Brain in the Wire
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Brain In The Wire is a compilation by Brainwashed Recordings
, which is a collection of mostly rare, unreleased alternate versions of songs by many influential groups that Brainwashed's website promotes hosting for. The first CDs of the set were originally available individually through The Wire
and eventually released as a 3 CD box set.
Brainwashed (website)
Brainwashed is a not-for-profit online music publication offering news and reviews of eclectic music. Over fifty people contribute to the archives of Brainwashed. Brainwashed hosts websites for many bands, artists and record labels...
, which is a collection of mostly rare, unreleased alternate versions of songs by many influential groups that Brainwashed's website promotes hosting for. The first CDs of the set were originally available individually through The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
and eventually released as a 3 CD box set.
Brain In The Wire "disc A"
- The Legendary Pink DotsThe Legendary Pink DotsThe Legendary Pink Dots are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. Although far outside the mainstream , LPD have released more than 40 albums, have a devoted worldwide following, and tour frequently.-Overview:The Legendary Pink Dots formed in August 1980 in London...
: "Old Sparky" - 5:12 - V/VmV/VmV/Vm is the experimental music and sound collage project of James Leyland Kirby, from Stockport, England. Although starting out mainly in the style of noise music, Kirby is also a composer of original electronic music and remixes. His vast output is released primarily on his own V/Vm Test Records...
: "Cha-ha Meat Skran-r The 15lb. Turkey" - 4:01 - Greater Than One: "Broadcast" - 4:50
- Twilight Circus Dub Sound SystemTwilight Circus Dub Sound SystemThe Twilight Circus Dub Sound System is the reggae project of Ryan Moore, former bassist of the Legendary Pink Dots. Twilight Circus is becoming increasingly popular and well-known for Moore's work with artists such as Big Youth, Michael Rose of Black Uhuru and Ranking Joe...
: "Slicer Dubplate (Version 2)" - 5:04 - FridgeFridge (band)Fridge are an English post-rock band, comprising school friends Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, and Sam Jeffers. Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly...
: "Harmonics" - 4:02 - Ruby FallsRuby FallsRuby Falls is a 145-foot high underground waterfall located within Lookout Mountain, near Rock City and Chattanooga, Tennessee in the United States.-Geology:The cave which houses Ruby Falls was formed with the formation of Lookout Mountain...
: "The Brave Ones" - 3:33 - Panacea: "Battle Stations (Dub)" - 5:56
- m²: "L-tuo" - 3:11
- Jessica BailiffJessica BailiffJessica Bailiff is an American singer-songwriter from Toledo, Ohio. Her music is largely classified as slowcore, although it contains elements of post-rock and shoegaze. Bailiff was discovered by Low's Alan Sparhawk, who recommended her earlier demos to Kranky Records, the label on which Bailiff...
: "Shadow" - 5:00 - CyclobeCyclobeCyclobe are a music duo based in London, formed by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown. They make hallucinatory electronic soundscapes by mixing sampled and heavily synthesized sounds with acoustic arrangements for strings and woodwind. Their approach draws upon diverse forms, including acousmatic,...
: "Replaced By His Constellation" - 7:55 - Windy & CarlWindy & Carl-Overview:Cited as "A leading light of the Michigan space-rock scene" by Allmusic, the minimalist group formed in 1993 around the core husband-and-wife duo of guitarist Carl Hultgren and bassist/singer Windy Weber...
: "Trembling" - 7:02 - Andreas MartinAndreas MartinAndreas Martin is a lutenist who was born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany.He studied guitar with Mario Sicca and Ruggero Chiesa , as well as Anglo–Saxon and Romance Languages and Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg....
& Christoph HeemannChristoph HeemannChristoph Heemann , is a German musician.Heemann has recorded under his own name, with the tape music group H.N.A.S., and with many collaborators in alternative rock, soundtrack production and visual arts....
: "Wires" - 4:08 - Little AnnieLittle AnnieLittle Annie Bandez is an American singer, songwriter, painter, and stage actor...
: "Lullaby" - 3:43 - AranosAranosAranos is a settlement in Hardap Region, Namibia. Since August 2010 it has town status. The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of , although in the 2010/2011 rainy season were measured.-Politics:...
& Nurse With WoundNurse with WoundNurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
: "Mary Jane" - 6:36 - Current 93Current 93Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet .-Background:Tibet has been the only constant in the group, though Steven Stapleton has appeared on...
& Pantaleimon: "The Magical Bird In The Magical Woods" - 5:52
Brain In The Wire "disc b"
- MatmosMatmosMatmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances, including...
: "You Can't Win" - 8:05- featuring: HrvatskiHrvatskiIn Croatian, hrvatski is the masculine adjectival form meaning "Croatian", used in the same form for plural and singular. Feminine forms are hrvatska and hrvatske...
