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raves’ social, spiritual, and creative ele- end, there are hundreds of parties that involved thought that someone else ments. The term was consciously claim to be part of the “tribal united was pocketing it somewhere down the THE HARDCORE assimilated (of course) from the punk future of technology, love, peace, cre- line. In almost every city everywhere in movement’s do-it-yourself ideals. In ativity,” etc. The parties are, in fact, Europe and America that I have been fact, the hijacking of technology, the sponsored, pushed, or influenced by to, it’s the same story. Friends were SITUATION repetitive shamanic dance rhythms, the the entire corporate-consumer structure now enemies and competitors in many By DJ Deadly Buda Internet, the DJ mixing, etc., were all that the original rave scene was trying situations, all the more ironic because a considered “core” elements in their to change or escape. From this point lot of these parties were called “Unity”! What is HARDCORE? respective genres. This further on, I must say that what follows are my That was bad enough, but soon, every ingrained the adjective “Hardcore” in opinions based on my personal experi- club and bar was propping up a “rave The adjective “Hardcore” gener- the early rave movement, as it con- ence and observations in the rave night” playing music that was pretty ally refers to something’s most basic spired to combine what it considered scene over the last decade. As one of much just playing American club music. fundamental elements, its original rea- the strongest elements into a new form. the rave scene’s pioneers and original Furthermore, the clubs in most cities son for being, its natural state in rela- So “Hardcore” in relation to promoters, DJs, record store owners, were trying to actively crush the rave tion to existence. Oxford’s American raves, refers to the creative arts’ explo- artists, musicians, zine and article writ- scene and assimilate it for itself. In Dictionary’s first definition for “hard ration of spirituality, achieving a social ers, I have witnessed first-hand that most cases people were actively physi- core” is “irreducible nucleus” and the cohesion within the larger society. which I relay. cally beat-down for passing out flyers, second is “the most active or committed In order to achieve this, What was to become the rave or in some cases followed and beat up members of a society”. Since such defi- “Hardcore” must constantly explore new scene was at its very initial stages at their own homes! Many of these nitions are flattering to one’s or a clubs were essentially big money laun- group’s ego, the adjective “Hardcore” is ...So you now have the interesting situation dering machines for organized crime, thrown around loosely with abandon, and the rave promoters were seen as often used to describe pale imitations of where old music is new, and new music is old. stepping on their turf. And of course, in the real thing. “Hardcore” in relation to all cities, there was generally an antag- rave culture or “electronica” (or whatev- As if the concept of sonic innovation was some- onism with the police. er the major media conglomerates All of these problems played a deem to call it at the present time) is how totally out-dated, and pressing out watered- role in transforming the rave scene into often misused, as stated above, or that which it rebelled against, but in my ignored altogether, in order to obscure down homogenized dance music as if you were opinion, the majority of the problems the rave culture’s origins and replace McDonalds was somehow cutting edge... stemmed from the internal fighting, them with those that are deemed more back-stabbing and betrayals within the commercially suitable to a perceived scene itself. This is not a problem that mainstream audience. Thus, it becomes is unique to the rave scene, it hap- necessary to have a mutually agreed pened with disco, with the hippies, and upon definition of the word “Hardcore” punk rock; eventually everyone seems — not only to expose some of the short to sell out. Idealism is replaced with history of the phenomenon to those that opportunism, which then leads to con- may not have been around during the sumerism, and then ends up disillusion- formative years, but also to refresh the ism. collective memory of those that were. Looking back, a poignant mem- The “Raves” of the early 90s ory was when I was having a meeting had some very basic elements: with a bunch of people about a party 1. Technology had reached a that we were planning. There was a dis- point where more people than ever agreement about how some matter could cheaply and easily produce art should proceed. Soon enough the and music of “professional quality”, phrase, “you gotta understand—this is a bypassing traditional commercial business!” was repeated on several avenues of production, bringing the lips. It even made sense to a certain general populace creativity unencum- extent, I mean, yeah, we were taking in bered by market limitations imposed by money on some level, but it seemed to hierarchies far removed from the cre- me the emphasis should be on making ative/social source. a cool event. I believe the fundamental 2. The art, music, fashion and split was that some people really saw writing being produced was a unity of a the potential that the scene had in a variety of sources, because the technol- spiritual, artistic and socially progres- ogy primarily was based on assimilat- sive light, and others saw it as “a busi- ing, collaging and combining (scanners, ness”. mixers, samplers). These different sources were a variety of late 80s early This Business of Music 90s subcultures and a potpourri of larg- er, often foreign, cultural influences. Creativity and business have Essentially people were appreciating had an interesting relationship in that and assimilating different aspects of dif- they are both completely dependent on ferent cultures. There was a unity of dif- one another, yet seem to alternately ferent people. love or loathe the relationship. 3. With the entire interaction, Creativity involves originality, business commonalties were quickly recognized, involves imitation. The businessman and seemed quite fortuitous and over- always needs something new to sell, whelming. A sense of spirituality was the artist constantly needs resources to being formed — based on the recogni- exploit. The rave was a great idea, and tion of the events conspiring to achieve seemed to make money. This attracted this “unity”, and how they were paral- a lot of interest in people who simply leled by various other cultures’ religious wanted to make money. First was the and spiritual practices. Thus, these club scene. Raves had absolutely noth- basic elements had come together to avenues of creativity, pushing limits, organized and put together by motley ing to do with clubs. In fact, in many begin synergizing an entirely new cul- analyzing barriers, and questioning crews of artists, musicians, punks, crim- cases we were rebelling against the ture, with its own dance, music, art, lan- existence, and existing structures, inals, drug addicts and dealers. Of whole idea of clubs and their exclusion- guage, history and spirituality. eventually refining the conclusions and course, the artists and musicians had ary policies, dress codes and elitism. In its ideal form, (notably manifestations into something to be the resources to make a cool space But as soon as the remaining dregs of achieved a number of times), the “rave” experienced, learned from, and acted and event, the drug dealers had the the disco and club industry got wind of came into being from Western Culture’s on. friends, no one cared for the status quo, the rave scene, they smelled fresh pressing needs, i.e. community in a and there was a large group of people blood. They associated themselves with multi-ethnic and cultural society, spiritu- So...What Happened? throughout society that didn’ t really the rave scene based on the fact that ality that related more directly to the want to be a part of the general society each relied on turntables to push the world currently lived in, creative produc- Though Hardcore was the origi- (or at least it seemed). Suddenly, with music and had fliers as its main method tions that communicated the creative nal formation and ideal of the rave the aforementioned technology, it of promotion. Furthermore, there was a person’s feelings and inspirations scene, you rarely hear it mentioned—as seemed entirely feasible to throw par- push from the house music industry to unhindered by mainstream society’s if it never existed! The “rave scene” ties for a living, being creative and mak- push its wares on a new generation of outdated prejudices and media. The touted and promoted by emphysema ing music, and hanging out high with consumers. House music was merely raves’ relation to society was a much pushing rags like Sweater, your local your friends. Well, this lasted for about one small component of the raves, but needed social cohesion combined with newspaper’s fourth “rave expose” this 2 seconds. It is as if the rave scene soon you had people talking as if it was a creative and spiritual outburst year, local “rave” promoters and every was a victim of its own success. the start of the scene. Why? These (humans’ common method of initially ad agency in the free (?) world don’t Greed and jealousy instantly labels had just enough money left after contemplating existence). have anything to do with any kind of surfaced as soon as the money their last coke binge to start buying out The original ravers applied the creativity, vision, or innovation, appeared. From the moment the money adjective “Hardcore” to describe the THOUGH THEY CLAIM . Every week- was collected at the door, everyone continued p.21 4 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 5

res, an audio tapestry is created practice of appropriating the female THE MORPHING with the desired effect to make the form and its connotations; the same listener/ dancer FEEL. Sex is Vinyl. male structure in a feminine guise. CULTURE Women up front with the men in the The following article originally I believe this approach to the music appeared in alien underground issue 0 at a rave, or the quickly evolving The Homewrecker Foundation exists on back (and in control). The back in ‘94, and later appearred in a “nuclear parties” (an event that is multiple levels (as label, ideology, poli- female body and voice is presented number of other European publications. every conceivable tics and practice) in a multitude of loca- totally without agency. Put on display. It appears here domestically soley for artistic endeavor roled up into one- Consumed. Passive. That game is old historical value... on-the-spot) will gain a lot of popu- tions (North America, Europe - the -signals received by larity for one important reason - the world) and amongst a multiplicity of and boring. “rave culture” has identities (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, Deadly buda- become so fragmented and special- class...). Born of a want, a need and a Homewrecker Recordings is provoca- ized that its original impetus - unity Well, you thought you were at just desire to include the issue of “gender” tion.... Homewrecking...Destroy the - has somehow gotten way lost in patriarchy - Dismantle the familial any old rave, when all of a sudden the shuffle of its and its problematics into not only the that sound you were listening to growth. lexicon of a certain mode of music, structure - Demolish traditional female did something like thissssssss s sssss...and sort of then Think about it, every DJ or raver is ...The abstractions approximated by music, the turned into so always saying, I like/play this or ss that style, and then quickly follows potential anonymity affored by the technology, m up with, “but of ething course I like and play this, that, the the means of dissemination or distribution, in j other thing” in order to cover all the u musical territory represented in some respect works to mask the function of gen- s underground/overground music. It . .. ..tnereffid yllatot just doesn’t make sense that every- . . . one is pigeon-holing their tastes, der and gender issues in electronic music... when they are, in fact, ...... evolving and changing every sec- . ond. Think about all the genres we ...... It was like, one sec- are always confronted with in a ond there was just this standard way to describe something totally house beat, but then all of a sud- fluid, and ever-changing: House, den you were in the middleof a 70’s Techno, HipHop, Rave, Progressive style high-octane-movie-car-chase- House, Trance, Progressive scene. Trance, Breakbeat, Dark Breaks, Hardcore Techno, Breakcore, Acid, AcidTrance, ...It just doesnÕt Intelligent Techno, Ambient, make sense that Hardhouse, GabberHouse, Tribal, Tribal-Trance etc... It’s everyone is enough to give any sane person an pigeon-holing their information overload headache. Thus comes the Morph Beat, throw tastes, when they it all together, and let it fly! Who says you can’t play an ambient are, in fact, piece at 1:00AM? Do it! evolving and The Morph approach requires a whole different way mixing and changing every thinking about the music. Time shifts, wild sounds, cutting,pasting, second... blending, anything to make two things that never seemed like they should go together work! Coming from the left speaker is a random Ping-pong ball, dropping in Skeptics would say, “but wait, isn’t the middle of the dance floor on a this just another classification? 40K sound system, Pretty soon you’ll have Hard within a certain conceptual sphere, but roles... The labels’s aim is it’s own followed by this ambient drone of Morph, Ambient Morph, also into various ways of destruction - we will work to become pure-bass benevolence. Creeping Progressive Morph etc.” They might up in the distance, a shuffling being. The Homewrecker Foundation obsolete. We hope Homewrecker be right. But then again, the very Recordings will be but an additional flanged breakbeat richochets into nature of Morph is CHANGE. The recognizes the shifting, the unstable prominence, blending into a hard- definition of and the contested pronouncement of level in a myriad of political/ acid stomper to create a hybrid “Morph Beat” is a little hard to pin “gender” “female” “(wo)man” or “girl” or musical/cooperative workings. An inter- much more than the sum of its down. It’s like grabbing water, it even the questions raised concerning national grass roots approach is the parts, and then Bam! A fire and just flows out of you hands. brimstone preacher speaks of the notion of (cultural) identity. Yet, The means by which its artists shall come into being. Perhaps she does not yet apocalyptic visions, heavy breath- By championing the creative Homewrecker Foundation and ing is riding underneath in the mix, approach in not just the music, but its label, Homewrecker Recordings, exist, or she exists unknown in a Tokyo flowinkg into a 20 minute hypnotic the whole concept of what a “rave” deliberately seeks out this contested highrise or in a basement in Idaho - trance session blending into... is, we can get the whole terrain in order to force the issue onto we’ll hook up eventually. The label rec- thing more eclectic, inspiring, basi- ...The beat is changing. Going up, the (turn)table. In a patriarchal system ognizes the various manifestations of cally invigorated. The by-the-num- the female, the existence of feminisms. down, away, forward, changing, bers speaker-laser-flyer thing is all the politics of gender do indeed mater. you can practically see the sounds, well and good, but a Being pro-female does not mean we that is the Morph Beat. As far as I bit trite after a while. I mean, The abstractions approximated by are anti-male. know, there are no records that are “scenes” are cool, but there should music, the potential anonymity affored knowingly “Morph Beat”. It is up to be something more to it. So, you the DJ to find them. By combining by the technology, the means of dis- Homewrecker Recordings and the know, Morph it. 6-23-94. Homewrecker Foundation function as a a number of different sounds, Deadly Buda. semination or distribution, in some structures, polyrhythms, and gen- respect works to mask the function of discursive site. To open up debate, gender and gender issues in electronic dialogue, and criticality around the music. White or black labels do not problematics of gender and its speak of sex. But music is never sex- intersection with music. less. Unbounded by historical circum- stance, the relatively new genre of elec- Female trouble. Evening the score. tronic music is, paradoxically, profound- Hysteria. Resistance. Whatever you ly tied to patriarchal culture. The ques- want to call it - we’ve had enough. It all tion arises, who made this record, for starts and stops here. whom was it made, how does it circu- late and within what cotext?

The label, Homewrecker Recordings (the sonic extension of the Homewrecker Foundation), takes up these issues through a strict set of musical and gendered parameters within a specific context: all female pro- ducers and all electronic/digital music/noise. We aim to sex music. We participate in a politics of exclusion merely to dislodge, disrupt and displace the comfy covert politics of exclusion taking place in (some) elec- tronic music and labels of an extreme nature. Ironically, this politics of exclu- sion has also fostered the dangerous 5 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 6

However for Gysin, as allegedly “As if there [are] any accidents.” William S. Burroughs The Pan Mind Pipes the first Westerner to visit Joujouka Brion Gysin Cities Of The Red Night Games of Electronic since anyone living there could remem- Minutes To Go ber, to hear the Masters play their pipes Upon meeting mathematician Coherence during a festival of what he recognized When Tangier lost its Ian Sommerville, the 3 played cut-up to be Lupercalia—The Rites of Pan—he International Zone status in 1958, many games with tape recorders, Burroughs by Doghead Cola equally recognized that he was dealing of its “seedier” occupants (gays and kif- penned The Soft Machine, and Gysin with a very new type of technology. heads, a category into which both Gysin incorporated both Qabalistic magickal “A final glossary cannot be made of The Joujoukans didn’t simply participate and Burroughs fit) headed for Europe. squares into his painting as well as words whose intentions are fugitive...” in these dances because they were During the years in Tangier, Burroughs grafitti-style overlays of both Arabic and William Lee obliged by tradition to do so, but openly disliked Gysin; but after relocat- Japanese calligraphy. Anthony Balch Junkie because combining the magickal ele- ing to Paris, was surprised to discover chummed up to the group and directed ments of music, trance, kif, and the his new next door neighbor at 6 Rue a number of underground short fea- “The music picks up like a current exchange between male and female Git-Le-Couer (the same apartment resi- tures, including Burroughs’ post-mod- turned on . . . And he who stammers sexual energies, a balancing power was dencies later dubbed The Beat Hotel, or ernist dreamy police state tapestry, out an answer is lost. He is lost unless brought into effect within the community. as Gysin called it, The Last Museum) to Towers Open Fire, and the mind- he touches the blade of his knife, or, Gysin had stumbled upon a ritu- be that same old North African expatri- entrancing repeating loops experiment, better still, plucks it out and plunges it al ecstatic music culture involving ate—Gysin. And the friendship ensuing The Cut-Ups. (The latter represents via into the ground between her goatish dance, drugs, and “multimedia” from this chance placement resulted in audio and visual what Eno’s later tape- legs and forked hooves. Then Aisha imagery... a powerful collaboration between the loop experiments contributed to his Homolka, Aisha Kandisha, alias two. Ambient projects of the ‘70s and ‘80s.) Asherat, Astarte, Diana in the Leaves “If you want to disappear, come around Where one was considered the Most importantly, though, Gysin and Green, Blest Virgin Miriam bar Levy, the for private lessons.” writer, one the painter, each artist dab- Sommerville developed the White Goddess, in short, will be his. Brion Gysin bled in the other’s form even prior to Dreamachine, an illuminated flickering She must be a heavy Stone Age meeting. While Gysin practiced mainly cylinder intended to stimulate non- Matriarch whose power he cuts off with To Gysin’s pals—William S. as a visual artist, his sense of discovery drugged psychedelic perceptual highs. his Iron Age knife-magic. Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Hamri the remained constantly vibrant. Once Gysin received funding to build 12 work- “The music grooves into hyste- Painter, Gregory Corso, Brian Jones, working on a collage piece using a ing models, believing it would revolu- ria, fear and fornication. A ball of laugh- tionize the drug culture taking hold in ter and tears in the throat gristle. Tickle America. Although no such predictions of panic between the legs. Gripe of came to fruition, Gysin’s invention pre- slapstick cuts loose in the bowels. The dicted any number of modern “drug-free Three Hadji. Man with Monkey. More perceptual high” gadgets as well as characters coming on stage. The Hadji foreseeing the potential pitfalls involving joggle around under their crowns like any subculture’s attachments to a drug- Three Wise Kings. Monkey Man comes perpetuated worldview. on hugely pregnanat with a live boy in A watershed time for Gysin and his baggy pants. Monkey Man goes Burroughs in Paris, the decade of the into birth pangs and the Hadji deliver ‘60s was the only time Gysin ever him of a naked boy with an umbilical earnestly garnered recognition for his halter around his neck. Man leads creative efforts. While Gysin might be Monkey around, beating him and screw- considered a jack-of-all-trades and mas- ing him for hours to the music. Monkey ter of none, his eminent energy paved jumps on Man’s back and screws him to the way through numerous monumental the music for hours. Pipers pipe higher projects and seminal discoveries. In the into the air and panic screams off like decades prior to his relationship with the wind into the woods of silver olive Burroughs, he’d exhibited his works and black oak, on into the Rif moun- alongside the likes of Duchamp and tains swimming up under the moonlight. Picasso; invited to be a Surrealist par- “Pan leaps back to the gaggle ticipant by Dalí—later booted from the of women with his flails. The women group by Breton. But it was his associ- scream and deliver one tiny boy, wrig- ation with Burroughs, always his biggest gling and stumbling as he dances out in cultural advocate, which helped usher white drag and veil. Another blood-cur- his artistic ventures into popular culture. dling birth-yodel and they throw up Genesis P-Orridge—this technology, Stanley blade, he sliced through a stack So what’s this have to do with another small boy. Pan flails them as too, was evident. The primary use of of newspapers; upon seeing the unique contemporary dance subculture? If the they push out another and another until the technology was to take social ele- arrangements of words beneath, he interconnectedness isn’t already obvi- there are ten or more little boy-girls out ments all operating on their own cultural found himself bemused enough to turn ous, move along to Act II... there with Pan, shaking that thing in the frequencies and to plug them in, so to the process into a game. And thus Enter Genesis P-Orridge. moonlight. Bigger village drag-stars speak, so that even if for only a brief resulted the now infamous “cut-up slither out on the village green and time they shared a single frequency method” so prominent in Burroughs’ “The idea is to apply the cut-up principle shake it up night after night. Pan kings together in a resonance which tran- work from the Parisian years, and which to behavior. them all until dawn. He is the God Pan. scended common parameters of social figured heavily into The Naked Lunch, “The method is a contemporary, They are, all of them, Aisha Homolka.” behavior. of which Gysin was a primary editor non-mystical interpretation of ‘magick’. Brion Gysin, Gysin said that once he’d heard along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack “The aim, then, is reclamation “The Pipes of Pan” the music of the Master Musicians that Kerouac. of self-determination, conscious and he knew he wanted to hear it every day The cut-up method was a semi- unconscious, to the individual. “Nothing is true; everything is permit- for the rest of his life. The American nal discovery. “Writing is 50 years “The result is to neutralise and ted.” expatriate, a former Broadway set behind painting,” Gysin told Burroughs. challenge the essence of social control.” Hassan i Sabbah designer, became a Tangier restau- And whether or not it was true, where Genesis P-Orridge rantuer specifically to showcase the tal- Dadaism and the poems of Tristan “Behavioral Cut-Ups” Some say it started in Chicago, ents of the Masters on a nightly basis. Tzara left off, the cut-up method trans- some in Detroit, and plenty of advo- The restaurant failed a short time after formed narrative prose into collages of During the Paris years, P- cates align themselves with one camp a strange magickal amulet was left images, absurd yet meaningful juxtapo- Orridge had become a correspondent or the other within “th’scene”. behind at a table with a message sitions emerged, and the Third Mind of with Burroughs, and eventually a friend. Whichever side you’re on, if you’ve cho- inscribed within it: “As smoke leaves a chaos was hailed as prime creator. And, of course, friends with Brion. P- sen one at all, it’s become a totally chimney may Brion leave this house The “Third Mind”, the subject of Orridge was a performance artist who’d banal arguement for just about every- and never return.” a collaborative book by Burroughs and exchange art mail with other interesting one, with the exception of those who He did, and the Masters did too, Gysin, works essentially like this: the correspondance acquaintances like are profitting from the hype, of course. preserved on magnetic media for the first mind is that of the creator; the sec- Burroughs and Monte Cazzazza. He “Joujouka, that’s a very old first time almost a decade later, via the ond, that of the artist’s materials; the also became pals with draggish film- scene,” Brion Gysin said of his beloved battery-powered Uher reel recordings of third, an element of chance or chaos maker Derek Jarman, for whom he place of musical worship, the ancient Brian Jones who became so obsessed imposed upon both artist and materials, scored a few short film projects himself, village high on a hilltop in the Rif, just with the project he stayed behind to fin- thereby resulting in a final product and later with his band, the “original” above Tangier, Morrocco. The pipe- ish more recording (which was to be the which cannot be predicted by artist or Industrial outfit, Throbbing Gristle. playing dervish brotherhood of the first release on the Rolling Stones’ new materials. This is true of the cut-ups, (Their inter-relationships are best docu- Master Musicians of Joujouka cast a independent imprint), while Keith and true to some extent of say, deejay mented in REsearch publication #4/5, spell of mystical trance induction across Richards robbed him of his girlfriend, mixing, or better: sampling. William S. Burroughs, Throbbing Gristle, the senses of their kinsmen and and the band booted him—but left him Brion Gysin. ) Westerners alike. The response to to discover that through a Morroccan “Invasion plans are practically impossi- P-Orridge had ideas of his own, repetitive sound structure, communal newspaper article. This sacrificial inci- ble to conceal if they involve the mass even if they were enmeshed with those dance gatherings and ritual hedonism dent was later catalogued by Psychic use of troops and ships. So of Gysin and Burroughs. His ideas was no different in Gysin’s Morrocco of TV on their early techno-experimental [Intelligence and Security] is most con- included the dynamics inherent within the 1950s then it is for global rave cul- hyperdelic rock album Allegory and Self cerned with monitoring scientific and ritual magick (not unlike the practices of ture today. in the track “Godstar”. technical advances which could obviate Aleister Crowley), the necessity of the need for conspicuous preparations.” trance-induced creative expression 6 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 7

