from one extreme ..

hello.

watchers of the blog will be aware that yesterday i posted the interview with james banbury from ambient folks infantjoy.

today, over 12 months after the original emails went out, i get the response from my favourite industrial-electro-techno monster, t.raumschmiere.bonus points in that marco has given some fine answers as opposed to the expected 2 finger salute type of attitude.

in my world that's a result

not only that, but today i received a single cd sampler of the epic 4 cd boxset that the glorious art of noise via the nostalgic but still compelling ztt records, are set to release in august this year. the sampler has all manner of excellently remastered tracks that i only ever heard on an 80's cutting edge chrome cassingle through a dodgy boombox, that chewed tapes on a regular basis. so to hear in full stereo the full length majesty that is 'moments in love' was really quite special. of course i fully expect the 4 cd package to be similar to the act boxset in that they really scrape the edges of the barrel (a 24 minute version of Diversions ??), but as a revived fan of the ztt mystery, i for one am not complaining in the slightest.

oh, and in case you were wondering, paul morley of the art of noise is now part of infantjoy. funny how it all comes around sometimes.

aint life grand somedays ?

mark e

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