Our Industrial News “tapes received” trail reaches into the early 80s, and attention turns to quality. Robert H. King leads us into this episode, where we speak with Matt Johnson (TheThe) and Martyn Bates (Eyeless In Gaza).

Martyn Bates of Eyeless In Gaza picks up the thread. As Migraine Inducers he sent the Dissonance tape into the network and landed in Industrial News issue four. Name check for an early Portobello Rd label I.D. Cassettes, by Mark Perry (Alternative TV/Deptford Fun City). Ambivalent Scale, Martyn’s own label with Pete Becker, was a container for all of their early solo releases plus outputs from a cohort including Bron Area, The Stick Insects and Kevin Harrison.

Matt Johnson of The The details his early attendance at Throbbing Gristle shows and connection with the group members. The tape he passed on to Genesis led to his own mention in Industrial News in the September 79 issue. But then, he drops another mind bomb: The promoter behind many of Throbbing Gristle‘s London gigs was Colin Faver, later a major DJ in the acid house scene of 1988 and pirate broadcaster on London’s Kiss FM. With Kevin Millins he ran Final Solution, promoting many TG gigs including Butler’s Wharf and the legendary show at the YMCA with TG, Cabaret Voltaire and Rema Rema.

Geoff Rushton’s Stabmental zine is referenced once again as the print which contained all of the most progressive music in the emerging Industrial scene. The compilation cassette intended to be issue 6 of the zine, “The Men with The Deadly Dreams” gathers a seminal set of recordings, including tracks by Eyeless In Gaza, Rema Rema, Chris Carter, Richard H Kirk and Chris Watson. Watson himself produced and mastered the tape at Cabaret Voltaire’s Western Works studio in 1981.

Hosted by Martin Franklin.
Theme music “This Is Concrete” by The Happy Citizen.

DISCOVER THE VIDEO
You can find videos of some of the amazing artefacts, fanzines and cassette releases that drop through our letterbox on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@CassetteCulturePodcast

IN THIS EPISODE

THANKS
Jerry Kranitz, co-host for all interviews recorded in the series.
Richard Rupenus, for research and series advice.
Interview recordings of Colin Faver are outtakes from the “They Call It Acid” documentary project.

COLIN FAVER
We would like to dedicate this episode to the memory of Colin Faver, who passed away on 5 September 2015. As a listener, his mixes always captured something rich and progressive, and now we know more about why his name and presence always brought a deeper cultural resonance to everything he did. “Particularly looking for indie music, even if it’s something you’ve made in your bedroom…” Sound familiar ? RIP Colin. (https://www.insomniac.com/magazine/remembering-colin-faver-a-life-in-the-mix/)

LINKS
Eyeless In Gaza, https://eyelessingaza.com/
The The https://thethe.com
“See Without Being Seen” featured in this episode https://thethe.bandcamp.com/album/see-without-being-seen
Robert H. King https://www.rhking.net/

DEEP LINKS
Touch https://touch33.net/early-cassette-culture
Stabmental https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabmental

VOICES
Martin Franklin
Robert H. King
Martyn Bates
Matt Johnson
Colin Faver

MUSIC

“And now the treasures of music enchanted worlds are yours to command”Migraine Inducers, Dissonance/Antagonistic Music (Ambivalent Scale, 1979)
“Lazy Finger Shake” The The See Without Being Seen” (Cineola, 2020)
“By Train To The Coast” Pete Becker (Ambivalent Scale)
“Through A New” Migraine Inducers, Dissonance/Antagonistic Music (Ambivalent Scale, 1979)
“Minus Beat” Migraine Inducers, Dissonance/Antagonistic Music (Ambivalent Scale, 1979)
“Kodak Ghosts Run Amok” Eyeless In Gaza, (Ambivalent Scale, 1980)
“Voices” M.A. Peacock. The Men With The Deadly Dreams, (Stabmental/White Stains 1981)
“Planetarium” The The, See Without Being Seen (Cineola, 2020)

Throbbing Gristle live at the YMCA August 1979, from “24 Hours Of Throbbing Gristle”
“People On Site” The The, See Without Being Seen (Cineola, 2020)
“Troops” The The See Without Being Seen (Cineola, 2020)
“Pale Saints” Eyeless In Gaza, The Men With The Deadly Dreams (Stabmental/White Stains 1981)

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