Geraldo Made Me Kill- "Free Sex" CDr (1995/2001)

Now we're getting deep.
Henry Dunlevy, the sole consistent member of Geraldo Made Me Kill, has been on the fringes of the fringe scene for 25-odd years now. He's something like a Section 8 Steven Stapleton of Providence, being a dedicated non-musician having brought dozens of folks (myself included) into the fold to collaborate or contribute to GMMK recordings over the years, often without their knowledge (also myself included, haha). Working with found sounds, radio broadcasts, spoken word, cheap synths and electronics, as well as the odd traditional instrumentation, mixed, mashed and manilupated via beat-up tape machines and 4-tracks. Henry had churned out over 15 GMMK albums by the last time I was in frequent contact with him, and I believe hasn't slowed down much in the past 10 years since then.

GMMK is true drug music in every sense. These tracks were all inspired by and about drugs, conceived of, recorded, manipulated and edited, and artwork designed under the influence of drugs.  A history spotted with hospitalization, homelessness, and addiction has contributed to this music remaining as under the radar as it is. At the same time these disparate conditions have unquestionably made it all possible.  Ask anyone who was around the Providence weirdo music scene in the 90s and early 2000s and they'll undoubtedly have stories to tell about the enigmatic character/s responsible for this.

This is one of the classic first-wave releases by the "group", recorded between 1990-95, released on a limited basis on handmade cassette in the following years, and in a cdr edition in 2001. Stylistically all over the place, jumping around from raw sound collage, droning abstract industrial, and damaged experiments with synthwave, funk and even demented reggae. Alternately unsettling, hilarious, creepy, and deeply darkly psychedelic.

Recommended for fans of early Coil and C93, Severed Heads, Negativland, and the Residents' more sinister moments.

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