Bourbonese Qualk were an experimental music group which existed from 1980 to 2003.[1] The group were participants in the early 80s industrial & experimental music tape scene.[2] Writing for CMJ, Martin Aston characterized Bourbonese Qualk as "post-punk, avant funk" along the lines of 23 Skidoo, A Certain Ratio, 400 Blows and early Cabaret Voltaire.[3]
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| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 1980–2003 |
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| Website | bourbonesequalk |
They're also known for their political activism, formed in the crucible of 1980s Britain amid such influences as the UK miners' strike, the Falklands War, Thatcherism, monetarism, local government corruption, squatting, anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, and anarchism. Their work was often ambiguous and directly critical of power-politics of any color, often irritating members of the traditional organized left. In 1984 Bourbonese Qualk occupied a large empty building - The Ambulance Station[4] - on the Old Kent Road in South London, which they turned into a base for their activities, a cooperative space for artists, musicians, and writers, and a center for radical political activism -- specifically as a coordinating center for the Stop the City anti-capitalist protests of 1984.[5]
Discography
edit- Laughing Afternoon LP (Recloose Organization 1983)
- Hope LP (Recloose Organization 1984)
- The Spike LP (Dossier 1985)
- Preparing For Power LP (Recloose Organization 1986)
- Bourbonese Qualk LP (New International Recordings 1987)
- My Government is My Soul LP/CD (Fünfundvierzig 1990)
- Bo'Qu LP (New International Recordings 1990)
- Kneejerk Reaction EP (Praxis 1992)
- Qual EP (Praxis 1992)
- UnPop CD (Total F.I. 1993)
- Feeding the Hungry Ghost CD (Fünfundvierzig 1994)
- Autonomia CD (Praxis 1994)
- On Uncertainty (2000)
- Moscow (2002)
- Lies (2015)
References
edit- ^ "Bourbonese Qualk". V2_Institute for the Unstable Media. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780199832583. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Aston, Martin (22 February 1991). "Over Seas" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 25 (224). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 14. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Taylor, Richard (August 1991). "The State - Revolution". Music from the Empty Quarter (2). UK: The Empty Quarter: 18. ISSN 0964-542X.
- ^ "MNQ 114 Bourbonese Qualk - The Spike". Bandcamp. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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