OTHER: F/i back catalog reissued - finally!

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Thanks alot, Doug - been there and now done that - can't wait to hear these
tasty morsels.
Andy G'b.

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  Andy G - Lexicon Devil's (the label) contact info is below, so
> you'll know who to get in touch with!
>
> This has me as excited as the Weird Tape reissues on Voiceprint!
>
>         -Doug
>          ceres at sirius.com
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> ANNOUNCING: LEXICON DEVIL RECORDS FROM AUSTRALIA IS REISSUING NEWLY
> REMASTERED CD'S BY F/i - LEGENDARY MILWAUKEE SPACE ROCKERS - OF THEIR
> OUT-OF-PRINT LP'S ON RRRECORDS FROM THE 80'S. PHEW!...
> LEXICON DEVIL RECORDS
> PO Box 125 Richmond VIC 3121 Australia
> lexdev at yahoo.com.au
>
> Milwaukee's F/i have been an operational unit since the dawn of the '80s,
> having produced in their lifetime over a dozen cassettes, half a dozen LPs
> and a few CDs and 7"s. Whilst their early material concentrated mainly on
> purely harsh, experimental electronic sounds, influenced heavily by the
> industrial/power electronics scenes of the day, by the mid '80s, taking
> their cues from the likes of Blue Cheer, Hawkwind and '70s krautrock, they
> made a radical change in direction and became a "rock" band. This is where
> the reissuing begins...
>
> The most highly coveted releases from the band remain their long out of
> print '80s LPs on the RRR label out of Massachusetts, now fetching a
pretty
> dollar or two near you on the collector-geek scene. Lexicon Devil, in due
> time, shall be reissuing all these titles (all up that's three LPs, two
> sides of split LPs and a 3-LP box set) - as well as long out-of-print
> material from F/i offshoot, Vocokesh - but first we begin with what we
here
> at LD consider some fine introductions to the band's work, their side to
> the split LP with similar Milwaukee noiseniks Boy Dirt Car (originally
> released in 1986) and their classic Space Mantra LP from 1988, now
released
> together on one CD. Both feature a churning brew of harsh electronic
noise,
> "industrial"  soundscapes and the kind of bong-rattling riffs usually only
> found on vintage psych-fuzz discs fetching a $100+ price tag. In their
time
> of release they were an anomaly; at this point in history, we think these
> classic discs will perhaps be better and more widely received.
>
> Newly remastered by the band, featuring original artwork from the RRR LPs
> and liner notes by Dave Lang (Year Zero/Moderate fanzines; Perfect Sound
> Forever web-zine; Lexicon Devil owner/stooge/hack), this is a one-time,
> Australia-only pressing of 700 copies.
>
> Here's what the critics have said about F/i...
>
> "...F/i are always compared to Hawkwind, Amon Duul 2, etc. and that makes
> sense - some awesome bass riffing w/ lotsa whirling electronics overhead.
> Like their mentors they're at their best when they keep a beat and don't
> get lost in space. They've got a million cassette releases and I need them
> all." - Jimmy Johnson, review of the F/i/BDC split LP in Forced Exposure
> #11, 1987.
>
> "...The best piece of acid soundtrackery since rubber last hit a road.
> Half of this is sizzling, Brit-style drug-trance loudness, the other half
> sounds like the gurgle of Ash Ra's Rosie pissing in a stream. Ungodly and
> good." - Byron Coley, review for Space Mantra in Forced Exposure #15,
1989.
>
> "From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, F/i has been around since 1981, releasing half
> a dozen LPs on RRRecords. The band started out as a unit elaborating on
> noise structures in the tradition of Throbbing Gristle's "Heathen Earth"
or
> Nurse With Wound's "Insect and Individual Silenced". F/i throbs like a
stub
> toe. The band sounds like "Space Ritual"-era Hawkwind, Roxy Music circa
> "Music For Your Pleasure" and Spaceman 3 at their best. Applied to this
> retro-art-psychedelia thing is the fine sonic landscaping of late
> '70s-early '80s industrial music" - Johan Kugelberg, Details(!!) magazine.
>
> "This is one of the most exciting US bands working today, and deserves
lots
> more recognition". - Option Sound Choice.
>
> Lexicon Devil is now taking orders for the "Space Mantra/BDC split LP" CD
> (lexdev001) by F/i.