suburbs of hell

Suburbs of Hell is a label owned and operated by Douglas Benford. Currently, the label is a bit dormant so that more energy may be focused on the Sprawl label and club. Much of the catalog may still be ordered through Suburbs of Hell or Smallfish.

Suburbs of Hell
tel / fax 0181 568 3145
suburbs@benfo.demon.co.uk

Catalog #FormatArtist - TitleYear
SOH 001LPDouglas - Modest Heritage1987
SOH 002LPDouglas - Beauty Reports Vol. 11988
SOH 003CDDouglas - Vacant Endeavour1989
SOH 00412" (EP)Sidecut>>db - The Obvious1991
SOH 005LPAlways - Looking For Mr. Wright1989
SOH 00612" (EP)Sidecut>>db - Vital Rise1990
SOH 00712" (EP)Lovecut>>db - Fingertips1991
SOH 00812" (EP)Mr. Wright - The Balloon Race1991
SOH 00912" (EP)Lovecut>>db - Heartspin1992
SOH 01012" (EP)Si'cut.db - Hi Point1992
SOH 01112" (EP)Lovecut>>db - Journey To The Centre of Love1992
SOH 01212" (EP)Exact Life - By My Side1992
SOH 013CD(various artists) - Reality Reduction: Dream Music from the Suburbs of Hell

track listing:
1 / Lovecut>>db - Fingertips (Fibre Optic Mix) (5:26)
2 / Si'cut.db - Advance Party (Spiky Mix) (5:32)
3 / Exact Life - 4 Little Men (8:33)
4 / Mr. Wrong - Days (8:47)
5 / Si'cut.db - Hi To Lo (6:37)
6 / Lovecut>>db - Live To Breathe (Deep Sea Mix) (7:14)
7 / Lovecut>>db - Heartspin (Big Red Barn Mix) (5:49)
8 / Si'cut.db - Vital Rise (Harvey Mix) (5:13)
9 / Lovecut>>db - Fingertips (Clunk Click Mix) (5:28)
10 / Exact Life (feat. Tamar Yoseloff) - Arden St. (7:07)
total time = 65:46

1993
SOH 01412" (EP)Exact Life / Si'cut.db - Boiled Down
side 1:
Si'cut.db - Advance Party (Spikey Mix)
Exact Life - 4 Little Men (Cossack Mix)
side 2:
Exact Life - 4 Little Men
Si'cut.db - Hi To Low
1993
SOH 015 / PAN 1CDPhoenix Jig - Phoenix Jig1994
SOH 016CD(various artists) - Just In Time For Too Late (Reality Reduction 2)

track listing:
1 / Si-{cut}.db - February Sleeper (7:33)
2 / Mr. wrong - Vortex Grip (6:57)
3 / Exact Life - Hook (8:35)
4 / Radial Blend - For Too Late (5:59)
5 / Mr. Wrong - Just In Time (8:01)
6 / Si-{cut}.db - Back In The Same (7:33)
7 / Sumo M - 29 ½ (5:04)
8 / Lovecut>>db - Return From The Centre Of Love (7:11)
9 / Radial Blend - Radial Blend (2:31)
10 / Exact Life - Acoustic Energy (8:25)
total time = 67:49

1994
SOH 017(not released)
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SOH 018CDMedia Form - Beauty Reports1994
SOH 019CDRadial Blend - Abandon Time1994
SOH 020CDSi-{cut}.db - Nuisance1995
SOH 021CDRadial Blend - Enough Roads1995
SOH 022CDMRM - Minimal Resource Manipulation

track listing:
1 / False Front (5:25)
2 / Tewb Juice (7:11)
3 / Meld (2:59)
4 / Nth (3:23)
5 / Column (3:09)
6 / Glassful of Ants (4:41)
7 / Timex Panda (3:25)
8 / Con/fusion (4:00)
9 / Buttered Crumpet (3:13)
10 / Undercarriage (2:47)
11 / The Insect Life (1:58)
12 / Solvent (5:12)
13 / The Fear (9:01)
14 / Hello (2:01)
total time = 58:25

1995
SOH 023CDExact Life - Geromino

track listing:
1 / How We Met (5:57)
2 / Swelter (2:42)
3 / Pelt (7:03)
4 / Acoustic Energy (8:12)
5 / Jellies (4:31)
6 / Zank (7:12)
7 / Boneless Boy (3:25)
8 / Head-on-ism (5:36)
9 / King of Woolworths (8:01)
10 / Fall of the Ball (9:18)
11 / Keyster (8:05)
total time = 70:02

1995
SOH 024 / S01CD(various artists) - The Broken Voice

track listing:
1 / MRM - Boney Toney (Maximum Resource Mix) (7:20)
2 / Scanner - Strange Clothes Of Sand (7:09)
3 / Bit Tonic - Assimulation (6:24)
4 / Exact Life - Dance Of The Seven Dials (4:56)
5 / Daniel Pemberton - Cornholio (11:33)
6 / V-Neck - Malfunction (5:58)
7 / Mr. Psyche - Darling (6:26)
8 / Shenton Engine - Theramone (5:42)
9 / Immersion - How Long (Is A Piece Of String)? (5:07)
10 / Lovecut>>db - Phonetic (6:55)
11 / Phoenix Jig - Natural (7:03)
total time = 74:33

1996
SOH 025 / SP 025CDSi-{cut}.db - Behind You1997

who's who:

Always = Kevin Wright
Bit Tonic = Iris Garrelfs
Exact Life = Pablo Cook (ex-Grid) + Andy Smith
Immersion = Colin Newman (Swim~, ex-Wire) + Malka Spigel (Swim~)
Mr. Psyche = Paul Thomas (ex-Bark Psychosis)
Mr. Wright = Kevin Wright
MRM = M. A. Atkins
Scanner = Robin Rimbaud (Trawl)
Shenton Engine = Douglas Benford + Ann Shenton (Add N To X)
Sumo M = Nick Currie (Momus)
V-Neck = Doug Martin (Emote)