JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP Crust having co-founded German Riot-Grrrl band

having co-founded German Riot-Grrrl band elektrolochmann and Post-Hardcore band Monochrome in the 1990s

McEntire’s recording and touring with Tortoise

perfect spaces

and a pillar of the second wave of improvisers in a scene first shaped by the legendary players like Sun Ra and the AACM

The 12" continues on its eclectic way with a metallic revision of "Things Alright" by Rvng sound racketeers Allez-Allez and ends with a Kool Keith redux and some Miami Bass / saxophone skeeze with Montreal's CFCF at the helm of another "Take it to the Top" remix

JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP Crust having co-founded German Riot-Grrrl bandFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills