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Condense / Discography Жанр: Hardcore Punk / Noise Rock Страна-производитель диска: United States Of America Год издания диска: 1994 - 1997 Издатель (лейбл): Pandemonium Records Номер по каталогу: Pan 002, Pan 006, Pan 012 Страна: France Аудио кодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 01:37:16 Источник (релизер): What.cd Cканов: нет Myspase OffsiteДефицитная французкая независимая банда, поющая по-английски и обладающая великолепным саундом и неслабым драйвом.MUST HAVE!
1994 - Air
Label: Pandemonium Records Catalog#: Pan 002 Продолжительность: 00:18:32 Релизер:psychoboy Трэклист: 1. Snakes
2. Quicksands
3. Am I Sick ?
4. Am I Weak ?
5. Slowpace
6. Zorlac
Лог создания рипа
X Lossless Decoder version 20100918 (122.1) XLD extraction logfile from 2010-09-19 12:34:54 +0200 Condense / Air Used drive : SONY DVD RW DW-D150A (revision 1.MG) Use cdparanoia mode : YES (CDParanoia III 10.2 engine) Disable audio cache : OK for the drive with cache less than 2750KB Make use of C2 pointers : NO Read offset correction : 48 Max retry count : 100 Gap status : Analyzed, Appended TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 00:00:00 | 02:23:65 | 0 | 10789 2 | 02:23:65 | 04:21:37 | 10790 | 30401 3 | 06:45:27 | 02:13:30 | 30402 | 40406 4 | 08:58:57 | 03:22:28 | 40407 | 55584 5 | 12:21:10 | 03:21:10 | 55585 | 70669 6 | 15:42:20 | 02:50:37 | 70670 | 83456 All Tracks Album gain : -8.25 dB Peak : 0.999969 Track 01 Filename : /Users/piko/Desktop/Rip/Condense - Air (Unknown Year) [FLAC]/01 - Condense - Snakes.flac Pre-gap length : 00:02:00 Track gain : -8.45 dB Peak : 0.999969 CRC32 hash (test run) : F3FDF293 CRC32 hash : F3FDF293 CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 3480DFED AccurateRip signature : 228F6CAC ->Track not present in AccurateRip database. Statistics Read error : 0 Skipped (treated as error) : 0 Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0 Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Inconsistency in error sectors : 0 Track 02 Filename : /Users/piko/Desktop/Rip/Condense - Air (Unknown Year) [FLAC]/02 - Condense - Quicksands.flac Pre-gap length : 00:01:08 Track gain : -5.73 dB Peak : 0.999969 CRC32 hash (test run) : 7C7D5597 CRC32 hash : 7C7D5597 CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 4CC7C219 AccurateRip signature : 583C58A5 ->Track not present in AccurateRip database. Statistics Read error : 0 Skipped (treated as error) : 0 Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0 Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Inconsistency in error sectors : 0 Track 03 Filename : /Users/piko/Desktop/Rip/Condense - Air (Unknown Year) [FLAC]/03 - Condense - Am I Sick ?.flac Pre-gap length : 00:00:55 Track gain : -8.68 dB Peak : 0.999969 CRC32 hash (test run) : 1341E6A0 CRC32 hash : 1341E6A0 CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 84A1B060 AccurateRip signature : 1968ADD1 ->Track not present in AccurateRip database. Statistics Read error : 0 Skipped (treated as error) : 0 Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0 Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Inconsistency in error sectors : 0 Track 04 Filename : /Users/piko/Desktop/Rip/Condense - Air (Unknown Year) [FLAC]/04 - Condense - Am I Weak ?.flac Track gain : -8.57 dB Peak : 0.999969 CRC32 hash (test run) : CCC06DBC CRC32 hash : CCC06DBC CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 3EF0CFC7 AccurateRip signature : 80F34E4D ->Track not present in AccurateRip database. Statistics Read error : 0 Skipped (treated as error) : 0 Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0 Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Inconsistency in error sectors : 0 Track 05 Filename : /Users/piko/Desktop/Rip/Condense - Air (Unknown Year) [FLAC]/05 - Condense - Slowpace.flac Pre-gap length : 00:01:40 Track gain : -8.59 dB Peak : 0.999969 CRC32 hash (test run) : BD632251 CRC32 hash : BD632251 CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 176870FE AccurateRip signature : C2D48446 ->Track not present in AccurateRip database. Statistics Read error : 0 Skipped (treated as error) : 0 Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0 Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Inconsistency in error sectors : 0 Track 06 Filename : /Users/piko/Desktop/Rip/Condense - Air (Unknown Year) [FLAC]/06 - Condense - Zorlac.flac Pre-gap length : 00:00:55 Track gain : -6.29 dB Peak : 0.999969 CRC32 hash (test run) : F7CE8C29 CRC32 hash : F7CE8C29 CRC32 hash (skip zero) : 19D6C336 AccurateRip signature : 32B1FD6D ->Track not present in AccurateRip database. Statistics Read error : 0 Skipped (treated as error) : 0 Edge jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Atom jitter error (maybe fixed) : 0 Drift error (maybe fixed) : 0 Dropped bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Duplicated bytes error (maybe fixed) : 0 Inconsistency in error sectors : 0 No errors occurred End of status report
Содержание индексной карты (.CUE)
TITLE "Air" PERFORMER "Condense" REM GENRE "Alternative & Punk" REM DISCID 3F045806 FILE "01 - Condense - Snakes.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Snakes" PERFORMER "Condense" INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Quicksands" PERFORMER "Condense" INDEX 00 02:22:57 FILE "02 - Condense - Quicksands.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Am I Sick ?" PERFORMER "Condense" INDEX 00 04:20:57 FILE "03 - Condense - Am I Sick ?.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "04 - Condense - Am I Weak ?.wav" WAVE TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Am I Weak ?" PERFORMER "Condense" INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Slowpace" PERFORMER "Condense" INDEX 00 03:20:63 FILE "05 - Condense - Slowpace.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Zorlac" PERFORMER "Condense" INDEX 00 03:20:30 FILE "06 - Condense - Zorlac.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00
