NOW WAIT FOR LAST YEAR by CAROLINE K

First ever vinyl reissue of Caroline K�s outstanding 1985 album, Now Wait For Last Year. This haunting, wistful work of post-industrial synthesizer music � the late Nocturnal Emissions co-founder�s only solo record � has accrued a fervent cult following over the past 30 years, and copies of the original pressing are today extremely rare and sought-after.The music on Now Wait seems to exist firmly outside of it. Tags like industrial, minimal synth or proto-techno can�t really do justice to the richly cinematic sound-world that Walters describes: from the sustained ambient tension of sidelong opener �The Happening World� to the future-primitive rhythms and stately piano flourishes of �Animal Lattice�, and the melancholic, deep-frozen synth sequences of �Chearth�. Fans of Wendy Carlos�s A Clockwork Orange, Chris Carter�s The Space Between, and early Detroit techno should pay special attention, but this searching, future-proof masterpiece demands to be heard by al