Formed in South London in the mid-1980s by Robert Hampson, Loop blazed a trail with their potent mix of motorik beats and heavy guitar riffs, recording a trio of brilliant albums that set the indie charts alight before imploding in 1990 after the release of album number three, A Gilded Eternity. As critics enthused at the time, Loop were the sound of Suicide jamming with the Stooges aboard a spaceship built by Hawkwind and piloted by CAN. They were post-psychedelic, pre-shoegaze figureheads in a world of anodyne pop jangle and baggy rhythms, and even their closest contemporaries like Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine didn’t plough such a distinctive furrow as theirs.

First time vinyl pressing of these remastered 12”/EP tracks. Originally released in the 80s / 1990, on the Chapter 22 / Head / Situation 2 labels.

16 Dreams 12” (Head) released 1986
Spinning 7” /12” (Head) released 1987
Collision 7”/12” (Chapter 22) released 1988
Black Sun 12” (Chapter 22) released 1988
Arc-Lite 7”/12”/CD5 (Situation 2) released 1989
Primsma Uber Europa 12” (Beggars) released 1991 (Live Promo only)

Remastered from the original tapes by Kevin Metcalf and then reissued for the first time in 2009 as part of the WORLD IN YOUR EYES 3CD set on Reactor. Now re-mastered for vinyl and re-cut to lacquers by Shawn Joseph /Optimum Mastering and issued as TWELVES. (ref: the 3 x 7” set SEVENS released 2020)

Each side of this 3LP set has one of the 12”s in full, 16 Dreams / Spinning / Collision / Black Sun / Arc-Lite..as well as the promo only LIVE 12” Prisma Uber Europa. The 12” cover of each LP has the relevant sleeve on each side to recreate the original sleeve image, and each 12” side will have labels as close to the original designs as possible.

Hear Loop expand their sound from the Stooges / Velvets / garage pyschout of “16 Dreams”, into the “Spinning” era and then develop their motorik fuzzed-out nihilistic pummel through the “Collision” and “Black Sun” EPs to finish this set with the “Arc-Lite” side, possibly Loop at their most visceral. Unable to be pigeon holed like most bands of this time, their live shows also wiped the floor with everyone as evidenced on the “Prisma Uber Europa” 12”. Not reissued on vinyl when first remastered, now its time. PLAY LOUD

TRACK LISTING

Side A - 16 Dreams
16 Dreams
Head On
Burning World

Side B - Spinning
Spinning (Parts 1&2)
Brittle Head Girl
Deep Hit

Side C - Collision
Collision
Crawling Heart
Thief Of Fire (Written-By – The Pop Group)
Thief (Motherfucker) (Written-By – The Pop Group)

Side D - Black Sun
Black Sun
Circle Grave
Mother Sky (Written-By – Can)

Side E - Arc-Lite
Arc-Lite (Sonar)
Arc-Lite (Radar)
Sunburst
Arc-Lite (Radiated)

Side F - Prisma Uber Europa
Afterglow (Live)
Got To Get It Over (Live)
Burning World (Live)

Reissued to coincide with the vinyl – "Twelves" 3LP; the complete 3CD World In Your Eyes set, originally released in 2009, and out of print for over 12-13 years.

3 CDS containing all the all the band's 12-inches and compilation tracks in chronological order, with some demo tracks along the way, featuring tracks from the very first Loop demo, "16 Dreams" single, "Spinning", "Collision", "Black Sun" and "Arclite" as well as the Nick Drake tribute on Imaginary, the Neil Young tribute Comp on No. 6 Records, the "promo" Live 12", and even the Godflesh cover version from their split on Clawfist.

All remastered from Original tapes in 2008 by Kevin Metcalf and Robert Hampson.

