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Scorpio

by Steve Freeman

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1.
Xenophile 1 02:08
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2.
Necronomicus (excerpt) 08:15
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3.
Xenophiliac 00:43
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4.
Strange Visions Inside A Cellar 16:13
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5.
Xenophile 2 02:03
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6.
Mechanical Bent 02:00
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7.
Kriegsmaschine - Teil 1 (excerpt) 07:19
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Kriegsmaschine - Teil 2 08:33
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9.
Festering Stranger In Transit (excerpt) 10:45
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The tracks from "Xenophile" were mainly created using tape loops and records played slow or backwards. Thus, they have a very mechanical feel and texture. The "Mechanical Bent" work was based around texts recorded from The Archers (if I remember right) radio series over an electronic pulse created on the ITT cassette recorder. I found the original 10 minute version of this to be far too long and therefore did a 2 minute remix. "Vox Populi!" was a 60 minute onslaught depicting a nuclear war, a pre-cursor in a way to the later "Cataclysm". Quite a heavy going work, I decided to just include two short pieces from "Vox Populi!" here. "Festering Stranger In Transit" is a cyclic synthesizer pulse based piece that I decided to remix, adding more layers using delays from the original track. The result is more dense and what I originally intended, but didn't have the equipment in 1983 to do so. Further extracts from "Conduct Unbecoming" can be found as a bonus on the CDR release of "Cataclysm". "Search In Confusion" is a remixed segment from side 2 of the cassette "Tredje" (the Swedish word for "Third"). This is the most industrial section of this release - so, you've been warned!

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released September 28, 2014

Recorded at MN Studio (January-April 1983).
Taken from SF.1 Xenophile (Musiques Nouvelles MN 011),
Scorpio: Vox Populi! (Syzygy ZC 60.016), Conduct Unbecoming
(Syzygy ZC 60.014) & Tredje (Dark Star DS 211).
Track 6 from Multum In Parvo (Musiques Nouvelles SPCMN 001) sampler.
Compilation & digital transfer at Tachyon Studio (21-30 April 2001).

Steve Freeman: turntable, loops, tapes, sounds, electronics, effects, voice, synth.

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Steve Freeman Leicester, UK

Always a sound explorer, much more an enterprising dabbler than musician, Steve has only occasionally worked solo. To quote "I prefer to work with others..." he's often said. Yet he has made a few solos that are quite original, engaging and groundbreaking in their own way. ... more

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