Monday 30 December 2013

Mutant Video - Missing Fingers (cassette)


Mutant Video are a three piece unit consisting of: John Lukeman (synth), Nic Schmidt (bass), and Mutant (machines). This album features seven amazing instrumental tracks, which are:
1- missing fingers: dark synth + ambient darkwave = a feeling of cold, dark minimalism.
2- the drive: light beats + instrumental electronics = the perfect soundtrack for an atmospheric horror movie indeed.
3- silent curtain: creepy effects + more synth = is this my hair rising or you`re just happy to see me honey ?
4- raw deal: harsh percussions + electroacoustic \ ambient noise.
5- street lightning: percussions + various noise bytes = pure meditative noise for folks like me.
6- cut off: tight percussive elements + various sounds colliding left and right = I like it, I like it, I like it!
7- broken in leather: minimal darkcore electronics which conjures feelings of loneliness, coldness and desolation. This is my favorite song. I kept listening to this and all I could think of is THE THING!!!  THE THING!!!  THE THING!!! . Yes it`s that damned good kudos for fans of the great John Carpenter himself. Limited edition of 300 copies. Contact here for availability:   http://mutantvideoarchival.bigcartel.com/product/mutant-video-missing-fingers-c-36
                                                         


Wednesday 25 December 2013

4you

This drawing is a special gift for a special person which comes from a  far away land (ruled by religious dictatorship, unfortunately). even in the worst places on this planet inner beauty shines through. Once you felt freedom there is no coming back. This drawing is for you honey even though we're so far apart but still feel so close together.Merry Christmas!!!


DJ Hollow Life - Skitzophrantics Dream (mp3)



I was  surfing the internet and checking out various stuff at www.archive.org  when I noticed another DJ Hollow Life album. it`s been released on `Tethered Records`a brand new netlabel. This album has thirteen tracks of electronically oriented music (it runs under 50 minutes). Most of the songs sound like old school percussive industrial music. And no you young puppies out there I don`t mean Nine Inch Nails or  Marilyn Manson. When I say old school industrial, I mean bands like: Nox, Coil, Nurse With Wound, Zoviet France, Hafler Trio, Bourbonese Qualk, etc, etc. don`t know what I`m talking about. Well get your ass out of faceshit, twitterooni and google it. You might actually learn something here. The music sounds percussive, kind of like Bourbonese Qualk but with a melody, a musical quality. This is another mighty impressive album and it`s free too. There`s a couple of standout tracks: `DP`s keep her happy`(happy go lucky smooth electronica), `the sleight of darkness`(industrial minimalism maybe), and `nutty bars are better than you sex!`(almost 8 bit, melodic electronica). Well don`t just stand there, get it here:     https://archive.org/details/SkitzophranticsDream



Wednesday 18 December 2013

TFTTDH part 11

The spirit of something


It was a Friday morning at the office
I`m a contractor and I work the reception



I`m not a regular employee you might say
Everybody is leaving around 11h30 a.m.
For their Christmas diner party


Some restaurant downtown I think
I`m not invited  
Like I said, I`m a contractor
I don`t mind though
It means I`ll be alone here
So I can listen to my music
And indulge myself during their party
Plus when they come back
Say around three o`clock p.m.
Most of them will be a little bit drunk
I love seeing the office girls
All dressed up nicely
And coming back under the influence
I sure hope I see Jenny this afternoon
I wonder what she`s wearing right now
Jenny drives me crazy  
She`s a chunky tall brunette
With curly long hair and deep dark eyes


She`s got lotsa curves in all the right places
Damned!
I`m getting excited just thinking about her
And man those eyes
She just looks at you and you`re defenceless, helpless
WHATTA WOMAN!!!
I gotta calm down and relax
I drink some coffee


Check my emails
Nothing
The phone`s not ringing
Nothing
Sweet fuck all happening
I`m listening to some electronic music
And chilling out


