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Profile:The project ideal is to express the content of various psycho-pathalogical conditions, especially schizophrenia, manic - depressive psychosis, mental retardation and paranoia. Information Overload supersedes normal, rational thought structures, forcing deviation into less restrictive mental procedures of so-called 'mental illness'. SPK is trying to be a voice for those individuals condemned to the slow decay of mental hospitals and chemical / electro / surgical therapy, without fetishising them into blatant entertainment product. 'SONIC FOR MANICS' aims to be a vehicle for sharing mental experiences through sound.
URLs:http://home.scarlet.be/~spk/
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://brainwashed.com/axis/spk/
Members:Annie Stubbs, Derek Thompson, Dominic Guerin, Graeme Revell, James Pinker, Jed Town, John Murphy, Neil Hill, Sinan Leong
Name Variations: All | SPK | S.P.K | S.P.K. | SePpuKu | Socialistisches Patienten Kollektiv | SoliPsiK | Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv | Surgical Penis Klinik | System Planning Korporation
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Releases:
Factory (7") Side Effects 1979
Mekano (7") Side Effects 1979
No More (7", Ltd) Side Effects 1979
Meat Processing Section (7") Industrial Records 1980
Information Overload Unit (LP) Side Effects 1981
Live At The Crypt (Cass, S/Sided, C90) Sterile Records 1981
See Saw / Chambermusik (7") M Squared 1981
Leichenschrei (LP) Thermidor 1982
Remixes (Cass, Album) SPK Club 1982
The Last Attempt At Paradise (Cass) Fresh Sounds Inc 1982
Auto-Da-Fé (LP) Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien 1983
Dekompositiones (12") Side Effects 1983
Leichenschrei (LP) Side Effects 1983
Live At The Crypt (Cass, C60) Iphar 1983
Metal Dance (12") Desire Records 1983
Metal Dance (7") Desire Records 1983
Metal Dance (12", EP) Polydor 1983
Metal Dance (12") Metronome 1983
Junk Funk (7", Single) WEA Musik GmbH 1984
Junk Funk (7") Elektra, WEA International Inc. 1984
Junk Funk (The Special Crash Mix) (12") WEA International Inc., Elektra 1984
Junk Funk (The Special Crash Mix) (12") WEA International Inc., Elektra 1984
Machine Age Voodoo (LP, Album) WEA International Inc., WEA International Inc. 1984
Machine Age Voodoo (Cass, Album) WEA International Inc., WEA International Inc. 1984
Machine Age Voodoo (Junk Funk) (12", Promo, W/Lbl) Elektra 1984
Flesh And Steel (12", Promo, W/Lbl) Elektra 1985
Flesh And Steel (12") Elektra 1985
Information Overload Unit (LP) Normal 1985
Machine Age Voodoo (LP, Album) Elektra, Elektra 1985
Machine Age Voodoo (LP, Album, Promo) Elektra 1985
Dekompositiones (12") Normal 1986
In Flagrante Delicto (12") Side Effects 1986
Leichenschrei (LP) Normal 1986
Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers (LP, Album) Side Effects 1986
Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers (LP) Normal 1986
Breathless (7") Animalized 1987
Breathless (12") Animalized 1987
Gold And Poison (LP) Nettwerk 1987
Gold And Poison (Digitalis Ambigua) (CD, Album) Nettwerk 1987
Gold And Poison (Digitalis Ambigua) (CD, Album) Nettwerk America 1987
Off The Deep End (12") Nettwerk 1987
Breathless (12") Nettwerk 1988
Breathless (12", Ltd) Regular Records (2), Festival Records 1988
Breathless (12", Single) Nettwerk Europe 1988
Breathless (12", Promo) Nettwerk 1988
Gold And Poison (LP) Regular Records (2), Festival Records 1988
Gold And Poison (Digitalis Ambigua) (CD, Album) Animalized 1988
