MISCELLANY: MYTHOLOGICAL MARTYRS AND MALIGNANT MEMOIRS (THE LOW FIDELITY LIVIDITY RECORDINGS: 1985-1995)

This instalment in the Miscellany series brings together an array of aural oddities and childish experiments. It’s an honest document – rough and raw.

In 1985 a trio of teenagers, myself Alex Pergusey and Nathan Haynes formed a band. We were and will always be ‘The Martyrs of Tragedy’, excerpts are included here.

Also in 1985 I formed my first ‘solo’ project – ‘Margaret’s Malignant Growth’. A number of tracks are included within.

Along with my ‘solo’ endeavours there was also ‘Gash’ a short lived (two day studio collaboration) with my friend Neil McLachlan. Two tracks were worth including here.

A day of recording with Alex Pergusey gave me an hour long tape to explore, my findings can also be found on here.

Before there was Andrew Liles there was Lividity. Two cassettes were released by Lividity, one in 1987 and the other in 1993. The Lividity moniker was abandoned in 1996. Almost all of these recordings were conceived under the name Lividity.

Most of these tracks are much longer in there original form. Some are challenging, others deserve more time and most of them are hissy.

This collection is the best of the worst and the worst of the best from the best of times and the worst of times. The past is a distant planet, but occasionally it’s pleasant to fly by. Zzzzzzzzooooooooooooooommmmm.

Released as a DOWNLOAD and 4 CDR set + DOWNLOAD.

The DOWNLOAD also includes (for the first time digitally) the 2009 box set MISCELLANY DELUXE (SOUVENIRS PERDUS D’ANTAN). 

The CDR set includes 8 extra tracks that will not be available as download. The set comprises of of 4 professionally pressed CDRs in full colour printed individual sleeves which are housed in a recycled card sleeve and envelope which are signed and numbered 1- 65.

There have been 6 releases in the Miscellany series so far. All the physical copies of these releases are now sold out but are available digitally using the links below.

MISCELLANY – DOUBLE CDR – 2002 – DOWNLOAD

MISCELLANY – DELUXE – 13 CDR box set – 2003 – DOWNLOAD

MISCELLANY DELUXE (SOUVENIRS PERDUS D’ANTAN) – 3 LP box set – 2009 – DOWNLOAD

MISCELLANY – LUSSUOSO (ELECTRONICS: 1990 TO 2015) – 3 CD – 2015 – DOWNLOAD

MISCELLANY: MYTHOLOGICAL MARTYRS AND MALIGNANT MEMOIRS (THE LOW FIDELITY LIVIDITY RECORDINGS: 1985-1995) – 4 CDR – 2019 – DOWNLOAD

MISCELLANY: ADDENDUM (FRAGMENTS AND INCONSISTENCIES 1999 – 2013) – CDR – 2023 – DOWNLOAD