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“Factrix was a pioneering industrial music group from the U.S. city of San Francisco, formed in 1978 by members Bond Bergland, Cole Palme, and Joseph T. Jacobs.
As Factrix, the group released a number of subversive and ‘dangerous’ recordings in the early 1980s. Their first LP, “Scheintot”, was a document of morbid, moody, and subtle experimental rock that is as eerily unsettling today as it must have been way back in 1981 when it was initially released. The live LP California Babylon (1982) was a collaboration with Monte Cazazza that remains a rough and violent selection of guitar-noise deconstructions and primitive machine-noise rumblings. Conversely, the Empire Of Passion/Splice Of Life 7” single was a marvelously sinister bit of apocalyptic sound-poetry and industrial soundscaping…”
- Excerpt from “Industrial Nation” magazine
As Factrix, the group released a number of subversive and ‘dangerous’ recordings in the early 1980s. Their first LP, “Scheintot”, was a document of morbid, moody, and subtle experimental rock that is as eerily unsettling today as it must have been way back in 1981 when it was initially released. The live LP California Babylon (1982) was a collaboration with Monte Cazazza that remains a rough and violent selection of guitar-noise deconstructions and primitive machine-noise rumblings. Conversely, the Empire Of Passion/Splice Of Life 7” single was a marvelously sinister bit of apocalyptic sound-poetry and industrial soundscaping…”
- Excerpt from “Industrial Nation” magazine
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Bruscolino wrote:
Less than one thousand listeners... The world needs more Factrix.
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Jgoyle wrote:
They are indeed among the early industrial greats in my mind at least and Cole is a very friendly and unpretentious individual with whom I have had the pleasure of corresponding with via email. The members have discussed working together again although, it was a year ago I spoke with Cole and I never heard what came of that... I'm pretty sure there was at least a one-off performance in the Bay area in 2008.
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
they're play count is so low because the only re-issue was artifakt, and it's long out of print
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li-szaj wrote:
# steve112sms # indeed, but mr cazazza isn't bad at all. love both ssss <3
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steve112sms wrote:
What an underrated part of the early industrial scene. 645 listeners? Even their cohort Monte Cazazza has 2750+ and they're way better than him.
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FIREandIRON wrote:
What!? No "Silver River"? That's a shame...
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spankythedog wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iec6JsgMVN8&feature=related Factrix, Subterfuge live at Target 1980 on YouTube
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DrCaligari wrote:
nice
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darewon wrote:
Beginning To See The Light Velvet Underground cover is sublime.
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Scheintot LP Reviewed by Julian Cope
9 Mar 2005 | from blog.myspace.com/factrix
FACTRIX, "Scheintot": Album of the Month, March 2005Review by Julian Cope -- (http://headheritage.com/unsung/albumofthemonth/1307)
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15 Jun 2004 | from blog.myspace.com/factrix
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