Thursday, September 24, 2009

STICKEN-IN-CHINESE, LP, 1985, GERMANY


Some sadly overlooked Can-indebted post punk beauty here folks! Sticken-In's stark but fucked instrumental palette seems to take a leaf from both their mentor's collaborations with Japanese vocalist Phew and from Damo's vocalese, resulting in lots of harmonically/structurally sophisticated concepts being advanced here, with other tips 'o the hat in the direction of of Gang Of Four via scribble/scratch guitars and P.I.L. via dubwise production maneuvers of a downcast demeanor.

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is some strange music. It does remind me kinda of p.i.l.

Was there any other albums done by them?

Anonymous said...

Iam only getting 8 tracks whereas I think there was ten. Maybe just me? Iam thinking my computer cut the archive short perhaps. Thanks for the great music :)

vdoandsound said...

anonymous-all the tracks are there. It's just that there were two instances where tracks cross-faded into one another, so those have been marked as a single track with both songs titles listed together. This happens anytime I post something when there is no ability to insert an edit point without chopping the music up.

Sean Wholey said...

There's a serious nod paid to the Pop Group and their uber spastic sound. Maybe a little touch of Swell Maps, Pere Ubu, and The Birthday Party as well for good measure. Excellent indeed.

Sean Wholey said...

The guitar at times reminds me of Snakefinger.

Anonymous said...

Aha, I see mein capitain. Thank-you for clearing that up :) This is most interesting music. A little nerve racking, but cool. Thanks again for the music.

an anonymous guy ;-) said...

He-he,yeah,Pop Group - that's exactly what came to my mind as well...
Thanks for posting this awesome album!

aliezah said...

Thanker for this!

Anonymous said...

nice one, thanks.