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
16 Dreams
Head On
Burning World
Spinning (Parts 1&2)
Brittle Head Girl
Deep Hit
I'll Take You There

1st Loop Demo - House In The Woods:
Brittle Head Girl
Burning World

Spinning (Spun Out) Good Feeling Compilation

CD 2
Collision
Crawling Heart
Thief Of Fire
Thief (Motherfucker)
Black Sun
Circle Grave
Mother Sky

Nick Drake / Neil Young Covers Compilation Tracks
Pink Moon
Cinnamon Girl

CD 3
Arc-Lite (Sonar)
Arc-Lite (Radar) Daniel Miller Remix
Sunburst
Arc-Lite (Radiated) Daniel Miller Remix

Prisma Uber Europa Promo Live 12":
Afterglow
Got To Get It Over
Burning World

(Loop / Godflesh Split Single Comp)
Like Rats (Loopflesh)

Castles in Space is delighted to have been able to curate an album pulled from Robin The Fog's unreleased tape archive. A true innovator and incredible live performer, Robin comments on the album "A Loop Where Time Becomes. Rare and Unreleased Recordings 2012-2017"

After twelve years, ten albums and innumerable live shows (including at least one former underground reservoir), the Howlround sound has indeed changed quite a lot, but the basic ethos remains the same as it did back in 2012. All tracks are created by manipulating field recordings dubbed onto analogue tape, with all digital effects and artificial reverb strictly forbidden - a process that has been described by Electronic Sound magazine as ‘conjur[ing] magic’. Of the twelve tracks here, only one has been physically released on a limited edition and long out of print compilation. A second appeared on a download only release several years ago and a third was created as part of the unreleased soundtrack to a documentary. Everything else on this compilation is seeing the light of day for the first time.

All were created in South London at various periods between 2012 and 2017, five years during which the project evolved from the Radiophonic mournfulness of 2012's debut album The Ghosts Of Bush ('The ultimate Hauntological artefact' - Simon Reynolds), to 2015's tour with tape legend William Basinski, to 2016's darker and weirder soundtrack to Steven McInerney's multiple award-winning film A Creak In Time and on towards what would become the wilder, gnarlier noise of 2019's The Debatable Lands. This retrospective from the first five years marks the gradual evolution of Howlround from the earliest days conjuring 'aural ectoplasm' from nocturnal field recordings of the last days of an underground BBC studio to increasingly spurning of the external world altogether by creating blistering no-input noise and raw analogue feedback. It's been quite a trip.

GRAMMY-award nominated Jordan Rakei is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter who, over soon-to-be-five studio albums, has been on a wide-ranging journey that explores the outer reaches of his inner psyche, traversing themes of emotional evolution, personal growth and family with unwavering sincerity. Always positioning himself in and amongst the bigger questions in life, he has navigated his musical journey with passion and precision, unveiling something new about himself through his songwriting at every turn. The Loop is by far Rakei’s most cohesive and evolutionary work to date following an impressive career of previous releases, each of which have demonstrated his natural curiosity and capabilities in exploring new sounds.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Another stunningly assured, confidently presented outing from soulful jazz-tronica hero Jordan Rakei. The Loop sees his once minimal sound blooming into a grand, orchestrated statement that's as bold as it is heartfelt. There are as many brittle, tender progressions as there are cinematic swells and rich Bonobo-like grooves.

TRACK LISTING

1. Flowers
2. Freedom
3. Friend Or Foe
4. Royal
5. Trust
6. State Of Mind
7. Hopes And Dreams
8. Learning
9. Cages
10. Forgive
11. Everything Everything
12. Miracle
13. A Little Life

Almost three years since their debut self-titled release, Dream Nails aren't changing route, but broadening their appeal.

In their slick, humoured new album, 'Doom Loop' produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, Amyl and The Sniffers) the band tackle everything from incel culture to rewriting the available images of trans masculinity. It's concise, powerful, and refreshingly disruptive.

TRACK LISTING

Good Guy
Case Dismissed
Geraniums
Prevenge
Monster
Sometimes I Do Get Lonely, Yeah
She's Cutting My Hair
Femme Boi
Ballpit
Time Ain't No Healer

