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TERRACE INDUSTRY: M SQUARED BOX 1980-1983ASCENSION RECORDSFormat: 4xCDs Cata No: ANCD036 Barcode: 705105693248 |
| An outstanding compile, that truly encapsulates an insurgent scene from 30 plus years ago, in Sydney, Australia: With the assistance of Ascension Records, M Squared have revisited their catalogue to compile their favourites into Terrace Industry an M Squared box set of 81 tracks over 4 CDs. Originally released on vinyl or cassette by the M Squared label between 1980 and 1983 the majority of these tracks now appear on CD for the very first time. This completely remastered 30-year anniversary set includes tracks from Systematics, The Makers of The Dead Travel Fast, Scattered Order, Ya Ya Choral, A Cloakroom Assembly, Patrick Gibson, Prod, Pel Mel, Wild West, SoliPsiK, The Limp, Tame O'Mearas, Severed Heads, Height/Dismay, Belle du Soir, The Slugfuckers, The Same, Splendid Mess, Pleasant Peasants and The Barons. The Dru Jones designed box also contains a 36 page booklet with label history, recollections from the bands involved and previously unpublished photos, plus a set of commemorative drink coasters. Almost all the material that comprises the box set makes it's first appearance on CD, two tracks being completely unreleased. Newly transferred & mastered all of the material is sounding better than it ever has! About M SQUARED Operating in Sydney, Australia from 1980 to 1983, the M Squared label was founded by Mitch Jones and Michael Tee of seminal noisemaking band Scattered Order. Joined by The Systematics' Patrick Gibson in their tiny recording studio, the trio steered the label through 24 vinyl and seven cassette releases in a brief burst of creative hyperactivity. The prevailing idea behind M Squared was that creating music was possible even with limited equipment and training, and the studio was in constant use as a testing ground for that theory, especially as the M Squared personnel became involved in many small side projects. As a consequence, the label's ability to release the subsequent torrent of material was stretched to the limit. One solution was split cassette releases in editions of 100 or less, but many more tracks remained unreleased and in some cases completely forgotten. At the time M Squared was in operation, press reaction to the label's catalogue ran the gamut from outraged to ecstatic, with a good dollop of complete incomprehension somewhere in the middle. There's probably no doubt that the unreleased material would have provoked similar reactions. But with hindsight this previously 'almost lost' music slots perfectly into what is now a better understood, and much less maligned, strand of experimental music. For Fans of 4AD, Industrial Music, early Mute, etc... * * Purchasing all the original releases that feature on this box set would either mean a serious dent in your bank balance, or an appointment with your bank manager. * Extremely plush packaging: each CD in individual full colour card sleeve, 36 page booklet, and commemorative M Squared drink coasters all housed in sturdy, full colour ?clam shell? style box. | |
Tracks:CD ONE:Systematics 01. Pulp Baby 02. Nuts to you 03. Product 04. Numbers In General 05. 2,4,5,T 06. When I'm Older 07. Flowers On The Wall 08. Vanessa Teratology 09. Dinner's On The Table 10. Stuh Echipidah 11. Mmmm 12. Midnight On Balancing Day 13. Die For My House 14. International Voltage 15. Bovine 16. Fat Cows Go Down An Eastern Beach 17. BBD Splendid Mess 18. NASA Secret Anzac Patrick Gibson 19. Bland A 20. Church of England TV 21. Yeah OK 22. Catatonic CD TWO: The Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast 01. Dead travel fast 02. Tael of a Saeghors 03. The Dumbwaiters 04. No Threat 05. Copper Hats 06. Lovers of Observatory Time 07. Speed 08. Twisting Toxic Forms 09. Fibrephone 10. Lumber 11. Sea Heads 12. We sway in our boats 13. Fighting Baboons A Cloakroom Assembly 14. Fossil Crash Sleeping 15. Trace and Rumble 16. Trace and Tumble CD THREE: Scattered Order 01.Bent Up 02. I'm not whole 03. Pilot reads crosswords 04. The Learn Useless Knowing 05. Wronging Dogs with Ladders 06. Hold My Cold Hand 07. Heat 08. Personal Safety 09. Yellow Suit Weighing Machine 10. The Barons Paint It Black Height / Dismay 11. Girl from Ipanema 12. Mother's Footsteps 13. Picnic on the Nile Prod 14. A brick short 15. Walkers Walk 16. n.w.o.b. 17. Coming Attractions 18. Fish Hook SoliPsiK 19. See Saw 20. Chamber Musik 21. Zombod CD FOUR: Ya Ya Choral 01. Waiting Time 02. Cowboys are Pt 2 03. No Control 04. Nonsense 05. Jolly Work 06. My friend the chocolate cake 07. You ruined my fun 08. God's Buzzsaw Belle du Soir 09. Treasure Island 10. Ultramarine 11. Pel Mel - Click Click 12. Wild West - Pelican 13. The Limp - Pony Club 14. Tame O'Mearas - Curl Curl 15. No Night Sweats - Harry Wong's Cat 16. Denial - California Dreaming 17. The Same - Why 18. Slugfuckers - Dolphins ≠ Fish 19. Pleasant Peasants - Pussman Polka 20. Severed Heads - Eat Roland 21. Terse - Hello M Squared 22. M Squared - Hello Terse |
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