“Beat And The Pulse” (2011) By Austra (2009-present)

“Glasshouse” (1985) by Party Day

Further Experiments was a British band formed in 1979. They went on to take the moniker Party Day in 1982.

Further Reading:

official(ish) site great resource of information run by Steve Drury

link

What a beautiful concept.

‘The grave of the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke in Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow is surmounted by a stone on which is engraved a rest beneath a fermata with a triple forte noted at the bottom: A very, very loud extended silence.’

- John Biguenet, Silence (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), p.49.

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“Commes C'Était la Derniere Fois” by The Young Gods (1982-present)

Swiss industrial/post-punk band that influenced many greats such as David Bowie, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails. Their band name comes from The Swans album titled Young God.

“La Fille De La Mort” live at Islington Academy on 12/15/2013

Further Reading:

Interview in Sound on Sound (1995)

Interview on Premonition Magazine (2004)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Chaos Conrol Digizine (2007)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Uber Röck (2010)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Redbull Music Academy (2015)

“Summertime” (2009) by Dead Prez (1996-present) & DJ Green Lantern

“Chicken in Black” (1984) by Johnny Cash

This was basically a fuck you to his record company.

“Wildflower” (2012) by Roman Ruins (2007-present)

This track comes off the album Homebuilding. The brains behind this act is Graham Hill, who also drums for Beach House.

“Songs for Swinging Larvae” (1981) by Renaldo and the Loaf (1975-1988; 2006-present)

Pretty uncategorizable and weird….this is a short film compromised of bits and pieces from the album of the same name.

Further Reading:

Renaldo and the Loaf Official Site

Article on The Weirdest Band in the World

NPR probably won't be streaming this album for much longer since it came out this week. Highly recommended listening.

Wendy Carlos