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THE PUMP

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Label: Klanggalerie

Format: CD

Genre: Experimental

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Before starting Nocturnal Emissions, Nigel Ayers had a band called "The Pump". They released two cassettes in tiny editions only, and some tracks were recently included in the Vinyl-on-Demand NE box set. Now, we are proud to present you the collected works of this Nocturnal Emissions blueprint for the first time ever on CD. Carefully remastered by Nigel Ayers in 2009, this collections shows the many different sides to The Pump. Classic Industrial meets Avantgarde, hints of TG and the Cabs are there, and it's clear how these tracks lead to what was later to be "Tissue of Lies". "For Nigel Ayers the systematic derangement of the senses has never been enough. From the beginning of his career he has sought nothing less than the total disarrangement of reality. Using slowed down voices, sludgy bass, noisy analog synthesizers, guitar and weird effects, these unorthodox statements from his first band sound as if they were made in an atmosphere of cerebral discord. Conventions of musicality are thwarted in favor of shoestring arrangements gelled together by intuition rather than adherence to preconceived formulas. Traversing terrains that range from the psychotropic to psychotic, the collected works of The Pump make for an artifact that is not easily pigeon holed, not now, and probably not in the late 1970s when the group first formed with his brother Daniel Ayers and the late Caroline K. (...) Some of these songs were included on the Nocturnal Emissions "Lest We Forget" 4xLP+7" set from Vinyl-On -Demand that came out in 2008. This disc however includes all the material released by The Pump and is thus a perfect edition for the serious collector."
(Brainwashed, April 2010)
Details
Cat. number: gg139
Year: 2010
Notes:
CD in a limited edition of 500 copies.