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Echoes - 2023 Reissue

    The revelation that you didn’t need formal training to start a band in 1977 and the realization that you don’t need to be Merce Cunningham to dance are one and the same.” - Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork, 2003

    47 minutes. Two sides. A single spine jacket. Confident and deliberate. Lightning in a bottle.

    The Rapture’s Echoes was and is a clear-eyed kick in the teeth, a band at the peak of their powers and producers with an ambitious vision making. a. point.

    The whole “indie crowd finally learns to dance” narrative is overwrought and irrelevant in 2023 - perhaps context is no longer king - but what remains clear is that this album, made by a San Diego punk band who had moved to New York via Seattle, and produced by the DFA in their own studio, where time and gear and ideas both good and bad were aplenty, maintains an energy and search for catharsis that could bulldoze even the most uptight.

    For whatever reason, it’s remained out of print on vinyl since its initial run. (Don’t worry, though, there were a lot of CDR promos lying around.)

    And now, with minimal pageantry, it’s back. Recut by Bob Weston, loud and clear.

    TRACK LISTING

    A1. Olio
    A2. Heaven
    A3. Open Up Your Heart
    A4. I Need Your Love
    A5. The Coming Of Spring
    B1. House Of Jealous Lovers
    B2. Echoes
    B3. Killing
    B4. Sister Saviour
    B5. Love Is All
    B6. Infatuation

    Siouxsie & The Banshees

    The Rapture - National Album Day 2023 Edition

      Siouxsie & The Banshees final album ‘The Rapture’ includes the title track as well as ‘Fall from Grace’ and ‘Not Forgotten’ which were produced by the band in 1993. The release comes as a limited edition 140-gram turquoise transparent vinyl. 

      TRACK LISTING

      Side A
      O Baby
      Tearing Apart
      Stargazer
      Fall From Grace
      Side B
      Not Forgotten
      Sick Child
      The Lonely One
      Falling Down
      Side C
      The Rapture
      Side D
      Forever
      The Double Life
      Love Out Me
      Stereophoni

      Potter & Tillman

      Space Rapture

        After their blink and you missed it Ambiance reissue, High Jazz come through with another black wax bomb, serving up a fusion masterpiece originally released on Poet Records in 1982. This sought-after platter comes from the creative mind of one David Eric Tillman, who united a crack team of musical talents to tackle his futuristic blend of jazz-funk and soul. Not only could these cats kill up tempo and modal bop, but their 'up bop, think quick' know-how saw them lay down the most dextrous jazz-funk around. It's an all killer affair on this jazzed up gem, though you might have a little extra love for “…Space…Rapture”, “Love Is How”, “New Anniversary Waltz”, “It Must Be E.S.P.” and “(Sing) A Simple Song Of Praise”. Golden lead and backing vocals, a super tight rhythm section, forward thinking arrangements, and an amazing combination of piano, Rhodes and various otherworldly synthesizers makes this recording timelessly fresh. The beautiful “Time Is Love”, a tune of positive outlook written during her jazz composition studies, is performed by the one and only Carmen. Flawless from start to finish, this masterpiece grooves its way straight into your feels.

        Drummer, percussionist, producer and composer Andrew Scott Potter started playing jazz with Malauwi, Fred Anderson and Bill Brimfield in 1968. In addition to his collaboration with David E. Tillman, he has also played with Minnie Riperton, Michael Wolff, Alex Foster, John Scofield, Chip Jackson, Walter Bishop Jr., and Marcus Miller.
        Pianist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger David Eric Tillman, notably played with Dadisi Komolafe being featured on his highly sought after Hassan’s Walk LP. He also worked with Malauwi which is how he met Andrew Potter. Together they formed the Poet label and prior to this offering released the sublime “N.Y. To L.A.: Coasting” LP in 1980.
        Jazz vocalist and composer Carmen Lundy is one of today's most talented and respected jazz singers having performed and recorded with musicians such as Kenny Barron, Ray Barretto, Courtney Pine, Roy Hargrove, Ron Carter, and Robert Glasper. In Harlem NYC in the late 1970s she was also part of a group of emerging young musicians formed by Walter Bishop Jr. with Marcus Miller on bass, Mayra Casales on congas, Ricky Ford on sax, and Kenny Washington on drums who was later replaced by Andrew Potter. Potter fell in love with Carmen’s work and decided to include “Time Is Love” on this album.
        The rest of the band is no less a dream team: bass player, producer, arranger, composer & vocalist Brad Bobo who wrote & arranged for the Notations, Willie Williams, the Procedures and The Lost Family, also recorded with Eddie Harris, Wilton Felder, The Crusaders and Natalie Cole. Vocalist Lillian Tynes recorded with Donny Hathaway, D.J. Rogers, Norman Connors, Jean Carn and Bobby Womack. Adam Rudolph went on to play and record with Yusef Lateef & Pharoah Sanders. Gary Bias on sax, went on to play with Earth Wind and Fire.

        STAFF COMMENTS

        Patrick says: Far out! High Jazz come correct with another jazz-funk masterpiece. If you dig on galactic grooves, spaced out solos and head nodding excursions into alternate realities then this is yo latest jam.

        The Rapture

        Pieces Of The People We Love

          Since The Rapture burst onto the scene with the astonishingly good "House Of Jealous Lovers" back in 2002, everyone and their dog has rediscovered early 80s punk-funk and slavishly copied the likes of the Gang Of Four for their own (often second rate) bands. With angular guitar shards, shouty vocals and funky bass and drums becoming one of the ubiquitous sounds of the mid 00s, the returning Rapture had to come up with something pretty good to even get noticed. Luckily for us "Pieces Of The People We Love" is not only pretty good but also fantastic and should re-affirm our faith in the New York outfit's songwriting ability, proving that they're more than just skinny jeans and cool haircuts. Essential!


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