(such as in the art of Austin Osman poured. The mind is a palace of many of Lollapalooza. “The Ouab days were the five days left Spare), and the immediatism of organ- chambers where only a few of the over at the year’s end in [the] Mayan ized performance and media as smaller rooms are kept bright.” “This is revolution for the hell of it. A calender. All bad luck of the year was weapons against social control. Thamyra in “Ariadne on Naxos” politics of ecstasy that burns out your concentrated in the Ouab Days . . . The Shocking the hell out of crowds Brion Gysin brains in the ultimate freakbeats. Part Ouab days are upon us.” with the self-mutilation, enema-farting, of the Human Be-In, the pulsing Acid William S. Burroughs lighted-candle-vaginal-masturbation per- Following the success of “Tune Test. Expanding the frontiers of Space letters formances of art troupe Coum In,” between 1988 and 1991 PTV Technology. Your Space. Preserve to Irving Rosenthal and Allen Ginsberg Transmissions only paved the way for recorded numerous singles under a your space. Be cool. SMILE. the all-out sensory onslaught of variety of names (DJ Doktor Megatrip, S.M.I.I.L.E. Space- Of course, revolutionaries have Throbbing Gristle’s live sets. And when Mistress Mix, King Tubby, Vernon Migration/Intelligence Increase/Life- to eat shit from the State from time to that act diminished in 1981, P-Orridge Castle, The Loaded Angels), collaborat- Extension. Play loud and play non- time. and ex-TG cohort Peter Christopherson ing heavily with ex-Soft Cell electronic game ecstasy. Designed to produce When Gen’s (now ex) wife (founder of Coil) not only joined forces composer, Dave Ball (presently of The the psychedelic experience through the Paula (a.k.a. Mistress Mix, Alaura) P- with Alternative TV members to form Grid), production-wiz Richard Schiessl, use of light and sound. Tune in, turn on Orridge, suggested to British Parliament musick group Psychick Television, but and Fred Gianelli (now renowned for his the Acid House. Unity for the HELL of that they create a law banning the live they also established a “non-dogmatic” Telepathic label and collaborations with it.” capativity of dolphins, Scotland Yard ritualistic religious order: The Temple Richie Hawtin, Daniel Bell, and Plus 8). DJ Doktor Megatrip paid attention. Her intentions were sim- Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY). And to They sampled heavily; they did not 1988-1968 ple: since a half-century’s research finalize the concrete front of anti-estab- indicates dolphins exhibit levels of intel- lishment propaganda, they created their ...Upon meeting mathematician Ian Sommerville, ligence equitable to our own, it seems own television network—Psychic TV, to be cruel and unusual to imprison which is the working title of all of P- the 3 played cut-up games with tape recorders, these sentient and social beings. When Orridge’s collaborative projects up Burroughs penned The Soft Machine, and Gysin the Parliamentary law was passed at through the present. the pressing of Mrs. P-Orridge, the incorporated both Qabalistic magickal squares social order got a shock. “TG don’t get involved with the causes The news, of course, was worth and cliches of The Great White Liberal into his painting as well as grafitti-style overlays celebrating—at least for the P-Orridges. consciousness, the dogmas and Always the world travelers, while visiting demonstrations of emotional hang-ups of both Arabic and Japanese calligraphy... in Nepal, volunteering with holy men and guilt complexes (sexism, racism, no laboring in soup kitchens, Gen and nukism, thisism, thatism) thinking them Paula learned that 23 Scotland Yard red herrings introduced to divert people police had raided their home in Brighton from The Horrible Truth—into useless, and impounded all their property, includ- fruitless ‘activism’.” ing original copies of Gen’s film work, Genesis P-Orridge equipment, and old master recordings; REsearch #4/5 allegedly, however, the pigs refused to handle all the TOPY initiate sigils (blood “I have suggested that virus can be cre- and genital excretion ritual offerings) ated to order in the laboratory from very safeguarded at the P-Orridge home. small units of sound and image. Such a They were branded “witches” practicing preparation is not in itself biologically unsavory experiments in social chaos. active, but it could activate or even cre- For fear they would be imprisioned ate virus in susceptible subjects.” should they return, the P-Orridge family William S. Burroughs relocated in exile to the world’s port for Electronic Revolution phreakdom, San Francisco. The rest, of course, is obvious... Psychic TV didn’t conform to predictable conventions any more than “These dreams can be immediately TG had. Musically, the group explored interrupted and brought to an end sim- the continuing usage of drum machines, ply by opening your eyes.” tape loops, and electronics in combina- Brion Gysin tion with live instrumentation—a tactic Dreamachine Plans which had become a standard in the music of TG. However, stylistically, Why all this yammering on? PTV delved into numerous genres— What’s this have to do with Carl Cox, Hyperdelic Rock, Muzack, Noise, and Fatboy Slim or Ron D. Core? yes, Acid House and Techno—remixing Recall the Third Mind; the artist and reinventing themselves sonically on must at least recognize hirself and hir stage and off. materials before inviting chaos in—oth- P-Orridge began to dabble in erwise it’s all frivolous nonsense. more contemporary video production for Today’s “scene” is filthy with the day, creating sprawling, wild psy- money and getting more stale and pre- chedelic imagery which moved in time dictable by the record pressing. Vision to the music and while adopting some has dissipated into a stagnant repetition very MTV-ish trends, consistently mov- of a formula and the edge has been ing beyond them. On a U.S. tour during dulled. It’s not because the elements 1986, P-Orridge & Co. visited a Chicago aren’t right, but because the momentum record shop, asking shop clerk (the now copyright their music or their videos; sleeve notes to Tekno Acid Beat is being lost. Nietzsche made it clear in world famous deejay) Derrick Carter they didn’t list their real names on most The Dawn : “The surest way to corrupt what the weirdest most underground song credits; they pressed white labels Revolutions, even musical a youth is to instruct him to hold in high- sounds were in the shop. “Oh, that’d be and circulated their recordings through ones, require revolutionaries. er esteem those who think alike than the Acid,” Carter told them. Thinking the underground; they propogated the >Participants< And participants must those who think differently.” And the the moniker referred to the drug and image of a smiley-faced skull... first activate their senses, heighten similarities are clear when looking out expecting psychedelic rock music, P- The new music had edge, soul, awareness, and then move beyond to over the laser-corona’d heads of a thou- Orridge bought the entire stock. Upon energy, and like the Pipes of Pan at action. Drugs, yoga, ritual magick all sand baggy Adidas-clad glowstick-toting returning to England and listening to the Joujouka, the sound invoked the need activate senses; information, contem- back-packin’ ravers crammed into a records, he was pleasantly surprised to for coming together in unity: communi- plation, integration all activate aware- steamy warehouse. As my housemate discover that the music was instead ty. And for this reason Psychic TV ness. Revolutionaries are not an audi- Matter laments, “The unique commonal- tweaky, heavily-filtered electronic wash- began hosting free outdoor parties, usu- ence, they are particpatory on every ity of the individual.” es of sound with repetitive beats. As a ally held illegally on some poor sod’s level. The underground is the service One tortuous aspect of elec- result, Psychic TV began to dabble with expanse of fields. Drugs were dolled route for practicioners invoking social tronic music culture right now is that it’s the style and by 1987 released a now- out liberally and consumed eagerly. change. Raves are a potential cata- populated by a lot of frequency noise— legendary Acid House classic: “Tune Acid tabs began to give way to the new lystic experiment for invoking communal scattered energies, frequency interfer- In, Turn On Thee Acid House”. “psychology drug”, Ecstasy, still phar- chaos, devoid of the rules and stan- ence. The most recognizable structure The single gained immediate maceutically manufactured and tilt-o- dards imposed by the present rave for- comes from the Top down, from the popularity both in Europe and abroad, whirl clean. In America, singer for mat. Move beyond coming together to commercializing of a sound with the and foreshadowed the approach of the Jane’s Addiction, Perry Farrell, caught gather. As Hakim Bey describes it, a attempt to capitalize upon a subculture. most important elements still lacking wind of P-Orridge’s infamous parties Temporary Autonomous Zone where And the root essence of the “under- from the ecstatic dance culture in which and visited him at his home in Brighton, participants, like the cells of a body, ground” was once to deliberately ignore Brion Gysin had once immersed him- specifically to experience the madness take action. All participants are artists; all the tactics of the record industry and self. first-hand. What he experienced trans- all artists are pioneers; all pioneers commercial pop culture. Now Armand formed him so dramatically that he envi- move beyond current boundaries. van Helden makes $50K a remix—even “Clever people . . . may no longer sioned a brilliant way to capitalize on “Nothing is true; everything is permit- on the shitty ones. believe these stories but they are the this sort of event, and upon returning ted.” eternal patterns into which life is Stateside, began laying the foundation continued p.19 7 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 8

PRAXIS RECORDS:ÒVISIBILITY IS ATRAP!!#!#!Ó Praxis Records from London isn’t one of generally what I’m interested in is push- techno music at the time; we’re talking squat warehouses that are happening those usual hardcore labels which ing boundaries, challenging notions of 1990, ‘91, ‘92. This is after the acid every weekend. You shouldn’t imagine you can find alright, really nice, okay, sureness. And in the context it is set in house and the big warehouse parties that they are totally playing our sort of and that’s it! The label and the there is a and it kind of got inspired from that idea music there; most sound systems in sister label Sub/version stand for a more lot of different levels. For example, distri- but actually got out into the countryside London are playing quite commercial intellectual idea in electronic bution, how do you organise the where these festivals would happen. And sounding, boring acid trance crap and music - the records are never a final production and distribution of music? It is then what happened was, what really then there’s a handful of that are more statement... they’re always subjects important that we produce the mushroomed that scene, a particularly adventurous and do things for the which can be discussed... An essential things ourselves and distribute them our- big festival happened in ‘92 at right reasons as well - for the music and interview with label owner Christoph selves, to a large degree, and Castlemorton with the consequence of for the culture surrounding it.” Fringeli after five years work in the world- hopefully create a network of like minded people from Spiral Tribe got arrested and wide electronic underground. people to help each other out. And then taken to court for serious offences. They Do you play live, dj or both? By it also has a context in terms of the sort all got acquitted in the end but the laws “I personally don’t play live at the parties where this music is changed as a part of the new Criminal moment. I have played live with Siobhan M. being played. That is also a reason for Justice Bill in 1994, which has a lot of different projects in the past and I might me to release twelve inch vinyl infringements of civil liberties. And it do so in the future, but the last because in a way I don’t necessarily see became pretty much impossible to do When did Praxis Records start? couple of years I mix records or other twelve inch records as finished these sort of things in England. For a lot sound carriers. Right now I’m working “In 1992, towards the end of the year products or in the general consumer of people it had become part of their with a desktop system and I don’t see after I moved to London - I wanted to context. I think they should be used as lifestyle to do parties in the city, in the point of putting that on stage and start a new label.” a tool where DJs can mix those records warehouses or in the countryside in the just playing the tracks and tweaking but- and create something new with summer. Some sound systems went to tons sometimes. If I was doing Why did you want to start your them.And the context for that is certainly Europe and to France, that’s where the something live I would do it on a different own label? system, a more modular system “I had actually been releasing some Ò...I certainly would like to see what we do in the where I would have more influence over records before, more of an experimental, the elements of the sound.” industrial/punk nature when I was living context of resistance in Switzerland at the end of the What were the ‘Dead By Dawn’ eighties and the beginning of the against mind control culture that we are exposed parties that you did? nineties. But when I moved I wanted to “The ‘Dead By Dawn’ parties were a make a new start, also in terms of the to by the mainstream, where everything is con- series of parties that went over two content of the music.” trolled by money and not by creative ideas... years, we did 23 parties I think, which were on a monthly basis in a small Praxis has tons of releases anarchist squat in Brixton, South [twenty-five], how do people London. At the time they were really become involved important as a meeting point for the with the label? scene because it was a very small space “Usually it’s people I know personally, and we never could do much promotion friends of some description from because we couldn’t do much flyering, London or other cities, or people whose we really depended on word of mouth music I really appreciated and then got and network promotion. So a lot of peo- to know. So it doesn’t operate like a label ple got to know each other quite well and where you send a demo tape and you it was an important place to interact and might get a contract. I never make con- to exchange ideas; the way it was laid tracts - it’s based on trust.” out, it was ideal for that because it had a very small basement where loud music Is there a co-operative atmos- could be played all night, but then it had a ground floor where you could hear the phere to the label? music quite well but you could just sit “Obviously it’s been going for quite a around and talk, which was a good forum while and I’ve seen a lot of changes in for that. And they had stalls for records the scene in the meantime. At the begin- and magazines and then we had a bar ning, like in ‘92, the whole, then, techno where we had noise, sound collage and scene was completely different from industrial stuff, which was also quite loud what you see now. It seems to continual- not clubs or raves and not art either, in teknival thing actually started in ‘93 or general it’s mainly been free parties or ‘94, which certainly influenced a lot of the but it was more to sit down and listen to ly change, but recently there has been a rather than to dance or jump around.” good co-operative spirit between differ- teknivals and squat parties. French hardcore techno scene which ent labels that associate with each other, Which in itself, again, has political impli- was about to start; France has a com- that help distribute each other’s releases cations, directly or indirectly or has psy- pletely different history of dance music Sounds cool, how come they and the DJs play at parties together and chosocial implications, I don’t know if than England. That has continued up stopped? stuff like that. But that is also true of political is the right word. But in that there until now despite certain repressions. “We did it for quite a long period and it other labels in France and a bit in are events that happen outside of the But basically Teknivals are free festivals took quite a lot... particularly my energies Germany, that we’re in touch with and normal commercial consumer culture in the countryside, involving anything because I had to put a lot into it...at some swap records.” industry, thereby challenging the mecha- between three and twenty different point after fifteen or sixteen parties I just nisms and the hierarchical set up of sound systems coming together, some- suggested to limit it while it was really Is there any sort of concept or mainstream culture.” times over quite big areas, playing music good and not wait until it was past its for twenty-four hours a day from any- ideology behind Praxis? It peak and sort of peter out, which I Could you explain what is thing between three days and two believe happens even to the best regular seems quite political and I was meant by Teknivals because weeks.” [laughs] event. And I think I can say those last wondering what you thought alot of people might not be parties got madder and madder and in a As far as parties and live stuff, about how music and politics familiar with the history of it. way better and better, probably because intersect. what’shappening with the type we announced it would be stopping and “Teknivals - obviously is put together did some kind of countdown -now it’s “I definitely think that any cultural output techno and festivals -have had, well of stuff you do or Praxis does, is in some social context and has a func- what would you be playing or another five parties and so on. People actually not that long of a history, it goes would come and really appreciate what tion in certain contexts. And I think to back maybe four or five years. where would you be playing? deny that is kind of foolish - obviously was going on because it was not like Essentially, they gradually came out of “I play quite a lot and so do the other DJs people are trying to think that what they anything else that was going on. It was the festivals that happened in the who are involved with a group of do is completely abstract and has no not strictly speaking a free party, it was early nineties in England, where people labels, Praxis, Ambush, Audio Illusion political implications, but I think that in more programmed and controlled. We would come together and get and a few others, mainly at free itself has political implications. Then also had talks before the music would equipment together, big amplifiers and parties in London. I personally play in dif- there’s different approaches; I see Praxis start, between nine and eleven, we’d speakers, and go with those sound ferent countries as well. But the as an experimental label in general so invite people of different groups or politi- systems often to traditional hippie and normal venue for this sort of stuff at the we try different points of view out. But cal stuff or cultural stuff or literature to traveller festivals and play hardcore moment is parties in London in 8 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 9

talk or show their work, and cause some Pure from Vienna. For me the ly get these ideas to people; they with Jason Skeet (who I did Praxis 24 kindof discussion which would put the difference is that Sub/version is a genre have to mediated somehow and it’s not with, which is the title of the ep). And whole thing into a cultural context; we label; it’s suppose to be a tech going to get very far quickly, apart from having our separate things to were quite interested in putting that point step label. The three releases, again, are especially if you’re up against a system do there, my thing is not connected to across and not only have party music inspired by that idea of taking that is totally using all available music it’s a talk about information war and dancing. We had this concept of something and distorting it, but definitely technologies to its own advantage.” and terrorism, we’re making it an experimental pool for ideas within the limitations and doing an installation in front of the opera and activities. It certainly was not the within the language of a particular genre. You also publish and edit the house which is going to feed only thing that spawned what’s going on On Praxis I would do maybe a Datacide zine, do you deliber- back certain elements. It is going to be a now, but I think it was quite crucial in record with no beats at all if that is what ately take up different media to big box with a sound system in bringing certain people together that are I felt like doing - with no it, that is going to be connected to a still working together a lot.” hesitation. With Sub/version I would not disseminate ideas - the record transmission system, to a studio in do that, it has to have a certain label, the magazine etc.? the place holding the talks, it’s called With Praxis’ Records there code.” “Yeah definitely. I see music as a lan- Public Netbase. It’s in the centre seems to be a lot of images of, guage and I see words and images as a of Vienna, where there is studio equip- not so much terrorism, but Explain your logo “Visibility is way of putting things across. And you ment and computers. I see it as a a Trap”. can always say certain things better psychogeographical feedback device, images of resistance or subver- in one medium than the others. Music is where we try to sample things from the sion, and a lot of different “It’s actually a quote from Foucault, from ‘Discipline and Punish’. It refers to sur- a veryphysical and abstract medium, everyday reality of the place and feed labels laud “the revolution”, I veillance, ie. being controlled through at the same time, whereas words are them back into the actual public was wondering what you think much more concrete and intellectual. Of space again. So it is not going to be of this idea of “revolution”? music as such, a noise thing. You’ll ...I was interested in certain aspects of the new also be able to email to the Netbase as “I certainly would like to see what we do it’s happening and the email will be in the context of resistance against mind dance music at thetime. For example, the focus translated into midi language and it will control culture that we are exposed to by was not on the performers or individuals on a be triggering sounds, that people the mainstream, where everything is can upload to the website at the same controlled by money and not by creative stage but was onto everybody in the crowd or on time. We’re trying to get everyone who ideas. That’s just one side, I’d have to wants to be involved, involved. We are say different people who put out records the crowd itself, rather also going to have a workshop which on Praxis would have different opinions will mainly consist in giving people and I would certainly respect that. I than looking up to someone on the stage and pay recorders and sending them out into the would say the world revolution has been city and hopefully they’ll come back with used by advertising so much by now that for that and go home... interesting recordings. But we’ll see how it is a difficult word to use. But what it successful that is, that should be inter- originally means, a fundamental change esting.” in the cultural, political structure of a given system, I think that is a valid aim to You have various project go for. I think there’s too much control by corporations and by big money. There’s names? too much based on a neo-colonialist “I use different names all the time. Base world wide system where the west is just Force One is me, Society of exploiting the rest of the world. I think Unknowns is me and Jason, Metatron that is a time was me. Then there’s some other names bomb, one way or another.” as well, and a concept we call the Jackal or DJ Jackal. It is a multiple name con- How has Praxis musically cept that basically anyone who relates to evolved over the years? the fundamental ideas behind what we are collectively doing can use, produce “The concept is in a way still the same, or play [laughs] and use that name for but the way it formulates itself is whatever they are doing in that context. continually changing and will continue to Which is not an change in the future. At the original idea in that sense, and it is not beginning I was interested in certain suppose to be; the idea of multiple aspects of the new dance music at the names has been used by other people time. For example, the focus was not on coming from this sort of neoist move- the performers or individuals on a ment in the eighties. I think it is mainly a stage but was onto everybody in the being visible to the authorities. So it has neoist related idea, they had multiple crowd or on the crowd itself, rather that meaning from the original quote but course you can intellectualise music and names like Karen Elliot, and had hun- than looking up to someone on the stage it also has what I think is important, that put words into noises or something, just dreds of people doing artwork as Karen and pay for that and go home; you would what I do is part of a collective and there as approximations. I’m definitely into Elliot. Luther Blissett is probably the go into a space where a DJ would be is a certain degree of anonymity, so that using all means to get ideas across. And most used and powerful multiple name mixing somewhere but the DJ wasn’t it’s an invisible situation.” Datacide is quite an important project for concept at the moment, which was insti- really the centre of attention, except for me, as much as the label; to have a gated by a group of radical Situationist some trainspotters who always existed Can you explain what you medium for that sort of music and culture inspired people in Italy. So DJ Jackal is trying to see what records he was play- or subculture, mean by “hardcore”. the multiple name for the radical ing, but generally the focus of attention but also bring in different elements into it Situationist inspired people in the hard- was different. In terms of production, all “Hardcore that’s another difficult one that aren’t necessarily connected. because a lot of people understand core scene [laughs]. So that’s an invita- these white labels that came out at the There’s enough ‘zines that cover records tion for everybody to use it - to be the time, I thought that was quite exciting different things in it. I see it as more of an and DJs but I’m more interested in mix- attitude and not necessarily a description Jackal. There is a responsibility in using because of all the pseudonyms and the ing things up and intellectualising things the name as well.” anonymity of the output - destroying the of a particular music style. But if I used it and theorising things rather than just as a description of a music style then I’d hierarchical pattern or structure of enter- reflect them. I’m quite interested in the All these things seem to be tainment. Praxis was not necessarily to use it more as what I see coming out of theoretical aspect of Datacide more than be totally a part of that but also a com- that particular attitude, rather than as a as a news carrier, to theorise music and rather Eurocentric, is there ment on it. I was always interested in tak- stylistic thing. And the definition would culture. I think it is better to do that your- much happening in North ing those elements that were around at a have changed over years, a lot proba- self than to let some academics do it, America? particular time but distorting them and bly.” and also it becomes a forum for discus- “I would say it is mainly happening in making them more extreme, and feeding sion if it is done in a magazine form. London and in some places in France, them back again into that pool of collec- In Praxis Newsletter 12 you dis- Datacide isn’t necessarily there to say which has a very young and up for it tive output. Of course you can say in the cuss the liberating or resistant this is true, it is more important that you scene and is relatively big as well. meantime DJs became stars...that’s why potential of music and technol- feed into a discussion, again that should Then there’s people in Germany and five years ago I would have said Praxis ogy and the way the two inter- happen collectively.” Austria and outside of there it’s just was a techno label but I would never say sect, how do see this concept isolated groups of people, little pockets, I that now because I think that whole tech- That’s what I thought was so think everywhere, including no system has become its own little hier- operating? cool about Datacide, the Praxis North America. But there is not as many archy. We were never going to be a part “It’s difficult not to say this old, banal Newsletter and Praxis, they all productions coming out of North of that and we’ve moved on. The initial answer, it empowers people to have seem like discursive sites. America yet, but there are some people ideas are still valid though. Praxis went computers. But I think it is much more doing some stuff. I think there will through hard techno through gabber possible now with communications Datacide also seemed co-oper- be much more in the near future. I think even, to more noisy experiments and technology to talk to people world wide ative and international too. You it is just a geographical gap recently more breakbeat influences.” on a similar level and also find those are doing some kind of musical because a lot of this particular music is people, communicate with them and installation outside of the just getting exposed to it in the How does your sublabel organise a system of distribution or Vienna opera house? right way, which is in front of big sound Sub/version differ from Praxis? a medium that is independent from big “It’s actually going to be done as ‘Society “Sub/version is a label I’m doing with DJ money media. I think it’s an important CONTINUED P.20 aspect because otherwise you can’t real- of Unknowns’ because I’m going down 9 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 10

me first backtrack in time in order to set signs of Aquarius and Sagittarius. Scorpio moon “lunates” these other ASTROLOGICALLY up the Y2K event. In January, These planets rule “transpersonal” three angles, it is probable that that will February, and March of 1996 came the activity, or the general trends of the describe the computer systems break- biggest doorway into the next Age since world’s populace. As time builds toward down which is currently becoming a real FORECASTING Y2K the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, Y2K, these planets in these signs, to concern. by Joshua Hayward which was a time when the Earth was keep it simple, will be pushing more and supposed to come into a new alignment more, exponentially in fact, for societal, Let me clarify the meanings of the posi- with the Cosmos to prepare for Change. governmental, and spiritual change. tions of the above geometry. Saturn is At the aforementioned time in 1996, What isn’t working will continue to be holding the place of the “status quo”: What does the future hold for the dread- planets in our solar system configured exposed as not working, likely in some values, ownership, money. Neptune ed ÒMillennial BugÓ problem come around our Earth to form a six, followed dramatic ways. We have only to look at wants to expose needed changes in the Jan.1st 2000 AD? Day after day, we by several very tight five-pointed stars, the general tenor of the news from say, status quo through the element of con- read various stories ranging from: Buy a shortly after which the Hale-Bopp 1996 to present to see the tip of the ice- fusion. Uranus is the lightning bolt of gun, dig a hole, store food-all in prepa- Comet, at its perihelion (or its closest berg of what will come in the future. Change Itself. The destiny point of Leo ration for a complete meltdown of mod- penetration to Earth), was one night in But enough let me now plunge into Y2K symbolizes the need “to boldly go” ern society, roving bands of brigands March seen in the same sky with a full proper. where we have not gone before, to cre- will roam the landscape raping anything ate an equitable Earth situation. I sug- that moves and pillaging food-so you ...Well, all I can gest that we might welcome change, no must prepare or die. Or: ItÕs no problem matter how it comes. at all-come December 99, everyone is say is that after 2000 years the garbage needs to going to be up-to-date, the various com- puter networks of government, electric be taken out. Our beliefs about life have created a There are other important planets at companies, banks, etc. will all have work here in the Y2K theatre, so let me their systems fixed and youÕll never worldwide stink, and it needs to be noticed before introduce the two foremost players in notice anything happened. We are fed a anything can be done... order to keep things as simple as possi- constantly changing array of facts from ble. First is Pluto, the mysterious, dark so many sources with such a wide hand of evolution, who swings eccentri- range of conflicting data, that no one cally around the Sun in a description of can really get a good grasp of what the our Solar System’s boundaries. Pluto future holds on that potentially fateful rules the push of the Soul to evolve and date. grow beyond limitations. Then there is Chiron, the “wounded healer”, who says Except perhaps my frequent coffee that our deepest wounds are our great- shop loitering companion Joshua est opportunity for growth, especially as HaywardÉBased on his years doing we help others who have been stricken readings on the Pearl Street Mall, in like manner. Chiron is a bridge, cir- Joshua claims to have done more tarot cling between Saturn and Uranus, for card readings in his lifetime than just the Soul to reach into our daily lives. about anyone alive. He is quite knowl- Hence it is a critical bridge for us to tra- edgable in the field of astrology, I can verse into the Times before us, the vouch for his interpretive powers bridge of service to others. myself. That being said, one day the Y2K issue came up in conversation. Now for more evidence of a real event While Joshua scoffed at the whole thing here. There is an exact conjunction, as having no effect whatsoever, I direly which is of monumental significance all repeated the fear and paranoia that I unto itself, of the “evolutionary” Pluto generally pick up from AM radio talk and the “wounded healer” planet, shows. Amidst our disagreement on the Chiron, in the same degree of the sign information provided, it occurred to me of Sagittarius, which represents “higher that this was the perfect assignment for consciousness”, higher education, for- a keen astrologer. Essentially, the wide- eign countries, and travel. The conjunc- angle historical lens of astrology would tion, all by itself, if the magnitude can provide far more telling information than be reduced to a single sentence, is the fear-mongers or sooth-sayers- judg- intended to produce healing on Earth ing by the information that all is privy to! through higher understanding of the I requested that Joshua look into the need for Universal matter as an exclusive for THE DEAD- Brotherhood/Sisterhood. Along the LY TYPE. HereÕs the scoreÉ way, the conjuction, which will endure -buda on and off for the whole year 2000, will most likely expose Earth’s lack of Astrology is not an exact sci- Brotherhood and lack of cooperation ence; it is an intuitive science. humanity needs to continue in any Approaching the question of Y2K from healthy way into the future. Such expo- an astrological position, I may not be sure, say about our over-reliance on able to tell whose computer will go computers to think for us, or about the down and whose will stay up. While use of computers by the “military-indus- Predictive Astrology sometimes pro- trial complex”, as Eisenhower once duces a surprising level of accuracy, coined it, to control the commercial such is not always the case when it habits of the world’s populace in order comes to exactitude and specificity in a to maintain power, will have the intent of delineation of events, at least in the awakening the dozing masses from the empirical sense. It can be argued, how- lunar eclipse in the sign of Libra, mean- fantasy capitalism perpetuates about ever, that facts are highly overrated. As ing harmony and cooperation between The year 2000, in the western world, materialism being the answer to all well, I personally promise that the “type” “Heaven and Earth”, between brothers births in on a Scorpio moon, which questions. of event, or progression of events, will and sisters on our planet. I’ll never for- makes sense because that sign’s always be detected by the watchful get the awe of that sighting! If you saw nature is “birth and death”. Keep in astrological eye, and I have found, it, it was a “once in all your lifetimes” mind that there is a certain life quality to moreover, that astrology is at its finest continued p.19 experience. symbolism when it comes to astrology, when it calls forth the quality and nature which amounts to more than intellectual of the event. What I hope to give here During this period of time I gave some abstraction. So then Scorpio moon, it is the lay of a future land with some cre- lectures in Boulder, Colorado which I feels in this case, is a transformational ative insight into the intent of the time. had entitled Gaia Gateway to Aquarius. wave. This midnight moon is moving In that title the point of this backtracking into temporary configuration with three In fact, astrology, properly used, is an is to be found. We have already other positions held by slow moving intuitive art. It is a tool to help us craft entered the Age of Aquarius, at least in planetary entities. This formation is our lives more consciously. We are cre- my opinion. I am endeavoring here to called a Grand Cross, and to demon- ative beings, let us not forget. Perhaps show that major shifts have already strate the potential energy, a GC basi- the best way to look at the Y2K situa- been happening, and it should be reas- cally consisting of the same planets tion is an opportunity to create, or re- suring that Y2K does not carry the full touched off the stock market fall in create, new structures for our lives on weight of the birth of an Age, at least August of 1998. the planet. Systems failures present, not in the astrological sense. moreover, new systems. Yes, this is a volatile situation, involving Some more background information, Saturn in the sign of Taurus, Uranus Before I begin an analysis of the astro- which is useful, is to note that the outer and Neptune in the sign of Aquarius, logical atmosphere of the nativity, or planets, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and what I call the point of Global birth-time, of a new epoch in history, let have moved into the very high octane Intention in the sign of Leo. 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always been their eventual isolation and accustomed to, while giving nothing ing to whom? Apparently there is a seg- Propaganda and disengagement from the general popu- positive back to society. ment of society that feels completely lace. The generations of families that Day in and out, every person comfortable prying into everyone else’s result after the initial fortune seem to now comes into contact with information business, whilst carefully guarding Class Hostility functionally degenerate in relation to the in their field of knowledge they know is theirs. By Deadly Buda society (even while the family’s’ fortune inaccurate at best, false at worst. When When will we be shocked at increases) as they are put into positions one puts it all together a completely illu- how insulting their programming, slo- of power and privilege by birth-rite sory world emerges that somehow influ- gans and sound-bites are to the intelli- “The conscious and intelligent manipu- rather than a more universally function- ences peoples’ interaction. Though we gence of the general population? lation of the organized habits and opin- ing understanding of their business. don’t really agree with aspects of this “Political Action Committees” and ad ions of the masses is and important ele- Furthermore, a soft hostility emerges as strange world of illusion, we must go agencies work hand in hand to address ment in democratic society. Those who the friends and families among the along with it, because we assume and then force issues so despised by manipulate this unseen mechanism of class intertwine, against those equally everyone else is. So one instance after the majority, that one can only laugh at society constitute an invisible govern- or more adept, from the outside. This another is based on a completely false the vehement desperation to uphold a ment which is the true ruling power of hostility in America is particularly subtle, set of values, morals, and information. clearly transparent sense of decency our country.” as it takes the form of manners and So it goes something like this...The and social control that these people feel expectations, dress, tastes in music, Bank decides to loan business money so strongly to enforce upon the popula- Edward L. Bernays, Propaganda, art, and literature in a persons early based on how it conducts itself-”like a tion. ©1928 Horace Liveright inc. stages of development (usually their real business”. This constitutes a cer- But it really isn’t funny at all. adolescence) and then makes itself tain pre-conceived notion of dress Every day people are being put in jail Thus Edward L. Bernays, considered clearly evident as they get older with sense, attitude, moral subscription and for things that the majority do not think the inventor of the American public rela- are crimes. Our social will is so obvi- tions industry, unflinchingly begins his ously subverted by insular and incestu- 1928 handbook, Propaganda. ...As power concentrates among a class of people, ous powers that obviously have far “Crystallizing public opinion,” was the eventual result has always been their eventu- more control on our society than the Bernay’s stock and trade. As he majority. Even when someone dis- explained it, the powers-that-be (or the al isolation and disengagement from the general agrees with a policy, they will go along more commonly used, “men of best with it, because “that’s what the guy character”) must be able to mold and populace. The generations of families that result upstairs thinks, and he pays my bills.” shape the public mind, otherwise, So the propaganda is getting chaos would ensue. He called this after the initial fortune seem to functionally increasingly vacuous, and the products “Organizing Chaos” (also the title of his made and marketed get worse and first chapter in Propaganda*). At the degenerate in relation to the society (even while worse in most cases, to ensure a profit, time, the industrial revolution had the familyÕsÕ fortune increases)... to pay back a loan, to live in a social unleashed a marvelous array of devices illusion. After years and years of this (radio, television, telephone, and wire) happening, the society is left with bland, with which to communicate ideas all homogenized, dishonest hack jobs in over the earth, particularly the far-flung virtually every arena. In fact, honest, populated regions of the United States. emotional, challenging and experimen- Battling with these devices, strong tal works or products are almost industry, business and social groups banned from society because they are could now direct society in an orderly “too risky”-Although everything is mar- fashion. keted to us as having those values— The “men of best character” with a “classic rock” soundtrack blaring concept was fundamental to the idea of in the background, like ‘Born to be Wild” responsible propaganda. It assumed or some such nonsense. that those with money and power, such As the propaganda continues, it as the ‘captains of industry”, and fami- produces an ever-more cynical society. lies comprising the banking system, had We are harassed at borders, put in jail the most knowledge, intelligence and for superfluous reasons, and taxed to trustworthiness to guide our society. pay for our exploitation and brainwash- Bernays assumed, like many of his ing. Political parties are laughable exer- social background, that “men of best cises in boredom, the sheer repetition character” must be relied on to gently of the ineptitude bludgeons us into guide a democracy to the “right” deci- accepting obviously stupid ideas and sion. This would be done with “propa- their economic grounding, geographic of course, target market. So, most of despairing that things will never ganda”. A well-orchestrated campaign location and political persuasions. the money loaned for businesses goes change. Lives are destroyed, the envi- of advertising and public address, could Since the early part of the century, to those that most readily subscribe to ronment gutted, and the sell-out contin- mold the pubic mind in such a way as America has ingested a steady diet of the pre-formed preconceptions of the ues to escalate the physical, mental to condition them to support products, propaganda from the captains of indus- lenders. This creates a superficially and psychic carnage of even the per- politics, social concepts, and in times of try and their financiers, descendents homogenous atmosphere that perme- ceived “winners”, while our entertain- national distress, wars. and accessory social classes (the upper ates the upper middle class of most of ment industry does nothing but perpetu- Assuming that there was a bet- middle class). These are not democratic the Western Hemisphere. Despite their ate a vacuous consuming culture, con- ter-suited group of people to guide the enclaves of concerned citizens, they disagreement about certain topics, such stantly looking for new methods of society was not so very far-fetched. are families and the social groups as say, marijuana legislation, they dili- diverting peoples attention spans from Obviously, this group of people was attached to serve them, with their own gently tow the line to pay off their mort- the fact that things are going to hell smart enough to see an opportunity and prejudices, predilections, projections gages and college loans, etc., rational- quickly, while the ruling classes contin- jump on it in the first place, would be and self-interests. izing the whole thing with any number ue to be hypnotized by the simulacra informed with the most recent develop- Advertising, media focus, dramatic of reasons. The ideal target market is, they call statistics, opinion polls and ments in industry, and were required an broadcast, sports, radio and television of course, the upper middle class for surveys. Virtually our entire society is amount of civic service to keep up good news, daily papers and periodicals are these ventures, and so project after only relating to each other as stereotyp- public appearances. More importantly, all part of a nervous system that project is targeted at this market, based ical images. America was not entirely familiar with informs the social body on it’s status on an assumption of their prejudices, Commercial capitalism, as an instru- the concepts of class and privilege and and direction, intellectually, physically, which are really the supposed mirrored ment, has powerful tendencies to what they entailed. Theoretically, and emotionally. When a particular seg- standards of their financiers and become institutionalized, to the injury of America is entirely opposed to the feu- ment of that body monopolizes the employers who, in plenty of cases, don’t continued economic advance. Such dal implications of hierarchy (After all, communication process the results can subscribe to the standard of behavior institutionalization arises when pursuit we are taught that our country was be detrimental to the whole. For they feel they must impose on everyone of profit becomes dominant over the formed with the idea of breaking away instance, when a certain product or else. real, if remote, goals of any economic from the English crown). So when commodity is no longer useful or need- In America, we have a quite system. These real goals include high wealth was concentrating during the ed in the quantity it once was, such as interesting situation with the ruling enjoyment of wealth, and can be ana- industrial age, the social implications tobacco or oil, those industries embark classes and their propaganda: their rel- lyzed into high production, high distribu- could not be entirely forecast by the on massive campaigns of dis-informa- evance is increasingly called into ques- tion, and high consumption of goods. As majority, or the fortunate. Furthermore, tion. Dodgy scientific studies and their tion... by their propaganda. We are read long as the pursuit of profits serves to the concentration of communication statistics scream across the daily head- statistics to us daily by talking heads assist these goals, any profit organiza- power “at the top” was not entirely un- lines, politicians’ palms are greased, that are telling us how we think en tion of the economic system remains an beneficial at the time, because the new laws are proposed, billboards go masse. It is obviously very important to instrument, but this is likely to continue wealth was created in recent memory, up all over the place, characters in take surveys because the people mak- only as long as the trading system is a and seemed to directly address the cur- movies are chain-smoking, Bruce Willis ing discussions have ceased to identify competitive one. As long as the compet- rent economic and leisure needs of the in “Armageddon” hits golf-balls off an oil with the voter and consumer, and must itive aspect of the organization contin- population. So during this time, eco- rig at Greenpeace boats, and advertis- increasingly rely on an intermediary. It ues, each entrepeneur seeks to obtain nomic and communication power con- ing agencies are flooded with dollars in is portrayed as a “Shocking Revelation” a larger share of the total trade for him- centrated among a newly formed social an effort to lie and brainwash as many that no one cares who Clinton slept with self, and invest his savings, as in ships, class. people as often as possible. All this so or that people are uncomfortable giving wharves, or warehouses, in order to do As power concentrates among a class that one tiny segment of the population out personal information when they buy of people, the eventual result has can continue to live in a manner it is batteries at Radio Shack. I ask: shock- continued p.20 11 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 12

