candidate + gangrene / split / c30 1985

 candidate + gangrene - split (tape c30 1985 permis de construite pdc001)
Two Nancy's [Lorraine, France] bands split this tape. They are Gangrene and Candidate (they still play). It's their first release and the first release for Permis de Construire label [26 rue St. Julien, Nancy Lorraine]. The two bands sounds similar, a combinations of minimal-synthesizers and rhythm machine with guitar, sometimes poppy but always punk-attitude and electronic-experiment. Candidate stuck us with syncopatic and alienated songs to ended with a fine and sweet song. Esotic and dissonant at the same time.
Gangrene are definitively more obscure and creepy, the fifth track is in a typical french-synth way like Neva or Bocal 5, the second track is real synth-punk madness and the track with male-vocal is a fuzzy residents-soul gem.
Candidate formed in 1983 by Cécile (vocals, keyboards) and Bidou (guitar) [who also played with Geins't Naït]. Gangrene were: Johnny Ravio (guitar), Annie (vocals, electronics) and R.X Poirot (vocals, electronics) [who also played with Geins't Naït]. They later release another split in vinyl 7'' format edited by Permis de Construire / Dum Dum, and they both appears on 'Nancy Compilation' lp 1986. Later Candidate released others stuff on vinyls.

seite A / Candidate : 1. Oasis, 2. Like a beast, 3. Hero.o 4. Twilight, 5. Strange girl

seite B / Gangrene : 5track

you can find the tape here

K.U.K.L. / À Paris 14.9.84 / 1985

 K.U.K.L. - A' Paris 14-9-84 (tape july 1985 V.I.S.A. rf 003)
Cassette of the live concert by K.U.K.L. at Eldorado, Paris, France on September 14, 1984.

For those who doesn't know..K.U.K.L. was a band from Reykjavík, Iceland, and was one of the first band of now worldwide famous Bjork (previously also in Tappi Tíkarrass). The band released 2 lps for the CRASS records and the first single in 1983 for Gramm (Iceland's post-punk label). This tape was recorded live, distributed by the french tape (mostly) label V.I.S.A. (cat. Rebel Flux 003). This tape is great. It's 40 minutes of concert, they played all their songs recorded on vinyls, angry post-punk, always so articulated, dissonant, that couldn't be simply described as punk even if the angry strenght is the same. Think about a strange mix of B52's and UK Decay...

seite A: 1.Seagull, 2. Moonbath, 3. Gibraltar (Copy Thy Neighbour), 4. France (A Mutual Thrill), 5. Greece (Just By The Book), 6. The Spire
seite B: 1.Anna, 2. Dismembered, 3. Vials of Wrath, 4. Latent, 5. Pökn For Beginners
(members: Björk Guðmundsdóttir (vocals), Einar Örn Benediktsson (vocals, trumpett), Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson (guitar), Birgir Mogensen (bass), Einar Arnaldur Melax (keyboards), Sigtryggur Baldursson (drums))

The tape could be found on the cool Kill Your Pet Puppy blog, as two mp3 side 1 and 2.