LUZ chillout space

2015/01/03

Exactitude, much more so than style, distinguishes Rhythm & Sound from other dub projects. Claiming the somehow inexhaustible process of reduction as mantra, Rhythm & Sound make dub with the fewest possible elements; namely, rhythm and sound.

2015/01/02

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lenticular postcard

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tears for fears / the hurting

The Hurting would have been a daring debut for a pop-oriented band in any era, but it was an unexpected success in England in 1983, mostly by virtue of its makers' ability to package an unpleasant subject -- the psychologically wretched family histories of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith -- in an attractive and sellable musical format. Not that there weren't a few predecessors, most obviously John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album.