THE 150 MURDEROUS PASSIONS

An intellectually advanced industrial noise excursion originally released as a 12" in 1981 by Come Organisation and United Diaries and subsequently reissued several times over the following decade (and still available on cassette). A split of sorts, with William Bennett (WHITEHOUSE, CUT HANDS) contributing the shorter track and Steve Stapleton (NURSE WITH WOUND) contributing a 28 minute mindfuck. Both pieces are mesmerizing, coming from a time when the effort required to create "noise music" meant that it was virtually impossible to do so without passion - and that distinction is perhaps more obvious in this subgenre than any other that has managed to persevere. To say that these two artists have been merely influential would be a criminal understatement, and this release is noteworthy both for the aural content and the history (and perhaps petty controversy) that surrounds it. But that's what the internet is for. For what it's worth to those who know what I'm talking about, I think this is the possibly not authorised remixed version of The 150 Murderous Passions with more reverb. But since I'm not going to drop the cash on the original I cannot be certain...

THE 150 MURDEROUS PASSIONS, OR THOSE BELONGING TO THE FOURTH CLASS, COMPOSING THE 28 DAYS OF FEBRUARY SPENT IN HEARING THE NARRATIONS OF MADAME DESGRANGES, INTERSPERSED AMONGST WHICH ARE THE SCANDALOUS DOINGS AT THE CHÂTEAU DURING THAT MONTH