Early Christ. material
Posted: 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.
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.