ERIC RANDOM - A Boy Alone 2xLP Cabaret Voltaire 23 Skidoo dub industrial electro
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ERIC RANDOM
"A Boy Alone" 2xLP
Label: Dark Entries ?- DE-220 (Usa, 2018)
Conditions: New & Sealed
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Dark Entries release ‘A Boy Alone’, a double LP set from Manchester electronic music pioneer Eric Random. Best known for his early recordings for New Hormones and Les Disques du Crépuscule and collaborations with Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks), Cabaret Voltaire and Nico.
As an original member of The Tiller Boys with Shelley, Random injected a healthy dose of Krautrock into the dour Manchester post-punk scene in 1978/79 before going solo the following year. Random’s first 7” “Subliminal”/“23 Skidoo” was released in 1981 via Les Disques du Crépuscule and explored ominous sonic surrounds. That same year also saw the release of a second 7" single on New Hormones, “Dow Chemical Company”/ “Skin Deep”. Both tracks offered bubbling, rhythmic sound patterns, and were the first to feature other musicians that would become know as The Bedlamites. Consisting of Lynn Walton on vocals, Ian Runacres and Andy Diagram of Dislocation Dance, and bassist Wayne Worm, aka Wayne Sedgeman. Their debut 12” single “Subliminal Seduction”/“Bedlam-a-Go-Go” was released in 1982 through Plurex, mixing arid funk textures and sparse melodies. That same year the group contributed proto chill-out track “6.55” to Plurex compilation ‘Hours’ and the highly filmic track “In Cassette Conference” to the Touch cassette package ‘Feature Mist’. In 1983, Random spent several months in the Himalayas with a group of musicians from the Kulu Valley and studied non-Western instruments such as tabla. On returning to Manchester, Random convened a new group of Bedlamites including Walton, Sedgeman and drummer Graham Dowdall aka Dids of Ludus. They released the 12” single “Mad As Mankind”/“Dream Web Of Maya” in 1984 on Cabaret Voltaire’s Doublevision, embracing electronic, industrial and dub styles. In 1985 they contributed the soothing “Pure Power” to Food Records’ “Imminent Episode One” compilation.
Our reissue also includes 4 unreleased bonus tracks from Eric’s archives recorded between 1981-1984. The whole set adds up to 115 minutes of sinister, somnambulant Random music. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Each copy is housed in a gatefold jacket designed by Eloise Leigh featuring a spread of ephemera, photos with liner notes by James Nice of LTM.
Notes:
A1,A2 released on 7” by New Hormones in July 1981.
A1 Recorded at Western Works, Sheffield, 1981. Produced by Eric Random and Stephen Mallinder
A2 Recorded at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, 1981. Engineered by Colin Richardson
A3,A4 released on 7” by Les Disques Du Crépuscule in May 1981.
A3 Recorded at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, 1981.
A4 Recorded at Western Works by Stephen Mallinder, Sheffield on 4 April 1981.
B1 released on the cassette compilation Feature Mist in 1982.
Recorded in Manchester, 1982. Produced by Eric Random.
B3 released on the LP compilation Hours in May 1982.
Recorded in Manchester, 1982. Produced by Stuart James
C1,C2 released on 12” by Plurex Records in 1982.
Recorded and Mixed at Studio Arnold Mühren, September 1982. Produced by Stuart James
D1,D2 released on 12” by Doublevision in August 1984.
Recorded at Western Works Studios, Sheffield, 1984. Engineered and Produced by Richard H. Kirk & Stephen Mallinder
D3 released on the LP compilation Imminent Episode One in 1985 .
Recorded in Manchester, 1984.
A5,B4,C3 previously unreleased. Recorded in Manchester, 1981-84
B2 previously unreleased. Recorded live at Rheinterrassen in Bonn West Germany on 20 September 1980.
Photographs by Clive Hunt, Robin Didley, Andy Joslin, Eric Random, Marc Monin
Thank you to Eric Random, Simon Dell, James Nice, George Horn, Anne-Marie, Joe Tarantino and Eloise Leigh.
Track list:
A1 Subliminal
A2 23 Skidoo
A3 Dow Chemical Comapany
A4 Skin Deep
A5 In Serious Dub
B1 Meets The Bedlamites In Cassette Conference
B2 Slaves & Pyramids (Live)
B3 Pure Power (Demo)
B4 6:55
C1 Subliminal Seduction
C2 Bedlam A Go-Go
C3 Liquid Metal
D1 Mad As Mankind
D2 Dream Web Of Maya
D3 Pure Power
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