SPK was an Australian industrial music and noise music group formed in 1978… Read Full Bio ↴SPK was an Australian industrial music and noise music group formed in 1978. They were fronted by mainstay member, Graeme Revell on keyboards and percussion. In 1980 the group travelled to the United Kingdom where they issued their debut album, Information Overload Unit. In 1983 Sinan Leong joined on lead vocals. The group disbanded in 1988, two years later Revell and Leong relocated to the United States, where Revell has worked as a Hollywood film score composer. According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, SPK were "at the forefront of the local post-punk, electronic/experimental movement of the late 1970s... their music progressed from discordant, industrial-strength metal noise to sophisticated and restrained dance-rock with strange attributes".
SPK was formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, when New Zealand-born Graeme Revell (aka "EMS AKS", "Operator", "Oblivion") met Neil Hill (aka "Ne/H/il"). Revell was working as a nurse on a psychiatric ward at Callan Park Hospital where Hill was also working. Hill and Revell shared a house and an interest in the manifesto of the German radical Marxist group known as the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv (SPK). The duo were influenced by Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Faust, and John Cage – they started playing their own variety of industrial music as SPK. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane the acronym SPK is variously given as "SoliPsiK, SepPuKu, Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation and Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv". The band recruited two teenagers, Danny Rumour on lead guitar and David Virgin on bass guitar (both ex-Ugly Mirrors, and went on to form Sekret Sekret), on early recordings by SPK in 1979. In that year they independently released three 7" pressings: SoliPsiK as a three-track extended play in April, "Factory" as a single in August and "Mekano" in November.
Dominik Guerin (aka "Tone Generator") joined on synthesisers in 1980, and later concentrated on the band's visual content. In May they issued an EP, Meat Processing Section, as Surgical Penis Klinik. Without Hill, SPK relocated to London where Guerin and Revell recorded their debut album, Information Overload Unit, in a Vauxhall squat with the help of Revell's brother Ashley Revell (aka "Mr.Clean") and Mike Wilkins (guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals). The album's cover has System Planning Korporation with the initials SPK highlighted in red. In June 1980 they issued the single, "Slogun", with lyrics inspired by the Marxist manifesto: "Kill, Kill, Kill for inner peace / Bomb, Bomb, Bomb for mental health / Therapy through violence!" McFarlane suggested "the album's harsh, thumping sound appealed to fans of Throbbing Gristle and early Cabaret Voltaire". Allmusic's John Bush felt it was "(a) noisy record basically comprised of guitar feedback, synthesizer distortion and rigid drum programming". Other musicians working with SPK included James Pinker (drums, percussion) and Karel van Bergan (violin, vocals), who toured with them to the United States. In July 1981 in Australia, the M Squared label released another single, "See Saw". The cover depicts SoliPsiK with members given as Kitka (aka Kit Katalog), Sushi (aka Margaret Hill), Charlyiev (aka Paul Charlier) and Skorne (Neil Hill). Both tracks are co-written by Charlier and Hill.
In 1982 SPK's Guerin and Revell were joined by Brian Williams (aka Lustmord), John Murphy of Forresta di Ferro (aka "Kraang") and Derek Thompson (who later had a brief stint in The Cure and went on to record as Hoodlum Priest). SPK's second album, Leichenschrei (English: The Scream of the Corpse) (1982), shows Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv (English: Socialist Patients' Collective). After its recording they were joined by Sinan Leong on vocals, who had initially auditioned for a planned SPK side-project, Dance Macabre. Leong and Revell later married. In 1983 Thompson left SPK because Revell "wanted to make a very commercial sounding album which I did not". McFarlane found that "SPK had softened the approach somewhat with discernible synth melodies and dance beats coming to the fore amongst the noise". In August 1983, the group issued a compilation album, Auto Da Fé, showing SepPuKu written with SPK in red capital letters. It included three studio tracks recorded in 1981. Bush suggested the album was the "beginning of a more organized approach for SPK material, Auto Da-Fé presents an intriguing industrial-disco fusion, reminiscent of prime contemporary material by Cabaret Voltaire and DAF ... Although fans probably thought of it as an unconscionable crossover attempt, it's still quite experimental in retrospect". The three-track EP, Dekompositiones (also by SepPuKu) followed soon after. Its tracks were added to a later version of Auto Da Fé.
