SPRoT C60 bdtd102

Lewis O'Leary 'eating the afterbirth' C40 bdtd101

Lewis O’Leary: Eating The Afterbirth
Brisbane local Lewis O’Leary has created a very interesting mash-up of pop vocal and guitar melodies, mixed with gritty electronic sounds and improvised instrumentals on his debut solo album “Eating the Afterbirth”. Eating the Afterbirth is suprisingly relaxed, with O’Leary creating textured landscapes that move without warning, and textures that nearly escape from your speakers. As relaxed as it is though, I wouldn’t recommend it for easy listening, as it gives your ears a bit of an experimental work out throughout the transition of the tracks. Track two; In Your Wake, is a definite highlight with some awesome soundscaping coming from O’Leary with fantastic layering of classic pop elements. In a sense this is possibly as close as O’Leary comes to creating a conventional ‘pop song’, but he makes it so inviting to listen to. Million Dollar Cigarette is one of the grittier tracks, with an immense amount of detail. Lewis O’Leary has certainly created something very intrinsic and interesting with “Eating the Afterbirth”, and it’s great to hear something inventive coming out of the local scene.

(Liza Harvey) 4ZZZ fm

the minerals 'new like that' c90 bdtd100

a new collection of minimal drone rock, focused sound from the minerals

shantL c60 bdtd099

pen noise c60 bdtd098

trio recordings from Adam Park, Chris Nylstoch and Matt Earle is the groups second album in its seven year history (the first issued by armless k9 2003), raw impovisations utilizing real players and feedback to create kaleidoscopic gamelan like sounds recorded live early 2010 at real bad music

Sun of the Seventh Sister 'live at club consolador' bdtd097

Sun of the Seventh Sister is a loose collective originating in the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney it could be said that there are two types of people in this world those who join SSS and those who leave the room as quickly as possible,

its a truly open band free from any aesthetic constraints /what so ever/, oddly the music is often very
beutiful in it's own way. this recording was made at club consolador for
justice yeldhams' record launch, the band was offered $100 by a lady in the audience to stop playing!!

PLASTERLESS c90 bdtd096

recorded live at the real magic mile in brisbane late 2009 this awsome set was recorded in continuos succesion no edits they came, they saw, they kicked its ass!! this group features Rod Cooper drums side a guitar, vocals side b dale chapman synth michael prior guitar side a drums side b anthony magen synth dale gorfinkle wind instuments matt earle bass look out world we're getting plasterless edition of 44 cassettes with decorations by the craft bandits

PLANTATION c40 bdtd095

recorded live at H.S.P in christchurch september 2009 this unique formation of the shifting collective features members of xnobbqx and la lakers.. 'a psychotropicalia meltdown'...

XnobbqX mad on picnics c30 bdtd093

three albums in one released as bonus tracks for NZ tour

mad on picnics

The true, raw, electrified, hardcore thud rock sound from Katoomba. As psychedelic as Country music could ever be, this is a collection of the most grooving, rocking and droning beats of the Blue Mountains

wich chorizo

awesome xnobbqx hardcore album 13 songs in 7 minutes also available as cassingle with different cover

leo's snack bar

45 minute live show recorded at the real magic mile above leos snack back passing out in 40 degree heat on the highway by the train line with gusty wind and dusty trucks and cattle train piss

craft bandits 'Love Starts with L' bdtd092

ultra lo-fi abstract pop recorded in Brisbanes tropical summer cicada's, thunderstorms, mouldy books and more...

impromptulons live at the globe theatre c20 bdtd091

This is the true folk/pop sound of modern Brisbane. Instrumentation includes sax, trumpet, vocals and amazing keyboard electronics…intense and mesmerizing. recorded live to cassette at the globe theatre brisbane late 2008

