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Pacific 231

Country: France

Pacific 231 is the project of Pierre Jolivet, a sound artist from Paris who later settled in Dublin. Started in the early 1980s, it belongs to the first wave of industrial music and power electronics. Pacific 231 released Unusual Perversions in 1984, and Rotorelief later reissued it on vinyl. Other records include Power Assume (1986), Xochipilli (1993) and Kyben (2017). In 2007 Jolivet made Palestine with Robin Storey (Rapoon), first issued by Old Europa Cafe and reissued by Zoharum in 2021.

Psychic Euthanasia (tape)
Quite original and diverse first cassette by early French post-industrial project, privately released in 1983 with A4 xeroxed cover.
Morality
In 1985, Gary Mundy of Ramleh sent out an invitation. He asked artists in the orbit of his label Broken Flag to respond to a single concept: morality. Define it, refuse it, occupy it, destroy it. The results arrived on a cassette, catalogue number BF…
MV X: Monochrome Visions 2004 - 2014
2014 release ** "In 2014, the Monochrome Vision label celebrates its tenth anniversary. For this event, we have prepared a collection featuring all the artists we have produced over the years. 48 exclusive tracks, almost 4 hours of music. " Featuring…
Palestine
*2022 stock, reduced price* "Palestine is a face-to-face in memoriam between Pacific 231 and Rapoon to the late Bryn Jones 1961-1999 a.k.a. Muslimgauze. The production also supports the justified struggle for a truly free Palestinian nation, a key is…
Unusual Perversions
Unusual Perversions was the first "official" production of Pacific 231, originally released in 1984. Previously,Psychic Euthanasia was a limited edition, self-produced tape, and one of the first DIY experiments from 1981-83. After the short lived Ber…
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Aunt sally
** Limited edition of 500 copies in special packaging - custom made of navy-blue color paper with silver ink silkscreen print, assembled by hand. Comes with a set of 6 postcards with photos from Lebanon. First 50 copies include an extra postcard sign…
Aramesh
Aramesh is the latest collaborative work between Pacific 231 & Vox Populi! A synthesis of East meets West colliding with the most experimental sounds & collages. Building-up stacks of multi-directional creations using the latest Binaural Technology …
Just digging the crazy art
LP album, numbered and stamped vinyl limited edition of 250 copies. The first is the pioneer of noise, experimental, industrial music, the other would rather be a sonorous underrated, surreal, sonic alchemist. Their music Dreamcatcher and Les 24 coup…
Ethnicities
Ethnicities is an electro-acoustical scope of unreleased recordings of PACIFIC 231's post-industrial period. Successive and consecutive cuts were made until he put together the concept of the album as: pluri-cultural diversity of the sounds, tropical…
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