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Release Date: 23 August 2024
Label: Color Tapes (code 7)
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 778578111724
Genres: Electronic Darkwave
Description
Another entry from the darkly enchanting minimal synth-pop and psych-tinged world of The Modern Art. As anintroduction to the world ofCoil and Current 93collaborator (andSun Dialmain man) Gary Ramon and his orbiting bandmates, youcan't do better.
"From a time when drummers were asrareas a tune with a melody.It could have been made yesterday, by one of those modern bands offoppish young men, whose parents'record collection contained stuff like The Wake and Modern English. Ajolly jaunt through some early eightiesindie, full of hand played synth lines, classicdrum boxsounds, poppy sequences, and introverted vocals."
"Now this is my kind of icy, desolate lo-fimusic. A lot of 80's music that I listen to nowadays seems to predictthe coming of vaporwave & hypnagogic pop 25+ years later, and thisalbum is no different, even if it's onlyreally predicting the bleakeraspects of the latter. Still, this stuff is occasionally very pretty('Stars')... There's plenty of diversity on a track-for-track basis:compare the dreaminess built out of layered acousticguitars on'Beautiful Truth' to the more energetic and mechanical'Little Ballerina.' Or just compare any other track tothe untitledcloser, which is basically ambient guitar + some echoed sample hoveringoff in the distance."
Praise for our reissue of Modern Art "Underwater Kites":
"...epitomise(s) the open-ended diversity of that era, adroitly encompassingeverything from wiry, Suicide-like night-stalkers such as 'Hello/Goodby'e...whereas 'Landscape From A Dream' is up there withMartin Hannett and Joy Division's most atmospheric productions, and theremarkable 'Tropic Of Cancer' shimmies into dubbed-out 4th world electro..." --Boomkat
Formed by Ramon in the early 1980's, Modern Art released two albums on vinyl, and a significant amount ofimpossible-to-find cassettes. Some of this material was compiled in a highly regarded 3-LP (sold out) boxset, made in 2013 by Vinyl on Demand. This remastered reissue of "Oriental Towers," their second cassette album, originally released in 1983, also includes five previously unissued tracks from that session--two of which are not on our recent LP reissue.On this album you will find examples of what was going on in England during the pinnacle of the post-punkscene--an inspired time that encouraged young musicians to develop music influenced by the likes of JoyDivision, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle and Clock DVA.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Modern Art
Modern Art
The Good Missionaries
Mystery Plane
Modern Art
