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A rare clip of Ionel Ciupureanu, the poet behind punk group Terror Art's cutting anarchist lyrics, reading some of his creations. youtube.com/watch?v=OznOMy…

Much of Terror Art success is owed to their lyrics, mixing political dissidence with expressive poetic imagery, set to a melodic, fuzzy post-punk background. Poet Ionel Ciupureanu was responsible for making the magic happen. carturesti.ro/blog/ionel-ciu…

@uzinaduzina oh sweet, thank you!

@redescoperind The others seem to be Radical din Val: youtu.be/kVlcJmSuijw

Romanian '90s station Atomic TV (now defunct) was a weird mix of MTV-style music reporting, video broadcasting and local kitsch. Occasionally they produced surprisingly comprehensive journalism, like this grainy documentary on punk group Terror Art youtube.com/watch?v=-OF-i1…

@uzinaduzina is there an archive somewhere?

@redescoperind I rember seeing some really weird and awesome bits on Atomic like Radical Din Cal or Paranoia (with an excellent video along a railway).

@Bandcloud looks insane

Formed in 1993, the group quickly amassed a growing fan base in the local circuit, even gaining mild international acclaim and recording two albums in Wunderbar Studio Weimar. Here is a poster from their '99 German tour.

Romanian punk emerged in the early '90s, most of the movement centered around Timisoara and Craiova, whose proximity to Belgrade catalyzed the anarchist sentiment with Occidental music references. One of the most appreciated groups of the era was the spunky outfit Terror Art.

And the more overtly anarchist Baricada antifa (The Antifa Barricade) from 2000.

Craiovan punk group Terror Art's music was self released on tape, with poet Ionel Ciupureanu's lyrics reproduced in the leaflet. Here is 1999's Plămâni de noroi (Muddy Lung).

Romanian friends: we've launched a Romanian-language newsletter as a companion piece for our research. Do give it a look won't you now? First post is a short and sweet intro to Octavian Nemescu's work with a few special bonuses studiidesunet.substack.com/p/remembering-…

@Ina_GRM this is such good news!

INA grm @Ina_GRM is pleased to announce the launch of its Bandcamp page. See you every month for new publications! 👉://inagrm.bandcamp.com/

A series of Imaginary Music exercises by Octavian Nemescu for Multisimfonia 1

@Bandcloud looking good 👀 but yeah sad to see it go, that view was SO iconic

@DreamLFO FIERCE!

Hi, I’m not great at tweeting but here’s an illustration I did months ago and never posted lmao

From the archives: a 1978 article on Octavian Nemescu by fellow composer and Spectralist superstar Iancu Dumitrescu. Little known fact - Iancu had a prolific music journalist career in the '70s, offering a unique insight into a generation of Romanian avant-garde composers

"In her writings, Wanda Mihuleac states that “the topos is a symbolic communication of the logos”, time rotates on a spiral, like the ring of Moebius in a continuum of interiority and exteriority" - Olivia Nitis

"A Moebius Ring", a land art piece by Romanian artist Wanda Mihuleac, used for the cover of Octavian Nemescu's 1984 album Gradeatia/Natural. We also found a rare making of photo of her 1982 installation.

For those not familiar with Octavian Nemescu's music, we highly recommend Gradeatia/Natural on @SubRosaLabel, a gorgeous and rare example of early Romanian electronic music merging drones, ambient passages and esoteric ideas #octaviannemescu octaviannemescu.bandcamp.com/album/gradeati…

@uzinaduzina multumim!

@redescoperind Ce păcat! Condoleanțe familiei și apropiaților.

RIP Romanian composer Octavian Nemescu, who passed away last night. Nemescu was one of the early adopters of Spectralism before forging his own esoteric style based on archetypes. He will be greatly missed.