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SPK - Australian band

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SPK - Australian band

Postby ExRat » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:33 am

Was wondering if anyone else remembers or was a fan of SPK, the Australian industrial/noise band. They release the following albums:

Information Overload Unit
Leichenschrei
Auto-Da-Fe
Machine Age Voodoo
From Science to Ritual
Zamia Lehmanni

Does anyone know if they are still around (in some manner or other)?
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Postby KYYX4ever » Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:07 am

SPK....I really liked one song of theirs: "White Island", where they sampled voiceovers from nuclear bomb testing in the remote South Pacific islands. Talk about the Cold War era ! The voiceovers were instructions for the "locals" to get off the islands,
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Postby Jason² » Mon Mar 22, 2004 6:34 am

How could you leave their masterpiece "Gold & Poison" and the follow-up live album "Oceana" off the list???
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Postby ExRat » Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:02 am

I just listed the albums I had owned, or had heard. I wasn't aware of the others. Thanx for bringing them to my attention. I would most definitely be interested in getting them!!!!
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Postby thefxc » Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:04 am

SPK are one of my favorites--on their early releases, they do avant-noise industrial better than most; later they became a credible synthpop/industrial dance band. I think the Mute CD _Auto-Da-Fe_ is a brilliant encapsulation of their sound, and _Machine
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Postby Jason² » Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:43 am

Superfecta has actually licensed the rights to Machine Age Voodoo for a CD release in the future, but much like the oft-delayed B-Movie title - we can't seem to ascertain just large the audience is - and if it will sell.
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Postby schwenko » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:00 am

[quote]Originally posted by jfiber
[br]Superfecta has actually licensed the rights to Machine Age Voodoo for a CD release in the fut
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Postby thefxc » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:36 am

I hope Superfecta goes through with it--I've taped this album for many friends through the years; everyone who hears it likes it. I think it would be a fairly decent seller, especially if it were marketed to goth/industrial/synthpop djs and fans. Of cou
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Postby Jason² » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:39 pm

[quote]Originally posted by thefxc
[br] Of course, I have no idea how many units a reissue has to move to be worthwhile to the labe
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Postby swerve » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:41 pm

Jason:

You may want to e-mail DJ Ed at his site with respect to advertising in the hopes of driving more people to your site.

www.flashbackalternatives.com
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Postby yipyipcoyote » Tue May 25, 2004 11:01 am

Superfecta cd's are available on Amazon.com. That should reach a big enough market? It was there I bought my Bachelor Party cd, although I got the Cabaret Voltaire when it first came out on Virgin.

Anyway, should it materialize, please make sure all th
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Postby golfer » Tue May 25, 2004 6:00 pm

yeahhhhhhhhhh...I saw SPK a few times in Sydney circa. 1978-83, the appeared under several names "Socialists Patients Collective", "Surgical Penis Klinik", "SepPuKu", "Meat Processing Sektion". One night while using an angle-grinder on stage(a power tool
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Postby Mr Fittler » Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:09 am

As a postscipt to the SPK thread... while most people believe that SPK was chiefly the brainchild of Mr Revell, the fact is that two other people had a very great deal to do with this particular permutation of rock's family tree... Firstly , Neil Hill (Ne
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Postby yipyipcoyote » Tue Jun 08, 2004 3:40 am

Thanks for the info Mr.Fittler. I was kind of intrigued by the 'new release' myself. The product info says "Project by two former members of SPK!!! Multitalented man John Murphy (...) did this recordings with Dominik Guerin in Australia in the early ninet
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Postby ExRat » Wed Jun 09, 2004 9:43 am

Yes, Thank you so much Mr. Fittler. Was pleased to hear about the future releasse and the info you had to share[:)]
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