a blastcorp history lesson!

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2007

blastcorp/the bionic hearts/genevieve graves - hearts blast graves


1. Genevieve Graves - Salmon run
2. Genevieve Graves - Yes
3. Genevieve Graves - Marching after you
4. Genevieve Graves - Returning kings and queens
5. Blastcorp - Held dear
6. Blastcorp - A million reasons why
7. Blastcorp - The sweetest hurt
8. Blastcorp - Soothe me
9. The Bionic Hearts - Girl on the throne
10. The Bionic Hearts - Armed with a guitar
11. The Bionic Hearts - Come on kaleidoscope
12. The Bionic Hearts - From the dream

released december 2007.
12 acoustic indie lovesongs. split album by blastcorp, the bionic hearts and genevieve graves. in handmade felt pouches.

random fact:
1. all the cases were handmade by kris and gemma, with some kind sewing machine help from deb and some button stitching skills from gemma’s mum.

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sound unusual 2007 compilation


released september 2007.
festival compilation of abstract electronics featuring blastcorp track ‘helium’. also starring jason kahn, robin fox and more.

random fact:
1. to launch this cd, blastcorp played a guitar noise duo with ruben from the fairweather dolls inside a disused jail. in the dark. spooky.

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2006

blastcorp - chrysanthemum


A1. How was I to know you were everything
A2. All I see is all ive saved
A3. A thousand miles away
A4. Just what you said
A5. And the birds are blue

B1. The stars will never fall
B2. Melt
B3. No one might ever know
B4. The most beautiful noise
B5. You know just how it feels

released december 2006.
blastcorp’s beats/vox/guitar indie-electronic album on a gorgeous double-sided 12-inch vinyl picturedisc. 10 tracks including a thousand miles away.

random facts:
1. a box of these went, ahem, missing between the record plant in germany and kris in australia. still no word on them…
2. a version of this album was originally going to be relesed by city centre offices but it never worked out.

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2005

blastcorp - the covers EP


1. Lusty (Lamb cover)
2. So good (Destiny’s Child cover)
3. Makes me wanna die (Tricky cover)
4. Step by step (New Kids On The Block cover)
5. City Trash (Magic Dirt cover)

released december 2005.
five song CD of covers, from dancefloor frenzy to bare bones acoustic. mangling destiny’s child, new kids on the block and more.

random fact:
1. there are 16 layers of vocals on the Destiny’s Child cover, to authentically simulate booty harmonies.

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2004

blastcorp - the covers album


1. Wish Fulfilment (Sonic Youth cover)
2. Believe (Smashing Pumpkins cover)
3. Mahogany (Eric B and Rakim cover)
4. Good Time Girl (DMX Krew cover)
5. The Look (Roxette cover)
6. Broken Heart (White Lion cover)
7. Fortunately Gone (Breeders cover)
8. Dropp (Autechre cover)

released december 2004.
eight track CD of covers, including reworks of everything from autechre to roxette.

random fact:
1. broken heart by white lion is the best song ever written. believe it.

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blastcorp - dubs and demos


1. and the birds are blue dub
2. no one might ever know dub
3. thousand miles dub
4. now everything’s impossible (demo)
5. disintergrate (demo)
6. you know just how it feels (demo)

released october 2004 (promo only)
3 dubs of works in progress and three acoustic demos. a nice insight into the blastcorp working process.

random facts:
1. the final versions of four of these songs ended up on chryshanthemum
2. i faked the dubs in ableton live, not a delay unit of mixing desk to be seen. my friend juzzy would not approve…

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2002

blastcorp EP


1. fast one
2. slow one
3. kamahl remix
4. niggazwithamnesia
5. ?! (blastcorp mix)

released september 2002 (promo only)
five track craziness: 2 dancefloor monsters, a remix and two mashups.

random fact:
1. the remix is of a kamahl track and was released on a 3-inch cd in japan that ive only got one copy of.

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2001

blastcorp - ilura


1. Sinking
2. Washing machine
3. Stars and crickets
4. Busybee pinball
5. Slow and low
6. Damaged disco
7. Ilura
8. Twinkle soup
9. Glitter bubbles
10. Missing
11. Falling on my head
12. America

released july 2001.
twelve track instrumental album combining nasty beats, twinkles and very slow pianos.

random fact:
1.the last track america is a recording kris secretly made of two american guys talking about thier girlfriends. they were in a dorm in berlin and i was in there with my minidisc pretending to be asleep.

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2000

shelfstacking


1. subsecret
2. skillbuilder
3. pingpong
4. super taxman
5. sticky bear catch
6. spray/rinse
7. a day at the races
8. latin fever
9. beach blanket volleyball
10. repeat
11. tap dancing is an artform
12. boombox
13. small happy animals just before bed
14. america

released december 2000.
14 tracks of ultra distorted glitch techno. all made by misuing the samples of scratched cd’s in the loop page in an old akai s2800 sampler.

random fact:
1. two of these songs were reworked into songs on ilura. bert hang from the rafters (and ceiling fan) upsidedown at the launch party, which was in a leaking shed i once lived in. luckily, no one was hurt.

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1999

blip


1. newglitchsong
2. mouseybounce
3. four
4. last
5. innertube
6. pianola
7. newerglitchsong
8. dent
9. sheikh
10. they never got it
11. tofu
12. saki
13. hell
14. sockpuppet

released december 1999.
slow pianos, hard beats, glitches….half chill, half choas. my debut album, recorded at home 1999. released december 1999. everything by kris except 9 by kris/the sheikhs