Mysteries of Love 'wasted love'c30 bdtd090

Raw & unfiltered electric Guitar Music, this is the second release from mysteries of love not as optomistic as the first featuring mark anderson - drums mark sadgrove - guitar noel callan - guitar anthony guerra - vocals recorded in tokyo 2009

2779 kedron bowl c20 bdtd089

much more abstract and lofi than toowong village, 2779 have put away {or broken} their drums and synthesizers this tape contains two tracks of abstract guitar noise

muura 'party' c20 bdtd088

a collection of party tracks The Music presented here is relentlessly mystifying and seductive: folk and pop, classic guitar Rock, antique ballads, novelty tunes, traditional ceremonial music and other miscellaneous styles rarely heard outside Katoomba.

red pinkos 'red pink' c60 bdtd087

For the first time ever, a recording that documents the ceremonial animist music from the mysterious tribal villages of Northwest Katoomba. Mesmerizing vocals, guitars, drums, and unique local instruments from Medlow Bath, .

CupCake Club c30 bdtd086

much more raw than their studio album this tape documents the cupcakes live sound of late 2008 this a great punk record, i think, the same song are played three times on this tape tight and loose includes live show recorded by james heighway in katoomba

Sun of the Seventh Sister c60 bdtd085

if SSS keep this up they'll be a 'real' pop band in no time... this tape almost sounds like classic psych rock

XWAVE heart to heart c90

brutal double album now finally available as 2xcdr set 'xwave is a noise band''a noise band that plays pop songs' this one is more on the noise side steering well clear of the garage sounds side b origionally released by mymly in 2006 has been out of print since now available as a complete set recorded in the blue mountains mid 2005

G.S.C/L.S.P split c60 bdtd083

gang slangin hip hop from the streets o linny. hector bowder phat escapes from the plimp plimp club

backyard flaws c60 bdtd082

. Electric Guitar trance rock, cult dance ceremonies, Folk, and Roadhouse blues are some of the segments included in this latest classic

craft bandits 'bits and pieces' c30 bdtd081

Pop Music from the blue mountains, every track's a winner! Surf guitars, funky organs, tight changes, and amazing vocals are assembled here in this compilation round out this astounding set.

Sun of the Seventh Sister c40 bdtd080

this tape floated around as a demo for years but no one ever did anything with it.. eventually I thought 'its about time somebody did something with that tape' so I did and here it is and it's still good

XWAVE cassingle c10 bdtd079

Recorded in 2006 while nylstoch was playing in the band, and what that means is super mad guitar work

eatr/cupcake club split c10 bdtd078

are you emotional about the rainbow?

Dj White Pimpernell c30 bdtd077

ultra low fi wind driven bontempi and electric guitar song based jams hardly recognizable through the thick grime on the tape much more chilled out than dj wp's previous records this sounds like it was recorded in the deep south a hundred years ago

craft bandits 'love infinity, times a hundred' c40 bdtd076

the first album without bass player matt williams, also the first in a set of two albums the other being LOVE INFINITY X 1000 which has been released by black petal. the following is a reveiw from vital weekly for the other album but equally suits this one...

CRAFT BANDITS - LOVE INFINITY X 1000
Matt Earle is a steady returning artist to the world of Black Petal. Here he part of Craft Bandits, where he plays vocals, guitar, keyboard and synth), along with Melanie Jade Simpson (guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, vocals and Nibblechu). She is also a member of Fantastic Dog & The Cupcake Club. Their music is the result of various jam sessions and show them in a rock-like mood. Last week Jliat asked where the New Zealand artists went, and I'd say: here they are. Craft Bandits sound like any good release on Corpus Hermeticum, with that lo-fi guitar sound, distorted, improvised and a like-wise lo drum sound, which sound recorded in a room next door, but the door was open so luckily some of it came on to the recording. Not that the drums play always an important role in this music, sometimes its just a duet of guitars, spiced with some echo and vocals, making a strange singer-songwriter recorded in a tunnel with a battery operated speaker. Quite nice this stuff. Like Jliat I haven't heard much music like this from the double island down under, but Craft Bandits bring back good memories and I should dig some Corpus up soon. (FdW) VITAL WEEKLY

