TO ORDER PLEASE EMAIL FRANCISCO@SILVOXRECORDINGS.COM SHARKEE KATZ- "the Philadelphia Sessions" - cs24
Black Pollack, Catholic genius from Western Massachusetts. This tape is a mix of stand-up comedy and spoken-word. Most of these "jokes" were written in a CVS-bought white lined paper notebook. They were mostly written in his Polish grandparents basement. He owns a tropical fish store in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield, Mass. This release is self-described as the first ever "Comedy Mix-Tape". Factory duplicated & imprinted. Black & white photocopied cover.
$5
FASENUOVA- "Hegemonia/Goodbye" - 2xCS
This is a double cassette release, factory duplicated & imprinted. Professional covers. Fasenuova is from the Asturias region of Spain. Roberto Lobo and Ernesto Avelino have been playing together since the mid-1980's with very little exposure. Their first release was under the name "Etica Makinal". It was a limited-edition cassette called "Ante Todo, Calma", released in 1986 on a small Spanish label called "Sindicato de Trabajadores Imaginarios". They also had a few songs on a few different, very obscure, mid-80's industrial compilations. In the 90's they had changed their name to "Hegemonia", having only one self-released album called "Arabian Nights". The first cassette on this double tape release is a reproduction of most of the songs on "Arabian Nights". Later in the 90's and until 2002 they were known as "Goodbye" because most of the people they played to left while they were playing. The second tape is a collection of some released and non-released music from this era. They currently play under the name "Fasenuova" and have a split 12" released on Ozonokids with the American band "Angeldust", which can be found below. Industrial music, Spanish lyrics. They use analog drum machines and analog synthesizers covered in Ernesto's slightly distorted/delayed vocals. Fasenuova's live shows are very energetic. They are directly influenced by early Esplendor Geometrico, Vagina Dentata Organ and Whitehouse.
$8
M AX NOI MACH/DIAGRAM: A- Split 7"
A split 7" single between M Ax Noi Mach and Diagram:A. Northeast American extreme underground noise music. The Diagram:A side was recorded years ago and intended for a compilation that I was putting out in 2003. My side was recorded over a year ago, forgotten & then re-found while scrounging through old 4-track tapes. Both sides are rhythmic & industrial. If you don't know, Diagram:A makes his own, very elaborate, electronic instruments. This is co-released by Silvox, Greenwood Electronic and Breaking World Records. The Diagram:A side is "Unnamed" and the M Ax Noi Mach side is called "Via Negativa".
FRANCISCO FRANCO- "Instrumental Demos" - cs50
Four-track demo recordings from members of Air Conditioning, Angeldust & M Ax Noi Mach. Instrumental pop music. 14 tracks. Francisco, Franco, Davis.
$5
BASTARD D-STRUCTION- "Narcissistic Suffering in the Static Understandings" - cs24
Cold & Brutal Ambient Destruction. Ruthless pounding from Bourdeaux. Elements of Gabber, Speedcore, Black Metal & Thrash. All electronic. Cold & heavy. Mental D-Struction & Y.I.T.B. collaborate.
$5
DAWN CULBERTSON- "Return of the Evil Pappy Twin" - cs30
Dawn Culbertson (1951 - 2004) was classically trained to play the lute. She studied and performed early Renaissance music from Germany, France & Italy. Dawn is probably one of the truest outsider musicians that I have ever met. This album is 10 cover songs that are played on the lute and sung in a monotone voice. The whole album has a pretty somber feel. The lyrics take on a new meaning when coming from Dawn. She speaks of herself through others' lyrics, highlighting different themes by accentuating different lines. Certain lines that don't stand out on the originals stand out on her versions. I don't know what her true feelings actually were, but this album portrays what they might have been, in how and what she sang and what songs she chose to cover. I don't know about the originals but these songs are about wanting something that you don't have and wanting to be something/someone else, songs about "going without" or being on the outside of things, socially.
But if you didn't know her while she was alive, you might not care about who she was. On that hand, these are pretty interesting stripped-down punk and heavy metal covers. Bare & revealing.$5
VEILED- "Museu Secret" - cs24
S&M soundtrack music. Leather noise, mid-paced rhythms, minimal synth, simple melodies. For dancing if you're dancing in a dungeon or a cage... or if you are the one watching someone do so. Recorded in Catalunya, all song titles in Catalan. "Museu Secret" is the soundtrack for walking through a secret museum. The one that some of us have inside of ourselves. Translated song titles: "Approaching the Door", "the Vault of Forbidden Subjects", "Post-Suicide Room" & "All White Dungeon".
$5
7" (Heavy Psych)
"Hey Coppers"
$5
Split w/ Fasenuova - 12" (Ozonokids)
$12
Uppers/Downers - cs
s/t - CDR
$8
M AX NOI MACH In the Shadows - LP
$12
Creeper - cs20
$5
Chaser - cs24
$5
Split w/ Unchained - 7" (Ozonokids)
$5
One Deep - 10" (Ozonokids)
$10
Split w/ PCPCG - cs
$5
MISC. Darren Finizio - cs
A pre-Silvox, Silvox release. Legendary Philadelphia underground character, Darren Finizio. This tape is a release of his at-home 4 track recordings from 1996. The tape collages together spoken-word pieces, outsider folk songs, psychadelic synth pieces and cut & paste radio clips. It features the birth of many of his "Identity Bands": Muscle Factory, Freedom People, etc. He is also the man behind these bands: Hoppy the Frog, Paraplegic, Stan & the Ass-Bandits, Dyke, the original "Faggot", the Open-Minded Men and Anti-Social Stalker, amongst many others. He recorded this while living in his parent's basement. Self-aware, exposed, self-to-self conversations. 90 minutes long. Volumes 4+5 will be released on Silvox in the relatively near future.
$5
"Up All Nite"- Booklet
An 80 page, totally handmade booklet made by Robert Francisco. Compiled from drawings, photographs and silk-screened prints made between 2004 and 2007. 16 of the pages are silk-screened. 8 are three color and 8 are two color. The cover is also a 2 color print. The whole book is symmetrically set-up, the image on page #1 resembles the image on page #80. The image on page #2 resembles the image on page #79, so on & so forth until reaching the middle. As far as the art goes, it paints a pornographic, psychadelic, post-apocalyptic picture. Bloody hands, naked breasts, drug-addicts, prostitutes, old cars, islamic patterns, medieval patterns & distorted faces. Partially inspired by his time spent in North Philadelphia, in or around the "EL". This book lives in a nasty world, beautifully documenting some of the darker sides of American living.
$7
"Caught in the Act" - 2 prints
A two print set, printed in Manresa, Spain. Each print is 3 colors. Each print is 6x8 inches. You can buy each individually or both as the complete set.
$8/$15