Somebody`s coming in
Julia, Marc and Heather
The office drones are in the house



I say hi
They come in pick up their coats and leave
More employees are coming in at the same time
No Jenny in sight though
Then around 15h30
Jenny comes in staggering a little
She looks a bit drunk
Hey girl I say
Hi Tom
You ok girl?
Yes
I love white wine
Don`t we all honey
She goes in the back
Here`s Harry coming to replace me
Yo Tom break time dude
Sure thing bro
Thanks
Don`t mention it
I`m supposed to have 15 minutes break
But Harry always comes early
Which leaves me
With about 25 minutes of spare time
I got enough time to piss and go downstairs
For coffee and smokes



I`m running to the washroom
And I`m thinking
JESUS CHRIST DO I HAVE TO PISS!!!!!!!!!!!
As I turn the corner, Bang!
I hit Jenny
she falls on the floor
I pick her up
Jenny, I`m so sorry girl, you ok?
I`m alright what`s the rush
I gotta take a leak
Need help?
What?
You heard me right you need help?
What do you mean?
I see the way you look at me all the time Tom
Now my face is all red
I also find you cute
Well thanks, I mumble
You need help Tom?
I look at her and say
The washroom is not a good place
Too many guys go in there you know
Wait for me
I won`t be long
I know this amazingly
Comfortable and secluded stockroom nearby
I`ll be waiting Tom
But don`t take too long
Sure thing Jenny
I enter the washroom
Unzip my pants and try to piss
What the hell`s wrong with me?
DAMNED ERECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Can`t piss
I gotta calm down
And think
Think about
Something disgusting
I got it
Now I`m imagining
Moe getting slammed by Barney Gumbles



In a cheap porn booth
There`s a smell
Of stale urine and old cum
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZOW!!!
My boner`s gone
I wash my hands
Exit the washroom
Jenny`s still waiting
Your stockroom or mine Tom?
Mine baby
Follow me
How far is it
Just around the corner
I open the door
It`s a small room with and old couch



And a huge window
We`re on the twelve floor
The view outside is stunning
What do you think of the…
I didn`t have time to finish my sentence
Jenny jumps on me and kisses me passionately
While feeling my hard cock
I start to unzip her skirt



Jenny is that a g-string or you`re just happy to see me?



Less talk more action she says
I comply, of course
She unzip my pants, almost tears my boxers apart
And plays with my dick
She strokes it while playing with my balls
Slow down girl, take it easy
I want you inside me Tom
Sure thing honey
Jenny I`m out of condoms



Bullshit I hate condoms
Wearing a condom feels
Like jerking off with gloves
No time for that Tom
I want you inside me right now
I sit on the couch
And before I even know it
She`s sitting on my dick
I grab her big tits



And start to lick them
Her nipples are so hard
Harder than my dick I`m thinking
She`s slowly going up and down
Up and down
Up and down
The tempo`s getting faster now
Man she`s coming
My cock is getting submerged by her juices
Now It`s my turn to come
AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
What a violent orgasm
We`re sitting down, silent
Happy and exhausted
Or is it the other way around?
You gotta smoke Tom
We can`t smoke here see, there`s a smoke detector up there
I point to her
Then I`m thinking
I could have sex at the office
Drink and shoot some dope but no smoking inside
This is an amazing age indeed
Doing anything tonight Jenny?
Nothing what about you?
Nothing either wanna do another fuck session?
Don`t think so Tom
Why was it that bad?
No it was great
But I don`t think my boyfriend would approve
I didn`t know you had a boyfriend
You didn`t ask
And you didn`t tell me either
It`s alright it was fun
Sure thing
Wait until I tell the girls about this
Say what?
You think I`m the only one
Who thinks you`re actually cute?
To be honest
I don`t find myself attractive you know
I know
And that`s what makes you a stud
You`re innocence and your fucking smile
What fucking smile?
You always look either happy or horny
I would say both
Exactly
Well thanks Jenny
Don`t mention it
Guess I`ll see you Monday morning then
Yes
Take care
Take care Tom
We kiss and
I go back at the reception
I think that stockroom will be my second office
During breaks
Now that was a real corporate fuck session
Fast
Hard
Quick
Efficient
Unfortunately I`m a contractor
And a good contractor is always supposed
To satisfy his customers
Now I will work hard trying to satisfy my customers
Hard and all the time


Man I love this job...

