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VOD-Records Member/Mitglieder-Newsletter 12/2009 ( VOD-Records Member/Mitglieder-Newsletter 12/2009 (www.vod-records.com) Dearest VOD-Members VOD wishes all members a great start into 2010 VOD wünscht allen Mitgliedern einen tollen Start in das neue Jahr 2010 VOD will release the last 3 releases of the 2009-membership end January. Die Form, Smegma and instead of DDAA we have a fantastic 4Lp Box of O Yuki Conjugate. I hope DDAA gets in touch with us again some day soon. Ende Januar kommen die letzten 3 VÖ’s von 2009. Smegma, Die Form und die faszinierenden O Yuki Conjugate, die für DDAA einspringen (welche sich leider gerade nicht mehr melden. Ich hoffe DDAA kommen irgendwann wieder auf uns zu. Programm for 2010 steht, fast alle 300 Plätze sind schon vergeben. Gebt bitte bescheid, wenn ihr wieder dabei seid. Programm 2010 is fixed and almost all of the 300 memberships are gone, so please confirm if you want to join in 2010. INDUSTRIAL: appr. 20 Records / 20 Schallplatten Current 93 Vol.1 (3LP), Rapoon (3Lp), Laibach (4Lp), Voice of Eye (2Lp), Hunting Lodge (4Lp), Psychic TV (w. White Stains) (4Lp) MINIMALSYNTH/WAVE: appr. 24 records / 24 Schallplatten Current 93 Vol.2 (4Lp), Portion Control (8Lp-Box), Sleep Chamber (4Lp), Experimental Products (1Lp), Mark Lane (2Lp), GermanWave Box (5Lp) Membership in 2010 for all 12 releases (VOD73-84) with 44 records (plus add. bonuses) is 429 ! plus tax if required/needed plus 3 x postage (Shipments in March, June, December / Lieferungen in März, Juni und December) If paid in full by End February you can also pick a Bonus-Record Amount can be paid in 2 installements, minimum payment by Mid March must be 300 Euros. Wenn bis Ende Februar voll bezahlt wird dann könnt ihr auch ne Bonusplatte dazu nehmen. Gesamtbetrag kann auch in 2 Raten bezahlt werden aber bis Mitte März sollten minimum 300 Euro bezahlt sein. Membership in 2010 for 6 Industrial-releases with 20 records (plus add. bonuses) is 222! plus tax (only for EU-Customers) plus 3xpostage (Shipments in March, June, December / Lieferungen in März, Juni und December) Amount must be paid in one full payment by latest Mid March. Der volle Betrag sollte bis Ende März bezahlt sein Membership in 2010 for 6 Wave-releases with 24 records (plus add. Bonuses) is 229! plus tax (only for EU-Customers) plus 3xpostage (Shipments in March, June, December / Lieferungen in März, Juni und December) Amount must be paid in one full payment by latest Mid March. Der volle Betrag sollte bis Ende März bezahlt sein Bonusplatten für Schnellzahler / Bonusrecords this year for fast paypers - The Off Band "Links wo das Herz ist" 1983 - Peider A Defilla "Test-Signale" LP, BOA Videofilmkunst (D), 1996 - original Kosmonautentraum Liebesmühn 7" (ZickZack) - original EInstürzende Neubauten CD of Halber Mench (WSFA14) or - orig. Einstürzende Neubauten CD Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala – orig. 7" of Trash Groove Girls Trash Beat / Zero WSFASF44 - orig. Pettycoat / Crash 7" Darling lets have another baby (ZickZack 39) - orig.DIe Dorau und die Mrinas Blumen und Narzissen (AtaTak/das Büro) - orig.Deutschland Terzett (Engler, Hein, Lopez, Oehlen) (ZickZack 60) - Stranger Station "Echoes in Infinity" (Annalogue Rec) Yours Frank alias Pripuzzi / Euer Frank alias Pripuzzi 3 new VOD-Releases will be released last week of January. 