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they seem to be a band which have been more talked about than heard; or even more referred to than listened to. has anyone here ever heard "live 1977"?? i've been consistently unable to get it from any filesharing program (has anyone had any more luck?), but the few mp3s of theirs that i've obtained have intrigued me...

toby, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

new "i can't think of anything more to say" answers

toby, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I've got MP3s of it Toby - remind me at an FAP and I'll do you a copy. It's fuzzy but good.

Tom, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Got 'live 77' as MP3 files. Two hours of 'amarchy in Japan' if you ask me and the sort of thing your typizal sonic youth fan would hate (a good thing). Tom, if you have the MP3 of 'Flames of Ice' make sure you provide the man a copy.

Julio Desouza, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Why do you think the 'typical Sonic Youth fan' would hate it? "Flames Of Ice" is blistering, yes.

Tom, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Tom- That opinion is based on reaction to their goodbye 20th century tour. I was thinking if they had taken Takayanagi's 'New directions' group or say, Rallizes, on tour with them, I think a lot of them might have fucked off to the bar.

In fact, I recall reading abt the time SY took Descension as the support act and they were apparently heckled. Descension do make that sort of blistering sound.

Julio Desouza, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

there's another thread somewhere where i posted a cool picture of them.

jess, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jess- I remeber now that there's already a thread abt them. There's also a website. Just google it. It's in japanese but there is a dicog and some good pics as well (well some are not so good, leather just doesn't fit with some ppl).

Julio Desouza, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

which would be here.

jess, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

i still haven't been able to track down any of the cd's...yet. i know they're out there but all i've heard so far has been a clutch of mp3's. i'm glad this thread has reminded me to keep looking as i've been listening to a lot of japanese psyche lately (albeit on the quieter end: nagisa ni te, etc.)

jess, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Jess- good luck finding them. Last time they released anything was in 1991. They reissued (as far as I recall) a couple of albums and a video. The were quickly snapped up by record collector scum and now I'm sure they sell at coronary inducing prices!

It's a pity I don't have a CD burner. These MP3 files are stuck in the prison that is my computer hard drive! The only thing that makes me think (if I play this loud enough it might actually damage my speakers).

Julio Desouza, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yes, that picture became my wallpaper when I saw it. THANK U JESS MAN!!! Audiogalaxy had a lot of MP3s and I was able to fill 2 CD-Rs with them. I also met a nice music store clerk who gave me two-hour videotape that I have yet to watch because I'm waiting for The Perfect Moment (or maybe just the perfect drug).

alex in montreal, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

there was a pretty informative primer on jap psyche in the wire two years ago or so, so if i can find it while i'm packing i'll see if it has any info. it was where i first heard of them, if memory serves. now, has anyone heard the EARLIER bands in "the scene" like...shit, my memory just went blank...the cups? the jacks? dr. teeth and the electric mayhem?

jess, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

jess- you want the wire with scanner on the cover. I discovered fushitsusha and rallizes from this. Have heard taj mahal travellers as well. 'August 1974' is excellent document. Violin's scrap and plenty of electronics. quite a lot ot absorb but i haven't heard any of the earlier stuff like jacks.

Theres a new taj mahal travellers reissue as reviewed on the latest wire as well. prob. pick it up.

Julio Desouza, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hurrah! thanks tom

toby, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...
Just to inform that a bootleg of Live 77 has appeared. it arrived on the post yeastreday and its a 2 LP (vinyl) set. It's all enclosed in a blackcover with a photo of mizutani with his guitar, which was prob photocopied from the Rallizes site pic gallery (i'll check later). This is glued onto the black cover (no artwork really). Inside, two pieces of black vinyl. No track titles or anything.

The sequencing is wrong. Here's the track listing, from rallizes web page:

1. Enter the Mirror 11'30"

2. ???????12'04"

3. ???16'12"

4. ?????11'35"

1. ?????15'32"

2. ???????8'30"

3. The Last One 25'24"

Disk 1: 2nd track is called 'Night of the Assassins' 3. Flames of Ice 4. A memory is far Disk 2: don't have the translation to 1 and 2.

The first 3 tracks on disc 1 is OK (1 and 2 on 'side 1' of the vinyl. Flames of ice on 'side 2' but A memory is far is not the last track on the vinyl. That is the 8:30 secs one on disc 2).

