Journal
Started when the first pandemic confinement hit, this is content that celebrates my past and informs a fresh vision forward. I have a fascination for subcultures, specially those with a close-knit relationship with leftfield and challenging music, so music does take center stage here. Glad if it resonates with you in some way and you discover something new here, in which case you should explore more and support the artists. Moving between London and Porto. Curated by Jorge Sampaio.
Band: RUSSIAN CIRCLES
Album: Blood Year (2019)
Track: Sinaia (07:30)
Band: OLD MAN GLOOM
Album: Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning (2020)
Track: Final Defeat (11:43)
Band: NO MEANS NO
Album: Small parts isolated and destroyed (1988)
Track: Victory (07:56)
Band: MINISTRY
Album: Filth Pig (1996)
Track: Filth Pig (06:19)
A divisive album but any album after the seminal 'Psalm 69' was always going to be a challenge unless it was Psalm 70... despite a general consensus that the album is no good, that it drags relentlesly towards some kind of sluggish sludge with abundant unstructured soundscapes, I find the album rewarding after a few listens (I mean, I got this in '96 and I still spin some tracks today) and worthy of their catalogue.
The title 'Filth Pig' was allegedly derived from a statement made in the British Houses of Parliament, in which the band's leader Al Jourgensen was described as a "filthy pig" by MP Teddy Taylor for his onstage theatrics.
The original album cover depicts a young man holding an American flag with raw meat dripping on his head and a badge on his chest that reads, "Don't blame me." This cover is a montage of Donald Trump's head on the young man's body. Fitting. Good Ridance you pig.
Band: ARABROT
Album: Solar Anus (2011)
Track: Valkyrie (04:49)
Band: AMERICAN
Album: Violate and Control (2017)
Track: Bedsheet Ossuary (4:52)
Band: WASTE OF SPACE ORCHESTRA
Album: Syntheosis (2019)
Track: The Shamanic vision (04:30)
Band: ALUK TODOLO
Album: Occult Rock (2012)
Track: Occult Rock I (10:13)