bad taste music exchange -discography

BAD TASTE #25
HUMDRUM "brokin"
the bad taste debut by longtime producer humdrum finally sees the light of day. bass squelches and dark bleeps coalesce into electro bangers. digital tadpoles evolve into crazy bullfrogs right before your ears. hard-as-concrete kicks and heavy bass go on a voyage, where they meet creepy ambience and synthesizer bleats. "brokin" is like staring at a puzzle, and suddenly all the pieces fit and the solution is so obvious you can't believe that you never saw it before. dark grooves appear and disappear seemingly from nowhere, but they were always there. you just couldn't hear them until humdrum pointed them out. now available for free download from the ears section.

BAD TASTE #24/BRR! #1
stAllio! "true data" 12"
bad taste's very first, and probably last, vinyl release! "true data" is stAllio!'s triumphant return to databending, as he rips his hard drive a new one, plunges deep inside of it to mine the juiciest sounds he can find, and meticulously sequences them into four morphenomenal slammers. this is either the greatest or the most ill-advised stAllio! release to date, depending on whether you're judging it by musical quality or by the amount of money lost on the project. (more than half the print run remains unsold; for god's sake, buy a copy already!)

BAD TASTE #23
stAllio! "maura's milk chocolate bath"
somewhere between cut&paste/collage & "hardcore"/noise, with enough elements of both to alienate purist fans of either. laugh as st! slices apart pop culture to explore the links between sex, food, & bathing! drool at the glossy, full-color pop-erotic artwork! ponder how st! got a real woman to pose topless for said artwork! sometimes noisy, sometimes raunchy, & consistently silly, this cd might make you feel dirty. but will you feel dirty enough to wash up in a giant tub full of cocoa-flavored cereal? now available for free download from the ears section.

BAD TASTE #22
MURKBOX "binary drift"
murkbox, best known for his block-rockin beats and bursts of humor, turns expectations on their ear with "binary drift". last time, he asked you to hold the murk, add extra cheese. this time he goes dairy-free in an album of pure murk! 20 tracks of dark ambience and eerie soundscapes, crackling and buzzing and washing over you as you become lost in the binary drift. now available for free download from the ears section.

BAD TASTE #21
DR. BUTCHER M.D. "The Confines of Flesh"
it was all building up to this... and then it all fell apart. bad taste went on hiatus right before label head dr. butcher m.d. was about to release his epic sophomore release, "The Confines of Flesh". years in the making, and then a few years more in the waiting, "Confines" picks up where the doctor's debut left off, and turns the mayhem up to 11! bad taste VIPs have been diggin' on these tunes for years; now, the general public will finally get a chance to hear this pivotal release by bad taste's doctor of breakcore. now available for free download from the ears section.

BAD TASTE #20
ANIMALS WITHIN ANIMALS "mono a mono"
no sophomore jinx for this 2nd release from animals within animals; it's bigger & badder than their debut in just about every way. your favorite animals return (bandleader stAllio!, murkbox, chicklet mcsexy, dr butcher md, lander kitt, & mainline crux) & through the magic of the internet are joined by new members stunt rock, diode, fILT, styroteqe, backstatic, breather, gefahrliches madchen, unszene, and subiak orbiter. 2 hours & 21 minutes of text manipulation, databending, & dark beats spread across 2 cdrs, totalling 58 tracks. learn the "truth" about parasites, mating rituals, arachnophobia, the internet, & the sanctity of turkey leftovers. possibly the most ambitious release ever on bad taste.

