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A complete Cheapmachines/Philip Julian discography in .pdf format can be downloaded here
Culture October 2010 Adeptsound < http://www.adeptsound.net > "Bacterium" compilation CD featuring tracks by Cheapmachines, Column One, Dieter Müh, Josef Nadek and many more. 300 copies, full colour 4-side Digipak cover, 12-page full colour booklet and colour postcard. Available for pre-order as of late August 2010 here.
Totem June 2010 Banned Production < http://www.bannedproduction.com > 4 x CDR set of new recordings - "...the anguished, synthetic howl of power drones... pushing the fiery debris at each tracks core into overdrive." Info and sound samples here: http://www.bannedproduction.com/cheapmachines.html
Hex June 2010 Banned Production < http://www.bannedproduction.com > New release as part of the Banned Production cassette series. Hidden nature is secret god. Info and sound samples here: http://www.bannedproduction.com/cheapmachines.html
Viva Negativa! A Tribute To The New Blockaders Vol I: UK May 2010 At War With False Noise < http://www.atwarwithfalsenoise.com > Volume I in a series of UK / European / US and Japanese artists' tributes to the pioneering UK Noise group The New Blockaders including exclusive tracks by: Nocturnal Emissions, Smell & Quim, Dieter Muh, Putrefier, srmeixner, Cheapmachines, Evil Moisture, Ashtray Navigations, Jazzfinger, Mutant Ape, Anomali, Halalchemists (incl. members of Skullflower, Culver, Snotnosed, Romance & Marzuraan) This is the first in four unique albums of today's most forward-thinking noise artists paying tribute to their masters. Expect further volumes across the globe in the coming months. Mastered by Philip Julian. Artwork by Richard Rupenus (TNB) 500 copies, 12 page full-colour booklet.
Crooked Settlement April 2010 Black and Purple < http://www.myspace.com/idiednoise > Two tonal/minimal drone recordings available from Black and Purple cassettes - all sleeves are hand assembled, hand painted, hand written. "The Frozen Birds at the Seagram Plaza" "Slowed to Embers" $5 USA, $6 Canada/Mexico, $7 elsewhere - Postpaid. Paypal - abulikah@hotmail.com Extracts here
Cast February 2010 Beartown Records < http://www.beartownrecords.blogspot.com/ > Limited edition C20 cassette available from Beartown Records. "Philip Julian's exploration and scrutiny of the organ continues with two decandent, alluring and warm compositions. Complete with slighlty optimistic, fold-out watercolour artwork" Listen to an extract here. Review by Michael Tau at Indeville here Edition of 30 copies only.
Soyuz February 2010 CMX <http://www.cmx.org.uk/download.html> Lossless download available via SoundCloud Recorded Late 2009 in London by Philip Julian (Computers, Analogue Modular Synthesiser, Electronics) Cheapmachines SoundCloud - http://soundcloud.com/cheapmachines Soyuz - http://soundcloud.com/cheapmachines/sets/soyuz
Edifice January 2010 Encyclopedia of Industrial Music Vol. 1 by Rafal Kochan Previously unreleased recording included as part of the double CD-R compilation companion set to Volume 1 of The Encyclopedia of Industrial Music Vol. 1 by Rafal Kochan. Other tracks from ALTAR OF FLIES, Andrea MARUTTI (aka AMON), ANEMONE TUBE, ARTIFICIAL MEMORY TRACE, ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB, BARDOSENETICCUBE, BEEQUEEN, Bob BELLERUE, The BLACK VIAL, BLACK LEATHER JESUS, CHAOS AS SHELTER, CHRISTBLOOD, CIRCUIT WOUND CLEW OF THESEUS, COCK ESP, Nicholas COLINS, COSTES and CRANK STURGEON 100 pages, A4 format, 450g hard cover in full-colour, over 260 entries (only A-C) with black-white photos, index and double CD-R. Price: 19 EURO + 6 EURO for registered shipping. All ordering enquiries to impulsystetoskopu@yahoo.com http://www.myspace.com/impulsystetoskopu
Cheapmachines related release: Phil Julian - Low Activity Computer Solo September 2009 Free Software Series <http://www.freesoftwareseries.org> New release on Mattin's Free Software Series imprint. Recorded by using a telephone induction coil plugged directly into a Linux/GNU computer in order to pick up the electromagnetic activity present within the machine, and a piezo contact microphone to record elements of it's external surfaces. http://www.archive.org/details/Low_Activity_Computer_Solo * Review by Brian Olewnick here Review by Richard Pinnell here Review by Aurelio Cianciotta @ Neural here
Cheapmachines related release: Philip Julian - Artifact #4 September 2009 ihatemusic Compilation Vol. 4 Improvised & recorded in London, Autumn 2008 Final mix/edit and additional materials January 2009 Contact Microphones, Surfaces, Objects and Electronics Download: http://noquam.com/ihatemusic/ihm_comp4/ * Review by Richard Pinnell here
