Deadline Paranoia 2/3

Deadline Paranoia has been active in Amsterdam from 86 till 88. They have released 4 cassette albums in small quantities. This release is the second of a series of 3 records that will feature the essence of this band. Due to the fact that they only played live on WHS (dub squat radio) and on the corner of the street during a national celebration day (queens day) they have remained very unknown. The music was recorded at home with a great variety of instruments and self made sound explorations. Except the drummer of this band, he was the only one who has been recorded in a sound studio in a suburb called De Bijlmer. The other musicians would record tapes with sound material, drones, field recordings etc. These sound recordings could be seen as sound collages. They played live with different instruments like bass guitar, acoustic bass, clarinet, radio, synthesizer, bongo, surna, organ etc. the list is endless. Each musician would be responsible for playing 4 instruments and during a few tracks there has been a number of 8 musicians who joined the jam sessions. The layering of sound and rhythms create a rather complicated sense of rhythm that one will experience while listening to the music of Deadline Paranoia. The psychedelic structure of the music also comes from the fact that the use of drugs has been very important for the musicians playing in the band. The band would smoke marijuana for at least a few hours before playing instruments. It was described as a functional use of drugs to be able to play the music the way they felt it.