Chaz Jankel
My Occupation: The Music of Chaz Jankel
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.date 2007
.style Disco
.label Tirk
.cat.no. TIRK 031CD
.source CDDA
.type Album
.quality VBRkbps 44.1hz Joint-Stereo
.size 113,3 MB
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Chaz Jankel was Ian Dury's writing partner in The Blockheads but went on
to become a successful artist in his own right, racking up a sizeable
roster of hits including platinum selling singles like 'Glad To Know
You' and 'Ai No Corrida'. This album serves as a retrospective overview
of the man's career, which spanned some five full-length releases over
the course of the 1980s. Jankel to this day remains a part of The
Blockheads, but his work as a synthesizer auteur as documented on this
compilation tells another story, representing the career of an artist
who ably dipped into the nascent electronic sub-genres of the day,
referencing new wave, post disco and electropop whilst never shying away
from the weirder corners of electronic music, as captured in the bizarre
edits and overdubs littering the otherwise fairly straight-up rhythm
track of 'Reve De Chevres'. If there is a overriding theme to Jankel's
career it has something to do with placing emphasis on taking all these
various forms and production angles and wrapping them around a central
pop superstructure, something Jankel seemed to accomplish throughout his
career with an impressive consistency.
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01 To Woo Lady Kong 06:10
02 Glad To Know You 06:33
03 You're My Occupation 06:54
04 3,000,000 Synths 04:45
05 Number One 07:17
06 Feel Alone 06:11
07 Reve De Chevres 02:58
08 Ai No Corrida 08:35
09 Get Myself Together 04:37
10 Oh You Pretty Thing 05:21
11 Without You 05:17
12 Am I Honest With Myself Really 08:27
13 Call Me (Bonus Dub) 04:06
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77:11 min
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