“It was so great to see what came back when I gave these tracks from Flicker to various comrades, friends and heroes to play with,” says Andy. “They’ve given them a new technicolour life.” “David Holmes requested the opening track as he had formed a bit of a connection with it, and what he came up with turns the song into an hallucinogenic beast, taking pride of place here as the opening track but in a whole different way to how Flicker opens. “James Chapman AKA Maps has taken ‘It Gets Easier’ to a bigger, brighter and shinier place, he’s given quite a downbeat track a euphoric and epic sheen. James is an absolute master of electronic production and he’s taken the same care and attention over this remix as he does with his own wonderful music. “I couldn’t put Richard Norris’ lovely widescreen take on ‘Something Like Love’ better than the man himself – in his own words he found the ‘hitherto undiscovered sweet spot between ‘Roscoe’ and ‘Outdoor Miner’’ and he tapped into the melancholy euphoria at the core of the song. “bdrmm’s remix of ‘Way Of The World’ is one for headphones. There are so many great moments to love, all held together by a bassline worthy of Jah Wobble (by way of Andrew Weatherall). Astonishing!”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: 'I am a Strange Loop' is the first in the trio of Andy Bell recordings this week, seeing the hugely talented Ride legend Andy Bell reworked by a number of today's most renowned musicians. This time we get ambient legend Richard Norris as well as the brilliant bdrmm, Maps and David Holmes. Ace

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Sky Without You (David Holmes Radical Mycology Remix)
A2. It Gets Easier (Maps Remix)
B1. Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix)
B2. Way Of The World (bdrmm Remix)

‘Earth Loop’, the debut album by BEAK> keyboardist William Young’s Moon Gangs project, is set for release via Village Green Recordings.

A classically-trained pianist, Young composed ‘Earth Loop’ “half and half in a classical sense,” some played live on keyboards, with ideas notated traditionally, the other half created using analogue sequencers with random voltage sources.

“Earth Loop mainly came out of jamming with synths. The mixer I use is an old Tascam 144 so if things are sounding good I just hit record and get it to tape. Everything started as big long rambles recorded live that are then trimmed down into something more concise. Inspiration-wise I’d been listening to more classical stuff, a lot of chamber music for strings, and I think that shows in the string section-y bits. Although they’re all synths, not actual strings. It was recorded all over the place over quite a long time which I guess is why there are a lot of different ‘moods’ on it, rather than it being a document of a specific period of time/place. I also started building a field recording library over the last couple of years so there’s quite a bit of that in there, but they’re generally processed and run through synths so they’re not too recognisable.” - William Young, Moon Gangs

Young’s introduction to synth music came from listening to film scores when he was a teenager, such as ‘Terminator’, ‘Videodrome’, ‘Zombie Flesh Eaters’ and ‘Phantasm’. Scores from kosmische pioneers Tangerine Dream and Popol Vuh also played a large part in these formative musical years.

Not going out much as a child, Young spent a lot of time indoors playing video games. Instead of a SNES, his mum bought him a Commodore 64 as she thought the keyboard made it seem more educational. Certain games and their soundtracks also struck a chord, such as ‘The Last Ninja’, ‘Dante’s Inferno’, ‘Stormlord’ and ‘Castle Master’.

Moon Gangs officially began in 2011, with the release of ‘Sea/Sky’ on cassette tape via the incipient Where To Now label. Friends from his time spent in Brighton, it was both Young’s and the label’s first release and set the tone for his later output with ambient, analogue synth loops and foreboding, cinematic drones. Subsequent releases followed, such as 2014’s self-titled EP, mixed by Hookworms’ MJ, and an appearance on the Blanck Mass-curated film score ‘The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears’, released via Death Waltz.

Described, variously, as “dusky and mysterious, cosmetic and up-for-it”, “Industrial techno disco,” and “like a Japanese express train”, Curve’s second album Cuckoo is more sophisticated, more seductive, less serrated, even squelchy in places than their debut, Doppelganger. A mature, fluent, and literary album, it hit the Top 30 on release in 1993. Cuckoo takes the listener from the established hallmarks and runs with them - over the horizon - to many new and rich areas of pop melodrama. Delicate and gorgeous moments sit easily with their simultaneously cool and incendiary sound. A more personal album, it is nonetheless metallic, unforgiving, LOUD, clear. As with Doppelganger the album was produced by the band with Flood and Steve Osborne, and it was mixed by Alan Moulder. It is home to the lead tracks from singles ‘Blackerthreetracker’ EP and ‘Superblaster’ and is regarded by the band as their best piece of work.

