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The Beatles of modern experimental music. Damon McMahon (Amen Dunes)
With their self-titled debut, This Heat sowed the seeds of post-punk, avant rock, noise rock and post-rock. The album took the trio Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams two years to create, and placed them at the forefront of experimental music. The follow-up, the 20-minute Health and Efficiency, proved to be a less labored and more conventional record to make. Bridging the gap between the debut and their masterpiece, Deceit, the 1980 release found the band settling into a groove at their studio, Cold Storage.
The eight-minute title track, remembers Charles Hayward, was improvised pretty much fully-formed, and included the sound of the neighboring schools playground and the band rolling bottles around in the gallery space next to their studio. Thats where they found the maxi-singles sleeve too Pete Cobbs blue and white image was on display in the same gallery. As Charles Hayward notes: Everything seemed to fall into place.
On the B-side, the drone for Graphic/Varispeed came from the song 24 Track Loop on the first album, albeit manipulated, slowed down and sped up. In the process, we realized that we liked the morphing of the sound from one state to another as the vari-speed combed the sound across the equalization, like a microscope. So we recorded the process itself, which is what you hear here, says Hayward. The intention was for the single to be able to be played at 33, 45 or 78 RPM which youre welcome to do with this reissue, too.
Celebrating This Heats 40th anniversary in 2016, Modern Classics Recordings will re-issue the bands catalog 1979s This Heat, 1980s Health and Efficiency, and 1981s Deceit with full co-operation of surviving members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward. Four decades on, the tireless efforts of This Heats process can once again be a revelation for new audiences.
* First official vinyl re-issue in collaboration with original band members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward
* 24 bit/96 kHz re-master from original analog tapes
* 180 gram wax housed in an expanded gatefold tip-on jacket
* Includes booklet with track notes and archival photos
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