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Smersh
Cassette Pets
Order-Nr.: DE-035
Angebot : 26.00 Euro

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2xLP / Dark Entries Records / 2012


Dark Entries has dug deep in the New Jersey basement of Smersh to
release the double LP compilation “Cassette Pets”. Smersh was the duo of
Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard, who started writing music together in
the late 1970s. They were uninterested in traditional notions of
songwriting or live performance. Everything they needed was in
Piscataway NJ: a basement full of musical toys and instruments, novelty
space microphones, a TR-606 (the same “Roland” who was listed as a
member of Big Black), a SH-09 (Cabaret Voltaire’s favorite synth), and —
perhaps most importantly — a couple of tape recorders. Most Monday
nights, they would write a new song from scratch. A couple hours later,
the song was recorded, never to be performed again.


By 1981, this dedication to spontaneous creativity had already
produced countless recordings, and the duo began releasing cassettes as
Smersh via their own Atlas King label. A definitive Smersh discography
may not even be possible, but one lists more than 30 Atlas King
cassettes. As these tapes traded their way across continents, Smersh
developed a devoted following in places far beyond Piscataway, leading
to releases on dozens of other labels from around the globe. For
“Cassette Pets” we have selected 17 songs, featuring some of the many
highlights from Smersh’s vast discography, spanning 1981-1994.


Smersh’s sound is a lush hybrid of techno, industrial, dance, and
experimental. Sometimes easy, sometime not. Most songs revolve around
driving EBM style beats, intricate industrial noise manipulation and
synth melodies. The Smersh sound has so many faces it doesn’t fall into
any one category. Each song has been carefully remastered from the
rapidly decaying cassette originals for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy
Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket
with original drawings by Mike Mangino, lyrics and photos. This the
first time since the original cassette issues that the music of Smersh
is reappearing on vinyl format . “Cassette Pets” is a sneak peak into
the subversive world of New Jersey’s isolated, prolific legends of the
cassette underground.