V.A. - Sevdasiz Hayat Ölümdür / Underground Turkey 7''ep - 1994

That seven inch was the first record documenting the burgeoning DIY punk scene in Turkey of the early nineties. When listening to a recent Turkish band like Ultimate Blowup, i realise those punks came from a long way. "Headbangers was the first Turkish punk band (live recording from 1989, in Turkish). Spinners was the first all-girl punk band in Ankara. The 3 other bands were the precursors of HC Turkish style. Most have disbanded now, except for Radical Noise who has 3 CD's out." These are pretty lo-fi recordings gathered on this record, and the pressing quality's quite bad, i tried my best to reduce the cracks and pops and general surface noise on this slab of vinyl. Crappy music maybe, but the interest here lies elsewhere... Tian an Men 89 record label has an interesting mission about revealing and exposing the unknown and exotic pioneering punk scenes around the world. download

"Anthology of Myanmar Punk-Rock vol.1" (Myanmar/Burma)

With THE ANTS (Taunggyi) / GHOST RIDER (Yangon. Released May 2000, on jungle green vinyl. Meeting the punks of Yangon was one of the highlights of the year 1998! The Ants play fast pop-punk, while Ghost Rider pogoes on Ramones-influenced punk-rock. All songs in Myanmar language. download

ZUBY / VITAMIN ROSTA (Kabardino-Balkaria / Tatarstan)

The first record in our new series "Pank Federatsiya", presenting bands from the different republics of the Russian Federation! Released October 2001, on mouse-grey vinyl. Zuby is thrashy punk from Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria and Vitamin Rosta energetic punk from Tatarstan. Thanks to our friend Sharapov in St Petersburg, our temporary base in the Moluccas islands (Indonesia) could be linked with North Caucasus and Tatarstan and this project become a reality! download

V/A "Dushanbe Punkers and Rockers" LP (Tajikistan)

Mind-blasting comp from the forgotten land of the Pamirs! With Zlo, Ragnarock, Zapadny Kvartal, Zvukovaya Artyel, Trush-Oba, Khorog Rock Band, Kide & the JC, Noch', Ieroglif. Released July 2006. download

NATO.- Russian rock bottled in Armenia 1993

NATO - Ռոլսավան Ռոք: Շիշավոիվաժ Է Հայաստանում (Russian Rock Bottled In Armenia)
Armenian punk band hailing from Yerevan.
Released December 1994, clear orange vinyl, Sold out.
A stay in economically war-damaged Armenia in the Summer of 1993 and the
meeting of those dedicated Yerevan engineer punks and underground
musicians, struggling under unbelievable harsh conditions, compelled us to
release this wonderful Soviet-styled punk record. All musicians are now living
in exile in Moscow. The band later released a split 7" with Roh Dae Woo
(another Yerevan punk band) on Beer City in the US.
Contact Aram at: aram7s@moon.yerphi.am

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