Label: Pandemonium Records Catalog#: Pan 006 Продолжительность: 00:40:30 Релизер:david62442 Трэклист: 01 - 81
02 - Regress
03 - Controlled bleeding
04 - We got the power
05 - In praise of idleness
06 - Ward
07 - (f)Rance
08 - I got A twin
09 - A lie
10 - It's only basic paranoia
11 - obsolete
12 - Scared european home Noisier, ranging somewhere between Cows and Neurosis, "GENUFLEX" is the first full-length by Condense, and easily the best distorted record which has ever been recorded by a French act.
Historical !!!
Лог создания рипа
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009 EAC extraction logfile from 13. November 2009, 23:49 Condense / Genuflex Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH22NS40 Adapter: 0 ID: 1 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 667 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 2:28.00 | 0 | 11099 2 | 2:28.00 | 3:11.32 | 11100 | 25456 3 | 5:39.32 | 3:21.63 | 25457 | 40594 4 | 9:01.20 | 2:29.12 | 40595 | 51781 5 | 11:30.32 | 3:49.30 | 51782 | 68986 6 | 15:19.62 | 5:17.45 | 68987 | 92806 7 | 20:37.32 | 2:15.45 | 92807 | 102976 8 | 22:53.02 | 2:03.52 | 102977 | 112253 9 | 24:56.54 | 2:51.31 | 112254 | 125109 10 | 27:48.10 | 3:44.55 | 125110 | 141964 11 | 31:32.65 | 2:14.40 | 141965 | 152054 12 | 33:47.30 | 6:43.42 | 152055 | 182321 Track 1 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\01 - 81.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 8FB2851E Copy CRC 8FB2851E Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 2 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\02 - regress.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 6135E337 Copy CRC 6135E337 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 3 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\03 - controlled bleeding.wav Peak level 99.1 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 7BCC9CFC Copy CRC 7BCC9CFC Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 4 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\04 - we got power.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 51E56DF7 Copy CRC 51E56DF7 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 5 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\05 - in praise of idleness.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC D8DA407A Copy CRC D8DA407A Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 6 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\06 - ward.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 28A3FA51 Copy CRC 28A3FA51 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 7 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\07 - (f)rance.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:01.18 Peak level 99.8 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 55DB2750 Copy CRC 55DB2750 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 8 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\08 - i got a twin.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC F49620AE Copy CRC F49620AE Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 9 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\09 - a lie.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 8CE7CC6E Copy CRC 8CE7CC6E Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 10 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\10 - it's only basic paranoпa.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:01.17 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC A846B016 Copy CRC A846B016 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 11 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\11 - obsolete.wav Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC B7ECA22B Copy CRC B7ECA22B Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK Track 12 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1995 - Genuflex\12 - scared european home.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:00.97 Peak level 100.0 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC D94DA3A6 Copy CRC D94DA3A6 Track not present in AccurateRip database Copy OK None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database No errors occurred End of status report
Содержание индексной карты (.CUE)
REM DATE 1995 REM DISCID 9F097E0C REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5" FILE "01 - 81.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "02 - regress.wav" WAVE TRACK 02 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "03 - controlled bleeding.wav" WAVE TRACK 03 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "04 - we got power.wav" WAVE TRACK 04 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "05 - in praise of idleness.wav" WAVE TRACK 05 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "06 - ward.wav" WAVE TRACK 06 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 07 AUDIO INDEX 00 05:16:31 FILE "07 - (f)rance.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "08 - i got a twin.wav" WAVE TRACK 08 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "09 - a lie.wav" WAVE TRACK 09 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 10 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:50:18 FILE "10 - it's only basic paranoпa.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "11 - obsolete.wav" WAVE TRACK 11 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:13:42 FILE "12 - scared european home.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00
Label: Pandemonium Records Catalog#: Pan 012 Продолжительность: 00:38:14 Релизер:david62442 Трэклист: 01 - Right of the accused
02 - On parade
03 - A farawell to arms
04 - Nailed to the pavement
05 - Faith
06 - We're so fuckin'bored with the us of A.
