| BERCHEM | |
| dead
man ray march '98 heavenhotel | |
| daan
stuyven rudy trouvé elko blijweert herman houbrechts | |
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01: beegee 02: inc. 03: stain 04: bones 05: 6-pack 06: bread 07: moïd 08: perfo 09: chemical 10: horse 11: ww3 12: copy of 78 13: copy of 78 pt. 2 14: copy of 78 pt. 3 15: stool 16: babydoll |
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| This
is a fantastic album. It took the nation by storm in 1998 (well, sort of),
surprising everyone with the insanely original sound Dead Man Ray were
producing. A couple of singles were released, and in less than a few
months, Dead Man Ray suddenly was a fantastic fresh breeze in the already
diverse Belgian musical landscape. This incredible debut album features
some fantastic lo-fi, semi-distorted, anarchistic pop music. Impossible to
accurately describe, this is definitely a small milestone in history of
European music. Based on improvisations by the band, converted to unpredictable cut-up structures, loads of Sherman filterbank effects and some beautiful surreal singing by Daan Stuyven, this album never stops to amaze. Don’t miss it. | |
| FLAT HEARING AID [BERCHEM PROMO] | |
| 01:
bones 02: box 03: chemical 04: bread 05: beegee 06: ww3 07: lost id# 08: perfo 09: rontgen 10: suncomfort 11: babydoll 12: stain 13: blind 14: copy of '78 15: stool |
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| This
premature promo of berchem was made months before the final release of
what would turn out to be dead man ray's debut. The album was still
titled 'Flat hearing aid' back then, and the about fifty percent
of the songs on this cd are in rougher mix versions compared to the
final ones. I don't know wether this promo actually got released, all i
know is it exists. There are two completely new tracks to be found (lost
id#, which is simply a short sample of a screaming guitar, and blind,
a terrific poppy song in the now well known dead man ray tradition). Two
more tracks ([new delhi] rontgen [scan] and suncomfort)
were cut for the final album, but they appeared later on the chemical
maxi-single. My copy misses the front cover, so what you're looking at (above right) is the backside of it. | |
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