Label: Superior Viaduct - SV004

70年代末〜80年代初頭サンフランシスコのアンダーグラウンド界でかなりの異彩を放った伝説のバンドFactrixのSuperior Viaductリイシュー版。こちらはMonte CazazzaにZ'EVまでが参加してしまった最強のメンツによる82年セカンド。LP版とは異なりスタジオ録音のボーナスと更にはDVDまでが付属するお得な版。







California Babylon is a far more sparse and caustic offering than FACTRIX's debut, Scheintot, documenting their live collaboration with notorious artist MONTE CAZAZZA, who along with recording for THROBBING GRISTLE's Industrial label also coined its "Industrial Music for Industrial People" motto. Originally released on the seminal Subterranean Records in 1982, California Babylon remains one of the best collections of violent guitar and primitive machine-noise resonance ever released. Featuring a musical treatment of the Brion Gysin permutation poem, "Kick That Habit Man," with avant-garde percussionist Z'EV backing the band.