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SX 038EP
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A mere five months after the first lacquers were cut, the latest and presumably last in the Shock 12" EP series arrives. This particular episode features simultaneously the most mentally unbalanced and "commercial" (within certain parameters?) Shock music yet. "Cycle of Aberration" is just that, nine minutes of pulsing, crackling & clicking overlaid with a demented synth attack dissolving into clouds of distorted hiss. "Distinguished Invalids" is a massive pop tune created solely to appeal to "the kids" and "the dance floor" -- 14 minutes of pounding rhythm, heavenly voices, and massive, sub-bass organ blasts. Edition of 300.
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SX 035EP
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Shock -- the confounding "noise/free jazz/what the?" label run throughout the '90s by ex-Skullflower/Whitehouse/Ascension man Stefan Jaworzyn -- is back with a new series of limited 12"s. This is a 30-minute introduction to the new world of Shock, a jarring departure observing lessons in repetition from Brion Gysin's calligraphic paintings to Cabaret Voltaire's Three Mantras to '90s minimal techno, and with an incredible cut by Noel Summerville that picks up every detail of the mostly analog synth manipulations.
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