Episode 173: 2/6/2022

This show was an Operator’s Choice special, in which Operator OT played whatever he wanted. It was also a pre-recorded show, due to a recent sleet and ice storm interrupting OT’s work schedule. The first block was a set of industrial and EBM tracks. That was followed with a set of deathrock and dark punk tracks, including some featuring the late Davey Bales. Then we played a set of post-punk tracks. That was followed up with a set of synthpop, darkwave, and more. The midnight block was another set of post-punk tracks, and we closed the show with a set of shoegaze tracks.

1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction [0:00:00 - 0:06:28]
2. High-Functioning Flesh: Stationed (Culture Cut, 2017, Dais Records) [0:06:28 - 0:11:37]
3. Zwaremachine: International Hero (Conquest 3000, 2021, Phage Tapes) [0:11:37 - 0:16:19]
4. Kontravoid: Turn Away (Too Deep, 2019, Fleisch) [0:16:19 - 0:20:27]
5. Coil: The Wheel (The Wheel/The Wheal, 1987, Threshold House/Normal) [0:20:27 - 0:23:10]
6. Lost Tribe: Forever (The Dawn, 2010, Self-Released) [0:26:07 - 0:30:19]
7. Lost Tribe: Vexed (Lost Tribe, 2011, Blind Prophet Records) [0:30:19 - 0:32:59]
8. Shadow Age: Portrait of a Young Man Drowning (Silaluk, 2015, 6131 Records/Self-Released) [0:32:59 - 0:36:02]
9. The Wraith: Barbed Wire Somber (Gloom Ballet, 2019, Southern Lord) [0:36:02 - 0:38:45]
10. Neva: Louchald (Fausse Conscience, 1989, Self-Released/Darkside) [0:38:45 - 0:41:53]
11. Moral Hex: Faustian Bargain (It’s Mind Control, 2010, Self-Released/Voice From Inside) [0:41:53 - 0:45:09]
12. Adrenochrome: Shattered Frames (Adrenochrome/Buzz Or Howl Sessions, 2018, Near Dark Records/Oscuridad En Mi Vida/Self-Released) [0:45:09 - 0:47:49]
13. Swan Wash: Dark Water (The Upstairs Museum, 2020, Sister Cylinder/Self-Released) [0:47:49 - 0:50:18]
14. Dover Lights: Memory Dissolves (Dover Lights, 2021, Self-Released) [0:53:32 - 0:57:11]
15. Asylum Party: Play Alone (Borderline, 1989, Lively Art/Deanwell Global Music) [0:57:11 - 1:03:32]
16. Black Rose Burning: When We Dance (The Year of the Scorpion, 2020, Self-Released) [1:03:32 - 1:08:38]
17. Mode Moderne: Gastown Nights (Mode IV, 2018, 604 Records/Light Organ Records) [1:08:38 - 1:12:44]
18. Traitrs: Magdalene (Horses in the Abattoir, 2021, Freakwave Records [1:12:44 - 1:16:37]
19. Clock DVA: 4 Hours (Thirst, 1981, Fetish Records/Expanded Music/Doublevision/Contempo Records/Cargo Records) [1:16:37 - 1:20:27]
20. Bang! Bang!: Falling Falling (Decked Out, 2006, Morphius Records) [1:23:21 - 1:26:34]
21. Linea Aspera: Synapse (Linea Aspera, 2012, Dark Entries/No Emb Blanc/Self-Released) [1:26:34 - 1:30:46]
22. Fall Shock: Synthetica (Interior, 2020, Manic Depression) [1:30:46 - 1:35:06]
23. Al’yans: Na Zare (NRG/Al’yans Split, 1991, Melodiya) [1:35:06 - 1:40:46]
24. Men Without Hats: Antarctica (Rhythm of Youth, 1982, Statik Records/MCA/Sire/Virgin) [1:40:46 - 1:44:08]]
25. Panic Priest: Nighthunter (Second Seduction, 2020, Negative Gain Productions) [1:44:08 - 1:48:14]
26. Illusionaut: Bella (The New Body Electric, 2021, Spining Inside Music/Self-Released)[1:51:29 - 1:56:30]†
27. Jack Frost: Every Hour God Sends (Jack Frost, 1990, Red Eye Records/Polydor/Polygram/Karmic Hit/Arista) [1:56:30 - 2:01:01]
28. Ides of March: On the Face (On the Face, 1986, RS Records) [2:01:01 - 2:07:55]
29. A Neon Rome: Society Rag (New Heroin, 1986, Fringe Product/New Rose Records/Right Side Records) [2:07:55 - 2:10:51]
30. The Foreign Resort: Obsessing (Outnumbered, 2019, Artoffact Records [2:10:51 - 2:15:04]
31. The Joy Formidable: Whirring (The Big Roar, 2011, Canvasblack/Atlantic) [2:18:07 - 2:24:47]
32. Coaltar of the Deepers: Blink (The Visitors From Deepspace, 1994, XEO Invitation) [2:24:47 - 2:29:37]
33. Teksti-TV 666: Tuhatvuotinen Harharekti (2, 2015, GAEA Records) [2:29:37 - 2:33:50]
34. Buried in Roses: Descent (Buried in Roses, 2021, Swiss Dark Nights) [2:33:50 - 2:40:22]

† Local artist

The Wraith’s announcement of Davey Bales’s death

GoFundMe fundraiser to help pay for Davey Bales’s funeral expenses

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