07 - Hose
08 - Animosite
09 - une question de langage
10 - A demon inside my head
11 - Deflecting time
12 - Edge of the city "PLACEBO" is their third and final album, less distorted while more powerful.
A genuine masterpiece !!!
Лог создания рипа
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009 EAC extraction logfile from 14. November 2009, 8:48 Condense / Placebo Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH22NS40 Adapter: 0 ID: 1 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 667 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 2:23.12 | 0 | 10736 2 | 2:23.12 | 2:44.00 | 10737 | 23036 3 | 5:07.12 | 2:19.00 | 23037 | 33461 4 | 7:26.12 | 2:42.03 | 33462 | 45614 5 | 10:08.15 | 2:08.20 | 45615 | 55234 6 | 12:16.35 | 2:19.52 | 55235 | 65711 7 | 14:36.12 | 3:50.13 | 65712 | 82974 8 | 18:26.25 | 2:57.62 | 82975 | 96311 9 | 21:24.12 | 3:20.58 | 96312 | 111369 10 | 24:44.70 | 3:32.20 | 111370 | 127289 11 | 28:17.15 | 2:56.72 | 127290 | 140561 12 | 31:14.12 | 2:46.00 | 140562 | 153011 13 | 34:00.12 | 4:14.58 | 153012 | 172119 Track 1 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\01 - right of the accused.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 686CEED7 Copy CRC 686CEED7 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [2DD8DFB3] Copy OK Track 2 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\02 - on parade.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.73 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC F0C4A3D4 Copy CRC F0C4A3D4 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [A6E9CEC5] Copy OK Track 3 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\03 - a farewell to arms.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.13 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 3E4CED87 Copy CRC 3E4CED87 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [4204970C] Copy OK Track 4 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\04 - nailed to the pavement.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:01.78 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 99.9 % Test CRC 6E8C5835 Copy CRC 6E8C5835 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [69C3D341] Copy OK Track 5 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\05 - faith.wav Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC C9472C8D Copy CRC C9472C8D Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [44610495] Copy OK Track 6 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\06 - we're so fuckin' bored with the usa.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.64 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 65099335 Copy CRC 65099335 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [78771D30] Copy OK Track 7 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\07 - hose.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:01.56 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 69AF32C5 Copy CRC 69AF32C5 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [69A11632] Copy OK Track 8 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\08 - animositй.wav Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 888BE8EC Copy CRC 888BE8EC Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [FEE01CAD] Copy OK Track 9 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\09 - une question de langage.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.09 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 6A91FBC4 Copy CRC 6A91FBC4 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [E7FCD9F9] Copy OK Track 10 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\10 - a demon inside my head.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:39.30 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 6299213F Copy CRC 6299213F Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [CC883808] Copy OK Track 11 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\11 - deflecting time.wav Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 99.9 % Test CRC 569EE483 Copy CRC 569EE483 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [2CAD5368] Copy OK Track 12 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\12 - edge of the city.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:01.60 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 9582433D Copy CRC 9582433D Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [40EDCC29] Copy OK Track 13 Filename C:\EACrips\Condense - 1996 - Placebo\13 - _ _.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:18.16 Peak level 99.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 730A3C30 Copy CRC 730A3C30 Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [086645C6] Copy OK All tracks accurately ripped No errors occurred End of status report
Содержание индексной карты (.CUE)
REM DATE 1996 REM DISCID BD08F60D REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5" FILE "01 - right of the accused.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:20:32 FILE "02 - on parade.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 03 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:41:65 FILE "03 - a farewell to arms.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 04 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:17:16 FILE "04 - nailed to the pavement.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "05 - faith.wav" WAVE TRACK 05 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:05:47 FILE "06 - we're so fuckin' bored with the usa.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 07 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:18:10 FILE "07 - hose.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "08 - animositй.wav" WAVE TRACK 08 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 09 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:55:55 FILE "09 - une question de langage.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 10 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:41:35 FILE "10 - a demon inside my head.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "11 - deflecting time.wav" WAVE TRACK 11 AUDIO INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:55:27 FILE "12 - edge of the city.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 13 AUDIO INDEX 00 02:27:63 FILE "13 - _ _.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00
