BLACK NOISE
An independent label devoted to individual and
collective releases by the members of Post-Punk band The
Homosexuals. The Homosexuals' first single appeared on the Lorelei
label (q. v.) in 1978. They put out a handful of releases on Black
Noise, in various formats, using a NO-0 numerical series for most of
them. The band's 'Bigger Than The Number... Yet Missing The Dot' EP
(NO-1; 1979) and L. Voag's solo EP 'Move' (MOVE-1; 1979) were the only releases
from the '70s to be in 7" form. The former was
pressed in clear vinyl and it offered the tracks 'You're Not Moving The
Way You're Supposed To (Parts 1 & 2)' and 'Prestel'; the latter had a
blank white label with hand-stampings on it, and it contained the
tracks 'Beauty Spreads', 'Aural Terrorism', We Dress Up Our Ideas' and 'According To Freud'.
Thirty years on, The Homosexuals have achieved cult status, and Black Noise
records have become collectable. Thanks to Robert Bowes for supplying the
scan.
Copyright 2009 Robert Lyons.