Cheapmachines related release: Herbe Zeiten June 2009 con-v <http://www.con-v.org> A postal collaboration recorded during 2007/2008. "Herbe Zeiten" (Harsh Times) is a 18 minutes piece for guitar, electronics and computer. Format: 3" CD-R Duration: 18 minutes, 1 track Limited to 50 numbered copies http://www.con-v.org/cnvr20.html * Review by Richard Pinnell here Review by Al Jones at Bagatellen here
Cheapmachines related release: Meshes June 2009 Another Timbre <http://www.anothertimbre.com> Mathias Forge (Trombone), Phil Julian (Electronics), David Papapostolou (Cello) Two improvised sessions recorded in London during March 2009. * Review by Richard Pinnell here Review by Brian Olewnick here Review by Michael Rosenstein for Paris Transatlantic here Review by Ken Waxman for Jazz Word here * "This trio of trombone, electronics and cello perform two tracks; the first, "Long Nylon Oak," was recorded in the church of St. James the Great, Friern Barnet, without an audience and the second, "Floodlit Iron Tracery," in concert two days earlier in a different church, St. Mark's, Clerkenwell. Given the gap and the different contexts, there is a remarkable sense of continuity between the pieces, particularly commendable as the three had not played together before. Both pieces are restrained and evolve slowly. Most notably, Mathias Forge confines his contributions on trombone to subtle breathy blowing rather than full blown notes, giving them a texture that meshes (a fitting title) well with the electronics and cello... Simon Reynell's recording perfectly captures every nuance of the music, a vital ingredient of their success." John Eyles, "All About Jazz", October 2009 "...Forge's burping trombone, Papapostolou's percussive cello and Julian's electronics stutter onwards in a procession of knocks and rattles that ricochet against the resonant acoustic. While, in another context, those same gestures might imply velocity and speed, these acoustic realities divert the music towards a more meandering, leisurely paced structure that is intriguingly at odds with its material." Philip Clark, "The Wire", November 2009
Secede March 2009 Entr'acte <http://www.entracte.co.uk> These recordings were made as part of a proposed file-sharing collaboration with Austrian sound artist Helmut Schäfer. The recordings were abandoned after Schäfer’s death in April 2007 but largely due to his original interest and enthusiasm, newly-recorded sections were added, with the final edits and mix completed later that year. Schäfer does not appear on these recordings, but the final tracks have been completed with the initial discussions for the collaboration very much in mind. Improvised and recorded in early 2007 in London by Philip Julian (G3 PowerBook/software). Beautifully mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. For Helmut Schäfer (14 August 1969 — 20 April 2007) First edition of 300 copies available here: http://www.entracte.co.uk/project/cheapmachines-e65/ * Review by Brian Olewnick here Review by Richard Pinnell here Review by Chris Sharp (The Wire, August 2009) here Review by Massimo Ricci here * "...what we have are 8 beautifully constructed tracks of abstract sound. They have poise poetry and deliberation - others take note. I need not say much more - than they utilize with what I think is both wit and skill the audio media of the sound artist. Not noise then as much as abstract musical compositions." Jliat, Vital Weekly 679
Cheapmachines related release: Philip Julian - Live at Placard 2008 March 2009 Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> Philip Julian (contact microphones/electronics/tabletop) recorded live at the 2008 Placard Headphone Festival at the Cafe Oto, London, Saturday 20th September at 1620hrs. Available now as a free download from Authorised Version: http://www.archive.org/details/PhilipJulian-LivePlacard2008
Cheapmachines related release: Philip Julian & Michael Renkel - "In Formation (Neukölln)" January 2009 Homophoni <http://www.homophoni.com> Improvised piece recorded live to DAT in Neukölln, Berlin during October 2008. Now available in .mp3 and flac formats as a free download. Philip Julian (contact microphones, surfaces, objects, electronics) Michael Renkel (amplified stringboard, electronics, computers) http://www.homophoni.com/homo034.html * Review by Dan Warburton for Paris Transatlantic here
Detune Remix January 2009 Sijis <http://www.sijis.com> Remixed version of the Anders Dhal composition "Detune". Other remixes by Anders Dahl, Sewer Election, Skogen & Zavoloka. http://www.archive.org/details/siji23
Service December 2008 CMX <http://www.cmx.org.uk/shop.html> Chrome C-20 cassette featuring two tracks of noise and powerdrones recorded using analogue electronics and computers. To be played as loud as possible... Very limited quantities of these, go here for ordering info.