Pier 'freegments' c40 bdtd075

hard bop and heavy nightmares studio album from free power playes of madrid includes bonus live show and poster limited to 38 copies

KARDO 'rats love' c30 bdtd074

. this album is a little short (24 min) only cause the guitar amp blew up ...smoking.

ovaries 'naked is better' c30 bdtd073

the most abrasive noise punk power pop skronkrock grindcore cassingle ever, recorded in the garage of doom, no shit and its rad includes postrer by the band limited to 44 copies

The CupCake Club 'fantastic dog' bdtd072

first ever recording by the cupcakes of their first time playing together of the first time they had even played their instruments true magic maverick studio album , they hook up with free studio time, write a full set on the spot and jam it out all in first takes b side contains recording of first live show at winter tragic 2008 edition of 55 copies these gals make me so jelous... how could they be soooo good?

mysteries of love 'no one' c30 bdtd071

RAShead lost tape c40 bdtd070

XWAVE 'rumors' 2Xc60 bdtd069

long awaited double album beutifully raw early studio sessions,

mosseisly 'into the light' 2Xc60 bdtd068

craft bandits III 'tables and chairs'c40 bdtd067

awesome third album featuring guitar and drum parts from adam sussmann, that means its dope. believe me

craft banditz 'merry panic dust picnic' c40 bdtd066

just days after zzz craft bandits were back in the studio to record another amazing album 'merry panic dust picnic is more manic more abstract more raw and more destructive

CRAFT BANDITS 'ZZZ' c45 bdtd065

Craft Bandits formed as a trio in the winter of 2008 in the blue mountains initially the band featured

melanie jade - drums & vocal

matt williams - bass & vocal

matt earle - guitar & vocal

we were shocked by the imediate coheisiveness of their psychedellic zombie rock sounds this album was recorded in one afternoon all songs were first takes straight to a magic tape recorder this is a classic breakdance the dawn album. highly recommended

Blank Realm 'holy gasp' c30 bdtd064

C4/B4 c60 bdtd063

cassette tape loops recorded on the fly in one take, layering feedback tones at variable tape speeds the result is swirling hynotic and mesmerising alien techno

Bong/SSS split c60 bdtd062

Supernatural sound from the Blue Mountains!

XWAVE 'birds in my head' c60 bdtd061

rock, pop, disco, noise sequenced for listening perfection!

the minerals 'woodbury rd' c60 bdtd060

A collection of unique folk and pop music .

Sun of the Seventh Sister c60 bdtd059

probably the most coheisive group sound SSS has achieved in recording, carnival like. two sides of total freakout madness

XnobbqX 'people all over the world' c40 bdtd058

legendary performances and incendiary guitar heroics.

xNoBBQx are more brutal. There's something incredibly suggestive in the blankness of their playing, with Matt Earle's guitar at times almost unmediated - it's pure guitar to amp interaction. From monotone sprawls to high velocity noise abuse, xNoBBQx are rock at its most reduced and essential. THE WIRE

amanita band c40 bdtd057

A superb collection of beat, pop, and “off-beat cha-cha” instrumentals and they soar with catchy hooks atop groovy, clever beats. There’s plenty of electric guitar, and crazy percussion rocking and twisting , at times reaching quite a mad and freaky state of affairs.

stasis duo 101107 c60 bdtd056

post sinecore machine music

2779 'toowong village' c40 bdtd055

full-blown electric garage folk-psychedelia! amazing keyboard electronics which play out as forbidden morse code at breakneck speeds…intense and mesmerizing.

