Close to the Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975–1984

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

excursions in proto-synth pop, diy techno and ambient exploration

Annotation last modified on 2017-10-18 07:03 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Computer Bank
Five Times of Dust5:16
2R.A.M.
The Klingons5:32
3Re-Education Through Labour
Chris and Cosey7:11
4Sedation Strokes
Malcolm Brown4:08
5Little Bob Minor
Storm Bugs3:34
6Tight as a Drum
Thomas Leer4:39
7Holiday Camp
Blancmange3:10
8Fractured Smile
Inner City Static4:27
9Sexuality
electronic instruments [Fostex Four-Track Cassette Recorder], keyboard [unknown keyboard(s)] and sampler [Casio Digital Sampling Rhythm Composer]:
we be echo
We Be Echo2:56
10God With Us
recording engineer:
Bourbonese Qualk (in 1983)
producer:
Bourbonese Qualk
electronic instruments [electronics] and tape:
Simon Crab (in 1983)
vocals:
Julian Gilbert (in 1983)
Bourbonese Qualk5:53
11Faith
Nagamatzu6:55
12Disco Song
O Yuki Conjugate4:14
13Optimum Chant
British Electric Foundation4:12
14All Night Long
Kevin Harrison1:35
15Stopping and Starting
Voice of Authority5:59
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Am Your Shadow
Colin Potter2:46
2D’Ya Think I’m Sexy?
cover recording of:
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
writer:
Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings and Rod Stewart
publisher:
Control (German electronic), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Nitestalk Music, Riva Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America, WC Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
version of:
Taj Mahal
British Standard Unit2:26
3The Single Off the Album
drum machine [Roland Drumatix], keyboard [Casio MT65 keyboard] and synthesizer [Roland Bassline]:
Five Times of Dust
Five Times of Dust3:27
4Back to the Beginning
producer:
Spöön Fazer
synclavier [Synclavier II]:
Spöön Fazer (on 1982-04-20)
Spöön Fazer2:39
5Gerry and the Holograms
Gerry & the Holograms4:07
6Drugface
The Passage3:48
7A New Kind of Man
recording of:
A New Kind of Man (John Foxx)
lyricist and composer:
John Foxx
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
John Foxx4:32
8Green for Go
100% Manmade Fibre3:03
9Sentimental
Those Little Aliens2:00
10Protect and Survive
Final Program2:27
11Being Boiled
producer:
The Human League
lead vocals:
Philip Oakey
recording of:
Being Boiled
lyricist:
Philip Oakey
composer:
Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware
The Human League3:40
12New Muzak
The Instant Automatons1:51
13Materialistic Man
analog synthesizer [Korg MS10], drum machine [Tensai Rhythm Machine], effects [WEM Copicat] and melodica:
Cultural Amnesia (in 1981-05)
Cultural Amnesia3:38
14(Leaving Me) Now
World Backwards2:54
15Music to Save the World By
engineer:
Eric Radcliffe
producer:
Daniel Miller (British music producer and founder of Mute Records)
recorded at:
Blackwing Studios (London, UK) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Alan Burnham3:49
16Almost
recording of:
Almost
writer:
Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) and Andy McCluskey
publisher:
BMG Consortium Music Publishing Germany, BMG VM Music Ltd., Dinsong Limited, VC II and White Noise Ltd.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:43
17Kodak Ghosts Run Amok
Dubreq Stylophone [Stylophone] and synthesizer [WASP]:
Eyeless in Gaza
Eyeless in Gaza2:28
18Broken Vein
Schleimer K4:23
19The Distance From Köln
Native Europe2:29
▼CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Adrenalin (Return of the Elohim, Pt. 1)
synthesizer [EMS Synthi] and vocoder:
Zorch (1970's English Synthesizer Band) (in 1975)
Zorch5:12
2Robot Dance
The Sea of Wires2:33
3Sea of Tranquility
recording engineer and producer:
Ron Berry (British electronic musician)
electronic instruments and synthesizer:
Ron Berry (British electronic musician)
Ron Berry5:57
4Mistral
MFH2:27
5Joe Goes to New York
Adrian Smith6:52
6Embryo (extract)
Mark Shreeve6:14
7Triptych
EG Oblique Graph6:37
8Encounter
Carl Matthews6:43
9Ynys Scaith
Paul Nagle4:18
10Sedation
O Yuki Conjugate3:36
11Western Vein
Konstruktivist3:47
12Dead of Night (excerpt)
Attrition6:01
▼CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What a Day
recording of:
What a Day
composer:
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle44:38
2No Way of Knowing
guitar:
Mike Alway (in 1981)
recorded at:
Alaska Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1981)
A Tent3:29
3Go for the Throat
Portion Control2:12
4Eco Beat
DC36:48
5Dying Inside
effects [looped radio excerpts], effects [rhythmic tape loop], effects [Watkins Copicat tape echo unit] and maracas:
Renaldo & The Loaf (in 1979-05)
Renaldo and The Loaf5:13
6In the Army
recorded in:
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-14)
acoustic bass guitar [Hofner semi-acoustic bass]:
Chris Andrews (Blah Blah Blah member) (on 1978-07-14)
effects and guitar:
Peter Wiggins (on 1978-07-14)
synthesizer:
Martin Croxford (on 1978-07-14) and Vicky Gordon Jones (on 1978-07-14)
vocals:
Ian Smith (Blah Blah Blah member) (on 1978-07-14)
Blah Blah Blah4:42
7God Speed
The Legendary Pink Dots4:03
8Muslin Gauze Muslim Prayer
Muslimgauze6:17
9Live at Longborne
recorded in:
Bristol, England, United Kingdom (in 1981)
recording engineer:
MAP (Experimental musician, producer and the man behind MAP Tapes cassette label.) (in 1981)
Suisse5:39
10Menial Disorders, Extract B2
Alien Brains3:35
11Himeal (And She Blew)
recorded in:
New Cross, Lewisham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1979)
analog synthesizer [VCS3], effects [tape delay] and electronic instruments [sequencer]:
Philip Sanderson (British electronic musician) (in 1979)
guitar:
Steven Ball (in 1979) and Philip Sanderson (British electronic musician) (in 1979)
Storm Bugs4:52
12In the Room
Third Door From the Left3:00
13Dignity of Labour
Al Robertson5:25
14Mzui (extract)
bcGilbert, gLewis, russell Mills5:34