Cheapmachines / Family Battle Snake Split 7" November 2008 Harbinger Sound <http://wrackedandruined.blogspot.com/> 7" split single with one side each from Cheapmachines and Family Battle Snake. Limited Edition of 100 in picture sleeve, standard white labels and large "jukebox" sized centre hole. Cover comes in a variety of 5 tints: yellow, green, red, blue and white. There are also an extremely limited amount of these available from the shop * Review by Spencer Grady in the February 2009 issue of "Record Collector"
Next to Nothing October 2008 Fag Tapes <http://www.myspace.com/fagtapes> Cassette collaboration beween Cheapmachines and Italian art subversives Rosso Merda. Limited, hand numbered edition of 77 copies. From the Rosso Merda website - "A cassette was compiled using unused & damaged/part erased sections from tapes and open reel recordings of Rosso Merda recording sessions made between 1981 and 1988 (mainly primitive electronic pieces recorded in Italy and Germany). The compiled cassette was then sent to London where Philip Julian used it as the basis for the collaboration." From Fag Tapes web posting - "real real sick synth. or so it seems, until audio hallucinations cause horrific unmoving thought patterns. lines of violence are blurred. old world style." Ordering - POST PAID PRICING ~ $7 = USA $9 = MEXICO / CANADA $10 = WORLD PAYPAL: fagtapes AT hotmail DOT com HEATH MOERLAND 356 FIRST AVE YPSILANTI MI 48197 USA
Displacement September 2008 CMX <http://www.cmx.org.uk/shop.html> Seven track C77 cassette of organ/gong/electronics/guitar drone recordings made in London, New York and Washington D.C. during Autumn/Winter 2007. ** The first 25 copies of "Displacement" will include an exclusive, individually numbered CD-R "A Short Narrative of an Extraordinary Delivery of Rabbits" which will not be made available elsewhere. Very limited quantities of these, go here for ordering info.
Cheapmachines related release: Philip Julian - "Artifact #3" August 2008 Compost and Height <http://compostandheight.blogspot.com> Improvised and recorded in London on Sunday 24th August 2008 by Philip Julian (Contact microphones, objects, surfaces and electronics) Objects/surfaces used in this recording included aluminium foil, steel piping, sandpaper, cardboard, wood, ceramics, plastic, cotton and rubber. Download here
Arc July 2008 Homophoni <http://www.homophoni.com> Improvised piece for digital feedback and electronics made available in .mp3 and FLAC formats from the excellent Homophoni net label. http://www.homophoni.com/homo029.html
Triskaidekaphobia July 2008 Ratskin Records <http://www.ratskin.org/order.html> Description from Ratskin Records Site: V/A: (TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA) 13,000.00 MilliSeconds is a compilation featuring over 215 artists + musicians who composed thirteen second compositions especially for this release. This collection documents artists working all over the world, with these pieces having a reference to the " contemporary time famine" brought on by the technological complex of which none of us can escape from. These aural documents of justified schizophrenia fight fire with fire, and pry away at our rotting attention span. Includes tracks by: ASTRO / Hiroshi Hasegawa, Blevin Blectum, Caustic Castle, Cheapmachines, Cock E.S.P. Cornucopia, Crank Sturgeon, Dave Phillips, Greenmist, Matmos, Otto Von Schirach, Panicsville, Robert Poss, Richard Devine, To Live And Shave In L.A. Torturing Nurse, Valero Cosi, Venetian Snares and hundreds more.
Axiom February 2008 Svartgalgh Records <http://www.myspace.com/svartgalghrecs> 18+ minute noise/drone (Guitar, Bowed Cymbal/Gong, Electronics, Computers) 3" CD-R, black mini-DVD case. Limited to an edition of 50 hand-numbered copies. Audio clip and ordering details: http://www.myspace.com/svartgalghrecs
Paradoxos February 2008 TibProd <http://www.bek.no/~tibprod/> Maurizio Bianchi (M.B.) / Cheapmachines collaboration - "PARADOXOS" NOW AVAILABLE from TibProd - http://www.bek.no/~tibprod/tibcd96.htm Title Track: POWERARCTIC Maurizio Bianchi/M.B.: waves, loops, noises Phil Julian/Cheapmachines: radio, electronics, computers
Recycled Music January 2008 RRRecords <http://www.rrrecords.com/> "RRRecords is extremely well known for their "Recycled Music" releases - recordings released on commercially available cassette tapes which have been recycled with new music, but still include the original insert or printing on the cassette. RRR Recycled tapes are labeled with a simple strip of adhesive tape along the spine of the insert with the artist's name hand-written upon it. Part of the charm of the recycled releases is that each tape is unique, and that, in some cases, the original audio is still partly audible. RRRecords has released numerous recycled tapes by internationally known artists as well as small artists who had never released anything previously. The extremely low cost of reproducing the recordings onto cassettes, cheaply available at any record store, most likely accounts for this range of releases." Taken from the RRRecords Wikipedia entry
The Descendant December 2007 sijis <http://www.sijis.com/sijis_index.cfm?mainspace=release&catalogid=siji18> New Cheapmachines track now available via the sijis netlabel. The Descendant is a reworking of Johann Wlight's recording "The Oneironautic Recrudescence". "...a remix by Cheapmachines, who captures the mood perfectly and creates a likewise fine piece of music..." Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly
Public/Private November 2007 CMX <http://www.cmx.org.uk/shop.html> Recordings from "Public/Private", an unmanned sound installation which ran for five days between 28/08/07 and 01/09/07 in an empty bank vault in London. Available now for download - more information here.