In early February 1984, just before his 28th birthday, Neil Hill committed suicide. Two days later his wife Margaret Hill (nee Nikitenko) died as a result of complications from anorexia. In March SPK issued another single, "Metal Dance", which was co-written by Revell, Leong and Thompson. SPK returned to Australia for a tour and recorded their third album, Machine Age Voodoo, in Sydney which was issued in 1984 on WEA Records. For the album, SPK's Revell and Leong were joined by Jeff Bartolomei on keyboards, Mary Bradfield-Taylor on vocals, Graham Jesse on saxophone, James Kelly on guitar, Sam McNally on keyboards and Phil Scorgie on bass guitar. McFarlane saw the album as "mixed mainstream disco-pop and sweet vocals with electronic experimentation (sort of like Blondie meets Kraftwerk)". While Bush felt it was "another leap towards dance-rock and away from the group's industrial past". The album spawned a single, "Junk Funk" in 1985.
Leong and Revell returned to Australia and added Karina Hayes as vocalist. They issued Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers in 1986 which provided a single, "In Flagrante Delicto". It was followed by Digitalis Ambigua: Gold & Poison in 1987. Allmusic's Sean Carruthers observed that Revell "was in a period of transition... somewhere between the industrial noise of the early years and his later soundtrack work". In 1988, the band issued a live album, Oceania... In Performance 1987 but disbanded during the year. In 1989, Revell moved into work on scores and soundtracks. SPK's track "In Flagrante Delicto" was used by Revell for his work on the soundtrack for the 1989 film, Dead Calm. By 1991 Leong and Revell had moved to Los Angeles.
2) SPK is an electronic / funk act from UK, consisting of Macdonlad and Myatt. Released the single "Easy" in 2004.
Note: if you are here for the Croatian band, please use the tag S.P.K. instead.
SPK was formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, when New Zealand-born Graeme Revell (aka "EMS AKS", "Operator", "Oblivion") met Neil Hill (aka "Ne/H/il"). Revell was working as a nurse on a psychiatric ward at Callan Park Hospital where Hill was also working. Hill and Revell shared a house and an interest in the manifesto of the German radical Marxist group known as the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv (SPK). The duo were influenced by Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Faust, and John Cage – they started playing their own variety of industrial music as SPK. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane the acronym SPK is variously given as "SoliPsiK, SepPuKu, Surgical Penis Klinik, System Planning Korporation and Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv". The band recruited two teenagers, Danny Rumour on lead guitar and David Virgin on bass guitar (both ex-Ugly Mirrors, and went on to form Sekret Sekret), on early recordings by SPK in 1979. In that year they independently released three 7" pressings: SoliPsiK as a three-track extended play in April, "Factory" as a single in August and "Mekano" in November.
Dominik Guerin (aka "Tone Generator") joined on synthesisers in 1980, and later concentrated on the band's visual content. In May they issued an EP, Meat Processing Section, as Surgical Penis Klinik. Without Hill, SPK relocated to London where Guerin and Revell recorded their debut album, Information Overload Unit, in a Vauxhall squat with the help of Revell's brother Ashley Revell (aka "Mr.Clean") and Mike Wilkins (guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals). The album's cover has System Planning Korporation with the initials SPK highlighted in red. In June 1980 they issued the single, "Slogun", with lyrics inspired by the Marxist manifesto: "Kill, Kill, Kill for inner peace / Bomb, Bomb, Bomb for mental health / Therapy through violence!" McFarlane suggested "the album's harsh, thumping sound appealed to fans of Throbbing Gristle and early Cabaret Voltaire". Allmusic's John Bush felt it was "(a) noisy record basically comprised of guitar feedback, synthesizer distortion and rigid drum programming". Other musicians working with SPK included James Pinker (drums, percussion) and Karel van Bergan (violin, vocals), who toured with them to the United States. In July 1981 in Australia, the M Squared label released another single, "See Saw". The cover depicts SoliPsiK with members given as Kitka (aka Kit Katalog), Sushi (aka Margaret Hill), Charlyiev (aka Paul Charlier) and Skorne (Neil Hill). Both tracks are co-written by Charlier and Hill.
