From the 9353 Bandcamp page: 9353 formed January 5 1983 in Virginia by Bruce Hellington Vance Bockis Jason Carmer and a drumbox. Between 1983 and 2019 there have been 74 members of 9353. 33 are featured here in these recordings. 11 members are now dead. Of the 3 original members, Bruce Hellington is the only remaining […]
Tag: 1984
Thee Katatonix – “Divine Mission” (1984)
Money was tight, the engineer was stupid and the finished product was poorly mixed.— Description of Divine Mission from the Thee Katatonix website I don’t know if the engineer was indeed stupid, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call Divine Mission poorly mixed either. Thee Katatonix’s first and only full-length has a live […]
Chainsaw – “Massacre” (1984)
I’ve written many times before that it’s often the cover of a record that makes me pick it up in the store, especially when I’m flipping through the used bins. In the case of Chainsaw’s record Massacre it wasn’t the front cover, but the back cover that really drew me in: There’s a lot to […]
The Electronic Music Club Of Edmonds Community College – “Iatrogenics” (1984) and “In Reel Time” (1985)
If you’ve never been to Edmonds, Washington, it does not give off the vibe of being a hotbed of electronica. Extremely well-maintained older homes vie for space with more modern builds in competing for lots with views of Puget Sound. Perhaps 20 minutes north of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, it’s part of that slow sprawl […]
Throbbing Gristle – “Music From The Derek Jarman Film In The Shadow Of The Sun” (1984)
Derek Jarman was an English artist and filmmaker who worked primarily outside the mainstream. Throbbing Gristle’s music featured in a few of his works, most notably the 1980 version of his hour-long In the Shadow of the Sun, a collection of Super 8 film shorts re-shot to 16mm. I picked up the soundtrack record last […]