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1 (2CD Version)
1. Missing Link
2. Crystal
3. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
4. All Of One
5. Unreadable Communication
6. Turkey Crossing
7. Superblaster
8. Left Of Mother
9. Sweetest Pie
10. Cuckoo

Disc: 2 (2CD Version)
1. Missing Link (Single Version)
2. On The Wheel
3. Triumph
4. Superblaster (Remix)
5. Low And Behold
6. Nothing Without Me
7. Missing Link (Screaming Bird Mix)
8. Rising (Headspace Mix)
9. Half The Time (Honey Tongue Mix)
10. Rising (Original Version)
11. Half The Time (Original Version)

Vinyl
1. Missing Link
2. Crystal
3. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
4. All Of One
5. Unreadable Communication
6. Turkey Crossing
7. Superblaster
8. Left Of Mother
9. Sweetest Pie
10. Cuckoo

On 12th February 1996, The Bluetones released their debut album, “Expecting To Fly.” It knocked Oasis’ ‘What’s The Story Morning Glory’ off the top of the charts in the week the Mancunians scooped an armful of BRIT Awards and signaled the start of a hugely successful career. The Number 1, platinum album is now re-issued with a second disc featuring 13 previously unreleased tracks including demos, live and session tracks. The demos are from the Proper Demo Thing cassette that got the band signed to A&M Records and taken from a copy recently found in drummer Eds’ archives.

There is a complete concert of the band playing one of their earliest gigs. Supporting Supergrass in March 1995 at the LA2 in London, the small sister venue of the legendary Astoria venue, this recording captures the vibrant energy and spirit of a band taking the first steps on a hugely successful career. The seven track set features the songs that would go on to become some of their most famous tracks. Also included are each band member's favourite b-side from the era plus the stand-alone single ‘Are You Blue Or Are You Blind?’, the band’s first hit single, making this a fitting package to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album. The 2CD comes in a tri-fold sleeve with new artwork and sleevenotes from guitarist Adam Devlin, plus contributions from the Eds, Scott and Mark.

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1
1. Talking To Clarry
2. Bluetonic
3. Cut Some Rug
4. Things Change
5. The Fountainhead
6. Carnt Be Trusted
7. Slight Return
8. Putting Out Fires
9. Vampire
10. A Parting Gesture
11. Time And Again
12. Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? (Non-Album Single )

Disc: 2
1. Nifkin’s Bridge (Mark’ Choice)
2. String Along (Eds’ Choice)
3. Castle Rock (Adam’s Choice)
4. Nae Hair On’t (Scott’ Choice)
5. Cut Some Rug (Demo)
6. Bluetonic (Demo)
7. Carnt Be Trusted (Demo)
8. Slight Return (Demo)
9. Time And Again (Demo)
10. Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? (Live)
11. Cut Some Rug (Live)
12. String Along (Live)
13. Bluetonic (Live)
14. Slight Return (Live)
15. Carnt Be Trusted (Live)
16. Time And Again (Live)
17. Bluetonic

'Loop The Loop' is the debut album from Nathan Jenkins, otherwise known as Bullion. Initial pressing of vinyl edition is limited to 1000 copies and comes as 2LP gatefold. The album features the single 'Never Is The Change'.

The evolution of Nathan's sprightly electronic pop continues with a playful and open hearted record, showcasing his inventive arrangements and crisp production. Instrumentation on 'Loop The Loop' is broad and features performances from friends and collaborators including Sampha, Laura Groves, Sarah Anderson (Chrome Hoof), Nautic and Tom Skinner.

Having released music with Young Turks, R&S and Greco Roman, the album comes out via Nathan's own label DEEK Recordings.

'One of Bullion's greatest assets is being able to work with so many different ideas and styles.' - Pitchfork

'Bullion never fails to surprise. His instruments are samples, beats and loops, stitched together with intelligence and wit - his music stubbornly refuses to be tied to genre, time or place.' - Dummy Magazine

Earl Brutus achieved notoriety and cult status with the release of their debut album Your Majesty… We Are Here. Their attention grabbing interviews and gigs attracted wider interest and they sign to Island Records via Fruition. They released a second long player, Tonight You Are The Special One, and several singles including The SAS And The Glam That Goes With It and Come Taste My Mind (“masterful examples of raging techno-pop” - Select ) and Larky.

The band continued to play chaotic shows and the last ever gig is at Hammersmith Working Men’s Club on 7th April 2004 and the last track from that gig, Teenage Taliban, is included on the 2CD edition along with a demo recorded in William Reid’s (Jesus And Mary Chain) front room. Other bonus tracks include all the single b-sides sequenced by the band.

