Following on from 2018’s LP “V/A “Prophecy + Progress: UK Electronics 1978 – 1990” LP. Peripheral Minimal is proud to present PM332CD, a double CD containing all the original tracks from Volume I and a further 13-tracks for Volume II. Both volumes contain a bonus track. The whole package contains 2 x CDs in a lavish 8-page booklet designed by Jason B. Bernard and Oleg Galay, and is limited to 500 copies. A limited edition set will also be available: containing the CD, t-shirt, badge and postcard. Once again perfectly mastered by: Martin Bowes @ The Cage Studios.
“Peripheral Minimal is proud to present, ‘V/A “Prophecy + Progress: UK Electronics 1978 – 1990” LP’, a thirteen-track compilation that represents the burgeoning Electronic music scene in the UK.
This isn’t simply another synthpop compilation, or some nostalgic frippery, but an eclectic mix of acts that were experimenting with newly available technology at a time when the punk scene had imploded and the music press was busy coining new genres as an attempt to continue its legacy, although synth-pop in part arose from punk rock, it abandoned punk’s emphasis on authenticity and often pursued a deliberate artificiality, drawing on the critically derided forms such as disco and glam rock. Although electronic experimentation had been explored in the decades before, it was still considered ‘alien’, “eerie, sterile, and vaguely menacing”, and even downright, ‘austere and fascistic’.
It may have taken the likes of Gary Numan or Depeche Mode et al to switch the record buying public to synthesizer music, but bubbling underground were a myriad of experimenters recording in relative secrecy in Industrial cities like Sheffield or post-war London, at a time when the Tories came back into power and utterly altered the political landscape, and produced a generation of, ‘Thatcher’s Children’ (selfish, arrogant and materialistic). The antidote seemed to be quiet rebellion in the shape of dark and alienating soundscapes by acts that are now considered ‘pioneers’, or achieving cult status, in a new era of throwaway pop and trite ‘new wave’ impersonators.
Many of the acts herein will be familiar with followers of synth or industrial music, some perhaps lesser known. We’ve also included slightly ‘later’ works by artists that were already firmly established in the early 80s as a comparison, and for the pure arrogance of it. It’s an attempt to rekindle those heady days of experimentation and to encourage new generations to rebel and forgo the fashionable posturing that comes with anything vaguely ‘interesting’.” – Original text from Volume 1.
Following on from 2018’s LP “V/A “Prophecy + Progress: UK Electronics 1978 – 1990” LP. Peripheral Minimal is proud to present PM332CD, a double CD containing all the original tracks from Volume I and a further 13-tracks for Volume II. Both volumes contain a bonus track. The whole package contains 2 x CDs in a lavish 8-page booklet designed by Jason B. Bernard and Oleg Galay, and is limited to 500 copies. A limited edition set will also be available: containing the CD, t-shirt, badge and postcard. Once again perfectly mastered by: Martin Bowes @ The Cage Studios.
“Peripheral Minimal is proud to present, ‘V/A “Prophecy + Progress: UK Electronics 1978 – 1990” LP’, a thirteen-track compilation that represents the burgeoning Electronic music scene in the UK.
This isn’t simply another synthpop compilation, or some nostalgic frippery, but an eclectic mix of acts that were experimenting with newly available technology at a time when the punk scene had imploded and the music press was busy coining new genres as an attempt to continue its legacy, although synth-pop in part arose from punk rock, it abandoned punk’s emphasis on authenticity and often pursued a deliberate artificiality, drawing on the critically derided forms such as disco and glam rock. Although electronic experimentation had been explored in the decades before, it was still considered ‘alien’, “eerie, sterile, and vaguely menacing”, and even downright, ‘austere and fascistic’.
It may have taken the likes of Gary Numan or Depeche Mode et al to switch the record buying public to synthesizer music, but bubbling underground were a myriad of experimenters recording in relative secrecy in Industrial cities like Sheffield or post-war London, at a time when the Tories came back into power and utterly altered the political landscape, and produced a generation of, ‘Thatcher’s Children’ (selfish, arrogant and materialistic). The antidote seemed to be quiet rebellion in the shape of dark and alienating soundscapes by acts that are now considered ‘pioneers’, or achieving cult status, in a new era of throwaway pop and trite ‘new wave’ impersonators.
Many of the acts herein will be familiar with followers of synth or industrial music, some perhaps lesser known. We’ve also included slightly ‘later’ works by artists that were already firmly established in the early 80s as a comparison, and for the pure arrogance of it. It’s an attempt to rekindle those heady days of experimentation and to encourage new generations to rebel and forgo the fashionable posturing that comes with anything vaguely ‘interesting’.” – Original text from Volume 1.
TRACK TITLES:
CD1:
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01: Clock DVA “Lomticks Of Time [1978]
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Vice Versa “Idol” [V.O.D. Version][1979]
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Colin Potter “Number Five” [1980]
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Konstruktivists “Vision Speed” [1981]
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Naked Lunch “Rabies” [1981]
Five Times Of Dust “Automation” [1981]
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Schleimer K “Women” [1981]
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V-Sor,X “Conversation With” [1981]
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Attrition “Beast Of Burden” [2006 Remaster][1984]
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Peter Hope + David Harrow “Too Hot” [1986]
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John Costello “Total Shutdown” [1986]
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T.A.G.C. “Further And Evident Meanings” [1986]
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John Avery “12am Awake & Looking Down” [1986]
CD2:
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The Future “DAZ” [1978]
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Neu Electrikk “Practically Isolate” [1981]
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Steve Parry + Colin Potter “Womb” [1981]
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Eric Random “23 Skidoo” [1981]
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Illustration “Dimensions Of Design” [1981]
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Final Program “Phase One” [1981]
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Ian Boddy “Follow” [1982]
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Malcolm Brown “Jaws Of The Living” [1982/83]
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Stress “Second Sight” [1983]
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Red Fetish “Saved” [1983]
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UV POP “No Songs Tomorrow” [1983]
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Hula “Invisible” [Live][1984]
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Bourbonese Qualk “Shutdown” [1985]
Bonus Track:
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P.Hope_R.Deluxe “Primarily” [Bonus Track][1982/83
- 14.Steve Parry “Island Of Real” [1987]