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S.P.K. - Auto-Da-Fé [WULP 002 DEU 1983 24-Bit FLAC] The A-side of Auto-Da-Fé is essentially a compilation from the first three S.P.K. singles, although the punk rock track No More is overlooked. There was incredible power and intensity in the early singles, especially were distorted guitars mix it with power drills and pounding industrial percussion. There are disturbing moments like on Mekano and Slogun where the wall of noise is interrupted with Germanic distortions, much akin to a dalek rehearsing Hitler speeches. It is easy to forget S.P.K. were an Australian band. The B-side features three more up to date tracks, where Metall Field is in my opinion the band's best work. The use of sequencers induce a hypnotic early techno beat but fear not there is still plenty of metal percussion. This was very much a pre-cursor to the band's later work when they were signed to Elektra/Warners in search of a disco hit. Walking On Dead Steps , much like a techno equivalent of They W...

S.P.K. - Dokument III0 1979 [VOD 50S.RE DEU 2019 24-Bit FLAC] Noisy Antipodeans ripped from the Vinyl On Demand seven inch wooden box set. These are SPK's earliest singles repressed onto good quality vinyl in a rather splendid screen printed wooden box. From their earliest punk roots through to sheer industrial noise, it is time to give your speakers a good work out. Enjoy!  Factory A1  No More A2  Contact B1  Germanik Mekano C1  Factory C2  Retard D1  Slogun No More E1  Mekano E2  Contakt F1  Slogun

SPK - Machine Age Voodoo [WX 10 UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC] What follows is a re-balanced and re-sampled work of my original 2015 ESWA blog post... Antipodean drillers, noise terrorists and metal-bashers SPK had many pseudonyms: Socialistisches Patienten Kollektiv; System Planning Korporation; SePpuKu and errr ... Surgical Penis Klinik, It was suggested to me years back that SPK really stood for Synthetic Pop Krap during their short career with WEA. I will try not too take sides during this post, but let's just say that I am amazed how long this album has survived in my collection, and it has been very rarely played.  Ignore the fact that it's a SPK record, and that may help you get on with it - musically as a synthpop album, it isn't that bad. But as a SPK record, perhaps the suggested abbreviation was true. A1 Junk Funk A2 With Love From China A3 High Tension A4 One World B1 Flesh & Steel B2 Metropolis B3 Metal Dance B4 Thin Ice B5...