Nine // Underground (side A)

1987's Nine // Underground collects the work of Atlanta bands between 1982 and 1985.  Other than Jarboe, none of the bands is remembered today, though they have great names like PVC Precinct, Young Schizophrenics, and Pillowtexans.  The music draws heavily from early Cabaret Voltaire, SPK, and the beginnings of the industrial genre, although the liner notes somehow reference AMM.  Analog synthesizers and delays are prominent, along with early drum machines.  Appropriated recordings of speech occasionally appear over the music.  The sound quality and packaging are both appropriately primitive.  While Nine // Underground is an obscure and forgotten regional compilation, the music stands up alongside better-remembered work in the genre.