(ii) intelligence-based warfare (which “Third Way”. Capitalism’s nukes or conventional means of mass consists of the design, protection, shortcomings have been becoming destruction. The Gulf War was a ‘Mid- Information and denial of systems that seek suffi- clearer and clearer once more over the Intensity Conflict’ that involved system- cient knowledge to dominate the last few months, but now - since the fall atic mass destruction. July 13, 1970, battlespace), of the Eastern Bloc - the West doesn’t General Westmoreland made this pre- Warfare (iii) electronic warfare (radio- electronic have to prove anymore that it is indeed diction to Congress: or cryptographic techniques), “better” and “freer”. Not that the by Christoph Fringelli (iv)psychological warfare (in which infor- east/west dichotomy offered any real “On the battlefield of the future, enemy mation is used to change the minds of choice, but now your only choice is to forces will be located, tracked, Information War, Cyberwar, Netwar, friends, neutrals, and foes), be on the side of the law or on the side and targeted almost instantaneously Anti-War, Technowar, Postmodern War (v) “hacker” warfare (in which computer of terrorists, pedophiles, drug through the use of data links, computer are all new buzzwords in the field of mil- systems are attacked), cartels, criminals. With the disappear- assisted intelligence evaluation, and itary theory, buzzwords that are now (vi) economic information warfare ance of the other super-power as the automated fire control. ... I am becoming more commonplace and are (blocking information or channelling it main enemy, and the emergence of confident that the Americanpeople enterng the cultural mainstream. I will to pursue economic dominance), and Rogue States and Super-Hackers the expect this country to take full not regurgitate the propaganda about (vii) cyberwarfare (a grab bag of futuris- differnce between hot war and cold war advantage of this technology - to wel- the ‘information age’ and all the talks tic scenarios). All these forms is disappearing as well. come and applaud the developments about superhighways, but stick to the are weakly related.” that will replace wherever possible the field of military theory and then draw man with the machine.” attention to the fact how much this con- cerns us... Lethality, speed and scope of warfare is rising: Dr. Richard Gabriel: The connection of concepts of informa- “Military technology has reached a point tion and the conduct of war was where “conventional weapons have certainly not lost on the military theoreti- unconventional effects.” In both conven- cians in the past from Sun Tse tional war and nuclear war, onwards. Napoleon in quoted as saying combatants can no longer be reason- that three hostile newspapers are ably expected to survive.” (1987) more to be feared than a thousand bay- From this follows that wars have to be onets. conducted like terrorist attacks with an element of surprise in order to What is Information War? not have a situation of combat As concepts of information war are fil- established. Violence becomes sudden tering into the cultural mainstream, and exterminist. often in form of manipulation and con- trol of information by governments It is suggested (in Postmodern War) the against their own citizens, nurturing “reverse of the high tech strategy cynicism about the democratic is to make your military target a political process, it is far from clear in military victory. Gilles Deleuze and circles what we are talking about. Felix Guattari call this “guerrilla warfare, Definitions such as the following are minority warfare, revolutionary and pop- common, but not satisfying: ular war” and note that, while war is necessary in this strategy, it is only nec- “Information warfare is the offensive essary as a supplement to some other and defensive use of information and project. Practitioners of political war information systems, while protecting “can make war only on the condition one’s own. Such actions are designed that they simultaneously create some- to achieve advantages over military or thing else , if only new unorganic social business adversaries.” relations” (1986, p.121; emphasis in original). This is , after all, a very old The actual confusion is well illustrated form of war, dating back to prehistory. It at the beginning of an essay by contains many elements of ritual war, Martin Libicki of the Institute for National especially those that were borrowed Strategic Studies: from the hunt: stalking, hiding, waiting , deceiving, ambushing.” “In the fall of 1994, I was privileged to ...A netwar may focus on public or elite observe an Information Warfare opinion, or both. It may involve public diplomcy All this has grave implications on game sponsored by the Office of the Military theory, and we can observe an Secretary of Defense. Red, a measures, propaganda and psychological escalation of non-conventional methods middle-sized, middle-income nation with of combat, not only for territories, but a sophisticated electronics campaigns, political and cultural subversion, also for people’s minds and souls. industry, had developed an elaborate Counter-Insurgency, Low-Intensity five-year plan that culminated in an deception of or interference with local media, Conflict, Information War: Behind the attack on a neighboring country. Blue — rhetoric lies the reality of a global civil the United States — was the infiltration of computer networks and war that is fought with acts of terror and neighbor’s ally and got wind of Red’s databases, and efforts to promote dissident or mind control. plan. The two sides began an extended period of preparation during which each opposition movements across computer And in the so-called War on Drugs we conducted peacetime information war- can find parallels to the world of fare and contemplated wartime informa- networks.Ó Information War, Propaganda and ter- tion warfare. Players on each side rorism. The War on Drugs is part of a retreated to game rooms to decide on And paranoia is emerging, as a quote strategy that involves Rogue States and moves. Not only that: More often than not they from a paper titled “Political Aspects Non-Governmental Organisations as have been part of the conduct of of Class III Information Warfare: Global well as evil terrorists; there have been Upon returning from the game rooms, wars for centuries, and are, with few Conflict and Terrorosm” by Matthew G. various attempts to link those each side presented its strategy. Two exceptions, by no means new. What Devost held at a conference called concepts up to create the much needed troubling tendencies emerged: First, has changed are the availablity of tech- InfoWarCon II in Montreal January 18- threat to internal security, such as because of the difficulty each side nology than allows worldwide 19, 1995 will illustrate: in the idea of Narco-Terrorism that pro- had in determining how the other side’s transmission of information in real time, “There is no early warning system for poses that it is a combination of information system was wired, for most the potential lethality of conventional information warfare. You don’t know leftist guerrilla forces and the drug car- of the operations proposed (for exam- war, the role of the media, a context it is coming, so you must always expect tels that pose a threat to the ple, Blue considered taking down Red’s where a new emphasis for it which creates a high level of American hegemony mainly in South banking system) no one could prove conflict and propaganda emerges: The paranoia.” America. Apart from incidental collusion which actions might or might not be managment of information and this theory has been thoroughly successful, or even what “success” in visibility. Old forms of propaganda and The permanent threat to be attacked rebuked by establishment researchers. this context meant. Second, conflict was control are not vanishing but supple- out of nowhere creates an aggressive Not only is the Narco-Terrorism concept the sound of two hands clapping, but mented with new forms. Still there are siege mentality, where preemptive, sur- a propaganda lie (and pretext for bloody not clapping on each other. Blue saw security forces with rising budgets con- gical strikes, are advocated against the oppression), if we look deeper into it we information warfare as legions of hack- trolling the streets, but increasingly ‘rogue’ forces, global policing is are tempted to assume that in fact it is ers searching out the vulnerabilities of attempting to control the “information enforced, a permanent state of almost- a practice used by the security enforce- Red’s computer systems, which might highways”. war (or ‘cool war’?) of which cultural ment agencies themselves, as the leak- be exploited by hordes of viruses, conflicts as well as small scale armed ing drugs for guns and hostages deals worms, logic bombs, or Trojan horses. Still there are saturation bombings of conflicts are part. underline... Red saw information warfare as psy- the public mind by the mass media In military speak this is often referred to chological manipulation through media. that are owned by less and less corpo- as Low-Intensity Conflict, or LIC. What is the head of the CIA doing in Such were the visions in place even rations with their own stake and South Central L.A. parading his before wartime variations on information quasi-political stance, as illustrated by The rhetoric of Low-Intensity Conflict ‘innocence’ of alleged involvements of warfare came into the discussion. Battle the rise and fall of media mogul has taken over from the term Counter his agency in pumping crack into the was never joined, even by accident.” Berlusconi in Italy or the power of Insurgency: “Low-intensity conflict is a neighbourhood. In other places such as Rupert Murdoch and his involvement limited politico-military struggle to Zürich and Liverpool large amounts of The concept of Information War turns (not only) in British politics. There is an achieve political, social, economic, or Heroin became available at dirt cheap out to have little analytical coherence, almost indiscriminate proliferation psychological objectives. It is often prices around 1981 - just after massive and Libicki then goes on to propose 7 of spectacular information that is a kind protracted and ranges from diplomatic, riots had happened, and just as covert different types of Information War, say- of black magic creating social, economic, and psychosocial pressures programs to finance the Islamic ‘Holy ing that as a separate technique of political and cultural reality,consensus through terrorism and insurgency. Low- War’ against the Russians in Afganistan waging war it doesn’t exist, and that and identity. At the same time intensity conflict is generally confined to - a main producer of the drug - started instead there are several distinct forms, your data shadow is getting longer and a geographic area and is often charac- rolling. Incidentally it was pretty much each laying claim to the larger concept - longer as all your transactions and terized by constraints on the weaponry, the same people the CIA was financing conflicts that involve the protection, movements are recorded by cash the tactics, and the level of violence.” and arming then as the ones now manipulation, degradation, and denial of machines and surveillance cameras. Joint Low-Intensity Conflict Project Final accused by the US to be terrorists and information. We have a double strategy of the noise Report (U.S.Army, 1986) drug dealers... Coincidences? Even in “(i) command-and-control warfare of the spectacle supplemented by the the early 80’s the heroin in Liverpool (which strikes against the enemy’s head silent totalitarianism of liberal fascism, For those involved this can practically was referred to as ‘Maggie-smack’ (as and neck), because that is what Clinton and Blair mean a situation of almost Total are getting at when they talk about a War, as long as it’s not fought with continued p.21 12 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 13

gruity of my “criminal self” (as reflected transformed increasingly into emblems objectives of the state cannot be A Sentence Or by the other inmates) and the individual of invasiveness and oppression, achieved by these means; that the cur- “me” with whom I remain psychological- inmates reflected on their crimes as rent system of incarceration (even at ly and emotionally comfortable. And so high virtues, no matter how petty. BCSD, “a resort” in one inmate’s words) Two About Jail it seemed, via the dream scenario, that Being a subjective witness to this breeds results exactly opposite of what by DJ E23 my subconscious mind had enacted a process, it all made some type of per- the state allegedly has intended. sort of criminal episode to help my inte- verse sense to me. Einstein’s theory of insanity matched rior emotional being come to terms with Gradually, these “virtues” pro- well with this system: Insanity equals what my rational mind had already vided justification for anger—that the repeating the same process again and accepted—that I had in fact done some- state had overruled the qualitative again expecting different results. thing considered criminal and must be aspects of the subject in question. Especially in the cases of “criminals” incarcerated as a criminal. Inevitably anger must be directed some- incarcerated for victimless crimes (such In this fascinating display of where, whether externally, or inward, as driving without insurance), the end projection, my subconscious mind had towards the self. Now I am not assert- result achieved equates a powerful and taken the figure of one of the most crim- ing that this type of justification is com- analytical mistrust of “law enforcement”. inally innocent and respected intellectu- mendable or even rational, but rather The question then becomes “Is it worth- al individuals in my current life and predictable, especially in an environ- while enforcing laws whose conse- imposed on him a scenario of ultimate ment which is intrinsically irrational to quences carry such a high level of per- heinousness. It further occurred to me normal, healthy human beings. In sur- sonal infringement?” In my mind, there that because of the surrounding envi- roundings where individuals have been is little justification for the enforcement For the last eight days in the month of ronment and the common attitude of the stripped of all possessions, and conse- of such laws that produce as many (if April, 1994, I served a jail sentence in jailkeepers (inmates are created equal, quently, any definitions of being individ- not moreso) maligned results as they the Boulder County State Detention regardless of the severity of their ual, it is socially predictable that “correct”. facility. While a few experiences in my crime), that a psychological transforma- inmates will find ways to up their per- Because so many laws have life have been invariably worse, my time tion was beginning to take place in my sonal ante. As a result, a new personal, arisen to “protect” the people, virtually in jail was certainly no pleasure. own mind—an attempted redefinition of social definition must be created, and no one is any longer capable of minding However, it did completely reshape my my self-attested character into a per- will be created—whether consciously one’s own business. And those who thinking about the nature of prison oper- sonage suitable for socializing with con- or unconsciously. In accordance with are subject to incarceration are not, in ations and how American society has victs and interacting in a freedomless the proposed martyr complex paralleled my opinion, being provided enough either become entirely complacent world. with the nature of anger, these distinc- attention to truly make their convictions about the issue or would prefer to shy Moreover, I recognized from tive “virtues” could then be used as a reformable. away from thoughts on imprisonment. conversations with and observations of sort of social leverage, a strengthening Like a comparison of Newtonian After all, the average American has physics to chaos mathematics: The never been to jail and probably will ...my subconscious mind remained very troubled by one system is outmoded and produces never go. Still, in a remote era when inherently flawed models of natural con- politicians plan a contract with the citi- the seeming incongruity of my Òcriminal selfÓ (as duct; the other supersedes ordinary par- zens of their country which insures that adigms while achieving a more com- more Americans will be living in prisons reflected by the other inmates) and the plete perception of natural behavior. than ever before, it somehow makes individual ÒmeÓ with whom I remain Yet only a few insightful thinkers are sense to me to re-examine what other- capable of applying the newer system wise has been accepted as a social psychologically and emotionally comfortable. .. to the current paradigm. The effect is normalcy. Copernican and uncomfortable for most As a result of this short time in people. And that’s one of the problems jail, my perceptions profoundly shifted of trying to do things according to as I detailed the workings of my psyche what’s “socially acceptable”—in the end, in such an alien environment. During what is socially acceptable may actually one of the many restless nights I spent be unrealistic in the terms of how the with toilet tissue jammed in my ears and universe and how human beings truly a pillow over my head, I had a dream operate. In this sense, Einstein was concerning a neuroscientist friend of correct in asserting that the establish- mine whose name I have changed in ment of “mediocre minds” continually the following recount: bombards the progressive-thinking A series of murders in our minority who humbly try to reshape neighborhood had led to a witch hunt of human perception according to its most sorts, and the outraged mob ended up recent paradigms for understanding the on the doorstep of my house, pointing universe. the finger of guilt at my friend, Wilson. I If the state truly has the best stood aghast looking out the living room interests of individual securities in mind, window at all these malicious, scream- then it must begin to make the shift ing faces. other inmates that this process is the of personal value, esteem, and stature toward a system based on healing— “Wilson?” I implored. “You common pattern and that every inmate among social peers. emotional nurturing and psychological actually believe that Wilson is the killer? eventually comes to terms with it indi- Those who chose not to partici- understanding—rather than a system You people need your heads screwed vidually. And some come to terms with pate in the structure according to this centered on authoritarian domination, on.” this shift by not coming to terms with it: process (via awareness like my own), or control, and depersonalization. One Finally police arrived and began In other words, a “martyr complex” were emotionally incapable of it (via system shuts the individual off from the battering down the door. Wilson slinked develops in which the inmate forever prior lack of esteem), generally turned world; the other opens the individual up down the hallway toward me, his face protests his innocence of wrongdoing their anger inward and manifested it to oneself and the nature of the uni- grim and pale. I stepped forward and and manifests resentment toward the through solitary quiet sadnesses, belit- verse. One system assures that it’s opened the door, just as the cops were establishment for mistreating him in this tling commentaries, a good deal of pac- okay to feel upset and that the prob- about to ram it again. manner. ing about, or even outright denial— lems can be corrected; the other unreal- “I can’t let you people do this,” I From these observations, I culti- which seemed to be the most explosive istically commands, like an angry, abu- bellowed. “I attest to this man’s inno- vated an understanding that if I did not type of character. The individuals I sive father, that the rules will be cence. He’s a neuroscientist, for chris- keep this discovered awareness at the observed who fit into this category I felt obeyed, or else. If such changes are sake.” forefront of my being during my sen- most compassionate for, as they were not invoked within the current system I felt Wilson’s beefy hand on my tence, that, like the other prisoners, I obviously needy individuals deeply blan- then, at least in my mind, the fixative shoulder. “No, Brian,” he says. “I’ll would begin to deteriorate from the indi- keted in personal confusion. It was structure serves only as a proof state- hafta handle these muthas MY WAY.” vidual I am into the definition of the hardest attempting to talk with types like ment of the state’s true objectives. His face transformed into a being that had been superimposed on these, because either they avoided hideous smirk, eyes swirling with dark me by the prison establishment. This interaction or ridiculed it. power, and suddenly I felt ashamed for idea, this interpersonal psyc hic assault, As in any oppressed society or defending him. He was indeed the frightened me more than any threat faction, the animosity towards oppres- killer. another inmate could have made on my sors becomes a unifying factor, in both My impression of this dream physical being. personal and social objectives and per- indicates that an internal transformation Further, I witnessed this fear ceptions. As I have demonstrated, in had begun, a dialogue between my being manifested among my fellow their own minds the “criminals” are then subconscious and conscious minds that inmates. If the common subconscious apotheosized into saints or martyrs, was somehow trying to rationalize my expression of fear is in fact anger, then while their incarcerators become per- situation. Certainly there was no doubt what better environment for the cultiva- ceptually demonized. (I’m not speaking that the state courts felt I had acted tion of anger? The unfolding reality of only of immediate incarcerators, but in criminally and must be punished the martyr complex was unmistakable: effect, the entire far-reaching establish- accordingly. However, it suddenly Initially inmates attested to their inno- ment—”all cops”, “all judges”, etc.) How occurred to me that although I had con- cence and to the injustice which had can criminal behavior, therefore, be sciously accepted my fated short stint brought them into the present situation; transubstantiated into “socially accept- in jail, my subconscious mind remained Eventually, as the prison system able” behavior when no healing very troubled by the seeming incon- became more ingrained as a daily rou- process, no psychoanalysis, is taking tine of living, as the jailkeepers—cops— place? My consideration is that the 13 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 14

