CONDOMINIUM - LIVE ON RADIO K (KUOM MINNEAPOLIS, MN), OCTOBER 28, 2012

CONDOMINIUM 

LIVE ON RADIO K, OCTOBER 28, 2012 
KUOM UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS 

CONDOMINIUM FUCKING RULES.  ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA EXPERIMENTAL NOISEY HARDCORE PUNK, FRUSTRATED AND ANTI-SOCIAL OVERTONES FUSED WITH SOME SENSE OF IRONY AND WARPED HUMOR, RAD FUTURIST, WEIRD/SCI-FI-ISH ARTWORK, AND A BARRAGE OF LOUD-AS-FUCK ANALOG SONICS.  MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS BAND IS INCREDIBLE.  FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SEEMS THAT THIS BAND HASN'T GOTTEN AS MUCH PRAISE AS THEY DESERVE, BUT PERHAPS SOME OF US LIVE UNDER A ROCK AND NEED TO GET OUT MORE.    

CONDOMINIUM APPEARED LIVE ON UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS'S RADIO K AT LEAST TWICE, ONE APPEARANCE BECAME THE BAND'S CASSETTE RELEASE "LIVE ON RADIO K 6-1-2008," THE OTHER APPEARANCE IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE HERE.  THIS IS NOT AN "OFFICIAL" CONDOMINIUM RELEASE, NOR IS IT AUTHORIZED, SO HOPEFULLY NONE OF THEM MIND, AND HOPEFULLY THEY LIKE THE QUICKLY THROWN TOGETHER ARTWORK THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.  

THE A FEW OF THE SONG TITLES ARE A BIT AMBIGUOUS, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY WERE EARLY PERFORMANCES OF MATERIAL WHICH MADE IT ONTO LATER RELEASES ("NEW MIDPARED" IS INDEED THE SONG "THUG" FROM THE EP OF THE SAME NAME).  

THE RADIO K PAGE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE (WHERE THE PROVIDED AUDIO ORIGINATED) CAN BE FOUND HERE.  CONDOMINIUM'S BLOG, HELLO TOMORROW, CAN BE FOUND HERE , ALONG WITH MEDIAFIRE LINKS TO MOST OF THEIR RELEASES.  AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING HELPFUL, THEIR 2007 DEMO AND LIVE ON THE BLOC CASSETTES CAN BE FOUND OVER AT TERMINAL ESCAPE, (WHICH CANNOT BE PRAISED ENOUGH FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WIZARD'S CASSETTE RIPS). 

TRACKLIST: 

1. NEW FAST 

2. TEETH 

3. AN ARBITRARY CHOICE BETWEEN INFINITE COEXISTING REALITIES 

4. NEW SLOW 

5. THUG (NEW MIDPARED) 

6. UNDER GLASS 

7. LIFE IS AMAZING 

RADIO K 2012 

GEL - LDB FEST, MARCH 11, 2022, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

 GEL - LIVE AT LBD FEST, MARCH 11, 2022 

ART SANCTUARY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY  
 (hate5six) 

IT'S CREATIVE BOOTLEG PIRACY TIME!  TODAY'S POST FEATURES NEW JERSEY'S FEMME-AGGRO HARDCORE OUTFIT GEL, PERFORMING AT THE LIFE & DEATH BRIGADE'S 15TH L.D.B FEST ON MARCH 11, 2022.  THE TWO-DAY FEST WAS HELD AT ART SANCTUARY IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, SHOWCASING HARDCORE ACTS SUCH AS GOD'S HATE, MINDFORCE, YEAR OF THE KNIFE, GATES TO HELL, INCLINATION, RESTRAINING ORDER, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.  

THIS RECORDING WAS SCOOPED UP AND FELL OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK IN TRANSPORT TO A SECRET HARDCORE ELITE LOCATION (YOUTUBE), TO ULTIMATELY BE FOUND IN AN ALLEY AND PRESENTED TO YOU HERE.  ACTUALLY, THIS RECORDING WAS SIMPLY ACCQUIRED FOR PERSONAL COLLECTING GRATIFIACTION VIA THE USUAL INTERNET YOUTUBE-TO-MP3 CONVERTERS THAT EVENTUALLY END UP HIJACKING YOUR BROWSER, STEALING ALL YOUR CREDIT CARD AND PAYPAL INFO AND MAKING RANDOM CHARGE ATTEMPTS AT VARIOUS BLOOMINGDALE'S IN NEW YORK CITY (WHILE YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE NEVER BEEN TO NYC). IT WAS SHARED AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT TO THOSE WHO MAY LIKE TO HAVE A COPY TO HEAR ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SOUND DEVICES.  

THIS SET RIPS BOTH SONICALLY AND VISUALLY, THANKS TO THE SHARED AUDIO SKILLS OF COLIN FEENEY (TRACKING), PATRICK SCHROERING (ENGINEER), AND GEL DRUMMER/MIXING AND MASTERING ENGINEER ZACH MILLER AT NOISEWAR, COUPLED WITH GREAT QUALITY MULTICAM FOOTAGE AND EDITING COURTESY OF hate5six. 

