1982-1986

The work of the MCH Band on this archivally assembled collection could well give The Plastic People Of The Universe a run for their money as the most formidable and outwardly bound Czech unit active during the period represented here.
Led by guitarist / sax player Mikolas Chadima, the array of tracks at hand from a decade or so earlier than "Gib Acht" (their more acclaimed album) are a good bit more rawboned and raucous.
They schematically divided this two disc set between rock and improvised sections, disc one offering up a magnificent array of nervous avant rock motion, tense atmospheric gestures and bass driven minor key grooves that jibe rather a lot with many of the best outfits out of Czechoslovakia during this era from E to Psi Vojaci to Pro Pocit Jistoty.
Disc two veers off into much more purgatorial zones of mystery, abstraction and unease that are almost Einsturzende Neubauten-like at times.

Tracklist:
§ Krokodlak / Weretracer
1-1 Pydisyn / Fiddleson 2:06
1-2 Peklo / The Hell 3:41
1-3 Krokodlak / Weretracer 12:09
1-4 Hobit / Hobbit 7:17
1-5 Vejce / The Egg 4:42
1-6 Král Hromady / The King Of The Castle 4:16
§ Jsme Zdrávi A Daří Se Nám Dobře / We Are Well And We Feel Fine
1-7 Prasinec / Porkcember 5:57
1-8 Procházka Kolem Pivovaru / Walk Around The Brewery 8:21
1-9 Maškara Na Větvi / The Mask On The Branch 5:15
1-10 Prej Hoří Nádodní Divadlo / It's Said The National Theatre Is On Fire 4:20
1-11 Viselci / The Hanged 6:16
1-12 Truppen Marschieren Bei Nacht 6:28
1-13 Kdo Vi... / Who Knows 4:01

§ 198Four Well?!!
2-1 Vylezi Do Třetího Patra / He Mounted The Third Floor 10:57
2-2 198Orwell 12:38
2-3 Oddych / The Rest 2:02
2-4 Nejilépe Poznáš Přítele / A Good Friend's Very Feature Is To Be Seen 5:26
2-5 Beseda / Discussion 1:52
§ Gorleben
2-6 Milosrdný Samaritán / Merciful Samaritan 3:51
2-7 Vedřiny / Heat Vacancy 4:41
2-8 Klekání / Angelus-Bell 3:25
2-9 Leicht / Lež / Lie 6:05
2-10 Gorleben 20:57

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