tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post5149521160095612138..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: The Karen Cooper Complex - "Shinjuku Birdwalk" (Artifacts/yclept) (1981/2010)Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-46955540137815820962015-09-08T21:10:56.349+02:002015-09-08T21:10:56.349+02:00Yeah, I love, love, love this album - got a rip of...Yeah, I love, love, love this album - got a rip of it a few years ago via the wonderful WMFU blog and have been astonished that it hasn't had a reissue as it's one of the best unknown albums ever issued on the interweb - it's that perfect blend of no-wave, post-punk, primitive-electronics and avant-prog with a touch of delirious derangement thrown into the mix - there isn't even a Discogs entry with a single vastly overpriced copy for sale, which makes me wonder just how many copies were pressed (or were they?).<br /><br />Request time! <br /><br />Phil Brammer / Various – In Colour / Music By Numbers, Zoometronome Records – Pluck 3<br />Vinyl, LP, UK 1981 <br /><br />Mutant Sounds posted it ages back, but I lost my rip and I can't find it anywhere on the interweb, so if you or anyone has a rip of it, I think it well deserves a blog post or a link in the comments section (obviously I would think that, hence the request)<br /><br />There are some great tracks on it, like Phil Brammer's When Will You Decide, Franz Czech's Music By Numbers and Sea Of Wires' Alien Voices to name but a few - Phil Brammer also released a 1982 single called 'London Pleasures' but judging by the near £100 price tag on Discogs it's rarer than rocking horse shit.<br /><br />I try and keep my requests to a minimum as it is an annoying assumption that a) every blog owner has the entire world's record collection in digital form at their disposal and b) they want to share anything with you - but when it's something that would fit nicely into the DIEORDIY2 aesthetic, it's worth asking.<br /><br />PS> For anyone interested, The curator 'Artifacts/yclept' who posted the Karen Cooper Complex album has some other great stuff from the late seventies/early-mid eighties for free download:<br /><br />http://freemusicarchive.org/label/Artifactsyclept/<br /><br />the saucer peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680580618942851108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-55720264050335923042015-09-05T00:46:14.578+02:002015-09-05T00:46:14.578+02:00Very much so.So much so she got a complex about it...Very much so.So much so she got a complex about it.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-33846199831402280022015-09-04T20:56:41.901+02:002015-09-04T20:56:41.901+02:00Karen Cooper!!! Man she sounds totally bugged out...Karen Cooper!!! Man she sounds totally bugged out!Devyn Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915392955363733696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-38533263737537088842015-09-02T11:11:04.726+02:002015-09-02T11:11:04.726+02:00Thank you.
Thank you.<br />Steffenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476306001666954371noreply@blogger.com