releases May 3, 2024

The people who worked on and contributed with Stalingrad on this album are:

Alice Gilmore - vocals & violin
Alison Cooper (Magpahi) - synths & composition
Kevin Ingham (Splet) -production, samples, bass & mastering
Ewan Frater (The Devils / Bavarian Fire Drill) - electronics & samples
Brian Talbot (Doom / Pi$$er / Disciple BC) - guitar, drums, samples & production
Andrew Nolan (Ebola / Wolves Of Heaven) - production and remixing
Michael Gillham (Drunk in Hell / Halalchemists / Smell & Quim) - noise & inspiration
Steven Norgate (Shadow Factory) - synths
Boe Dix-Mason - synths
Charlie Dix-Mason - synths
Ian Leck (Voorhees) - vocals
Sophie Cooper (The Slowest Lift) - vocals
Justin Wood (Pico) - bass
Richard Claxton (Uniorn Love) - vocals
Andrew Irvine (Disaffect) - guitar
Daoud Al-Janabi (Lo Egin) - trombone
Peter Lehtola (Underclass / Hard to Swallow) - vocals
Wayne Southworth (Sore Throat / Doom) - vocals
Liam James Dowling - modular synth
Russell Snell (Pro Patria Mori) - vocals


Fear eats the soul - This is named after the German film made in 1974, we had on previous recordings named songs after films. The initial sample is of a news report from 1975 about the capture of Patty Hearst, and features the LP’s title, She called herself Tanya. Our first LP’s title was a quote from Patty’s mother, Patty We Kind Of Missed You On Your Birthday. This song features the Korg MS-20 that appeared on earlier Stalingrad releases and is performed by its new owner Magpahi. The dialogue is Russell Snell (guitarist) discussing his memories of Michael Allison (drummer). It was recorded during a conversation with Richard Claxton (singer). Michael drowned in the canal near Saltaire in December 2000.

Helicopter spies - This features a part of the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike recording that was leaked by Chelsea Manning and was part of the Iraq War logs. The track is a reworking of the Swell Maps song. They were a group that Michael Allison liked and was influenced by. Michael Gillham who inspired us to do this LP also worked on the first section of this track.

Practised nostalgia - Man is the Bastard were a big influence on us all but Richard and Michael were obsessed with Crossed Out who released a split 7” in 1992. This track features samples from Crossed Out - Practiced Hatred and drums from Blowfly - Sesame Street. Daoud Al-Janabi of the band Lo Egin plays trombone.

Street benzodiazepines - Features audio of Skibadee, Shabba & Stevie Hyper D MCing before DJ Shy FX set at Telepathy in 1997. Jungle was a scene developing at the same time as we were producing music and it started to influence the electronic side of Stalingrad. Rhythm for this track comes from Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love. Sophie Cooper provides vocal at the end of the track.

Hermann Rorschach - The sample at the beginning is from Máxima Acuña’s acceptance speech for the 2016 Goldman Prize. Ian Leck appeared on the 1st LP so was asked to appear on this LP. When asked about his favourite 90s hardcore song he mentioned Rorschach - Pavlov's Dogs. We sampled and chopped up this track and then recorded Ian and Richard performing the vocals from Death to Pigs, a Voorhees song they performed live at a few of the 1in12 weekend festivals. Russ Snell discusses his thoughts on nostalgia within the hardcore scene.

Rise of the consultants - In 1991 Rootsman started the Dub Me Crazy nights in Bradford working with Iration Steppas sound system. This had a big influence on us at the time and, like the 1in12 club, was an important part of the cultural landscape of Bradford. Andrew Nolan had remixed our earlier 2000 demo released by Industrial Coast, and had been involved in the 90s UK hardcore scene, so we asked him to remix our first version of this track. The vocal sample is taken from Nástio Mosquito - 3 Continents [Tres continentes], 2010, Video, 07’45’’.

Heuristic firestorm - This starts with a news report about the capture of William R. Higgins in Beirut in 1988. On the 1st Stalingrad LP there was a section of text, listing obscure historical events of the Twentieth Century. Higgins, and the events surrounding his capture and death were central in this piece. The spoken section of this track are taken from the lyrics of Earth Crisis – Firestorm a well-known track from 1993, that encouraged straight edgers to violently attack drug dealers. They flew to Bradford in 1994 to play two shows in the 1in12 club and then returned to the USA, this was the first time they played in Europe.

Memories fail us all - The blues sample loop at the beginning is Blind Willie Johnson - Dark was the night, Cold was the ground. We sampled a lot of early blues songs in earlier recordings. This track was built around a rhythm from the Korg Rhythm 55 KR-55. In the mid-90s, electronic music<br/>
equipment like this was very cheap, because people were selling it to upgrade to digital equivalents. We picked up a lot of equipment like this at the time and used them on record and live. It also features the Grant Percussion PS-7 Synth which Ian Leck found for us in Manningham Musicals. We would sometimes hand out this device to audience members to experiment with during our sets.

We’ve been here before - This samples Ultravox – Vienna. Richard was known to sing this at people during Stalingrad gigs. The title is a taken from a speech by Nina Turner at a rally at Washington DC in 2017. Charlie Dix-Mason performs on the Korg Mono/Poly. It was a synth we didn’t use live but did appear on several recordings. It contains drum samples from Skull Snaps - It's A New Day and James Brown - Cold Sweat, both were often used in jungle tracks. The time stretched sample is the musician Borai discussing nostalgia and its role in the jungle scene and the recent revival of that scene.

Från djupet längtar jag efter försoning - The song is built around a sample loop from the Byrds – Going back. Alice Gilmour plays violin. Vocals are provided by Peter Lehtola. He was part of the band Underclass who were part of our first European tour. He now resides in Sweden and the lyrics are taken from a poem that he found in a Swedish fanzine from the 90’s.

Shadows - This is the last Stalingrad song recorded and was for a German compilation LP that was never released. It was recorded during the session for the 10” by Rob Heaton in 2000. He was the drummer for the Bradford band New Model Army.

Bradford Interchange - Wayne Southworth appeared on the first LP. He was in many bands including Doom and this spoken word section, originally recorded for the electronic music group Unicorn Love, was his last ever recording before he died in 2005. He was a writer with a unique style and this piece was about his experience journeying through Bradford and its surrounding towns. Weaving in between is a sample loop of Bessie Smith - J.C. Holmes Blues and a spoken word sample of dancehall deejay Ninjaman (aka Don Gorgon).