Etats Unis US Vinilo y CD

Review: This is the first time this one has ever been re-issued on vinyl, so do not sleep. It is a document of Los Angeles Free Music Society (aka LAFMS)'s second performance at the recital hall of the Brand Library in Glendale in 1976. The band was formed by teenage members in the mid-1970s and mixed up free improvisation with modular synthesizers as well as sampling, musique concrete techniques, noise, avant-rock and plenty more in what were said to be rather anarchic recording sessions. This manic experimental record captures some of that bizarre leftfield magic.

Review: Smegma emerged out of LA's creative underground around 1973 and since then they've forged an uncompromising path well outside the usual strictures of generic definitions and the music industry as a whole. Through sheer conviction they received appropriate nods, from releasing on Mute to being tipped on the coveted Nurse With Wound list. Drawing on jazz as one of their core influences, their first officially released LP Glamour Girl 1944 landed in 1979 and set the tone for a band shirking convention every step of the way. Unavailable on wax since its original release, you can only imagine what second hand copies were shifting for. True fans rejoice, this landmark record is now back within reach.