In 1982 SPK's Guerin and Revell were joined by Brian Williams (aka Lustmord), John Murphy of Forresta di Ferro (aka "Kraang") and Derek Thompson (who later had a brief stint in The Cure and went on to record as Hoodlum Priest). SPK's second album, Leichenschrei (English: The Scream of the Corpse) (1982), shows Sozialistisches Patienten Kollektiv (English: Socialist Patients' Collective). After its recording they were joined by Sinan Leong on vocals, who had initially auditioned for a planned SPK side-project, Dance Macabre. Leong and Revell later married. In 1983 Thompson left SPK because Revell "wanted to make a very commercial sounding album which I did not". McFarlane found that "SPK had softened the approach somewhat with discernible synth melodies and dance beats coming to the fore amongst the noise". In August 1983, the group issued a compilation album, Auto Da Fé, showing SepPuKu written with SPK in red capital letters. It included three studio tracks recorded in 1981. Bush suggested the album was the "beginning of a more organized approach for SPK material, Auto Da-Fé presents an intriguing industrial-disco fusion, reminiscent of prime contemporary material by Cabaret Voltaire and DAF ... Although fans probably thought of it as an unconscionable crossover attempt, it's still quite experimental in retrospect". The three-track EP, Dekompositiones (also by SepPuKu) followed soon after. Its tracks were added to a later version of Auto Da Fé.
In early February 1984, just before his 28th birthday, Neil Hill committed suicide. Two days later his wife Margaret Hill (nee Nikitenko) died as a result of complications from anorexia. In March SPK issued another single, "Metal Dance", which was co-written by Revell, Leong and Thompson. SPK returned to Australia for a tour and recorded their third album, Machine Age Voodoo, in Sydney which was issued in 1984 on WEA Records. For the album, SPK's Revell and Leong were joined by Jeff Bartolomei on keyboards, Mary Bradfield-Taylor on vocals, Graham Jesse on saxophone, James Kelly on guitar, Sam McNally on keyboards and Phil Scorgie on bass guitar. McFarlane saw the album as "mixed mainstream disco-pop and sweet vocals with electronic experimentation (sort of like Blondie meets Kraftwerk)". While Bush felt it was "another leap towards dance-rock and away from the group's industrial past". The album spawned a single, "Junk Funk" in 1985.
Leong and Revell returned to Australia and added Karina Hayes as vocalist. They issued Zamia Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers in 1986 which provided a single, "In Flagrante Delicto". It was followed by Digitalis Ambigua: Gold & Poison in 1987. Allmusic's Sean Carruthers observed that Revell "was in a period of transition... somewhere between the industrial noise of the early years and his later soundtrack work". In 1988, the band issued a live album, Oceania... In Performance 1987 but disbanded during the year. In 1989, Revell moved into work on scores and soundtracks. SPK's track "In Flagrante Delicto" was used by Revell for his work on the soundtrack for the 1989 film, Dead Calm. By 1991 Leong and Revell had moved to Los Angeles.
2) SPK is an electronic / funk act from UK, consisting of Macdonlad and Myatt. Released the single "Easy" in 2004.
Note: if you are here for the Croatian band, please use the tag S.P.K. instead.