3 neue VOD-Veröffentlichungen ab letzter Januarwoche VOD70: SMEGMA " I Am Not Artist" 1973-1988. 6LP/DVD 89,99 ! This astonishing 6LP/DVD Box-Set compiles most of Smegma's long out or print and impossible to find Vinyl-releases and contributions on labels such as their own legendary PIGFACE-Records, LAFMS, TRAP, DOM and SELEKTON. The box incl. their first three 7" inches "Disco Diarrhea", "Flashcards", "Pigface Chant", their Lp's like "Pigs for Leper" or "Glamour Girl 1941" as well as a 2Lp-sided extract of the Live 73- 82 Double Tape „Spontaneaous Sound, all in one place. Smegma started collectively by Ju Suk Reet Meate, Cheese it Ritz, Chucko Fats, Dennis Duck, Amazon Bambi and Cheesebro and found many other Avantgarde/Freejazz/Improv-musicians to participate in the next 3 1/2 decades to come. This Box is taking you on a journey with the least likely Folk-Primitive- Avant-Gard band in Pasadena, California, through Portland Oregon's Punk Rock revitalization and first melt down, to become the serious force in weird music that continues today. Box is accompanied with a DVD-Version of the original Video "10 years wasted" released in 1983 which is a great document of Smegma's first 10 years of existence & work Box is accompanied with a DVD version of the original amazing Video "Smegma the first 10 years“ by Mike Lastra released in 1983 plus 2 Bonustracks of performances from 1978 & 80. VOD 71: Die Form "Chronology" (The Bain Total Years 77-85) 6Lp/7" 89,99 ! This 6Lp/7" Box Compilation is an outstanding audio-selection of Tape-Releases by Die Form and its Side-Projects ("Eva-Johanna Reichstag", „Fine Automatic“, "Krylon Hertz", "Camera Obscura", "DF Sadist School", "Mental Code" and "Hurt"), all released between 1977-1985 on the french Minimal/Synth/EBM-Label "Bain Total" which has run by mastermind Philippe Fichot of Die Form. This careful selection has been made by Philippe Fichot and VOD with focus on audio- material which has only been released on those super-rare and highly collectable tapes (BTK01-BTK29). All the tracks and visual archives have been mastered from the originals. This is for sure an archival masterpiece and a Must-Have for all serious and passionate collectors and listeners of early 80's minimal Synth and Wave/EBM. (Members will furthermore recieve their release in an artificial leather bag) VOD 72: O Yuki Conjugate „Ambiguism“ (1983-87) 4LP/7“/DVD“/Poster 64,99 ! UK ambient group O Yuki Conjugate were formed in 1982 by Tim Horberry, Roger Horberry, Clare Elliott and Andrew Hulme. Between 1983 and 1987 they released two vinyl albums – “Scene in Mirage” on A-Mission Records and “Into Dark Water” on their own Final Image Label – as well as recording numerous soundtracks, experimental projects and solo works. This retrospective documents those years. It tells the definitive story of how OYC’s sound emerged and developed. The result includes a reissue of their first two albums with bonus tracks, two additional full length LPs of unreleased material, a 7” single of their first ever recordings, a DVD featuring excepts from their “Scenes in Mirage” and “Peripheral Vision” videos, as well as large-format poster and detailed listening