LP - Martin Rev - Martin Rev (Reissue)
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Just when the reissue game couldn't get any more top notch, Superior Vaiduct took that notch and moved it up even higher. We'll let them fill in the particulars on the Suicide instrumentalist's debut solo offering:
"In 1980, shortly after Suicide’s second full-length, Martin Rev released his first solo album on preeminent No Wave label Infidelity (Lust/Unlust). Uninhibited by the trappings of a collaborator, Rev was freed to explore his most experimental and pop leanings with dirty synths, dark melodies and dreamlike textures, and produced a masterpiece of modern alienation that captures a uniquely New York landscape. Echoing other electronic forerunners such as Silver Apples and Kraftwerk, and foreshadowing the work of Aphex Twin and Air, Rev’s solo outing rests firmly in the lineage of unnerving sounds from the furthest fringe of maladjustment."
Perhaps most interesting here is that Martin Rev, one of leftfield music's most iconic voices, doesn't sing at all on this record. The absence of vocals is not a lack, however, and the music is perhaps stronger here than on either of the two Suicide records. With full creative authority Martin Rev creates a slightly more optimistic (or in the very least, LESS pessimistic) vision of life in early '80s New York than what he provides with Suicide. The comparison to Aphex Twin is certainly apt, as this album predates the slew of IDM and ambient techno records that would pour out in the mid-'90s and express a similar isolated vision of the future. With originals not coming up cheap nor often, this reissue is a must and comes SUPERIORLY RECOMMENDED!
0152015
Just when the reissue game couldn't get any more top notch, Superior Vaiduct took that notch and moved it up even higher. We'll let them fill in the particulars on the Suicide instrumentalist's debut solo offering:
"In 1980, shortly after Suicide’s second full-length, Martin Rev released his first solo album on preeminent No Wave label Infidelity (Lust/Unlust). Uninhibited by the trappings of a collaborator, Rev was freed to explore his most experimental and pop leanings with dirty synths, dark melodies and dreamlike textures, and produced a masterpiece of modern alienation that captures a uniquely New York landscape. Echoing other electronic forerunners such as Silver Apples and Kraftwerk, and foreshadowing the work of Aphex Twin and Air, Rev’s solo outing rests firmly in the lineage of unnerving sounds from the furthest fringe of maladjustment."
Perhaps most interesting here is that Martin Rev, one of leftfield music's most iconic voices, doesn't sing at all on this record. The absence of vocals is not a lack, however, and the music is perhaps stronger here than on either of the two Suicide records. With full creative authority Martin Rev creates a slightly more optimistic (or in the very least, LESS pessimistic) vision of life in early '80s New York than what he provides with Suicide. The comparison to Aphex Twin is certainly apt, as this album predates the slew of IDM and ambient techno records that would pour out in the mid-'90s and express a similar isolated vision of the future. With originals not coming up cheap nor often, this reissue is a must and comes SUPERIORLY RECOMMENDED!
0152015
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