The Jourgensen Sessions

From News:

Climate Criterion International is set to release a project by the band Eight and One Half entitled “The Jourgensen Sessions” produced by Al Jourgensen in 1983. This collection spans a tapestry of sounds, from funk inspired dance grooves in the vein of ABC, to dark electro synths reminecent of early Ministry, Planet Xymox, or Depeche Mode.
This previously unreleased record is a “moment in time”, captured and frozen for over 20 years. For serious Ministry collectors, or fans curious about the “early years” of Ministry and the Chicago Industrial movement, this album is a time capsule and sure to please any fan of music of this era.

Wow…This sounds very interesting. Looking forward to this one.

The samples they have up are pretty cool. I’ll probably pick this up.

The samples they have up are pretty cool. I’ll probably pick this up.

link?

nevermind… i see its in the news section here. ha - i didn’t realize that when you wrote from the “news” revco you meant - THIS SITE’s news. LOL

samples:

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“Planet Xymox”? He must mean Clan Of Xymox.

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Yeah, that’s what I thought…I was gonna ask if maybe that was a side-project, or something…

This looks to be interesting.

Wow, this is pretty fucking awesome.
8 1/2 were a band from Chicago that Jourgensen supposedly produced - I guess now it’s fact. Also, Patty Jourgensen was their manager for a while.

i agree with jlw, plainly fucking awesome.

cool, I’ll definitly be checking this out.

Right on. Listening to the samples right now, and this definitely sounds like something Al would have produced back in the day.

Back in 1983, very few American bands were doing a synth-based sound. Ministry was one of them. Information Society was another (yes, they were around back then). Good to hear more in that style. In those days, if you didn’t use the standard bass/guitar/drums rock band formula you might as well have painted yourself pink and pranced around in a tutu.

–SKot

I remember them. They were quite good live and even opened for Ministry a couple of times back when Katsis was handling both bands.

They couldn’t party for shit though. [:P]

Did 8 1/2 ever “officially” get anything released (prior to now I mean) from those “sessions”? A 12" or two even? A limited run demo tape maybe?

I remember an interview with Al…maybe that 3-part MP3 interview with Richard Skinner that made the rounds a few years ago where he mentions both the Blackouts and 8 1/2.

Sorry for the ancient thread bump. Did this ever get released? I see some vinyl on Gemm.com, but nothing more recent than that.

NO idea… this is all totally new to me… though it sounds tantalizing. I love the Blackouts… I might dig this.

I’m pretty sure that nothing ever came of 8 1/2… As far as the Blackouts stuff we have a pretty comprehensive section to this somewhere on the site. While Blackouts were a bit obscure this site has managed to pull up stuff about them from all over the place over the years.

Peace!

Krowe

I’ll ask David what’s up. I need to check in with him anyway. From what I remember, he was going to release this digitally and then possibly as an actual cd. They did eventually release a 12" in the late 80’s that was pretty decent as well.

I can’t buy the song Miami on there. It’s been stuck in my head for the last two days now.

There are 2 songs from “The Jourgensen Sessions” posted at the Eight and One half site, a complete version of “Cheap Illusion”, and a two minute sample of “Temple of The Night”. Al Jourgensen also played some keyboards on “Temple of The Night”.

    soundclick.com/eightandonehalf

Cool. I’ll be sure to check this out. Thanks much.