Skinbat Scramble

The Psychedelic Pirates

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Record Label
Emotional Rescue

About this item

Anyone who has followed Emotional Rescue knows it always does a fine job of documenting pock punk and dubs early years, not least by showcasing the previously unheralded work of Skinbat Scramble. Now they back that up once more with a new compilation that puts together a selection of the band's previously unreleased recordings. It is a superb trip through a number of decades and finds core members Mark Eason and Fergus Crockford distilling slow tempos, experimental sounds, dub, and much more into leftfield rhythms for body and mind.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: The early 80's were a fertile time for experimentation in popular music, with post-punk and dub frequently coming together into deeply rhythmic synth-pop with deep, rolling basslines and echoed vocal shards, and Skinbat Scramble are one of the prime examples of this sort of sound. Deep, weird music for dancing to.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. "Submit"
2. "Submit" (dub)

Side 2
1. "North By Northwest"
2. "North By Dub"

Side 3
1. "Skidaddle"
2. "Skidaddle" (Daddy)

Side 4
1. "Basement Voltaire"
2. "Pixie Boot" (dub)

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