Unknown Pleasures on WIUP

[Brian J. Parker]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Wil Welsh wrote:

> I liked the single edit remixes they did for child of the 80's that
> are on a few compilations... the guitar is up a bit on one of them &
> the other is total discomix.

Really?  Hmmm, I probably haven't heard the original then.  I think it was
the _Playing With Children and Animals_ comp I have.


> Its so sad that I see so little about these guys online.  The living
> in neon album only has 5 reviews over @ amazon.com It was probably my
> favorite synthpop album of 2003 with system22 - Sundown 2x ep and
> Syrian - De-Synchronized running close behind.  I hope they come up
> with some new stuff soon and a little success to boot.

Are you familiar with Wideband Network?  I heard "Orbit" (and a remix of
it) on compilations and was blown away, but I don't know whether they're a
one-trick pony or consistently that good.


Speaking of catchy music, I randomly must interject that the new Front
Line Assembly single ("Vanished") is friggin' amazing.  They significantly
overhauled the track, with a banging mix for clubs, and threw in some very
high-quality b-sides.  I mean, you've got to kind of like FLA, but if you
do at all this is some of their best work to my mind.


Brian