BAD TASTE #19
V/A "sound not fit for human consumption" compilation
2xCDr compilation featuring 36 projects. roughly 2 hours and 8 minutes audio from (in order of appearance): MURKBOX, SEPPUKU FASHION, KEITH THIRTEEN, DR. BUTCHER M.D., DISCO HUMP SESSIONS, UNSZENE, MATT DEMMON, HUMDRUM, ANIMALS WITHIN ANIMALS, aleXdee, MR. FLOPPY, BOBBY VOMIT, fILT, COUNTER-WEIGHT, GEFAHRLICHES MADCHEN, CHARLES BRONSON BOYS CHOIR, MINION, SPIN KITTEN SPIN, AGAINST ME, DR. DEATH, THE ULTIMATE LOSERS, stAllio!, MAINLINE, RABBITS, GABBIST MONKS, aSQ, FRANJO, ACID ENEMA, PINE TREE STATE MIND CONTROL, FILTH & MUCK, EITERHERD, & MC IEDH. audio flavors too harsh for the human palate include harsh noise, devestated breaks, text manipulation, dark overtones, sickening rhythms, infinite drones, heavy bass, piercing highs and more in various combinations and presentations... sure to leave a foul taste in the mouth of even the person that you know who "likes everything". it was even designed with a printed booklet to read along with (see below).

BAD TASTE #19a
"sound not fit for human consumption" printed accompaniment
this booklet was originally designed to be an integral part of the compilation, but later decided (due to raised printing prices) to offer it seperatly as not to discourage sales of the comp (marketing genius, i'm sure). it features 18 double sided, black and white pages, 92% of which were designed by the performer/project themselves. it even features advertisements to give it that consumerism feel that you so greatly desire. the pages are topped off with a full color glossy cover, bound poorly with plastic slide grip report covers (you know - like you had in grade school?)... and the 1st 40 copies will additionally be packaged in a color folder that even includes a bad taste magnet for you to display your favorite page from the booklet proudly on mom's refridgerator door for the whole family to appreciate.

BAD TASTE #18
stAllio! "errata vol ii"
yes - vol i has not come out yet, okay? it's one of the "joys" of being small time... regardless, the errata series showcases material of stAllio!'s that was either cut from previous releases due to time restraints or just because of their plain weirdness, not to mention some very old material that would not have seen the light of day any other way. vol ii features 7 cuts that did not make their way onto _the fezzuck_, 4 OLDschool, pre-"dissonance is bliss" (i.e., from 1996) panerific tracker tunes, as well as 4 other "jam punishments" from 2000. more weirdness served up only the way that stAllio! can.

BAD TASTE #17
MAINLINE "shockorama: live @ animal farm"
this is a recording of all new material from our performance at animal farm back on july 8th, 2000. dr. butcher had a throat infection of some sort... murkbox had his ankles so badly crippled he could only move a few steps a minute - and still we pulled it off! completely thrown together on-the-fly, this release is a conglomerate of a boss sampler, fast tracker 2, an arp axxe, a 606, and even a little bit of electribe action (not to mention all of the equipment that was not working properly!)... this live performance lands somewhere between "chatter bleethrough" and "japanese soundscapes of effects": hard kicks, looped voices, noise backgrounds, harsh breaks... 55 minutes that moves through a few flavors.

BAD TASTE #16
stAllio! _the fezzuck_
This third full-length on Bad Taste could be stAllio!'s breakthrough release. The upgrade of the stAllio! sound moves in all directions, at times both darker & lighter, both more & less accessible than previous releases. 17 tracks, from the almost straightforward hardcore of "action figure sold separately" or "vocational rehabilitation" to the crunching noise-break of "fast like now" to high-pitched silliness on "swingset" to arpeggio-worship on "peanut butter" to out-of-context confusion on "behind the refrigerator door" to... hell, I don't know how to describe this cd & you won't either, but the plentiful sound samples on the Bad Taste site as well as stAllio!'s own site will leave you asking yourself "...the fezzuck?!" We're very excited about this new release; it could even sell in the double digits! With full-color artwork & a free sticker included.

BAD TASTE #15
MAINLINE //
japanese soundscapes of effects
vs
TEMPLE ov S_i_D //
10 make "noise",8,1
20 goto 10
the mainline side ventures deep into dark ambientechnoise experiments. droning rhythms move from machine repetitions to liquid spatters alongside decaying sounds and noise textures. deep, dark, and delicious.
the temple of S_i_D side sings the praises of the commodore 64! with using only samples derived from C64 sound sources, the listener is treated to 30 minutes of nostalgic sounds, revisited and manipulated to please today's audience. the commodore 64 is not dead - it is only dreaming - and now you are invited to listen to those dreams!