THIS BAND IS GETTING A LOT OF HYPE LATELY, THIS RECORDING MAY OFFER SOME EVIDENCE AS TO WHY THAT IS.  GUITAR TONE IS ON POINT AND THE PERFORMANCE IS OVERALL QUITE SUPERB, IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING, AND IT SEEMS THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE DO.   

(LIVE AUDIO VIA hate5six ON YOUTUBE)

1. BITCHMADE 

2. TURBULENCE 2.0 

3. METAL STATIC 

4. SUICIDE PACT (HOAX COVER) 

5. VIOLENT CLOSURE 

6. XOXO 

7. ASSUMPTION 

8. VIBE FUCKER* 

9. GUIDED MEDITATION* 

10. PREDOMINANT MASK* 

(*PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

...

YOU'RE WELCOME. 

SPECULUM/TOMOKIE'S CUP SPLIT CASSETTE 2022

 SPECULUM/TOMOKIE'S CUP 

SPLIT CASSETTE 2022 

BIRDEATER ENTERTAINMENT BE08 

PRESENTED HERE IS ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL NOISE POST: A SPLIT CASSETTE WITH SPECULM AND TOMOKIE'S CUP.  AS STATED IN THE LAST POST, THERE ARE MORE SPECULUM RELEASES AVAILABLE ON THIS BLOG THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED (4 MORE TO BE EXACT, PLUS A COMPILATION APPEARANCE ON APOCALYPTIC VISIONS RECORDS'S 2000 CD-R COMPILATION).  TOMOKIE'S CUP ARE IN A SIMILAR SONIC VEIN AS SPECULUM'S MORE CURRENT OUTPUT, EXPERIMENTAL NOISE, BORDERING ON AMBIENT.  THEY ARE CURRENTLY A TRIO, 2 OF WHOM ARE A MARRIED COUPLE, FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.  THIS ANOTHER LIMITED RELEASE, WITH ONLY 23 COPIES IN CIRCULATION.  AN ACCQUIRED TASTE TO BE ENJOYED WHILE IN CHEMICAL-INDUCED HYBERNATION ON A DEEP SPACE MISSION. 

1. SPECULUM SIDE 

2. TOMOKIE'S CUP 

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SPECULUM - ABORT THE PARASITE EP 2021

 SPECULUM 

ABORT THE PARASITE 

2021 BIRDEATER ENTERTAINMET BE04 7 INCH EP / USB 

TODAY'S POST FEATURES THE LATEST RELEASE FROM SPECULUM, AN EXPERIMETAL NOISE PROJECT WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ON AND OFF IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, AND HAS SPANNED GENRES RANGING FROM GROTESQUE, HYPER AGGRESSIVE GORE AND GRINDCORE TO SCI-FI SPACE NOISE.  SPECULUM HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AT LEAST TWO OTHER POSTS ON THIS BLOG.  THE RELEASE OF THE NEWEST EP "ABORT THE PARASITE" SEEMS TO HAVE COINCIDED STRANGELY WITH A RECENT TURN OF POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING NATIONAL POLICY ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.  WHILE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE EP WAS INTENDED TO BE A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST THE RECENT OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE, LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE NEVER SEEM TO FAIL TO DEMONSTRATE A STRANGE SYNCHRONICITY OF TIMING.  "ABORT THE PARASITE" WAS RELEASED AS A LATHE CUT 7 INCH EP IN A SUPER LIMITED RUN OF TWENTY COPIES, AS WELL AS IN AN UNORTHODOX USB WITH QUITE THE CREATIVE PACKAGE.  THE USB DRIVE IS EMBEDDED INTO A CORK WHICH IS THE PLUG TO A SMALL GLASS JAR, LIKE WHAT WOULD BE USED TO STORE MARIJUANA.  INSIDE THE JAR, INSTEAD OF MARIJUANA, THERE IS A SMALL FOLDED UP PIECE OF PAPER WITH A STRANGE DRAWING OF A MONSTROUS ALIEN-LIKE FIGURE.  THE JAR COMES IN A LARGE MEDICAL BIHOAZARD BAG, ACCOMPANIED BY A DISPOSABLE SPECULUM WHICH HAS A SMALL SKELETON HAND HOLDING A RUBBER, NEON RED BLOOD-SPLASHED FETUS.  APPARENTLY, THESE RUBBER FETUSES ARE TYPICALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT A FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN SUPPLY OUTLET, SOLD FOR USE IN ANTI-ABORTION PROTEST ACTIONS.  OVERALL, THE PACKAGE IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND UNIQUE, AND RANKS UP THERE AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ARTISTIC ASSEMBLIES EVER CREATED FOR ANY D.I.Y. RELEASE.  INCLUDED IN THE DOWNLOAD ARE A FEW PICTURES OF THE OUTER PACKAGING, AS WELL AS A SCAN OF AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY BRIAN SPECULUM. 

1. ABORT THE PARASITE 

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