Oceania - In Performance 1987 (LP) Side Effects 1988
Oceania - In Performance 1987 (LP) Normal 1988
Gold And Poison (CD, Album) Festival Records 1992
Information Overload Unit (CD, Album) The Grey Area 1992
Leichenschrei (CD, Album) The Grey Area 1992
Zamia Lehmanni (Songs Of Byzantine Flowers) (CD, Album) The Grey Area, The Grey Area 1992
Auto Da Fe (CD, Album, Comp) The Grey Area, The Grey Area 1993
Auto Da Fe (CD, Album) Alfa Records, Inc 1993
Oceania - In Performance 1987 (CD) Normal 1993
Auto Da Fe (CD, Comp, RE) The Grey Area, The Grey Area, Mute Records Ltd. 2000
The Last Attempt At Paradise (CDr, RM) Tegal Records 2004
Despair (DVD-V, RE, RM, PAL, Reg) Twin Vision, CaTV 2008
Dokument III0 1979 - 1983 (6xLP + 3x7" + Box, Ltd) Vinyl-on-demand 2008
Dokument III0 1979 - 1983 (6xLP, Ltd + Box, Ltd) Vinyl-on-demand 2008
Dokument III0 1979 - 1983 (6xLP, Whi + 3x7" + Box, Ltd) Vinyl-on-demand 2008
Machine Age Voodoo (CD, Album, RE) Wounded Bird Records 2008
Remixes:
Hold You Down (12") Hold You Down (Remix) Epic 2005
Appears On:
The Myths Collection Part Two (CD) Romanz In Moll Sub Rosa  
The Myths Collection Part One (CD) In The Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1987
Myths 2, System Of Flux & Energies (CD, Comp) In The Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1996
Dalmarnock (CD, Album) Crack! Black Rain 2006
Club Nihil (CDr, Album, Ltd) The Agony Of The Plasma Zero Tolerance (2) 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Music, Noise, Sound & Beat (Cass) No Title, No Title Music For Midgets  
The Last Supper (Cass) Ich Klage An, Satori Musica Maxima Magnetica  
The Myths Collection Part Two (CD) Romanz In Moll Sub Rosa  
A Selection (LP) Zombod M Squared 1981
Alchemy (Cass, Ltd) Untitled Sterile Records 1983
Alchemy (VHS) The Transmutation of M... Twin Vision 1983
Crimes (Cass, Ltd) Disconcert John, Male ... Iphar 1983
The Elephant Table Album (2xLP) Despair X Tract 1983
The Industrial Records Story (LP) Mekano Illuminated Records 1984
The Last Supper (Cass) Ich Klage An, Satori Adventures In Reality 1984
Myths 2, System Of Flux & Energies (LP) In the Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1985
The Industrial Records Story (LP, Comp) Mekano Dro 1985
Vhutemas Archetypi (LP) Invocation (Canto To T... Side Effects 1985
Class X Four (2x12") Metal Dance Razormaid Records 1987
Nettwerk Sound Sampler: Food For Thought (LP) Off The Deep End Nettwerk 1987
Nettwerk Sound Sampler: Food For Thought (Cass) Off The Deep End Nettwerk 1987
The Myths Collection Part One (CD) In The Dying Moments Sub Rosa 1987
Q.E.D. (2xLP + 7" + , Ltd, Gat) Ebony Tower In The Orient N.L. Centrum 1988
The Elephant Table Album (CD) Despair X Tract 1989
The Elephant Table Album (2xLP, RE, Gat) Despair X Tract 1989
Q.E.D. (CD) Ebony Tower In The Orient Staalplaat 1990
Vhutemas Archetypi (CD) Invocation (Canto To T... Side Effects 1990
Dead Time's Exploding Dream (CD, Comp) Breathless (Extended R... Nettwerk 1991
The Tyranny Of The Beat (Cass, Ltd, Promo) In Flagrante Delicto The Grey Area 1991
The Tyranny Of The Beat - Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (CD, Comp) In Flagrante Delicto The Grey Area 1991
The Tyranny Of The Beat - Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (CD, Comp) Inflagranto Delicto Elektra 1991
The Tyranny Of The Beat: Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (VHS) In Flagrante Delicto The Grey Area 1991
The Tyranny Of The Beat: Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area (VHS) In Flagrante Delicto Elektra 1991
