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  Incredible Expanding Mindfuck - I.E.M. [CHR 001 UK 1996 24-Bit FLAC] A new rip of old personal favourite for 2021. Last ripped for ESWA in August 2012 - I just wanted to hear how good it sounds on a better rig! From a rare vinyl LP (only 500 copies ever pressed) multi-instrumentalist I.E.M. (you must all know who he is by now) blends noise, atmospherics, experimentation, space rock and krautrock into four very different pieces of music.  This is a tribute to the great krautrock artists such as Can and Neu! who were the key exponents behind experimental music from the mid-sixties and well into the seventies. These influences penetrated also in industrial and post-punk music. Between 1996 and 2001, the three albums by I.E.M. were to reach just a tiny audience. So here is the first, pounding drums and driving basslines on The Gospel According To.. mix it with samples, film dialogues and spaced-out guitar solos. ..Emma Peel is a cosmic journey from Stockhausen through to gala...

I.E.M. - IEM Have Come For Your Children [GOD 007 USA 2003 24-Bit FLAC] Incredible Expanding Mindfuck, also known as I.E.M., was a musical project by Steven Wilson from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire UK. Its work is mainly influenced by Krautrock and experimental music from the 1960s and 1970s and is almost entirely instrumental and largely improvised. Three albums and an EP were issued between 1996-2001 - I have featured rips of the debut long player IEM and the final CD Arcadia Son a few years back on ESWA. I though I'd now just fill in the gaps. IEM Have Come For Your Children is a double clear vinyl edition in a PVC sleeve with postcard insert. All the tracks are untitled soundscapes, uptempo motorik beats, dub and distortion most of which blend into one another. The influences here are laden with German bands such as Faust, Neu, Ash Ra Tempel  et al . Enjoy! A1 Untitled B1 Untitled B2 Untitled C1 Untitled C2 Untitled D1 Untitled D2 Untitled ...