"Consisting of xNOBBQx's Matt Earle, his longtime partner in noise Adam Sussmann and Ben Dropsie, 2779 are yet another of the seemingly endless permutations to arise from Australia's Breakdance The Dawn crew. Like a lot of this collective's music, Toowong Village manages to both be rigorous in concept and off the cuff in performance, and its conceptual fortitude(however vague or alien that may be) serves as a welcome backbone.British punk drums, stripped back to the barest kit, plot coordinates for scratchy No Wave guitar thats always about to collapse, and bent circuits that scrawl over everything much like a child smearing crayon accross walls." The Wire 290 April 2008.

XWAVE 'XOLA' c40 bdtd054

archival recording of first xwave session... gold

ora{ra} untitled c30 bdtd053

rare document of ora{ra} as quartet rivka schembri - cello, rory brown - double bass, adam sussmann - electric guitar, matt earle - electric guitar

arklight 'it looms in the vassel' c40 bdtd052

great album of offbeat pschedelic garage noise punk all the way from NYC

stasis duo c12 bdtd051

tsuji giri nite club 'vol 1' c90 bdtd050

tsuji giri was a series of experimental performance that was held at akemi in 2006 that gave birth to sun of the seventh sister as we know them today, when translated from japanese means to test your new sword on a random stranger, this is the only document available of those amazing shows featuring adam sussmann, blood sausage yo lover, james heighway (the spiders), mosweintraub band, rod cooper-matt earleb, sun of the seventh sister, stasis duo, xnobbqx

XWAVE 'cities on flame' c40 bdtd049

features great versions of their favourite songs

With its folded A4 paper sleeveand hand scrawled rudimentry artwork, Cities on Flame looks pretty unreposessinng on first glance, but it's actually an absolute monster. Unlike most Breakdance The Dawn acts, XWAVE deal in tangible songs, close at times to the post-punky skronk of Tori Kudo's early groups, or the drowsy psych glaze of Suishou No Fune. The lengthy title track, which slowly deconstructs into a lengthy, glazed coda for humming, blue guitar buzz, could have fallen from a late 1980's Jandek album. THE WIRE

RASheed 'gold' c60 bdtd048

this is a heavy album recorded well, drums and guitar in a sewer, what more could you possibly want?

Sun of the Seventh Sister 'tsuji giri' c90 bdtd047

legendary document of live performance at tsuji giri nite club 74 minutes of full blown intensity .

Needless 'you gotta wanna' c30 cassingle bdtd046

Anthony Guerra's solo techno project, this stuff is amazing, brain damaged calipso and southern fried finger pickin' blues, good for all yall

The Sha 'sweet jane' 2Xc60 bdtd045

try finding another Sha album, even though there is literally hundeds of them out there, this double cdr release documents their progress, taking hilights from betweed 1996 and 2006 a prolific period for the band.

Abu Tucker 'father of destruction' c40 bdtd 044

beutiful abstract electronics without the cheese...

Francis Plagne 'subdivide and never stop' c40 bdtd043

side a. musique concrete style compositions very strange but fantastic side b contains a great live set recorded at akemi in the blue mountains in 2007

mos weintraub band c40 bdtd 042

muura c40 bdtd041

hammond organ synth electric guitar and drums a single piece slowly shifting over its duration less pop than the black petal releases, in a bizarre interpetation of the necks

amanita band c45 bdtd040

studio recording, an extended ecstatic psychedelic dance made audible

Sun of the Seventh Sister live at sedition c40 bdtd039

the subtle side of SSS

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Sun of the Seventh Sister/wine bar band split c40 bdtd038

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ora{RA} 'under the pine tree's' c40 bdtd037

, various stringed instruments, captured live on location with the ambient sounds of the surrounding village.

