Tadd Mullinix’s Charles Manier project returns with a third double-LP, Luxus Steroid Abamita, an edict of nine new amorphous transmissions and clustered, clangorous, hemi-synthetic funk. This is experimental machine music: it’s inspired by the fringes of dance, but skirts petrified arpeggios and other stock Wave and Technopop emblems. Its spirit elicits Sheffield Post-Punk and Düsseldorfer NDW desiderata, but exploits are crisp, psychedelic, and expansive. Lyrics come as laconic Dada, sociopolitical impressions—in counterpoint to concrète tape smears, echoing guitar deluges, and entrenched in ever-shifting grime. A wide spectrum of density is proffered. Atmospheric zones are submerged, modulating knells. When tempos increase, sample & hold mutations make synthesizers sputter and writhe. The title track and opus,“Yopo (Calcium Tree)” carry this with heavy pulses—storming like locomotives. More

Tadd Mullinix returns to the lesser spotted Charles Manier avatar for the second album release on his Bopside label, and the first under this guise following releases for Nation and Ghostly. The resulting 11 track album is mostly new material with a lineage of inspiration that can be traced back decades, from box banging EBM club trax to spectral beatless excursions. Drawing influence from a variety of sources but still a cohesive, engaging listen - 'American Manier ' is destined to become a future underground classic. More

4x LP and Zine (ft. photos, historical text and track narrations by the artist) set. Nation bring it.
An essential delve in to the retrospective works of SSPS. Limited edition. No repress. HUGE TIP ON THIS!

" You can't fake the funk, as they say and SSPS is pure funk embodied in all he does, the man oozes the funk 24-7!
One of my earliest encounters with SSPS was at one of the infamous Rubulad parties out in Brooklyn....
the man was decked out extravagantly...a cross between Blowfly and some futuristic being zapped
down to earth directly from the P-Funk mothership. Who was this masked man?
The disco vampire, was beating fast disco tracks relentlessly while slamming in his 707 over the records in real time...
not an easy feat, the beauty of the imperfections making it that much more exciting hearing the gallop and wild energy
he was bringing to the crowd, we were eating it up. This is SSPS, fearless in his approach and execution,
a modernist looking to the future but rooted in the past, an artist committed to his art...
all presented with unhinged emotion. It's all or nothing...everything on the table....do or die...the true epitome of style!!!!

Declaring someone a "cult figure" or a "legend" is a huge weight to carry and is often a term that is carelessly thrown around,
but those of us who have dwelled in this "underground" over the last 30 years can say with confidence that SSPS is just that
to many of us, no questions asked, it's not up for debate.

Now, many years later we see the culmination of his electronic works from 2002-2021 committed to record in this 4xlp,
16 track boxed set (plus 45 page booklet) titled SSPS, "The Life and Times of GiGi Black" thus solidifying
Mr. Nicholson's place in the secret world of dance not dance music.

The only way to describe this offering is "full spectrum electronic musical madness" not to be categorized,
never to be pigeonholed, full of surprises and straight from the gut with a direct hit to the heart.
We could go on about the production processes, about his Furr City studio space or his cross country excursions
for work with a truck packed with paintings (but also his music equipment) plugging in and recording during his
pit stops in Motel 6's across the US. But again it doesn't do justice to simply have a small peek inside the man's mind...
the music is beyond the mind. The process is the process and nothing has or can stand in the way of what the SSPS
has done in his long musical life. Punk Rock, Hardcore, House, No-Wave, Industrial, Jakbeat/Slow-Beat and Noise.
it's all there for the taking, it's all intertwined. If you want it, you will find it within SSPS's works.

Nicholson's path is the embodiment of true culture within "dance music" cultivated from years of learning, experimenting,
and pushing the limits with total commitment and immersion. "The Life and Times of GiGi Black" is true life experience,
it is a reflection of someone delving deep into his craft and presenting it with care in opposition to the fast, disposable,
self gratifying click bait culture we see dominating the pages today. The proof is here, drop the needle, enter the world of SSPS.

-Ron Morelli, 2023" More

This 28 minute documented performance will be released on Nation as the next level sound of Jakbeat in passionate craftsmanship as Kindcaid recorded in one take using a sequencer, with improvised keyboards, electronics & metallic percussion, and guitar playing LIVE! More

Beau Wanzer (Mutant Beat Dance) doing his own thing again...this time for NATION, Chicago and way further down the experimental song route than we've heard from him before. Super super heavy business on the format that suits best...Love this man's stuff! TIP! Nation has returned... A label designed to push the underground to a new level of electronic sound through experimental styles of musical consciousness. In our recent releases the idea is to never go with the same formula twice... This is why we emerge for our second release of 2014 with a 10" by long-time Nation affiliate Beau Wanzer. Four sedated tunes. Subtle and not so subtle frequencies drag aside gloomed out rhythms and beat less malfunctions. 'Power Outage' slithers along a marching waltz undercurrent of frizzled out electronics accompanied by broken spectral voices. 'Fabrics' is a malformed hollow arpeggio interlude that worms across the floor. 'Lotraf' is a demented rhythm track with an odd sense of urgency, underneath blankets of weird home movies. 'Thurston Moog' is a contorted synth jam, built upon various recordings and manipulating them into a mesh of guttural tones. More

Nation returns to the forefront - compiling a SERIOUS arsenal of exclusives. Ammunition. Their motto: RWTHO = Rollin’ With True Heads Only. Traxx unleashes an array different styles that make up the elements of the Jakbeat sound. A line-up that's not for the faint of heart! This is the 2nd in the The Modern Electronic Element series. TIP! A label designed to push the underground to a new level of electronic sound through experimental styles of musical consciousness. Nation celebrated it‘s 5th anniversary this year with J.T.C.‘s “Creep Acid“ album, marking the 10th release in the history of our movement. To follow up in our endavour to bring new sounds to the masses, we are proud to present “The Modern Electronic Element Serie 2“ This series was designed to show different aspects within Jakbeat through the mind and conceptional artistry of Traxx and the whole Nation movement. It‘s a state of mind where everything comes together as one! No boundaries... More

Now only 150 Copies Only.... Nancy Fortune on NATION, Chicago....TIP! Nation has Returned! More

A limited edition release from JTC (2AM/FM) of Jakbeat / Experimental Acid - uncompromisingly adventurous and unequivocally Nation. TIP! The Label Say: The 2nd album to be unveiled from Nation is called "Creep Acid" from JTC who's recorded with Spectral, M>O>S, Relief, Creme presents this very special Full Length Production. He was driven by thoughts about the lifespan of many things. Creep Acid carries the resonance of future past More

KILLER KILLER Nation! Saturn V (Traxx & James T Cotton) turn out a sick Wave dipped bomb (live playing / no samples!), while Traxx/DMC enter Bleep warehouse style territory with dark acid vocals... immense More