notes that give a unprecedented insight into the world of OYC. This package includes over 50 OYC tracks, around half of which have never been released in any form, making it an essential for the OYC completist. VOD-Reissues: Absolute Body Control (Untitled) VOD37.1 (reissue) red Vinyl, lmtd.444 14,99 ! Reissue of the first Absolute Body Control-Tape which also came as part of the long sold-out Absolute Body Control Vinyl-Box-Set (VOD37). The reissue is in red Vinyl and lmtd. to 444 S.P.K. Dokument III0 – 1979 3x7”Box, lmtd.166 29,99 ! Very limited reissue of the original and ultrarare three 7“ released on Side Effects back in 1979. The 7“ have also been released in the SPK-Special member-edition in 2008. This reissue comes as grey marbled Box compared to the black Box as in the member-edition. The three 7“ are housed in a reprint of the original Side-Effect-Sleeves. VOD-Backcatalogue VOD 04: Head Ressonance Company „15 Tracks For Unknown People”LP/12“ 17 ! VOD 13: Non Toxique Lost “Oggre Sse” Lp (below 10 copies left!) 14 ! VOD 14: Hermann Kopp „Mondo Carnale“ Lp 14! VOD 15: TASS “Unter-Haltung” Lp (below 10 copies left) 14! VOD 18M Wahnehmungen (pre Selektion) 3-Lp Box w 7“ (below 30 copies) 54,99 ! VOD 19: Die Toedliche Doris Worlds-Welten Lp (below 30 copies left) 14 ! VOD 22: VA: Festival Genialer Dilletanten DVD/CD/Lp-2 Box 54,99 ! VOD 22: VA: Festival Genialer Dilletanten DVD/CD/Lp-2 Box 36,99 ! VOD 29: Campingsex 1914 plus Live/Outtakes Lp-2 19 ! VOD 32: Various Artists: SNATCH PASTE – An assortment of Snatch Tapes Lp 15 ! VOD 34: Ptose “early recordings 1979-83” Lp-2 19 ! VOD 41B Clair Obscur C.O.I.T. A Collection 2-Lp-Box w.7“/T-Shirt 49,99 ! VOD 42: ZYX Early Recordings Lp 15 ! VOD 43: Naughtiest Girl was a Monitor Lp 15 ! VOD 44: Storm Bugs „A Supplementary Benefit“ Lp 15 ! VOD 45: Cultural Amnesia “Press my hungry Button” Lp-2 (w.7” for members) 19,99 ! VOD 47 Controlled Bleeding “Songs from a Sewer of Dreams”4-Lp-Box 54,99 ! VOD 52: Gerechtigkeits Liga Per Ignem Ad Lucem Lp in Army-Bag with DVD 24,99 ! VOD 53: Etant Donnes Tapes 1977-1983 6-Lp-leather-Box with DVD 87,99 ! VOD 54: ADN' Ckrystall Trilogie 1979-1988 3x10 Box 44,99 ! VOD 55: Opera Multi Steel K7-Tapes 3-Lp-Box w./wo T-Shirt 59,99 ! / 49,99 ! VOD 56: Nocturnal Emissions LEST WE FORGET 4-Lp-Box w.7“/booklet 59,99 ! VOD57: We Be Echo Decades Lp 15 ! VOD58: Third Door from the Left Lp with booklet 15 ! VOD59: V/A Insane-Box Lp-4 with 7“ and with / without T-Shirt 59,99 ! / 69,99 ! VOD61: Andrew Liles Micsellany Deluxe Lp-2 or Lp-3-Box with T-Shirt 21,99 ! / 54,99 ! VOD62: M-Squared 5-Lp-Box w. Tshirt “Pardon me for barking in like this” 69,99 ! / 79,99 ! VOD63: Polyphonic Size “30 years after” 4-Lp-Box 64,,99 ! VOD64: Norma Loy “Message from the dead Lp-2 25,99 ! VOD65: VidnaObmana Testament of time Lp 14,99 ! / Box 49,99 ! VOD67: Crash Course in Science s/t with / without T-Shirt 59,99 ! / 69,99 ! VOD68: Giancarlo Toniutti The early Tapes 54,99 ! VOD69: Konstruktivists the flowmotion Years 22,99 ! Prip001:Weltklang Remixes 5-track-MLp 9,99 ! Prip002: INYURMANIA / GOZ MONGO Split-Lp 14,99 ! VinylOverDose01: Atlantis Carpe Omnium § San Diablo Lp-2 lmtd.500 19,99 ! VinylOverDOse02: Ira The Visions of the Landscape Lp-2 lmtd.
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