Лог проверки качества
AUDIOCHECKER v2.0 beta (build 457) - by Dester - opdester@freemail.hu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -=== DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! ===- Path: ...\Condense - 1996 - Placebo 01 -=- 01 - right of the accused.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 02 -=- 02 - on parade.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 03 -=- 03 - a farewell to arms.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 04 -=- 04 - nailed to the pavement.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 05 -=- 05 - faith.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 06 -=- 06 - we're so fuckin' bored with the usa.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 07 -=- 07 - hose.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 08 -=- 08 - animosite.flac -=- ERROR 08 -=- 09 - une question de langage.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 09 -=- 10 - a demon inside my head.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 10 -=- 11 - deflecting time.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 11 -=- 12 - edge of the city.flac -=- CDDA (100%) 12 -=- 13 - _ _.flac -=- CDDA (99%) Summary 99,92% CDDA 223302340
Об исполнителе (группе)
Condense is a major group from the French punk/hardcore scene of the 90’s. Formed in 1990, with a permanent lineup finalized in 1992, Condense rocked the concert halls of France and Europe until 1997. Condense was a scenery-chewing band, reputed for the huge sound and emotion of their shows. They recorded 3 albums with Pandemonium Records, a label which was created just to record them. The evolution of the band was closely linked to that of the label, musically and personally, and together they wrote an important chapter in the story of independent French music. Condense was an independent group in every sense of the word, refusing all compromise financially. They maintained total control over their management, musical creation, and graphic images. This group, respected for their ethics and their integrity, continues to be listened to today and to influence other groups despite their early 1997 split. This rather rare fact is why Condense is still a must-listen-to band. Maie Swami <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Condense’s first practices were held with a young guitar prodigy, Varoujan, of Armenian descent. Ten songs were put together and their baptism by fire was several months later in Geneva. Soon after the group put together their final lineup with Wilo, second guitarist, Fabrice, the hard-working bassist, and Maie, their sort of all around guru who acted as both manager and nurse. The alchemy of this motley crew resided in the following characteristics: These people were rock n’ roll animals, some would even see their saviors in them, whose absolute desire for autonomy verged on autistic. Everything. Everything accomplished alone. Without compromise. On stage, this extremism made itself known, and surprised the crowd. Because of their concerts that ended on the edge of lunacy, the group gained a following and made plans to record their first album. The record label belonged to a 30 year old guy who lived with his mother and financed his business with what he could scrape together from unemployment payments. He also had the curious distinction of having the word CRAMPED tattooed in black letters inside his mouth. A sign of good taste if there ever was one. “Air”, their freshman album, allowed them to tour more and more, to gain more confidence and to write new songs. Their next album came soon. “Genuflex” was recorded in Switzerland for the same dole-scraping monomaniac’s label. This time, the critics were united: these guys ruled. They compared them to the greats; some even cited Black Flag. Buoyed by all that, the band redoubled their energy live. No need for Maie to pick up the phone: it was ringing off the hook, and the band toured, toured, toured. To top that all off, they toured in France with Unsane and their English friends Headcleaner snuck them in their suitcases for some shows in Scandinavia. 1995 ended on a high note. After that, the band practiced and wrote intensively, and went to a farm in Auvergne to record their third album, “Placebo”. Next came a 45 day tour where they played in every corner of France, which no independent group had ever done before without a financial benefactor. This tour, so memorable for all those who participated, was nonetheless the swan song for Condense. The excesses and fatigue of life on the road affected the group deeply. They exploded in anger in the middle of a concert in Vitrolles, but finished the tour, giving some fabulous concerts but sealing their fate regardless. Condense gave their last concert in St. Etienne to a packed house in December of 1996. Le Colonel
