Factrix

Sonic-terrorists FACTRIX (San Francisco, 1979-1982) were amongst the original instigators of "Industrial music". Consisting of Bond Bergland, Cole Palme, and Joseph Jacobs (and occasionally joined by Monte Cazazza), Factrix raised an ungodly caterwaul. Employing modified electronic devices, an abused drum machine, feedback, processed "radio-gitarre", "glaxo-bass", and other unconventional instruments, the resulting tortured sound defied all formulas and bore little resemblance to anything else occurring at that time. FACTRIX performed their first two shows as Minimal Man (with Patrick Miller), later playing gigs with bands such as SPK, Cabaret Voltaire, DNA, Nervous Gender, Tuxedomoon, and Bachelors Even (Christian Marclay). Frequent collaborators included Monte Cazazza, Mark Pauline (Survival Research Lab/SRL), and Tana Emmolo-Smith. Ruby Ray (who provided live projections for Factrix), was also the photographer who helped define the look of such seminal underground publications as "Search and Destroy" and the original tabloid version of "Re/Search", who later put out "Industrial Culture Handbook" ::Current Release/Purchasing Info:: Factrix- "Artifact" | 2-CD | Tesco/Storm | 2003 "...the long overdue double-CD retrospective of the seminal San Francisco based Industrial band FACTRIX (1979-1982). This release has been many years in the making (one of the many significant delays was the seizure of a portion of the CD packaging by a Federal Drug Enforcement Agency SWAT team), and comes packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a lavish 24-page booklet containing numerous archival photos by Ruby Ray and others, liner notes by Carlos McCormick, Michael Moynihan (Blood Axis) and Stanislaw Soblewski, a vintage interview from SLASH magazine conducted by Monte Cazazza (who also appears on some of the band's recordings), detailed credits, full discography, and more. Disc I features all the important studio recordings by the band, none of which have ever appeared on CD. Disc II, "The Unknown Factrix" features numerous live recordings from the band's archives, unreleased studio recordings, and even a Velvet Underground cover...". Purchasing Info - (SOLD OUT as of Oct.2005...) *US Orders: Tesco-USA [http://www.tesco-distro.com] *Europe: Tesco [http://www.tesco-germany.com]