December
New RHK project
Richard H. Kirk takes on a new alias, Nitrogen, for his new/upcoming release, called Intoxica. The double-CD set will be released
on his own Alphaphone label, and is expected February, 1997. Some advance copies have already been made available.
24th September
RHK4R&S
Danny Thierens (danny@glitsch.be) said on NagNagNag, "I got official confirmation from R&S that RHK signed
with them. So far, no news on any releases, but they were going to keep me informed (yeah right)."
25th September
Alphaphone double CD?
Update. Chris Tourgelis on Nag^3,
I just got the latest mail-order update from Touch in the mail. Due in October is the following: Tone 6CD^2 RICHARD H. KIRK -
Step, Write Run: Alphaphone Volume 1 It's supposed to be a limited edition. 15 August 1996. Chris McGrail (chris@obsolete.com)
wrote this on NagNagNag,
"last time i spoke to him [R.H.Kirk], he'd just been mastering a 2xCD in London for Touch, comprising most of the alphaphone set.
on CD at last! No street date yet known."
29th July
Sassi & Loco update
Christos Tourgelis (ctourgel@extro.ucc.su.oz.au) forwarded this to NagNagNag,
From: Jeff Long (longwon@psinet.net.au)
Any Cabaret Voltaire fans out there? I've some hot news for you!
Stephen Mallinder is currently recording with Travis Calley (6 Mile High ex Yummy Fur) and myself (Jeff Long a.k.a. longwon)
under the moniker 'Sassi and Loco'..........
Look out for a very early Sassi + Loco track on VOLUME Trance Pacific when it comes out.....
Also stand by for some wicked rhythmic dubs and remixes by the Cooling Brothers.....(MAL is gettin' busy)
Contrary to popular belief he does not live on a sheep station in Australia, but resides here in Perth where he is catalyzing
an Australian electronic renaissance. LUV YA WORK
Big up to Richard H. and all Cabophiles everywhere!
Peace and universal beats
DJ longwon
19th July
The Kudos Digest: C is for Cherries
Latest CD in the Kudos digest series. Ltd to 1000 copies. Features Cold Warrior "Walk East Remix". c.
8-9 mins. Modern Music will sell it to you for $19.99, apparently. Thanks to Ron Pringle
19th July
Agents With False Memories
Another RHK side project! Should be out 22 Aug 1996. qv. a press release.
(Apologies to who told me about this, I've deleted the message by accident.)
19th June
Melody Maker: AWOL 19 Jun 1996
Today's Melody Maker AWOL column is on CV. It's a pretty piss-poorly researched article on them. Buy it if you
want a photo' of the three Cabs, else, buy NME.
19th June
CV mailing list
Recently discussed on rmi/rma/amt, someone will be setting this up soon. Most likely to be called nagnagnag.
19th June
Sandoz' Dark Continent CD out
Several (lucky) people already have this. Time to e-mail Touch, methinks...
30th May
Chris Watson CD out
Stepping into the dark is now available.
29th May
Sandoz official site
Look at the new official Sandoz site, by Obsolete's Chris McGrail.
29th May
RHK on radio (again)
Chris McGrail:
"Kirk recently did four weekly slots on a Sheffield pirate
radio station, Groove FM. In the first session, he played music that influenced him over the past 15 years, in
the second he did a mixture of sandoz, electronic eye etc., recent stuff. the third was influences again, and the
fourth was a 3 hour set comprising of completely new material. he's currently wondering what to do with it all,
and it may be released under a new guise in the future. it may well surface as real audio 2 on obsolete before
then though..."
29th July
Robert Gordon: "Projects"
Update: No XON or RHK are on this release.
24th May
Robert Gordon: "Projects"
Maybe some unreleased collabortions on this??? From Melody Maker:
"Sheffield's Robert Gordon, best known for his work as one half of The Forgemasters and his production performances with
Cabaret Voltaire and XON, has an album of previously unreleased solo recordings and collaborations issued on Source this week.
"Projects" includes tracks recorded as Forgemasters, A-1 Project, Black Knight and a track conspired on with
Richie Hawtin..."
22nd May
Dark Continent CD
Mark Kolmar (mkolmar@ccs.nslsilus.org) says that:
Soleilmoon will be carrying [Sandoz' Dark Continent CD] in the US for $14.99, and the release date will be: 11 June 1996.
10th Mayy
More Alphaphone...
danny@glitsch.be:
I just received a mail from Danny at Kudos. Further alphaphone releases are planned but there is no firm schedule yet.
8th Mayy
Dark Continent CD track list
Jeff (jfg@aber.ac.uk) says that:
Comes out this month (or perhaps not, see below):
Dark Continent
Biosynthetic
Neon Soul
Transworld
Satellite
Orgasmatron
Neotek
Your Mind
Gun (Time Will Tell)
Libation
8th May
Pointless CV java applet!