Its a straight swap (since it probably wouldn't fit due to the time considerations). Can you fit 27+ mins onto one side of vinyl?

Also the last (i think) 10 secs of memory is far is missing (just noting this, if you 15.32+11.35 that is slightly more than 27 mins). But i think my MP3 of the 'last one' is 21 mins long whereas I think they have all 25 mins onto vinyl (the bassline is the same 'melody' but it's a slightly different tuning I think, but I'll have to check).

I'm wondering also why didn't they bootleg it onto 2xCDs. maybe vinyl was cheaper...

It's a very good record. and when it's that good things like artwork don't matter. My small speakers connected to my computer cannot do justice to the sound of this band as I play the Mp3s. but my stereo speakers can as I play the vinyl (though it would surely pale in comparison to seeing this stuff live). So I'm glad I got it. Amazing what some of these bands were working at on the other side of the planet (recorded 'le 12 mars 1977 a Tachikawa' as it says on the webpage). It is a psychedelic rock record but the way they go on their 'noise assault' is pretty remarkable. so if you have a shitty computer get hold of it (I had most of these as MP3s but I had to get it).

Julio Desouza, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two months pass...
Desperately trying to hear the legendary group but to no avail. Anyone can help?

Joseph Tham, Friday, 11 October 2002 07:08 (twenty-two years ago) link

try and track down the bootlegs. I got the 2 Lps through 'other music' shop (from new york). google it and email to ask.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 11 October 2002 09:10 (twenty-two years ago) link

has anyone here heard Speed Glue & Shinki? no neither have i but i bet they are great, just 'cause i think that is like the greatest band name ever.

unknown or illegal user (doorag), Saturday, 12 October 2002 06:32 (twenty-two years ago) link

er...isn't this, like the wrong thread doorag?

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 12 October 2002 10:13 (twenty-two years ago) link

oh probably

unknown or illegal user (doorag), Saturday, 12 October 2002 13:49 (twenty-two years ago) link

two weeks pass...
I'M GETTING A BOOT CDR THROUGH GEMM. IT'S COSTING ME $40.00 BUCKS BUT I WAN IT BAD ENOUGH. MIGHT BURN IT AN D SELL ON EBAY. ANYHOW IT'S CALLED HEAVIER THAN A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SUPERIOR MIX VERSION OF LIVE '77. I WILL BURN AND TRADE FOR ANYTHING INTERESTING. I LIKE AVANTE GARDE, ESOTERIC PROG, PSYCH, NOISE AND ALMOST EVERYTHING ON NURSE WITH WOUND LIST. LET ME KNOW ANYONE.
STEVE

stephen cooper, Monday, 28 October 2002 16:41 (twenty-two years ago) link

two months pass...
aaagh ok WHEN in the year 2002 was this bloody "smokin' cigarette blues 69" cd single released???

(if anyone here has it etc etc x 100000000000000)

zemko (bob), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 21:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

i thought i was paying attention that year too

zemko (bob), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

(also if we're gonna have a million dullard US guitar group threads on ilm i may as well bump this up)

zemko (bob), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 21:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

good on you zemko. I only have that live 77 db LP boot (its good). I tried finding it!

ah, stephen cooper, where are you? you emailed me and we chatted for a while and now you're gone 4evah!

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

one month passes...
revive! i've found good slsk sources for this stuff, but there's tonnes of it - what, beyond live 77, should i be getting? i found an article by julian cope somewhere where he says their studio stuff is crap - is this true? which concerts are a priority?

toby (tsg20), Thursday, 6 March 2003 07:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

aquarius has a new reissue for sale and some clips on their site

JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 6 March 2003 07:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

what recommendations do you all have for good sites to download mp3s of their LIVE stuff?

roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 6 March 2003 07:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

after _live '77_, i recommend:
_french demo tape_ (this is really my favorite, i think)
_sunset glow festival 1975_
_live et studio 67-69_
the mizutani solo/rallizes split

there are a couple of things labelled variously "mass studio demo" or "mars studio demo" that are somewhat different - one features two versions of "romance of black grief" (i think) that are surprisingly subtle and have some nice tape-delay messing about. the other (september 9th, 1980) is atypical rallizes stuff with some noisy guitar.

