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The now legendary Some Bizzare Records (www.somebizzare.com & www.myspace.com/somebizarrerecords) was launched with a compilation LP entitled "Some Bizzare Album" in 1981. The album featured Soft Cell, Blancmange, Depeche Mode, The The and other more obscure acts in the same vein.

Set up by madcap pop genius manager and ex DJ Stevo Pearce - (who had a habit of irritating major record industry multinational labels by sending teddy bears containing pre-recorded messages inside them to board meetings in his place) - Soft Cell, The The, Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, B-Movie, and Psychic TV were some of the early groups on the label.

By the mid 80s, the roster included Test Dept, Coil, Swans, Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel, and various Soft Cell solo and off-shoot projects.

Some Bizarre have introduced the public to some of the most interesting music of the past 25 years. This is evidenced by a compilation album "Redefining the Prologue" released in October 2006 to mark the label's 25th anniversary,

Now with new acts on the Roster including 'The Dark Poets', 'Meka', 'Monkey Farm Frankenstein' and 'Mainstream Distortion'....it seems that the label - even all these years later - still manages to be way ahead of its time....

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Some Bizarre Artists "Redefining the prologue -1981 - 2006"

Some Bizzare: Redefining the prologue 1981-2006 (Universal CD) Mike Barns (Wire Magazine) 25 years ago, Some Bizzare founder Stevo's dyslexia gave us a name that even today makes this writer fumble over its correct spelling. He also gave us music that was eclectic yet unified by being maverick, hard edged and largely electronic. There's more to it that that description, of course, and this 18 track anthology is more like a presentation than a journey through the past. This is put cheekily into context firstly with Soft Cell's "Memorabilia" - Monkey Farm Frankenstein's Mental Remix thereof - which unsentimentally ends with found speech "forget about it; it's better to have no memories." To complicate matters, MFF's own "Just another victim from 2006 sounds as if it's come from the same Some Bizzare motherload, and "Accelerate" by Meka is cut from similar cloth as Soft Cell, albeit with a meatier 21st century digital sound. Dark Poets "Crazy", another 2006 track, with its fuzz Metal chords and monomaniacally sampled voice, is a bad trip inverse of handbag house. Taking that into account, it's quite amazing that - by avoiding the cliches of the era - some of the 80s tracks sound remarkably current. Swans' "Time Is Money (Bastard)" (1985) is typically sour with cod-menacing vocals over a marching rhythm. But from the same year, Cabaret Voltaire's "Crackdown" and Einsturzende Neubauten's "Yu-Gung", with its Can-like beat -and even The The's "Twilight Of A Champion" (1983) - all sound suprisingly fresh. Bizzare indeed. http://www.somebizarre.com http://www.myspace.com/somebizarrerecords HIGH HEEL SHOES - SBZ048CD -OUT NOW MEKA RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM ON LEGENDARY LABEL SOME BIZZARE

30th March 2007 Number 1 DMC Buzz Chart Italian camp electronic 80s music at its fun loving best! MEKA is the latest project from Max Durante and his long time collaborator Key (Ketty Boccia, Koffeebuzz). A veteran of the European dance scene Max Durante started his career in 1986 mixing Acid House and freestyle around Italy. Through his love of hip hop he began to integrate scratching into his sets and an eclectic choice of tunes. This lead him to be named The Wizard Of The Decks. Legendary Dance/Industrial label SOME BIZZARE for the release of their debut album. Lead by a mix of minimalist sexy house and electronica with suggestive, distinct and sometimes risque vocals from Key. This album is the soundtrack to your sexy summer!! http://www.mekaweb.com http://www.myspace.com/mekamek Monkey Farm Frankenstein TWITCH OF THE DEF NERVE - SBZ051CD - OUT NOW

DMC World Techno Chart No. 4 (15/2/07) DMC UK Techno Chart No.2 Monkey Farm Frankenstein is a pair of young horror-obsessed malcontents who write, perform, engineer, record, program, edit, produce, mix, and master their own unique style of industrial hip hop music. Gathering samples in the dark and rainy streets of Portland, Oregon, they construct their subhuman breakbeat monster from unearthed pieces of cult horror films and dead LPs, dusty stacks of videotapes and aging analog synthesizers. The MFF invoke the hip hop influences in early Skinny Puppy and Ministry records, combining the sampledelic breakbeat sound of The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers with the funky chaos of Meat Beat Manifesto and Public Enemy. Monkey Farm Frankenstein dominate their machines, not the other way around, infusing every track with meanace and humor. Like the best horror films, the MFF balances their dark and aggressive nature with a sense of black comedy that lightens the tone and brings an audience into the fun. Combined with the pop-song structure of their songwriting, the MFF is both edgy and accessible. http://www.myspace.com/monkeyfarmfrankenstein Mainstream Distortion BULLY- SBZ049CD - OUT NOW