Transit September 2007 The Locus Of <http://www.myspace.com/thelocusof> 3" CDR Strictly limited to 100 copies in full colour sleeve and label with insert. "A luxurious minimalist piece using organ and electronics." “...Transit” is a remarkable realization indeed, a perfect example of “minimum of means, maximum result”... A gently sober undulation, generated by the adjacent waves and shifting harmonics of the sources, keeps us snug and warm for the whole duration of the track. It morphs just a tad in terms of reverberating hues, and resonates luxuriously throughout. Instantly we feel at home in Cheapmachines’ entrancing world, needing only a few minutes to decide that the “repeat” function is required... I must confess that I’d have appreciated a full-length CD of this particular drone, such is the extent of my liking. Highly recommended." Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes (January 2008) "Cheapmachines' version of the drone eschews the almost stereotypical mellowness that many think characterises such music and instead opts for a far more insistent and muscular variety. The 16 (and change) minute rolling organ tone that makes up the bulk of the sound on offer here is a frontal lobe squeezing, third-eye squeegeeing, perspective contorting hallelujah of otherworldly bliss. Far too short to be fully satisfying and exactly the right length to leave you desperately craving for more." Ian Holloway, Wonderful Wooden Reasons (Issue 14)
Irritant 11 August 2007 Harbinger Sound / Carnifex Recordings <http://www.harbingersound.org> SOLD OUT! A four cassette set featuring eight UK based artists each presenting 20 minutes of their work. Tracks from Cheapmachines, Dieter Müh, Jazzfinger, Brittania Anonymous Society, Nackt Insecten, Astral Social Club, Usurpur and Romance. The box was released on August 11 2007, when all pre-orders were shipped out. After that the production of the box ceased.
Venule August 2007 ctrl-copy <http://www.ctrl-copy.com> Drone composition for bowed cymbal and electronics made available as part of the ctrl-copy online exhibition. The recording will be available for free download from 31st August to 30th November 2007 from the exhibition website - ctrl-copy.com
Convergence July 2007 Zeromoon <http://www.zeromoon.com> New drone-based recordings made using bowed gong, cymbals and electronics. Made available as part of the excellent Zeromoon download series. "...this recent album is an hypnotic beauty born from a studio setting. It has that ritualistic emptiness, a power that makes you want to topple straight into black waters, a canvas that your mind expands to, participates with. The mist strewn fields, bodiless cows floating above viscous grey blankets of chiffon and the scarred sky - a track marked schism birthing the cold autumnal sun, all help encapsulate the sonic unfurlings here … an unhurried majesty of shifting electrons." Cloudboy, Rottenmeats - October 2007
Lowlands April 2007 Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> New, full length album release in a limited edition of 100 copies. Sam Davies, The Wire, Outer Limits - November 2007 "...'Lowlands' is a work that was recorded in 2004 and remastered by Bernard Günter for current release. 'Tracks were mainly recorded specifically for radio broadcast using short and longwave radio transmissions as the original sound source'. In the past years we have learned (and loved) as a noise band, but whose best works were outside of the sure confinement of noise. The drones of 'Fugue Cycle' or some of the earlier musique concrete works. In 'Fugue Cycle' shows us something of the current Cheapmachines sound, then perhaps 'Lowlands' should be seen as a work of change. Noise is not entirely gone, but drones have not arrived fully either. None of the long or shortwave sounds are there to be recognized as such, as everything is mangled inside the computer. Sometimes the usual loudness but, and more interesting, also with a forecast of some more quiet moments. It's here that I think Cheapmachines is really good, carefully constructing music out of hiss and static crackles. Obviously not far away from the microsound crowd, but with a strong voice of his own. Nice one, glad to see it released." Frans De Ward, Vital Weekly ...a track-by-track review at EARlabs courtesy of Steffan de Turck here: http://www.earlabs.org/release/review.asp?reviewID=931
Grey Ferox March 2007 Anima Mal Nata < http://www.animamalnata.nl > "Calling All Reactive Agents Vol. 4" compilation CDR featuring new 10 minute track "Grey Ferox". Other tracks from Fecalove, Flutwacht, Fever Spoor, Gelsomnia, and others.
