Mohnomishe 4 - Music

Zoviet*france Is An Idiosyncratic Collective Of Anonymous Postindustrialists Dronologists And Pseudo-Ethnomusicologists. Their Investigations Have Taken Them Into Semi-Fictional Cultures Where Reality Is Not Easily Located - Although Oft-Forgotten Historical Markers Such As Beachhead Bunkers Occasionally Punctuate Their Cover Artwork - And Often Slips Into The Realm Of The Waking Dream. Having Secluded Themselves In Newcastle England Since Their Inception In 1982 Zoviet*France Have Developed A Radical Relationship With The Cheap Technologies Of Old-Fashioned Tape Recorders Homemade Acoustic Instruments Primitive Looping And Sampling Devices And Basic Dub Trickery. From These Machines The Collective Has Crafted A Distinctly Unique Vocabulary Of Postindustrial Sonic Hypnosis. Just As Zoviet*France 's Sound Was Alchemic Reconfigurations Of Inexpensive Technologies Their Vinyl Packaging Literally Covered Their Sounds With Aluminum Roofing Shingles And Porcelain. Adding To Their Mystery Linear Notes Are Precious Few And Hard To Find To The Point Of 6-Point Typeface Printed On The Spine Of Rorschach-Like Fold-Out Illustrations. In Fact During The Pre-CD Era Their Vinyl Packaging Usually Evoked As Much Mystery And Fascination As The Music Itself. In Spite Of The Digital Polish Resulting From Their Usage Of Hard Disk Editing On Their Latest Records Zoviet*France Has Continuously Fashioned A Beautiful Eeriness With Unplaced Signifiers Sonorous Echoes And Hazy Driftscapes. There Are No Political Social Or Psycho-Acoustic Attributions To Be Found On A Zoviet*France Product Which Differentiates Them From The Sometimes Didactic Authorings By Ambio-Noise Mates The Hafler Trio Muslimgauze Esplendor Geometrico And Others. Perhaps The Most Fulfilling Aspect Of Purchasing A Zoviet*France Recording Is Its Very Absence Of Anything To Latch Your Brain On To. One Is Left To His/her Own Mental Formations As The Artwork And Music Engage One To Explore Sans Reference Those Pre-Logical Meanderings So Much Of This Genre Of Music Is All About. Members Ben Ponton
Mark Warren
Past Members Andy Eardley
Lisa Hale
Mark Spybey
Paolo Di Paolo
Peter Jensen
Robin Storey Discography Garista 1982 - Soviet France Cas
1985 - Red Rhino\Singing Ringing Cas
1990 - Charrm CHARRMTC1 Cas
1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP1 LP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD1 CD
untitled Hessian 1982 - Red Rhino RED 12 EP EP
1985 - Red Rhino RED 12 EP EP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP2 EP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD2 CD
Norsch
1983 - Red Rhino RED23 EP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD3 CD
Mohnomishe
1983 - Red Rhino REDLP40 Dbl-LP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD4 CD
Eostre
1984 - Red Rhino REDLP 45 Dbl-LP
1985 - Red Rhino REDLP 45 Dbl-LP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD5 CD
Popular Soviet Songs And Youth Music
1985 - Singing Ringing/Red Rhino REDC58 Dbl-Cas
1994 - Staalplaat STCD 024 Six-CD
1995 - Staalplaat STCD 024 Tpl-CD
2004 - Staalplaat STCD 024 Tpl-CD
Gris
1985 - No Mans Land NML 8505 EP
1985 - No Mans Land NML 8505 EP
Misfits Loony Tunes And Squalid Criminals
1986 - Red Rhino REDLP67 LP
1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD8 CD
Gesture Signal Threat
1986 - Red Rhino REDLP67A Cas
1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD9 CD
Loh Land
1987 - Staalplaat STAALTAPE 00L Cas
1992 - Staalplaat STCD 018 CD
A Flock Of Rotations
1987 - Red Rhino REDLP68 LP
1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD10 CD
Assault And Mirage
1987 - Red Rhino REDLP68A Cas
1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD11 CD
Shouting At The Ground
1987 - Red Rhino REDCD91 Dbl-LP
1987 - Red Rhino REDLP91 CD
1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP12 Dbl-LP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD12 CD
Look Into Me
1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP14 LP/EP
1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD14 CD
Just An Illusion
1990 - Staalplaat STCD 005 CD
1995 - Staalplaat STCD 005 CD
2005 Staalplaat STCD 005 CD
Shadow Thief Of The Sun
1991 - DOVentertainment DOVeCD66 CD
Vienna 1990
1991 - Charrm CHARRMCD15 CD
1991 - Charrm CHARRMCD15 CD
Collusion
1992 - The Grey Area Of Soleilmoon SION 1 CD
What Is Not True
1993 - Charrm CHARRMCD17 CD
Unentitled
1995 - These THESE 11 CD CD
Digilogue
1996 - Soleilmoon SOLV 004 LP
1998 - Soleilmoon SOL 62 CD CD
In.Version
1996 - Charrm CHARRMCD24 CD
Mort Aux Vaches Feedback
1998 - Mort Aux Vaches / Staalplaat No# CD
The Decriminalisation Of Country Music
2000 - Tramway TRAM1 CD CD
Music For A Spaghetti Western
2005 - Klanggalerie GG111 CD
2008 - Shteirlel King Worldwide Via Alt.Vinyl read less