Mana ERG's early cassettes
Mana ERG
Label: Tonspur Tapes – TT 49
Format: Cassette, Mini-Album, C30
Country: Germany
Released: 1993
This was Mana ERG's debut release and some of the tracks will re-appear later in the album Janus. Side B contains the soundtrack to "Ipogea": sponsored by the University of Rome, it is a video by Francesco Maria Betti about underground architecture, from the ancient catacombs to the modern subway system. This rather surreal view of the city of Rome seen from below the surface already displays the cinematic feel of the band's music.
A1 Uhu
A2 Bovril
A3 Ivrignant
A4 Yug
B1 Viscera
B2 Vain
JANUS
Label: BDA - BDA 003
Format: Single Sided Cassette
Country: Italy Released: March 1993
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JANUS
Label: Ha-Releases - HA034
Format: Single Sided Cassette
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1994
A1 - Uhu
A2 - Bovril
A3 - Ivrignant
A4 - Yug
A5 - Vain
A6 - Wetter
A7 - Selena
PATCHWORK
Label: BDA - BDA 004
Format: Cassette
Country: Italy
Released: December 1993
PATCHWORK
Label: Audiofile Tapes
Format: Cassette
Country: USA
Released: 1994
A1 - School Break
A2 - Invaders
A3 - Motorway Night
A4 - Touch
A5 - Piccolino
A6 - Climbing
B1 - Bovril
B2 - Ivrignant
B3 - Dervish
B4 - Fusspot
B5 - Do-Gooder
B6 - Venus Genetrix
This special U.S. edition from New York label Audiofile Tapes includes 2 tracks from Mana ERG's previous release "Janus" and does NOT include the tracks Sumiye and Another
PATCHWORK
Label: Organic - OT045
Format: Cassette
Country: France
Released: 1995
The first collaboration with our good friend Didier Gibelin for the Organic label, part of the APDRAMA/Organic association, for the promotion of unconventional music, art and literature, based in Grenoble, France.
Cover artwork by Bruno Leray
Schmalz
Label: BDA
Format: cassette
Country: Italy
Released: July 1994
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"Yes, we know...
that's not the way you spell schmaltz in proper German, but this is american slang, you see..."
