The posthumous “third” album from
This Heat keeps the sequence of alliteration going ,This Heat,
Deceit, and now, Repeat. Not released during the groups lifetime,it
consists of three tape experiments from around 1979/80, one of which
we all know better as “24 track loop” from the début album. This
version though is the 20 minute version called “Repeat”, a
repeated drum loop treated and dubbed up until its in a state of
flux, yet remains the same. Like Tago Mago era Can's wilful
repetition as remixed by King Tubby.
Track two is a previously unknown track
called “Metal; which is the band banging a load of metal objects
for twenty plus minutes. Probably the idea was to record a mass of
junk percussion to create tape loops for the rhythmic foundation of
some new tunes. This approach was pioneered by those other Krautrock
legends, Faust, and later hijacked by Einsturzende Neubauten. This
Heat obviously absorbed a lot of German Progressive musik, and mixed
it up with punk rock, dub, and the avant garde.
Track three is a quarter of an hour
tape loop drone experiment; with the reel-to-reel's varispeed slider
being manipulated by an unnamed This Heater and fed through a
Harmoniser; probably Gareth Williams methinks. Also found as the
b-side to “Health and efficiency”.
By far their most avant garde
recordings,where they even manage to out-Can Can!
Track Listing:
1 – Repeat
(20.21)
2 - Metal
(23.17)
3 – Graphic
-Varispeed (33rpm) (15.27)
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