2779 'the complete' 2X60 bdtd36

a collection of jams, studio recordings and live shows from the groups formative period

Of course, there's always a fly in the ointment & here's it's Arse Lunch (2779) that are the contrarians. On their 'Complete' 2xcdr opus, the gurglin, textured concret they course out sounds so bewitchingly contemporaneous yet classically avant, it's hard to know if it took 6 (dog) years or 6 (human) hours to conjure together. Call them the Colin Potter's of the bunch. In the immortal words of Thomas DeQuincey; "it's all good". SILTBLOG

Sun of the Seventh Sister 'einegoshishta' 6xc60 bdtd035

a collection of jams studio recordings and live shows from the collectives formative period

The room was closin in on me by the time I go to the Sun Of The Seventh Sister chapter of this Antipodean odyssey. SSS could best be described as a moderne-day festival style band, sort've like Here & Now if they'd been influenced more by Xenakis & Butthole Surfers than Gong or Daevid Allan. If you'd ever wondered what Hawkwind sounded like in that tent after they'd blowed up your eardrums & your lobes was caked w/blood, here it is. Pulled Out went & done a 3xlp lathe set what's now out of print (#'rd ed. of 21) Breakdance The Dawn has available a 6xcassette set housed in magnificent recycled material just waiting for 15 lucky fans to pony up. If you've been hankerin to get started on diggin that hole to China, Sun Of The Seventh Sister LIVE sprawled out over 6 tapes would be a most suitable soundtrack.(siltblog)

XWAVE 'black tapes' 2Xc90 bdtd034

true, raw & electrified, black tapes is part one of a two part set of recordings from 2006.

tetRMplex 'AAAA' c40 bdtd033

these guys should have been in berlin in the ninties, maybe the world would have become a better place.

mos weintraub band c30 bdtd 32

relentless half hour biker rock freakout …mad

abu tucker 'master builder' c30 bdtd031

raw industrial sound

the minerals/muura split c60 bdtd030

the minerals side is a full version of 'life is a survivour' first heard on the gem the muura side is a ??? cover of the same song

c.g.o.d 'live in kingswood' c40 bdtd029

art schooll punk band

tetRMplex 'edgephone' c60 bdtd028

experimental dub techno long minimal tracks but never boring .

muura 'untitled' c40 bdtd027

Your Intestines c60 bdtd026

blown out studio recordings from the same sessions as the blackpetal double cdr

the minerals bdtd025

experimental bontempi drone piece based on the gift comes with book of poetry by adam rashead

Sun of the Seventh Sister c40 bdtd024

collection of almost pop edits from this bewildering band .

mos weintraub band 'bondi's finest' c40 bdtd023

intensley blown out guitar and drum duos

Xwave 'hangin on' c40 bdtd22

third single from the forthcoming album 'memoirs' the rawest and best recorded xwave music available

Dj White Pimpernell c20 bdtd021

.minimal tech dancefloor hits from the pimp

impromptulons 'mentha' c60 bdtd020

studio album culled and composed from countless hours of mid summer jam sessions from this unique suburban noise collective

XWAVE heart breaker c40 bdtd019

second single from the forthcoming album 'memoirs' the rawest and best recorded xwave music available

xwave "heartbreaker" cdr (Breakdance The Dawn): Steadily becoming my favorite tape label, New Zealand's Breakdance the Dawn distributes records from a wild collective of no-music makers involved in shifting-member projects like xnobbqx and Sun of the Seventh Sister. This tape documents lunatics singing the lyrics of awful pop songs like Lisa Stansfield's "You Just Keep Me Hanging On" as well as The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" to feedback-drenched drop-d riffs. Xwave does not butcher these songs, they breathe new life into them. The resulting reinvented tunes purvey a basement urgency and a symphony of beautiful slop-rock mistakes sparking off the fringe of each riff. Like the Pig Heart Transplant tape with a sense of humor. Features Arse Lunch members Adam Sussmann, James Heighway and Matt Earle. [Ed. Note- xwave, xnobbqx and the original X are all from Australia, not New Zealand. I don't think Australians like to be confused with New Zealanders](apples & heroin)

stasis duo 'music 2' c40 bdtd018

extreemly abstract quiet drone music acoustic guitar, sine tones and tape machine noise

