The Modern Dance (Vinyl LP) Jazz

The Modern Dance (Vinyl LP) JazzPere Ubu's mighty debut recorded back in 1977 and originally released on blank records in '78 in America and on Mercury (and later Rough Trade) in the UK and now released through Fire, and for this reworking Paul Hamann at Suma has transferred from the original 2 track analogue mix tapes to digital at the highest resolution available which, is at least four times the resolution of the original. The tracks have carefully been re mastered by sonic

female choruses and ambient piano scales arranged around Stevens' emerging falsetto

KXNG Crooked

feathers are suddenly ruffled by the entrance of "It's You" - a sultry story of burning desire

singer and trailblazer and these two standout tracks sound as sweet as they did over 50 years ago

but it draws on the same techniques we've used on our previous albums'

For one track of the EP they invited one of Germanys most interesting underground rap artists to do a german hip house tune: Tightill

it suits the subtleties of Wainwright's songwriting and the spontaneity of his performance style

Fela's American friend Sandra Izsadore

Whether he is singing an ode to a favourite pet

it's another triumphant set of dope obscurities (once againaccompanied by detailed liner notes and never-before-seen photos of the artists) and a tribute to the dusty-fingered digging skills of Chan The Man

and When My Baby's Beside Me feature stinging guitar licks

as a global pandemic shuttered businesses and forced us to take stock of what Earth was becoming