Tonal Evidence 4 (CD, Promo, Ltd) In Flagranto Delicto Mute Records Ltd. 1991
Vhutemas Archetypi (CD, Album, Comp) Invocation (Canto To T... Elektra, Mute Corporation (US) 1991
Decadence (5xCD, Enh, Ltd) Off The Deep End Nettwerk 1995
Decadence Disc One (1984 To 1987) Beta Pre-Release Version (CD, Smplr, Promo) Off The Deep End Nettwerk 1995
Mute Bank Compilation (2xCD) In Flagrante Delicto (... Mute Records Ltd. 1995
Myths 2, System Of Flux & Energies (CD, Comp) In The Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1996
Dressed In Black 3 (2xCD) Metal Dance Universal Music (Netherlands) 2001
80's History - The Session 2 (2xCD) Metal Dance Contraseña Records 2002
Kinderringellreihen Für Wahren Toren Des Grals (CD, Album) M..Rökk: Rhythmus Im ... Psychedelic Pig 2002
Surrrrround (Cass) Metal Dance Zoot Sunrise Sounds 2002
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Second A-Chronology 1936-2003 (2xCD, Enh) Slogun Sub Rosa 2003
Recorded Live @ Space Gallery - Pittsburgh 10-15-05 (CDr, Mixed, Ltd, Promo) Genetic Transmission Not On Label 2005
Tales From The Australian Underground - Vol. 2: 1977-1990 (2xCD) Mekano Feel Presents 2006
Can't Stop It! II (Australian Post-Punk 1979-84) (CD) See Saw Chapter Music 2007
Reflection Series #1 (12", W/Lbl) Wars On Islam Medusa Edits 2008
The Northside Revival (12", W/Lbl) Mouth 2 Mouth Medusa Edits 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Angst Pop (LP) Not On Label  
Danceteria (Cass, S/Sided, C90) Not On Label  
Dokument 1979 (10", Ltd, Tra) Not On Label  
The Loft (Cass, S/Sided, C90) Not On Label  
Wiesbaden (Cass) Not On Label  
Al's Bar (Cass, Album, C-4) SPK Club 1982
Live At Danceteria, N.Y.C. June 13/1982 (Cass) Jetset Recordings(2) 1982
SO 36, 19.11.82 (Cass, C50) (π+RQ-J6) Tape Production 1982
Wars Of Islam (Cass, C60) Hard Tv 1982
Angst Pop (LP) Not On Label 1983
From Science To Ritual (Cass) Hard Tv 1983
Hamburg 11.09.83 Markthalle (Cass) Not On Label 1983
Live In Chicago-82 (Cass) Cloister Crime Tapes 1984
Hamburg Markthalle (Cass) Not On Label 1985
Gold And Poison (Cass, Album) Starling 1987
Crimes (LP) Disconcert, Male Mastu... Not On Label 1989
Dark Ambient (1) (CD-ROM, Comp) Invocation, Palms Cros... Домашняя Коллекция 2002
Respiration Chamber (3xCDr + Box, Ltd) Fragments Records 2006

User Reviews:
Crijevo, Oct 12, 2003

Of most true industrial groups to emerge in the late seventies, SPK (the name abbreviated for various formations), alongside Throbbing Gristle, caused fair share of headaches to standard musical establishment, irrationally attacking those areas where their psycho-medical audio-visual research hurt the most. By exposing all sorts of socio-political deviances, SPK created a wall of noise that despite such disturbing imagery creates an environment where music by all means is stripped down to potential energy, a hybrid, the chaos. From science to ritual, from noise to sophistication, SPK created an impressive body of work, ranging from military/noise merchants to the finest ambiental music collection. Their early catalogue is highly recommended although there should be a warning regarding the listener's hearing range because some sounds are produced at such extreme level which are not that easily absorbed. But these sounds are way ahead of their time and for that we hail to SPK. The Sick, the Sinister, the Socialist, the Sexual, the Splintered, the Situationist, the Sad, the Serial, the Smart.

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