S.P.K.

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The project ideal is to express the content of various psycho-pathalogical conditions, especially schizophrenia, manic - depressive psychosis, mental retardation and paranoia. Information Overload supersedes normal, rational thought structures, forcing deviation into less restrictive mental procedures of so-called 'mental illness'. SPK is trying to be a voice for those individuals condemned to the slow decay of mental hospitals and chemical / electro / surgical therapy, without fetishising them into blatant entertainment product. 'SONIC FOR MANICS' aims to be a vehicle for sharing mental experiences through sound.
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Discography

Releases:
Meat Processing Section (7")   Industrial Records 1980
Despair (2 versions)   Twin Vision ... 1982
Auto-Da-Fé (2 versions)   Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien 1983
Metal Dance (12", EP)   Polydor 1983
Two Autopsy Films: Human Postmortem (VHS)   Twin Vision 1983
Breathless (12", Single)   Nettwerk Europe 1988
Dokument III0 1979 - 1983 (3 versions)   Vinyl-on-demand 2008
Appears On:
The Myths Collection Part One (CD) In The Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1987
Myths 2, System Of Flux & Energies (CD, Comp) In The Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1996
Tracks Appear On:
The Myths Collection Part One (CD) In The Dying Moments Sub Rosa 1987
Q.E.D. (2xLP + 7" + , Ltd, Gat) Ebony Tower In The Orient N.L. Centrum 1988
Myths 2, System Of Flux & Energies (CD, Comp) In The Dying Moments, ... Sub Rosa 1996
The Last Supper (Cass) Ich Klage An, Satori Musica Maxima Magnetica  
Unofficial Releases:
Hamburg 11.09.83 Markthalle (Cass)   Not On Label 1983
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Review by Crijevo Oct 12, 2003
Of most true industrial groups to emerge in the late seventies, SPK (the name abbreviated for various formations), alongside Throbbing Gristle, caused fair share of headaches to standard musical establishment, irrationally attacking those areas where their psycho-medical audio-visual research hurt the most. By exposing all sorts of socio-political deviances, SPK created a wall of noise that despite such disturbing imagery creates an environment where music by all means is stripped down to potential energy, a hybrid, the chaos. From science to ritual, from noise to sophistication, SPK created an impressive body of work, ranging from military/noise merchants to the finest ambiental music collection. Their early catalogue is highly recommended although there should be a warning regarding the listener's hearing range because some sounds are produced at such extreme level which are not that easily absorbed. But these sounds are way ahead of their time and for that we hail to SPK. The Sick, the Sinister, the Socialist, the Sexual, the Splintered, the Situationist, the Sad, the Serial, the Smart.
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SPK - Despair - Part 01