This one is quite a Strange one indeed! Sometimes labelled and promoted as a "techno" record, at others as an "avant-guarde" record, it remains, to this day, a bit unclassifiable. It was almost forcefully sold onto to me by an ex-friend who was pretty much my music pusher in the 90s and such, and looking back at it all now, I feel as though he may have dumped his reject records onto me in order not to have to unload them elsewhere. Not saying that this record is not a good effort, but I can see now why he would have nudged it in my direction and not have kept it for himself.
"Out There" is a double CD collection featuring both previously released material as well and unreleased cuts from such bands/projects as Zoviet France, Horizon 222, Coil, Ø (Mika Vainio), Chris And Cosey, Unit Moebius, and others. While there is a slight techno-sensibility about the album on occasion, the general tone of the album feels a bit more "post-industrial" / "dust" not-quite-aggro oriented, with some odd bits of "trance" and even "noise" thrown in for good measure. While a real record review would carefully detail each track, for simplicity's sake I will only comment on the highlights of the album, in my humble opinion:
CD1:
01. Zoviet France "Synaesthetica": I consider this a highlight strictly because it falls under the good side of Zoviet France; a rather non-threatening and yet non-coma-inducing drone-like ambient piece, perfect for opening up a compilation
03. Coil "Nasa Arab": While I should not consider this one a highlight because it was never one of my prefered Coil pièces, it was a nice fint to have it on CD format as it was, prior to this release, only available on vinyl.
05. Ø "Atomit" : I did not know it at the time (shame on me!) but Ø was Mika Vainio, offering a piece before he began recording with Panasonic. At the time I was not too impressed by the stark minimalism of the piece, but it grew on me.
06. Lords Of Afford "Circular Sore": This was one of those tracks which felt as though it was trying to go into that techno-like arena but just didn't quite make it.
Disc 2:
01. Lord Of Afford "Circular Soar": This one was like the Mirror image or twin of their disc one offering and is indeed in the same vein as "Circular Sore".
02. Ø "Eetteri": Like the track above, this piece is extremelly similar to the Ø piece on the first disc, offering a slightly different variant. Perhaps it was made/designed as a two-parter.
07. Unit Moebius "Panta Rhei": The standout track from the album, a 16+ minute epic highly repetitive techno acid piece which inspired countless of my own créations. Worth the compilation for this track alone!
08. Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia "(Original) Dust": Another standout piece from this early-mid 90s staple of techno-ish music.
09. Abraxas "Hannibal Kantori: Swine Asphixiator": Another standout track, this one closer to noise and "true" industrial (not that industrial dance stuff like FLA and Front 242) than anything else on the record, and perhaps why it sticks out from the rest. Very interesting!
10. Greater Than One/GTO "Take It Easy": A rather funny little piece which has GTO moving away from the 80s sound which made them semi-famous, this one is one of those tracks you hear once but will never forget!
You can probably still find a copy of this compilation for sale at the market place on the discogs database:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Out-There-A-Thread-Through-Time/master/13800
"Out There" is a double CD collection featuring both previously released material as well and unreleased cuts from such bands/projects as Zoviet France, Horizon 222, Coil, Ø (Mika Vainio), Chris And Cosey, Unit Moebius, and others. While there is a slight techno-sensibility about the album on occasion, the general tone of the album feels a bit more "post-industrial" / "dust" not-quite-aggro oriented, with some odd bits of "trance" and even "noise" thrown in for good measure. While a real record review would carefully detail each track, for simplicity's sake I will only comment on the highlights of the album, in my humble opinion:
CD1:
01. Zoviet France "Synaesthetica": I consider this a highlight strictly because it falls under the good side of Zoviet France; a rather non-threatening and yet non-coma-inducing drone-like ambient piece, perfect for opening up a compilation
03. Coil "Nasa Arab": While I should not consider this one a highlight because it was never one of my prefered Coil pièces, it was a nice fint to have it on CD format as it was, prior to this release, only available on vinyl.
05. Ø "Atomit" : I did not know it at the time (shame on me!) but Ø was Mika Vainio, offering a piece before he began recording with Panasonic. At the time I was not too impressed by the stark minimalism of the piece, but it grew on me.
06. Lords Of Afford "Circular Sore": This was one of those tracks which felt as though it was trying to go into that techno-like arena but just didn't quite make it.
01. Lord Of Afford "Circular Soar": This one was like the Mirror image or twin of their disc one offering and is indeed in the same vein as "Circular Sore".
02. Ø "Eetteri": Like the track above, this piece is extremelly similar to the Ø piece on the first disc, offering a slightly different variant. Perhaps it was made/designed as a two-parter.
07. Unit Moebius "Panta Rhei": The standout track from the album, a 16+ minute epic highly repetitive techno acid piece which inspired countless of my own créations. Worth the compilation for this track alone!
08. Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia "(Original) Dust": Another standout piece from this early-mid 90s staple of techno-ish music.
09. Abraxas "Hannibal Kantori: Swine Asphixiator": Another standout track, this one closer to noise and "true" industrial (not that industrial dance stuff like FLA and Front 242) than anything else on the record, and perhaps why it sticks out from the rest. Very interesting!
10. Greater Than One/GTO "Take It Easy": A rather funny little piece which has GTO moving away from the 80s sound which made them semi-famous, this one is one of those tracks you hear once but will never forget!
You can probably still find a copy of this compilation for sale at the market place on the discogs database:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Out-There-A-Thread-Through-Time/master/13800
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