ARTIST...: La Scenes de la BohΦme
TITLE....: Standing In The Rain
YEAR.....: 2019
LABEL....: Minimal Wave
CAT.NO...: MW070
GENRE....: New Wave
TIME.....: 30:41
SIZE.....: 70.31 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2020/02/07
WEBSITE..: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/?id=Bsn675r7ffofxgdof4gnbitc5yq
TRACKLIST
01) (04:18) Zara
02) (05:17) Leap into the Void
03) (07:10) Avant-Garde Guitar
04) (07:06) A City Such as This
05) (04:19) Hello Dorian Gray
06) (02:31) The Tale of the Butterfly
Minimal Wave is proud to present an LP of 6 songs by cult U.K. project Scenes de la
BohΦme, entitled æStanding in the RainÆ. Scenes de la BohΦme was formed by Anthony
Waites in London, in 1981 with an innate desire to create poetic, subversive pop
music. Without any intention of ever signing to a record label, he self-released one
untitled 7ö single in 1982, an edition of 150 copies, with money funded to him by his
parents for his 21st birthday. He often used borrowed synthesizers to record his
music in various bedroom studios and friendsÆ houses supplemented by his beloved
cherry red Hagstrom guitar. The two songs that he released were æZaraÆ, an earworm of
a pop song about a longed for girl standing in the rain, and æThe Tale of The
ButterflyÆ. Unlike many other bands of the time, he never sent the single or his
demos to John Peel, The NME, Beggars Banquet, nor Rough Trade and so it was lost to
obscurity until a few record collectors ædiscoveredÆ it some 15 years ago. Scenes de
la BohΦmeÆs Untitled 7ö single continues to fetch exorbitant prices in collectorsÆ
circles so we are especially happy to be able to make this release available in the
form of a newly mastered mini LP, which includes four unreleased tracks that Waites
had recorded at the time. The LP is pressed on 180 gram vinyl, as a limited edition
of 600 (300 black and 300 transparent yellow), and features beautifully restored
images of Waites and his main partner in crime, Seamus Fitzsimmons. The inner sleeve
holds WaitesÆ story, his musical inspirations and explorations as an Irish youth
growing up in London in the early 1980s and discovering the avant-garde. Release date
is April 23rd.
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