the "red" cdr is pretty good, too, but as with all rallizes stuff they generally just did the same batch of songs again and again.

your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 6 March 2003 08:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

what recommendations do you all have for good sites to download mp3s of their LIVE stuff?

slsk!

thanks, your null fame; btw, are you on slsk? cos i'm d/ling rallizes stuff from someone whose user name isn't all that far from yours.

toby (tsg20), Thursday, 6 March 2003 09:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have a CD boot of Live '77 on the way to me from Midheaven Mailorder in SF, CA. Check to see if they have more in stock quickly! The periodic piracies of this elusive jewel always move fast! Scratch Records had another CD in stock which I did not get, as I'm waiting to "live with" the Live '77 thing for a bit before I take the full plunge.

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Saturday, 8 March 2003 17:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh yeah - I think the thing Scratch had was Heavier Than A Death In the Family, and I do not think it is the same as Live '77 - but I'm not positive.

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Saturday, 8 March 2003 17:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Update! Midheaven was, in fact, out of stock. However, Yod records lists both Volumes of a thing called "Fucked Up & Naked". Two different 2LP sets. I have e-mailed them regarding actual availability. Seems every time I try to order something by Rallizes, it ends up being out-of-stock. Julian Cope's Head Heritage site shows an item called "Blind Baby Has His Mother's Eyes". At last check, Scratch Records was showing "Heavier Than A Death In the Family" in their catalogue... Oh, and Soulseek has several MP3s...

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 22:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

The Live 77 Double CD sounds quite good. I got one at Aquarius. It's the same as the first boot LP but in the same order as the SIXE release.
As far as the second boot LP goes, does anyone have a track listing? I'm paricularly curious about the side long Motorhead / motorcycle-like track on there. The rest of it is 80s Rallizes which I'm not as down with like they're using transistor amps.
Oh yeah, way up above I saw a reference to Takayanagi Masayuki. Does anyone have any of his stuff from 1975? I'm looking to hear:

Eclipse [Iskra 001]
Axis Another Revolvable Thing 1 [Offbeat ORLP-1005]
Axis Another Revolvable Thing 2 [Offbeat ORLP-1009]

- Holly

holly jupiter, Saturday, 15 March 2003 02:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

three weeks pass...
The translations for the 1st 2 songs on the second disc of the Live '77 bootleg CD I have, which is Le 12 Mars 1977 a Tachikawa, are:

1. Strong Out Deeper Than the Night (no, it is not supposed to be "strung")
2. Reapers of the Night

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 01:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

''Oh yeah, way up above I saw a reference to Takayanagi Masayuki. Does anyone have any of his stuff from 1975? I'm looking to hear:
Eclipse [Iskra 001]
Axis Another Revolvable Thing 1 [Offbeat ORLP-1005]
Axis Another Revolvable Thing 2 [Offbeat ORLP-1009]''


yeah if anyone has this stuff and is up for tape trading. gimme gimme email.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 08:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rallizes merch update: The 2-LP item billed as Fucked Up & Naked Vol. 1 is in fact yet another reissue of Live '77. The good news is that it sounds great! A bit better than the most recent 2-CD version I think...

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 19:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

two weeks pass...
Went to a Japanese Rallizes discography page & was alarmed & depressed to see how much bootleg stuff is out there. There are several 10-disc bootleg sets listed, in addition to the boot/pirate versions of '77 and '73 that are floating around..........

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 15:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

you're not the only one who was 'depressed' abt the amount of bootlegs listed on that site (I wonder abt the guy who runs it).

They are the japanese grateful dead but like better than that. hopefully some shit will appear some day.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hey! Yes, I'm hoping to see some of that stuff emerge in more readily available form. Speaking of which, its about time somebody reissued Live '73 again, isn't it?

