馃拃 BOURBONESE QUALK [Industrial]

  1. BOURBONESE QUALK➤Lies [Ancient Methods Remix]➤Lies➤00:00:25
  2. BOURBONESE QUALK➤This Will Fall➤My Government Is My Soul➤00:07:05
  3. BOURBONESE QUALK➤Thick As Thieves (Track 18)➤Thick As Thieves➤00:12:53
  4. DAU AL SET➤Dream Scum➤Peyrere (V/A)➤00:19:21
  5. FIVE OR SIX➤Aroma➤Rising From The Red Sand (Volume Two) (V/A)➤00:23:55
  6. 400 BLOWS➤Fire And Water➤Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Forever➤00:27:20
  7. THE WOLFGANG PRESS ➤Fire Eater➤The Legendary Wolfgang Press And Other Tall Stories➤00:32:01
  8. TEST DEPT. ➤Cold Witness➤Beating A Retreat➤00:38:02
  9. EINST脺RZENDE NEUBAUTEN➤Stahldubversions➤Stahldubversions➤00:45:08
  10. THE HAFLER TRIO➤Placing The Seed➤An Uttetance Of Supreme Ventriloquist➤01:03:37
  11. COIL ➤For Us They Will➤Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders)➤01:25:13
  12. MONTE CAZAZZA➤A Snitch Is A Snitch➤The Worst Of Monte Cazazza➤01:30:01
  13. PHILIPP M脺NCH➤Itching On Wounded Skin➤Into The Absurd➤01:39:00
  14. SEVERED HEADS➤The Ant Can See Legs➤Since The Accident➤01:44:08
  15. BOURBONESE QUALK➤Live At The Spitz Pt. 4➤Live At I/O (2001)➤01:52:13
  16. BOURBONESE QUALK➤God With Us➤Laughing Afternoon➤02:04:07

✚ Bourbonese Qualk, active from 1979 to 2003, were an uncompromising British experimental collective who carved a unique, volatile space within industrial, post-punk, and nascent electronic Dance music. Rising from the social turmoil of Thatcher's Britain, their sound was a direct, often furious, commentary on urban dystopia and political decay, turning the instruments of electronic music into tools of resistance. They were fiercely independent, running their own label, Recloose Organisation, and their own studio and notorious squat-based art/activism hub, The Ambulance Station, rejecting the commercial music machine entirely. This DIY ethos ensured their recordings retained a raw, abrasive quality, a critical characteristic of their early industrial sound, which fused primitive electronics with harsh noise bursts and tribal, organic percussion. They defied easy genre classification, moving seamlessly from unsettling noise art and sound collage to angular, skeletal "avant funk" and later, hypnotic techno. Crucially, Bourbonese Qualk were ahead of their time in adopting the rigid, motorik pulse of electronic machines, incorporating technoid rhythms and sequencing that would later define genres like EBM (Electronic Body Music) and industrial techno. Tracks such as the curt, electro-tinged "Lies" and the driving pulse of "Headstop" demonstrated this early embrace of the dancefloor's darker side years before it became a commercial phenomenon. Their music married the rhythmic intensity of early electronic dance with the bleak, confrontational spirit of post-industrial music, creating a sound that was simultaneously hypnotic and abrasive. They were masters of using rudimentary equipment to generate intricate, repetitive structures, reflecting an influence from minimalist composers like Steve Reich alongside the sheer sonic force of their industrial contemporaries. The band's work, especially albums like Preparing for Power (1986) and My Government is My Soul, stands as a landmark of politically charged electronic music, proving that synthesizers and drum machines could be wielded as effective weapons of cultural and social critique. Their legacy is not just in their sound, but in their uncompromising spirit, inspiring subsequent generations of underground electronic artists who value independence and ideological clarity over mainstream appeal. Their later work continued this experimentation, incorporating elements of ambient and minimal techno, ensuring their catalogue is a fluid, radical history of electronic experimentation from the margins. Their uncompromising position meant they deliberately remained on the fringes, yet their reissues decades later confirm their enduring influence on contemporary left-field dance music and noise scenes globally. They exemplified a fusion where electronic sound became an instrument of genuine, anti-establishment dissent.