XnoBBqX 'roast spit sessions' c90 bdtd017

recorded throughout 2005 roast spit sessions contains some great pop tracks, experiments and extended jams

xnobbqx "Roast Spit Sessions" (Breakdance the Dawn, 2007): xnobbqx hail from the newest breeding ground for the Siltbreeze roster: Australian experimental music underworld. Self-described as "militant hardcore played by constipated monkeys," xnobbqx plays an over-simplified jam form, often de-evolving to the point of amateurish practice sessions. Certain band releases sound like a 13-year-old metal head practicing bass in front of a Bass for Dummies handbook. On this release, as on 2006's Sunshine of Your Love, the band paints a great cryptic picture with subtle instrumental strokes. Fluxus Appalachian-retard guitar strum transforms into low-end skronk and back again with a molasses pace. In other words: sounds like Henry Flynt and Glenn Branca's special needs child. Xeroxed cover packaged in a neat plastic baggie. Grab 'em while they're hot (apples and heroin)

Sun of the Seventh Sister 'seventh sun' c40 bdtd016

first ever sun of the seventh sister {SSS} recording

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XWAVE WASTED c40 bdtd 015

first single from the forthcoming album 'memoirs' this tape includes three completely different takes on wasted the first recorded in a studio the second recorded live and the third a bizzare electronic version

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the white petunias 'the last resort' c60 bdtd 014

a classic recording features anthony guerra guitar jamie hume vocal and joel stern electronics

james heighway polyunsaturated c90 bdtd 013

pre spiders recordings from the one known as merzbow of the mountains.

ANTIPAN live 2 c90 bdtd 012

two more killer live sets recorded in sydney 2005 side a at the frequency lab, a cut from this show has also been issued on hot pink vinyl available through pulled out records www.pulledout.org side b at iraq both sides feature extended sets of remarkable mayhem neu metal madness

your intestines live c60 bdtd 011

side a recorded at the frequency lab sydney april 2005

side b recorded at spectrum sydney april 2005

mosseisly 'still photoes melting on ice' c60 bdtd010

full length studio album the groups sound evolved into an entirley new musical language on this album the first record with inge olmheim on bass the most striking tracks consisting of repetitivly offkilter rythms by the drums and bass with long thin ribbons of guitar feedback weaving through the upper harmonics inducing a meditative but rockin state...unbelievable

Mosweintraub Band "Still Photos on Melting Ice" CDR (Breakdance the Dawn): I don't know if Harry Pussy ever invaded Australia but, from the sounds of this CDr, their records apparently did. Primal guitar soundtracks to Fred Flintstone's broke down, foot-petaled car and illustrations of trash can recycling factories. Some of the tracks on this disc delve into garage rock territory with jagged axe scum-chugs but even those tunes eventually devolve into psycho no wave. On track six, bassist Inge Olmheim plods away, laying down a Sabbath riff while guitarist Matt Earle (xnobbqx) fires skronk nails at its stomach and tortures the amp. Another big winner from Breakdance the Dawn.(apples & heroin)

mactempel 'rollin' c40 bdtd009

Urban roll sounds like a bad fall demo, wich is also what makes it so good

stasis duo 'whitenoise and burnouts' c40 bdtd008

side a ;beutiful and subtle microtonal interplay between acoustic guitar, sinetone generator and the tape recorder

side b; a bush recording part music part field recording acoustic guitar and battery powered electronics recorded in the blue mountains about 10 minute into the recording a gang of dirtbikers show up adding a chorus of droning engines

tofutron 'we are your dj's'c60 bdtd007

The proof is right here.

