Tracklist:
Ways To The Sea
Threshold
Up From Zero
Offshore
Credits:
Format,: CD 500 copies
Release Date: 2003
Label: Robot Records
Catalogue Number: RR-31
Sleeve and label Design: David Jackman
Notes:
Up From Zero was originally released in 1982 on cassette (Aeroplane Records AR3, UK), This CD re-issue also includes 'Offshore' (1980) a collaboration with Philip Sanderson which first appeared on the David Jackman Snatch Tape, Ritual (TCH211). The cover shows David from sometime in 1979/80.
Side A
Terrain (Jackman and Sanderson)
Side B
Notes:
Three tracks called 'Terrain' were recorded by David Jackman and Philip Sanderson in the Snatch Tapes 'studio' in Paddington, London during the summer of 1980. Side A of the 10 inch features one of these tracks, the second 'Terrain' track appeared on the Jackman/Sanderson tape 0 North in 1981, but has not been re-issued. The third 'Terrain' track became 'Offshore' as featured on the Ritual cassette. The B-side track is from the David Jackman Snatch Tape Adrift.
Review:
From: the Wire Magazine by David Keenan:
In light of Throbbing Gristle finally delivering on punkís broken promise to liberate music from "musicians", the UKís underground tape scene became the suppository for some of the most innovative and challenging noises that followed in punkís wake. At the vanguard was David Jackman. Between 1979 and 1983 he recorded a slew of cassettes under his own name before retreating from view under the name of Organum. Recorded in 1980 "Terrain" is a collaboration with Philip Sanderson who ran the Snatch cassette label. Constructed from what sounds like the slowly bowed bass strings of an electric guitar and looped percussion given halos of echo, itís an understated drone piece that eventually builds to nothing. The flipside "Adrift" is much more striking. Oddly melodic is assembled from a repeating bass and an assortment of looped tapes set in a bizarre waltz time. Over a slowly seesawing backing track muzzy choral blasts rise and fall in a pattern that could be the duoís miniature take on Tangerine Dreamís Zeit. "Adrift was originally the tittle track of a solo Jackman cassette released by Snatch in a run of 20 copies in 1981.Though Die Stadt pressings donít exactly reach mass circulation figures either, the tracks reappearance here is as welcome as it is surprising.
Track Listing
Note: both sides of the LP are collaged into one long track
Side A (Mannequins Positive)
1. Lets see what happens if we try doing this (0.26)
2. Water Bottle Wasp (0.22)
3. Little Bob Minor (3.36)
4. Pity the Small (2.10)
5. Protoslap (0.58)
6. Thin Line Flash of Traffic (0.59)
7. Full English Breakfast(0.53)
8. 111 (4.03)
9. Skid Pan Buoy (2.59)
10. Holiday 82 (0.29)
Side B (Mannequins Negative)
1. Blackheath Episode (4.54)
2. Later that Same Evening (1.38)
3. Live at Top Shop (0.29)
4. Make Customers Matter (1.44)
5. In the Naked Girl's Majesty (1.01)
6. Wasp Bottle (4.11)
7. Our Main Objective (4.41)
Tracks A1, 3, 6, 9, B1, 2, 4, 7 by Philip Sanderson. Tracks A4, 5, 7, 8, 10, B3 by Philip Sanderson & Steven Ball. Tracks A2, B6 by Steven Ball. Track B5 by Philip Sanderson & David Jackman.
