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Originally produced by Deaton Chris Anthony (Congratulations on beating cancer by the way) this song came to our attention when he posted a snippet of it maybe 6 months ago on his IG. We'd been looking for the song forEVER since then but couldn't ever find it. Then the snippet got taken down & replaced by excerpts of a Patreon video he'd uploaded about how to make it.

So we got Dougie to make our own version, just for listening purposes of course. Chopped up using Instagram clips, we present to you a tune that should be heard by everyone, everywhere.

Deaton Chris Anthony - Ruff Beat (Doug Stone Bootleg)

Dark Entries digs deeper in to the archives of Severed Heads, one of the longest surviving bands to emerge from the Australian post-punk independent music scene. They began in Sydney in 1979, incorporating elements of ‘industrial’ noise-generation, tape cutting & looping and electronic sound synthesis. As the project developed song-structures and vocals were employed in a more-or-less recognizable mutant electro pop style. In 1986 the band released the 12” single “Petrol” on Nettwerk Records. We’ve decided to shed light on the evolution of “Petrol” with this EP showcasing four earlier incarnations of what became an instant synth pop classic. 

“Petrol”, originally titled “Lamborghini”, was written by Garry Bradbury and Tom Ellard in 1981. The first version of the song featured vocals by Finoa Graham and music by Tom Ellard.  “Lamborghini” was featured on a compilation of Experimental Australian bands titled “Entrave Et Étouffement, From Australia...” released by L'Invitation Au Suicide in April 1982. DJs in Chicago discovered the import compilation and “Lamborghini” became a proto-House secret weapon, traded on mix tapes. In July 1982, the band was invited to record several songs on Metro TV in Sydney to demonstrate the video synthesizer, a new piece of equipment played by Stephen Jones. The video synthesizer was installed into Metro's control room above the main studio to process the performance in real time on two cameras while recording to video. Tom Ellard and Garry Bradbury were using analog synths and tape recorders along with the screaming guitar work of Simon Knuckey, while Garry took over vocal duties. In 1984 Tom took another stab at the song, re-recording and singing “Petrol” for the compilation “Beyond The Southern Cross”, a double compilation album of Electronic and Post-Punk bands from Australia and New Zealand. Finally in 1985, the band went into the Terse Tapes studio with producer Robert Racic to record “Petrol” for a 7” single release on Volition Records. Featured here is the B-side of the 7”, a cut-up dub “version” remixed by Racic and packed full of intensity. 

All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Housed in a jacket featuring brightly colored, distorted, VHS graphics output by Stephen Jones' video synthesizer created by Tom Ellard video piece “Kato Gets The Girl” in 1985, designed by Eloise Leigh. Each copy includes a postcard with notes and original hand-written lyrics by Garry Bradbury. More than 30 years later Severed Heads are still paving the way for powerful imaginative challenging music far and wide.

Lamborghini (Petrol 1982)

I was born in 1999

How old is she?
1999

This is Deaton Chris Anthony 

99 baby
Girl you crazy
In your mini skirt
And your lil braids
Breakin boys hearts on the daily

How old is she?
How old is she?
1999

Cooties tell the truth
They don’t lie to you

How old is she?
1999

How old is she?

Put your freakin hands up!

Long hard working day
Oh Get up out my way
Boy about to get mad
Push ups sit ups crunches abs
Girl got the juice ya
She got a large ass
Looking like a T. rex

99 babies
Drive me crazy

How old is she?
You want it come get it!
How old is she?
1999

How old is she?
Cooties tell the truth
They don’t lie to you
1999

Have a great day

BO Y

1999 She

Saadat's Enlightened Legacy Always Hails Victorious

Deaton Chris Anthony - Ruff Beat (Doug Stone Bootleg)

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