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  • Throwing out the baby with the bathwater

    F008

    Artist: CONTRASTATE

    Label: Tesco Germany / Functional Organisation

    Ambient soundscapes interspersed with rhythms and noises from the masters of ritual industrial.

  • A live coal under the ashes

    T010

    Artist: CONTRASTATE

    Label: Tesco Germany

    1992 saw the release of "A live coal under the ashes" which was inspired by the events leading up to the changes across Eastern and Central Europe during 1989. This release marked the change conceptually in which the group's ideas became more specific and more focused on contemporary political issues. "A live coal…" was critically acclaimed not just for the music, but also for the artwork and packaging: - a CD placed in the middle of a 12 inch clear vinyl record. After many years of unavailabity Tesco can finally present a rerelease with remastered tracks and a new yet unreleased track called: "Death follows the one eyed cow." An album full of ambient atmospheres, drones, percussion, suitable dark narrations and some steady muted rhythms. These are intense, highly charged recordings with a powerful mystic and ritual feeling. A masterpiece of sound poetry. Comes in nice Digipak. Total Playing time 50:30. Contrastate were formed in 1987 and disbanded in 2000. Ever since the demise of Contrastate there has been a void in the experimental music scene that no other act has managed to fill. Their diverse creative output, manifested as sweeping electronics and sound manipulation together with theatrical spoken word, was nothing less than mind blowing in its complexity and originality. http://radiantslab.com/Contrastate or check out: http://www.myspace.com/srmeixner

  • Handbags & DADA

    FDS18

    Artist: CONTRASTATE

    Label: Fin de siecle / Tesco Germany

    The now defunct influential UK project played only a few live shows during their existence, but they put a lot of effort into making them something out of the ordinary. The third instalment in our Contrastate series is a live CD which covers three different phases in the band's history from 1989 to their last ever performance in 2000. Tracks previously available on vinyl and cassette as well as one world premiere recording from Camden Palace in London. Track list: 1. Perhaps it comes out of the black sea (live at Radio Militia, Diepenbeek, Belgium - June 1989) Contrastate: Jonathan Grieve, Stephen Meixner 2. To the princes of the new republics 3. Altering the circumstances of human life 4. A string of puppets 5. Like a saint on a stake (live at Club Subway, Karlsruhe, Germany - October 1993) Contrastate: Jonathan Grieve, Stephen Meixner, Stephen J Pomeroy 6. The repust sal (live at Camden Palace, London, UK - April 2000) Contrastate: Jonathan Grieve, James Machin, Jimmy Maravala, Stephen Meixner.

  • Seven hands seek nine fingers

    FDS13

    Artist: CONTRASTATE

    Label: Tesco Germany / Fin de siecle

    Remastered re-release of the 1989 LP.