Monday 16 December 2013

Art is everywhere part 12

I was doing some winter cleaning  in my working desk and I found this really cool and highly limited edition drawing. This is a collaboration between  Daniel Mark and BobX (another Memphis, Tennessee local legend). Have a look and please do take the time to admire all the details.


Feel free to check out BobX`s website with lots of  amazing reproductions and cool stuff for sales as well. Here's the link:


Friday 13 December 2013

DJ Hollow Life - Quantum Religion (mp3)


Another mighty impressive free download. DJ Hollow Life hails from Clearwater, Florida, USA (just like my good collagist buddy Thompson). This album is rather short (it runs under 35 minutes). I have to say it`s a shame because this is some pretty amazing, mind-blowing, dare I say mind-boggling material.  The music is not top twenty material which is  definitely my cup of tea. Commercial music bores me. And normality is so fucking boring indeed. You could say that this album has a lot of different styles to offer:  light IDM \ electronica (a delay in my though process), instrumental atmospheric  electronics (advice from a drunk man), dark bluesy experimentations (digital monkey`s fling bits), dark chip experimentations (too many tracks to mention), circuit bent noiseworks, dark ambient noise, dark chip music, anyways, I think you get the drill. You could also mention that this album falls under the category of dark chip (Super Mario getting slammed left and right by Bowser himself, ah, ah, ah),  circuit bent (your old Casio going apeshit) , experimental music. My favorite word when you don`t know what the hell this s is. Highly recommended too. Get it here:   https://archive.org/details/QuantumReligion-djHollowLife




ONE DAMNED YEAR BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!

I woke up this morning, sat down, had a coffee and try to shake my internal cobwebs. I`m still not fully awake. And I`m thinking what should I talk about in my next post? I have no idea at the present time. Then it suddenly  hits me … Bang!!! I started this underground, independant  blog more than a year ago. Mastock the blog released it`s first ever post on remembrance day, November,  11th, 2012. Mastock is now a year and a month old, just like a little baby, my little baby.  I look at the statistics and there`s almost 4000 clicks on my various articles \ posts. Not bad for a blog which basically has:
No publicity
No promotion
Talks about non commercial stuff, like:
Mail art
Zines
Noise
Underground bands \ artists
Drawings of famously unknown artists
Short stories
& various insanities
so happy belated birthday Mastock
and kudos to all my readers



I thank you all for your love and support
I would also like to thank all my enemies and \ or the fine folks who never believed in me. 



Without your stupid comments and negative feedback I would never do anything except sit on my fat ass whine and complain, yatta yatta, yatta. Your negative opinion has been noted. Anyways, opinions are like assholes, everybody`s got one.



Open Challenge to anybody out there:
Feel free to send me stuff for review purposes but don`t send me your material via my email it doesn`t support big files. Send me a link via mediafire, rapidshare or any other type of file transferring website.
Email: frank.zen@v if.com

This is what I`m into, which makes me tick.
My kind of music, this is what I like (in no particular order):
Noise
weird homemade recordings
ambient noise
ambient darkwave
electroacoustic
illbient
minimal
experimental
chill-out
techno
trance
goa
soundtrack oriented
lo-fi
blues
electronic
synthpop
lounge
dub
ambient
field recordings
cinematic
some spoken word
I also like movies
short movies
art
collages
 and videogames.

Music of lesser interest (in no particular order):
8 bit material
classic
western
country
heavy metal (all styles)
rock
punk
pop
grunge
rap / hip hop
jazz, dance
disco
traditional
gothic
ska
some spoken word.
If you want to send me something via the good old postal system. Just send me an email and we`re on like Donkey Kong.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

I do everything  by myself. So if you send me a shitload of stuff don`t expect me to review all this stuff tomorrow. I work full time, I have a life, I have various interests outside of Mastock. Thank you very much.