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

yes it has benn 'reissued' (its all boots really). I haven't found a copy. good luck.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 24 April 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

is anyone familiar with the Rallizes' Cragale CD-R? (FND-S1). 6 tracks, from '73, '76, '80 and '81. track listing?

summerslastsound (summerslastsound), Thursday, 24 April 2003 18:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

hey gimme a copy. let me take a closer look and I'll find out for ya ;-)

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 24 April 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

cragale was a japanese label - i think originally in the 80s they did some super-rare vinyl stuff and more recently they reissued some stuff on cdr. dunno if they ever did any rallizes stuff (only connection i can find between the two is an ebay auction).

your null fame (yournullfame), Thursday, 24 April 2003 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Julio, Apparently all of the Live '73 boots are old and not readily available now. I was publicly wishing for a new one to pop out that I could order from Eclipse or Aquarius or somebody... I have seen tons of Rallizes stuff on Soulseek. Might have to go to that.

John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Friday, 25 April 2003 12:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't download but I'm hoping some of this stuff will turn up. cheers.

Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 25 April 2003 12:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

i just got an announcement for this release. anyone heard anything about it?

QBICO Label:

OUT NOW QBICO 09/10

ARTHUR DOYLE/TAKASHI MIZUTANI/SABU TOYOZUMI- Live in Japan, 1997 (QBICO 09/10) 2LP folder cover, Qbico 09: black&red vinyl (very few pink&black or brown vinyl)/Qbico 10: black&yelloworange, liner notes by Ilya Monosov, cover artwork by Qbico, 450 copies only. $25.
26 copies only with hand-made covers, numbered from A to Z, price: $59 each

Arthur Doyle- tenor sax, flute, voice/Takashi Mizutani- electric guitar/Sabu
Toyozumi- drums

Rec. live November 14, 1997 @ Manda-la2, Tokyo, Japan

info at http://qbic.web.planet.it/QBICO%20RECORDS.htm

b zuraw (bryan zuraw), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 00:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

ilya monosov has really managed to wedge himself in to things, apparently. and gotta love that pricing - "it's $25. why? because you'll fucking pay it, sport!"

your null fame (yournullfame), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 01:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

Crazy political stories abound around the Rallizes camp. Guitarist was allegedly involved in a plot to hijack an airliner (he didn't go through with it, but others did) -- the French thing is definitely worth seeking too after the double live discs.

Anyone interested in Japanese psych/scuzz should seek the Gaseneta disc on PSF. 1978-era total punk garbage guitar that influenced High Rise later (who apparently shared some music on a cassette release with Gaseneta). Imagine speed-psych acid mothers minus the reverb, with a lot grottier production and a guy plowing through solos ultra-fast with gloves on...hits the spot for me!

Brian Turner (btwfmu), Tuesday, 6 May 2003 03:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

Citta '93 is pure destruction in sound.

xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 November 2023 10:25 (eleven months ago) link

I hope they can improve the sound on the Baus bootleg because it's a pretty stellar show as well

StanM, Friday, 10 November 2023 11:31 (eleven months ago) link

i'm really curious to check out the "mizutani" record; delicate acoustic psych from LRD sounds intriguing

budo jeru, Saturday, 11 November 2023 03:28 (eleven months ago) link

Thanks for the heads up, pre-ordered the vinyl. Would have been annoyed if it had been sold out as I never got an email from them announcing this despite being on their mailing list.

lord of the rongs (anagram), Sunday, 12 November 2023 14:14 (eleven months ago) link

same

StanM, Sunday, 12 November 2023 17:49 (eleven months ago) link

leaked. the sound is miles better than the bootleg, this is Citta level of audio quality, I'd say.

StanM, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 16:46 (eleven months ago) link

Good to hear!

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 17:20 (eleven months ago) link

darkness fucking returns!!!!!!

ivy., Friday, 24 November 2023 23:12 (eleven months ago) link

two months pass...

New photo/lyric book just announced. Very expensive, but I couldn't resist:

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/merch/the-last-one-po-sies-les-rallizes-d-nud-s-book-cd

lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 5 February 2024 18:43 (nine months ago) link

three weeks pass...

Temporal Drift has put a few copies of the Romance of the Black Pain otherwise Fallin' Love 12" that sold out immediately when it was put up before up on Bandcamp:

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/romance-of-the-black-pain-otherwise-fallin-love?

bulb after bulb, Friday, 1 March 2024 13:04 (eight months ago) link

two months pass...

Love this pic. He is old, things don't quite fit maybe and yet..