Fugue Cycle January 2007 con-v <http://www.con-v.org> 50 copies only - SOLD OUT! New, full length album release on the excellent con-v label in a limited edition of 50 copies. Fugue Cycle is a collection of three extended drone works made using layered recordings of electronic and wind-powered organs, guitar and field recordings. http://www.con-v.org/cnvr13.html "...drones of impressing emotional strength... a well produced example of minimal drones, which have organic qualities, induce visual phantasies and are contemplative without being boring. An ideal mixture for a mental journey." Sascha Renner, EARlabs "...Shimmering tones that makes small, but ever changing waves... Think Phil Niblock but quieter, or Paul Panhuysen's 'Magic Square of 5', Alvin Lucier's 'Music On A Long Thin Wire', but not as low bass like, and combine this, and get 'Fugue Cycle'. A damn fine release. His best, no doubt." Frans De Ward, Vital Weekly
Thaw (Three Excerpts) January 2007 Gruenrekorder <http://www.gruenrekorder.de/> Contact microphone recording of thawing ice for the Gruenrekorder mp3 collection of pure field recordings of snow and ice from around the globe. "The Sound of Snow and Ice"
Antwerpen 06/08/2005 October 2006 Turgid Animal <http://www.mutant-ape.co.uk/Turgid_Animal.htm> Live recording from London's Cheapmachines. This single track of crunchy wall-esque noise was recorded in Belgium last year. Nice quality recording and special black envelope packaging! Limited to 20 copies. WELCOME TO ANTWERP!
Pass the Doughnut-Shaped Cushion, Alice September 2006 BT Recordings <http://www.freewebs.com/btrecordings/> C60. Compilation of tracks, each 1 minute in length. Featuring: Scordatura, 200 Graves, Storm Surge, BBBlood, IDX1274, Moon, Meltzer, Nursing Home, Tin.RP, Traktorman, Murderer & Cheese, Another Enough Chairs, Fecalove, nxfxtxex, Xdugef, Process R245, Vivi C. Diem, Knife Power, Oubliette, Locust Sympathizer, J.M.Ginsberg, Krabatof Philharmonic Orchestra, xedh, Anotole Stretch, Azoikum, Cementimental, DBS, Cock ESP, Betty, Cheapmachines, Circle 6, Ironing, Domen Sniper, +Dog+, Lgamble, Sleeping Police, The Digitariat, Filthy Turd, Mutant Ape, Nightronics, Wander, Droopy Septum, Noisewerrrrk, Okamasan, Rabbit Girls, Smunt, Torturing Nurse, The Seven Arts, Cryptic Weevil, Praying For Oblivion, Radiocore Blowjob, Emerson Murray, 8-Bit Porno, Bruit Blanc, Wilt, Idiosyncrasia.
Brazen (Variant I & II) June 2006 Desetxea <http://www.mattin.org/desetxea.html> Two versions of the same piece; a "digital" powerbook version recorded in London and a live "analog" take recorded in Bristol during February using amplified metal objects, processed radio and no-input mixer. The average sound pressure level (SPL) measured at the event was 140 db. Free to download from the excellent Desetxea website. http://www.hereissomemusic.com/cm_brazen.ogg
Untitled for Solo Radio May 2006 Diffusions <http://www.diffusions.org> A radio piece recorded for the Sounds Electric 2005 festival, now available as a shockwave stream online. All original sounds for this composition were sourced from a single Roberts R606 analogue radio receiving transmissions over the standard "domestic" wavebands of MW, LW & FM. The composition consists of unaltered raw transmissions and electronically manipulated recordings made of “between station” transmission activity. The radio itself was not modified in any way.
Latitude April 2006 con-v <http://www.con-v.org> A linear progression through processed field recordings, sinewaves, amplified metal objects, white noise and feedback available as a free download with colour artwork from the con-v net label. http://www.archive.org/details/cnv30
Null Opus February 2006 Vinyl-on-Demand <http://www.vinyl-on-demand.com> Cheapmachines reworking/remixing a selection of original recordings by The New Blockaders for this mammoth 6 x LP double box set tribute project. Tracks from Oren Ambarchi, Anomali, Ashtray Navigations, Emil Beaulieau, Benzo, Cisfinitum, Controlled Bleeding, Dieter Muh, Evil Moisture, Freiband, Grunt, The Haters, Jason Kahn, Zbigniew Karkowski, Komafuzz, Kraang, Lockweld, Massimo, Daniel Menche, Thurston Moore, MSBR, Nocturnal Emissions, KK Null, Pita, Plethora, Prurient, Richard Ramirez, Scanner, Silvum, srmeixner, Asmus Tietchens, Treriksroset, Vortex Campaign, V/Vm, Keith Fullerton Whitman, John Wiese, Nobuo Yamada, Z'EV, AMK, Art Break, Aube, Bloxus, Alexei Borisov, Broken Penis Orchestra, Cheapmachines, Courtis, Das Synthetische Mischgewebe, Aaron Dilloway, Embudagonn 108, Government Alpha, Idea Fire Company, Incapacitants, Lasse Marhaug, Merzbow, mnortham, Jim O'Rourke, Dave Phillips, Plexia, Putrefier, Christian Renou, RLW, Damion Romero, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Spiracle, Sudden Infant, Giancarlo Toniutti, Violent Onsen Geisha, Brendan Walls, Withdrawal Method, Wolf Eyes, Achim Wollscheid, \\\.
