Camouflage - Voices & Images (30th Anniversary Limited Edition) + Camouflage - Methods of Silence + B Sides

 German Synth-pop band from Bietigheim-Bissingen.

The four friends Heiko Maile, Oliver Kreyssig, Marcus Meyn and Martin Kähling (who left the band in 1984) founded the band "Lizenenced Technology" in 1983.

Drawing on inspiration from the song of the same name by the Japanese group "Yellow Magic Orchestra," the band changed their name to "Camouflage."

The first local live appearance took place in 1984. One year later they recorded two demo cassettes in their studio and sent these cassettes to several record companies.

In 1986 one of these tapes was submitted for a talent search conducted by the Hessischen Rundfunk (Hessen Radio). Camouflage was awarded the first place and the small Frankfurt record label "Westside" became aware of the band. The song "The Great Commandment," was reworked, newly recorded and presented to the larger record companies. Suddenly several firms expressed interest and after careful consideration the band signed with Metronome.

                    Camouflage - Voices & Images (30th Anniversary Limited Edition

                                           Camouflage - Methods of Silence + B Sides

                                                                  DESCARGA

                                                          DESCARGA2

The Bolshoi – 5

 

                                 The Bolshoi – 5 Albums

                                           Box Set, Compilation

7ème Discours Pour Une Meilleure Existence – 7ème Discours Pour Une Meilleure Existence

 

    7ème Discours Pour Une Meilleure Existence – 7ème Discours Pour Une Meilleure Existence

                                                                     JOSETX

Various – Techniques. A Techno-Pop Selection From The USA. 1982-1990

 

                    Various – Techniques. A Techno-Pop Selection From The USA. 1982-1990

                                                                     JOSETX

The Chyldren – Mortis Hora

 

                                                       The Chyldren  – Mortis Hora

                                                                  DESCARGA

 

Tone Set was a Tempe, Arizona band that existed from circa 1981 to 1983. Members Galen Herod and Greg Horn met while working for KAET, Tempe's Public Broadcasting station. Their early sound was ostensibly synthetic, mixing very 'clean' synthesizer sounds with tapes. This was the sound of their first release, a 1982 cassette called "Cal's Ranch". It almost completely lacked vocals (the only exception was a line in "Wigglin Around In Middletown"). The tape portions were primarily pieces of dialogue from various recordings. "(Predictions) uses the dialogue from a prime-time local news broadcoast (with anchorman Bill Close) that some nut with a gun took over in, I believe, the fall of '81 ... really surreal stuff."(Dan Bailey) Other pieces were of a more lighthearted nature, like "Time Travellers", which used an extended recording of dialogue from "Rocky and Bullwinkle". The tape was recorded at "The Center for Advanced Studies," a house were both band members lived, and released by Zia Records in Tempe, AZ. In 1982, Tone Set contributed the track "Out, Out, Out" to Placebo Record's "Amuck" compilation (PLA-103 A&B). Galen Herod, as Happy People, contributed "Happy People" to this compilation. Vocals started to become a more prominent part of their sound by the time they started recording their 1983 LP, "Calibrate". This was also a home studio effort. The first side of the LP featured three pop songs: "Life is Busy," "Slim," which were both were sung by Galen Herod, and "Living In Another Land," which was sung by Greg Horn. The second side of the LP came from the "Cal's Ranch" session. The cover was decorated with pictures cut from an old math book, plus a drawing of "Pegna," a creature that would give Pegna Records its name. "Calibrate" was released in February 1983 as Pegna Records PEG 1. The duo once performed as "Life Is Busy", opening for Pebble Culture(former Nervous member Bil Bored (Bill Yanok), Kristi Register and George Maestri). "They did the whole set with fake Yugoslavian accents, the highlight being a song called 'Working in a Pencil Factory'. Pretty damned odd." (Dan Bailey) They released a cassette single with "Working in a Pencil Factory." Tone Set poduced a video for "Life is Busy", from their "Calibrate" MLP, which was shown on "Videobeat" and once on MTV's "Basement Tapes," where, despite the presence of Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) as one of the judges, was not voted into regular rotation. In 1983, each member began releasing solo works. The time and reason for Tone Set's breakup is unknown     Tone Set – Such Heavy Conviction - Recordings 1981-1983                                                                   DESCARGA