Industrial Strength EP (Double 7" single)
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Disc One: Neon Lights/ United Disc Two: It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl/What Happens, Happens. Slumberland: SLR 078 Recorded at home. All instruments played by Phil Wilson. Released July 2008 |
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When I was 20, the music of bands like Throbbing Gristle and Faust was every bit as important to me as that of The Byrds, Velvets, Josef K and Orange Juice. Indeed, the first demo tape I made featured drones, samples and industrial noise as well as prototype versions of “Every Conversation” and “In the Rain”. I soon realised, though, that the two types of music didn’t gel together, and the weird stuff had to go. So it’s a pleasure, after all these years, to properly acknowledge how important this music actually was to me.