"Short of a riot, it's doubtful you'll hear a more manic or angry sound this year..." - Metal Hammer November 2006 Mainstream Distortion Discribed as "Nine Inch Nails on Cider" create passionate, industrial, techno which takes the listener on a journey through angst ridden, cyber punk and dark landscapes of sound fused with commercial poetic melodies. Formed in July 04, they immediately recorded 40 tracks that Stitch had pre-recorded onto his PC. The furious effect of these recordings quickly buzzed through the welsh music scene mastering the debut album "Bully" is OUT NOW , enhanced with a video by cult movie Director Alex Chandon (Pervirella/Cradle of Fear). "Start a revolution and go to war" http://www.mainstreamdistortion.com http://www.myspace.com/mainstreamdistortion Soft Cell DEMO NON STOP - SBZ059CD -OUT NOW COLLECTION OF DEMOS FROM THE SESSIONS OF SOFT CELLS MULTI PLATINUM DEBUT!! Non-Stop

Erotic Cabaret was the first album released by the groundbreaking synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell, released in 1981 by Some Bizarre Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the worldwide success of its single Tainted Love, a cover version of a little-known R&B song by Gloria Jones which topped charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981 in the United States. The album continued to produce a string of Top-5 singles in the UK, including "Bedsitter," "Torch," and the unapolagetically sentimental "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye." Now the newly resurrected Some Bizarre is releasing the best of the until now unreleased demos for the sessions of the album, including an early version of the hit single Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. An essential addition to any Soft Cell, Grid or Marc Almond fans collection. THE BEDSIT TAPES - SBZ046CD - OUT NOW

Historical rare recording made between 1978 and 1982 by the now legendary 80s electro pop group SOFT CELL!!! Originally, vocalist Marc Almond and synth player Dave Ball teamed to compose music for theatrical productions, and as Soft Cell, their live performances continued to draw heavily on the pair's background in drama and the visual arts. A self-financed EP titled Mutant Moments brought the duo to the attention of Some Bizzare label head Stevo, who enlisted Daniel Miller to produce their underground hit single "Memorabilia" the following year. This was the launch pad for the band to rise to international notoriety in their short and successful career. Sleeve notes: I remember there was a little makeshift studio tucked away in the corner of Leeds Polytechnic Fine Arts department,the "studio" basically consisted of two Revox B77 quarter inch reel to reel tape machines,a funny old Tandberg reel to reel machine and a six channel line mixer.I had a Korg DV800 duophonic synth,(my first one) a couple of stylophones and eventually aquired a very basic drum machine.I used this set up to make weird little tunes up for reasons known only to myself(ie no reason). It was probably 1978 when Marc Almond;a fellow student happened to be walking by and heard these funny electronic bleeps and came into the studio to listen and asked if I would do some sounds for his performance art shows which I did. A year went by and we had started writing our idea of "pop songs" which we performed live at the Fine Art Xmas party.Before we knew it we had turned our "art pop" into "pop art" or maybe the other way round. :- Dave Ball 6th June 2005 DAVE BALL - IN STRICT TEMPO SBZ075CD Release Date: 14.05.07 Dave Ball - In strict tempo (no image)

British synthesizer player Dave Ball was one half of Soft Cell, along with Marc Almond, starting in October 1979. Before that duo broke up in December 1983, he made one solo album, In Strict Tempo. Originally released in 1983 the album was a leftfield masterpiece, featuring a plethora of guest musicians including GAVIN FRIDAY and the mercurial GENESIS P. ORRIDGE with Dave Ball acting as producer, multi instrumentalist and main vocals. The album was also mixed by enigmatic british producer FLOOD (known for his sucessful work with U2, DEPECHE MODE and SMASHING PUMPKINS). Test Department Release Date: 30 / 04 / 07 BEATING THE RETREAT - SBZ065CD THE UNACCEPTABLE FACE OF FREEDOM - SBZ064CD