ÒWonÕt you be persuaded?Ó I queried beneath so complete a camouflage. It unflinching and realistic portrayal of the maliciously. was the vision of Satan disguised as an drug experience, from a personal and ÒAh, no, I thank you, dear Sir angel of light. social perspective. So often today we YOUR Peter! Your remarks have raised me to ÒYes, indeed, the whole affair is are faced with “madmen” screaming the highest pinnacle of happiness.Ó eminently gratifying from every point of seemingly incoherently about a “plot” or I took a fourth dose, just for view,Ó answered Platt. ÒNever in all my “conspiracy” (Iran-Contra, the crack epi- luck. life have I been permitted to see with demic, the rise of the prison industry, DRUGGED ÒWell, on the other hand, I dis- such luminous clarity the designs of the “War on Drugs”, etc.) to control our covered that, thanks to the very Act providential loving-kindness.Ó society with drugs, in practically the pre- which I had so arduously labored to put cise manner as described above. upon the Statute Book, that little bottle Fictional conversation between Sir Crowley published this in 1922. One of yours which costs me less than five Peter Pendragon and Mr. Jabez Platt, can only assume the above passage is FUTURE. shillings, and now be sold retail for a portrayed in Aleister Crowley’s-Diary of based on first hand experience, as matter of fifteen shillings, can now be a Drug Fiend ©1922 Ordo Templi Crowley’s upbringing allowed him to be soldÑdiscreetly, you understandÑ in Orientis privy to the social class governing the West End for almost anything one Published in 1970 by SAMUEL WEIS- England. Even if entirely fictional, it by DJ Deadly Buda cares to askÑten, twenty, even fifty ER, INC. would seem someone would stumble pounds to the right customer. Eh? What on the ideas and utilize them in the last do you say to that?Ó He laughed glee- Once again the spectre of the 76 years or so. The book is used for ...ÓWhy Mr. Platt, I said, Ò I thought you fully. ÒWhy, ill-natured people might say 1920’s relates sinisterly to our present historical perspective in this article’s were so anxious to stop the use of the I had put through the Act for the pur- era. Crowley’s Diary of a Drug Fiend examination of the present days’ use, drug altogether. I thought it was you pose of making a bull market for my was essentially a thinly veiled account mis-use, thought and social-physical who were chiefly responsible for the produce!Ó of his own addiction to heroin and constructs concerning “Recreational putting through the Diabolical Drug Act.Ó ÒAnd you save humanity from cocaine in the early part of this century. Drugs.” its follies and vices at the same stroke!Ó He represented himself with two differ- He drew his chair closer to Recreational drugs are misrepresented mine, and began to talk in a quiet, per- ...ÓWhy Mr. Platt, I said, Ò I thought you were so in media. On the one extreme, the suasive voice. ÒItÕs this way, my dear Sir mainstream press pumps out a dizzying Peter. The workings of Providence are anxious to stop the use of the drug altogether. I array of mis-information about the indeed strange. Just before the passing harmful effects of drugs and their harm- of my Act, I had invested what little for- thought it was you who were chiefly responsible ful effects on society. The other tune I possessed in the purchase of a extreme comes from the “alternative” Cocaine factory in Switzerland, with the for the putting through the Diabolical Drug Act.Ó press, which seemingly encourages or intention of putting an end to itÕs nefari- He drew his chair closer to mine, and began glorifies drug use-until their readership ous activities. Now here is an instance increases-then they get more alarmist of what I can only refer to with reverent to talk in a quiet, persuasive voice. ÒItÕs this way, about “certain drugs”. This article is gratitude as the Moving of the Divine based on my own personal experiences Finger. On the one hand, my chemical my dear Sir Peter. The workings of Providence are with drugs, my own opinions, my own manager informed me of the marvelous un-professional in-sights and advice. I scientific discovery which I have already indeed strange... think this article will be useful to most mentioned-I am sure you feel no ill that read it-Indeed, more useful than effects from what you have taken?Ó His The cocaine had cleared my mindÑ it ent characters; Sir Peter Pendragon, the professional propaganda puppets voice took on a tone of grave concern, was like one of those transparent gold- who relates the tale of his personal paraded by the powers-that-be. My cre- almost paternal. en sunsets after a thunderstorm in the addiction in the first person, and King dentials: I’ve done most of your major Ò Not much!Ó I countered cheer- Mediterranean. I revelled in the ingenu- Lamus, who is Crowley’s “enlightened” drugs. I used my first mind-altering sub- fully, ÒitÕs splendid. I can go with another ity of Mr. PlattÕs proceedings. I gloated alter-ego, guiding the innocent Sir Peter stance at 14 and delved heavily into sniff right now!Ó I suited the action to the with devilish intensity upon the jest of and his new wife, Lou, out of the hell of substances by about 17-18. I have words, like HamletÕs ideal Mummer. carrying out so magnificent a scheme addiction. The book is admirable for its been actively involved in the American

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rave scene since it’s inception, and might otherwise take for granted, drugs SAFE DRUG USE materialism) or trying to re-create a before that, involved in various under- can deprive you of any number of By understanding and accepting our ini- model consumer that will buy things to ground sub-cultures-all of which insinu- things you value for a pleasantly func- tial reasons for taking drugs, we gain a make themselves happy. These are ates involvement with the drug lifestyle tioning life. Observe the manic speech- degree of control so that we can use things that many of the “recovering and trade. These are the direct conclu- es of “recovered” addicts going on for- them safely. Unfortunately, these often addicts” were initially trying to escape. sions and predictions based on my 14 ever about family, God, sunrises, the very personal reasons can not easily be Undoubtedly, at some point it under- years of involvement with this subject. “thrill of waking up every day” etc. Put understood initially, or are so fundamen- standably and realistically seems like its simply, drugs provide a stimulation that tally embarrassing and scary to our- all bullshit and a relapse follows. I am THE PREMISE... is otherwise non-existent for many selves, that we avoid them. not saying that these programs are all I premise that recreational drugs are members of society. All too often we externalize our bad, I actually had a good experience rarely in fact, used for recreation. with Alcoholics Anonymous once and Unfortunately, they are all-too-often ...the actual fact that they produce an alien mental found talking to people in my particular used for self-medication by the mem- group informative and enlightening, but bers of a society. For instance, in geography is desirable because, for a lot of peo- this aspect in my mind was removed 1960’s America, affluence and educa- ple, life fucking sucks. Any brief respite, even at from the strong religious and/or con- tion brought with it, a questioning of tra- sumer bent this and other programs can ditional Christian values and spirituality. the expense of their own health and welfare, is have. LSD was used to induce a spirituality that was perceived missing from worth escaping the boredom that permeates PEER PRESSURE and The Players Christianity. Cocaine in the 80’s gave ÒSuppose we made all the fuss people the impression they were doing society... about eating that we do about drinking and talking about interesting things. In and loving, canÕt you see what evils the 90’s, Exstacy overcame the social lives, trying to achieve an inner-peace would immediately arise? Remember barriers and separation from compas- CURING THE SICK and satisfaction by accumulating exter- the food restrictions during the war?Ó sion, emotion and community. Today we Drugs seem to work by amplifying cer- nal symbols or acting in ways we mis- Ò By Jove, I never thought of see drugs relating to our work ethic: tain parts of the brain and body, by cir- takenly associate with producing satis- that,Ó I said, as a hundred half-forgotten people take meth to work more, smoke cumventing and/or compromising oth- factory results. It then becomes increas- incidents bounced into my mind. There pot to relax after too much work. And, ers. Thus, when you take drugs, you ingly difficult to wade through the sea of were all sorts of stratagems for dodging as always, alcohol continues to anes- are essentially addressing a perceived debris and memories to find ourselves the regulations, on the part of people thetize every part of the brain to place- need-you are either attempting to and what we truly desire for satisfac- who in the ordinary way were plain, bo-medicate everything from shyness to restore a missing balance, or you are tion. In some cases, I would say quit straightforward law-abiding citizens. hyperactivity to workload to depression- inadvertently making yourself sick. your job or leave your spouse or signifi- ÒOf course, we must have you name it. The term “recreational The mainstream media keeps cant other before trying to quit drugs, restrictions about love and drink and drug” is curious-recreation implies telling people that the popular rec. you may be getting closer to the prob- drugs. It is quite obvious how frightfully enjoyment, and drug implies a cure for drugs will put your life into a miserable lem, which will make getting continually- people would abuse their liberty if they an illness. hell. This is in fact, not always true. fucked-up-to-deal-with-it easier to extri- had it.Ó Most people have a lot of fun doing cate from your life. A simple individual ÒIÕm sorry, I have to disagree,Ó THE ALL-CONSUMING, PERMEAT- drugs at first because it cures certain cure for drug or other addictions is as said Lamus. Ò And as you know, IÕve got ING BOREDOM ailments-boredom for one. Drugs are follows: for undesirable physical addic- into endless trouble of one sort or The most common illegally medicated another for holding the views I do. But I ailment is boredom. Drugs are exciting ...The law enforcer and criminal dance in lock am afraid I do honestly think that most to a certain extent by their illegal status. of the trouble spring directly from the More significantly, the actual fact that step to the seemingly never-ending refrains of unnatural conditions set up by the they produce an alien mental geogra- attempts to regulate the business. And phy is desirable because, for a lot of power, control, and their inspiration; fear and in any case, the state of mind brought people, life fucking sucks. Any brief about by them is so harmful indirectly to respite, even at the expense of their insecurity. The weak and mean-spirited are ele- the sense of moral responsibility that I own health and welfare, is worth escap- am really not sure whether it would not ing the boredom that permeates society. vated to position and authority, while the barrage be wiser in the long run to do away with Day in and day out seem to be the of lies and deceit that build their tragic palaces, the Blue laws and Lizzie laws altogeth- same, never ending cycle, of bills and er. Legislative interference with the responsibilities, without any significance ensnare and victimize every newborn... habits of the people produces the or importance. Seems like you’re get- sneak, the spy, the fanatic, and the art- ting no where? Well, a lot of you are illegal, so its exciting-you could go to tions, and habits: immediate or gradual ful dodger. Take finance! Swindling has right! We try to cover up the situation by jail but you just got away with it. No withdrawal, for mental, take the time to become a fine art, and is practiced on a buying “stuff”, but very soon it acquires more boredom. In addition, the afore- find out what you actually want, and gigantic scale in ways which would that aura of blandness, control and un- mentioned specific social problems and why. have been impossible when there were originality that seems to infiltrate capital their arguably temporary cure are no laws intended to protect the public.Ó existence. Boredom is in fact, a buy- immediately addressed. These are, in WHY IT’S NOT THAT EASY It was a strange view to take. I product of control. We close off many and of themselves, essentially good Quite frankly, there are not a lot of peo- could hardly believe that Lamus was options, opportunities and possibilities, things. It is virtually impossible to con- ple in our society that truly want to see serious; and yet it did seem to me that because we are fearful that we will vince someone on the dangers of drugs you cured of your addictions. They want the modern criminal millionaire was offend people with the boldness of our when they first get involved with them, you to be addicted to whatever they are actually assisted by the complexity of actions, because this could lead to mild because they are in fact innocuous sub- selling, so they can support their own the Company laws. It is impossible for disapproval, or in some cases, incarcer- stances that do seem beneficial. I would addictions. Every day we are bombard- the plain man to understand them, so ation. In some cases, our common say the hellish aspects of drug use ed countless times by entities claiming that an unscrupulous man armed with desires our deemed illegal, or crazy. result from the emotional attachment to give us happiness and satisfaction or expert knowledge is much more likely to We are then left solely entertaining mis-associated with the cure. If you are any other human need, when we buy or get the better of his unwary fellows than thoughts and actions already pre- shy, alcohol can help you overcome do certain things. It’s like bait-and- in the old days when his activities were scribed, tested and deemed safe by our your fears by slam-dunking the part of switch, and is actually false advertising. confined to thimble-rigging and pulling society-essentially boxing us into a your brain that registers fear. But after a For instance, most people want sex, so favourites. unforgivingly predictable existence. few times, it should be proven to you the beer company has a pretty girl or You can only that this socializing is generally a safe guy holding the beer. You may not get p.276 Fictional conversation between repeat the same action so many times situation and you have no reason to to have sex with the presenter, but you Sir Peter Pendragon and King Lamus, before a mild depression sets in that is fear these encounters. All too often, in do get the beer. In fact, too much beer portrayed in Aleister CrowleyÕs-Diary of boredom. No matter how our society the user’s mind, he/she equates the and you will be physically too ill to have a Drug Fiend ©1922 Ordo Templi dresses it up, a fast food joint is a fast “cure” to the drug itself, not the “lesson” sex. Another example... Everyone Orientis Published in 1970 by SAMUEL food joint, a car is a car, a TGI FRI- it helped produce. This is then rein- wants security to a certain extent, so WEISER, INC. DAYS is a CHILIS, is a Fudruckers, is forced by society. Advertising, social the truck company advertises that it’s any of a slew of suburban after-work contacts, and even alcohol opponents new SUV is big and powerful and safe. swill houses that many of us frequent reinforce a false image of the over- You still could get hit in the parking lot America’s drug policies have created a before we watch the same thing on 122 whelming power imbued in alcohol (cig- while walking to your car, but you did mockery of civilized society that would different TV stations, and read the arettes, and every single illegal rec. just spend $30,000.00. Essentially you be hilarious if it did not ruin so many same bullshit propaganda consum-a- drug) and it’s mind-blowing effects, that have directed your efforts to the sym- promising lives. The pathetic industries bot newspapers, magazines, and “best- in fact, is not really there. bolic. With that in mind, can the drug and their players are a grim caricature sellers” before bed-time. Drugs are very When the user continues to use addict truly be considered that stupid, of supply and demand. good at making all this seem somehow when the original ailment no longer when he or she actually is getting a We are witnessing an ever- tolerable. In fact, their very harmful exists, an imbalance is created in other faster, cheaper, possibly safer, more increasing number of prisons being nature, be it in a physical, emotional, areas of his or hers life, because the easily apparent mental and physiologi- built. In many cases, privately owned mental, psychic or legal, actually makes very physical properties of the drug cal solution to his or hers’ perceived and run prisons that sell their services them even more attractive, because at which is ingested still must carry out needs? to local and state governments who sell least through pain and loss we realize their natural function. Of course, this For this reason “Treatment the prisoners labor to private industry. we are in fact-ALIVE. Much like a makes the user physically and or men- Programs” often fail, because they sim- The vast majority of criminals populat- Native American sweat lodge, where tally ill and thus, the real OR perceived ply are either replacing the addiction ing these facilities are incarcerated for you are deprived of air and water-in an need for more drugs is produced anew. with religion (an even more abstract effort to make you value the things you concept to achieve happiness than continued p.20 15 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 16

...often one hears nothing when one listens for the first time to a piece of ‘music’ that is at all complicated. And yet when, later on, this track has been played to me two or three REVIEWS times I found that I ‘knew’ it... And so it is not wrong to speak of hearing a thing for the first time. If one has indeed, as one supposes, recieved no impression from the first hear- ing, the second, the third would be equally “first hearings” and there would be no reason why one should ‘understand’ it any better after the tenth. Probably what is wanting, the first time, is not comprehension but memory. For our memory, relatively to the complexity of the impressions which it has to face while we are listening, is infinitesimal, as brief as the memory of someone who in their sleep thinks of a thousand things and at once for- gets them... Of these multiple impressions our memory is not capable of furnishing us with an immediate picture. Black Sabbath -Marcel Proust (adapted) Riot In Milwaukee 1980 (El Turco Loco 004, USA) Tempo depends on whether you let it go Yet another strange slab from the El at 45 or 33... it keeps the same feel at Turco Loco camp. I’m told this is Khan both speeds but hits in a vastly different who used to work Walker and that range, obviously. 344/666 whole crew of crazy Germans. It’s all becoming clear. Worthy of mention Dead Channel simply for having Beer City in the title, Skeptikal this odd record is pretty much what it (Bastard Loud 015, USA) says it is: a recording of a riot at a Grab a bag of nachos and get ready for Black Sabbath concert in 1980... at a barn burner ‘cause the A-side has all least, part of it is. The bulk of it is actu- the bite of some nasty salsa. This ally weird, slowish breakbeat tracks that record might have shipped from New use samples of crowd noise. Kids York City, but the flavour tells your taste yelling “fuck you” and tour managers 465/666 label out of France. This one follows up buds that this spicy habanero came proclaiming that “Black Sabbath do not from down south. Texas, to be exact. appreciate being pelted with flying the debut 12” by EPC (which, unfortu- La Peste nately I haven’t been able to track Dead Channel delivers with a crunchy objects” etc. More of a curiosity / intro surprise that hits with an initial burn and piece than something that will actually Wide Sierra De Metal Trippe down). Four tracks of relentless speed- (Hangars Liquides 003, France) core coupled with vocal samples so lingers in your mouth long enough to worm its way into the fat of a set. draw a layer of sweat across your brow. 100/666 Did somebody say they were looking for completely mangled I can’t even discern something fast?? Leave it to the what language they’re in. Christ with a Skeptikal and Main Damage are no nonsense and cheese free. Lots of grit Doormouse + Unibomber French. Laurent Mialon (aka La Peste) catheter these kids play rough. Get casually throws out a quartet of brain ready to drop the slider down to -8 and crunch and punch to leave you (Distort 02, USA) clutching your gut. Take some pepto The Cult Of AOL track from the Fuckin’ damaged tracks. Wide Sierra... is the ‘cause these tracks have the sort of sort of thing that can be casually production quality that makes ‘em mix- bismal and a nap, ‘cause it only gets Doormouse cassette finally makes it to fiercer wax. I’ve only been waiting about a worked into a straight up techno set as able, but they’ve also got the sort of it fluctuates between a moderately speed that makes you wish for a pitch The other side opens up with Defective: year for it. It’s a different mix on this the after burn. Stick your ass in the release, which is too bad ‘cause frankly paced 150bpm and a tasty 300... you slider with as much range as Ron can smell the minds frying. Very nice Jeremy’s fabled rhythm stick. bathtub, pray for a bidet or something. that intro of dial tones and connecting It’s the gift that keeps on giving. modems is the sort of thing that I’d love track and it slips into the mix with little 597/666 or no difficulty. Distorted kick drums out the arse, tear- to use to freak people right the fuck out. ing and burning as they spew forth and Also compiled on the Doormouse side Aside from La Scandale Du Sample Ingler is the ever popular Dolemite track... Contamine which clocks at 125bpm the Reboot System now I’m just waiting for the Beer track rest of the record is dizzying speedcore (Psychick Genocide 2, France) from his Even Furthur set to get that manages to effectively combat the Unless you can show me a collection of pressed. I know you’re reading so myth that speed kills the groove. speed garage records or some other 619/666 evidence of severe mental retardation you should be shot on sight for not Liz N. Eliaz being able to fish this out of your record Voyager Loops collection to show to me. I don’t care if (Provision 004, France) you live under a large rock in the middle hurry it up, punk ass!! Provision busts out again with a two of Lake Superior, you should track this Flip the record for the Unibomber side track effort by label honcho Liz N. Eliaz. bitch down and buy it, even if it means which is, imho, a LOT stronger this time Species populates the A-side and isn’t you have to pawn a testicle to do so. around. what I’ve come to expect from the label. Four tracks by Laurent Ho that give me Maybe it’s the fact that this is a better Doesn’t really attack you at all, in fact a hard on the size of the Eiffel Tower. it’s a sort of retro sounding acid-trance Well, in fairness the first side isn’t does- pressing than Distort 1 or maybe his leave you sitting in the ring of fire. tracks are kicking more ass. Jungle is tune. Torn Lace Microspace more than n’t completely blow me away... it’s good makes up for it, though. Kicking in with and does build up to some pretty Black Jack rounds things out, but really faster than most of the d’n’b out there doesn’t do all that much for me. Hip making it very easy to use as a segue intense moments but it falls a little short... kinda like when your partner hop loops that don’t leave much more into some solid four kick beats making it than a bad taste in my mouth. Still, all but indispensable in recent weeks. runs to the bathroom to spit our your load... Feels good, but there’s some- can’t fault the whole meal and three Sadist follows things up with a mix- outta four ain’t bad. 513/666 friendly track littered with samples from thing lacking. Octotone on the flip more than makes up for any inadequacies old horror flick trailers. As an added Rude 66 bonus there’s a block of scratch materi- though. This is the one that takes the pop shot in the kisser and swallows it all False Starts al closing out this side of the record... (Kultbox 004. USA) includes everybody’s favourite down time and time again. One of the most distorted, mind ripping, noise fests This record opens has the nastiest intro Australian telling you to fuck off, which since that bit of evil on the second side is perfect for playing really loud when to greet my humble ears in a long while. Laurent Ho finds the dent he left in my of the Hate Tank 2x12”... Ominous your neighbors won’t make their damn, bassline, preacher talking about pos- fool dog shut up. 637/666 ass and kicks it again for good meas- ure. This one is off the scale complete- session by the devil and faster than you ly. can raise your horns and hail satan the Pimax / Zip & Morg / Core Tex Labs candy ravers have left the building. (Isterecord 01, France) a barrage of straight noise, this is THE shit. Sounds like the exact same kick Skullblower False Starts is all about 200bpm breaks Nice selection of break beating tracks. run through some tasty effects with a One side is loaded with a bed of kick drum that made Pow Low on Mokum as Stryg Dem Stramme good as it was (fuck Chosen Few that (???, ???) dark bassline in tow. No complaints drums to keep things sane, but the here... In fact it gets some praise for other side breaks free and gets a little Dano record is the best thing the label Cryptic 10” with next to no info other ever did... if you disregard that first than the artist and the song titles. I blurring the line between jungle and abstract. Tasty all around and nothing hardcore better than just about anything cheesy. It’s all in the 200bpm range track full of Fear Factory riffs). haven’t the faintest idea about the label Anyhow... Torn Lace Microspace rough- or the country of origin, however... don’t I’ve heard yet. and playable as all hell. Not exactly the The rest of the ep isn’t quite as fierce, sort of thing that will dominate a set and ly 250bpm, lotsa noise with a clean kick fret too hard if you can’t find it. It’s pret- drum to die for. Any questions? ty decent, but it ain’t all that. but it’s solid nonetheless. Very Scary have people trainspotting, but it doesn’t Indeed on the flip side loads you up seem to care as I’ve been finding it on 510/666 Both tracks are in the same vein of dark hardcore... not quite the doom core of with an overwhelming bassline and my decks a hell of a lot. while there isn’t enough speed to dou- As much tool as tune it’s a versatile XKV8 featuring Overtkill & Le Lascar the Kotzaak label, mind you, but still Shit For You pretty menacing. Reminds me a bit of ble you over in shock, there’s still more record that I like more now than when I than enough force to knock the wind out bought it. (Hangars Liquides 002, France) the Sons Of Gundso release on Drop Sophomore effort from this experimental Bass, but without the acid lines... of you. 16 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 17