Concrete Island (cassette)


A collaboration between Scott Moore (Limp Wrist, Needles)  and Dave Coen (Whitehorse). This  short tape (under 25 minutes) has four tracks. And what does it sounds like? Here goes:
1- fear from behind = electronics + percussions = a dark, bleak claustrophobic , nightmarish atmosphere (me dig this baby, yesssssss).
2- double moon & at midnight = minimal electronics \ ambience with dark undertones thrown in for good measure.
3- escape from concrete island = a subtle mix of ambient noise and electroacoustic music. It`s sparse, percussive, repetitive, yet strangely compelling and meditative. I highly recommend this release. This is high quality dark music. The perfect soundtrack for an atmospheric thriller \ horror movie. Limited edition of ??? Contact here for availability:                                                                           www.darkentriesrecords.com



Thursday 12 December 2013

Bite itself \ self com split (cassette)


Unfortunately this short tape (under 20 minutes) is sold out. Too bad though because this is some pretty amazing material. Let`s start the first side with Bite Itself performing `abyss`(8.56 minutes): a potent mix of raw noisy outbursts, ambient darkwave, ambient noise with lots of lo-fi nearly silence moments. Simply amazing, you`re always wondering what`s coming up next. Impressive experimental music. On the second side Self Com does three tracks.
1- status report (2.05 minutes) = ambient noise probably made using old school analog synth drones. Too short for my taste buds. I would like to hear a longer (20 minutes perhaps) version of this piece (yes, it`s that damn good).
2- dead space (3.27 minutes) = recalls Syd Barrett`s guitar works. This is better material though: catchy minimal, lo-fi,  psychedelic with a soft eerie voice (what else is there to say).
3- I`m a mean (4.13) = ambient noise + found sounds + more weird, out of this world lo-fi voice = a foggy drug enduced (without drugs) sonic trip. Good stuff.
Check out their website for more information:



Friday 6 December 2013

Hiroshima Yeah! # 104 (October 2013) (zine)


This is a 8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, five pager zine. On the  front page we have `poetry from a Leonard Cohen afterworld`Mark graces us  with a potent dose of amazing, ironic, makes me thirsty poetry. My favorite piece this time around is:
Philosophy
I shite,
Therefore I am
Now this is some mind boggling, profound,, deep down Uranus poetry. It inspires me too. Here`s my philosophical statement of the day:
Ambidextrous
I masturbate
Therefore I`m self-sufficient
thus being said next in line, there`s Gary Simmons `1.5 years behind bars`or as I would describe this `tales from the Inside`. It gives you an honest account about what it is being jailed in good old UK prison system. `Give me liberty or give me death`, damn straight. Also, there`s lots of music, concert, book and zine reviews. Interesting  `The Ceramic Hobs` album review. I`m really curious and interested. I have to find more information regarding CH. Last but not least, there`s another short ditty written by senior Ritchie himself `Anhedonia`. A Bukowskiesque, urban, lowbrow kind off drinking story (with a masturbatory undertone). It made me thirsty  like hell. Waiter, bring me a beer every ten minutes and when I`m drunk, every two minutes. Contact address: 
Mark Ritchie, 
94 Main Street
Forth, 
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK.



Hiroshima Yeah! # 103 (September 2013) (zine)



This is a 8.5 by 11 inches black and white, cut and paste, four pager zine. Let`s begin with `poetry, culture, alienation, boredom and despair. An impressive collection of short, slice of life poetry. This time around I have two favorite poems which are:
Work
Work is something you do
Between visits to the pub
And
Belonging nowhere
I don`t belong here
Or anywhere else.
Pretty amazing brothers and sisters!!! We also have our monthly installment of `1.5 years behind bars` (Gary Simmons various ramblings about life inside i.e. I mean being jailed, dumbass!!!).  There`s lots of reviews here: music, book, and concerts; The B-52`s (one of my favorite bands)  & Joshua Berkett & Jon Collins. `After hours `(written by Mark Ritchie himself)  is a short story about boozing + doing a threesome with a hooker at work (of all places, lol) after working hours, of course. I almost had a boner while reading this. Thumbs up dude!!! Instant classic lowbrow material. I wanna read some more, feed me more baby!!! I love Hiroshima Yeah1
Contact address: 
Mark Ritchie, 
94 Main Street
Forth, 
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK.


art is everywhere part 11

This time around I have more original and impressive mail art. Enjoy the show because it's free. Support the underground \ alternative culture. 





The last one is my favorite. Primitive, punkish, and pissed-off too, with colors included!!!