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cDr|m's
.:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::.
artist :: the klf
release :: mu
year :: 1991
genre :: electronic
label :: klf communications
catalogue :: tocp-6916
ripper :: soulfiction
date :: 30-sep-2001
quality :: 192kbps/44,1khz
source :: compact disc
.::.......................................................................::.
01 3 a.m. eternal (live at the s.s.l.) 5:59
02 justified & ancient (all about for mu mu land) 8:16
03 make it rain (extended version) 4:07
04 last train to trancentral (live from the lost connection) 5:40
05 america: what time is love? 8:37
playtime :: 00h 32m 39s
.::.......................................................................::.
bill drummond isn't a newcomer to the british music scene by any
means. the short list: member of the late-'70s liverpool band big
in japan (with later-to-be-frontman for frankie goes to hollywood,
holly johnson). founding partner with david balfe of the zoo
record label (releasing early efforts by friends that included
julian cope and echo and the bunnymen; balfe's food records is now
home base for jesus jones). former manager for echo and the
bunnymen and the teardrop explodes. former a&r man for wea
records, where he signed brilliant (june montana, killing joke's
bassist youth, and a guitarist named jimmy cauty).
the formers are over now. the current is the klf, drummond's
collaboration with jimmy cauty which has survived two point five
name-changes, a handful of number ones, a sampling controversy
that led to the withdrawal of their first album, and an unfinished
movie project that almost put them in the poorhouse.
their debut lp, released under the name of the justified ancients
of mu mu, was unassumingly dubbed 1987 - what the fuck is going
on. recorded by drummond and cauty, under the aliases 'king boy d'
and 'rockman rock,' in cauty's tiny apartment on a hip-hop
inspired whim, the album was a complete homebrew in-your-face
masterpiece, combining drum machines and loud scots shouting with
sound bites from everyone from the monkees to abba.
unfortunately, abba bit back. the jams, it seems, had lifted
virtually every ounce of the swedish disco band's hit "dancing
queen" and dropped it unaltered into a track the jams has dubbed
"the queen and i," predating the loop-and-sample antics of mc
hammer and vanilla ice by three or so years. it wasn't so much a
cover as it was an unauthorized remix, and the threat of an
expensive lawsuit inspired the jams to do the right thing - burn
all the unsold copies of the album.
they were soon back in the game, though, and after a similar (but
mercifully lawsuit-free) escapade with whitney houston on "whitney
joins the jams" and another full-length album (who killed the
jams), they hit #1 in summer 1988 as the timelords with what even
they admit to as being the most nauseating record in the history
of the world: the "dr. who"-inspired dance track, "doctorin' the
tardis," and a book - the manual (how to have a number one the
easy way). this apparently worked for eurotrash band edelweiss,
who read the book, stole abba's "s.o.s.," and sold five million
copies worldwide with "bring me edelweiss."
next, a compilation album and another change of name, this time to
the klf - "kopyright liberation front," if some people can be
believed. then, a handful of tepidly-received ambient-house
singles through late 1988 and early 1989, and a summer 1989 pop
track ("kylie said to jason") that didn't even manage to break the
top 100. the band pulled back and regrouped, deciding to put
together an album that you could listen to after the dance music
was over. the result ... chill out
.::.......................................................................::.
greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, tr, igr and mgc
.::.......................................................................::.
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