| A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction | ||
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| Studio album by Earth | ||
| Released | October 2010 | |
| Recorded | October 1990 at Smegma Studios in Portland, Oregon, USA | |
| Genre | Drone Doom, Drone Metal | |
| Length | 55:14 | |
| Producer | Earth | |
| Earth chronology | ||
| Radio Earth (2008) |
A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction (2010) |
Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I (2011) |
A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction is a compilation album by the Washington drone metal band Earth. Released in October 2010 via Southern Lord Records, twenty years after it's original recording, this compilation captures the full recording session at Smegma Studios. The first three songs would originally appear on the 1991 EP Extra-Capsular Extraction while the last four songs would appear as bonus tracks on the re-issue for Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars. Notably in the liner notes, "A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction" is referred to as the first Earth full-length, "before time, theft and EARTH 2 changed things.".
Background[]
According to the liner notes of the reissue, once Earth would stabilize with a proper lineup in 1990 (Two bassists, a guitarist and a drum machine) the trio would record at the home of Mike Lastra at Smegma Studios in Northeast Portland. Recording on a one-inch 8-track in a house perched on a cliff, the band recorded on a budget of 300 dollars. The band would go back to playing shows but could not afford to put out the demo themselves and would be signed to Sub Pop when Bruce Pavitt watched the band open for L7 in Seattle, agreeing to put out an EP.
"Ouroboros" and "Methadrine" had both been released as bootleg 7" records prior to this release, the former putting the entire song on a 16RPM 7".[1][2] The remaining songs in the sessions would be re-issued as bonus tracks on Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars. The Ajna Offensive would release the entire demo in 2000 on clear vinyl, limited to 360 copies (For each degree of the Earth).[3] Lastly, "Divine and Bright" was released as a 7" single via Autofact in 2003.[4]
Dylan Carlson would write liner notes for the sessions in May 2010 as new artwork and a re-master was composed in the Summer. A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-Capsular Extraction would be released in October 2010 (Twenty years to the month of the original recording session) on CD and 2LP (Clear, Grey and Black). The compilation would attain praise from several publications such as Pitchfork (8/10),[5] The Guardian (8/10),[6] The Sleeping Shaman[7] and Drowned in Sound (9/10)[8] among others.
Tracklist[]
- 1. A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge Part 1 (7:22)
- 2. A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge Part 2 (6:38)
- 3. Ouroboros Is Broken (18:19)
- 4. Geometry Of Murder (7:22)
- 5. German Dental Work (5:20)
- 6. Divine and Bright (3:02)
- 7. Dissolution I (7:11)
Personnel[]
- Dylan Carlson – Guitar, Vocals, Liner Notes
- Joe Preston - Bass, Percussion
- Dave Harwell - Bass
- Kurt Kobain - Vocals (2, 6)
- Kelly Canary - Vocals (2, 6)
- Mike Lastra - Engineer
- Mell Dettmer - Mastering
- Simon Fowler - Illustrations
- Stephen O'Malley - Design