Are You Alive?

Are You Alive? (feat. Penelope Isles)

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Severed Heads are one of the longest standing bands to have emerged from the Australian post-punk and experimental scene. They began in Sydney in 1979, and were an early outfit to incorporate 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. After many line-up changes featuring Gary Bradbury and psychedelic guitarist Simon Knuckey, Severed Heads became the solo vehicle for composer Tom Ellard. 
In 1983 they released a C-60 cassette called “Since The Accident” that grabbed the attention of Ink Records, a subsidiary of Virgin in the UK.  Ellard added a throwaway track at the last minute to fill out the cassette, not wanting to leave an unseemly gap on a C60 tape. This track, “Dead Eyes Opened” was catchy enough to get a lot of airplay on the main non-commercial radio station in Sydney. The band was asked to make this song into a 12” single. For this extended version, Tom Ellard and producer Patrick Gibson went to M Squared studio and passed the multitracked recordings through various EQ's and delays. “Dead Eyes Opened” features samples from a radio program narrated by Edgar Lustgarten, a crime journalist from England, referencing a double murder case that occurred in 1924. The rhythms are made by a TR-808 drum machine and an SH-1 synthesizer. A KORG PolySix was used for strings and additional atmospheric elements. The lead solo was a Casiotone run through an Octaver foot pedal. On the B-side are two solo compositions “Bullet” and “Mount” that Ellard recorded at Terse Tapes in 1982. 

All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Housed in the original jacket featuring the iconic photograph of a girl with a painted face wrapped in some cloth by Juilee Pryor. Each copy includes a fold-out newsprint poster with a large photo of the band wearing Art Unit skull shirts on one side and liner notes and press clippings on the other. 30 years later Severed Heads are still paving the way for powerful, imaginative, and challenging music.

Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened extended 12" mix

Amazeballs. Wasn't on Soundcloud yet so uploaded it. x Juju
Opus III & Orbital - It's A Fine Day And On And On(Halcyon Re - Vox)

Opus III & Orbital - It's A Fine Day And On And On(Halcyon Re - Vox)

Produced, arranged and mixed by Gus Gus and Paul Borg.
Published by Polygram/Island.
Written by Peter Coyle, Ian Wright, Stephen Cummerson, Biggi Veira and Herb Legowitz.
Sample of Marina van Rooy "Sly One" appears courtesy of Carlin Music & BMG Records (UK) LTD.
Remix and additional production by Sasha for David Dorrell Management and The Light for DMC Management.
Sonic hacks by Naughty G. Mix engineer James Reynolds.

℗ & © 1998 4AD LTD

Gus Gus - Purple (Sasha V The Light)

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The Box (Edit)

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07 - Walk Now...

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History Of The Future Part 2

Ripples

2006: One from the archives… a beautiful groove finding its feet and learning to walk.   

“One of those loping tracks evocative of our time making records in a terraced house in Romford. One of those inimitable titles that tumble out’ve Rick when he’s off and running that I would’ve chuckled and said “yes” to instantly.” (Karl)

Biro The Leggy (Romford Dub)

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02 - Planet of The Shapes

ORBITAL