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APF Brigade
APF Brigade was an early 1980s underground noise and experimental music project releasing raw, uncompromising work on cassette tape.
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APF Brigade was an underground noise and experimental music project active during the early 1980s. Operating primarily through self-released cassette tapes, the group emerged from the DIY ethos of the post-punk era, contributing to the nascent industrial and noise music underground. Their output, documented through releases on the APF Tapes label, showcased a raw, uncompromising approach to sound design and composition. Notable releases include Live Brigade (1980), a live cassette recording, followed by Jon's Poem's: The Earth Soaked It Up and Sick Society, both released in 1982. The sparse documentation of the project reflects the obscure nature of the underground tape scene from which they emerged. APF Brigade's work exemplifies the low-fi, DIY aesthetic that characterized independent noise and experimental music during this period, when cassette tapes served as the primary medium for distributing avant-garde material outside mainstream channels.