TEST DEPT contribution to the movie 2006 "The Year 2027, the last day of the Human Race, No Child has been born for 18 years. He Must Protect Our Only Hope - Universal Pictures. "Children of Men" Test Dept were an industrial music band formed in New Cross, London, by unemployed musicians (including Alastair Adams, Paul Jamrozy, Angus Farquhar, Graham Cunnington, Tony Cudlip, Toby Burdon and Paul Hines) from Glasgow, Scotland, where the band later re-located. Formed in 1981, they are hailed by many musicians as one of the most influential early industrial music acts. Their approach was marked out by a strong commitment to radical politics. Their discography spans a wide variety of influences and styles, including a collaboration with the South Wales Striking Miners Choir in support of the Miners' Strike of 1984. They were particularly notable for complex and powerful percussion, as well as high-energy live performances. Like the German band Einst|rzende Neubauten, with whom they are often compared, Test Dept used unconventional instruments such as scrap metal and industrial machinery as sound sources; however, Test Dept's use of these objects was far more rhythmic than was Neubauten's, and was often accompanied by film and slide shows. Continuing the re-issue of their extensive back catalogue Some Bizarre present here 2 classic albums from the bands 80s incarnation. Both re-issued in Dig packs like the other releases on the label such as FOETUS and NEUBAUTEN. Essential for any collector of early industrial!!! Swans COP/YOUNG GOD/GREED/HOLY MONEY - SBZ047CD -OUT NOW AMAZING DOUBLE CD RE-ISSUE OF 4 SWANS EARLY ALBUMS!!!

Crawling out of the same noisy, arty New York underground that sired SONIC YOUTH and LYDIA LUNCH, Swans created a dark, abrasive, murky, slowed-down noise rock that served as a starting point for their ruminations about alienation, depression, depravity, and the disturbing side of human nature. Singers Michael Gira and Jarboe have been the group's only constants over the years; Gira has taken the group from its early confrontational shock tactics to a more varied, mature attack. The band first appeared on record in 1982 with a self-titled EP, and these early releases document their search for the musical vocabulary to express their ideas effectively. Female singer Jarboe joined the group for 1986's Holy Money and brought a gentler, more relaxed dimension to Swans' sound. The Swans are the only band in the universe. There is no other sonic experience of such incredible power and magnitude to be found anywhere. That is an absolute fact. - ATTITUDE (USA) Swans can confidently be described as nothing short of a miracle - NME Swans are like some elite combat group. Abandoning conventional concepts of pitch and melody, they strip rock and roll to the barest bones. Power, urgency, excitement. This is no pose - THE VILLAGE VOICE The track raping a slave is included in Kurt Cobains handwritten journals as one of his top 50 tracks of all time. Scraping Foetus off The Wheel HOLE - SBZ052CD - OUT NOW

NAIL- SBZ053CD - OUT NOW

FOETUS - 'SINK' Release date: 28.05.07 SBZ074CD

FOETUS - 'THAW' Release date: 28.05.07 SBZ054CD

In an age when terms like "alternative" and "independent" get bandied about corporate boardrooms as mere mass-market packaging slogans, it takes an artist as rare as Jim Thirlwell (FOETUS) to inject some meaning into what is so casually labeled "the underground." With his history of relentless aesthetic terrorism and committed cultural subversion, Thirlwell is one of the most independent thinkers on the music scene today, a much-needed alternative to "alternative rock" itself. Linking up with Some Bizarre in the early eighties Thirwell adopted the "Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel" moniker for the release of two of his most well know early albums "Hole" and "Nail" in '84 & '85 respectively (already re-issued by SOME BIZARRE this year!). Later adopting "FOETUS INTERRUPTUS" for the "THAW album in 1988 and "FOETUS INC." for the ""SINK" album (collecting together rare and compilation/collaboration tracks). With a collision of electronics, tape loops and harsh beats and vocals Foetus' albums helped define the underground industrial scene in London throughout the eighties and has remained (if indirectly) a large influence on the scenes development. With lovingly restored artwork under direct supervision from Thirwell himself these two albums are now available in deluxe digi packs which do the original LP's artwork justice like no CD issue has ever done. These two CD's are essential to any fan or curious music buyer. Einsturzende Neubauten FULL SOME BIZARRE BACK CATALOGUE RE-ISSUED FROM THIS LEGENDARY GERMAN EXPERIMENTAL BAND Formed in 1980 EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN einsturzende neubauten - haus der luenge

einsturzende neubauten - drawings of patient O.T.

