Rosegarden Funeral - These Haunted Hours CDR (1988)

Here is a great donation from Michael from the Return To The East blog. Originally, he had posted another earlier tape by Rosegarden Funeral here couple years back. This unofficial CDR came from a band member and appears to contain most of the material from their third tape (with a few alterations).

I first read about Rosegarden Funeral as a teenager in Mick Mercer's Gothic Rock book, and by the description there... they seemed right up my alley. However, I have never ever seen any of the cassettes for sale (quite a rarity accomplishment!). Musically, gloomy early Sisters of Mercy comparisons without being a total clone... some very nice tracks besides the ones previously heard from the above mentioned post such as "These Haunted Hours" and "Brittle Glass Tears".

Like a few others who run similar blogs, have had some problems with mediafire removing files without warning. Thus, motivation has been rather low lately. Difficult to know why the files were deleted... download traffic, specific matching keywords in file names?? Believe me, most of the stuff on here isn't that easy to find... As a test, I made this file a password-protected, encrypted file and will likely continue this for now on. We'll see...

Rosegarden Funeral - These Haunted Hours CDR (1988)

01. Dead Souls (Joy Division cover)
02. Angel
03. These Haunted Hours
04. Basilisk
05. The Hanging Tree
06. Brittle Glass Tears
07. Strange Fruit (Billy Holiday cover)
08. Hollow Heart
09. An Acid Valentine
10. Vendetta
11. Black Orchid
12. Burial Ground
13. Lifeblood

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Zero Vision - Zero Vision 12" (198?, Self-Released)

One of my favorite 80's German goth/deathrock releases, but never have been able to find any information about them other than their name being mentioned amongst a list of others in the "Ghostriders of German Gothic Vol. 1" compilation. I'm guessing this one came out in the mid-late 80's... but the record contains absolutely no information other than some last name credits. Reminds me of a cobweb drenched Asmodi Bizarr with some Gargoyle Sox camp thrown in.

Preview samples:



Zero Vision - Zero Vision 12" (198?, Self-Released)

01. Scenery
02. Loss of Nerve (Chainsaw)
03. Infinity
04. Fear of The Dark

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VA: Cybernetic Illuminations K7 (1991, Tecdance)

German compilation including all German bands from the early 90's dark electro, ebm, synthpop tape scene. Few of these bands later became established names (Trial, Infam, Fortification 55 ...), while many others are quite obscure. The label Tecdance released a number of other similar compilations.

Preview samples:



VA: Cybernetic Illuminations K7 (1991, Tecdance)

01. Cet Ix - Intro
02. Infam - Searching For Success
03. The Trinity Mania - Black Dots In Space
04. Dying Art - My Little World
05. Trial - Falling Angel
06. Entre Deux Guerres - Let Them Perish Like Flies
07. Cyber - Nervous
08. ROR (Roß Ohne Reiter) - Shine
09. Painful Toys - He Was The Man
10. A.G.F. Foncler - Slaughter Dance
11. Beyond The Dräschtänn - No Name
12. Permanent Perfect? (aka PP?) - Uncertainty IV
13. Brain Surgery - Never Sustain The Pleasure
14. Ass'n Head Union - Butty Holly
15. Check Battery Daily - Time To Stay
16. Fortification 55 - Emptyness
17. The Drum Fondu - Mister Clinchee
18. Bionic - Get Out
19. Solace - Broken Dreams
20. Novo-Scene - Body Party
21. Juniper Hill - Eßt Eure Kinder
22. In Absentia - Toxic Kingdom
23. Cet Ix - Extro (Same As Intro)

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