PORT SULPHUR: Compendium, by The Creeping Bent Organisation

PORT SULPHUR: Compendium

by The Creeping Bent Organisation

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frankiebhoy Always seem to hear something new each time I listen .
Favorite track: Fast Boys & Factory Girls.

oscdrift 40+ Year Davy Henderson fanatic....that's why. Favorite track: Exploding Clockwork.

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1.	Exploding Clockwork 04:09	buy track
2.	Gene Tambourine 04:58	buy track
3.	A Gift 03:54	buy track
4.	Towerblock 04:00	buy track
5.	Blow City 03:33	buy track
6.	Caleno 03:00	buy track
7.	Fast Boys & Factory Girls 05:32	buy track
8.	Red Star 03:24	buy track
9.	Olive Avenue 03:16	buy track
10.	Dial F For Fake 04:16	buy track
11.	B.L.O.O.D. 04:05	buy track
12.	Orient Express 03:29	buy track
13.	The Lane 03:13	buy track
14.	Alex Discord 08:03	buy track
15.	Valentino's 03:03	buy track
16.	Amphetamania 04:17	buy track
17.	Co-Pilot 02:02	buy track
18.	Blood Dub 03:54	buy track
19.	Manifesto 03:22	buy track
20.	J.J.'s 02:17	buy track

about

Compendium was the name of a bookshop in Camden Town that I enjoyed frequenting, though sadly, like so many treasures, it is gone. I bought several books and spent many hours browsing in the shop (my favourite purchase probably being Artifact by Richard Hell -Hanuman Books).

Compendium is a fitting title for the debut album by Port Sulphur, the album is essentially a triptych of disparate aural concepts and as such is a compendium of Sulphur works to date. The Sulphur modus operandi on these recordings was based on collaborative collectivism, working largely with artists associated with The Creeping Bent Organisation.

The co-operative aesthetic was based on contributions by people who were of (and informed by) punk - Alan Vega, Vic Godard, Gareth Sager, Jock Scot, James Kirk, Campbell Owens, and Davy Henderson. Allied to this was the valued input of contemporary artists who are part of the gravitational pull of Green Door Studios in Glasgow.

Compendium contains a triptych of works (Biblioteca, Paranoic Critical, Companion Set) which all feature distinct approaches. Biblioteca features collaborative pieces in alliance with Davy Henderson and James Kirk, both of whom were centrifugal forces in the Fast Product (Edinburgh) and Postcard (Glasgow) independent movements. They also contribute to the Paranoic Critical section of the album, which is largely dictated by random element disassociation, not dissimilar to Eno’s Oblique Strategies of Luke Rhinehart’s Dice Man. The final section, Companion Set, features tracks created to evoke the cultural stimuli of club culture in Edinburgh from the early 1980s, particularly Valentino’s and J.J.’s, which in turn filtered design aesthetics influenced by Dada and the Situationists.

All artists / musicians featured on this album contributed massively to the outputs, which is also true of the designers, directors, and photographers involved with the project.

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released April 1, 2020

COMPENDIUM

BIBLIOTECA

1. Exploding Clockwork - (D.MacIntyre / J.Kirk)

2. Gene Tambourine - (D.MacIntyre / J.Kirk)

3. A Gift - (L.Reed)

4. Towerblock - (D.MacIntyre)

PARANOIC CRITICAL (Rhinehart edition)

5. Blow City - (D.MacIntyre / J.Kirk)

6. Caleno - (D.MacIntyre)

7. Fast Boys & Factory Girls - (D.MacIntyre)

8. Red Star - (D.MacIntyre / S.Lironi / G.Sager / S.J.Smith / A.Vega)

9. Olive Avenue - (D.MacIntyre)

10. Dial F For Fake - (D.MacIntyre)

11. B.L.O.O.D. 23 - (D.MacIntyre / D.Fleming / E.Sandberg)

12. Orient Express - (D.MacIntyre / J.Kirk)

13. The Lane - (D.MacIntyre / V.Godard / D.Henderson)

14. Alex Discord - (A.Harvey / H.McKenna / R.Burn / D.Henderson / G.Main / M.Slade)

COMPANION SET

15. Valentino’s - (D.MacIntyre)

16. Amphetamania - (D.MacIntyre / S.Lironi)

17. Co-Pilot - (D.MacIntyre / S.Lironi)

18. Blood Dub - (D.MacIntyre / S.J.Smith)

19. Manifesto - (D.MacIntyre / S.Lironi)

20. J.J.’s - (D.MacIntyre)

CREDITS

D.MacIntyre / production, guitars, bass, piano, synthesisers, vocals
A.Alston / keyboards, accordion (1,2,5,12)
R.Burn / drums (14)
Colditz : JChapman-drums/bass trombone/treatments), Matt-trumpet, Nelson-sax/backing vocals (4,10)
M.Craigmyle / treatments (6)
A.Farr / drums (3)
D.Fleming / drums (5,6,7,9,11,12,13,14)
V.Godard / vocals (13)
D.Henderson / vocals, guitar treatments (1,5,13)
J.Kirk / vocals, guitar (1,2,5,12)
A.Lironi / vocals (7,12)
K.Lironi / vocals (1,2,3,10,12)
S.Lironi / trumpet, drums, treatments (8,16,17,19)
J.Locke / drums / treatments (7,14)
S.Martin / vocals (16,19)
K.McCluskey / harmonica (5,12)
C.Owens / bass (1,2)
J.Parker / bass, vocals (3)
M. Queen / vocals (4)
H.Rowlatt / synthesiser (4)
G.Sager / fuzz clarinet, treatments (14)
E.Sandberg / vocals (11)
J.Scot / vocals (14)
S.J.Smith / treatments myriad (8,10,18)
S.Smeeton / backing vocals, EKO strum (11)
J.Stansfield / vocals, guitar, synthesiser (3,9)
P.Turnbull / drums (1,2)
A.Vega / vocals (8)
G.Wann / lead guitar, backing vocals (11)

DEDICATED TO
Alan / George / Jock

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