Credits:
Format: LP, 300 copies
Release Date: 2004
Label: Fusetron
Catalogue Number: Fuse 036
Sleeve Design: Philip Sanderson & Steven Ball
Notes:
The sleeve features an anamorphic projection, to decipher use a small reflective tube (see rear of cover for diagram)
Side A (Mannequins Positive)
1. Lets see what happens if we try doing this (0.26)
Recorded Deptford 1979 (previously unreleased)
PS: Vocals, Guitar, Short Wave
SB: Guitar, Short Wave
2. Water Bottle Wasp (0.22)
Recorded Maidstone 1981 (previously unreleased)
SB: Bottle, Wasp, Water
3. Little Bob Minor (3.36)
Recorded New Cross 1979 (From the Dark Cuttings cassette)
PS: VCS3
4. Pity the Small (2.10)
Recorded Strood 1980 (previously unreleased)
PS: Loops
SB: Loops and Vocal
5. Protoslap (0.58)
Recorded Elephant & Castle 1981 (previously unreleased)
PS: Vibes, Dr Rhythm
SB: Drums, Dr Rhythm
6. Thin Line Flash of Traffic (0.59)
Recorded Paddington 1980 (From Snatch 2)
PS: Scratched Records, Vocals, Guitar, Short Wave
7. Full English Breakfast(0.53)
Recorded Deptford 1978 (previously unreleased)
PS: Guitar, Short Wave
SB: Guitar, Short Wave
8. 111 (4.03)
Recorded Paddington 1980 (previously unreleased)
PS: Ring Modulator Loops
9. Skid Pan Buoy (2.59)
Recorded Deptford 1979 (From Dark Cuttings)
PS: Scratched Records, Guitar, Vocals
10. Holiday 82 (0.29)
Recorded Elephant & Castle 1981 (previously unreleased)
PS: Dr Rhythm
SB: Vibes
Side B (Mannequins Negative)
1. Blackheath Episode (4.54)
Recorded New Cross 1980 (From A Safe Substitute)
PS: VCS3
2. Later that Same Evening (1.38)
Recorded Deptford 1978 ((From Dark Cuttings)
PS: Guitar, Short Wave
3. Live at Top Shop (0.29)
Recorded Deptford 1978 ((previously unreleased)
PS: Vocals, Oscillator
4. Make Customers Matter (1.44)
Recorded Deptford 1980 (From Gift)
PS: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Scratched Records
5. In the Naked Girl's Majesty (1.01)
Recorded Paddington 1980 ((previously unreleased)
PS: Vocals, Loops
David Jackman: Loops
6. Wasp Bottle (4.11)
Recorded Maidstone 1981 (previously unreleased)
SB: Bottle, Wasp, Water
7. Our Main Objective (4.41)
Recorded New Cross 1980 (From the Table Matters EP)
PS: VCS3, Vocals, Guitar
Side A
Ritual (Jackman)
Side B
Offshore (Jackman & Sanderson)
Credits:
Format: Cassette, 30 copies (see below).
Release Date: 1980
Label: Snatch Tapes
Catalogue Number TCH211:
Sleeve Design: both cover designs by David Jackman
Notes:
There were two versions of this tape; the first limited to 5 copies had a photocopied cover with a stylised bird beak standing erect in a field (the lower image), whilst the second copy was limited to 25 copies and features the cover at the top of the page with the rats. 'Offshore' by David Jackman & Philip Sanderson was included on the CD reissue of Up From Zero in 2003
Side 1
Steven Ball - 60/60
Mental - Sound 2
Ice Yacht - 0 North
Nigel Jacklin - Song
Philip Sanderson - Under Press of Sail
David Jackman - World
Side 2
Claire Thomas - Ashes & Diamonds
Steven Ball - Dressing for the Party
David Jackman - Blues
Alien Brains & Instruments
Orior - Call
Michael Denton - Part 3
Credits:
Format: Cassette, 100 copies (approx)
Release Date: 1981
Label: Snatch Tapes
Catalogue Number: TCH 300
Sleeve Design: Philip Sanderson & David Jackman. Printed sleeve and white inlay card, screen printed turquoise and pink cassette labels,
Notes:
The third and last Snatch Tapes complation. The tracks 'O North' and 'Ashes and Diamonds', here credited to Ice Yacht and Claire Thomas respectively, were later to appear on the Sanderson/Jackman O North tape (AR4). 'Ashes & Diamonds' was mixed by Sanderson using a flute loop made with David Jackman, snippets of vocals by Nancy Slessinger (who sang on 'Bright Waves') all fed through a Revox tape delay. '0 North' is a mix of the drum loop from the Storm Bugs single 'Tin' with Esraj by David Jackman (a slowed down version of the 'Blues' track also found on the tape. Orior were an ambient electronic duo comprising 'Clip' and Phil Hollins who released one single on the Crystal Groove label, and recorded an LP which was not released until 2016 as Strange Beauty. Nigel Jacklin released a number of tapes under the Alien Brains title many of whcih were subsequently re-issued by Vinly on Demand as as a boxset. To accompany Snatch 3 there was a screenprinted A0 poster by Philip Sandersom & Michael Denton. The Orior, David Jackman ('Blues'), and Nigel Jacklin tracks were re-issued on the Snatch Paste LP in 2006. Also included on the LP was an alternative version of the 'Ashes & Diamonds' track called 'Diamonds & Ashes'.