Coincident January 2006 Entr'acte <http://www.entracte.co.uk> DELETED - NO LONGER AVAILABLE Cheapmachines/Keith Berry/Dave Phillips/Marc Behrens - Each of the four participants was invited by Cheapmachines to make a recording lasting exactly four minutes as 19.00 GMT on Saturday 15 October 2005. The results are presented here with a final layered mix incorporating all submitted tracks.
Au Spectra August 2005 Matching Head <lee_stokoe@hotmail.com> Split c90 cassette featuring one unsettled drone-noise work-out from cm and two fantastic new heavy psych guitar/electronic experiments from the legend that is Culver. Available from: Lee Stokoe, 12 Coanwood Way, Sunniside, Tyne and Wear NE16 5XR, UK BACONWOLF said this
Metrohm August 2005 Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> 30 copies only - SOLD OUT! Previously unreleased, this limited edition CDR was made available at the Emil Beaulieau / Jessica Rylan / Prurient event at the Foundry in London on 23rd August 2005.
Seven Sixties and a Twelve August 2005 Turgid Animal <http://www.turgid-animal.co.uk> A collection of some of the best (and worst) English noise and weirdness! Features tracks from Cheapmachines, Filthy Turd, Mutant Ape, Bongoleero's, BBBlood, Facialmess, Cementimental and others. Comes in plastic sleeve with card art and hand sprayed CDR.
Flaunt July 2005 100 copies only - SOLD OUT! DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE Foxglove <http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxglove.html> "the sinister underpinnings of the uk's cheapmachines may be lost on a few, but the message is loud and clear to the masses. "flaunt" is another side of this endeavor. harsh landscapes traversed with electronics and glacial distorted drones. the epic quality to "flaunt" is not to be denied; it is a monolithic excursion through grey skies and black peaks." quote taken from Digitalis Industries / Foxglove Website
Diagrammene Entr'acte <http://www.entracte.co.uk> June 2005 Figur En' and 'Figur To', recorded live in Norway, packaged in 5.25 inch floppy disc cases with a perforated colour insert (the colour and texture of which is unique to each copy). First edition of 100 copies is available now from Entr'acte. "Great noise textures here. Starts off with sparse and experimental sounds. Builds to wall of white noise and then descends into my favorite part, a pulsing feedback beat that makes me quite happy. It changes and is always evolving, this isn't the same noise over and over. Comes in an old 5 1/4 floppy disk with it's innards removed and replaced with this CD. Nice style! And, each song is introduced by a lady. Kinda a funny set up. And this was recorded live." Don Poe (Ear/Rational Music)
Music for No Performance #1 April 2005 100 copies only - SOLD OUT! Recorded for the 17th Independent Arts Festival, Belgium. Not performed on Saturday 16 April 2005. Free to attendees in an edition of 100 copies only.
Barium Imvated <http://www.imvated.tk> March 2005 50 copies only - SOLD OUT! DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE 3" CDR of electronics abuse, blissful drones and uncomfortable frequencies. Will surely encourage vermin into your home if played loud enough. Handmade packaging and a strictly limited edition.
Sound Injury 8 Sijis <http://www.sijis.com>> March 2005 Untitled contribution to the Sound Injury 8 .mp3 compilation which can be freely downloaded here
010704 *VoltagestressR <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/voltagestressr/> March 2005** "Dead at Der Sataan Vol. 1" CDR compilation of live tracks from various noise / power electronic thugs including tracks from Filthy Turd, Fckn'bstrds, Concrete Violin and Chrysalis.
Droneworks #8 Twenty Hertz <http://www.twentyhertz.co.uk> February 2005 DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE Minimal 20 minute drone assembled from heavily processed vocal recordings and manipulated found sounds. Originally available as part of the excellent "Droneworks" CDR series. "... a twenty some minute piece of slowly evolving drone music, in which the original sources are entirely clouded, but perfectly fits the drone tradition. Cheapmachines proves not only to make intelligent noise, but also most appropriate drone music. Nice one indeed." Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly Issue 467)
Failsafe: Four Cassette Fragments Brise-Cul <http://www.brise-cul-records.cjb.net/> January 2005 Split CDR release with Australian noisemongers Agit8. The CM half of this disc features four archive analogue noise / drone cassette recordings from 1997 - 1999.
