F/i

F/i

Real Name:
Greg Kurczewski, Richard Franecki, Brian Wensing, Steve Zimmerman
Profile:
F/I are From Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has been around since 1981, releasing half a dozen LPs on RRRecords. The band started out as a unit elaborating on noise structures in the tradition of Throbbing Gristle or Nurse With Wound. They are also influenced by Hawkwind and Spacemen 3.
In 1983 they changed their name from Surfin´ Führers, The to F/i.
Richard Franecki later went on to form Vocokesh but still returning to F/i once n a while.
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Discography

Releases:
Invisible Men (Cass, Album)   Not On Label 1985
Split (LP)   RRRecords 1986
Meridian Channel (Cass)   SSS Productions 1987
Threshold (2 versions)   S.J. Organisation ... 1987
Why Not Now?...Alan! (Album) (2 versions)   RRRecords ... 1987
Space Mantra (Album) (2 versions)   RRRecords ... 1988
Paradise Out Here (LP)   Human Wrechords 1989
Blue Star (LP)   RRRecords 1990
Earthpipe (CD, Album)   Onomatopoetica 1992
Merge Parlour / 3 New Untitled Tracks (LP)   RRRecords 1992
Out Of Space & Out Of Time (CD)   RRRecords 1993
From Poppy With Love (7")   SSS Productions, RRRecords 1995
Helioscopium (CD, Album)   Ceres, Ceres 1997
Space Mantra/BDC Split LP (CD)   Lexicon Devil 2000
The Past Darkly / The Future Lightly (2xCD, Comp, RE, RM)   Lexicon Devil 2002
A Question For The Somnambulist (Album) (2 versions)   Submergence ... 2003
Blue Star/Merge Parlour (CD)   Lexicon Devil 2003
Blanga (CD, Album)   Lexicon Devil 2005
Further Hallucinations In The Garden Of Blanga (Vinyl, Ltd)   Pure Pop For Now People 2009
Recycled Music (Cass)   RRRecords  
Appears On:
F/i + Greyslay III (Cass, S/Sided)   ZH27 1988
Space Box - 1970 & Beyond (3xCD, Comp) Boots Of Ascension Cleopatra 1996
Why Not Now?... Alan! (CD, Album, RE)   Lexicon Devil 2002
Tracks Appear On:
The Gift Of Noise (LP) Stepping Stone, Frat Boy L'Invitation au Suicide 1983
Beyond Step One (Cass, Comp, C60) Glorystomper Sound Of Pig 1984
Home-Made Music For Home-Made People Vol. 2: "Bloody But Chic" (Cass, Comp) Fetish Insane Music 1984
Objekt No. 2 (Cass, Comp) kHz Ladd-Frith 1984
And... Uh... Er... Um... (Cass, S/Sided, C90) Untitled ZH27 1985
God Bless America (2 versions) Hail To The Chief RRRecords 1985
Hear The Roar Of Mountains Volume One (Cass, Comp, C90) Walls (From Lords) Audiofile Tapes 1985
International Sound Communication 4 (Cass, C60) Tunnel (Extract) A Man's Hate Production 1985
Musica Venenæ: Industrial Culture Music Volume 1 (Cass, Comp, C60) Numbing Effect Inner-X-Musick 1985
Necronomicon 2 (2xCass, C90) Azazabee, Mood Sequence Necronomicon 1985
Raped By Four Valentines Day (Cass, Comp, C92) Jetcars, Invisible Man... Watergate Tapes 1985
Mirage (Cass, C90) On/Off Cause And Effect 1986
Outward Inward #2 (Cass) Untitled SSS Productions 1986
Power Electronics (Cass, Comp) On Off Tellus 1986
Transient Sonic Stimulants Volume XXX #96 (Cass, S/Sided, C60) Untitled ZH27 1986
Music From The Dead Zone Two: USA (LP) Trauma (At The Beach) Dead Man's Curve 1987
Objekt No. 3 (2xCass, Comp, C60) Zombie Theme 2 Ladd-Frith 1987
Trois Lapins (Cass, C60) Electric Waltz (Extrait) Underground Productions 1988
Woundz Never Heal! Volume 1 & 2 (2xCass, Comp, C90) Free Form Number 2 Harsh Reality Music 1988
RRR-100 (Comp) (2 versions) Untitled RRRecords 1993
Space Box - 1970 & Beyond (3xCD, Comp) Boots Of Ascension Cleopatra 1996
Fluorescent Tunnelvision (2xCD) Quantum Foam Submergence 2001
Initials C.C. - Out-Takes, Rarities & Personal Favourites 1982-2002 Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp) 2000 Light Years From ... Invisible, Underground, Inc. 2002
Ponder This (CD, Comp) Undisclosed Secret Loc... Submergence Music 2003
Blind Date (File, MP3, Comp) Untitled, Untitled Zeromoon 2004
Raped By Four Valentines Day (File, MP3) Jetcars, Invisible Man... Zeromoon 2004
Aural Fixation (Cass, Comp, C60) Excerpt From "Y" Sound Of Pig  
International Sound Communication 1 (Cass) Is It Worth It? A Man's Hate Production  
Mental / Disorder (2xCass) Raga, Etude 3 P.S. Tapes  
The Urban Autopsy (Cass, Ltd, Comp, C60) 3.3384 Medicinal Tapes  
Unofficial Releases:
None Night Of Flexipop Vol. 5 (CDr) Frat Boy Flexi-Pop  
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