✚ Bourbonese Qualk, actif de 1979 脿 2003, 茅tait un collectif exp茅rimental britannique intransigeant qui a taill茅 une place unique et volatile dans la musique 茅lectronique industrielle, post-punk et naissante de Danse Music. 脡mergeant du tumulte social de l'猫re Thatcher au Royaume-Uni, leur son 茅tait un commentaire direct, souvent furieux, sur la dystopie urbaine et la d茅cadence politique, transformant les instruments 茅lectroniques en outils de r茅sistance. Ils 茅taient farouchement ind茅pendants, g茅rant leur propre label, Recloose Organisation, ainsi que leur propre studio et leur c茅l猫bre centre d'art/activisme bas茅 sur un squat, l'Ambulance Station, rejetant totalement la machine commerciale de la musique. Cet esprit DIY a garanti 脿 leurs enregistrements une qualit茅 brute et abrasive, une caract茅ristique critique de leur son industriel pr茅coce, qui fusionnait l'茅lectronique primitive avec des explosions de bruit strident et des percussions tribales et organiques. Ils d茅fiaient toute classification facile, passant sans heurts de l'art du bruit d茅stabilisant et du collage sonore 脿 un "funk avant-gardiste" anguleux et, plus tard, 脿 la techno hypnotique. De mani猫re cruciale, Bourbonese Qualk 茅tait en avance sur son temps en adoptant le pouls rigide et motorique des machines 茅lectroniques, incorporant des rythmes techno茂des et un s茅quen莽age qui d茅finiraient plus tard des genres comme l'EBM (Electronic Body Music) et la techno industrielle. Des morceaux tels que le concis "Lies" aux accents 茅lectro et l'impulsion motrice de "Headstop" ont d茅montr茅 cette adoption pr茅coce du c么t茅 sombre du dancefloor des ann茅es avant qu'il ne devienne un ph茅nom猫ne commercial. Leur musique mariait l'intensit茅 rythmique de la danse 茅lectronique pr茅coce avec l'esprit sombre et conflictuel de la musique post-industrielle, cr茅ant un son 脿 la fois hypnotique et abrasif. Ils 茅taient pass茅s ma卯tres dans l'utilisation d'茅quipements rudimentaires pour g茅n茅rer des structures complexes et r茅p茅titives, refl茅tant une influence des compositeurs minimalistes comme Steve Reich parall猫lement 脿 la pure force sonore de leurs contemporains industriels. L'艙uvre du groupe, notamment des albums comme Preparing for Power (1986) et My Government is My Soul, demeure un jalon de la musique 茅lectronique 脿 charge politique, prouvant que les synth茅tiseurs et les bo卯tes 脿 rythmes pouvaient 锚tre mani茅s comme des armes efficaces de critique culturelle et sociale. Leur h茅ritage r茅side non seulement dans leur son, mais dans leur esprit intransigeant, inspirant les g茅n茅rations suivantes d'artistes 茅lectroniques underground qui privil茅gient l'ind茅pendance et la clart茅 id茅ologique 脿 l'attrait mainstream. Leurs travaux ult茅rieurs ont poursuivi cette exp茅rimentation, incorporant des 茅l茅ments d'ambient et de techno minimale, assurant que leur catalogue soit une histoire fluide et radicale de l'exp茅rimentation 茅lectronique en marge. Leur position sans compromis les a d茅lib茅r茅ment maintenus en p茅riph茅rie, mais leurs r茅茅ditions des d茅cennies plus tard confirment leur influence durable sur les sc猫nes contemporaines de la musique de danse et du bruit alternatif dans le monde. Ils ont incarn茅 une fusion o霉 le son 茅lectronique est devenu un instrument de dissidence authentique et anti-茅tablissement.


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