Mouthy Sounds from the Pocket <http://www.soundsfromthepocket.com/> January 2005 Eves-dropped ham radio conversation recording featured on the "Found Sound Vol. 3" compilation. Also features tracks from Janek Schaefer, Big City Orchestra, David Gunter and Auto-Ethik.
Hotcha Corina HalloGallo < http://members.lycos.co.uk/hallogallo/ > December 2003 DELETED - NO LONGER AVAILABLE Tribute to legendary big band leader Spike Jones featured on the new "Propaganda for a Noise-Free World" CDR. Tracks also from Violet, Hinyouki, Some Asian Female Bodybuilders, Outermost and others.
0.06 alku / imbecil <http://personal.ilimit.es/perkele/arxiu.html> November 2004 DELETED - NO LONGER AVAILABLE Ongoing collection of sound files created using the alku foofoofoo MPEG software script which creates a single MP3 file out of mini-chunks of MP3 files on the users hard drive(s). Contributions also from Richard Chartier, Mark Fell, Stephan Mathieu, Alejandra & Aeron and many others.
Teleopsia Kabuki Kore <http://www.kabukikore.net> September 2004 DELETED - NO LONGER AVAILABLE Brand new track featured on the "There is No Hidden Meaning" double compilation CDR.
Stasis #2 Primecuts <http://www.microearth.com/jackson> May 2004 ZANOISE & RAMISWAMI @ 40, a compilation tribute to Zan Hoffman. For over 20 years Zan Hoffman has been active as an audio saboteur par excellence. He has amassed recordings by hundreds of artists, recontextualised them in a myriad of combinations and released the results on his ZIDSIC label (over 800 releases strong). On the occasion of his 40th birthday, some like-minded noisists have decided to return the favour by plundering the ZIDSIC catalog itself. Featuring contributions from BC, BIG CITY ORCHESTRA, CHEAPMACHINES, DAVE FUGLEWICZ, SKOWEYAJEED & RINUS VAN ALEBEEK, this is a limited edition of 40 CDRs with hand-painted aluminium plates available by mail order ONLY for $8 (US post-paid) or $9 (elsewhere) by cheque, money order or international money order to: Michael T. Jackson, 448 Irving St. Winston-Salem NC 27103, USA
Lamina Nidnod <http://www.a-version.co.uk/nidnod/> April 2004 DELETED - available as a free download and/or streaming audio here New long-form recording derived from generative audio software, found sounds, feedback drones and processed field recordings - originally made available from the excellent NidNod label. "one long and varied track that delves into found sound manipulation, experimental electronics, musique concrete - fascinating stuff..." Gayle Brogan (Boa Melody Bar)
London 1103 HalTapes <http://hometown.aol.com/haltapes7/page4.html> April 2004 Recent field recording now featured on the Quotidian Assemblages Vol. 4 compilation CDR.
Chemistry Hammasratas <http://www.angelfire.com/electronic2/hammas/> DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE January 2004 "Nice sound attack from England's best sound sculptor. 9 tracks of interesting and very powerful sound experiments." Toni Kandelin (Hammasratas)
Welt Snip-Snip Records <http://www.iheartnoise.com/snipsnip/> December 2003 DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE 3" CDR - new recording constructed from processed environmental / found sounds combined with white noise, static and "unwanted" radio disturbances.
Borehole Uranium City Records <http://uraniumcityrecords.com/ucr1016.html> October 2003 Uranium City's first intercontinental release - "a shuddering, dense, loud and beautiful piece of noise... Imagine a cartoonishly giant, rusty drill press in some abandoned factory spinning through an eight foot slab of wrought iron. This single 57:44 track is the sound of that drill press, magnified." Listen to an excerpt
Subfusc Kabuki Kore <http://www.kabukikore.net> August 2003 DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE NEW ALBUM LENGTH CDR - tracks constructed entirely from manipulated field recordings, available in a limited edition of 50 copies only. "These eight tracks are some fine examples of extreme (meant not in a noisy way but in terms of radical altering) manipulations of the material, so that the original source material is not to be recognized..." Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly Issue 397)
Interval #1 Sounds from the Pocket <http://www.soundsfromthepocket.com/> August 2003 New beat frequencies track featured on the "Quiet Noise" compilation
Com. Ver. Carbon Records <http://www.carbonrecords.com> July 2003 "Chihuahua! Pulverising noise-a-delica that might well stove your ears back into your skull from these mysterious UK (?) treble-smashers. Furious, lo-fi, hellsound set for destruct. If we lived in a fair world, this would come packaged with a glass of water for your ears. Great!" Campbell Kneale (Celebrate PSI Phenomenon) FREE four track EP of harsh noise downloadable from: http://www.carbonrecords.com/mp3_series/index.html http://www.carbonrecords.com/mailorder/new.asp
Com. Ver #3 Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> July 2003 Excerpt from the Carbon Records "Com. Ver" EP featured on this 14 track compilation of experimental recordings.