Open the box and walk the red carpet Reviews. beat again. Fucking brilliant... you The side with the picture is the a-side. pathway to hell. We’re waiting for you. should own this already. 616/666 Static Tremor starts it off with a tune 609/666 Toys ‘R’ Us that breaks down into an eerie Twilight Nuclearpsychotronic Sampler Zone-esque that should be positively DJ Freak (El Turco Loco - 03, USA) Radium / MNO piercing on a large system... This is fol- Le Freak Est Mort?? What the fuck? I wander into this (Slaves Of Devil Our Master - 04) lowed by The Destroyer’s track which is (Deadly Systems 003, USA) record shop in Fargo, ND and stumble A couple of my favourite producers go nice and playable, but suffers greatly Distorted distortion, as we’ve all come across this slab of weirdness... and it is toe to toe on a split 12”. Radium (from from a bouncy melody that runs all the to expect from mr. Freak. Still hasn’t genuinely weird. Micropoint) contributes two tracks of way through it. done anything that tops the sheer bru- There looks to be 3 long-ish tracks on solid sounding hardcore from the coun- Arxfile by Ingler is enough to nearly tality of his stuff on Kill Out, but neither the a-side and a selection of shorter try that’s been topping my list of places obliterate memory of that track and sur- has anyone else...and I’ve gotta give ones on the flip. Second side suits my to listen to for the last year: France. prised the hell out of me by including a him a lot of credit for never being too far purposes more, but your mileage may Delicious. vocal sample. Unfortunately, things end off the mark. vary. I honestly don’t know what to say Naoto Suzuki is the culprit on the other on a low note with the Headfuck DJ This time out it’s a pack of tracks that about this beast. It’s all over the place side, and the first track (Silent Team’s track... it’s not bad, but it doesn’t look loud before you drop the needle in terms of tempos and the only thing Maternity) is one of the best tracks I’ve really go anywhere... just sort of pounds and don’t disappoint once you do. 4 To that remains constant is the distortion heard from him thus far. Not nearly as away in a bassy way for a few minutes The Floor will satisfy the speed demons and general grittiness of the recording. fast as the Deadly Drive and Smily and then goes home. out there by ripping shit up at 294bpm... The upside to all this is that there’s Two tracks worth playing out and anoth- but (for once) I’m siding with the slow- probably something on here that can er two that barely make the grade mean est track on the record as my personal get you out of any particular track you this one only scores 423/666. choice. Planet Core sounds like Future happen to be playing. This record can’t Sound Of London’s Far-Out Son Of be pigeonholed as being any one style, Radium Lung fed into a sausage maker. In fact, and the title seems to indicate that it’s a Ministry Of Mass Domination you’d have a hard time convincing me sampler of several different artists. Slayers tracks, and not as abusive as (Psychotik Genocide - 001, France) that that’s not EXACTLY what it is... lis- There’s no tracklisting to be found and his DDT work. The two tracks on the First side of this seems like pretty stan- ten to ‘em side by side and compare... it’s a white label, so figure it out for Japanese side of the record show a dard fare, if you ignore the seemingly Syntax rounds out the trio and clocks yourself. 453/666 side of him I’d like to see more of. random downward shifts in tempo that somewhere between the other two... all (contact El Turco Loco music: 576/666 occur a couple of times in Nootropyl around solid record from Deadly Buda’s 212.460.3696) Addiction (which is the first time I can fledgling label. 531/666 Neroptic recall picking a Kraftwerk sample out of UK Skullfuck / Noizecreator (Epiteth - 011, France) a hardcore track). Auto-Psy (Surgeon 16 - 04, UK) Damn it... What is with this country. Second side, however, is another story (Karnage 01, France) UK Skullfuck opens things up with Another extremely solid release for fans completely. Harder and faster, louder Stella Michelson rears her warped head something fast... and the tempo stays of throbbing noise in the 200-215bpm and faster. Tracks that speed up on yet another imprint. Karnage is to there. 270bpm+ guitarcore for the vali- range. I can’t even find the words to instead of slowing down… cranking Fraktal records as our old pal Damien um challenged. La Haine features sam- express how good this record is. their way to new heights like a car was to the Dark Lord... The bastard son ples of some folk singer pickin’ his Four tracks and the only one that does- revving it’s engine. Not a guitar in sight cursing the world with his very exis- strings and leading people in a chorus n’t get full marks is Analog Alien ‘cause and Mode Hardcore takes Master And tence. of “we don’t smoke marijuana.” Later it it bites my ass the wrong way. The rest Servant by synth-pop toy-boys Depeche Harder, darker and edgier than her work breaks down into ragga samples, hard of the record manages the difficult task Mode and does a very nice job of man- for Fischkopf this is a welcome addition breaks guitars and noise. Next track of being hard and smooth at the same gling it in new and innovative ways. Try to the growing heap of records I own recalls the second side of the Berzerker time. The programming is impeccable... that with your old feather duster! bearing her name. This one sports four record on Bastard Loud, only the guy if you don’t believe me have a listen to 600/666 full-length tracks and one short slice of yelling sounds like he’s angrier and the last third of FMM: from 4/4 kicks to demonic weirdness. Pressing is pretty taller. rolling beats to bursts of noise and back Bomb 20 crap, but the tracks are pretty sweet. again... just make sure you give your- Flip Burgers Or Die Buy it so that next time they can afford self room to get out of the track ‘cause (DHR - 21, Germany) better wax. 478/666 the end is just about guaranteed to fuck Probably my favourite breakcore pro- up a mix. ducer. I often feel that breakcore is just I wonder if they’d let me migrate to jungle with bad production values, but Paris. Henry Miller sure had a good Bomb 20 did a nice job of their first So... here I sit, a week after arriving at time there. 664/666 DHR release, and these 5 tracks hit in a Furthur: wondering what hardcore really similar spot. Sounds are clean when is. Three Bad Brothers they need to be and gritty when they Is it hardcore to be yourself, no matter (Industrial Strength - 048, USA) want to be. Scratch like noises littered what the consequences? Is it hardcore Well produced hardcore in the 230bpm all through both sides of the record and to try and push yourself further and fur- range. Surprising ‘cause most of the some impressive sample work show ther? Torgull and Manu Le Malin I’ve heard that this crew aren’t afraid to display I don’t know. has been a lot slower... But please, their hip-hop roots. Maybe it’s a little bit of both. It occurred The prolific Noizecreator does the flip... don’t think that’s a complaint... I love For fellow conspiracy theorists out there to me that maybe the best description is populated with more speed and a nice this record. DHR posse provide more evidence that to say that it’s about losing restraints, raping of Alles Naar De Klote called I wasn’t sure what to make of the lack they’re listening to a lot of Nasenbluten. but not losing control. They’re not the Manipulated Dutchman... of distortion on the kick drum, but the Over The Top on side 2 samples the same and shouldn’t be confused. Your friends will probably hate it, so buy more I listen the more I like. It’s kinda same WuTang passage that Australia’s Restraints are the limits that are it now ‘cause you’ll probably never hear like arguing about what’s better for own shred on their “Really Nasty...” ep imposed on you by the world, by the it otherwise. Would get a higher mark, beheading your victims, an axe or the for Storm. people around you and by yourself. but I’m starting to get tired of guitars. guillotine. They both do the job, and The aforementioned Over The Top is Lose them. They are the chains that 516/666 they both inspire fear... but let’s face it. the only track on the second side that drag you down and stop you from being The guillotine probably brought more grabbed me, but side one kicks some free. Kingz Of Noize people to the bring of pants crapping ass. After a lot of thought I’d have to Control, is another thing entirely. By If Jesus Was The Devil terror than a rusty axe ever did. say that the opening track Made Of Shit freeing yourself from restraints you (Six-Sixty-Six - 009, USA) Watch out for the hip-hop breakdown in is the track to rip speakers up with... should be gaining control. The less Basically if you don’t buy the Six-Sixty- Suckers, have fun and remember to Dark bassline and the loudest drums on restriction you have, the more mobile Six stuff on sight then I think you’re a keep your head and arms inside the the record spell things out nice’n’clear. you are. It makes sense. It’s personal moron. This one is my favourite since Mixer at all times. ‘Cause regardless of 545/666 freedom in a nutshell. The control the Ingler release (SSS005), although how enjoyable it is to talk about decapi- mechanisms should remain intact, it’s in a completely different style. tation Bill will tell you it’s no fun finding Opaque / Dr Butcher MD though. Dark ep (v1.1) Lately the hardcore list on the ‘net (Freakshow - 01, USA) seems to revolve more and more Wahn Taho by Opaque occupies the around derogatory discussions of who first side of the record... The track starts is the hardest, when the more pressing with what sounds like it could be some- question (for me, anyway) is “what the The first side starts out with some yer kid’s head over by the SnoCone one playing a guitar with a bow, regard- hell is this whole thing all about?” down’n’dirty, noise laden breaks that concession... “Stuart, do you know that less of what it sounds like it IS fuckin’ Hardcore isn’t about who is the fastest are well constructed and surprisingly this record gets… 583/666?” dark, evil shit. Distorted, speedcore or loudest or noisiest. It might be about mixable. As an added bonus there’s a from Indiana... Yeah, you heard me, the who is the most original or creative... choice noise track littered with samples Static Tremor / Destroyer / Ingler / Hoosiers are gonna kill us all. I swear. but even that’s a little off. of some evangelist yelling from a top Headfuck DJ Team The virus has infected the heartland, Hardcore is about finding your own his high horse, nice place to start a set Headfuckers v1 we’re all doomed. voice and using it. Whether you’re from... or visit when you want to give (Headfuck - 002, Italy) Now, don’t flip the record just yet... Go shouting from the rooftops or whisper- people a bit of a break. I’m still playing Crusher’s Kickdrum from down to the video store and grab a ing in your basement is irrelevant. Be Second side is where you really feel the the first Headfuck release and here mixed bag of Italian gore flicks in prepa- yourself. Be hard. Be free… but pitchfork. Two tracks with mad effects... comes #2. I hear they’re all the way up ration for Dr. Butcher MD. Anything by always remember to show respect. kick drums mutate into tones and then to #4 now, but nobody sends me pro- Bava or Fulci should suit your purpos- the static breaks up and turns into a mos (hint, hint) so how would I know. es… although I’ve got a soft spot for 17 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 18

balector” is the last and best GGM vs. Extrement track - a little dirtier feeling, reminiscent (Hard Of Hearing. UK) of the second track on his “Extreme Hardcore Shit” starts off this side of the londres/paris fraktal record, five tracker with just about the WORST filled with incomprehensible intro I’ve ever heard. It’s absolutely french garble and more slightly dark bell horrid and unmixable AND it sounds like sounds. if you like french stuff, a trainwreck by itself. Then it starts get it. of course, if you like french stuff, poking fun at everybody’s favourite you wouldn’t need a Brooklyn based hardcore label and it’s reccomendation. Argento’s Profondo Rosso. does play a rapist in Nowhere (btw: see an uphill ride from there. Some old- Mind Silence is THE shit. The dischor- that movie now... no Nasenbluten on school ‘human beatbox’ sounds and digital hut 10, doormouse, inside out dant intro sounds the alarm for what is the soundtrack, but no Bryan Adams some playful jabs at the twats in liver meat balloon coming. John Wayne’s vocal chords either), so maybe that last bit is mis- Rotterdam in “I Can’t Take This Shit” are hurled at you and then beaten into leading). I give it all five points on the make that one worth cranking on a doormouse with four tracks of weird a pulp and the beat keeps storming pentagram, but only 631/666. large system, but my pick is “The Git breaks/gabber/step nonsense. “for around the room, chasing you from hid- Hour!” I especially love the sample mama’s” isn’t too dirty, dark, or fast, but ing spot to hiding spot and then it ends. it’s definitely fun, 4/4 You feel safe for a second or two... and Mick Parks collides w/ step patterns, and a sample then you remember there’s still one Future Uncertain that simply says “sample”. 57th st more track. You leap from behind the (white, Canada) royal elks club feels a bit like a 190 bpm couch, running for your life, hoping to There’s these crazy guys up here that noisier remix of his second get to the turntable before it starts up… do weird experimental noise, run film track on distort 2, and thus, would be but you’re too late. “We’re Going To loops at parties and generally seem to good. flip side contains the Get You” and they do. get off on really abstract shit. One night highlight - “mechanically seperated The virus spreads. 666/666 one of them comes up to me and hands chicken”. occasional 170 and 340 gab- (contact Freakshow records: me this record. He says this friend of ber 812.323.1739) his made it. I’m thinking “oh great... a kicks, snippets of the typical dhr break- friend of yours made it,” but y’know... beat, a few departures into the Christ Of Noise they’re into really abstract shit so I fig- totally arhythmic, powernoise blasts, Amiga Tools Industry v1 & v2 ure it might be pretty good. Pretty and manic collages of completely (Provision - 002 & 003, France) good? Blew my fuckin’ mind. undecipherable sounds, and it still man- Buy or die. It’s that simple. Ultra dis- Senseless, lyserging noise that sudden- ages to be fairly dj friendly. end torted, weird and fast. Fucked up gib- ly burbles into a beat and then falls with “stallis”, a sort of funky electro- berish shouting. Torturous frequencies. away from it just as quickly. Chaos styled track drenched in noise. a Insane at 33rpm, caves your skull in at tweaked into something even more thoroughly enjoyable record, in a slight- 45. The bottom line is this: the French alien. Dischordant, atonal Hell of ly fucked vein, that is made even are making Amigacore. There will be sound. 616/666 more enjoyable by the fact i didn’t have no Waterloo this time around. Learn towards the end that sounds like pre- to pay the typical irritating $10 “Le Marseillais”, grow a thin moustache, cisely the sort of odd children’s tv that for an imported record. buy a beret and start drinking café au EPC warps the mind of England’s youth and lait. The end is nigh. Don’t Want To Lose steers them ever further away from oral deadly systems 4, brandon spivey, Les Francais font l’Amigacore! Vive la (Fischkopf, Germany) hygiene. Rock on! atomic clock France! Achetez ces disques... MAIN- If you’re thinking this might be the same “Cockrot” and “Nobrash” are speedcore TENANT. EPC project that Alec Empire’s been gibberish that sound much better this has been out for a while, haven’t You can have these records when you doing... Then you’re wrong. It’s some through big speakers than they do really seen any reviews of it on the pry them from my cold, dead fingers. guy named Ronan leRoux from France. through the shitty rig I’ve got in my list. excellent comic styled cover art and Six Cent Soixante et Six sur Six Cent Yeah, another crazy record from room... but, whatever right? If you like label informing us with Soixante et Six. France. Does it have something to do the senseless throb of 250+bpm vene- irrefutable logic to “spread aids”. in any with wearing speedos on topless beach- real disease then this is right up your case, buy this immediately for es or are they putting something in the unwiped back alley... if you don’t, then “reality asylum”, it’s one excellent, water out there?? Who knows, who you’re a pussy. 633/666 extremely dark and satanic 200 bpm cares. Fischkopf finishes things up with acid pounder. where did the samples in one more burst of what you’ve come to DJ Torgull - The Fridge (IST, USA) this song come from? it was expect... that is: fucked beats and This one sounds more like something discussed months ago, and i can’t fucked noise, voices wafting out of from Reload than something from remember. the other side of the record oblivion and back into it. Three tracks Industrial Strength. Beats per minute is of fast and nasty rhythms that pummel are WAY down to about 150bpm on the decent, but not fabulous - “dark acid” you like a sadist’s handjob. “R 624-2” “Skanner” mixes on the b-side, and “X- appears on the killout lp as “in the sounds like one of the tracks from the Play” on the first side is either in the name of poverty”, but pressed better VDD Energise release on SixSixtySix, neighborhood of 110 or 140, depending here, which is acidcore with a dj but more weird and less ominous. on what speed you play it at (it says 33, freak-esque wall of noise. “acid 1998” While “Infectious Properties” comes but IS always seems to print the wrong also is on the killout lp, as “acid”, and is across as a sinister, noisier mix of “R speed on the label). That said, it’s a basically a 250 bpm version of “dark 624-2”. The one slower track, “Where good record and it ventures off in a acid”. the second side will prbably only do you go?”, sounds nothing like a pop direction that I’d like to see more tracks appeal to those into acidcore, but all hit by Menudo wannabes No Mercy, go in: dark and moody with a deep hardcore heads and consequently I’ve been playing it to drums. It’s a little plodding, though, and should love the first track... death. 666/666 the Manu le Malin mix of “Skanner” is a Nasenbluten little too sparse for my liking. 489/666 Cheapcore six shooter 2/4, senical/the joker (Strike, Germany) Lukas vs. Randy Being a Canadian who hates pop music Beep CH.IT. Following reviews by Shawn O’ Sullivan 2 is excellent breakcore by lasse steen. is getting to be a lot more fun now that (IST, USA) highlights: “switchbladez” sounds just Nasenbluten have acknowledged how Everybody and their dog has been dead end 10, armaguet nad like “piratos” on the 666 record, but much Canadian pop music sucks... and down on IS lately, often with good rea- darker and better, “mint I’ve always wondered about the Bryan son, but the first side of this record more frenchcore, well produced, clearly conditions” is a nice 150 track sounding Adams connection, ‘cause I think they plants a hard spurting dick deep in the pressed, as always from dead end. like older somatic responses sampled a guitar lick from one of his ass off anyone who claims that IS can’t this is armaguet nad doing what he stuff....i just wish mr steen would stop overplayed 80s hits on the get it up anymore. FSSU is great, (and most of the french) usually does - re-using his own material, he’s BrickShitHouse ep... but I’ll shut up down-tempo acid storming that man- strange sounding kicks, weird industrial too prolific, and much of his stuff is now, ‘cause that’s not this record. This ages the difficult task of being undeni- sounds, etc...”after the death” sounding too familiar. 4 is absolutely record has Underground Church on it. mindblowing broken beat style industrial Underground Church is good stompin’ oblivion. sparse and isolated, yet fun. No Brian Adams samples (that I mechanically furious. if you aren’t afraid could hear), but then... maybe that’s of a bit more experimental terrain, this why his name is crossed off in the cred- ably hard and groovy at the same time. throws in some chiming bell-type is an essential purchase. every track is its. Not sure about Farts... the premise The second side, on the other hand, sounds for a slightly “darker” atmos- completely brilliant. i know this guy did is interesting, but I think they should eat opens with the title track which sounds phere, uncivilised world 6, has he done any- more beans before recording their flatu- like the sort of thing tries to be experi- while “resurrection” breaks to play out thing else? does anyone know where lence. mental and noisy, but ends up sounding an odd little melody with kick he’s from? In general, it’s another dose of worm sloppy. Closes out with Acid Riots a drums...”bad vibes” first struck me as burping fun from everyone’s favourite piece of bleepcore that disintegrates irritating because of a small part born to kill 2, traffik Australians. Oh wait... there’s probably into a tangle of feedback. Still, FSSU that sounds like some bad dj freak track older traffik, dirty, but not cheap like the some stupid people who like that guy could pull sperm from a limp cock, so it on hard of hearing, but the second aussies, which is either a with the accent on Baywatch even if he gets 623/666. half of the track is good...”i’m a canni- good or bad thing depending on your 18 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 19

