Episode 58: 10/14/2018

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We started this episode with a block of songs from new and upcoming releases. Things took a turn and went into a weird haunted off-kilter lo-fi direction, starting with no wave and atonal folk and then going into warped and haunted versions of more popular music. After that we went into experimental audio collages and took a brief look at the world of numbers stations, which was followed by phantasmal noise and ambient.

Half Machine Lip Moves Episode #58
  1. Throbbing Gristle: Propaganda (Intro) (Assume Power Focus, 1982, Power Focus/Paragoric) [0:00:00 - 0:01:00]
  2. Prurient: Many Jewels Surround the Crown (Bermuda Drain, 2011, Hydra Head Records) [0:01:00 - 0:03:45]
  3. VNV Nation: When is the Future (Noire, 2018, Metropolis/Anachron Sounds) [0:03:45 - 0:08:53]*
  4. Holygram: A Faction (Modern Cults, 2018, Oblivion/Cleopatra) [0:08:53 - 0:13:29]
  5. Arctic Flowers: Hallow Water (Straight to the Hunter, 2018, Sabotage/Arctic Flowers Records) [0:13:29 - [0:16:25]
  6. Street Sects: The Drifter (The Kicking Mule, 2018, Flenser Records) [0:16:25 - 0:20:30]
  7. Author & Punisher: Nihil Strength (Beastland, 2018, Relapse) [0:20:30 - 0:24:04]*
  8. Sonic Youth: (She’s in a) Bad Mood (Confusion is Sex, 1983, Neutral Records/SST) [0:30:02 - 0:35:37]
  9. Sonic Youth: Protect Me You (Confusion is Sex, 1983, Neutral Records/SST) [0:35:37 - 0:41:05]
  10. Jandek: Naked in the Afternoon (Ready For the House, 1978, Corwood Industries) [0:41:05 - 0:46:02]
  11. The Caretaker: Midnight, the Stars, and You (Selected Memories From the Haunted Ballroom, 1999, V/Vm Test Records/History Always Favors the Winners) [0:46:02 - 0:49:29]*
  12. Pierrot Lunaire: Station to Station (Turn Back the Hands of Time, 2011, Hooker Vision) [0:49:29 - 0:54:16]
  13. The Everyday Film: The Sense Test (The House I Used to Turn Into, 2009, Assumed Makeup) [0:57:44 - 0:59:52]
  14. Car Commercials: Down On the Curtains (Judy’s Dust, 2008, Cenotaph) [0:59:52 - 1:04:21]
  15. Sleep Chamber: The Beast (Sexmagick Ritual, 1987, Trinity Records/Inner-X-Musick/FünfUndVierzig) [1:04:21 - 1:08:10]
  16. The Number Lady (Youtube Video, 2011) [1:08:10 - 1:09:00]
  17. DDR Stasi/East German Army?: Zahlensender/Number Station “G03” (“Gong and Chimes Station”) — 9/22/1978 [1:09:00 - 1:12:02]
  18. Darksmith: Excerpt From No Space Side A (No Space, 2009, Middle James Co.) [1:12:02 - 1:20:38]
  19. Hair Police: Fear of Sleep Side B (Fear of Sleep, 2007, Hospital Productions) [1:25:31 - 1:30:22]
  20. Gaze Campaign: Arch For Dead End (Gestalt Bruise, 2008, Lust Vessel) [1:30:22 - 1:34:43]
  21. Wolf Eyes: Post Civilization Muzak Track 4 (Post Civilization Muzak, 2006, Gods of Tundra) [1:34:43 - 1:38:28]
  22. Withdrawal Method: Squared Away Side A (Squared Away, 2010, Hospital Productions) [1:38:28 - 1:48:19]
  23. “It’s a Fine Day…” (AKA, The “Haunted” Japanese Kleenex Commercial): (Youtube Video, 2006) [1:50:43 - 1:51:12]
  24. Relay For Death: Excerpt From Birth of An Older, Much More Ugly Christ Side A (Birth of an Older, Much More Ugly Christ, 2010, Hanson Records) [1:51:12 - 1:58:03]
  25. Relay For Death: Excerpt From Birth of An Older, Much More Ugly Christ Side B (Birth of an Older, Much More Ugly Christ, 2010, Hanson Records) [1:58:03 - 2:04:28]
  26. Black Mountain Transmitter: Excerpt From Black Goat of the Woods (Black Goat of the Woods, 2009, Lysergic Earwax/Aurora Borealis/Auris Apothecary) [2:04:28 - 2:17:14]
  27. Mossy Throats: Static Cage (Steel Trap Compilation, 2010, Chondritic Sound) [2:22:19 - 2:31:55]
  28. Michael Saunders: Dye (Dust/Dye, 2013, Blue Pole Recordings) [2:31:55 - 2:44:52]

* Listener-requested song.

Suplemental Material

G03 on Priyom.org — Info on the G03 “Gong and Chimes” station.

G3 Stasi/Gong and Chimes Station — Another page with info on the East German G3 “Gong and Chimes” Station.