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

plx 15 / from ritual to romance / c15 / 1986

PLX 15 - From Ritual to Romance (c-15 1986/ Requiem Productions REQ 333)
little tape released by this wacky norvegian minimal-synth outfit, and distributed by Requiem Productions.
Plx 15 formed in 1983 as SRD and later becom De Pravity, in 1985 changed the name in PLX 15: formed by Jon Hveding (guitar, synthesizer, rhythm box..) and Remi Langmo (vocals, synthesizers). In 1985 they recorded a 3-track demotape from it, was taken 'Lufteturen' and released on 'Psychomania' belgian vinyl compilation. When Lars Nicolaysen join the band they released 'From ritual to romance' in 1986 with Petter Pogo as producer and additional guitar.
'Amen' is a nice retarded minimal-synth ballad, while 'Much too soon..'' an instrumental synth-pop danceable tune in the Plx 15 way obviously...On the b-side 'De sterke (The strong)' bring us into the cold norvegian fields with it's post-punk attitude.

seite A: 1. Amen, 2. Much Too Soon When You're Tied Up
seite B: 1. De Sterke

you can find the tape here at the end of the page

various - nightsoil 5 futurists? / c60 / 1981

 various - Night$oil 5 Futurists? (tape 8-1-1981 Fingers in the Dike / For those Chaos Breweries Tapes // Hole 005, CBT 03)

inside this paper bag, comes the Nightsoil 5 futurists? compilation tape along with a poster with some information. It's a very obscure and experimental tape. Released by Sheffield's label: Chaos Breweries Tapes in association with Fingers in the Dike (Breukelen, Netherlands). In the poster notes they talked about Nightsoil 3,6 and 4..did they really exists? and what about  Chaos Breweries CBT 01 and 02? two possibilities...here lacks a lot of info..or it's a kind dadaistic non-sense catalogue. And how about a dutch label distributed this wacky sheffield's stuff? but is also true that Fingers in the Dike first release is a split between Pitfall (NL) and the english Six Minute War.

Side A contains bands from UK while the b-side got bands only from Sheffield. The tape range from the experimental noise of Ben Allen, Kable Truth, Datonik Poko, Panacea and Secret People, to the synth-punk of Loss of Head, from the minimal-synth of Der Fliessigs Feilän to the weird-wave of Rentakil D. Influences of Residents and early industrial could be hear. This tape sounds like some punks crashed into electronic experiments.

Some info:
Rentakil D. were: S.i. Robertson, D. Smallwood, D.j. Roper; they split in march 1981 to form An Ordered Life.

Panacea: Kris Duncan  C/O 14 Arranview Street Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire Scotland

Loss of Head: C/O 2 Stanhope Drive Horsforth, Leeds. They released also 'Dead at the Control' c45 15 track.

Ben Allen: Benjamin Allen of Cabaret Fanzine (C/O Carnhill Avenue, Newtownabbey, Antrim, UK) he released and played with Allotropes (myspace)

seite A: 1. Ben Allen - Untitled, 2. Kable Truth - A Closet Behind Every Door, 3. Datonik Poko - Music For Mothers, 4. Datonik Poko - X 21 D, 5. Loss Of Head - 10 Minutes Of Ambulances, 6. Loss Of Head - Isolation, 7. Loss Of Head - Security Leak, 8. Panacea - Construction

seite B: 1. Der Fliessigs Feilän - Service With A Smile, 2. Der Fliessigs Feilän - Siberian Holidays, 3. The Secret People - Seventh Episode, 4. Rentakil D. - Giant Panda Tune, 5. Rentakil D. - Send For The Pope, 6. Datonik Poko - Marchy Thingy, 7. Rentakil D. - Futurists

the tape could be found here

other CTB:

CBT 04 An Ordered Life - Rebirth (tape 198?)

CBT 05 Rentakil D. - Eurosoil One (tape 1981)