled some instrumental tracks from previous releases for the double album "No Age". It's a wild journey through various styles of music and an eye opener for those who think music without lyrics is a waste of time and they all sound the same like "Cry like a shadow" and "Flying" by the Beatles. The tracks range from ugly prog-rock to aggressive free-form punk to atmospheric soundscapes and of course some surf, some tracks fully arranged and some completely improvised. By the way, has anybody already posted the "Tellus #10: All Guitars!"-MC or the "guitarrorists" double album? Some instrumental gems can also be found on the "Everything you always wanted to know about 60's mind expansive garage rock instrumentals but were afraid to ask"-cd though I'm not a big friend of Rock'n'Roll instrumental music as they rarely get beyond that same old boring Blues song scheme like G G G G C C G G D C G G. And avoid listening to the albums released by No Speak-Records, the ones I know are disappointing, especially the one by Wishbone Ash. And thanks to Lucky from Border Music for allowing me to post this record!