Original photograph of Takashi Mizutani by Takehiko Nakafuji, as featured in Les Rallizes Dénudés CITTA ‘93. pic.twitter.com/pX4b4j4mBn

— Temporal Drift (@Temporal_Drift) May 22, 2024

xyzzzz__, Friday, 24 May 2024 11:06 (five months ago) link

Another official live album on the way, this time from 1980:

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/yaneura-oct-80

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Friday, 31 May 2024 06:53 (five months ago) link

btw, this show (not remastered) is also on disc 3 & 4 of the 6-disc version of the Double Heads bootleg: https://www.discogs.com/release/3070301-Les-Rallizes-D%C3%A9nud%C3%A9s-Double-Heads

StanM, Friday, 31 May 2024 09:13 (five months ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYteF-C4S_o

I had never seen this footage from '76 before last night.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 July 2024 15:57 (three months ago) link

that is AWESOME

I painted my teeth (sleeve), Monday, 15 July 2024 16:19 (three months ago) link

That's great, thanks!

bulb after bulb, Monday, 15 July 2024 16:23 (three months ago) link

classic. whenever i see that, i think "how is this real?"

tylerw, Monday, 15 July 2024 16:24 (three months ago) link

ha it does feel a little bit like a fever dream performance, what with the setting

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 July 2024 16:31 (three months ago) link

there's more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XUkzRWei34

StanM, Monday, 15 July 2024 16:34 (three months ago) link

oh nice, thanks for that!

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 July 2024 16:46 (three months ago) link

(audio continues even though some parts don't have moving image)

StanM, Monday, 15 July 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link

three months pass...

New release forthcoming per a Bandcamp message just now:

You've never heard this before.

FRIDAY - 10/25 - 12AM PDT

Plus a photo of some gear and a guitar neck and some mike stands. Rehearsal? Guess we'll see!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:21 (two weeks ago) link

Ha, yeah, just saw that tease! Intrigued.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:23 (two weeks ago) link

The 1980 release is so good — maybe my fave LRD?

tylerw, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:30 (two weeks ago) link

I had never seen this footage from '76 before last night.

okay so it just occurred to me that "night of the assassins" is a cover of quicksilver messenger service's "it's been too long" ... is it just this version? i'm curious if anybody else has picked up on this

budo jeru, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:35 (two weeks ago) link

i mean obviously the peggy march bass line is a different thing

budo jeru, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 16:37 (two weeks ago) link

wait - there was a Citta 93 cassette with entirely different performances??? https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/citta-93-board-mix

StanM, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 17:07 (two weeks ago) link

I don't think it's entirely different performances, I think it's just confusingly worded. It's the same songs as the main Citta '93 release, just pulled from different recording sources and includes a missing ending faded out on the main release.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 17:22 (two weeks ago) link

Unheard 1980 studio session!

In the realm of Les Rallizes Dénudés recordings, finding a completely unheard studio session is a rare and monumental occurrence. While preparing YaneUra Oct. ‘80 for release, such an event occurred—a mysterious tape was unearthed. Within the pile of various archived recordings from the same era was an undated cassette, which contained the unmistakable guitar sounds of frontman Takashi Mizutani and that of Fujio Yamaguchi, the former Murahachibu guitarist whose time with the Rallizes ushered in a new era for the band. It’s a known fact that there are many unofficial Rallizes releases out there, most of them being recordings of their live shows. However this tape, for certain, was something no one had ever heard before. The exact date of this recording is unknown, but according to Kiyohiro Takada (aka Doronco), who was the band’s bass player at the time, “there’s no mistaking that this is from Mars Studio in Kunitachi, from summer 1980, soon after we started recording there.”

MARS STUDIO ~ The First Session ~ is the first-ever release of this rare studio recording by Les Rallizes Dénudés. It begins with “Flame of Ice,” which picks up the tempo and heats up as the song reaches the middle point. Then, coming down like an avalanche are wilder than usual versions of “Reapers of the Night” and “The Night, Assassin’s Night,” followed by “The Last One.” The relaxed yet unrelentingly clashing interplay between the four musicians is far removed from the performance heard on YaneUra Oct. ‘80, which occurred just a few months later. It might be fair to say that this is the most punkish iteration of the Rallizes in the band’s long history. This raw and intense sound goes beyond just being outré for the band, and becomes something that is simply thrilling to hear.

