Bourbonese Qualk Press roundup – March 2015

Lots of new exposure for the Mannequin records CD+2 X LP ‘Bourbonese Qualk 1983-1987’ project and the ‘Lies’ 12″ – from a strange mix of DJ magazine and new ‘industrial’ press…

Resident Advisor

Sentirescoltare (Italian)

“Colonna sonora perfetta della decadenza urbana, tra incubi distopici e sogni libertari, oggi come allora, i Bourbonese Qualk ci mostrano, da un passato mai dimenticato, lo spirito e le forme possibili della resistenza del futuro.”

Igloo Magazine (English)

“Bourbonese Qualk were as difficult as their name suggests: abrasive, uncompromising, highly conceptual and devoted to specific ideals. As one of the early original industrial bands from the UK emerging in the tumultuous wasteland of Thatcher’s England, BQ would influence many other bands to follow”

DJ Broadcast (Dutch)

Hartzine (French)

“…Perfide Albion”

Juno (english)

““God With Us” which originates from their 1983 LP Laughing Afternoon and suggests fragments of their musical legacy has spread deep into the DNA of modern electronic music.”

Qualkology pt1. Vinyl re-release

Bourbonese Qualk 1983-1986

It’s taken a while but, the first of a series of official re-releases of Bourbonese Qualk archive material comes out in a few weeks on the Berlin based Mannequin Label. ‘Bourbonese Qualk 1983-1986’ not surprisingly, is a compilation of tracks taken from the first five albums during the early Crab/Stanza/Gilbert period of 1983-86 and will be available as a Vinyl LP and CD.

Track listing is as follows:

Bourbonese Qualk 1983-1986

• 1. ‘Dream Decade’ Originally released in 1987 on the ‘Bourbonese Qualk’ LP
• 2. ‘Born Left Hearted’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP
• 3. ‘Pogrom ‘ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘The Spike’ LP
• 4. ‘Soft City’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP
  5. ‘Headstop’ Originally released in 1984 on the ‘Hope’ LP
• 6. ‘Gag’ Originally released in 1984 on the ‘Hope’ LP
• 7. ‘Outcry’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP
• 8. ‘Return To Order’ Originally released on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP 1986
• 9. ‘Confrontation’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP
• 10. ‘In-flux’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘The Spike’ LP
• 11. ‘Qualk Street’ Originally released in 1983 on the ‘Laughing Afternoon’ LP
• 12. ‘Backlash’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP
• 13. ‘Sweat it 0ut’ Originally released in 1987 on the ‘Bourbonese Qualk’ LP New
• 14. ‘There is No Night’ Originally released in 1984 on the ‘Hope’ LP
• 15. ‘God With Us’ Originally released in 1983 on the ‘Laughing Afternoon’ LP
• 16. ‘Blood Orange Bargain Day’ Originally released in 1983 on the ‘Laughing Afternoon’ LP
• 17. ‘Shutdown’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘The Spike’ LP
• 18. ‘Invocation’ Originally released in 1984 on the ‘Hope’ LP
• 19. ‘To Hell With The Consequences’ Originally released in 1983 on the ‘Laughing Afternoon’
• 20. ‘Erector’ Originally released on the ‘Hope’ LP
• 21. ‘Black Madonna’ Originally released in 1984 on the ‘Hope’ LP
• 22. ‘Suburb City’ Originally released on the ‘The Spike’ LP
• 23. ‘Workover’ Originally released in 1987 on the ‘Bourbonese Qualk’ LP
• 24. ‘Deadbeat’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘The Spike’ LP
• 25. ‘Insurrection’ Originally released in 1986 on the ‘Preparing for Power’ LP
• 26. ‘This Is The Enemy’ Originally released in 1987 on the ‘Bourbonese Qualk’ LP

The tracks were chosen by Alessandro at Mannequin to focus, I think, on the more electro-minimal, verging on ‘pop’ style. Not the choice I would have made! – I find my early, er, singing, too awkward and painful to listen to, but, it does seem to be what BQ have become ‘known for’ so who am I to argue?

You can get it here:

http://www.mannequinrecords.com/

watch this space [   ] for more re-release news.