Batz Without Flesh: Initial Stages 1987-1989
BWF Mini LP
- futureshock
- retention
- residue
- auto suggestion
- stop
a million bricks
- oil
- watch your back
- yen-lo
- 21-375
- avalanche
- direction
- i deliver you
- life bait
- intra-course
- eeg
Batz Without Flesh skirt the edge of what is affectionately called electro
gothic music. This particular disc contains all the tracks from the first two
BWF vinyl releases. It is hard to get a definite handle on the particular
electronic style the BWF utilizes. A number of the older tracks subtlely remind
me of "No Comment" era Front 242 but the remainder of the album breathes a
unique life all of it's own. Perhaps the most apt description would be a
comparison to all the rest of the late eighties industrial bands struggling to
find a style all of their own and as a result wandering all over the audio
spectrum to develop a sounds for themselves. The net result is the utilization
of the same samples as everyone else and no concrete direction for the music.
This isn't inherently bad as this specific album is only meant to showcase the
early work of BWF and not any of their most recent work.
Batz Without Flesh are:
Claude Willey - voice, electronics, synthesizers, effects & all programs
John Dugan - voice, horn & synthesizer
Sloth - sloth guitar 73, effects & messages
Contact:
VUZ Records
P.O. Box 170116
47181 Duisburg
Germany
E-mail: vuz@vuz.du.gtn.com
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