einsturzende neubauten - KOLLAPS

(Collapsing New Buildings) EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN contribution to the movie's "Heat" - "The Insider" - "Day in the Life of David Gale" quickly gained notoriety for their unique use of Industrial sounds and electronics in their live shows, after releasing their first album the band signed to Some Bizarre for the production and release of their next four albums. All re-issued on deluxe digi packs these albums presented here represent the bands most popular period in the mid to late eighties. These are essential albums for any fan of the band or curious music fan looking to explore the creative heyday of the classic group or industrials most favoured period. ZGA Vs FIGS "Who Has Stolen The Air?" (Please insert image John) COMING SOON! JUNE RELEASE : DATE TO BE CONFIRMED ZGA is a unique phenomenon in Russian post-rock music. There's never been a band that would for so long, so consistently and with such dogged perseverance and dedication pursue the non-compromised approach to music. ZGA pretty much equals Nick Sudnick. Throughout countless personnel changes Nick has always been there - the mind, the heart, the soul, the creator and inventor of this unparalleled music. We first met in the early 80s. The newly born Russian rock strived for lyrical freedom and new spirit, music hardly mattered and in most cases remained quite simple. I, however, craved for weirder and stranger textures. Sudnick was a connoisseur and avid collector of Rock in Opposition and industrial: Henry Cow, This Heat, Test Department, Universe Zero. That was the shape of sound ZGA was aiming at. "Zga" is a very obsolete, obscure and peculiar Russian word. It means something really miniscule and in the contemporary language it survived only as a part of an expression ni zgi ne vidno - "pitch dark". ZGA's music when I first heard it was by no means sounded obsolete but obscure it very well was: asymmetrical rhythms, hardly any melody, distorted guitar paired with Nick's homemade instruments. They lived in Riga, and in 1986 I was proud to bring this unusual band for their first ever gig in Leningrad, then capital of Russian rock. In 1991 Sudnick and ZGA moved to St. Petersburg. His studio in the legendary artists commune at Pushkinskaya 10 is a mix between a scrap metal warehouse, where he builds, solders, puts together his countless homemade instruments, and a makeshift recording studio. He's also a curator of GEZ 21 - Gallery of Experimental Sound, the hub for noise and industrial projects. Living in Pushkinskaya 10 and working at GEZ exposed reclusive Sudnik to a whole new range of people and ideas. He works on a number of side projects, one is producing an all female band IvaNova. Its drummer Katya Fedorova became a full-fledged ZGA member and brought more accessible and less austere timbres of female vocals, violin and accordion of her fellow band members into ZGA's later albums. Katya Fedorova is also a member FIGS, another very special project that is featured on this compilation. FIGS is an acronym that stands for the names of four musicians: apart from Sudnick and Fedorova there are two drummers: Alexei Ivanov and Marcus Godwyn, a Brit who has lived in St. Petersburg for many years now. The resulting band - three percussionists and ever noisy Sudnick with his homemade instruments - is an apotheosis of rhythmic industrial sound. (please insert 'Beyond the pale image' somewhere John) Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets "Beyond The Pale". Release July 2007 - date to be confirmed COMING SOON! Gary Lucas, New York Guitar Legend (Captain Beefheart/Jeff Buckley/Gods and Monsters - to name but a few) Teams up with shy British eccentric electro-genius James R. Hunter of 'The Dark Poets' (Cradle of Fear/Borderline etc) For an album that truly pushes the listener to the limits of beauty, horror and aural abstraction. Gary Lucas when in London recording for Some Bizzare for a forth coming Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets album in production: "I spent my last night on this tour of tours playing loud bluesy electric slide solos at 2am from the forecastle of one boat to a bunch of tipsy 24-hour party people who were rocking and reeling to my groove in the adjacent boat, including my pals Yuliana and Alec and the legendary Stevo from SomeBizarre...and they were twisting the night away so hard their boat looked in danger of capsizing.... and it felt so good..." Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets "Beyond the Pale" Coming soon on Some Bizarre Records Currently in Production http://www.Garylucas.com http://www.Darkpoets.com http://www.Myspace.com/TheDarkpoets Also of interest..... Featuring 'The Dark Poets' on 'Silvascreen Records' CRADLE OF FEAR

The Original Soundtrack Album, featuring music from Cradle of Filth, Slacker, The Dark Poets, Rugged Vinyl and Lungworm The Cradle of Fear soundtrack CD is a brutal and electrifying aural assault on the senses. Special Enhanced CD includes Cradle of Fear trailer! Featuring... Fallout (D.O.P.E. remix) - Calyx / The Beast Within (D.O.P.E. remix) - Quicksilver Breakbeat Hallowe'en - The Dark Poets Plastic Surgery - Jezebel Time Space Continuum - Intense Disconnected / Resurrected - Lungworm It Doesn't Matter - The Dark Poets Danse Macabre (Saffron's Curse Remix) - Cradle of Filth Psychout (o.s.t. mix) - Slacker Journey to the Unknown - Intense Blueprint / Rip the Face Off - Lungworm Lord Abortion - Cradle of Filth Shoes - D.O.P.E. http://www.Cradleoffear.com http://www.Darkpoets.com http://www.Myspace.com/TheDarkpoets