Various - Feathers, Air Freshener and La Bum

These three compilations came out in the second half of the Nineties, and together they present a very interesting overview of Croatia's noise, post-rock, art and "whatever the hell Zhel is playing" scenes, along with a few foreign guests like Guapo and K.K. Null of Zeni Geva. Listening to them with these ears, after finishing college and giving up on tons of progressive, complex and artistically important musics, I find myself not understanding a lot of this stuff, but finding all the bands I used to consider amazing - well, still amazing. Dispersed across these three discs there are gems like the cult noise-rock bands from Osijek, Cog and Why stakla; beautiful post-rock of Lunar (on the "La Bum! Album" CD you will find the track "Basta Rhymes", which was supposed to be the first track on their "There Is No 1" album - which, surprisingly, does not contain track no. 1); noble noise of Croatian ex-patriots Gone Bald (I believe this song is the last one they recorded in their original, all-Croatian lineup, and also the only one sung completely in Croatian); passionate punk rock of Koprivinica's Overflow; and so on. The tracks are as follows (most, if not all of them, are exclusive to these releases, all out of print):

"Feathers, Wood & Aluminium - New Music from Croatia"

1. The Bambi Molesters - High Wall (2:54)
2. Sumski - Sayonara (4:00)
3. Peach Pit - Vinjeta (4:13)
4. Neurotische Keruzo - TV-Grape (3:07)
5. Random - Kind of a Traditional Meal... (2:03)
6. Il gruppo delle azioni progressive - TH 044 (4:03)
7. Bulog - Prvi sat glume pod Fuscakom 1a (3:22)
8. The Mrzobillys - Opaki Joe (1:35)
9. Brassneck - Jose Maria (3:17)
10. Nemes - Neat Neat Neat (3:39)
11. Overflow - Broken Knee (1:46)
12. Very Expensive Porno Movie - Porno Retrospective (2:28)
13. Projekt=Projekt - Superman (3:31)
14. Lunar - Odessa (4:02)
15. Cog - Gambler (2:24)
16. Why stakla - Proljece (2:24)
17. Gone Bald - Jedan koji je pao (5:09)
18. Puder - Voloder (1:09)
19. Glasshopper - Nody (3:24)
20. Mad Cow - Bager (3:42)
21. Ha Det Bra - Mustafa (2:38)
22. Gaston - She Makes Money When She's Naked (3:07)
23. Kacot - Kvaritelj (4:12)

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"Air Freshener - Hang Above Your Head"

1. Sawyer - (It's a) Dry Heat (3:13)
2. Sawyer - Johnny the Wadd (3:14)
3. Sawyer - No Rule (2:52)
4. Sawyer - The Counties (5:02)
5. Glasshopper - Song (3:21)
6. Glasshopper - I Love You Baby (2:17)
7. Glasshopper - In Fact (2:24)
8. Glasshopper - Ants (1:56)
9. Guapo - Essence Absorbing Stance (2:38)
10. Guapo - Your... (0:46)
11. Guapo - Chongo (5:45)
12. Guapo - Vorticies (2:54)
13. Lunar - Jurij (4:01)
14. Lunar - Mare Imbrium (5:59)
15. Lunar - Telescopes pour amateurs (5:00)
16. Lunar - Zero Gravity (3:56)
17. Gugan - Electrobody Action 1 (10:06)
18. K.K. Null - 18.10-1 erg-sec (5:03)

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"La Bum! Album"

1. Lunar & Zhel - Fly Me to the Moon (3:35)
2. Boxer - Tiri (1:23)
3. Zhel - S Ljubavlju iz Rasii (4:21)
4. Boxer - Toke-bodas dub mix (4:16)
5. Glasshopper - Change (2:28)
6. Zhel - Kawa II (3:42)
7. Akira Lambent - Ray (4:42)
8. Lunar - Los dos millónes de dolares (5:37)
9. Boxer - Jana la bum mix (5:30)
10. Glasshopper - Alez Viens (3:13)
11. Zhel & Ric Roberts - Kawa I (5:08)
12. Zhel & Glasshopper - Thanksgiving Goddamn Real (2:37)
13. Boxer - Put la bum edit (4:59)
14. Glasshopper - Song (3:28)
15. Lunar - 400 (5:50)
16. Zhel - Haring (1:36)
17. Lunar - Basta Rhymes (5:15)

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