{"id":367,"date":"2006-11-28T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2006-11-28T17:30:06","modified_gmt":"2006-11-28T16:30:06","slug":"skylab-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"skylab #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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well today i got lucky. very very lucky.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
whenever i scour the racks i always am on the lookout for certain titles, one of which is the cd copy of dance rock collective nasty rox inc <\/STRONG>cash <\/EM>album. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
now i have the album on cassette and vinyl, but ever since i saw the cd in our price in leeds many many years ago, i have had nightmares about not picking it up, as i know it once existed, something that many ztt collectors dont believe, but i most certainly have the memory, and the ongoing trauma.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
another such holy grail <\/EM>is the second skylab <\/STRONG>album.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
in the early mid 90’s i went through a massive ambient\/instrumental hip hop phase. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
obviously this meant i ended up buying mowax<\/EM> stuff, irresistible force<\/STRONG>, and far far too many pete namlook<\/STRONG>\/fax albums. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
anyway, during this period i happened to pick up a rather wonderful album by mowax associated collective – skylab<\/STRONG>. called simply #1 <\/EM>with a beautiful simple cover, the album kept teasing me from the racks until i decided to take the risk despite not having heard anything by the band.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
consisting of mat ducasse<\/EM>, the mainstay of the band and various folks like kudos<\/EM> from major force west, <\/STRONG>the music was like a spaced out update of the art of noise<\/STRONG> album. parts of it were sublime and full of laid back beats, melody and harmony, yet there were chunks were things went off on one with little other a few space echo noises.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
i suspect a lot of herbs were used in the making of the album. however for all the freakiness, when the band hit a spaced out groove there wasn’t anything like it.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
naturally i wanted more, and shortly after the album was released, an ep <\/A>came out with a remix by dubbed up master (at that time), andrew weatherall<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
and then nothing.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
i recall seeing a seething review for a second album many years later, but i never saw the album.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
until last year i never saw anything else by the band, but then i happened upon a cardboard sleeve for an ep, my heart skipped a beat and i rushed to the counter to collect my hidden prize, but it was not to be as the sales assistant with indie shop attitude (which is out of business now .. ) dug into the dusty drawers for over 20 minutes before telling me, ‘it’s lost mate’. <\/EM>grrrrrr.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
today though, my patience paid off.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
i happened to spot on the top of an unloved \u00c2\u00a32 pile in a trade in shop, skylab #2 <\/EM>cd. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
clear cd case with skylab embossed on the plastic, a plain but dashing pink inner cardboard sleeve with the tracklisting on the reverse, and the cd itself. no more detail other than hidden in a corner : eyeukcd018pro<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
this time i got lucky, the cd was in the shop assistanrs drawer, and now it’s on my desk.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
discogs and amazon tell all manner of weird stories about the bands output, as this <\/A>is supposedly what i have, but the cover and tracklisting is very different.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
tracklisting : mothra\/cashmere, bunny castle, mothers milk, crocodile 2, ghost, breakfast girl, ? pt.3, ? pt 2, magenta, hypnotika, ‘please’<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
but less of the smallprint, what of the actual contents. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
well as is to be expected, the music is more of the same, spaced out ambience, beautifully tripped out psychedlic production, with much of the album having a stronger presence of guitar solos in a 70s prog fashion, making the results a not too distant relative of amorphous androgynous <\/STRONG>the classic prog rock alter ego of future sound of london. <\/STRONG>there are passages where little happens other than a few noises and effects, much like #1, <\/EM>and like the classic debut, when the band settle down and craft proper songs the results are fantastic, with the final 3 tracks with added uncredited female vocals, as have many of the albums tracks, are very special indeed.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
having now experienced the album twice on headphones, i can safely say the long hunt and patience, has all been worth it.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
a classic that very few people will have heard, so keep your eyes peeled, there must be other copies out there hidden away.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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more detail (!!)<\/EM> : here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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