COSE TO THE NOISE FLOOR - FORMATIVE UK ELECTRONICA - 1976-1984 - CHERRY RED

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CLOSE TO THE NOISE FLOOR - FORMATIVE UK ELECTRONICA 1975-1984

Disc: 1   1. Computer Bank - FIVE TIMES OF DUST - Five Times of Dust
  2. R.a.M. - THE KLINGONS - The Klingons
  3. Re-Education Through Labour - CHRIS AND COSEY - Chris And Cosey
  4. Sedation Strokes - MALCOLM BROWN - Malcolm Brown
  5. Little Bob Minor - STORM BUGS - Storm Bugs
  6. Tight As a Drum - THOMAS LEER - Thomas Leer
  7. Holiday Camp - BLANCMANGE - Blancmange
  8. Fractured Smile - INNER CITY STATIC - Inner City Static
  9. Sexuality - WE BE ECHO - We Be Echo
  10. God With Us - BOURBONESE QUALK - Bourbonese Qualk
  11. Faith - NAGAMATZU - Nagamatzu
  12. Disco Song - O YUKI CONJUGATE - O Yuki Conjugate
  13. Optimum Chant - BRITISH ELECTRIC FOUNDATION - British Electric Foundation
  14. All Night Long - KEVIN HARRISON - Kevin Harrison
  15. Stopping and Starting - VOICE OF AUTHORITY - Voice of Authority

Disc: 2   1. I Am Your Shadow - COLIN POTTER - Colin Potter
  2. D'ya Think I'm Sexy - BRITISH STANDARD UNIT - British Standard Unit
  3. The Single Off the Album - FIVE TIMES OF DUST - Five Times of Dust
  4. Back to Beginning - SPOON FAZER - Spöön Fazer
  5. Gerry and the Holograms - GERRY AND THE HOLOGRAMS - Gerry & The Holograms
  6. Drugface - THE PASSAGE - The Passage
  7. A New Kind of Man - JOHN FOXX - John Foxx
  8. Green for Go - 100% MANMADE FIBRE - 100% Manmade Fibre
  9. Sentimental - THOSE LITTLE ALIENS - Those Little Aliens
  10. Protect and Survive - FINAL PROGRAM - Final Program
  11. Being Boiled - HUMAN LEAGUE - The Human League
  12. New Muzak - INSTANT AUTOMATIONS - Instant Automatons
  13. Materialistic Man - CULTURAL AMNESIA - Cultural Amnesia
  14. (Leaving Me) Now - WORLDBACKWARDS - Worldbackwards
  15. Music to Save the World By - ALAN BURNHAM - Alan Burnham
  16. Almost - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  17. Kodak Ghosts Run Amok - EYELESS IN GAZA - Eyeless In Gaza
  18. Broken Vein - SCHLEIMER K - Schleimer K
  19. The Distance from Koln - NATIVE EUROPE - Native Europe

Disc: 3   1. Adrenalin (Return of the Elohim Pt 1) - ZORCH - Zorch
  2. Robot Dance - SEA OF WIRES - Sea of Wires
  3. Sea of Tranquility - RON BERRY - Ron Berry
  4. Mistral - MFH - MFH
  5. Joe Goes to New York - ADRIAN SMITH - Adrian Smith
  6. Embryo (Extract) - MARK SHREEVE - Mark Shreeve
  7. Tripych - EG OBLIQUE GRAPH - Eg Oblique Graph
  8. Encounter - CARL MATHEWS - Carl Matthews
  9. Ynys Scaith - PAUL NAGLE - Paul Nagle
  10. Sedation - O YUKI CONJUGATE - O Yuki Conjugate
  11. Western Vein - KONSTRUKTIVIST - Konstruktivist
  12. Dead of Night (Excerpt) - ATTRITION - Attrition

Disc: 4   1. What a Day - THROBBING GRISTLE - Throbbing Gristle
  2. No Way of Knowing - A TENT - A Tent
  3. Go for the Throat - PORTION CONTROL - Portion Control
  4. Eco Beat - DC3 - DC3
  5. Dying Inside - RENALDO AND THE LOAF - Renaldo & The Loaf
  6. In the Army - BLAH BLAH BLAH - Blah Blah Blah
  7. God Speed - LEGENDARY PINK DOTS - Legendary Pink Dots
  8. Muslin Gauze Muslim Prayer - MUSLIMGAUZE - Muslimgauze
  9. Live at Longborne - SUISSE - Suisse
  10. Menial Disorders, Extract B2 - ALIEN BRAINS - Alien Brains
  11. Himeal (and She Blew) - STORM BUGS - Storm Bugs
  12. In the Room - THIRD DOOR FROM THE LEFT - Third Door From The Left
  13. Dignity of Labour - AL ROBERTSON - Al Robertson
  14. Mzui (Extract) - BCGILBERT, GLEWIS, RUSSELL MILLS - bcGilbert, gLewis & Russell Mills












































































Two years in the making, Close To The Noise Floor is a 4CD, 61-track set exploring the origins of electronica in the UK. Featuring tracks from key figures on the cassette label underground alongside early releases by future stars of the movement, this is part primitive rave, part synthesiser porn & part history lesson. Enthralled by the mysterious electronics of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Gong & German Kosmische artists such as Tangerine Dream, Harmonia & Cluster, & inspired by the DIY ethos of punk, a quiet revolution took place across the UK in the late 70s & early 80s. The rise of the microchip & the advent of affordable synthesisers enabled countless artists for whom guitars, drums & bass had become old hat, & in grubby bedsits, unremarkable living rooms & art school halls across the British Isles, UK electronica was born. Exploring every corner of this fascinating & often overlooked chapter in musical history. For proto synth-pop look no further than 100% Manmade Fibre & Spoon Fazer, whilst British Standard Unit & Five Times Of Dust lay out techno templates which wouldn't take full form until many years later. Elsewhere, the synthesiser laden ambient music of Zorch & the found sound collages of A Tent sit comfortably alongside early forays by familiar names - Blancmange, The Human League, OMD & Throbbing Gristle - in over four hours of futurist, entirely modern music.

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