MARS STUDIO ~ The First Session ~ captures a flashpoint in the band’s Fujio-era lineup, which ultimately lasted only half a year or so. At the same time, it is bursting with the bottomless potential that the 1980s Les Rallizes Dénudés possessed deep within.

01 氷の炎 / Flame of Ice (16:07 TRT)
02 夜の収穫者たち / Reapers of the Night (7:10 TRT)
03 夜、暗殺者の夜 / The Night, Assassin's Night (9:20 TRT)
04 The Last One_1980 (11:10 TRT)

https://lesrallizesdenudes.bandcamp.com/album/mars-studio-the-first-session

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 October 2024 13:26 (one week ago) link

Very cool!

Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 October 2024 15:20 (one week ago) link

They only made 30 copies of that cassette for some reason. I got one.

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Friday, 25 October 2024 15:25 (one week ago) link

nice one, anagram

StanM, Friday, 25 October 2024 19:46 (one week ago) link

Latest release has been pulled. Turns out it was another live set, not a studio recording after all:

The recently announced album MARS STUDIO - The First Session by Les Rallizes Dénudés has been canceled. If you pre-ordered the album in any format from Bandcamp we will issue a full refund in the coming days. Here is the full statement. pic.twitter.com/9tGY5aZF1U

— Temporal Drift (@Temporal_Drift) November 1, 2024

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Friday, 1 November 2024 12:52 (six days ago) link

probably this, then

https://www.discogs.com/release/1278901-Les-Rallizes-D%C3%A9nudes-Double-Heads-September

StanM, Friday, 1 November 2024 13:38 (six days ago) link

Huh. Well, why not release it anyway?

Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 November 2024 14:21 (six days ago) link

Yeah, I would still love to hear it!

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 November 2024 14:28 (six days ago) link

that note says they still are

ivy., Friday, 1 November 2024 14:28 (six days ago) link

Well, sounds like they will be? Oh well, just gotta be patient.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 November 2024 14:28 (six days ago) link

I'd be surprised if the one they just pulled is that Double Heads September one. The track running times are different for one thing. And the label (advised by surviving members) was convinced it was a recording they'd never heard before. I'd expect them to be au fait with previously circulated bootlegs.

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Friday, 1 November 2024 15:10 (six days ago) link

a previously unknown show between Sept 11 & Oct 29 would be very nice yes

StanM, Friday, 1 November 2024 16:22 (six days ago) link

Octember 32nd

BLOW-OUT Festival, Jigokudani Monkey Park (audience: the monkeys chilling in the hot springs)

1. Death Upon Thing
2. Explosion In The Dark
3. Grab The Sword By The Blade
4. AAAAAAAAARGH!
5. The Last One (eighty minute version)

Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 November 2024 16:32 (six days ago) link

lol

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 November 2024 16:37 (six days ago) link

OMG

StanM, Friday, 1 November 2024 16:44 (six days ago) link

lol Ned

dmt taking comedian podcaster (sleeve), Friday, 1 November 2024 17:03 (six days ago) link

If someone can whip up some appropriate bootleg album art I feel we can create a real prank here.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 November 2024 17:09 (six days ago) link

hey StanM you were right, the Japanese label confirmed it is the 11 Sep 1980 date and will be officially released soon

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Saturday, 2 November 2024 07:36 (five days ago) link

ok! no previously unknown show then, too bad.

StanM, Saturday, 2 November 2024 07:53 (five days ago) link

The collection of a typical Les Rallizes Dénudés fan. pic.twitter.com/Ej9gbAaWEa

— Temporal Drift (@Temporal_Drift) June 3, 2024

StanM, Saturday, 2 November 2024 07:59 (five days ago) link

Around the 63' mark of The Last One from that show, the bassline drops out of the mix suddenly and gives way to an enormous squall of signature Mizutani feedback more rapturous than any I've heard in the LRD catalogue. One of my buddies is friends with a monkey who was at that show. He managed to get a setlist while the band was breaking down their gear and got it signed by Mizutani.

Ubiquitor, Saturday, 2 November 2024 21:49 (five days ago) link

Damn that's one hip monkey.

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 November 2024 22:10 (five days ago) link


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