Friday, March 2, 2007

NORD-EGO TRIP, LP, 1984, JAPAN




Released in a miniscule edition of 100 copies, the second and final of our requested Nord albums is comprised, much like LSD, of two side-long workouts of layered dystopian pulsations. Ego Trip, while somewhat of a piece with it's sister album, hews rather closer to the air free MB aesthetic that was more latent on LSD. side A starts a mite tenuously but eventually settles into a pleasingly disorienting suctioning wooze. Side B begins rather annoyingly with someone playing Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody To Love" underneath the electronics for no compelling reason before settling into a very agreeable bit of extended synthetic claustrophobia.

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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 2, 2007 at 4:34 AM

    Wooohooo!! Thanks MUCH for the Nord.
    Wonderful, wonderful droning bliss.

    Dunno how you guys keep coming up with all this great music......

    Many thanks, once again.

    shivering

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  2. ajfMarch 2, 2007 at 6:00 AM

    I've just discovered this blog...I'm completely overcome! Amazing stuff, thanks so much!!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 2, 2007 at 6:37 AM

    yes, many thanks for unearthing all of these gems. in terms of requests- i know the scene has become slightly more popular as of late, but am wondering if you might have some of the older Schimpfluch Gruppe material - early rudolph eb.er tapes, live bootlegs, etc. Rare japanese free-jazz / international musique concrete would also be appreciated

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  4. .March 2, 2007 at 7:43 AM

    Thanks millions!

    Now that I've heard them, I'm glad I never shelled out ridiculous amounts of cash for them at Neds/JnR in Tokyo. I much prefer the Pinakotheca LP and the CDs.

    These two do have their moments, though.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 2, 2007 at 8:54 AM

    I am ever gretful for these Nord records, I can only pray you'll upload their 3rd one aswell.

    Regards from Sweden

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  6. vdoandsoundMarch 2, 2007 at 5:22 PM

    Isaac-I'm planning on posting the first 4 or 5 Schimpfluch LP titles not too long from now...stay tuned...Free jazz and musique concrete-aligned titles will pop up sporadically in future posts, but those tropes aren't a primary fixation at this point for me...

    Anonymous from Sweden, I got rid of the Nord LP on Pinakotheca...tried twice over 10 years with that one but it just doesn't quite work for me.

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  7. AnonymousApril 13, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    is there any chance you can post the Nord cassette releases? I believe there was one on Vanilla and a collab with Merzbow... unless I'm mistaken?
    Thanks, and keep up the great archeological work!

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  8. AnonymousMay 9, 2009 at 12:47 PM

    the vanilla tape called nord - live materials and the one with merzbow live at b-semi i seem to remember... latter one came out on zsf...

    btw. is there any chance to post the ultra limited cd or cdr that cam out a few years ago... i mean not electronic initation on kmi

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2009 at 4:20 AM

    Note this download isn't actually Nord

    Not sure what it is

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  10. vdoandsoundSeptember 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    anonymous-Yes....it is. Went to the bother of re-downloading it just to be sure that I didn't screw up the burn or upload. I didn't.

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  11. AnonymousAugust 1, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    This is Nord -- but I think the two albums you posted are switched. LSD is the one that opens side two with the Jefferson Airplane sample, not Ego Trip...

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