outlook. highlights: “they live” is Ghost Of Chance T.O.P.Y. Presents DREAMACHINE (dir. Genesis P- bring us back in touch with the spiritual Interzone Orridge, Terry Wilson) dark hardcore chock full of socio-politi- Junky nature of “being here”. Taurus is the The Last Words of Dutch Schultz Collaborative Writings cal radicalism and is therefore a My Education: A Book Of Dreams Minutes To Go most earthy of all the zodiacal signs; it Naked Lunch Sinclair Beiles, Burroughs, Gregory Corso winner, and “nails” is a slower 190 Painting and Guns and Brion Gysin is also the most stubborn and is not extremely noisey piece. the drum The Place of Dead Roads The Third Mind wont to change unless duly prodded. Port Of Saints Burroughs and Gysin programming on this record really light- Queer Colloque de Tanger Well, Y2K equals duly prodding, and The Seven Deadly Sins Burroughs and Gysin ens the monotony of typical 4/4 The Soft Machine The Exterminator then some. This aspect of Pluto/Chiron hardcore, which is something that you The Ticket That Exploded Burroughs and Gysin to Saturn will utilize the computer sys- Tornado Alley would expect out of more The Western Lands Recordings tems failure as a tool to promote The Wild Boys Self-Portrait Jumping producers. music by Ramuntcho Matta research, mobilization, and cooperation Collaborative Writings 10% File Under Burroughs Unfinished novel by Burroughs & Jack Kerouac whose see previous listing for contributors to discover how we might relate more killout lp 1 working title I can’t recall or locate... The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka realistically with each other and the Minutes To Go produced & recorded by Brian Jones, Gysin while every track is decent, the hefty By Sinclair Beiles, Burroughs, was the inspiration for planet. Such intent spurred Joel and this 1968 recording, and he, Paul Bowles, price tag makes this feel a bit Gregory Corso and Brion Gysin and William Burroughs myself to put out this message of Unity. insubstantial somehow, and though The Yagé Letters wrote the liner notes By Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg “Pistol Poem” and Permutated Poems and Symphonies there is seemingly a lot of variety in Colloque de Tanger By BBC audio; I don’t know of its availability From within the GC formation, Neptune Burroughs and Gysin artists...brief track descriptions: vdd The Exterminator >Genesis P-Orridge< and Uranus will be at a hard angle “ Related Projects energise have 2 dark clean numbers, The Cat Inside Coum Transmissions called a square to Saturn in Taurus. the somatics unleash two older 4/4 “ (Gysin=art only) Throbbing Gristle Along with the Pluto/Chiron pressure, The Third Mind Psychick Television (Psychic TV) squealing nightmares, dj freak gives “ this is an all out assault on the status Psychic TV partial discography two harsh beatless noise pieces and a Films/Magnetic Media (as performer, subject) Allegory and Self quo. At the time of publishing, Neptune noisy speedy track, embolism’s dark Bill and Tony (dir. Anthony Balch) Al-Or-Al has already begun the square to Saturn The Bloodhounds of Broadway (dir. unknown) Beyond Thee Infinite Beat speedcore track is undancably pleas- Burroughs: The Movie (dir. Hal Brookner) Cathedral Engine which I have noticed describing a pro- Commissioner Of Sewars (interview by Klaus Maeck) Cold Blue Torch ant, syndicate present something that The Cut-Ups (dir. Anthony Balch) Cold Dark Matter (reissued with “Splinter Test” box set) found sadness about the ways of the The Dark Eye (interactive CD-ROM) Decoder soundtrack (with Einstuerzende Neubauten, could be interpreted as an old school Decoder (dir. Klaus Maeck) The The, William S. Burroughs, F.M. Einheit) world along with a confusion as to what techno track, acab have two noisey Dream Machine (dir. Derek Jarman) Direction Ov Travel (with Z’ev) to do. At the time of Y2K Neptune will Drugstore Cowboy (dir. Gus van Sant) Dreams Less Sweet acid numbers, and evo have a great Home of the Brave (dir. Laurie Anderson) Electric Newspaper (released quarterly; issues 1-4 cur- be exactly opposite the point of Global The Junky’s Christmas (music video w/ Disposable rently available) clanging droning monotonous industrial Heroes of Hiphoprisy) God Star: The Singles Pt. 2 Intention employed as a dissolver of hardcore thing. Kathy Acker in Conversation with William S. Burroughs Hex Sex: The Singles Pt. 1 Planetary Karma. Well, all I can (dir. unknown) A Hollow Cost Naked Lunch (novel adaptation by dir. David “Joy”/”Politics Ov Ecstasy” say is that after 2000 years the Cronenberg) Kondole Pts. 1+2 (reissued on Silent with additional part epiteth 10, dj freak Pirate Tape (dir. unknown) and notes) garbage needs to be taken out. Our A Thanksgiving Prayer (dir. Gus Van Sant, this short film Kondole 1, 2 & 3 pretty old now. a1 is grating beeps over was shown originally, as I know it, prior to Derek Listen Today... (with CDV featuring images from Gysin’s beliefs about life have created a world- dj freak’s normal percussion, a2 Jarman’s same-sex masterpiece, Edward II, and I’m Dreamachine) wide stink, and it needs to be noticed unsure of its video availability) [23 live albums, including:] is a perfect onslaught of waves of dis- Thot-Fal’n (dir. Stan Brakhage) Live at Mardis Gras before anything can be done. At the Towers Open Fire (dir. Anthony Balch) Live at Thee Berlin Wall Pts. 1+2 torted crashing and heavy kicks. b Twister (dir. Michael Almereyda) Live at Thee Pyramid time of Y2K Uranus is also squaring side is a long monotonous track point- Live at Thee Ritz Saturn, and such represents the light- Recordings Live in Bregenz lessly locked in an endless groove, but The Black Rider Live in Glasgow ning bolt of Change. If you have ever music by Tom Waits Live in London the fact that this sounds good at almost Break Through In Grey Room Live in New York seen the Tarot Card called the Tower, Call Me Burroughs Live in Reykjavik any speed makes it more appealing. Dead City Radio Live in Tokyo then you know what I mean. this track also made my brother say music by Hal Wilner, John Cale, Donald “Love War Riot”/”Eve Ov Destruction” Fagen, Lenny Pickett, “Love War Riot” remixes “this is the worst thing i’ve ever heard” Sonic Youth, Chris Stein “MEIN*GOeTT*IN*GEN” There is no need however for any kind Decoder soundtrack Mouth of the Night (also reissued as Mouth Ov Thee music/performance by Psychic TV, Knight on Syard) of panic about the situation. I envision Einstuerzende Neubauten, Peak Hour a brief period of computer breakdown, pan mind from p.7 The The, F.M. Einheit, Genesis P-Orridge, Splinter Test William Burroughs, a. Eclipse Ov Flowers followed by a restoration of “normalcy”, In San Francisco, one major Christiane F. b. Tarot Ov Abomination but with some changes firmly imbedded hotbed of raver trends, an ember of The Elvis Of Letters c. Stained By Dead Horses music by Gus Van Sant d. Mouth Ov Thee Knight in the minds of many as to the sort of coherence has emerged through the Nothing Here Now but The Recordings e. Sugarmorphoses recording by Genesis P-Orridge f. Cold Dark Matter “reality” for the foundation of a New “Techno Cosmic Mass” work of excom- The “Priest” They Called Him Psychic TV Presents Ultrahouse “BonE” and “Tempter” music by Kurt Cobain remixes Age. I foresee cooperation as the cen- municated, defrocked Catholic priest, Songs in the Key of X Themes 1-10 terpiece of human relations at the time Matthew Fox and his allies. Part reli- music by R.E.M. Towards Thee Infinite Beat Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales “Tribal” remixes of Y2K, but I also expect darkness to gious mass, part rave, the experience music by The Disposable Heroes Of “Tribal” Drum Club remix e.p. Hiphoprisy Trip Reset define the light in the form of foolish at least strives to unify scattered energy 10% File Under Burroughs “Tune In, Turn On Thee Acid House” remixes music by Islamic Diggers, Divination, Bomb fear and selfish opportunism of which of the bombastic sensory-exhilirated the Bass, Scanner, Compilation Recordings humanity has been so well known for typically drug-laden aspects of ritual Material, Your Nemesis, Chuck Prophet, The Better An Old Demon Than A New God Master Musicians of Fifty Years Of Sunshine throughout history. How could it be oth- ecstatic dance culture (read: “raves”). Joujouka, John Cale, Gnoua Brotherhood of From Here To Tranquility Marrakesh; spoken word High Jack erwise? All in all, though, we have the By incorporating a structured ritual, Fox by Brion Gysin, Herbert Huncke, Marianne Jack the Tab (also reissued as Jack Thee Tab double Faithfull, William album on Wax Trax) opportunity to band together. is attempting to do what modern elec- Burroughs, Terry Wilson, Paul Bowles, Joe Psychic TV Presents Ultrahouse: The L.A. Connection tromagnetic physics is doing: when fre- Ambrose, Stanley Booth Space Daze Uncommon Quotes: Live at the Caravan of Dreams Tekno Acid Beat (reissued as 2nd disc/record on Jack Here is the evidence. The Pluto/Chiron quency-interference creates too much Vaudeville Voices Thee Tab reissue) Trance Atlantic conjunction is at a beneficent angle scattered energy, a separate, guiding with The Dial-A-Poem Poets called sextile to Uranus/Neptune. Such frequency must be introduced to help Better an Old Demon Than a New God Recording Collaborations The Dial-A-Poem Poets At Stockholm is indicative of transpersonal coopera- neutralize frayed energies and thereby Life Is A Killer Psychic TV & White Stains Sugar, Alcohol, and Meat Furnace tion, healing, and the development of cause a type of harmonic resonance. Totally Corrupt Microscopic e.p. new, workable philosophy about the Coherence. You’re the Guy I Want to Share My Money With Download with Genesis P-Orridge Unhealthy reality we want to create, together. Certainly it’s not to say that Biographical Materials Lab Report with Genesis P-Orridge and The Job Lydia Lunch Dreaming, visioning, and acting to build Fox’s concept is “the way,” nor that interviews by Daniel Odier What’s History High Priest Genesis P-Orridge & Stan Bingo a bridge to the New Millennium. Also, pagan Joujoukan culture is “the way,” Timothy Leary Jupiter from the sign of Aries is sextile nor that renegade illegal raves are “the With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker Films, Video Catalan (dir. Derek Jarman, P-Orridge) to Mars in the sign of Aquarius denotes way”. All of these structures merely act Victor Bockris 8 Transmissions 8 (various directors, including P- William S. Burroughs: A Bibliography Joe Orridge) a willingness on the personal level for as signposts along the path of new cre- Maynard & Barry Miles Joy (dir. P-Orridge) new commitment to make changes and ations which may give rise once a Third William S. Burroughs: An Annotated Bibliography of His Live In Berlin (dir. unknown) Works and Criticism Live In Tokyo (dir. unknown) sacrifices by giving up old habits in Mind is introduced. And reintroduced... Michael B. Goodman Maple Syrup (dir. unknown) William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible, a Portrait Modulations (as subject; dir. Iara Lee) order to become a better part of the Mektoub, fate is written; rub Moonchilde (dir. P-Orridge) Barry Miles T.O.P.Y. presents Brion Gysin’s Dreamachine (dir. P- Whole. Build a “better me” to build a out thee word. The Letters Of W.S.B. 1945-1959 edited by Orridge, Terry Wilson) Oliver Harris Unclean (dir. Cerith Wyn Evans, P-Orridge) “better we”. Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. “Gray ash writing of Hassan i Sabbah Burroughs Publications by Ted The Psychick Bible Let us begin to look at darkness as “the sifts through the ovens. Dust and Morgan Rapid Eye 2 (edited by Simon Dwyer) other side of light” instead of an evil smoke. Gray ash writing of Hassan i Man From Nowhere by Joe Ambrose, Terry Wilson, See also the works of Coum Transmissions, Throbbing entity we cannot fathom or control. We Sabbah switch tower orders reverse fire Gristle, Coil, Chris + Cosey, Conspiracy International and Frank Rynne Project, Current 93, Nurse With Wound, Nocturnal have been taught through a preponder- back creatures of the oven stored in Mondo 2000 User’s Guide To The New Edge Emissions, Lustmord... ance of very convincing evidence that pain breaks from the torture chambers edited by Rudy Rucker, R.U. the Earth is a dubious place at best in of time.” Sirius & Queen Mu y2k from p. 19 which to live, that the Earth inherently William S. Burroughs RE: Search #4/5: William S. Burroughs/Throbbing Gristle/Brion Gysin bad, even a place of punishment. I High Priest The union of the forces of Pluto and say, categorically, no! It is what people edited by V. Vale & Andrea Juno Chiron, to continue, is geometrically choose to do that can make the Earth “Any similarity to persons living or dead Also see Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Bowles, aspected to other points of the afore- Timothy Leary, Alan Ansen, Gregory Corso, Wilhelm an unloving place. If only people knew mentioned GC, and here is where is inevitable.” Reich, Robert Anton Wilson, Hakim Bey... they had choice and power to make our things get really interesting. They are A Partial Reference Catalogue >Brion Gysin< planet better, even the “bad people”, I Publications pointing at a fierce angle called incon- Dreamachine Plans sincerely believe they would. Nothing >William S. Burroughs< Let the Mice In junction to Saturn, which is, once again, Publications is intrinsically bad: simply, bad choices Here To Go: Planet R-101 (interviewed by Terry Wilson) in the sign of Taurus. Such cannot help The Adding Machine: Selected Essays The Last Museum are made due to fear. Let me implore Ali’s Smile/Naked Scientology Minutes To Go (with Sinclair Beiles, Burroughs, Gregory but signify a breakdown in value struc- Blade Runner, A Movie Corso) the people of the world to utilize Y2K as The Book of Breething: A Creative Essay The Process tures around money, ownership, the The Burroughs File Stories an opportunity to make some good Cities of the Red Night economy, and the stock market, in choices through cooperation, tolerance, Cobble Stone Gardens Films, Video order to bring us to better fundamental Dead Fingers Talk The Cut-Ups (dir. Anthony Balch) and higher understanding. Peace, Electronic Revolution Dream Machine (dir. Derek Jarman) relationship with the Earth Itself and to Exterminator! Love, and Light- Joshua Hayward 19 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 20

