Crash Course in Science - "Crash Course in Science Anthology 1979-1981" (VOD 67) 2009

This still sounds like the Future to me!
A Future where all computers are homemade from catalogue kits,along with synthesisers and beat boxes. This is the kind of music that someone from the 1950's would imagine the music of the 21st century would sound like.Played in the background in one of those concept houses featuring all the mod-cons of a 21st century home, like electric curtains and other crap that technology is wasted on.
This is in fact the only prediction that came true; with our mobile phones,smart phones, tablet computers, and the internet; technological marvels, yes? But what do we do with them? Gossip,buy crap,order Russian Brides, and watch Pornography.
The only other thing that came true was that we are listening to Crash Course in Science, with their buzzy, boingy,electro fuzz anti-music of the 21st century.The only problem being, that it was made in the 1970's; and only now is it being appreciated.
I clearly remember hearing "Kitchen Motors" on the John Peel show in 1979.One of those epiphanal moments on the peel show, between the crap reggae and anecdotes about shagging schoolgirls in the sixties, when everything stops, and you think, or even say,"What the Fuck was that?" This only happened on a handful of occasions, like hearing The Fall doing "Stepping Out" live at the Electric Circus, Blah!Blah!Blah!'s "In The Army", and anything from the "Weird Noise EP". Crash Course in Science was up there in that exalted company. The only problem was the record was impossible to find in the record shops in Leicester, the uninterested sneers on the shop employees faces  made it at best an unenjoyable quest. so think yourself blessed that a download that contains everything they ever recorded in a studio, plus some live stuff ,(supporting uber minimalist, Phillip Glass, of all people!?) is available below,accessed by just one click with your mouse finger. Now that IS technology put to a good use; hopefully it comes to you without any porn links or tempting messages from some charming capitalist.
This is the Future.

Tracklisting:

 1: Signals From Pier13:

	Cardboard Lamb
	Crashing Song
	Flying Turns
	Factory Forehead
	Bonus Track
	Pompeii Spared (Original Demo Version)
	Bonus Tracks: 1981 Demos
	Near Marineland
	Second Glance
	It Cost's To Be Austere
	No More Hollow Doors
	Force The Habit
	Jump Over Barrels
	2: Live Recordings
	Opening For Phillip Glass Ensemble, Harrison Auditorium_University Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. November 15, 1980
	Crashing Song
	Cardboard Lamb
	Alarm
	Digital Information
	Two Panes Of Glass
	Pompeii Spared
	Pressure Point
	Basic Device
	Mechanical Breakdown
	FOPPEM Electronic Music Festival, Tucc Cinematheque, Philadelphia, Pa. December 19, 1981
	Near Marineland
	Someone Reads
	Jump Over Barrels
	No More Hollow Doors
	Sputnik In Orbit
	Cardboard Lamb
	Second Glance
	3: Near Marineland
	Near Marineland
	Second Glance
	It Cost's To Be Austere
	No More Hollow Doors
	Force The Habit
	Someone Reads
	Jump Over Barrels
	Pompeii Spared
	Near Marineland Remix
	Second Glance Remix
	Jump Over Barrels Remix
	4: Cakes In The Home
	Cakes In The Home
	Kitchen Motors
	Mechanical Breakdown
	Rehearsal Tapes
	Streetcar 4 A.M.
	Bumpster
	Beat Filter_Instro
	Wait A Minute

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