SPK

SPK

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Profile:
Australian industrial band formed in 1978 in Sydney. Later relocated to the UK.
Sites:
Wikipedia, nostalgiacentral.com, Bandcamp
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 At The Crypt — SPK SPK At The Crypt (Album) Sterile Records SRC4 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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ser01 Information Overload Unit — SPK System Planning Korporation* Information Overload Unit (Album) Side Effects ser01 UK 1981 Sell This Version
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FRESH TAPE 103, TAPE 103 The Last Attempt At Paradise (28 April 1982) — SPK 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
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T - 9 Leichenschrei — SPK SPK Leichenschrei (Album) Thermidor T - 9 US 1982 Sell This Version
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004 From Science To Ritual — SPK SPK From Science To Ritual (Album, Comp) Plasma Tapes, Viva 004 Italy 1983 Sell This Version
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P-13085 Machine Age Voodoo — SPK SPK Machine Age Voodoo (Album) WEA, Elektra P-13085 Japan 1984 Sell This Version
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NORMAL 33 Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers — SPK SPK Zamia Lehmanni - Songs Of Byzantine Flowers (Album) Side Effects NORMAL 33 Germany 1986 Sell This Version
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NTLC 30017 Digitalis Ambigua, Gold And Poison — SPK SPK Digitalis Ambigua, Gold And Poison (Album) Nettwerk NTLC 30017 Canada 1987 Sell This Version
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SER 11 Oceania - In Performance 1987. — SPK SPK Oceania - In Performance 1987. (Album) Side Effects SER 11 UK 1988 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
PRS 2643 Factory — SPK SPK Factory ‎(7", EP) Side Effects PRS 2643 Australia 1979 Sell This Version
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PRS 2617, PRS-2617 No More — SPK SPK No More ‎(7", EP) Side Effects, Side Effects PRS 2617, PRS-2617 Australia 1979 Sell This Version
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PRS 2655 Mekano — SPK SPK Mekano ‎(7", EP) Side Effects PRS 2655 Australia 1979 Sell This Version
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IR0011 Meat Processing Section — SPK Surgical Penis Klinik* Meat Processing Section ‎(7") Industrial Records IR0011 UK 1980 Sell This Version
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M-2009 See-Saw / Chambermusik — SPK SoliPsiK* See-Saw / Chambermusik ‎(7") M Squared M-2009 Australia 1981 Sell This Version
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SER 03 Dekompositiones — SPK SepPuKu* Dekompositiones Side Effects SER 03 UK 1983 Sell This Version
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WANTX 1 Metal Dance — SPK SPK Metal Dance (Maxi, Single) Desire Records WANTX 1 UK 1983 Sell This Version
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ED 5020 Machine Age Voodoo (Junk Funk) — SPK SPK Machine Age Voodoo (Junk Funk) Elektra ED 5020 US 1984 Sell This Version
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7249244 Junk Funk — SPK S P K* Junk Funk (Single) Elektra, Elektra 7249244 New Zealand 1984 Sell This Version
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ED 5057 Flesh And Steel — SPK SPK Flesh And Steel Elektra ED 5057 US 1985 Sell This Version
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SFX 01 In Flagrante Delicto — SPK SPK In Flagrante Delicto ‎(12") Side Effects SFX 01 UK 1986 Sell This Version
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NT12 3008, NT12-3008 Off The Deep End — SPK SPK Off The Deep End ‎(12") Nettwerk, Nettwerk NT12 3008, NT12-3008 Canada 1987 Sell This Version
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SPRO-342 Breathless — SPK S. P. K.* Breathless (Single) Nettwerk SPRO-342 Canada 1988 Sell This Version
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Compilations
WULP 002 Auto-Da-Fé — SPK S.P.K.* Auto-Da-Fé (Comp) Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien WULP 002 Germany 1983 Sell This Version
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SUB33002-3 System Of Flux & Energies — SPK 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
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ALCB-590/591/592 Box 1 — SPK 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 about 1 year 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
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.
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.
toxicthree

toxicthree

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

HarleyMagoo

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

Crijevo

October 12, 2003
edited over 7 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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