From Eric Frans Sent Sun, Nov 8th 1998, 20:35
From Eric Frans Sent Sun, Nov 8th 1998, 20:35
} From: martin burbridge } Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 2:51 PM } } > } > and what the hell ARE "trombone-propelled electronics"? } > } } aaaaggghhh, everyone too young to remember "einstein a go go" thank yer } lucky stars. what was it, landscape? ahh, landscape! i don't remember them being mentioned on idm before, but everyone here should track down their album _from the tea-rooms of mars to the hell-holes of uranus_ (check the used vinyl bins since it came out in '81). the track "einstein a go-go" is on there plus the track that got me to hunt the album down, "norman bates" (i'd love to hear that used in the new remake of the psycho film!). the album admittedly has some cheesey moments like most synth-pop of that era, but the gems in the lot make for the cheese. overall i'd describe the ablum as a kind of blancmange meets soft cell meets tangerine dream (80's) hybrid with that icey le car feel. good stuff! __________________________________________ E r i c F r a n s :: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [cellular] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans [so-cal idm] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/scidm [si-{cut}.db] http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford on: the weakener - what do you know about it [wordsound]