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SPK

Profile:
Australian industrial band formed in 1978 in Sydney.

Official name variation only used in print (SPK's own 'Dokument' fanzine): Selective Pornographi Kontrol
Sites:
Wikipedia, nostalgiacentral.com
Members:
Annie Stubbs, Brian Williams, David Virgin, Derek Thompson, Dominic Guerin, Graeme Revell, James Pinker, Jed Town, John Murphy, Karel Van Bergen, Karina Hayes, Mary Bradfield-Taylor, Mike Wilkins (2), Neil Hill, Paul Charlier, Sinan Leong
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Albums
SRC4 SPK - At The Crypt album art SPK At The Crypt (Album) Sterile Records SRC4 UK 1981 Sell This Version
ser01 SPK - Information Overload Unit album art System Planning Korporation* Information Overload Unit (Album) Side Effects ser01 UK 1981 Sell This Version
FRESH TAPE 103, TAPE 103 SPK - The Last Attempt At Paradise (28 April 1982) album art SPK The Last Attempt At Paradise (28 April 1982) (Album) Fresh Sounds Inc, Fresh Sounds Inc FRESH TAPE 103, TAPE 103 US 1982 Sell This Version
T - 9 SPK - Leichenschrei album art SPK Leichenschrei (Album) Thermidor T - 9 US 1982 Sell This Version
004 SPK - From Science To Ritual album art SPK From Science To Ritual (Album, Comp) Plasma Tapes, Viva 004 Italy 1983 Sell This Version
P-13085 SPK - Machine Age Voodoo album art SPK Machine Age Voodoo (Album) WEA, Elektra P-13085 Japan 1984 Sell This Version
NORMAL 33 SPK - Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers album art SPK Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers (Album) Side Effects NORMAL 33 Germany 1986 Sell This Version
NTLC 30017 SPK - Digitalis Ambigua, Gold And Poison album art SPK Digitalis Ambigua, Gold And Poison (Album) Nettwerk NTLC 30017 Canada 1987 Sell This Version
SER 11 SPK - Oceania - In Performance 1987. album art SPK Oceania - In Performance 1987. (Album) Side Effects SER 11 UK 1988 Sell This Version

Singles & EPs
PRS 2643 SPK - Factory album art SPK Factory ‎(7", EP) Side Effects PRS 2643 Australia 1979 Sell This Version
PRS 2617, PRS-2617 SPK - No More album art SPK No More ‎(7", EP) Side Effects, Side Effects PRS 2617, PRS-2617 Australia 1979 Sell This Version
PRS 2655 SPK - Mekano album art SPK Mekano ‎(7", EP) Side Effects PRS 2655 Australia 1979 Sell This Version
IR0011 SPK - Meat Processing Section album art Surgical Penis Klinik* Meat Processing Section ‎(7") Industrial Records IR0011 UK 1980 Sell This Version
M-2009 SPK - See-Saw / Chambermusik album art SoliPsiK* See-Saw / Chambermusik ‎(7") M Squared M-2009 Australia 1981 Sell This Version
SER 03 SPK - Dekompositiones album art SepPuKu* Dekompositiones Side Effects SER 03 UK 1983 Sell This Version
WANTX 1 SPK - Metal Dance album art SPK Metal Dance (Maxi, Single) Desire Records WANTX 1 UK 1983 Sell This Version
ED 5020 SPK - Machine Age Voodoo (Junk Funk) album art SPK Machine Age Voodoo (Junk Funk) Elektra ED 5020 US 1984 Sell This Version
7249244 SPK - Junk Funk album art S P K* Junk Funk (Single) Elektra, Elektra 7249244 New Zealand 1984 Sell This Version
ED 5057 SPK - Flesh And Steel album art SPK Flesh And Steel Elektra ED 5057 US 1985 Sell This Version
SFX 01 SPK - In Flagrante Delicto album art SPK In Flagrante Delicto ‎(12") Side Effects SFX 01 UK 1986 Sell This Version
NT12 3008, NT12-3008 SPK - Off The Deep End album art SPK Off The Deep End ‎(12") Nettwerk, Nettwerk NT12 3008, NT12-3008 Canada 1987 Sell This Version
SPRO-342 SPK - Breathless album art S. P. K.* Breathless (Single) Nettwerk SPRO-342 Canada 1988 Sell This Version

Compilations
WULP 002 SPK - Auto-Da-Fé album art S.P.K.* Auto-Da-Fé (Comp) Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien WULP 002 Germany 1983 Sell This Version
SUB33002-3 SPK - System Of Flux & Energies album art S.P.K.*, Hula (2), General Strike, Les Archives Sonores S.R. S.P.K.*, Hula (2), General Strike, Les Archives Sonores S.R. - System Of Flux & Energies (Comp) Sub Rosa SUB33002-3 Belgium 1985 Sell This Version
ALCB-590/591/592 SPK - Box 1 album art SPK, System Planning Korporation*, Socialistisches Patienten Kollektiv* SPK, System Planning Korporation*, Socialistisches Patienten Kollektiv* - Box 1 (Comp, Album) Mute, The Grey Area ALCB-590/591/592 Japan 1992 Sell This Version

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recorddeviant36

recorddeviant36

October 24, 2021
edited 7 months ago
TG is ground breaking and had some great records but SPk owned it for me , especially thier second Lp and a few early 7"'s
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Norsk_Nihilisme

Norsk_Nihilisme

May 24, 2016
"Information overload unit" ist good, "leichenschrei" is awesome...but "zamia lehmanni" ist absolutely incredible! for me SPK ist definetely one of the best bands in the industrial genre.
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Scrap_Iron

Scrap_Iron

May 25, 2015
Leichenschrei is the quintessential industrial album, the genre could have died the year after without regrets. SPK understood it and changed style, first with silly sugar synth-pop, then with refined dark ambient music and, ultimately, elegant electro pop. I dig Digitalis Ambigua and Oceania a lot. Greaeme Revell went onto composing soundtracks for Hollywood movies, another move towards a different territory. He had seen far.
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toxicthree

toxicthree

February 12, 2015
Leichenschrei is still my favourite purely industrial album of all time...
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HarleyMagoo

HarleyMagoo

October 15, 2013
The best industrial group. Throbbing Gristle need not apply.
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Crijevo

Crijevo

October 12, 2003
edited over 6 years ago
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 exploring (and exploiting) socio-political issues to the extreme, 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 ear-tests to some of the finest ambient music. Their early catalogue is of course more highly recommended although there should be a warning regarding the listener's hearing range for some of it is not that easily absorbed.
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