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1
My Stained Sheets
Uplifting sexy folk pop to put a smile on your face, heart and genitals.
2
Mystery Date
"Pleiadians from outer space gave Jesus some special herbs to make it appear as though he was dead, but he wasn't really dead."
3
Do You Like to Talk on the Phone?
Homage to brilliant musician Terry Riley and the joy of phone sex.
4
Shave Your Head
A swingin' tribute to Jerome Caja, Susie Bright, Cafe Flore, and the Castro in San Francisco.
5
The Word
Mesmerizing song reveals how your thoughts really do create your reality.
(But you already knew that)
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Oregon
An intimate portrait of Charly's transformative experience in the Beaver State.
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Now and Forever
"History's ending, let's start transcending, we are beginning the never ending ending."
(But you already knew that)
8
I Never Really Liked Your FatherA beautiful ballad about a friend, and what an asshole her father was.
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Mean Little Nasty
We let our dear friend Marilynn Fowler run riot on the verses here, creating a Hitchcockian landscape for this chilly tale of perverse power.
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Happy New Year Dominique
Since we're Voice Farm, we do want to leave you on a happy note. So put your feet up, slip on the headphones and float away with this downbeat gem.
Read more about the new album |
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German compilation of New Wave Synth-Pop, featuring Voice Farm’s second single, Modern Things. |
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This collection of audio erotica contains a real gem from Charly Brown called
The Housewife and the Business Man. It’s about a housewife who gleefully sodomizes her husband while encouraging all of
America to join in the fun. Very “Up With People”. Susie Bright is also featured. Available on itunes. |
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Proceeds from OUT LOUD benefited the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission. San Francisco's notorious synth-pop group Voice Farm offer an infectious celebration of the city's queer culture on the seductive anthem Shave Your Head. Rare tracks from U2 and Throwing Muses are included, as well as contributions from Everything But the Girl and Billy Bragg ("Sexuality") which were previously released but take on new life in the context of this album.
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Extended dance versions of Free Love remixed by Michael R. Hutchinson |
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One of many favorite record covers designed by Tom Bonauro. This features Bubala
(Boo-boo) the official Voice Farm mascot of many years. Boo-boo was a real
people person, and she loved to hang out during rehearsals and recording
sessions. Her composure and professionalism during the photographic sitting for
this cover was remarkable, better than most humans. See out-takes in gallery. |
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Check out the video for Free Love. Tom Bonauro directed this “weird & wonderful” black & white beauty. The Oblong Rhonda Dancers never looked more charming in their
Maidenform bras and Jockey briefs. It was banned from MTV, but it ended up in
heavy rotation on the Playboy channel! |
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This sound track was composed by Charly Brown to accompany a visual presentation
by Tom Bonauro for the 1987 AIGA National Conference. Guitar performed by Ken Weller. |
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Chris Helmer is the cutest cover girl ever on this extended dance mix of Johnny
Belinda. Side B is an extended dance mix of Super EQ Team. |
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Ralph Records originally put out our second full length album. Everyone at Ralph
Records (The Residents) was wonderful, charming and a bit crazy. Perfect for
Voice Farm. Tom Bonauro created the beautiful photogram for the album cover.Much of this record was recorded in England with eccentric producer Wally Brill
in a 16th century country courthouse called The Justice Room. |
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Voice Farm’s track Hey Freethinker opens this collection of DJ specialty remixes. The
Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Beat Girl and The League Of Gentlemen round out this
collection. |
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Kookie 7” compilation with Voice Farm’s song My Idea. Also featuring Club Foot Orchestra, The Residents and Frank
Harris with Maria Marquez. |
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This collection of “folk songs” from Ralph Records contains the lush & lovely Mama Made Me Do It (“dada made me do it”) from Voice Farm. A great collection including Mark Mothersbaugh, Negativland, The Residents, Club Foot Orchestra, Blitzoids, Terra Incognita, Rhythm & Noise and more. A limited edition release of this LP came in a brown burlap bag (like potatoes! Get it?) and was pressed on heavy white vinyl. Included was also a Potatoes poster of the cover art.
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Hajime Tachibana of The Plastics covers Voice Farm’s song Modern Things on this inspired collection of electro-pop.In 1996 Space/Assemblage released Sun Sun Sun : Hajime Tachibana Tribute Album,
that contains a Hajime tribute version of Modern Things by Guri Guri Homeless
with Yoshihide Otomo. Crazy! |
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This was a limited edition double cassette package of electronic down tempo
tracks from The Netherlands.Voice Farm contributed an instrumental piece called 12th Street. Also onboard
were The Residents, Vincent Gallo, The Ghostwriters, Genetic Factor, Mick Hobbs
and others. |
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Voice Farm’s first album was recorded and mastered at the legendary Automatt in San
Francisco. There was still a left over music vibe in the city from the Summer
Of Love. That wasn’t our scene, but it was great to run into Grace Slick rehearsing at The
Automatt. David Kahne (who went on to produce The Bangles) produced and
engineered this LP. Deborah Iyall of Romeo Void warned us that David was a little high strung. I’m sure we drove him crazy. We really didn’t know anything about music. He kept yelling at Charly; “Can’t you hear yourself, can’t you hear yourself!?” Pitch, what’s that exactly? |
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Home invasion set to a electro-pop beat. “There’s a screwdriver coming through the screen door!” Backed with the Yoko Ono Fluxus inspired instructions for living. So very Voice
Farm. |
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This is where it all started. In a basement room lined with egg cartons, two
synthesizers, a broken Farfisa organ and a beat box. Voice Farm’s first single came in a variety of handmade silkscreened covers. Red, yellow
and blue. Former band-mate graphic artist Gary Miles worked his magic on these. |
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What do Dead Kennedys, Flipper, D.O.A., Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, Christian
Lunch, The Feederz and Voice Farm have in common?
They’re all on this seminal 1981 compilation from Alternative Tentacles. The album
ends with Sleep by Voice Farm, track 8 on side 2.
We were art punks, but all the hard core people were nice to us. The one
exception might be when the Offs destroyed our friend Judy’s (of The Pink Section) studio apartment in San Francisco by smearing a giant
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For a great visual reference of this era, check out the photo book; “We’re Desperate, The Punk Rock Photography Of Jim Jacoy”. Judy and Charly are on facing pages.
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