Miracle Surface Evelyn Records <http://www.evelynrecords.cjb.net/> June 2003 DELETED - NO LONGER AVAILABLE Album Length CDR - All sounds derived from broken, reassembled and prepared vinyl, cracked compact discs and cut-up promotional flexidiscs. "... the evil side of modern turntablism... ironically amusing and elegantly fastidious with lots of its hysterics sedated by funny loops, crunching skinning of vinyl and flexi discs, instant hiccups by cheap drum machines and esoteric-to-industrial cauldrons. It's a spiky course, requiring Doc Martens for your brain to be fully captured, but there is some serious substance at the end of the road. " Massimo Ricci (Touching Extremes)
Obsolete Device HalloGallo < http://members.lycos.co.uk/hallogallo/ > March 2003 DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE Harsh noise, long duration drones, beat frequencies and near silence are explored here. "...This is true noise music... a must in your collection of underground noise" Eli Gudnason (Eustachian Test Tube Zine) STILL AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE FROM: Smell the Stench - c/o Leigh Julian, 2 Clematis Court, Meadow Heights, Melbourne, Victoria 3048, Australia
Pure Product HMW Distribution <http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/9431/> January 2003 DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE Four track EP available on C90 cassette and CDR from this legendary Japanese label. Harsh noise and long duration, multi-layered drone tracks throughout. "Like a blindfolded wrecking crew swinging wildly with sledgehammers, hitting everything, hitting nothing, getting badly bruised by numerous misplaced swipes. Cheap Machines destroy everything in their path, but still miss enough bits so that it still looks interesting when they are finished, rather than leveling everything cleanly. The best kinda garage noise... harsh and lo-fi." Campbell Kneale (Celebrate PSI Phenomenon) "Rhythmic noise electronics with the expected attack of frequencies and harsh sounds... Track no 4 (Red Halo) though, swirls around you like an insistent dream or a hard-to-get rid-of obsession and leaves you with a sense of redemption, or maybe something else, an eventful aural experience anyway. Nice." (1000+1 TILT e-zine)
Spoonfeeding Sounds from the Pocket <http://www.soundsfromthepocket.com/> December 2002 New track to be featured on the second "Microcassettor" compilation CDR - All tracks originally recorded on microcassette tape.
Cheapmachines / Luasa Raelon Split CDR Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> October 2002 6 track split cdr - brilliantly noisy electronic experiments from Luasa Raelon with full noise / found sounds from CM.
Cheapmachines / Hentai / Zensoku^grind Split CDR Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> October 2002 9 track split CDR - sinister atmospheric electronics from Hentai and ear-splitting live / studio tracks from Zensoku^grind and Cheapmachines - very extreme sounds and subject matter.
Cave Studio / Loopers Delight J - 3rd Round 14 July 2002 Uploaded MP3 loops by Cheapmachines used in live performance at the Cave Studio in Kobe, Japan. Performers were Sunao Inami, Kazuya Ishigami, Masato Kawatani, Ryota Nishi, Yoshifumi Asa and KOQ. Live dance performed by Emi Makino and Asako Iwasa. http://www.cavestudio.com/LD_J/2002/uploaded_loops_2002.html http://www.cavestudio.com/LD_J/2002/reports.html
The Merry Bells at the Carnival of Equivalences and Inconsistencies Zidsic <http://www.zh27.net> June 2002 Fifteen one minute noise tracks scattered throughout this excellent experimental release from the USA.
The Prostitution of Ambiguity Zidsic <http://www.zh27.net> June 2002 Fifteen one minute noise tracks scattered throughout this excellent experimental release from the USA.
Cheapmachines / XV Parowek Split CDR Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> April 2002 5 Track Split CDR - 3 tracks of Minimal, harsh feedback noise from Poland's XV Parowek with 2 tracks of brand new CM material.
Dal Segno Sounds from the Pocket <http://www.soundsfromthepocket.com/> September 2001 Brand new track featured on the "Microcassettor" compilation CDR - All tracks originally recorded on microcassette tape.
Metastatic Floppy Swop <http://www.floppyswop.co.uk> September 2001 Forty second, free downloadable file - available in the "noise" section
Ultrabasic Final Scato <http://sound.jp/fsr/> September 2001 SOLD OUT "Night of The Living Cheap" split cassette release with Japanese noise master Zensoku^grind - features "Ultrabasic" from Cheapmachines w/ Live Performance Recording from Zensoku^grind
Omission #1 - #3 Authorised Version <http://www.a-version.co.uk> July 2001 NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE - Three track C20 cassette release - all new Cheapmachines material
OC152 Open Circuit <http://www.staalplaat.com/open.htm> June 2001 DELETED - AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD HERE Four track CDR release - all new Cheapmachines material

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