The art direction on this re-issue has been done by Scott King who realised the concepts for the original release and singles. The album sleeve is included in Q magazine’s 100 Best Album Sleeves Of All Time in 2001.

TRACK LISTING

DISC: 1
1: The Sas And The Glam That Goes With It
2: Universal Plan
3: Midland Red
4: God, Let Me Be Kind
5: Come Taste My Mind
6: Second Class War
7: Your Majesty We Are Here
8: Don't Die Jim
9: 99 P
10: East
11: Edelweiss
12: Male Wife

DISC: 2 (2cd Edition Only)
1: Nicotine Stain (Live)
2: Superstar
3: Larky
4: Tv Tower
5: William, Taste My Mind (William Reid Remix)
6: Gypsy Camp Battle
7: The Scottish
8: Teenage Opera
9: Come Taste My Mind (Live At The Astoria 1998)
10: Nice Man In A Bubble
11: England Sandwich
12: Teenage Taliban (Demo / Live From Hammersmith Working Men's Club, 7 Th April 2004

60ft Dolls are one of the most underrated of the Cool Cymru bands. They spearheaded the Newport scene of the 1990s, were championed by Steve Lamacq and soon signed to Indolent Records following a couple of Rough Trade singles and support slots for Oasis, Elastica and Dinosaur Jr. The Big 3 was released in 1996 to strong reviews and made the Best Of The Year lists in the NME, The Guardian, New York Times and was named in 2003 by Mojo as one of the Top 12 Britpop Albums Of All Time. It features the singles Happy Shopper, White Knuckle Ride, Pig Valentine, Stay and their Top 40 hit Talk To Me.

They spearheaded the Newport scene of the 1990s, were championed by Steve Lamacq and soon signed to Indolent Records following a couple of Rough Trade singles and support slots for Oasis, Elastica and Dinosaur Jr. This 2CD expanded edition includes the original album together with the best of their b-sides as chosen by the band. Also included is their session for John Peel which is listed in the Best Peel Sessions Of All Time.“as close to soar-away rock perfection as it's possible to imagine" NME 1996. “pure, unadulterated, no nonsense, emotional, tuneful, impassioned, purposeful, hedonistic rock 'n' roll" Melody Maker 1996. A blistering kamikaze mission of damaged punk magic.” MOJO (2015)

TRACK LISTING

DISC: 1
1: New Loafers
2: Talk To Me
3: Stay
4: Hair
5: Happy Shopper
6: The One
7: Good Times
8: No. 1 Pure Alcohol
9: Streamlined
10: Loser
11: Pig Valentine
12: Terminal Crash Fear
13: Buzz

DISC: 2
1: Doctor Rat
2: British Racing Green
3: Everybody's Got Something To Hide(Except For Me And My Monkey)
4: Mess
5: Stay (60ft Dolls Vs Pastor Ray Bevan)
6: White Knuckle Ride
7: After Glow
8: Easy
9: The Maindee Run
10: Yellow Candles
11: Rosalyn
12: The New Loafers*
13: Streamlined*
14: Loser*
15: Piss Funk*
16: Stay*

The Male Eunuch follows the highly acclaimed Music for People Who Hate Themselves and its remixed companion album Music for Homeowners. Early material has been streamed online and has had strong radio play with tracks Speed Queen and A Song for One Direction.

The bands own protest ambassador Stu Boreman stated: "Binary Digital Bankruptcy converts this Sonic Debris into the sound of summer. Off shore becomes on shore as British Summer Time arrives early. Shot thru the Black Hole into the hole in your heart, it's the colour chart from hell. Foxton's still burns. Face-sitting is banned. Froch vs Groves. Farrow & Ball. We are at War."

“The Pre New bring absurdist punk spleen, synth pulse and the chaotic free play of signifiers – with an enraged estate agent on vocals, a Zal Cleminson lookalike in a hoodie and samples from Mike Leigh’s ‘Nuts in May’” – Q
“The Pre New – as the name suggests – are the a mix of the noble past and the glorious future” – THE HERALD
“Wow – that was definitely made for television...brilliant” – BBC 6 MUSIC - MARC RILEY
“Wrap your ears round the warped brilliance of The Pre-New” – THE QUIETUS

Twenty years after the demise of independent rock favourites The Family Cat, singer and lyricist Paul “Fred” Frederick returns with a new record as Jack Adaptor, a duo with songwriting partner Christopher Cordoba.

