portion control

cracking early cassette release

Fockewulf 190 - Body Heat

Staccato Du Mal

Really digging on the goth synth sounds of Staccato Du Mal, possibly more than his other alter egos like Opus Finis, Xeno And Staccato....over the last few years there have been a whole spat of acts looking back at the whole dystopian 80’s sounds, which is no bad thing, it’s a sound i like and this is the best i’ve heard in a while, great stuff, and just out on Weird Records
If you like dark concrete electro this could be your bag



A more uptempo number

A TV Treat

the original cassette version of T.V. Treated by Neon Judgement, Belgian new wave

Ladies who Lunch - Bull in the Heather (1995)

For a small period in the 90s uber hip Beastie Boys vanity project Grand Royal actually hit paydirt with releases by the likes of Luscious Jackson and their much missed magazine of the same name (favourite article: Vincent Gallo interviewing Vincent Gallo)!

For me though their greatest moment came in 1995 with the release of a perfectly formed 7" simply called Ladies who Lunch Present: Kims We Love. With its simple illustration of a ladies tennis match on the front and photo of a toy casio keyboard on the flip I simply had to have it ... and that was before I realised that the songs were covers of two of my favourites Gigantic & Bull in the Heather ... But far from being just pure slavish examples of hero worship, these cover versions demonstrate lo fidelity deadpan minimalism at its finest with Bull in the Heather in particular giving it socks with a dirty John Carpenteresque electronic squiggle ... Of course its only fair to say that both ladies (who lunch) were on first name terms with the Kims (Deal and Gordon) of their love (Josephine Wiggs being The Breeders bassist and all), but do you think posterity cares!

Bull in the heather (ladies who lunch) by Minimalmanimal