Almanac for Noise & Politics 2016 / Volume Two

Release Date (Print Edition): 28 May 2016. 104 Pages. A6 Format. ISBN (print edition) 978-3-948332-05-1

The digital edition was published as a DRM-free eBook in June 2024 with the title Almanac for Noise & Politics Volume Two. Subscribe or donate to datacide to get a free copy. ISBN (pdf): 978-3-948332-06-8

The second Almanac for Noise & Politics 2016 (original release date May 28, 2016) is made up of a total of five sections that go into depth on some topics previously examined in datacide. Some of the texts have been previously published, some are new and exclusive or translations.

The first section compiles material about and by Nomex, noise artist and film maker, including a discography of his label Adverse.

The second section consists of two critiques of the Left from a communist point of view, one targeting the knee-jerk anti-Imperialism still prevalent in many sections of the Left, the other is an excerpt from a critique of anarchism by Luther Blissett.

The third section is concerned with our ongoing investigations and denouncements of far Right infiltration in popular culture. We see this as an integral part of antifascist activity. Featured here is the article From Subculture to Hegemony – Transversal Strategies of the New Right in Neofolk and Martial Industrial by

Part 4 consists of an appraisal of the Vision label which CF ran out of Basel, Switzerland in 1986-1992. The main text is an edited English translation of a contribution to the book Heute und danach by Lurker Grand and André P. Tschan, which appeared in 2012. As it is 30 years ago now that the first Vision appeared it makes sense to document this pre-history of Praxis, which was founded in 1992 after Vision was disbanded.
To illustrate this further and make a connection to the present we reprint Die Menschenhauttrommel (the human skin drum) by Alex Buess from the Vision zine Flash Team Report (Vision 18) from 1988.

The final part of this almanac is a catalogue of our exclusive titles, back issues of datacide and available books.

Contents:

Datacide: Introduction

Part One: Nomex

• Jo Burzynska: A life in Full Frequency
• Nomex and John Eden: Emencified Shrillout – Nomex at the Controls Interviewed by John Eden
• Flint Michigan: Listener as Operator
• Nomex & Adverse Discography

Part Two: Critique of the Left

• Christoph Fringeli: Anti-Imperialism – Bankruptcy of the Left? (2016 Remix)
• Luther Blisset: Anarchist Integralism (excerpt + back cover blurb)

Part Three: Anti-Fascism

• Christoph Fringeli: From Subculture to Hegemony: Transversal Strategies of the New Right in Neofolk and Martial Industrial

Part Four: Vision

• Christoph Fringeli: The Sound of Vision 1986-1992: Label History of the Precursor to Praxis
• Alex Buess: Die Menschenhauttrommel

Part Five
Praxis Records News and Catalogue, Datacide Back Issues

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