NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Bourbonese Qualk on 5 May 2019. Bourbonese Qualk has been played over 140 times on NTS, first on 22 February 2015. Bourbonese Qualk's music has been featured on 104 episodes.

Bourbonese Qualk's credentials as early and important contributors to the Industrial scene is born out by their presence on the seminal Elephant Table compilation from 1983. Up until 1987, they were essentially a collaborative effort of two individuals: Simon Crab and Steven Tanza.

In 1987, Crab and Tanza went their separate ways. Tanza's project since then has been called The State. Crab maintained the Bourbonese Qualk name. Bourbonese Qualk became a virtual band with the release of My Government Is My Soul. Crab, who had for years played virtually all instruments/electronics beyond percussion, left guitar work to Miles Miles and focused more and more on a large electronic sound, still recognizably funk-beat driven as was much of their earlier music. With Miles Miles' death in 2002, the members disbanded.

In 2015 the band released the single "Lies".

archive is now at: http://www.bourbonesequalk.net

Discography

Laughing Afternoon LP (Recloose Organization 1983) Hope LP (Recloose Organization 1984) The Spike LP (Dossier 1985) Preparing For Power LP (Recloose Organization 1986) Bourbonese Qualk LP (New International Recordings 1987) My Government is My Soul LP/CD (Fünfundvierzig 1990) Bo'Qu LP (New International Recordings 1990) Kneejerk Reaction EP (Praxis 1992) Qual EP (Praxis 1992) UnPop CD (Total F.I. 1993) Feeding the Hungry Ghost CD (Fünfundvierzig 1994) Autonomia CD (Praxis 1994) On Uncertainty (2000) Moscow (2002)