BAD TASTE #13
ANIMALS WITHIN ANIMALS "yard ape"
we could've called this group "Superstars of Bad Taste" because this collective includes Dr Butcher MD, murkbox, stAllio!, founder Lander Kitt, & anyone else who wants to join (even you!). the word of the day is "anti-consistency" for this debut from AWIA... hard beats, distorted spastic grooves, & sample cut-ups reign over 12 tracks of oddity. Learn the truth about parasites, the religious significance of the starfish, the miracle of antioxidants, & more. a free, confusing marketing sticker is included with each cdr. now available for free download from the ears section. check out www.animalswithinanimals.com

BAD TASTE #12
MASOCHISTIC EAR "midwest forever"
the unrecognized pioneers of lowest-fi return with a treat that has been burried in the bad taste crypts for well over 2 years now. two assholes with no sense of quality control force family and friends to partake of their own brand of *music*. they think they can rap, make noise, rock a guitar, laugh out loud, drone out, and drop a beat or two as it only fuels their utter nonsense. who needs shame when you have rock?

BAD TASTE #11/TRASH TAPES #20
"Do you think it's cool, to be a one men scene." split compilation
This compilation has been taken a little while in the making, but i feel it's more than worth the wait! the comp is a co-op between trash tapes (leipzig, germany) and bad taste (indiana, u.s.a.). it crams in 21 artists in all, featuring (in order of appearance): COMPLETELY FUCKED UP SOCIETY, OHM KILL, INAPT, PESTCORE, TREMOR, ASHTAR DXD, INU:SHINI, NOIZECREATOR, XOTOX, SKELTON 93/aleXdee, DEEP, BUFO BUFFO, N.D. COLLAPSE, SLAVE CYLINDER, MATT DEMMON, stAllio!, DR. BUTCHER MD, GABBIST MONKS, MURKBOX, BEEP THE SPEAKER, and MAINLINE. most of the songs lay in the hard, distorted percussion elements, but there are even a few suprises here and there to keep things interesting. this comp even comes with a 12 page double sided booklet, so even the packaging is swank.

BAD TASTE #10
DR. BUTCHER, M.D. "Musical Deviate"
Fianlly, after several releases within other projects, i finally got enough material together to have my own full length release: the tape features 3 tracks from spring '97 and 7 from the fall of '99 - go figure. if the description of the music was on the back of a movie, it would have to read something like, "a full on 60 minutes of B-music, featuring splatter bass, horror noise, and exploitation breaks!" buy more crap.

BAD TASTE # 9
stAllio! "Perpetual Emotion Machine"
After the hard drive nightmare that was "Dissonance is Bliss", stAllio! comes back offering another 60 minutes of his unique approach to driving you crazy. This guy does more with a mic and a 4 track than what half of you fucks can do with tons of equipment sitting around: with a "use what you've got" approach, anything becomes an instrument in his grip. "P.E.M." is highlighted with all sorts of unusual rhythms and frequencies, contantly morphing in what can seem incoherent at times only to fall into place once again while maintaining definite flows throughout songs. Dunno what I'm saying? Do my descriptions mean nothing? Check it out yourself online (try p2p)

BAD TASTE # 8
STUNT ROCK "this whole fucking scene is growing tired and so am i."
Chances are you've heard about his "Richard Pryor" track off of Addict002 and if you're lucky you've seen him bash his head bloody red at MEAT performances so now is your chance to see what this fool does with 50 minutes of time! I hope you like it noisy, because this bad boy is NASTY for sure, it's cut and paste madness of beats, rhythms, and folk saying absurd stuff, but it's all under 50 tons of distorted hell, so no whiners! This tape probably features more samples saying "bad taste" than I'll ever find. And with titles like "you're the dipshit who bought this tape", you can't go wrong.