Side 1
Orchestral Introduction
Beach Surgeons: Graham Massey & Friends
Mannequin Moves: John Arnold, Brian McCarthy
Vote Police: Sarah Pomeroy, Vivienne DeVoy
Orchestral Interlude
Mountain Stream
Sea of Wires: 2 Teas & A Funny Hat
Side 2
David Jackman
Scratch Dub: Beach Surgeons, John Cage, Scratch Orchestra with rhythm & loops by David Jackman, Philip Sanderson and Storm Bugs
Lemon Kittens: Danielle Dax, Karl Blake
Storm Bugs: Philip Sanderson, Sarah Pomeroy, Steve Ball
David Jackman
Cultural Amnesia Dub: G. Greenway, B. Norland
Garden Dwarves Dub
Credits:
Format: Cassette, 100 copies
Release Date: 1980
Label: Snatch Tapes
Catalogue Number: None
Sleeve Design: Photocopy onto white paper, design by Philip Sanderson & David Jackman, Alternate cover with floorplan design by Philip Sanderson (only one or two copies exist of the alternate cover)
Notes:
Sanderson had already started work on Snatch 2 when he met David Jackman in spring 1980. Jackman was drafted in to help with the compilation of the tape, with the two creating the loops and assembling the tape in Sanderson's basement flat in Paddington.
As with Snatch 1 the tape cover lists the names of the artists but not the track titles, further details were included on a small booklet sent out with the tape. Here are some further notes.
Side 1
Orchestral Introduction
A short tape loop made by Sanderson & Jackman
Beach Surgeons: Graham Massey & Friends
The Beach Surgeons was one of the many bands that Massey formed including: 808 State, Biting Tongues, and Danny And The Dressmakers. No know track title, not known either who the 'friends' are.
Mannequin Moves: John Arnold, Brian McCarthy
The track is called 'Think Of The Girls You Left Behind was also featured on the compilation Healthy Feet/Murky Depths (1981). The track was re-issued on the Snatch Paste (2006) LP on Vinyl on Demand as 'The Girls You Left Behind':
Vote Police: Sarah Pomeroy, Vivienne DeVoy
Vote Police was a Sanderson 'band'. A tape by Vote Police was released in 1978/79 (around 10 copies). One copy was sent to Indutstrial Records and was included in a list of "tapes received" in Industrial News. No copies of the tape are known to exist. Sarah Pomeroy was briefly a member of Storm Bugs and plays guitar on this track (via a VCS3) the synths and loops etc, are by Sanderson. The track is a mix/version of the Storm Bugs track 'Objective' which was later to feature on A Safe Substitute (1981), re-issued in 2011 on vinyl by Harbinger. Vivienne DeVoy is a Sanderson pseudonym.
Orchestral Interlude
A short tape loop made by Sanderson & Jackman
Mountain Stream
A short tape loop made by Sanderson & Jackman
Sea of Wires: 2 Teas & A Funny Hat
This track is called 'Endless Rainy Day', from the cassette Individually Screened (1981). The track was re-issued as part of The Sea Of Wires / Chris Jones (12) _- Recordings 1980-82 (2014) on Vinly on Demand.
Side 2
David Jackman
Jackman went on to release much highly regraded material as Organum. This track is called 'Untitled' and ia different mix was to appear on the Cherry Red compilation LP Perspectives And Distortion (1981).
Scratch Dub: Beach Surgeons, John Cage, Scratch Orchestra with rhythm & loops by David Jackman, Philip Sanderson and Storm Bugs
A VCS3 percussive sequence by Sanderson, on top of which was mixed snatches: of Cage (unknown piece), Scratch Orchestra (previously unreleased) and a vocal by Graham Massey, taken from the same Beach Surgeons tape as the previous track.
Lemon Kittens: Danielle Dax, Karl Blake
The track is untitled and was not otherwise issued.
Storm Bugs: Philip Sanderson, Sarah Pomeroy, Steve Ball
The track is called 'Thin Line Flash of Traffic' and is spoken and played by Sanderson, subsequently re-issued on the Storm Bugs LP Up The Middle Down The Sides (2005) on Fusetron.
David Jackman
The track is called 'Pulses', not otherwise released.
Cultural Amnesia Dub: G. Greenway, B. Norland
Notes: the track is a looped/tape delay re-working by Sanderson of an original Cultural Amnesia number called 'Cyberforms', which appears on Video Rideo (1981). The band refer to this version as 'Cyberforms Dub'.
Garden Dwarves Dub
Garden Dwarves were a creation of Leif Thuresson who also appears on the compliation Standard Response (1979).