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Historical

by Illusion of Safety

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  • CD 1992 Re-issue Comes in clear regular jewel case.
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    really really shitty cover art that i was not happy with

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    Original issue .Staalplaat – STCD 044. edition of 500. I will include NO Bullet becuase well you know how it is these days. and yes that is Jim O giving us the thrash metal lead guitar of his life

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Historical Pt.1 07:10
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Historical Pt.2 14:22
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Rendering 12:47
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Apparent Crossing 02:39
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Third Rail 10:39
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Autoprotect 03:40
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Musicfuk II 04:59
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Multi track parts recorded at ESS Chicago. Emax sampler a big player here along with Performers– Dan Burke, Jim O'Rourke, Chris Block, Mark Klein, Mitch Enderle, Thymme Jones. And those wailing guitar solos are Jim.
Historical
Previously released as a special-edition (read:expensive) box, this unusual example of ambient industrial is now accessible to the general public (read: affordably priced). Either way, the music is unusual in that it provides ambience as the term is truly defined- "the distinctive atmosphere surrounding or suffusing a person, place or thing" -avoiding the mistaken idea that ambience softly blends into you, rather than pulling you in. True to its name, the band pulls you into an illusive world: The second you have ground to stand on, it's yanked away. This nebulousness makes the record thoroughly disconcerting, the sounds a mixture of electronic noises and samples sparsely interspersed with deadly tales of torture and deviance. Importantly, this record strikes a balance of power and originality essential to a truly-innovative and entertaining record in any genre. Historical is not all loud noises and pensive jerks - each idea flows with the next without obvious, overtly fluid transitions. Illusion Of Safety creates spaces only to destroy them without hesitation, giving its concept of ambience a disturbing presence.
Christina Zafiris
CMJ 02/05/1993

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released October 10, 1991

Initial edition of 500 numbered copies in leather pouch with 22 caliber bullet in center. Released by Staalplaat in 1991. Re-released in 1992 in regular jewel box with really shit cover art. STCD 044.
Staalplaat (initial edition of 500 in leather pouch with
8-track recordings, & sequences by Burke,
Enderle, Klein, O'Rourke, Jones & Block.

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Illusion of Safety Elgin, Illinois

Since 1983, Burke and his many conspirators under the IOS banner have over the course of 40+ releases traversed most every facet of the avant sound plane, from early industrial pop deconstruction to blindingly minimal sound art to densely surreal found-sound collage, creating uneasy music that is dense and dystopian and yet also beautiful. ... more

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