'A
satirist may just be a clever twat', however we're
not entirely sure if C23's resident self proclaimed 'audio
satirists' are just twats… Since 1998, Schadenfreude
have produced a string of dubiously post-conceptualised
audio offerings, ranging over subject matter from global
politics, psychoanalysis, club culture, contemporary notions
of celebrity, and the music industry, without actually
addressing any of these issues.
To
find out more about Schadenfreude visit their official
website at: http://www.fluid.ndo.co.uk/schadenfreude.html
Or their myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/schadenfreudetrojan
(Click on thumbnail images to see download options on
the pop-up download pages.)
SCHADENFREUDE
'Ultra Brutal' C23CDR003"
The first Schadenfreude release is a triumph of the musical
artform... From it's inception this work has almost guaranteed
a place for Schadenfreude alongside such names as Morbid
Nork and Putrid Affliction..." or so says, er, Schadenfreude.
Debut CDR of noisy effects and multi shortwave splatter.
Did I just hear someone say commercial suicide ?
SCHADENFREUDE
'Macro Incremental Quasi Ambient Variations' C23CDR004
More works of free idiocy in the form of a 39 minute 'jam'
from these 'performance artistes'- this one featuring
"ethnic instruments from around the world, noises
produced using their own mouths and duvets.." and
a "guest appearance" by Mr. Donald Pleasance.
Oh Dear...
SCHADENFREUDE
'Listen, Move & Dance (A Tribute To Daphne Oram)'
C23CDR005
New One! "Schadenfreude have taken sounds originally
produced by Daphne Oram nearly forty years ago, and created
a structure over which to reproduce their own unique audio
formations... "How much more can we take? And who
the fuck is Daphne Oram? All is revealed in the deadpan
sleevenotes...
SCHADENFREUDE
'Disco Specialists' C23CDR008
Another post-everything study, this time purporting to
explore the sounds and culture of the 70's, in fact it's
an (allegedly) pissed up multi-layered experimental noisefest
utilising everything from cymbals and bass guitar to toy
'keyboards' and kazoo. Bet you can't wait.
SCHADENFREUDE
'Flies on Shit' C23CDR015 (originally in 2xCDR case)
Schadenfreude return with this double CDR deluxe package.
Worth it for the 'artwork' alone. Nearly two hours of
typically Schaden stupidity, including instrumentation
stolen from unsuspecting toddlers, and a visitation from
PKD. Over two discs, 'Flies', and 'Shit', the conclusion
can only be: "Earth, man-- what a shithole.".
SCHADENFREUDE
'The Pudding Crime: Monsters From the ID(iot)' C23_026
An alleged 'interrogation of the Real' (Slavoj Zizek),
or rather, an interrogation of the reality of the "Real",
from C23 resident audio miscreants. Schadenfreude engage
in a redundant (audio) critique of a field of study already
rendered redundant by years of far more well reasoned
philosophical inquiry. Be proud to be diagnosed as dangerously
sadomasochistic on your local psychoanalyst's couch by
downloading this 37 minute frequency-shredder. If there's
an audible frequency not exploited by this release, we'd
like to know….
Jesus
fucking Christ! (or should that be, Jacques fucking Lacan!?)
FULLY
DILATED / SCHADENFREUDE 'Baby, I Love You Like an Unwanted
Child' SPLIT C23_032
A
union that should never have happened? The salutary tale
of a hapless Schadenfreude's impregnatory entrapment by
a ruthless Fully Dilated's desire for Catch 23 council
housing. Expecting harshness? Good Call. Eight tracks
of variegated noise squabble for the Jerry Springer fans
among you. Enjoy!
SCHADENFREUDE
'Superstars of Noise' C23_042
Schadenfreude's latest and long un-awaited bout of sheer assininity. An hour long two track exposé of "the twelve year-old celebritocracy" that is contemporary culture. This is everything you long for and love in a Schadenfreude release... overly long, unnecessarily noisy, and with almost no discernable auditory connection to the concept with which it's been retrospectively imbued... Nice!
ZEBRA MU / SCHADENFREUDE 'The Good, the Bent, and the Twisted' split C23_048
This long-planned toy-based split is finally here! Zebra Mu bends and Schadenfreude twist various children's toys and keyboards, resulting in an often noisy and sometimes bizarre record for all to enjoy! It's bent, it's twisted, and it's all GOOD
