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Description

Privately pressed at the end of the 70s, Smegma member Ju Suk Reet Meates LP was lost to all but a handful of the early avant mash-up enthusiasts. The CD reissue will undoubtedly garner more listeners this time around, with a readymade audience of bedroom noise-oiks eager to absorb anything from the Smegma collective.

Much like an actual Smegma release, its pointless to label this record in terms of any strict genre. John Olsons NOISE CLIFFSNOTES (his term for liner notes) basically confirm this, opting to identify each of the elements/ingredients folded into the mix without necessarily classifying them. That said, Meates roots in bluesy rock and roll are more apparent here than on Smegmas recordings, and the early signs of plunderphonics are here, with passages stacked amidst vocal tape experiments and acoustic bass, kneaded together like a string of dough.