DISCOGRAPHY:
(including any original sleevenotes):
1998 HOPE (C.D.)
AUDIO RESEARCH EDITIONS (ARECD 101)
a compilation of 68 one-minute tracks on the subject of "hope", includes The Groceries track THE OPIUM OF FOOLS:
THE OPIUM OF FOOLS was recorded on magnetic tape and was played on D2 pro mini-synth, Moog Rogue, Fender Jaguar, Hohner Cembalet 1, violin, pneumatic drill and Tibetan singing bowls. The piece was inspired by the writings of Zdislav Jiri Valacek:
"Hope = Dope, it is the Opium of the fool, just as surely as Sport is the anaesthetic of the dull-witted. That much is irrefutable."
As his fellow countryman Franz Kafka said:
"There is hope.... but not for us."
Other artists appearing on HOPE include Skyray, Keith Rowe, The Land Of Nod, Campbell & Priestman, scanner, Stylus, Longstone, id battery, Wacah Chan, Humming Experiments, Egghatcher and 56 others.
1999 INFRASONIC WAVES VOL. 2 (black vinyl 7" E.P.)
OCHRE (OCH 034)
includes the Groceries track THE OBLIVION ENVOY, alongside 'Box-Flow' by Magnétophone, 'Dry Flowers' by Salomé and 'Usk' by Our Glassie Azoth:
THE OBLIVION ENVOY is an acoustic composition recorded on tape on December 15th and 16th 1998 for Bryndy using acoustic guitar, Tibetan singing bowl, sitar and fireguard.
1999 OCHRE 8 X 8 CLUB No. 5 (clear vinyl 8" E.P.)
OCHRE (OCH 037)
includes the Groceries track TOO MUCH SKY, alongside 'Solar Flame' by Pulsar and 'Discovering The Stars' by UHR vs Grimble Grumble
1999 TRACE (C.D.)
AUDIO RESEARCH EDITIONS (ARECD 102)
a compilation of 70 two-minute tracks on the subject "trace". Contains The Groceries track UNTRACED:
The template for UNTRACED was generated by tracing around a 1974 track by the long forgotten Dutch progressive rock band TRACE (a favourite of the Head Grocer at that time). This was then overlaid with snippets from the Head Grocer's recording archives selected at roughly 3-4 year intervals between 1974 and today, obliterating all traces of the original track in the process. These at times partly deteriorated traces of his past condense the Head Grocer's 25 year recording history into a handy 2 minutes.
Other artists appearing on TRACE include Lee Ranaldo, Henry Priestman, ARPARP, Yoko Ono, Will Sergeant, Stylus, Glynn Williams, Longstone, Max Eastley. Ivan Mitev Dragalov, The Land Of Nod, FON, The Mindwinder and 56 others.
2000 ZERO (C.D.)
AUDIO RESEARCH EDITIONS (ARECD 103)
a compilation of one-minute tracks on the subject "zero" , includes The Groceries track THE NOUGHTH HARMONIC:
An acoustic duet for guitar and Tibetan singing bowl. THE NOUGHTH HARMONIC is achieved by building up melodic phrases until the harmony becomes so complex as to approach zero. At this point, incoherence gives way to radiant clarity, provided by the symbolic circular motion of the singing bowl.
2000 RADIO-D (C.D.)
R-BENNIG (R-BENNIG 050)
The Groceries track THE NOUGHTEENTH HARMONIC appears on this compilation CD of underground music from Wales released by internet radio station Radio D in collaboration with R-BENNIG records. The track is an extended "12-inch discomix" of THE NOUGHTH HARMONIC from the ZERO CD. The CD could be downloaded from Radio-D's website, sadly no longer online.
2001 INFRASONIC WAVES (double C.D.)
OCHRE (OCH025LCD)
The Groceries track THE OBLIVION ENVOY reappears on this CD which compiles all 16 tracks from the four INFRASONIC WAVES 7" EPs onto one CD, along with 17 previously unreleased tracks on the second disc. Full information and track listing can be found on the Ochre Records website at:www.ochre.co.uk, where copies of the CD can also be obtained.
2006 STYLUS - Listen, Time Passes (C.D.)
STYLUS RECORDING COMPANY (SRC001)
An album of remixes and rarities by Llanbadoc based experimentalists STYLUS, includes the Groceries' remix of the track EISTEDDFOD.
Other artists contributing remixes to the project include K188, Experimental Audio Research, Properol Y Colargol and Sion Organ
2008 DIWEDD Y BODDWR (DVD soundtrack)
BUDGIE BLUE BABY PINK FILMS
The Groceries provided much of the music for the soundtrack of 'Diwedd y Boddwr', a 30 minute film by maverick director Johnny R, starring John 'Vietnam' Williams.
Two pieces by the Groceries are featured, in various different mixes and edits: HEMOLYSIS and HYPOCAPNIA.
Other artists contributing to the soundtrack include Y Bogws Boddwr and Y Pibcorn Aur.
We would like to inform you about our next live webcast:
Cobra Killer will provide you with probably the most entertaining webcast of the year, featuring Ben Becker, Peaches, Mignon, Angie Reed, Martin Eder, Eduardo del Gado Lopez, Jan Plewka and Jochen Arbeit.
The webcast starts at 10pm (Berlin time) on November 27th.
I really enjoyed listening to all four tracks, I have been taken by complete surprise by what has been going on around me ... I shall have to get out more.
I have added the following, on comments to Ectogram and Parking non-stop, but being of an increasingly obsessive behaviour I cannot stop myself, so
you might find a visit to Red Wharf interesting?