, LesserLesserLesser is a surname, and may refer to* Anton Lesser, British actor* Gabriele Lesser, German journalist* George Lesser, American musician* J Lesser also known as Lesser, IDM musician* LOLOLOL Lesser , actor american....
- featuring: Hrvatski
- BedheadBedheadBedhead were a Texas-based indie rock band active in the 1990s . Bedhead's music was generally subdued, with a polyphonic sound based on the interlocking of single-line melodies played by three electric guitars and one electric bass guitar , nearly always using clean tones, prompting comparisons...
: "Powder (Live)" - 7:25 - Meat Beat ManifestoMeat Beat ManifestoMeat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK...
: "Structures (Version)" - 4:47 - Stars of the LidStars of the LidStars of the Lid is a duo specializing in drone-based ambient music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk , post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian...
: "Requiem For Dying Mothers" - 11:22 - Diamanda GalásDiamanda GalásDiamanda Galás is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter.Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", with her three and a half octave vocal range. She often screams, hisses and growls...
: "Birds Of Death (Live)" - 7:03 - Gordon MummaGordon MummaGordon Mumma is an American composer. He cofounded Ann Arbor's Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music with Robert Ashley, was a musician with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and was a member of the Sonic Arts Union with Ashley, Alvin Lucier, and David Behrman...
: "Stressed Space Palindromes" - 6:49 - Volcano The BearVolcano The BearVolcano the Bear are an improvisational/experimental English band formed in Leicester in 1995. The group's members are Aaron Moore , Nick Mott , Clarence Manuelo and Daniel Padden...
: "New Seeker" - 6:59 - TinoTinoTino may refer to:* Alberto Costa , a Spanish footballer commonly known as Tino* Tino , an Italian island* Tino Corp., a record company* Tino Martinez, a first baseman in Major League Baseball...
: "Vice Versa Dub" - 5:19 - ThighpaulsandraThighpaulsandraThighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...
: "Heaven Lies About Us In Our Infancy" - 8:16 - CexCexCex is a musical project run by Rjyan Claybrook Kidwell and started in 1998 at the age of 16. Although Cex and Kidwell are frequently used interchangeably, Cex occasionally expands to several people at sporadic points, such as particular tours or albums...
: "Ad Nauseam" - 4:33 - !!!!!!!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers...
: "Hammerhead (TripleShotMonger Mix)" - 5:42
Brain NOT In The Wire
- (unknown): "Incriminating Words" - 0:04
- CoilCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be...
: "Mayhem Accelerator Part 1" - 12:17 - Keith Fullerton WhitmanKeith Fullerton WhitmanKeith Fullerton Whitman is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the most familiar is Hrvatski...
: "Piano Concerto #1" - 11:21 - Signs Of ChaosSigns of ChaosSigns of Chaos: The Best of Testament is a compilation released by Testament in 1997.-Track listing:# "Signs of Chaos"# "Electric Crown"# "The New Order"# "Alone in the Dark"# "Dog Faced Gods"# "Demonic Refusal"# "The Ballad"# "Souls of Black"...
: "Eurasia" - 5:37 - Nurse With WoundNurse with WoundNurse with Wound is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak...
: "The Purple Ache" - 10:34 - Kate Mosh: "Across The Universe (Version)" - 6:17
- Kadane Kadane: "Harvest" - 4:32
- V/VmV/VmV/Vm is the experimental music and sound collage project of James Leyland Kirby, from Stockport, England. Although starting out mainly in the style of noise music, Kirby is also a composer of original electronic music and remixes. His vast output is released primarily on his own V/Vm Test Records...
: "My Uncle Is Michael Aspel" - 0:04 - !!!!!!!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers...
: "We Were Stoned When We Thought Up The Title Of This And We Didn't Want To Give It A Name That We Had To Explain As 'Oh Yeah We Were Stoned When We Thought Of It' So We're Just Calling It Improvisational Jam 11-02-01" - 8:59 - SybariteSybariteSybarite may refer to:*Greek Sybarites, from Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in what is now southern Italy*Sybarite , the alias of New York electronic musician Xian Hawkins...
: "Three Sided" - 4:49 - Ku-Ling Bros.: "The Apollo Creed" - 4:53
- Bowery ElectricBowery ElectricBowery Electric was an American indie band formed in New York's East Village in 1992 by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener.-Music:Bowery Electric's music defies easy classification...
: "Saved (Read/Write/Error Mix)" - 5:24- remix: ThreadThreadThread may refer to:*Thread , a kind of thin yarn used for sewing*Thread , a sequence of instructions that may execute in parallel with each other*Thread , a spore in the science fiction novels Dragonriders of Pern...
- remix: Thread
- Kid606Kid606Kid606 is the stage name of Miguel Trost De Pedro, an electronic musician who was born 1979 July in Caracas, Venezuela, raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco...
: "Pregnant Cheerleader Theme Song" - 2:02