E.D.L. - "every day life" (demo 1994)

this one had me excited to no end when i first heard it.

the first track '90's warfare' is still probably my fave e.d.l. track with its metal backing, rapcore delivery, use of samples and death metal vocal howls.  sadly, they didn't use much of most of these elements in their following full length albums.

'look' appeared on their debut full length cd, but in a quite different version.
'flow' seems out of place at first, a funky lo-fi hip hop number. its good to have, but easy to see why it was left off of the debut.
'hunger' ends the tape strong...distorted vocals over a steady groove.

1. 90's warfare
2. look
3. flow
4. hunger
Included as a bonus: the early and rare track from the 'noize compilation' unreleased elsewhere...
"the couch"
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*requested reap

soul junk - "1955" (1998 jackson/rubio recordings)

terrifically weird.
there's no use trying to quickly sum up the sound of soul junk.  drum n' bass, punk, hip-hop, alt rock, electronic, experimental, funk, stoner, industrial, genre hop HOP HOP HOPPING.


A1 Rebel Syphon
A2 Universal Two-Day City
A3 Pack Of Goons
A4 May My Tongue Be Stuck Up On The Roof
A5 Velodrome?
A6 Prophecies
A7 Old Dominion
A8 Straight From Neptune
A9 Double-O Javelin
A10 Blunderbuss
A11 Throw Down
A12 Cherry Stereo Chariot
A13 Moonbeam?
A14 All Men Are Grass
A15 Glowing Funeral
A16 As The Rain
A17 Transubstantial Peel-Out

AA18 See His Face
AA19 More Of The Illusory Doorprize
AA20 Gorilla In The Mix
AA21 April 42nd
AA22 Numb Live & Looser
AA23 Quasars?
AA24 Subwoof Ape Job
AA25 Yellow Tooth Yooth
AA26 THE Auriginal Manglist
AA27 Down With Sounds
AA28 All Lids
AA29 Some True Blue Gum From Seething Teeth
AA30 Turn On The Solar
AA31 Lazy Rattlesnake


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native son and the foundation - "life in the grave" (1992 ocean)

little known side project from mark salomon of the crucified fame, not to mention neon horse, stavesacre, outer circle, and tons of work with industrial artists the likes of argyle park, chatterbox, and mortal.
this is early 90's hip hop/rap with a healthy dose of funk injected.  it sounds kinda dated and i've always liked it a bit, but i can't help but wonder where this could have gone if mark had gone further with it and let it progress.
"native son" has always been my favorite track, for what are probably obvious reasons, but they all have a strange charm to them and are growing on me more now than when i first heard them 17 (gasp!) years ago.
enjoy this sorta weird turn:)

1&2 - a day in the life / native son  (i combined them when i ripped this as they always sounded great together as intended)
3. gone split second's time
4. the sound the family fou
5. equality
6. heirs to the crime
7. a.w.o.l. society
8. my thing (don't worry 'bout me)
9. people watchin'
10. life in the grave
11. message to a prodigal
12. lift your voice, brothers and sisters
13. day's end

the color of my thing ain't none of your business 
(no, seriously, that's a lyric from track 8:))