Early Christ. material

7113(18|3) · Post by **7113(18|3)** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:33 am

Is there any more information regarding Christ.'s first two albums available anywhere?
From what I could gather Delicass Harmonium and Yugo77's album covers and release infos came from Christ.'s discography page at Benbecula records circa 2005. Is this all there is or is there more info about this stuff available on the net somewhere?

warning: crazy speculation ahead:
The only two tracks that are available from either album are Moxley Moy and Ritalin, both from Yugo77. The album mix (as judged by duration) of Moxley Moy was featured on Benbecula's Music Volume 1 compilation and Ritalin was played during Christ.'s Peel session in 2003, thankfully enough Christ. released the original 4-track mixes of the two tracks as hidden bonus tracks via his Bandcamp page in 2011. My question is, why these two tracks? Are they the only good ones or are they the only surviving tracks from the albums, the rest being lost for some reason or another?
And then there's the even bigger mystery in the picture - the label that issued the two albums, Hyperact Records, is only known to have issued these two Christ. albums and nothing more. What's bugging me though is that Delicass Harmonium's (1996) catalog number was HYPE01 and Yugo77's (1998) number was HYPE04, which leaves HYPE02 and HYPE03 apparently released in the year 1997. This made me remember that BoC's Catalog 3 and Closes vol. 1 were re-pressed as CD's in the year 1997 - could it be that Catalog 3 and Closes vol. 1 were reissued on Hyperact Records as HYPE02 and HYPE03 respectively? Or is this nothing but some crazy coincidence?
/crazy speculation end

All that aside, would be great to hear more about those or from those albums. The two tracks that are available are really nice in a weird, lo-fi minimalist kind of way.

sevenELIXIR · Post by **sevenELIXIR** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:38 pm

Ritalin is an amazing track. so is moxley moy!

re-phaelam-ed · Post by **re-phaelam-ed** » Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:34 am

does anyone even have yogo77?

have this funny feeling they are 'faux' albums trying to latch on to the boc back catalogue hype. a la catalog3 and acid memories. hype generators.
prob just fabrications. i remember way back when...after he had been on discogs for a while....suddenly there are two unobtainable albums. [used to be a mod there before they started allowing all music to be listed. used to be for electronic music only]

sevenism · Post by **sevenism** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:42 pm

I asked him about these releases years ago at a gig in Nottingham, he said they were self released, and that the other tracks weren't good enough to re-release.

sevenELIXIR · Post by **sevenELIXIR** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 2:22 pm

as much as I would love, and I mean love to hear these old albums, Christ. has made some damn fine music that is available, and I for one am still enjoying it for years after the release.

sevenism · Post by **sevenism** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 6:27 pm

weird, he's posted on Facebook that he just found delicass harmonium in a cupboard and hasn't heard it for twelve years

sevenELIXIR · Post by **sevenELIXIR** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:38 pm

and Ritalin. what a fucking incredible track that is!

Goiter Sanchez · Post by **Goiter Sanchez** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:53 am

Yes, I hope the FB posts are the first signs of an impending reissue!
Chris mentioned in the past that these old tracks would be a sample-clearance nightmare; that could certainly halt a full release...

sevenELIXIR · Post by **sevenELIXIR** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 2:04 am

and another bump. some of his earlier material to be featured on 3 forthcoming releases before Christmas 2014, the first being next Monday. check it

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