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Close To The Noise Floor presents a 4CD boxset, covering formative North American electronic music from 1975-1984. Expect excursions in proto-synthpop, DIY techno, noise and ambient works galore!
Tracklist
1-1 Tone Set– The Devil Makes The Loudest Noise
6:53
1-2 Data-Bank-A– Creators
3:58
1-3 Richard Bone– Mambopolis
4:07
1-4 Geoffrey Landers– Logarithms
3:58
1-5 Rhythm And Noise*– Current Slaughter
3:28
1-6 Dark Day– The Metal Benders
2:49
1-7 Futurisk– Push Me, Pull You (Pt 2)
2:22
1-8 Smegma– Dancing Hairpiece Wears Two Left Shoes
3:04
1-9 Suicide– Rocket USA
4:16
1-10 Lon C. Diehl– Intermission: "Pop"
4:50
1-11 Kevin Lazar– First Mutation
6:35
1-12 Voice Farm– AM City
2:52
1-13 Craig Leon– Donkeys Bearing Cups
6:22
1-14 German Shepherds– I Adore You
4:00
1-15 Psyclones– SlabYard
6:41
2-1 The Residents– 99 Space Music
5:42
2-2 K7SS– Hands Across The Sea (Pt 2)
4:21
2-3 K Leimer*– Archie’s Dub
3:33
2-4 Hunting Lodge– Simulation/Stimulation
6:11
2-5 Short-Term Memory– Hello Greg
6:19
2-6 Blackhouse– Be Good
5:31
2-7 Philip Glass– Ange Des Orages
3:43
2-8 Patrick Cowley– Primordial Landscape
10:46
2-9 Psyche (2)– Mind Over Matter (Demo)
3:32
2-10 Galen Herod– Lowdown
3:44
2-11 Cyrnai– Max Pale Red
1:51
2-12 NON– Mode Of Infection
2:14
2-13 Marc Barreca– Oleo Strut
3:27
2-14 F/i– Electric Piece
2:42
2-15 Laurie Spiegel– Drums
7:09
3-1 Terry Riley– Across The Lake Of The Ancient Word
7:29
3-2 Michael William Gilbert– Unwinding
6:21
3-3 If, Bwana– Mrs Laura
3:37
3-4 Chrome (8)– Inacontact
5:17
3-5 Dog As Master– Slimy Stew And Pussy Gruel (Extract)
4:26
3-6 Anode (2)– Evening Thoughts
8:48
3-7 XX Committee– Damarc
4:27
3-8 Girls On Fire– Cat Vomit Punk House
3:48
3-9 Problemist– United We Fall
2:56
3-10 Mystery Hearsay– 1981-83 Source Mix
5:11
3-11 Smersh– What The Peeper Saw
7:24
3-12 Boy Dirt Car– Catalyze (Subjection To Catalyst)
4:02
3-13 Architects Office– AO 01 'Reagent'
4:08
3-14 Mental Anguish– Sad Horror Film
4:33
3-15 Controlled Bleeding– Untitled #3
3:33
4-1 Joel Graham (2)– Geomancy
6:44
4-2 Executive Slacks– Thirty Years
3:32
4-3 Lou Champagne System– Madness
3:33
4-4 Tuxedomoon– Nite And Day (Homage À Cole Porter)
5:10
4-5 Factrix– Anemone Housing
2:22
4-6 Nash The Slash– Womble (45rpm Version)
6:58
4-7 Sequencer People– Police Story
2:52
4-8 Rational Youth– Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Demo)
3:12
4-9 F/i And Boy Dirt Car– Untitled
2:12
4-10 Isosceles (3)– Possibly Winston
4:33
4-11 Steve Roach– Worlds
3:18
4-12 Young Scientist– Ice Floe
7:53
4-13 John Bender– 36A3
5:05
4-14 Ministry– Work For Love (Dub)
6:13
4-15 Moev– Clerk Charade
5:43