Shoc Corridor was the London post-punk quartet of Paul O’Carroll (Voice, Synth), Andy Garnham (Synth, Bass, Drum), Chris Davis (Guitar, Bass, E-Bow) and Nogi Prass (Synth) named after the Sam Fuller film from 1963. Chris met Nogi shortly after moving to London in 1979, started playing music together, fell madly in love and decided to form a band. They recruited Andy, who had previously played in a band with Steve Luscombe of Blancmange, and lyricist and vocalist Paul. A home studio was set up at Andy’s flat in Notting Hill, where the band recorded and rehearsed. More interested in studio experimentation than live performance, the band only played a handful of gigs. Their influences were wide reaching: Kraftwerk, Neu, Cabaret Voltaire, Eno, PIL, and Joy Division. Their equipment list included a Korg MS-20, Wasp, Pro-One, Roland TR-808, WEM Copicat, guitars, bass, e-bow and an assortment of effects pedals. The crucial fifth member of the band was, of course, a TEAC reel-to-reel 4-track recorder.
After recording a four song demo they were offered a deal by Shout Records. The debut 12” single, ‘A Blind Sign’, was released in autumn 1982 and the band booked a studio to record an album’s worth of songs that winter. But Nogi received notification from the home office that she would have to leave the UK when her visa expired at the end of the year. Chris was faced with a dilemma – follow Nogi to Israel or continue with the band. Nogi and Chis recorded their tracks for the album and left London shortly after. Paul and Andy were left to complete the album at Ollie’s Studio with Dutch engineer Paul Groothuis. It was titled “Experiments in Incest” and released in March 1983. Six songs, clocking in at almost 40 minutes, the album is largely instrumental pieces built around electronic rhythm tracks and layers of ethereal keyboard melodies. Evocative and dreamy, the music escorts you on a tour of icy landscapes, with Paul’s occasional deep, rich vocals guiding the way. As one reviewer stated, this album is a “hypnotic electronic soundtrack music for a movie of the mind”.
All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios for Dark Entries Records. The cover is an exact replica of the original neon red jacket, featuring stick figure artwork by Paul O’Carroll.
“Wait for the sun to come out, open the windows, close your eyes and play” (John Gill, Time Out 1983).
Also available on 12” vinyl LP from Dark Entries Records (DE-100)
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released September 24, 2015
(C) 2015 Dark Entries Records
All Songs Written, Composed & Recorded By Shoc Corridor
Paul O’Carroll - Voice, Synth
Andy Garnham - Synth, Bass, Drum
Chris Davis - Guitar, Bass, E-Bow
Nogi Prass - Synth
Lyrics By Paul O’Carroll
Engineered By Paul Groothuis (Tracks: A1, A3, B1-B3)
Graeme Holdaway (A2)
Produced By Paul Groothuis, Paul O’Carroll, Andy Garnham
All Songs Recorded At Ollie Studio Except For “On Reflexion” Recorded At Decibel Studios And Remixed At Ollie Studio.
Remastered By George Horn At Fantasy Studios, Berkeley 2015.
Cover Design By Paul O’Carroll
Layout Production By Eloise Leigh
Thank You Chris Davis, Paul O’Carroll, Simon Dell, Yosi Shapira
Eloise Leigh, Joe Tarantino, George Horn
Dedicated To The Memory Of Andy Garnham
Chris+Nogi were founder members of English electronic post-punk band Shoc Corridor with Paul O'Carroll and Andy
Garnham.
Lunar Mansions is the music project of Chris and Paul.
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When Andrew Clinco (aka Deb Demure) was sitting in his Los Angeles bedroom, listening to the Cocteau Twins and mastering his first album, going back and forth inside the soundbooth bathroom conversion, he didn't expect the response he would receive in return. Later bring Alex Nicolaou (aka Mona D) aboard as the keyboardist, the duo have reinvigorated "The Underground Subculture" music genre with a new chapter in a reminiscence of past bands, but heralding a newly defined gantlet...!!! The Spinglass Hydra
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Such a dense, mystical record with an almost impenetrable shroud of darkness surrounding it. However, once the layers start peeling back, you start seeing the light. It's far away. You'll never touch it. VOIDSPIRE