BOB BELL-NECROPOLIS, LP, 1978, CANADA
This Canadian private press mega-rarity/obscurity from the artistically schizophrenic Bell splits the difference between his love of basement psych splatter/pummel and squalling free jazz ramble, the former occupying side A with a stunning four part suite of wasted guitar scuzz and churning Krautrock-like drama with an akin to both German Oak and Spacebox, the latter covering side B with some rather middling squeak/bonk.
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Is this album Mutanic in sound? I want something really mind rotting, I want to fry my mind is this a good one for brain damage? whats the best and most freaked out album any recommendations.
well the dude is a long haired hippie so thats a good thing. Its probably a good record. I;ll mutanize myself tonight thanks
I survived the album in one piece With ear phones too , Im ready to be totally mind melted here at mutant sounds. I want to join the x-men when Im done so whats next? I'll check your crazy site. I'll see what other freako lps I can find awesome site dude Im hooked now
Could you please edge dashes in titles and filenames with spaces? It's so inconveniently to read all this...
Hi mutantsounds
Your wants list mentions Chuck Van Zyl tapes; all his solo work has been released on two CDs (Celestial Mechanics and The Relic). There is however a huge amount of very interesting stuff that he's done with other folks under different names (Nightcrawlers, Xisle, Ministry of Inside Things, etc). I'm trying to hunt down some of this stuff myself, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Ric
hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....
I survived the album, but then I tried aother album you have and melted my brain to scrabled eggs. I am a walking idiot now thanks to mutant sounds. If you hear any album on here you too may become a vegtable so download at your own risk. braindamage is inevitable.
Hi (bonjour?),
it's been a half an hour i'm on your blog! a lot of French records...are you French? anyway, it's a sick collection you have there! Can i link this to my blog? Will you do the same?;) Opus Dopus Radio was there...
quality, thanks!
This dude looks so METAL! \m/
hey, if i have a weirdo tape i'd like to contribute
which one of you should i email the link
If you have a weirdo tape, please don't mail a link to Mutant Sounds. Mail it to another blog instead. This blog doesn't need any introduction or new attention.
How I love the Mutant Sounds blog. This album by Bob Bell BLEW MY MIND. Side 1 in particular is astonishing - improv rock doesn't get better, or dirtier. Side 2 is quite a trip too, if entirely different. I like it very much. Who WAS this guy? Did he ever do anything else?
I can't find any info anywhere, but he's become an icon to me. MORE!!!
having worked w/ Bob in a Vancouver record store for a few years, I get the sinking suspicion that he prolly posted comments under the name DR STONE POTHEAD. - That's just his sense of humour! - Bob, I can see right through you mutherfucka!
Wow, this album is totally wild and mindblowing.
thank you very much for making it available.
and thank you so much for this wonderful blog, which constantly manages to deliver great pieces of music.
ummm
thanks,
I thought you would want that NOMUSIC cassette. No?
Fred G Sanford-Actually, it was my blog partner Jim who was looking for the Nomusic stuff, and he's in the middle of moving from Greece to Germany, so that would probably account for the lack of response on this issue...
... thanks for sharing this masterpiece !!!!
I am a close friend to Bob. He may remember me as frank son of mel lord. I can tell you he is a remarkable musician. We have not spoken since the early 90s. How can I reach him?
He appears to have a bandcamp site:
http://bobbell.bandcamp.com/
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