Fans of the Family Cat will recognize the vocal style and find joy in the sophisticated songwriting of Frederick and Cordoba, from up-tempo indie rockers like “Number One Record” (a tribute to Alex Chilton and Big Star) to atmospheric, genre-defying songs such as “V.U.” (check out the unpeeled banana!). Fred wrote the lyrics and sings the songs, while Cordoba provides most of the instruments, production and mixing skills.

Fred refers to this record as “a distillation of 20 years thinking about music and the kind of record I really wanted to make. Now I feel I really have something to say and the musicians to give it life”.

Originally released in 1994, the album turns 20 this year and can be considered to be one of the defining albums of the Britpop era, making the end of year lists in Melody Maker, NME, and Select that year. It is home to the hit singles ‘Insomniac’, ‘Close... But’, and the anthemic ‘I Can’t Imagine The World Without Me.’

EGO is the album that saw Echobelly land a major label deal, tour the world, sell out gigs from Japan to the US, build up fervent fanbases and famous followers including Morrissey, REM (who asked them to be their support band) and Madonna (who wanted to sign them to her label).

The bonus material includes the “Bellyache EP” from 1993, plus the b-sides from the singles and a previously unreleased Steve Lamacq BBC Radio 1 session from 1994.

The set is packaged with brand new sleeve-notes by Sonya Madan and unseen and rare photographs.

TRACK LISTING

1: Today Tomorrow Sometimes Never
2: Father, Ruler, King, Computer
3: Give Her A Gun
4: I Can't Imagine The World Without Me
5: Bellyache
6: Taste Of You
7: Insomniac
8: Call Me Names
9: Close...But
10: Cold Feet Warm Heart
11: Scream
12: Bellyache
13: Sleeping Hitler
14: Give Her A Gun
15: I Don't Belong Here
16: Centipede
17: Talent
18: Sober
19: Venus Wheel
20: So La Di Da
21: I Can't Imagine A World Without Me (Live)
22: Cold Feet Warm Heart (Live)
23: Father Ruler King Computer
24: Call Me Names
25: Taste Of You
26: Give Her A Gun

It was released in 1999 as a follow up to the acclaimed Trailer Park and received a Mercury Music Prize nomination and helped Beth earn a BRIT Award in 2000 for Best British Female. The album also features in the book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

The album featured the hit singles Stolen Car and Central Reservation and is now re-issued with a second disc of material compiled by Beth. It features key b-sides, including the Spiritual Life Ibadon remix of title track Central Reservation plus unreleased live recordings and demos.

The expanded packaging features brand new sleevenotes including a new interview with Beth.

Rolling Stone – “A space cowgirl with a stolen car heart”

Beth remembers: “Listening back to the record now, I enjoy hearing the melodies and how I played with them and the words. The making of records is often a period of redemption for me and the recording of Central Reservation was the actualizing of all my most positive

Remastered from the original analogue sources, the first two releases, "Heaven's End" and "Fade Out" are released as double discs and housed in a mini vinyl style card sleeve, reproducing the original artwork. Both are released with re-mastered extra material from the relevant chronological time frame as the main album: The album in its entirety on CD 1, with the bonus tracks (including relevant Peel session material from the time) on CD 2, the bonus material will be available on CD formats only. Remastered by Robert Hampson at Sound Masters with Kevin Metlcalfe, "Heaven's End" originally came out on the Head label in 1987, they recorded their first Peel session that year (on the bonus disc) and the album draws heavily from the likes of the Velvets, Stooges, and the MC5. So, for the reissue, a two CD set will be issued with "Heaven's End" on CD 1, CD 2 will feature the only true outtake from the H E sessions, "Rocket USA". Also found from the archive are two different mixes of "Soundhead" and "Head On" which have never been released in any form before, two for the collectors there and rounded up with the first John Peel Session - "Soundhead", "Straight To Your Heart" and "Rocket USA".

"Fade Out" was originally released on Chapter 22 Records in late 88, the Peel session was recorded at that time too: Loop were loosely influenced by bands such as The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The MC5, but retaining an avant-garde and experimental edge from Can, Faust, Neu!, Rhys Chatham, Glenn Branca and minimalist systems music, to name but a few.