Infected by Records

Play it Again Sam Records 1008 / 1988 - Belgian band, a dark spiral staircase of monotone gothic doom. it reminds me of some nick cave, ian curtis and has a rockabilly feel at times too, in a Tito & the Tarantulas vein. this is a later album for the band and was distributed by Wax Trax, which is why i picked it up. there is no listing on allmusic for it, but on musicstack, the record gets 16- to 144-. my copy is from the Brooklyn load, and its priced 5- from 1989.

here is a website about the band from a fan.

http://www.swerquin.net/sigloxx.htm

i like this record, with its pervasive mood and simplistic repeated lyrics. not too far off from songs:ohia in some ways. overall grade is B/need to find the early albums to value this piece against the rest of the collection, and there is some kind of collection which encompasses at least 15 releases in single or LP form.

Labels: Tried It For The Label

Mute Records 157 / 1993 - standard fare early nineties dance music, some world beats thrown in. i picked up this one out of category as it featured now famous producer David Holmes, of whom the album 'Cherrystones' is a personal favorite of rare psychedelic songs in a fantastic collage format. Mute is a good label to experiment on as well. this isn't bad, but dance music just isn't my thing, as even though it can be pleasing, it has no surprises. beat, yes? grooves, yes? ok, then you get what you paid for. anything less, you lose. this one was priced 1-/overall grade C+/nothing to search out here.

Labels: Tried It For The Label