Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Modern Art- Oriental Towers,1983+Underwater Kites,1982,tapes UK


Following my post ages ago of their Age of lights tape here are the first 2 Modern Art tapes. "Modern Art (sometimes spelled Mødern Art) was a psychedelic rock band formed by Gary Ramon in the 1980s. It had a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums and a number of self-produced cassettes. Ramon disbanded the group out of a desire "to make a more live-sounding group that could go out and play". Many Modern Art members subsequently joined Ramon in various incarnations of his new band, Sun Dial."
from Wikipedia
These 2 here are more post punkish influenced reminding early Echo and the Bunnymen,Joy Division ,etc. Guitar,drum machine and keyboards creating a calm yet dark atmosphere ,sometimes psychedelic and no way mellow.Trully great lost gems!
get them here and here

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18 comments:

  1. anthonyNovember 20, 2008 at 1:26 AM

    Hello from Australia! This is an excellent site, I especially love your minimal synth posts.
    If you have the album by Friz Be called "Hmmm..." can you please post it, that would really be appreciated.
    Thanks a lot
    Anthony

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  2. vdoandsoundNovember 20, 2008 at 2:38 AM

    anthony-Friz Be will be appearing here in the the not-too-distant future.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 20, 2008 at 11:53 AM

    Age Of Lights is one of my most listened releases I've found here ever.

    Absolutely wonderful to see some more Modern Art posted, I thank you!

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  4. SotirisNovember 20, 2008 at 11:55 AM

    O Gary Ramon apo tous Sun Dial.. E, tipote den einai tyxaio... Exairetika kai ta dyo... Thanks

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  5. AnonymousNovember 22, 2008 at 8:06 AM

    I'm really enjoying these cassettes from the UK. CHEERS.

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  6. eduardo castellanosNovember 23, 2008 at 12:57 PM

    thanx a lot for your time and your tunes! this site is unpriced.
    greetings from oaxaca & barcelona.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 23, 2008 at 8:33 PM

    Wonderful to see such hard to find treasures here. Thanks for sharing this,
    Dave

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  8. AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    Links are dead, FYI. Would love to see this re-upped if possible!

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  9. bibbi gixOctober 12, 2009 at 5:59 AM

    Dear Mutant Sounds-
    Words can not express just how utterly grateful I am for your generosity and exquisite taste. Despite this infinite gratitude, I do have one request. I have recently fallen head over heels in love with Age Of Lights by Modern Art. My heart aches to be able to download and listen to these here two other MA tapes you posted here but the links seem to be non functional. Is there any way you could pretty please be so kind as to refresh the functionality of these links somehow? PLeeeeeeeaaaase? Oh that would be so rad if you could make this dream of mine a reality. Much love, Bibby

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  10. BPPNovember 5, 2009 at 12:05 AM

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  11. AnonymousNovember 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    I learned anout Modern Art because I was a big Sundial fan. I heard the three tapes here and I love them, especially 'kites'!
    If you have any more could you please put it up? I've learned of a few more albums and I'm trying unsuccessfully to find them:

    Stereoland
    opera multi steel & modern art
    Full Tilt at the Chocolate Factory
    All Aboard the Mind Train

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  12. AnonymousDecember 14, 2009 at 9:06 AM

    Hola,
    Very bummed Modern Art's Oriental Tower + Underwater Kites ..says error. Any chance you can re post these. Pleeeese!!! I depend on my Mutant Sound.

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  13. pjDecember 28, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    These posts were from my original rips, so here are new links for both of them.
    http://rapidshare.com/files/327083813/Oriental_Towers.zip

    http://rapidshare.com/files/327088963/Underwater_Kites.zip

    For anyone who has downloaded them already these are better rips as the others were not true stereo due to a problem with my recorder.

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2012 at 8:47 PM

    more modern art please:

    pre-modern art
    guitars on fire
    color tape + disc related music
    etc. thanks!!

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  15. AnonymousOctober 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    Full Tilt at the Chocolate Factory can be bought at http://home.online.no/~janbruun/shop/index.html

    awesome tape label and he still makes tapes to order

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  16. MushinskeNovember 5, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    Has anyone found any other Modern Art tapes they care to share? Or did anyone mange to get that vinyl that was recently released?

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  17. UnknownFebruary 1, 2013 at 12:57 AM

    Would you be interested in selling either of these cassettes? I would love to have them. Please email me if you are interested or not.
    Thanks

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  18. The Mighty LoucheNovember 3, 2013 at 9:53 AM

    Hi! I've been scouring online shops for Modern Art albums, but the releases are either ridiculously limited editions long since sold out, or vinyl editions that don't come with a download code. (They weren't even vinyl releases to begin with! These vinyl fetish fascists are becoming a right nuisance.) Anyway, I was hoping I could download some Modern Art here, but the links are dead. Any chance of re-upping them? I would be tremendously grateful if you did! Seems your blog is the only place doing Gary Ramon the service of actually putting his stuff out there...

    Cheers!

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