Abortive Gasp

Abortive Gasp
Abortive Gasp
	«Abortive Gasp» live on 1989-10-26 at Stairways, Hamburg (West Germany)
Background information
Origin	Hamburg, West Germany
Genres	Electro-industrial, Industrial dance music
Years active	1988–1989
Labels	Alternate Media Tapes, Harsh Reality Music
Past members	Tim Paal; Harry Luehr;
Website	Bandcamp

Abortive Gasp was an electro-industrial band formed by lead singer Tim Paal and composer Harry Luehr in 1988 in Hamburg, Germany. The two were often supported by various guest musicians.

History

Within the electronic body music and independent music scenes, the duo was characterized by a high degree of improvisation as well as the early use of dub. Their apolitical stance made them controversial.

The reviews of Abortive Gasp by different music journalists, such as Brian Duguid, were rather positive.^[1] Some of their well-known songs like "Church is Empty" and "Psychgod" received good airplay on particular broadcast stations in the United States,^[2] Belgium, and Australia.

In their final phase, the band drew attention by playing as support for Borghesia, to whose aesthetics they were in strong contrast. The band broke up in December 1989. They were the subject of a short documentary in 2021.^[3]

Discography

Albums

To Have The Second Crack (1988) self-distributed tape
Raw Scent (1989) self-distributed tape
Bullfrog (1989) Alternate Media Tapes^[4]
A Fridge Fulla Bribes (1989) Harsh Reality Music^[5]

References

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230926045620/http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/reviews/musrevs1.html Brian Duguid's music review on ESTWeb, 1995. Archived on 26 September 2023.
^ https://archive.org/details/NoPigeonholesArchives1-7-90 Don Campau's 'No Pigeonholes' 1990 radio show on KOWS (Occidental, CA). Archived on 8 December 2009.
^ https://regenmag.com/news/short-lived-hamburg-electro-industrial-act-abortive-gasp-featured-in-new-documentary-short/ Ilker Yücel's ReGen Magazine, 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ Alternate Media Tapes discography at Discogs
^ http://www.haltapes.com/harsh-reality-music.html Harsh Reality Music, Memphis TN, USA. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

External links

Discogs

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230926045620/http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/reviews/musrevs1.html Brian Duguid's music review on ESTWeb, 1995. Archived on 26 September 2023.

[2] ttps://archive.org/details/NoPigeonholesArchives1-7-90 Don Campau's 'No Pigeonholes' 1990 radio show on KOWS (Occidental, CA). Archived on 8 December 2009.

[3] ttps://regenmag.com/news/short-lived-hamburg-electro-industrial-act-abortive-gasp-featured-in-new-documentary-short/ Ilker Yücel's ReGen Magazine, 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[4] Alternate Media Tapes discography at Discogs

[5] ttp://www.haltapes.com/harsh-reality-music.html Harsh Reality Music, Memphis TN, USA. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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