Loggerhead - Demons In Rapture w/ Demos (1994)

Richard Grant, the man behind I+T=R, the visual aesthetic of Dorobo, had posted a comment on a previous post:

good release this one, Milton M was a big fan of The Young Gods as well which had a big influence on this CD. i have a demo cassette with some different versions of some of these tracks - i think before Francois got his holds on them - i'll post it up in the next week or so. i also did another video for 'Stategic Womb' which i will put up on vimeo, it didn't make the Dorobo VHS as it was too long!

Long out of print, this sleeper from the mid 90s is well worth turning up loud.

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He was also kind enough to send the demo cassette mentioned above so it's a great opportunity to listen to the before and after as referenced in the comment left above.

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Dorobo Videos 1992-1995

 

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The Dorobo label (now defunct) out of Australia has been one of my favorite labels for a while.  Mostly the brainchild and work of Darrin Verhagen under his various monikers, it features some interesting music of a more "industrial" nature, social commentary with an art school aesthetic.

This is a compilation of videos of artists from the label.  The videos definitely match the feel of the music.  Grainy, industrial, Kafka-esque collages.  An excellent series of videos put together by I+T=R (local designer Richard Grant credited by Verhagen with creating the entire Dorobo aesthetic)

Turn down the lights and turn up the volume for a creepy good time.

This one is long overdue for a DVD treatment.  Richard Grant has been posting some stellar videos on his YouTube account which includes everything here and then some.

TCH (aka This Crepuscular Hour) also has a YouTube account well worth checking out.

Experiment and engaging stuff, highly, highly recommended.

Tracklisting:

1 Shinjuku Filth - Detox
2 Snog - Cliche
3 Shinjuku Thief - Komachi Ruins
4 Hanging Garden - Rust
5 Shinjuku Thief - The Assessor / Stepping From Routine / Lips Of The Guilty
6 Snog - Empires
7 Ryoji Ikeda - What's Wrong / Zone 2
8 TCH - In Sensorium
9 Professor Richmann - Eis
10 Shinjuku Thief - Warm As The Blood Beneath The Clods / In The Path Of Walpurga's Ashes
11 Loggerhead - Demons In Rapture
12 This Digital Ocean - Heartbreaker
13 Shinjuku Thief - The Year Of Silence

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