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I haven’t posted Thursday MP3s in a couple of months, readers, but better late than never.
Today’s album is Disc One of Underground London (1995). This is a twelve-track compilation of British techno. I still listen to it fairly often, and it still sounds good, despite the fact that it’s now twelve years old. [...]

Here is a phylogeny of the meme “Dollar Bill Y’All.” If you are aware of an appearance of this meme that I’ve overlooked or omitted, I want to know about it; please leave a reference in the comments.

1983 — Jimmy Spicer, “Money (Dollar Bill Y’All)” (mp3) The single that started it all. [...]

Excessive Force was the best of the KMFDM side projects, originally consisting of KMFDM’s Sascha Konietzko and Buzz McCoy of My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult. Despite the name “Excessive Force” (taken from a track on KMFDM’s first album), their sound was more house than industrial. Here are their first two releases, [...]

Since almost everyone I know can’t stand black metal, I’d like to post a (slightly) more conventional offering than Burzum’s seminal self-titled release.
I first heard Walter (now Wendy) Carlos’ Switched-On Bach when I was maybe eleven or twelve in its right vinyl EP form and it was the shit. He (now she’s) the guy (now [...]

Today you can download the first two Young Gods LPs. You know the drill, readers: just click on the album-cover pictures to download ZIP files of the albums. These are both industrial classics, especially the first (self-titled) album.
The Young Gods - The Young Gods (1987 LP)
Track list:

Nous De La Lune
Jusq’au Bout
A Ciel [...]

Greater Than One have been around since the mid-1980s, releasing industrial/techno/electronica singles and albums under various monikers (GTO, Technohead, Church of Extacy, Killout Squad, etc, etc). These two classics (Index EP, London LP) were released in the US on the Wax Trax! label.
Click on the album-cover images to download the ZIP files.
Greater Than One: [...]

This week, readers, you can have two CD singles from Vapourspace. Click on the album-cover images to download ZIP files of the recordings.
Gravitational Arch of 10 - Magnetic Gravity Arc Suite (1993)

Gravitational Arch of 10: Magnetic Gravity Arc Suite
Gravitational Arch of 10: Radio/Video Edit

Vista Humana (1994)

Vista Humana
Vista Humana (Ekxtra Plastik Tekxure Mix)
Vista [...]

This week’s album is “Guerillas In Tha Mist” (1992), by Da Lench Mob. They were, of course, associates of the legendary Ice Cube, who produced “Guerillas” (before going on to star in family-friendly comic films).

Readers, I think “Guerillas In Tha Mist” might be the most underrated rap album of all time. Its consistency [...]

At the end of the Labor Day weekend, readers, here is a special MP3 download for you: Lidell Townsell’s 1992 CD-single “Nu Nu.” (Click on the link to download a ZIP file.)

“Nu Nu” was a hit in 1992, peaking at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May of that year. As [...]

This week, readers, the musical offering is an overlooked and underrated rap album: “Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album” (1994) by Boogie Monsters. (Click on the link to download a ZIP file.)
I think you’ll enjoy the biblical imagery of “Mark of the Beast,” the laid-back beats and basslines, and the overall slightly [...]