antipan c30 bdtd006

first ever antipan live show at the frequency lab in sydney 2004 anthony p guerra drums nick dan bass sumu sivenasen guitar matt earle guitar

xnobbqx 'sunshine of your love' c30 bdtd005

My 1st exposure to the (sub) genius of the label was by way of XNoBBQX, a rockin little duo who use sludge as a mascara. They had a cdr entitled 'Sunshine Of Your Love' that seemed to molecularly breakdown Harry Pussy & Mouthus into a vat of bubbling acidic porridge, each sputter slowly mushrooming then bursting into explosive SPLATS of such corrosive excellence that I had to track'em down & get the recipe. Known most days as Nick Dan & Matt Earle, they informed me that SOYL was but the tip of their iceberg & was kind enough to load me up w/all sort's of mayhem they had up their sleeves. (siltblog)

Classic rock this ain't. In fact, XNoBBQX, a duo (guitar/drums) who hail from Sydney, Australia, do everything in their power to destroy rock (good luck!) once and for all. Well, apparently, rock is still standing, but anyone who dares put this vinyl-only slab of madness near their turntable won't be for long. Out of all the Siltbreeze releases in 2007, XNoBBQX sound most like their labelmates of yore. Dead C and Harry Pussy references are bound to pop up, and they are both relevant and warranted. Definitely a must for fans of of the new wave of abrasive anti-rock (ie. Mouthus, Magik Markers etc).

this tape is one of the most vivid documents ever presented capturing the raw folk stylings of non barbeque music. recorded in the day, the performers manifest their passions right before your ears, some drifting into extreme characters, others floating in dark, flowering rain.

mosseisly 'moss aisley moseisley mosseisly' c60 bdtd004

extreme noise rock, but still really cool...no distortion pedals. random clatter drums barnyard stompin anti blues barking dog guitar played Real LOUD inudes live tracks recorded at club 77 Sydney from the show the group got banned for not being able to play...really great album

muura SBA c60 bdtd003

document of the first muura recording sessions, all instrumental but brutaly focused whimsical pop music recorded beutifully to tape at the shed in 2004

nylstoch 'housing project' c60 bdtd002

A collage of rock, pop, disco, theatre and commercials,compiled from the nylstoch housing project 10cd box set{armlessk9/venting gallery}sequenced for listening perfection!

the minerals the gem c60 bdtd001

An essential collection of unique folk and pop music including drone beat pop, jungle folk trance, gypsy hybrid songs, haunting vocal chants, and other beautiful, lost styles,.there maybe many minerals albums but this is the only REAL minerals album

Breakdance The Dawn is a cassette/cdr label run by Matt Earle (of XNo BbQX 'notoriety') & has been unknowingly howlin a 21st century atavistic response to the Fuck Off call of yore. Originatin in 2004, the label's raison d'etre has been to release music 'that no one else would' (hey Matt, I hear ya!-Capt'n Siltbreeze) mostly on recycled tapes. But it seems that Matt & Co. have finally hauled in their huge cache of Toohey's empties & recieved a hefty deposit for the trouble as the label is primarily cdr nowadays. And man am I a fan! Like the entrants of the various Street Level mafia, I suspect there's lot's of folks what wear many hats in different bands/projects the label has to offer. Unlike a lot of the DIY labels operatin down to Oz (a shoutout to the great works available on Spanish Magic, Trapdoor Tapes & Inverted Crux), BDTD's headwater has a 'punk' 'rock' undertow, even if it is paleolithic. And that's what's so Goddamn great about it. You listen to The Minerals, Mosweintraub Band, Your Intestines or X Wave & you can hear the channelin(albiet unintentionally) of the Sell Outs, Wilful Damage, (the aforementioned) Danny & The Dressmakers + the rest of the lot. Of course, there's always a fly in the ointment & here's it's Arse Lunch that are the contrarians. On their 'Complete' 2xcdr opus, the gurglin, textured concret they course out sounds so bewitchingly contemporaneous yet classically avant, it's hard to know if it took 6 (dog) years or 6 (human) hours to conjure together. Call them the Colin Potter's of the bunch. In the immortal words of Thomas DeQuincey; "it's all good". SILTBLOG