prop.+class from p.11 tion and increasing class conflicts, especial- ed in the late 50’s:”Mary-jane” and as speed, cocaine, and heroin, taking ly in the core area; (c) it is a period of “Wacky-weed”, for example. This was in into consideration that they may have increasingly frequent and increasingly vio- addition to the usual mis-information been mixed with alcohol, and account- lent wars; and (d) it is a period of growing that you find in any mainstream maga- ing for the common additives to fluff the irrationality, pessimism, superstitions, and zine, except this mis-information was product. It should be mass marketed otherworldliness.” -Carroll Quigley, The Evolution of reminiscent of the mis-information of through magazines such as “High Civilizations” ©1961 The Macmillan say, 10-15 years ago- generally more Times” and music magazines. This Company paranoid and sensational, like pot- should not be mind-numbingly difficult heads going ballistic in violent psychotic for a good herbalist. I have had suc- episodes and such. So the police are cess in the past using St. john’s Wort to drugged from p.15 being internally fed a steady diet of counteract the effects of a bad come- false propaganda, in order to instigate a down, nothing spectacular, but enough drug or drug-related crimes. So the harsher attitude toward the “drug to give me hope that someone who politician is being lobbied and bribed to addict”. knew what they were doing would have spend our tax dollars on building more Any police officer that joined a good chance of perfecting a quality prisons by the construction industry. the force in the last 10 years or so has solution. This requires a constant source of crim- probably experimented with drugs in The main problem for society is inals. Thus, there is a direct interest in their youth. So, any officer that knows not that the “addict” is getting high, it’s keeping mandatory sentencing laws in better would be in a position of having when that person comes down and is place, though they are arguably un- to enforce laws they don’t necessarily craving more drugs at inflated prices, in constitutional and detrimental to justice. agree with. I think this would lead to order to forestall depression and crav- In order to justify these positions, the cynicism and then corruption. It would ing. These aberrant states instigate: politician must take a “get tough on likely be the safest route in your hairier crimes such as burglary and mugging— so. Such investment increases the total crime” stance in his or hers campaign- neighborhood situations. The dealers withdrawing most of your rent money volume of trade, which, in turn, increas- ing, that requires rhetoric and advertis- paranoia of getting arrested, combined for another couple grams at 5 in the es the total volume of production on ing that invokes fear and hostility in the with staying up a little too long while morning— and crabby behavior towards one side, and the total volume of con- general population. Essentially, a prob- under the influence of drugs, while hav- your friends and family. With the crav- sumption, on the other side. This lem must be dreamed up and then ing it be a main source of income and ing gone, the price for the drug would increase in wealth has, eventually an exaggerated beyond reality to justify sadly, self-worth and social acceptance, go down. This would lower crime rates adverse effect on the volume of profits, the expense. Furthermore, the portray- combined with guns to protect the stash and uncomfortable situations, and since profits (meaning a surplus over als of the “drug addict” are often a thin- from other ne’er do wells in the same bypass the power structure built around the total of the costs of production and ly veiled stereotype of a different race trade, in similar states of minds, can be the drug and incarceration trade. distribution) require a scarcity system. or class of people. The “drug problem” a volatile situation. As an officer you Furthermore, whoever undertakes the Increase in volume, by making goods can function as substitute hostility, could aid the biggest dealers, get paid project will make tons of money, less scarce, reduces the margin by because people are uncomfortable dis- well on the side, be forewarned of because for every gram of powder sold which retail selling prices exceeds playing their base prejudice. The sen- potentially volatile situations, and even there will be a packet of “NO-JONZ” (or costs, and thus, in general terms, jeop- tencing disparity between crack convic- know the most convenient person to whatever the various products may be ardizes profits. When this occurs, and tions and powdered cocaine convic- bust in order to make it look like you called) sold. the commercial traders are in a position tions is such an obvious example of are doing your job. Or you could get We can cry for legalization all to reduce their mutual competition, they racial prejudice that I fail to see how it shot enforcing some bogus law. What we want, but without something to alle- seek to manage the market, by reduc- cannot boil the blood of anyone even would any rational human decide? As viate the ill effects of the drugs them- ing volume in order to raise profits. In remotely interested in a vague concept the corruption deepens, there is the selves, any gains in that arena will sim- this way profits become dominant over of social justice! First off, minorities are constant need for scapegoats, usually ply concentrate more power into the wealth as an economic goal, to the unfairly targeted by the police as poten- the small-time dealer or user. These hands of the useless dolts that lord jeopardy of volume and high living tial criminals, then they get hit with a people are generally just trying to have over the present situation. standards. Means have become ends- ludicrous sentencing procedure to pla- something for going out on the week- or, as we put it, an instrument becomes cate the media-induced fears of soccer- end, or trying to maintain their high. ÒIÕm afraid the only thing that you can an institution. When this process took moms in the suburbs— and then the Being low on the totem pole, they are do,Ó he said to me,Óis to chain yourself place in our own Western Civilization collective “we” is stuck with the bill! the ones getting incarcerated in order to to Buckingham Palace and then go on about the seventeenth century, we gen- OK, so we have a significant back up the politicians “get tough on hunger strike, until they give you per- erally say commercial capitalism (or the segment of the “straight” population crime” platforms. So your absent mind- mission to vote more early and often “Commercial Revolution” in the older with a significant economic interest in ed partier clogs up the jails, while your than ever, after which you wonÕt care to books) was transformed into mercantil- the continual supply of drugs in society. social parasite continues making more go to the polls at all. ThatÕs another ism. In Canaanite society we speak of What about the “criminals”? Because of money, while your dedicated cop puts example of the same old story. the rise of a “commercial oligarchy” in the risk involved with supplying the ille- his or hers life on the line to line the However little we want a thing, we howl the later days of Phoenicia or of gal contraband, vastly inflated prices pockets of red-nosed politicians and the if we discover that we canÕt get it; and Carthage. When this occurred, the soci- can be demanded for the product. incarceration industry, while your intelli- the moment weÕve got it the whole busi- ety ceased to expand by economic There are your fair share of drug deal- gent cop takes bribes. ness drops out of sight. means (that is, by increasing volume of ers that “just want to have a good time” YouÕll find the same with your wealth, or by intensification of econom- and supply their habit, but those sup- SOLUTION drugs. YouÕve practically hypnotized ic activities) and tried to expand by plying them are a different story. Think yourself into thinking you canÕt do with- political means ( that is, to increase about who would be interested in being But where a man has to think of a thou- out them. ItÕs not a real need, as you profits by extensification of economic majorly involved with the drug trade- sand things before he has his dinner. know. ItÕs a false and perverse appetite, activities by bringing wider geographic You would have to be interested in What he eats, and how he eats, and and as soon as you get out of the way areas under the institutionalized eco- making a lot of money to live beyond how it was killed, and who cooked it, of thinking that itÕs vitally important, nomic organization). thus, the econom- your present means, yet have no way and so on for ever and ever, he gets no youÕll begin to forget how much you ic imperialism and wars typical of Stage to do it, other than through illegal activi- chance to develop his mind in more depend on itÓ. 4*** of any civilization replaced the ear- ty. This generally implies greed with no important ways. Taboo is responsible lier economic expansion (which also considerable talent in any recognizable for the low mental and moral develop- p278Fictional conversation between Sir involved geographic expansion, but by social activity. Essentially, our society ment of the peoples whom it afflicts, Peter Pendragon and King Lamus, por- exploration and colonization rather than has set-up a situation where millions of more than anything else. An appetite trayed in Aleister CrowleyÕs-Diary of a by imperialist wars).” temporarily sick or weak people, the should be satisfied in the simplest and Drug Fiend ©1922 Ordo Templi young or ill-informed, are handing over easiest way. Once you begin to worry OrientisPublished in 1970 by SAMUEL -Carroll Quigley, on Canaanite capital- vast amounts of money for medication, about the right and wrong of it, you dis- WEISER, INC. ism (2200-50 B.C.) in “The Evolution of recreational or otherwise, to greedy turb the mind unnaturally, and begin to Civilizations”©1961 The Macmillan social parasites of limited talent, skill, or think awry in all sorts of ways that have FRINGELLI FROM P.9 Company. In this book, Quigley pres- intelligence, that our taking far more apparently nothing to do with it. systems - really, really loud. I think most ents a 7 stage pattern of change in than they are giving back to society. people who are involved with it, includ- Civilizations resulting from the fact that Come to think of it, that’s not too differ- p277 Fictional conversation between Sir ing myself, are inspired from going into a each civilization has an “instrument of ent from the politicians that also seem Peter Pendragon and King Lamus, por- space or in an open field and exposed to expansion”(an organization in the soci- to be getting ahead these days! trayed in Aleister CrowleyÕs-Diary of a frequencies; the ety generating surplus so the society Last year I was pulled over for Drug Fiend ©1922 Ordo Templi Orientis experience which is a physical experi- continues to grow) that becomes an drunk driving, (I was actually at a bank Published in 1970 by SAMUEL WEIS- ence as well, is difficult to have if “institution”. i.e.The civilization rises machine and not in my vehicle, but the ER, INC. you only hear the stuff at home. There’s while this organization is an instrument, continual erosion of civil liberties is a a lot of bass frequencies that do things and declines as this organization whole article in itself). While being I propose a solution that is to you.” processed in the station, I had a becomes an institution. quite simple, so much so that it will be chance to read the police magazines. initially perceived with a bit of skepti- Like any magazine that chronicles a ***”As soon as the rate of expansion in a cism. That being said, after some time, particular occupation, it had tips on how civilization begins to decline noticeably, it I hope any reasonable person will see to be a better police officer. What was enters Stage 4, the Age of Conflict. This is the advantages to the solution I pro- probably the most complex, most interest- surprising was the gross misinformation pose after some thought on the subject. ing, and most critical of all seven stages. It the magazine contained. There was the Herbalists should undertake a is marked by four chief characteristics: (a) it “glossary of street terms” of course, mission to make a concoction that alle- is a period of declining rate of expansion; and it mentioned all these “code words” viates the come-down with drugs such (b) it is a period of growing tension of evolu- for marijuana that I think were outmod- 20 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 21

infowar from p.12 even military culture, on which an The Present Hardcore Situation. adversary relies in order to know itself: Chris Hables Gray: Postmodern War in Margaret Thatcher, the then conser- who it is, where it is, what it (Routledge, New York/London 1997) The hardcore “scene” was vative prime minister). can do and when, why it is fighting, which threats to counter first, and so Martin Libicki : What is Information really forced underground all over The War on Drugs was never meant to again. This incorporated small be ‘won’. forth. It means trying to know everything Warfare (Institute of National about an adversary while keeping the Strategic Studies) autonomous cells of artists, musicians But it is by no means the only example adversary from knowing much about http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/actpubs/act and writers with a slight distaste for of where double strategies are used by oneself.” 003/a003ch00.html general society, generating a flurry of those in power to remain in control at What is interesting is that they don’t Adam Parfrey: Cult Rapture (Feral creative, anarchic, and subversive any cost. The ‘strategy of media—except now with the increased tension’ in 70’s Italy is another example pretend this to be fundamentally new House, Portland OR 1995) where a coalition of secret form of war, in fact as the primary realization that they are among a vast services, neo-fascists, mafia-linked right example for Cyberwar they mention the Jason Wehling : Netwars minority spread all over the globe! wing politicians, elements in Mongols with their hugely successful http://village.agoranet.be/~de_nar/nieuw Perhaps they are the only ones in their the Vatican and the secret lodge P2 army that was partly based on their fast s/netwar.html information system that kept command- or: own town, pressing their own records, conspired to avert what they saw as an political manifestos, and broadcasting imminent communist takeover. ers in close contact over http://www.teleport.com/~jwehling/Other Bombings and assassinations were thousands of miles, although they do go Netwars.html/ pirate radio, but of course, the network organised, and radical left wing groups so far as to claim: “As an becomes increasingly self-aware of its were blamed to create the climate for a innovation of warfare, we anticipate that own existence. The travelling sound military putsch. Neither happened,but cyberwar may be to the 21st century what Blitzkrieg was to the 20th.” hardcore from p.4 systems, the sub-culture’s primary hundreds died and thousands got means of broadcast and economic sus- arrested. Netwar however is the kind of civilian, ads in what at the time were fanzines. or civil war side of cyberwar. They had producers that were adept at tenance— the “teknival” and free-party A crucial role in this scenario was While cyberwar is concerned with tradi- sub-culture has spawned numerous tionally military aspects like making imitative, commercial-sounding played by the Brigate Rosse (Red tracks and had a network of promotion renegade events—some phenomenal, Brigades) an originally radical commu- Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, also called C3I, at the ready and hungry for a come- some memorable, some laughable, nist group that was increasingly some deplorable, but always interesting infiltrated by the secret service and was intelligence collection, processing and back after the massive disco-record- at least partly and very distribution, tactical communications, burning stadium events of the early on some level. efficiently used against the rest of (or positioning, identifications friend-or-foe Meanwhile, the music keeps (IFF) and socalled ‘smart’ weapons eighties. the real) radical left. Some think The promoters that bought the changing and innovating—except at least some of their actions, quite pos- systems, netwar “refers to information- related conflict at a major label trip and the sponsorship- notably the Dutch Gabber scene, which sibly including the kidnapping and is generally not even recognized (not killing of Aldo Moro, the president of grand level between nations and soci- thing were, in general, not the rave Democrazia Christiana (the conserva- eties. It means trying to disrupt, scene’s pioneers. It was usually their suprisingly, I suppose, also the most tive party then in power, Moro being a damage, or modify what a target popu- commercially successful of all “hard- lation knows or thinks it knows about “friends”. Quite simply, the original part of its more liberal wing) , were ravers saw through the sponsorship core” sub-genres) as being hardcore actually controlled by the secret state. itself and the world around it. A netwar may focus on public or elite and promotion as soon as its creativity- anymore, as it is mostly house music Let’s juxtapose this with the Department sped up to about 170bpm. Notable of Defense definition of terrorism: opinion, or both. It may involve public stifling aspects appeared. But there diplomacy measures, propaganda and were people in the background, some- movements have been the very harsh, “Terrorism is carried out purposefully, in psychological campaigns, political and tech-steppy, sorta stomping breakcore cultural subversion, deception of or what familiar with the rave’s organiza- a cold-blooded, calculated tion, who would take the money, and of labels like Praxis, Ambush, Spite, fashion. The men and women who plan interference with local media, infiltration of computer networks and once they did, they had the force of this KoolpPop and Digital Hardcore-to the and execute these precision operations dreamy ethereal synth washes-of are neither crazy nor mad. They are databases, and efforts to promote dissi- whole industry pushing them, despite very resourceful and competent crimi- dent or opposition movements across any real specific original talent or knack Explore Toi, to the noizy, flangy 4/4 computer networks.” nals, systematically and intelligently for innovation. Like the general trend in drivers of Epiteth, Drop Bass, attacking legally constituted nations all aspects of modern day life in S.O.D.O.M., Dead End, Atomic and my that, for the most part, believe in the It has to be emphasised here that Arquilla and Ronfeldt are researchers of America, your small independent local own label, Deadly Systems- to the play- protection of individual ful experiments of labels like Adverse, rights and respect for the law. Nations the notorious RAND corporation, a pri- promoters were soon muscled out if that use terror to maintain the vate think tank, proclaiming to be a they resisted the trend of the corporate with their classic 1st record of a stylus government are terrorists theselves.” non profit organisation, but always playing the label-1 side pressed at closely linked to the military- entity. Hardcore became a dirty word, because the new movers and shakers 33rpm, the other 45rpm.These are just We should keep this in mind when we industrial complex, and under this point of view it becomes more surprising could not obviously claim to be hard- to name a few. As a matter of fact, I think of the biggest act of terrorism know I’m going to get in trouble here in the US: The bombing of the Alfred P. what conclusions they arrive at. In fact core with any street-accredited authori- Murrah building in Oklahoma City on they see the monolithic, ty. Retroactive trend after retroactive for not mentioning about 20 other April 19, 1995, the anniversary of hierarchical structure of institutions and labels and their unique sound, but per- the military as ill equipped to trend suddenly was pushed on people Waco. Despite Timothy McVeigh getting as “new-school”. “Progressive House” haps that job is for the record review- the death penalty for it there remain a deal with the new scenarios of Netwars and Low Intensity Conflicts between like “Progressive Rock” was one such ers! large number of open questions that On the other end of the spec- suggest that maybe a whole different NGO’s (Non-Governmental oxymoronic movement; essentially, a scenario is at work than is brought for- Organisations), drug cartels, “racial and bunch of studio hacks imitating true trum is the “rave scene”, which ward by the mass media, probably the tribal gangs, insurgent guerrillas, social arguably has not progressed signifi- movements and cultural subversives” house music, watering it down, and most powerful point being that there selling it to college kids (As a side cantly since 1992. Except in the com- seems to have been prior knowledge of which are all organised as networks. They conclude:”Perhaps a reason that note, I would avoid any music move- mercial realm, as increased exposure the bombing on the side of theauthori- came about when “hip” music execs ties... military (and police) institutions have ment that slaps the word “progressive” difficulty engaging in low in front of it). finally figured out no one really gave a If the authorities only had the slightest intensity conflicts is because they are shit about “alternative rock”, and started not meant to be fought by institutions. So you now have the interest- advance knowledge - and there ing situation where old music is new, trolling around the Winter Music there are indications that they did - inci- The lesson: Institutions can be defeated by networks, and it may take networks and new music is old. As if the concept Conference. Same format, same fliers, dents such as OK or Waco are part of a same set-up. The music, with 20 new strategy of power that could be labelled to counter networks.” of sonic innovation was somehow total- preventive counterinsurgency gone out A new type of info-guerrilla is emerging, ly out-dated, and pressing out watered- sub-genres every month, is primarily re- the small units proposed by the of control. To control and direct such down homogenized dance music as if treads of “breakbeat-house”—can any- out-of-control situations a severe man- Critical Art Ensemble faintly echoing one say “trip-hop?” “Funky breaks?” All Carlos Marighela’s (the original you were McDonalds was somehow agement of information has to be I can say is-Give me a fucking break! applied. theoretician of the urban guerrilla) Firing cutting edge. To this day I would say Unit, except they are firing that the majority of celebrities and The hardcore scene I think, can This also means that the character of data, not bullets. It’s no surprise that the musicians celebrated in the rave scene not even be called a “scene”. I would “minority warfare” is changing, in RAND researchers have found a fasci- call it the “hardcore situation”. “Scene” nated readership with left wing are simply sell-outs that play the corpo- fact from a ‘hot’ strategy to a cold tech- rate game, rarely rock the boat, and in entails being “seen” in the context of nological one, but only as a researchers such as Chris Hables Gray and Jason Wehling. general, are completely depressing certain already established place or for- tendency - after all we should have mat of behavior, generating a hierarchy noted that five out of the seven types from any social-evolutionary standpoint. of Information War proposed by Libicki I was certainly intrigued. “That which you resist will per- of social status and values, whereas are quite traditional forms of And while I can’t discount the thought “situation” more aptly describes the that RAND has to present the danger sist,” often says my frequent coffee- conflict that include sabotage, espi- shop loitering companion Joshua ongoing temporal, chaotic experiences onage, blockades and propaganda. to the establishment as worse than it is, their call to reorganisation Hayward. And I believe a lot of the generated around practitioners of hard- Keep this in mind when we look at the core. “Situation” also refers to the post- concepts brought forward by RAND points to a genuine analysis. And it rave scene’s pioneers such as myself researchers John Arquilla and David shouldn’t just flatter us. We have to reacted with such venom (and obvious- Situationism inspired by the late 60’s Ronfeldt. In their text ‘Cyberwar is take it serious when we are taken seri- French action-philosophers of the same ous. ly still do) against the inevitable com- Coming’ available on the web and more mercialization that it alienated a lot of name, a sort of theory of social sub- recently as a part of the book/anthology Christoph Fringeli, new people to the original scene version to increase leisure-time, that ‘In Athena’s Camp - Preparing for seems to be an operating philosophy of Conflict in the Information Age’ along originally written in April 1998 for a talk because they were not around for with a collection of essays by various at Public Netbase, Vienna, those initial parties or strings of events. numerous sound systems, labels and revised for Deadly Type October 1998 authors. It was easier for them to identify with hangers-on, that frequently take part in, the homogenized version of the rave well—the hardcore situation! The two main concepts they formulate Main Sources: movement, not only aesthetically, but are ‘Cyberwar’ and ‘Netwar’. -Deadly buda Cyberwar is explained as referring to John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (Eds): because it was as if they “discovered” it “conducting, and preparing to In Athena’s Camp - Preparing for for themselves. Meanwhile, the origina- conduct, military operations according Conflict in the Information Age (RAND 1997) tors are slagging everything from left to to information-related principles. right—and no one likes to be around a It means disrupting, if not destroying, [In particular the articles by the editors information and communications as well as Richard Szafranski: sourpuss 24-7!!! systems, broadly defined to include Neocortical Warfare? The Acme of Skill] also check http://www.rand.org 21 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 22

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The Flip it over and punish your B side track “ Fallout “ has some The New Crew / Tcher No Beat speakers some more with of that hip-hop flavor. 003 Respect due and The Punisher. This two man Crew finds a way It’s in my record crate. Syndicate/Bloody Fist 18 to blend old school sounds with I was about to say 16 was the tweaky 303 lines to make The Cold Fusion Mafia / Psywarp 01 best BF yet, but then this one New Crew. Psycho Audible Warp was right behind it. This is it! Phenomenon takes jungle to a Until 19 I hope! Fuck Sydney, Murad Qureshi EP / Break/Flow smooth intelligent plane with dark Visions of Death, and Mac This holds a pile of names on it. sounds and evil samples. Booth Eleven are the standout tracks. System Ucs. Christoph de sides are clean, all most flaw- A devastating volley in the battle Babylon , Eric Random , New less. If you love Dune you’ll for Australia! Acephale , and The Narrator need to pick this one up. -buda these guys will shove it down your ear canal . The System Bodysnatcher / Ambush 06 Ho.exe/Uncivilized World 07 Ucs. Track is defiantly Skinny DJ Scud and Christoph Civilization! Ha! This is what I Puppy if they did hardcore. Fringelli come together to tear up think about your “Snivel-I-zaaaa- some new tracks together. Can tion” heh, heh, heh, UCW back Brain Bruiser / Gobble 4 you say brutal?! This is what with more experimental techno, Watch your head phone hardcore is about. Find and you Tetrapak being the jam-IMHO, levels this A side may kill you. tell me. Millsy with some odd bits com- The B sides two tracks are filled bine for a track that offers up with beats and some 303 work Infrabass / suprises at all the right times. .The last track sounds a bit on The new 12’ to come out of the -buda the Cybertone side. {for those Farmlab 9805 .A new noise jun- that remember old EON} It ‘s so gle track, a noisecore and digital Fear Teachers/Running fast you can’t catch the samples. noisecore track. 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Full of heavy dark synth work . called a hardcore copy of moby -buda Last track on the A side has a 1000. The second track is a hip- sweet P.E. loop. Looking for a hop hardcore cut full of scratch- First Shade of Fear EP / Running build up? Half of the first track is ing and pounding beats. Scared RS001 the build. This could have made the Postcore / Widerstand 05 THX1138 sound track or the Void / Void Records The new Widerstand is 6 movie made it. “Were passing One 12’ full of dark jungle, tracks of noise and beats. If you thought the magnetic field “ sold digital noise and heavy dark need a noise track to split your me on this one. Dark jungle synth cords. Old therimen friends head open this has it beats and smooth bass lines sounds make it even creepier . “cobra” this track spits poison. keep this one moving.

Overcast/Bloody Fist 16 Cybermouse “ Body Pack 95” / No Copyright! Well, this’ll make a Fischopf 003 Bloody Fist believer out of just Crushing beats from 95. about anyone. Mad sound col- This is the one with War is hell DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 25 DT MAIN FILE 1/25/99 7:51 PM Page 28