TWO SYNTHS A GUITAR (AND) A DRUM MACHINE by VARIOUS ARTISTS
| SKU | 116125 |
| Artist | VARIOUS ARTISTS |
| Title | TWO SYNTHS A GUITAR (AND) A DRUM MACHINE |
| Label | SOUL JAZZ RECORDS |
| Catalog # | SJRLP 462 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 01 - 2021 |
| Format | Vinyl - UK2LP |
| € 34,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Automatic – Too Much Money
- Zongamin – Underwater Paramid
- New Fries – Lily
- Vex Ruffin & Fab 5 Freddy – The Balance
- Ixna – Somebody Said
- Leroy Duncann – Dream River
- Tom Of England – Neon Green
- Toresch – Tocar
- Becker & Mukai – La Rivière des Perles
- Gramme – Discolovers
- Niagara – Ida
- Charles Manier – Sift Through Art Collecting People
- Black Deer – Baseball Shorts
- Madmadmad – Hot Disco
- Wino D – Untitled
Description
A new collection of current D-I-Y post-punk bands shaped by the mutant sounds of no wave, punk funk and New York Noise bands from the late 70s and early 80s that collided with the world of underground dance music found at the Paradise Garage, Mudd Club in New York City (ESG, Arthur Russell, Bush Tetras, Talking Heads, Suicide, Liquid Liquid).
Other influences cited here include Manchester and Sheffield’s industrial post-punk sounds of the 1980s (Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Gang of Four) as well as the 1970s German electronic experimentalism of Cluster, Neu!, Harmonia and Can.
Featured artists from around the globe include Los Angeles D-I-Y band Automatic, New Fries from Toronto, artist/music collaborators Toresch from Germany, Susumu Makai from Japan/UK, Vex Ruffin from the Phillipines/California and Madmadmad, Gramme, Tom of England and other UK groups
That all the bands featured here manage to make distinctive contemporary music out of these 80s roots is testament to the wide range of other musics that are seamlessly absorbed into a modern melting pot of sound – hip-hop, the electronic European avant-garde, rave culture, and more.
Two Synths, A Guitar (and) A Drum Machine comes as a special indies only green vinyl edition and also a black vinyl edition. Both versions are limited edition and are housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and the limited edition first pressing of this album comes with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured.
