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EE01: Human Flesh 'Songs for the victims (from a decaying country)'

CD-2006 (500 copies)

Announced for 3 years, this was supposed to be the very first factory-pressed CD on EE Tapes… Strange how things go sometimes, but it was certainly worth all of the wait !
HUMAN FLESH (°1981) is one of the many disguises of Alain Neffe, masterbrain behind the legendary INSANE MUSIC label from Belgium .
It is not an existing group, merely a musical project around the person of A. Neffe.
To give you a fair idea, here is what this project is all about :

‘For years I used to play with several different musicians… we were occasional members of a group with no name… we used to play improvisations, the musical pieces were from 10 minutes to one hour long. From this the ‘spirit’ of Human Flesh was born… but the concept really began in 1981, when I bought a second-hand 8-track recorder. I began to conceive of a system using the machine as the focus (center) of the group. I could invite musicians to play with me on some tracks, then ask other people to add instruments/voices months or years later… . So these people could play together without even knowing each other… it has seemed to work rather well, and I have decided to continue this way. But being as I am the only constant member of Human Flesh, I’m the one to decide who to add, and on which track. However, it is (still) a kind of improvisation : the musicians listen to the music once or twice while I take the sound of their instrument and add some effects (the effects are always added while recording and never at the final mix), and we begin to record their musical part. Sometimes the result is not technically perfect, but the track possesses freshness and spontaneity. It is very important for me. The hardest thing is to find the final arrangement and to mix the track. I always wait at least one year before I mix a song (until I have forgotten what it sounds like). Mixing is also a kind of improvisation for me, it must be rather quickly done. I think it is also a very important part of the creation… . Some tracks remain for years and years on the 8-track tape before I find something/someone to finish them. Some will never be finished. I also work with people living on the other side of the earth, with people I will have probably never have the chance to meet. Sometimes we do texts in French or English, and ask others to translate it into their language and to record it on a cassette. Then I record their voice onto the 8-track and I build a musical piece on this basis. The result often pleases me, I want to continue this way.’ (from an audio-interview with Alain Neffe, Insane pressbook 1985)

After various cassette-only releases, unnumerous contributions to compilations and 1 LP (‘The 35^th Human Attempt’, Insane 1985), we are proud to present the first ever Human Flesh CD containing exclusive material realised 1985-1995 (+ 1 long bonus track finished 2005 !)

It includes the following contributing artists :
Nadine Bal, Cor Gout, Anna Homler, Deborah Jaffe, Xavier S., Lydia Tomkiw, Darline Victor,… (vocals)
Peter Bonne, Daniel Denis, Flavien Gillié, Ernest Hembersin, Daniel Malempré, Judy Timpa, Hessel Veldman,… (instruments)

For those not familiair with any of these names, they are/were members of : 
Algebra Suicide, Bene Gesserit, Gorgonzola Legs, M.A.L., Master/Slave Relationship, Pseudo Code, Twilight Ritual, Univers Zero, Sleep Chamber, The Chopstick Sisters, Trespassers W, etc

If you want to hear the true spirit of home-made music, now is your chance!

A strictly limited edition of 500 copies in a deluxe black 7”cover with inlay comprising full track credits

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