BAD TASTE # 7
QUALITY CONTROLLED SERVICES "Let's Target Quality" vs
MURKBOX "Hold the Murk Add Extra Cheese"
The QCS side is a day in the life of a disgruntled telemarketer. Made by (an) anonymous producer(s) from out of town, this 14 minute release features 3 songs: one craftily programmed, sample laden track (hear those telephones go to work!) with all sort of beat changes, a crunchy noise type interlude, and a hilarious "survey" featuring muzak in the background that had me rolling on the floor the first time I heard it (and then some). Get hired.
murkbox offers up a different spin on his productions, "It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye" is one song spanning the whole 30 minutes which is more or less a continuously mixed barrage of all types of beats - loops, breaks, 4/4, whatever - with noise creeping in it's ugly head here and there, as well as being COMPLETELY sampledelic. "I've fallen, and I can't get up!"

BAD TASTE #6
stAllio! "dissonance is bliss"
this is the first release from the newest member of the bad taste degenerate collective. hailing from ye ol' indianapolis, stAllio! presents a flavor that's all his own. "dissonance..." is a journey through infection, disease, & death : of what exactly, i'm not quite sure, but the sounds points to the ways of pain. at times the songs resemble some sort of soundtrack for the decimation of your hard drive as a virus destroys it - with no hope of recovery.
side 0 is a collection of structured noise - starting off minimal and building from song to song until the listener comes down with "buck fever!" at the end of the tape. then we enter side 1 : you thought the fever subsided, but things take a turn for the worse in these two noise orgies, ranging from a sporadic squelch attack to a guttural grinding end. in stAllio's own words : "in the paleolithic era, prehistoric computers were avidly hunted by early hunter- gatherers, who would break them open & suck out the warm meaty music inside. now, with the new extended e.p "dissonance is bliss", stAllio! has revived this ancient tradition."

BAD TASTE # 5
MASOCHISTIC EAR - "92% Good"
first things first, this release consists of five tapes : it would be nice to call it a box set, but without an actual box it just doesn't seem right... rubber band set would be a better description. so what the hell was 5 tapes for? for EVERYTHING - sporatic ramblings, keybord smashing, throat gurgling, manical laughter... cracked out lo-fi geetar, speed, slow, how low can you go? REAL low... e.p.s. worshipping, distorted spontanaity... meditative, ritualistic static... stabbing, grinding noise noise NOISE... few will get it, and even fewer will "get it" once they've got it, but oh well... i love the stuff and that's why it's here.what's the point? work with what you've got - anything is possible...

BAD TASTE # 4
MAINLINE - "Chatter Bleethrough"
very crunchy music... a lot of broken beat type material, one 4/4ish pounder @ 170, one dnb/tech/crapper experiment, dirty distorted drum loops and a hell of a lot of feedback! 10 songs - pick our poison... it's midi degredation.

BAD TASTE #3
FREAKSHOW SAMPLER Vol. 2
features : grimlapse, gabbist monks, 2$ lo-fi, opaque, vicious cycle, eklektikos, ZaQ, i/o error, & dr. butcher, m.d.. all forms of gabber/hardcore are represented and then some - a LOT of variety, but all hard... showing everyone what "hardcorn" is all about.

BAD TASTE #2
MURKBOX "Atmosphere" vs MASOCHISTIC EAR "You Want Some of This?"
murkbox side : 6 tracks, distorted breaks and loops over feedback textures... odd things slip in and out of this bad boy - fucking great. masochistic ear side : 25 min. pain fest - from sparse and goofy arrangement of samples at the beginning to a wall of unrelenting noise. tape ends with special lo - fi hijinks and humour... 100% cheap!

BAD TASTE #1
MASOCHISTIC EAR "If it sounds like ass, it must be shit"
11 songs altogether... what the hell is going on? microphone/mouth noise, cheap samples, cheap toys... inverted rock -n- roll & droning tones... j.r. bob dobbs & a case of big butt dopple bock on the cover - enough said.

BAD TASTE #0
FREAKSHOW SAMPLER Vol. 1
features : gabbist monks, opaque, i/o error, dr. butcher, m.d., eklektikos, ZaQ, murkbox, mainline, & vicious cycle. the first compilation, - all styles of hardcore represented here - fairly dark through out. get the music before vinyl... buy a sampler.

bad taste discography