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RIP Monte Cazazza (1954 – 2023)

“Kick That Habit Man” (1982) door Monte Cazazza

Monte Cazazza was een Amerikaanse muziekmaker en performancekunstenaar gekend voor opnames zoals “Kick That Habit Man” (1982), een permutatiegedicht van Brion Gysin uit 1959.

Cazazza was actief binnen wat men de industriële muziek noemt, een genre genoemd naar het Britse label Industrial Records van midden jaren zeventig, mede-bezield door de ook recent overleden Genesis P-Orridge.

Bij ons heeft Front 242 het monopolie van dat soort muziek. Je kon je in de jaren tachtig verdiepen in die scène door de Re/Search boeken te kopen die in platenwinkels verkocht werden eerder dan in boekenwinkels.

Rust zacht Monte.

RIP Gabi ‘D. A. F.’ Delgado-López (1958-2020)

“Der Mussolini” (1981)

This happened last week.

Gabi Delgado-López was a Spanish-born German musician, co-founder of Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.

He is known for singing compositions such as “Der Mussolini” (1981). This song, together with “Los Niños del Parque” (1981) by Liaisons Dangereuses and “Numbers” (1981) by Kraftwerk put Germany on the map in black America and the dance music world.

If you listen to the full Alles ist gut album where “Der Mussolini” comes from, you cannot help but wonder if D.A.F. listened to Suicide. The sighing voice on “Mein Herz Macht Bum” would give them away.

RIP Genesis P-Orridge (1950 – 2020)

Genesis P-Orridge was and English musician and founding member of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV.

I first learned of P-Orridge in the late 1980s during the acid house period. I remember some of their Psychic TV material from the radio shows by Luc Janssen. However, I can’t seem to find the tracks that I heard at the time.

“United/Zyklon B Zombie”

Where to begin? There is so much. Let’s start with the exceptional single “United/Zyklon B Zombie” (1978).

And let us add the album 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979) also by Throbbing Gristle.

There was a time when I actually thought that these were jazz-funk tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHPe-IzR2D0&list=PLDzS1Jgeqb3PIuSEAFkDUqa1QCAEEcFjf
20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)

New listener, do not fear, it’s very experimental but actually not that hard on the irritation scale.