Final Leg Leg Leg of the Elephant Walk Walk Walk

The final leg of this Elephant Table Album project begun October 7, 2017 (actually hatched from a post All the Usual Suspects six days prior & a fatal comment from one W. -).  It's been really enjoyable, just so many things get in the way or get their own way or...

( re-posted March 3, 2019 )


"When I started on October 7, & Other Galactic Funk I stated: 'that...I hope I can do the other three sides before my short attention span puts the kibosh to this plan. Well, at least, here's Side One..."  "


"I managed to post up the second side the next day Elephant Round-up Side 2. Then my mind took a walk somewhere else. But like this Elephant thaang goin' on, I never forget, even if I wander off for a while."


"Finally, installment three of this crazy-ass project  (Back to the Round-up, March 3, 2019)  that I started October 1, 2017 when I posted The Elephant Table Album (a Compilation of Difficult Music). Then NSS regular W. commented: 'This is a rather fantastic collection of early works from some now well know electronic/experiemntal artists.' which led me to the idea of posting a full album by each band on all four sides of TETA."

Here we go with Final Leg Leg Leg of the Elephant Walk Walk Walk with these suspect devices:  Bourbonese Qualk; Sirius B; New 7th Music; We Be Echo; & Bushido...

Bourbonese Qualk - Laughing Afternoon, Recloose Organisation LOOSE 004, 1983.

all decryption codes in comments

Side 1 -
God with Us
Idiot Pain
Barcelona Telephone Exchange
Freefall
Blood Orange Bargain Day
Behind Closed Doors

Side 2 -
Qualk Street
Hell with the Consequences
Building Jerusalem
Feast of Trumpets
Virgin Ears, Virgin Eyes
Spanner in the works
Mystery Dance

Sirius B - Graphic Madness 7" single, 198?

Side One -
Trauma of the Hunt

Side Two -
Is This the End?

New 7th Music - In a Dream cassette, ADN TAPES 19, 1985

Side A -
Live at the Richmond Brighton
In a Dream
Violin Phase

Side B -
The Bitter Humours of Fermenting Passion Flow
The Circle of Violence
Life Began from Here
Ritual

we*be*echo - Ceza Evi C60 cassette, Cause For Concern CFC 023, 1983.

Side A (really 2)
Sexuality
Punish You
No Going Back
Death Row
A New Day
I'm a Gambler
It was You
Micropenis
Dirty Harry

Side 1 (really B)
Survivalists II
Knechtshaft
This Hour’s Mine
I Want
Got You
Paranoid
House of Punishment
Manson
Kick

Bushido - The Sands of Nakajima, Third Mind Records TMLP 10, 1984.

Side Sunrise -
Rain
If
She Had to Say Yes
Johnny Fez's South Mediterranean Blues (Moroccan Roll)
First Respects (for NS & BV)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Side Sunset
Among the Ruins
False Prophets = False Profits (Concrete mix)
San Sebastian
Black August - The Rape of Honour
Calm

Bushido - Deliverance, Third Mind Records TMLP 12, 1985.

Side One -
A Question of Identity
Lament
Intrigue

Side Two -
An Imperial Affair
High Rise
Question of Time

Walk that Elephant Table Walk, y’all.
NØ

My Gov, My Soul

Anonymous wanted this re-upped. Great choice. If you are looking for anything else by Bo Qu, let me know. I have most of their many releases. You can get this here or there.

Enjoy,
NØ

My Government is My Soul

This post was re-uploaded 11/04/2017.

When I was posting up the cassette-only release The Last Supper, I was re-listening to it & was reminded that Bourbonese Qualk is an extremely excellent band that I haven't revisited nearly enough as of late. I am remedying that situation now, by listening to all of their material that I have.

After Julian Gilbert & Steven Tanza left the group (to pursue writing & form the band The State, respectively), Simon Crab, original founding member & musical mastermind of Bo-Qu reformed the group with Miles Miles (guitar & other instruments) & Owen 'If' Rossiter (drums). The re-formed Bourbonese Qualk trio spent the next 3 years (1987-90) in a recording silence constantly touring Europe. Out of these years came the highly acclaimed LP My Government is My Soul released in 1990 on their own New International label. My Government Is My Soul is a more polished live-sounding album which occasionally hints at a rockier, slightly more commercial-edged sound than their earlier releases. It's a collection of hauntingly quiet passages, broken by unusually emotive angst, filled with sequenced bass rhythms, endless percussion & wonderfully noise-ridden synthesized voice.

You can read about the early years of Bourbonese Qualk & the infamous Ambulance Station over at Simon Crab's great site, The Stalker. You can also download the entire Bo-Qu back catalogue at their Archives, which documents their work from the beginnings in 1980 until the end in 2002, when, following the untimely death of guitarist Miles Miles in October of that year, the remaining members decided to disband the group.

Bourbonese Qualk - My Government is My Soul,
New International Recordings/FünfUndVierzig 34, 1989.

Featured on this release: Simon Crab - voice & electronics; Miles Miles - guitar & saxophone; Owen If (Rossiter) - drums & percussion; & Kif Cole - live sound.

Side A:
Guilt
Let It Go
Ton Ton Macoute
Know Your Enemy
Eist
Knock

Side B:
Murmur
Keep Pushing
Forget The Past
Decide
The Last Thing We Have Is Choice

Enjoy,
NØ