Invocation
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108 Invocation... I will not break beneath your suffocation, alt…
1349 Let the darkness fall, arouse my soul Unveil the mysteries …
Ab-Soul Say hip hop (hip hop) Say hip hop (hip hop) A.L. Now…
Abhor Hear Him who howls with snake's tusk, into the bowels…
Abramelin [Music: Aldridge, Lyrics: Dower] Long has thou dwelt in d…
Anandmurti Gurumaa kalateen kalpant karii sada sajnnnanand data purari.chidanan…
Anaria Hear me Screaming out into the nigth Lost soul Begging for t…
Anti (Taken from the Book "Necronomicon") ZI KIA KANPA (Zee-Ke…
Anúna [ Gaeilge (Irish Gaelic) and English] Ailiu iath nErenn..…
Azarath Raise the chalice, mistress of earth Neither mine, nor bread…
Boyd Rice & Fiends For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Carpenters For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Chakrini Vande 'ham' śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalam' śrī-gurun vais…
Christopher Grundy Hear us, God, for we are praying Hear us, God, for…
Common (Common) Envisioning the hereafter, listenin to Steve Wonde…
Current 93 Now cursed be thee that have ruined our fair land And…
Danzig The demon comes but must be called Comes to all the…
Dayna Kurtz Would you even know me Since I've been away I wake with…
Demoniciduth Come Holy Spirit Come! (Luke 1:35) Unborn children destroye…
Deva Premal Om Satchitananda Parabrahma Purushothama Paramatma Sri Bhaga…
Elfin Saddle The scent of the leaves rustling The shimmering of the wate…
Elkk قلبي في النار رأيي في النار روحي في النار حياتي في النار قل…
Fré Speak through me Grandmother, grandfather Grandmother, grand…
Gary Stadler Under moonlight's misted veil Find the dream on which we sa…
Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule Under moonlight's misted veil Find the dream on which we sai…
Ihsahn Come suffering, Apocalypse Release the fires of Hell I cal…
Infernum Lie down in my mind thunderous King Pure reality... Satan!…
Insanity Reigns Supreme you that create the diversity of the forms open to my…
Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few Cosmic Transitions... Transitions Cosmic.... Cosmic Transit…
Jai-Jagdeesh Tayree Mer Da Bolinhaa Tudh Aagai Ardaas Guru Guru Wahe Guru…
K.f.R Unconquered He moves o'er the mountains Breaking the day, wa…
Khaos Labyrinth Aeonian forces of Khaos Boundless nothing and all I summon, …
Killing Joke (Of the whore bitch goddess Babylon) Hearts of darkness and…
Kukunari Oh the first of suns It wasn't made for us But oh…
Lisa Thiel I call upon Powers of East and Air and all…
Lobotomy I am one it schemes of killing The roared of my…
Manntra (Lei Lei-Lei-Lei Lei-Lei-Lei) (Lei Lei-Lei-Lei Lei-Lei-Lei)…
Mediæval Bæbes By the moon-queen's mystic light By the hush of holy night …
Meth Wax Better go and grab your knife Going out to kill tonight Gonn…
Noctem Aeternus This is the cry of those who could not free…
Non chaos chaos hear that sound when the time comes what are…
Nosferatu The children running to the end of time, Can't escape the…
Path of Destiny Thou, spirit from behind the gates My slave art thou in…
Psychophile Call my name In the light Don't be afraid Call my n…
reinier zonneveld feat. deva premal Om Satchitananda Parabrahma Purushothama Paramatma Sri Bhaga…
Rice Boyd For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
Richard Bona La balalo kina ma chen dèku La biso kun yéléla diki Lôngô…
Sally Oldfield Watch the Sky! Here they come! Samurai of the Sun…
Satan's Doom Spirit of the Moon remembers! Princes of the darkness obey…
Satanic Planet Let us salad now Let us embrace Let us defend Let us reason …
Seven Prajanane brahmā tiṣṭhatu | Let Brahma be in parts of creati…
Shpongle Atandari invocation Yogena cittasya padena vacam …
Shubha Mudgal & Jitender Singh या कुंदेंदु तुषारहार धवला, या शुभ्र वस्त्रावृता | या वीणावर …
Son Of Sam Somewhere in the darkest corner of your darkest dream, There…
Suicidal Tendencies Oh yea, know that shit. Sounds so good I wanna right…
Sympathy Father, Holy Father Hallowed Be Thy name Father, Holy Fat…
The Armada Colours falling under Falling under slowly Fading into dar…
The Carpenters For those whose eyes would see Render them in faith to…
The Incredible String Band you that create the diversity of the forms open to my…
The Undoing of David Wright We invoke thee, o muse Grant to us all the death…
U.S. Station 4 “INVOCATION” O come ye wasted children, whose praises do you…
Wakinyan Cleansing the space for the ritual Sweetgrass, white sage, c…
X-Axis Might not make it to tomorrow Imma need a little more…
You Won't “INVOCATION” O come ye wasted children, whose praises do you…
Ziyon I'm what I've been looking for (I'm what I've been looking…
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