What with Warp rereleasing 1991’s “Frequencies” by LFO, here’s some LFO rarities …The studio tracks all date from 1991, the live tracks were recorded 1992-01-18 @ “la Rave de la grande Arche – La défense – Paris” which also featured Laurent Garnier, Eric Rug and Jérôme Pacman. Co-organisers Libération & Fnac Music later launched “Live In Paris 18.1.1992 (La Grande Arche De La Défense)“, a six track mcd “hors commerce” in a rouge & noir sleeve by the Designers’ Republic™. Sadly, the boundary between tracks 4 & 5 wasn’t mastered properly on that mcd, with the intro of “LFO” starting at the end of “Sam & Dave“. The 5’43” version below does feature the correct intro, though, as reassembled from the original aiff files. Hey and do check Luke Vibert’s 2009 version of “LFO” as well, won’t you?
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Tagged 1991, 1992, 2009, Designers' Republic™ the, electronica, Fnac, Garnier Laurent, LFO, Libération, Pacman Jérôme, Paris, reissue, Rug Eric, Sheffield, sleeve art, techno, Vibert Luke, Warp
ye early human league
“Seconds” aside, the Rushent era Human League isn’t my favourite incarnation of the band. To, me that’s the Human League mk. 1 – the one that recorded “The Dignity Of Labour Pts. 1-4” and “The black hit of space” and a few odd covers (cf. the tracks below), predating the sound of Boards of Canada and other Warp acts by some twenty years – and all the acts that preceded it in the 1973-1978 period, e.g. the Future featuring Adi Newton. For more about the band’s history, check some of the videos here, there and everywhere, or retrieve my review of “The Golden Hour Of The Future” (Black Melody MELCD4) and accompanying 12″ (Black Melody MEL3, both 2002) in [uzine] 02.24 (U0224.txt in the zip / the reprint here isn’t complete at all) … Or consult any of these sites, obviously:
http://www.blindyouth.co.uk/
http://www.league-online.com/biography1.html
http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/menu.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_League
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Tagged 1977, 1978, 1979, 197X, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2002, Black Melody, cover version(s), electronica, Four Tops, Future the, Human League the, linktips, Motown, Newton Adi, Oakey Phil, Pink Floyd, Reach out, Sheffield, synth, tv, X Richard