OK, it's just the animator applet and three silly gifs I drew in Showcase, but what did you expect? Click
here.
3rd May
More gifs!
Ron Pringle (sensoria@tezcat.com) has scanned in a load of excellent CV images. Check them out.
What a hoopy guy! ;-)
3rd May
Sandoz extra tracks!
Ron Pringle (sensoria@tezcat.com) says:
There will be four extra tracks on the CD issue of Dark Continents.
1st May
Various first albums...
Ron Pringle (sensoria@tezcat.com):
"A couple of other items of interest from the Autumn 95 Touch catalog I recieved with my order...
"On Wigwam Records from Germany: "Wigwam 1 Trancemitter Superb Compilation inc. Sandoz, Speedy J, Drome et al." quoted from catalog.
Doesn't list the name of the Sandoz track.
"On TVT here in the states: "TVT7211-2 Various Artists - Ethno Techno - Sonic Anthropology Vol. 1 feat. Sandoz, Total Eclipse,
Sabres of Paradise, UTU, Juno Reactor, Mere Mortals, etc." 13 pounds. Again no mention of song titles."
1st Mayy
Re-releases
Apparently Sweet Exorcist's CCCD is re-released on Mid-Price by Warp. (Warp CD1)
Micro-phonies and The Crackdown are also out again. Priced between 5 and 10 quid (UK).
April
Richard H. Kirk ok Radio One shock!
Click here for more details...
28th March
Sassi & Loco
The new band featuring Six Mile High's keyboard player and Mal have finally started recording. Watch this space!
(Six Mile High have a new EP called Hallowed Ground out on Columbia soon, too. Oh, only in Oz though.)
26th March
Sandoz remix
Chris McGrail (chris@obsolete.com):
Sandoz "Morning Star (Dub Mix)" on Serenity Dub 3.1, Incoming! Records, 1996.
I think I prefer the original, but this is quite a pleasant diversion, and it's a rather good album, in any case.
Buy, buy, buy,...
26th March
Touch stuff
ron pringle (sensoria@tezcat.com):
Ash 2.6CD2 A Fault in the Nothing (Varous Artists)
Late March/Early April
bernhard günter/JOHN HUDAK - MERZBOW - IOS SMOLDERS - M. BEHRENS - ANTHONY MANNING - JOHN DUNCAN - EDVARD
GRAHAM LEWIS - PANASONIC - CHRIS WATSON - DISINFORMATION - REHBERG/BAUER - CM VON HAUSSWOLFF - RALF WEHOWSKY -
OVAL - DANIEL MENCHE - RYOJI IKEDA - ACHIM WOLLSCHEID
Text/images:
KOJI MARUTANI - MERZBOW - ART AUBRY - JON WOZENCOFT - CHRIS WATSON - MAGGIE WATSON - ACHIM WOLLSCHEID...
Coming up ie April/May:
Tone 4CD Sandoz - 'Dark Continent'
TO:27 Chris Watson - 'Stepping into the Dark'
19th March
Alphaphone - new label
Thanks to Jeff (jfg@aber.ac.uk), Danny (danny@glitsch.be), Mark Kolmar, Chris Tourgelis (ctourgelis@fisher.biz.usyd.edu.au)
and Chris McGrail (chris@obsolete.com).
All of the releases on the Alphaphone label are (and always will be) Richard H. Kirk!
New Alphaphone page.
19th February
More unsubstantiated rumours
DJ Parrot (of Sweet Exorcist) has a new label called "Earth Records". It has been rumoured that The Molemen's "Beneath
the Earth"/"Industrial Gunk" is RHK, but the label implies that the tracks are written by someone called
Moles, and it doesn't sound much like him either. It's still pretty odd and worth checking out if your in to avant-garde
noise dance music, though.
Also DJ Parrot is now recording under the name of "On".
19th February
Mal in Max Tausend
Ron Pringle said the following about the Max Tausend single:
"I also have in my possession a CD entitled "the jungle plays me songs of death" by the group Max Tausend. Liner notes are as
follows: "Max Tausend is a project with various guestartists (sic) from all around the world. This first CD Single release features Steven
Mallinder"
"Inside sleeve has more: "The composer and writer of Propaganda's biggest hit "Dr. Mabuse", teams up with Cabaret Voltaire's
Steven Mallinder and Yasuaki Shimizu, whose credits range from TV spots to Sakamoto collaboration, vocalist on Discipline is Muckina Benzin."
"There are 5 mixes of the title track which are, in order: 1. original mix, 2. eastern influence mix, 3. the hamburg night version, 4. discipline
cut up, 5. painful parfume mix.