Episode 241: 12/10/2023

Half Machine Lip Moves logo with ‘#241’ on it.

We finished our look back at fifty years of industrial music, starting at 2001 up to 2023. Then we played some more tracks in the remaining time. There was no theme, just a selection of tracks ranging from EBM to industrial metal, industrialized hip-hop, power electronics, experimental, and more.

  1. Half Machine Lip Moves Introduction [0:00:00 - 0:06:44]
  2. Mortiis: Scar Trek/Parasite God (Smell of Rain, 2001, Earache/Omnipresence) [0:06:44 - 0:12:45]
  3. Dälek: Spiritual Healing (From the Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots, 2002, Ipecac/Klangbad/Ici D’Ailleurs) [0:12:45 - 0:16:10]
  4. Killing Joke: Total Invasion (Killing Joke, 2003, Red Ink/Epic/Zuma Recordings) [0:16:10 - 0:21:35]
  5. Winterkälte: Ban Depleted Uranium Weapons (Poison Dust) (Disturbance, 2004, Hands Productions) [0:21:35 - 0:27:26]
  6. Alec Empire: Night of Violence (Futurist, 2005, Digital Hardcore Recordings) [0:30:52 - 0:34:21]
  7. Unter Null: Prophecy (Absolution EP, 2006, Alfa Matrix) [0:34:21 - 0:38:46]
  8. Mentallo & The Fixer: Brute Force Uploading (Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst, 2007, Alfa Matrix) [0:38:46 - 0:44:30]
  9. Imperative Reaction: Minus All (Minus All, 2008, Metropolis) [0:44:30 - 0:49:32]
  10. Pigface: Electric Knives Club (6, 2009, Full Effect Records) [0:49:32 - 0:54:55]
  11. Wumpscut: Loyal to My Hate (:Siamese: - Auf Wiedersehn Im Massengrab, 2010, Beton Kopf/Metropolis) [0:57:21 - 1:04:05]
  12. Prurient: A Meal Can Be Made (Bermuda Drain, 2011, Hydra Head Records) [1:04:05 - 1:06:22]
  13. Silent Servant: Invocation of Lust (Negative Fascination, 2012, Hospital Productions) [1:06:22 - 1:11:02]
  14. Pharmakon: Crawling On Bruised Knees (Abandon, 2013, Sacred Bones Records) [1:11:02 - 1:17:34]
  15. 3Teeth: Consent (3Teeth, 2014, Artoffact Records) [1:17:34 - 1:20:33]
  16. High Functioning Flesh: Hunger Cries (Definite Structures, 2015, Dais Records) [1:20:33 - 1:24:43]
  17. Youth Code: Dust of Fallen Rome (Commitment to Complications, 2016, Dais Records) [1:27:32 - 1:32:04]
  18. Uniform: The Killing of America (Wake in Fright, 2017, Sacred Bones Records) [1:32:04 - 1:36:07]
  19. HIDE: Fall Down (Castration Anxiety, 2018, Dais Records) [1:36:07 - 1:41:15]
  20. L.O.T.I.O.N.: Hardware (World Wide W.E.B., 2019, Toxic State Records) [1:41:15 - 1:44:22]
  21. Duma: Lionsblood (Duma, 2020, Nyege Nyege Tapes) [1:44:22 - 1:49:46]
  22. Zwaremachine: Ripping at the Fabric (Conquest 3000, 2021, Phage Tapes) [1:52:51 - 1:57:03]
  23. Plague Pits: Future Poetry (Poetry From the Future, 2022, Transnecropolitan/Self-Released) [1:57:03 - 2:00:55]
  24. Espermachine: It’s Gone (Love Apocalypse, 2023, Self-Released) [2:00:55 - 2:03:29]
  25. David Pritchard: Nash Metropolitan (Nocturnal Earthworm Stew/Bouillabaisse Nocturne Aux Vers De Terre, 1976, Island Records/Pacemaker Entertainment Limited/Artoffact Records) [2:04:58 - 2:06:59]
  26. Xenonics K-30: Dysplastoid (Automated, 2002, Ad Noiseam/Annhilvs) [2:06:59 - 2:14:29]
  27. Clipping.: La Mala Ordina (There Existed An Addiction to Blood, 2019, Sub Pop) [2:14:29 - 2:20:08]
  28. Jean Jacques Burnel: Freddie Laker (Euroman Cometh, 1979, United Artists Records) [2:23:47 - 2:27:15]
  29. Portion Control: He is Patriotic (I Staggered Mentally, 1982, In Phaze Records/Dark Entries) [2:27:15 - 2:30:19]
  30. XP8: Camden Town (Adrenochrome, 2013, 2393 Records) [2:30:19 - 2:34:54]
  31. Kill Shelter & Death Loves Veronica: Sex Tape (The Sex Tape Sessions EP, 2023, Cold Transmission Music) [2:34:54 - 2:39:38]
  32. Die Form: Bite of God (Ad Infinitum, 1993, Hyperium Records/Matrix Cube/Mecanica) [2:39:38 - 2:43:05]
  33. Download: Attallal (Virtual Flower) — Haujobb Remix (Sidewinder, 1996, Nettwerk/Sub-Conscious Communications/Bandai Music/Artoffact Records) [2:43:05 - 2:47:46]

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Flyer for Retro Moderne, Brought by Shadow Transmission and Rhythm Room. The text reads, “Retro Moderne: A New Wave Dance Party. Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 7-10 PM. All ages, $10, at Vino’s, 923 West Seventh Street, Little Rock. Benefits Arkansas Community Advocates.”

The first edition of the Retro Moderne New Wave Dance Party is Sunday, December 17, at Vino’s in Little Rock.

A New Wave dance party to benefit Arkansas Community Advocates! Come out and dance to incredible music, while helping people in need this holiday season! An all ages event!

RIYL: Classic New Wave (Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, etc), and the new stuff (Drab Majesty, Twin Tribes, Choirboy, etc).

We are giving 100% of proceeds to our charity

I’ll be DJing at this, along with DJ Hollow, and another DJ. More info about the event can be found on this Facebook page.


Flyer for Friday Night Frights at The Labyrinth. The December edition is a screening of Frankenstein’s Daughter, on Friday, December 29, 2023 at The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street in Little Rock, AR.

The December edition of Friday Night Frights at The Labyrinth is a screening of Frankenstein’s Daughter, on Friday, December 29. This is also a benefit for Arkansas Community Advocates! More info can be found on this Facebook event page.


Flyer for Club Nevermore: Casual Club Hits. This shows the Club Nevermore logo, which is a skull with a raven inside of it, and below that there is an image of a person covered in a sheet, to depict a ghost, with glasses on. The text reads, “Club Nevermore. Goth and industrial dance party. Casual Club Hits. No theme, just dance. Saturday, January 13, 2024. 8 PM to 2 AM. With resident DJs DJ 10.29, DJ Graveyard Gloria, DJ Operator OT, and DJ Wilhelm. At The Labyrinth, 619 South Spring Street in Little Rock. Info on Club Nevermore membership at clubnevermore.com .”

The next Club Nevermore event is Club Nevermore: Casual Club Hits. There’s no theme, just goth-industrial tracks with Nevermore’s resident DJs. This is a private, members-only event. Visit clubnevermore.com for details on how to join.