The Names:
Names in Mutation:
Les Disques du Crepuscule:
CD:
Out Now:
Some 35 years ago, guitarist and co-founder of Belgian new-wavers The Names Marc Deprez recorded a limited-run cassette-single (remember those?) of three elegiac instrumentals. With just 100 copies produced, compilers of the official Belgian charts were never likely to get in a sweat over a K7 issued in true home-made style.
Their similarity to early-period Durutti Column has ensured their notoriety amongst the most ardent of collectors of related ephemera and their inclusion on this fans-only CD should ensure some continued interest at least.
Comprising also a string of hard-to-find live recordings taken from the infamous Dialogue North-South tour, when the band opted to perform as Names in Mutation (a reference to the tour's insistence that the acts showcase darker less commercial material), NIM is a Names (and Crepuscule) aficionados' dream. The aforementioned trio of instrumentals are simple guitar and beatbox passages that reflect on their creator's sensitive nature with a homage to his wife on Veronique, broken hearts on A Coeur Fendre and the then-quaint heavily-wooded Brussels outer suburban village Tervueren (now an ex-pat's area of choice).
There follows a public service announcement from Minnypop's Wally van Middendorp, an abstract intro to The Names (In Mutation) short but spirited live North-South set in Brussels in 1982. The setlist includes the sprightly instrumental Music for Someone, the swaying Leave Her to Heaven and, what has become a barnstorming concert favourite in recent years, Shanghai Gesture. The quality isn't HD but it's pretty damned good considering the age of the recordings so stand down, stereo pedants.
A basic picture card-sleeve featuring a Tervueren landmark, the gorgeous Royal Museum of Africa, completes the package for only a tenner!
Buy from Crepuscule here
★★★★★★★★☆☆
Names in Mutation:
Les Disques du Crepuscule:
CD:
Out Now:
Their similarity to early-period Durutti Column has ensured their notoriety amongst the most ardent of collectors of related ephemera and their inclusion on this fans-only CD should ensure some continued interest at least.
Comprising also a string of hard-to-find live recordings taken from the infamous Dialogue North-South tour, when the band opted to perform as Names in Mutation (a reference to the tour's insistence that the acts showcase darker less commercial material), NIM is a Names (and Crepuscule) aficionados' dream. The aforementioned trio of instrumentals are simple guitar and beatbox passages that reflect on their creator's sensitive nature with a homage to his wife on Veronique, broken hearts on A Coeur Fendre and the then-quaint heavily-wooded Brussels outer suburban village Tervueren (now an ex-pat's area of choice).
There follows a public service announcement from Minnypop's Wally van Middendorp, an abstract intro to The Names (In Mutation) short but spirited live North-South set in Brussels in 1982. The setlist includes the sprightly instrumental Music for Someone, the swaying Leave Her to Heaven and, what has become a barnstorming concert favourite in recent years, Shanghai Gesture. The quality isn't HD but it's pretty damned good considering the age of the recordings so stand down, stereo pedants.
A basic picture card-sleeve featuring a Tervueren landmark, the gorgeous Royal Museum of Africa, completes the package for only a tenner!
Buy from Crepuscule here
★★★★★★★★☆☆