Selbstjustiz Subliminal Apocalypse E.P. (Demos 1994)

Exclusive White Label Series. This time with demo recordings made in Hamburg. Hamburg Hardcore! Experiencing the typical career of a Hardcore Hip-Hop/Britcore crew in Germany, Selbstjustiz (German for “Vigilantism”) was founded in the very early 90’s and disbanded sometime in the mid to the late 90’s (1996 in this case) but not without having recorded numerous tracks which then remained unreleased. A career they share with (too) many crews from that era and thankfully Britcore Rawmance still is on its mission to release as most of these as possible, despite their delay of more than 20 years and consequently the lack of interest within today’s scene. Still, there are some people who have not forgotten and appreciate these releases, so respect for that once again, Britcore Rawmance! Having started working on their album it remained unfinished when the band split up in 1996. The good guys from the Berlin based label have now released a chosen six of these on their series entitled “White Label Vandalism”. Coming with the typical cover of the series with graffiti artwork and of course a release sheet this is naturally a white label release, limited to 100 copies. Musically sharing a very similar-sounding style with Radical Committee as released on the same label last year, there are also (not only musical) parallels to Morbid Games from Kellinghusen, Germany. Delivering mostly political lyrics in German, English and Turkish the crew is influenced by several musical genres such as Industrial, Punk, Ragga, early Jungle, Orchestral Music, Dub, Jazz and obviously Britcore their music is different, experimental and one never to pigeonhole. Although the label chose the more conventional Britcore tunes for this release but make up your own mind while listening to the snippets to be found on the below. Those being around here for a while longer might remember our now defunct radio channel, britcore.radio.de which featured two of those album tracks now available on this vinyl. Overall a great example of the spirit of the German Hardcore scene around 1992 to 1995. (www.undergroundunited.de)