20.7.08

Metabolist


1979/80 kamen viele merkwürdige Platten aus England, so zum Beispiel "Hansten Klork" von Metabolist. Um es kurz zu machen: klingt wie This Heat spielen Hard Rock oder so ähnlich. Hier ist alles, was ich von der Band besitze - das Stück "Chained" von der "International Compilation 1" könnt ihr hier herunterladen. Mehr über die Band könnt ihr hier lesen: "Metabolist: Goatmanauts, Drömm-heads and the Zuehl Axis". Und dann habe ich noch 2 Links zu diskografischen Angaben: hier und hier.


Metabolist (Drömm Records DRÖ 1, EP, 1979)
1. Drömm / 2. Slaves / 3. Eulam's Beat
Produced by Metabolist & Jacqueline Bailey except "Eulam's Beat" produced by Metabolist
Metabolist are: Malcolm Lane, Anton Loach, Simon Millward & Gerald Kingsford
+ Metabolist "Hansten Klork" (Drömm Records DRÖ 2, LP, 1980)
4. Curly Wall / 5. Alien on Sunday / 6. King Quack / 7. Lights // 8. Hoi Hoi Hoi / 9. Merchandise / 10. Hansten Klork
Metabolist are: Malcolm Lane, Anton Loach, Shaiga Simon Millward & Mark Rowlatt
All titles recorded at the Metabolist studio / Mixing and Editing: Simon and Anton / Cover design & Promotion: Jacqueline Bailey
+ Metabolist (Drömm Records DRÖ 3, 7", 1980)
11. Identify / 12. Tiz Hoz Nam
Lane, Loach, Millward & Rowlatt
+ Metabolist "Racing Poodles" von der LP "Miniatures" (Pipe Records PIPE2, 1980)
+ Metabolist / Die Form (Bain Total B.T. 009 BIS, 7", o.J.)
Metabolist "Le Grand Prique" (Lane/Millward)
(download)


Summary: "Formed in January '77, Metabolist first came to my attention via a piece in Enovations. This occasionally interesting periodical unfortunately masquerades as a fanclubjournal for Eno. The sooner it turns into a source of information for exploratory musicians, the better. (...) Wisely, Metabolist have their own label, Dromm records, & claim to have been influenced by Can, Gong & Magma. I see also connections with This Heat & Public Image Ltd. There's an increasingly interesting use of noise & chaos in dance music these days. This snappy item was recorded at their studios in Charing Cross, & features Simon Millward bs, Mark Rowlatt drs, & the recently departed Anton Loach synth." This is what Morgan Fisher says about Metabolist in the liner notes of the Miniatures compilation. I think it describes the noise accurately except that I don't hear any traces of "dance music". Read more about the band here: "Metabolist: Goatmanauts, Drömm-heads and the Zuehl Axis". Get information about further releases here and here. And you can download the track "Chained" from the "International Compilation 1" here.

Originally posted on 2007-04-08

4 Kommentare:

Justin Vaccaro hat gesagt…

thanks a lot for this. i just discovered metabolist recently and they are now "rocking my world" as the kids used to say, though never about anything this good.

Anonym hat gesagt…

Hallo Martin, besteht die Möglichkeit des erneuten Downloads für die ganzen Metabolist Lp's und die Split-7"? Schönen Dank, Volker

Anonym hat gesagt…

Schöne Beschreibung, kurz und exakt :)

sexy hat gesagt…
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