Wearing a frightening mask (the cover), Case History Of John Doe opens with a treat: five songs of instrumental surf that touch upon and transport us to the Wild West/Spaghetti Westerns as if The Vivisectors are riding into town upon Big, Phat “E string” Surf. Once the organ on “Intro” kicks in, there’s no looking back. “Big Diff”, “Cowboy Surfer”, “Good Time”, and “Hank, God Bless You”, all trick us into this countrified version of surf, of riding tall in the saddle on the sand of the beach, while the tiki torches flicker in the breeze and the grass skirts shake, but once The Vivisectors kick into their menacing cover version of The Animals classic “House of the Rising Sun”, capturing and exposing more of the original’s terror then ever before, well, we know we're not on Venice Beach anymore (Toto).
It’s songs like “Mad”, “Monkey Hunter”, and “Alien In Government” that then rip to shreds all our preconceived notions of what surf is. The Vivisectors slice and dice and toss it all around, injecting Garage Rock and Film Noir spy rock into the mix, with a sense of dread and urgency that somehow lifts the spirits. “Radio Spell”, “Fried Chicken”, “Cruel Love”, and others open up the Monster lo-fi sound that Mike Antipow (Guitars, organ, drum loops, home PC) plays with the furiousness of a man possessed. We hear him ripping and shredding chords like the powerful waves that crash upon the board riders and the beach, intricately picking at huge Phat bottom notes, that run and slice through the heart and the waves. We surf through an intriguing presentation of a genre that has long been treated as dead, and is only recognized by those who cling to the past and exult the extinct. It teaches us that the stereotyping of terror, evil, and repression of the old USSR blinds us in much the same way to the core, soul, and general goodness of its people.
“Motorpsycho”, “Russki Psycho”, “Scary Song”, “Midnight Travel”, “Terrorfobia”, and “KGB Moscow Nights” assert all the horror, terror, and dark, mysterious ways of fear and loathing under a communist regime. But, it is the sound that reaches in and urges us to let it go, to wrap ourselves in the resurrected music of a brighter and happier time and culture, but not to forget what brought us to this point and how much farther we still must go. “Enigma Of John Doe”, does just that with a schlock-psycho-monster style narrative that draws us like the curious to an accident. Perhaps this is the sound we make when we want to see what should in fact repulse us. It’s human nature reduced to its most primitive, a sullen fright that confuses, yet identifies us all at once, the world mummified for all to gawk and ponder.
Maybe that’s why “Cold Waves” leads to the closing of this CD. It finally lays the Russian surf scene out for all to see. While the waves are as friendly as they are frigid, they urge us to realize that those fanatics who practice and present it with revered vision should be warmly received for all they’ve done and accomplished. “Outro” may close the mausoleum doors, and while upon arrival the caskets may have been full of dead expectations of a genre and culture, we’ve been shown that we shouldn’t be shoveling the dirt – Raise the dead. - This is the Case History Of John Doe as told by The Vivisectors.
trax:
1. Intro 2. Big Diff 3. Cowboy Surfer 4. Good Time 5. Hank, God Bless You 6. The House Of The Rising Sun 7. Mad 8. Monkey Hunter 9. Motorpsycho 10. Radio Spell 11. Fried Chicken 12. Alien In A Government 13. Russki Psycho 14. Cruel Love 15. Enigma Of John Doe 16. Ghost Surfer 17. Scary Song 18. Midnight Travel 19. Terrorofobia 20. True Story 21. Walking 22. Son Of The Beach 23. Moonlight Tango 24. KGB Moscow Nights 25. Cold Waves 26. Outro
11 comments:
The Vivisectors "Case History of John Doe"
gitit! pw: rideyourpony
http://www19.zippyshare.com/v/KzxHDqpG/file.html
thanks for this one from vivisectors.
hoping that someone other will appreciate some other band release other that the ones that Ryp is sharing
on free music archise is possibile download for free to their last two album
2011 Happy Hallowen
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Vivisectors/Happy_Halloween
and 2012 Wierd Tales Of Ghastly Island
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Vivisectors/Weird_Tales_Of_Ghostly_Islands/
on their bandcamp page is possibile listen to their 2011 Creatures
https://thevivisectors.bandcamp.com/album/creatures
SANTA’S SUPER BACK CATALOGUE: CHRISTMAS ALBUMS 2001-2010
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All Christmas ALBUMS 2001-2009. One for each year!
Huge file: 1.2 GB
mega.nz/#F!pMcSVLyb!LJoBDAAQzqza9sON4F0uEw
Here again all the others - a last chance to grab them! Originally posted here between 1st of December and now.
Calgary Christmas 2016: Cruel Yule!
www3.zippyshare.com/v/8mW7jB5N/file.html
Back Catalogues Christmas CDs 2010-2015
Huge file: 1.3 GB
mega.nz/#F!cEsQCB5L!G_mxMSutecMmyaXJfo1veQ
Brause,
I really appreciate your posts of Christmas music from over the years. I also collect the tunes of the season and include many of them in my December radio shows. However, I noticed that most all of the tracks do not have the names of the artists.
Any chance you could post a list of the songs and performers so we know who to credit?
imwlarus,
All tracks are properly tagged for iTunes, which includes the name of each artist.
I'm having trouble opening the x-mas back catalog on mega. nothing when I click on mega.nz and nothing if I copy and paste. is it me or is there a problem with the link. thanks for posting. i'm enjoying the 2010-2016 files immensely.
SANTA'S CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE 2011-2016
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Here a multipage pdf containing all CD covers track names and artists' names.
http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/ZXPdDwYi/file.html/
Brause -
Thank you so much for these Christmas collections - some great stuff you've assembled. I notice there seem to be two undecrypted files, one in 2007 and one in 2008. Could you possibly check them out if you have a chance? Thanks so much!
- J
Thanks Brause. Not everybody uses i-Tunes but that .pdf works just fine to make covers for the burned CDs. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
SANTA’S COMPLETE CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE NOW ALSO ON “WE TRANSFER”
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For everybody struggling with Mega…online until 20th Dec 2016
Christmas Albums 2001-2009 [1.09 GB]
https://goo.gl/JX2efD
Christmas Albums 2010-2015
https://goo.gl/c7nZuv [1 GB]
Brause thanks for the Christmas albums and for your extra work in helping us non-itune people.
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