Von Einem, aka Melbourne experimental musician Mark Groves has just finished work on a 2CD package compiling the Von Einem cassettes he has released on Australian labels Solar Anus, Mazurka Editions, Altered States Tapes, Cantankerous Records, Virulent Rationality and Future Archaic from 2011-2014. Over two hours of material it comes in a 6 panel wallet with 8 page booklet and is mastered by Joe Talia. It should appear in coming months. But in the meantime check out Dirties.
Groves has operated the excellent Sabbatical label since 2006 with Leith Thomas and Marcus Cook. The Von Einem Tapes however is the first release on Index Clean, a new label he has established. He has a few other currently active projects such as Red Wine and Sugar (with Samaan Fieck), Dead Boomers (with Leith Thomas), and Seeping (with David Coen). Previously he’s been a member of True Radical Miracle, Whitehorse, Hans Harms, Dick Threats, Ratsak and Collapsed Toilet Vietnam. The Von Einem Tapes documents solo recordings made in Thornbury during the period 2011-2014 that were released as cassettes on a number of Australian underground labels. As indicated by the project name, the imagery and text for this material was drawn from incidents in South Australia – both contemporary and from the recent past.
You can find it at:
A G Picks (http://agpicks.com.au) (VIC), Polyester Records (http://www.polyesterrecords.com) (VIC), Cipher Productions (http://cipherproductions.storenvy.com) (TAS), Repressed Records (http://www.repressedrecords.com) (NSW), Resistance / Restraint (http://resistancerestraint.bigcartel.com) (VIC), Shame File (http://www.shamefilemusic.com) (VIC)
Enjoy.
