Folkzine A nature inspired D.I.Y. produced fanzine No. 1 Andreas Nilsson Rapsvägen 48 263 54 Lerberget [email protected] Sweden http://folkzine.awardspace.com Oi Polloi Reviews Nuclear Death Terror Art Cruachan Vegan Recipes Attack to Society Thoughts & Ideas Distros/Labels It all started a late October night in 2005 when I was all alone home. I sat listening to music and reading a friend of mines personal fanzine, which I’d got a week ago or something like that. When I had finished reading it, a small thought Bands: popped up in my head: “Hey! Why not give it a go?”. And I went straight to the computer and started working on a front cover for the fanzine. But when I reached a certain point, I realized I had to come up with a name. I wanted my zine to differ from most of the zines already available here in Sweden, and I wanted to do it in English, so I could reach out to more people. I’ve always been a very nature loving per son, and it’s something that is very important to me. And since folk-music and such inspires and makes me happy I thought of the name: “Folkzine”, to symbolize multitude and my distinct interest in those matters. Now when I had the name, I tried to figure out what else content I wanted in my zine. And since cooking is one of my favourite things to do, vegan recipes were an obvious Andreas addition. Music is also a very important part in my life; therefore I simply had to have some reviews, to spread the Fanzines: word of the music I like. And loads of other things were to be added. Other: You can find me on the internet on one of these addresses. After I had finished the front-cover that October night, I had no idea what amount of work that lied ahead of me. And it wasn’t until the beginning of 2006, I seriously started working on my zine. I built up a website for the zine, where I was going to collect all my material, until I had enough for printing. And as time passed by, I received records to review, interviews were being returned, I got in touch with a whole bunch of new ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------people, bands and distros/labels all around the world. After a while I’d filled my website enough, and stopped publishing All images not made by me in thisreviews, fanzine texts have and been recipes, properly so that borrowed. I would have some fresh material for the zine. (Everything will eventually end up on my website). Now I’m sitting here writing the last remaining things, gluing together the last bits and pieces together. After this we’ll have to see what the future bears with it… - (A)//(E) - Andreas, 20.04.2006 CaGrenzliniethode - ...a -m Gegenachin eAlles that never falters ToolGri t-o 10'000s de A lDayserta/Sick Terror CD Split 7" Label: Usina de Sangue, Terrötten & more… Label: Power it up, UPS & Filth-Ear Release: March. 2005 No. of songs: 8 Release: 2006 http://www.terrotten.com/gritosdealerta & http://www.sickterror.cjb.net/ No. of songs: 8 Imagine walking in the park a nice day, and suddenly you trip and fall down a big black hole. You end up in one of the deepest abysses in hell, standing on the doorway Cathode is an insane nightmare-ish hardcore band, from Holland. Their music flies out of your speakers and to Lucifer’s crib. The soundtrack to this incident has got to be the, Gritos de Alerta/Sick Terror split! These are comes crushing down on you. This is something for the people who like pissed-off, dark and really fast epic nine ear-pummelling totally brutal tracks of sheer havoc, from two of Brazils more well-known bands. Gritos de crust core (with a touch of metal core)! Cathode constantly bombards you with impressions from everywhere Alerta, rips your intestines out with their furious grind/crust. They mix screeching shrills, dark growls and a and nowhere, sending you a lurking chill down your spine as soon as a song kicks off. They mediate the message light sound to create these hysteric ravaging tracks. On the other side is Sick Terror, I don't really know where of their anti-authoritarian/anti-consumerism ideas, with highly claustrophobic riffs, blasting beats and eerie to place Sick Terrors style, because I've never heard anything like it. It's unique, but it leans towards more sound effects. It's noisy and skilfully performed music, some of the songs really stuck in my head and I liked death/metal-influences rather than punk. Anyway, it's dark and spine-crushing and ultra fast! They've even got what I heard from Cathode. But some just got too muddled and hard to listen to. Cathode is absolutely a band to some guest vocals on two of their five tracks, with Mark (Cathode) on track 4, and Nicol Vesgo reckon with, and it's a creative and mind-blowing constellation, but everything didn’t compel to my taste. (Cathode/Kriegstanz) on track 2. A really great split, with two extraordinary bands! Slicks - My Household Remedy T.R.I.B.E.Vie Cha -n gs/t - Lost Luggage 7" Warsaw Village Band - Uprooting CDr Label: Not Enough Records Label: ? Release: Not Yet No. of songs: 8 Release: Feb. 2004 http://www.myspace.com/viechang1 and http://www.betarecords.com/viechang No. of songs: 4 Vie Chang is 90% a one-man-band, the music is mainly created by Nigze (and then with some additional support on some tracks by R.A.B.N.). The record is a varied concoction of both old and new material, all the way from 2001 to the present. Vie Chang delivers alternative Slicks delivers four tracks of speedy punk'n'roll with a touch of hardcore on a piece of wax. The sound quality is instrumental electronica with drum'n'bass, mixed in with a great deal of craziness. The result is a creative and a real mess, and it's hard to make out whether it's the band or the sound that creates all that screeching and interesting music style that differs from many others, with clashing beats, melodic loops and crazy surprising wailing. Really annoying and I wish it would have been better, because, when I first listened to it I didn't like sounds in an eerie atmosphere; it truly is one of a kind. Vie Chang has had as an ambition not to get an the first three tracks; Just meaningless noise and no songs that got stuck in my head. But the last song really did automated robotic sound over his, mainly, digital produced music; therefore he has mixed in cuts from live it! Really great with some true high-rocking punk energy! I'm guessing that if I heard the Slicks with better instruments. And this is one of the main reasons why I like this. This kind of music actually gets, if not sound I would have liked it much more than now, and this review would have looked way different, but for performed the right way, stiff and very robotic sounding, which makes it really dull and boring to listen to, but now it is what it is. I don't know if the Slicks are still active, but if they are, I sure would like to hear them live. Vie Chang creates the illusion that it isn’t. I would have preferred if all the tracks were performed on instruments and live recorded, because some of the older tracks doesn't have the same sort of sound to them and Peeping Tom - s/t are some what duller. All in all, it's a great record if you are into a little crazy music. Go check Vie Chang out… CD if you dare! Label:Bedbugs Ipecac - Rehearsal Recordings Recording Ohuzaru - s/t Release: 30-05-06 LP/CD No. of songs: 11 http://www.ipecac.com/ Label: 625 thrash and Agipunk Release: 2005-07-25 No. of songs: 10 http://www.ohuzaru.tk/ The record has been in production for six long years, but was continuously interrupted by multitasking wonder man Mike Patton's other projects (Fantômas, Tomahawk, Kaada/Patton etc.). Finally it has now been released Super fast Italian tornado-trash straight out of Venice. The songs provided are 15 on Patton's own Ipecac Recordings label under the name of "Peeping Tom", inspired by the 1960's psychological minutes of brutal smashing hardcore energy, clearing your head in an instance. horror movie with the same name. The record is a collaboration of himself and a variety of different guest Ohuzaru is a cheerful bunch of guys playing for fun and making good music. And you can hear that, the songs artists. The final product is Patton’s version of a pop-album, quoted "I don't listen to the radio, but if I did, this is are so energetic and enjoyable to listen to, the solos, breaks and melodic acts are well infused to their songs. what I'd want it to sound like". It's an interesting record nevertheless, but after listening to it a couple of times I They are very varied and got a characteristic own sound, with dual male-vocals, both high and low, creating still have the feeling that it lacks some of that extra spark that Patton’s previous records have had, except for these mind-pillaging songs carrying you away to camp.