Name: Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989
Brand: Various

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ES018

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-03-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

4251804124652

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Various

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Efficient Space

Efficient Space is a Melbourne-based music label that is operated by Noise In My Head. With a focus on showcasing unique and diverse sounds, Efficient Space has become known for its exceptional curation of *artists* and *performers*. The label's dedication to unearthing hidden gems from the past and present has earned it a reputation as an authoritative voice in the music industry.

Efficient Space prides itself on its commitment to preserving and reissuing rare recordings, ensuring that these important pieces of musical history are accessible to a wider audience. The label's attention to detail in their releases is evident through their high-quality vinyl pressings and beautifully designed artwork.

As a platform for both established and emerging talent, Efficient Space continues to push boundaries with its eclectic roster of artists. From ambient electronica to experimental pop, the label embraces genres across the spectrum while maintaining its distinct identity. With each release, Efficient Space consistently delivers captivating music that challenges conventions and captivates listeners.

Oz Echoes peels away another layer of Australia’s ‘80s DIY hive mind. The Oz Waves successor exposes a deeper circuit of micro-run cassettes, community radio archives and irrationally abandoned studio sessions, as Steele Bonus sequences a 10-track compendium of drone pop, psyche-electronics and agitated tape cut-ups.

From the Sydney cassette network, The Horse He's Sick returns with an industrial car crash, alongside Wrong Kind of Stone Age’s pagan cacophony and primal riddims. M Squared dynamo Patrick Gibson appears in both Height/Dismay and Mr Knott, his respective studio-as-an-instrument collaborations with Dru Jones (Scattered Order) and ex-Slugfucker Gordon Renouf - the former’s worn out apparition hails from an instantly deleted 1981 7”, while Mr Knott entrust one of the compilation’s five previously unreleased tracks.

Matt Mawson represents Brisbane music media-printed matter collective ZIP, as Adelaide’s Three D Radio grants access to their vaults of live-to-air recordings and aspiring demo submissions, rescuing the slap- happy punk-funk of The Frenzied Bricks and Jandy Rainbow’s prodigious beginnings in Les Trois Etrangers and Aeroplane Footsteps. Synchronously in Melbourne, Ash Wednesday (Karen Marks, The Metronomes) leads Modern Jazz’ improvised proto-techno and EBM pioneers Shanghai Au Go-Go home record their sardonic synth-wave.

A cherry-picked cast of unusual suspects, Oz Echoes’ unfamed artist and non-band narratives are detailed by track-by-track liner notes with rarely published archival visions and artwork from Video Synth, prompting further rabbit hole ventures into this golden era of creative risk-taking and instant action.

Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes and Archives 1980-1989

Music GB