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Greenwich Performance Collective: The "Dennis" Tape

Greenwich Performance Collective existed in South London in the 1980s and was a hotbed of innovative creative activity. Embracing the punk D.I.Y ethic the collective brought together musicians, artists and performers of all types for gigs and events in London (and later for exchange gigs in the North of England). Many interesting and talented performers found a platform here and sometimes more established acts joined the gigs, such as Nico, ATV and others.

The collective produced several compilation cassettes during its existence and after a recent meeting with some of the core and founder members (Andi being one of them), we have began a digital archive of materials and recordings, mostly thanks to the collections of Dave Skull and Brian Moulton.

The first compilation tape to be digitised is the one called "Dennis". It contains tracks by over 21 acts, and although it is now nearly 30 years old, it has aged well and is a very entertaining listen. Check out the tracks below, and you can also download the entire tape, plus artwork and scans free.




GPC has a Facebook page where you can keep up to date with the additions to the archive and get the latest news relating not just to the GPC, but the other linked collectives of the time:

GPC on Facebook

Download "Dennis" free by clicking this link:

The Dennis Tape

kurt schwitters

Oaken Wood, Kent

Oaken Wood, Kent, a set on Flickr.

Oaken Wood in Kent is under threat from a nearby quarry, and despite the company saying that they will not displace the wildlife there, I find it hard to believe that there will be no long-term damage. Areas of the wood are dense chestnut coppice, but there are also some lovely ancient trees that cannot be replaced. I took the photos to try and capture the place rather than produce arty pictures. Hopefully they will give you a feel of this special woodland.

Please sign this petition to try and save it:

Hickeysonic: 666 Squadron: Panic & Carousels 13

One of our tracks was played recently during Stagger Lee Fisher's "Panic & Carousels" show that he does for Basic.fm in his Hickeysonic guise.

It was an excellent broadcast that featured loads of interesting sounds from the likes of Demdike Stare, Crass, Fuck Buttons. Dean Blunt, John Hopkins and more.

In Lee's words "you get to hear what being repeatedly smashed in the face with a cricket bat made from rum & sunshine does to a man's brain". It's well worth checking out, and you can follow this link to either stream or download the set (and see the track list):

666 Squadron

Be sure to check out the fabulous Basic.fm too:

Basic.fm

More Hickeysonic sets here:

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Chamber

 

This new track featured in the recent Mixlr broadcast we did. It has the processed voice of Kurt Schwitters and a nice metal pipe. It's a free download for a while, so grab it while you can!

The picture is a recent one of Battersea Power Station in London.

X-Amount DJ set on Mixlr & Mixcloud

X-Amount: Mixlr DJ Mix by X-Amt on Mixcloud

The recent DJ set that we broadcast on Mixlr is now available on MixCloud.

You can also download the whole thing free here:

X-Amount Mixlr DJ set Download

The set covered pretty much our whole album output so far, and was a bit of a celebration of having got a couple of labels to release some of our stuff (at long last!)as well as the beginning of an attempt to re-master most of our back catalogue. It contains a new track, a new mix and some unheard material and edits.

It was recorded on a MacBook Pro using Algoriddim's DJay software and a Korg Padkntrol.

Here is a more detailed breakdown of the mix, track by track:

1: Glue Gun: this is an edit of a recent live jam. Glue Gun will appear in it's fully finished form soon (somewhere).

2: Chamber: A brand new track. Remix possible...

3: untitled: this is a clip from our very first laptop jam in 2011.

4: Sine (version): An unheard alternative mix from the recently re-mastered "Fat Bankers" album (1996), more dub in this one than the album version.

5: Out & Out: from "Early Work" (1993-1994)

6: Planj (in & out): An edit from the original jam that created a track called "Stammerung", which appeared in one of the Nakedbeatz live performances last year (incidentally the "numbers station" recordings we have used are our own, not from the Conet Project).

7: Sonbahar (part two): from the "01 02 03 04" EP on Jehm Records.(2013)

8: Him: from "Early Work" (1993-1994)

9: Blistering: A track that should have been on the "Some Previous" album (1994-1997). It was recorded back in the early 1990s, some fierce drum samples. It will be added as a bonus track when the album eventually appears on BandCamp.

10: Flight (edit): An edit from the original jam that produced "Flight" from the "Degraded" album (2011).

11: Jump Starter (Flat Battery mix): A brand new mix of "Jump Starter" from the "Degraded" album.

12: I Told You Not To Eat That: from "Six Months Of Community Service" (2012)

13: Wire Frame Ghost: from "Six Months Of Community Service" (2012)

14: Nitpicker: a remastered version of the track from "Gits Encroaching" (2011)

15: Scraper: from the "01 02 03 04" EP (2013)

16: Chunk (in & out): an edit of an unfinished forthcoming track

17: Wax (featuring E333): recent release on Experimentalist Recordings (2013)

18: Beepatron: an edit from the original jam that produced "The Wheel Fell Off" from "Gits Encroaching" (2011)

19: Feelers: Remastered version of the track from "You Need Glasses"(2011)

20: Big (outro): edit of a jam from 2011

21: Tokyo: from the recent remaster of "Fat Bankers" (1999)

22: untitled: another edit from our first laptop jam in 2011

23: PVC: forthcoming on a Jehm Records compilation

24: Wilting intro: edit from an unfinished track (2012)

25: Tyfoon: Remastered track from the "Leakage" album (mid 1990s/2003).

26: Sleepy (outro): edit from an unfinished track (2011).