Name: Gag
Brand: Fad Gadget

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

cdstumm15

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-03-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5016025610150

Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Fad Gadget

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Mute

<p>Fad Gadget was a groundbreaking artist signed to Mute Records. He released the second single, 'Back To Nature', in October 1979. Known for his physical live shows, he often injured himself on stage. After releasing the album 'Gag' in 1984, he dropped his stage name and used his real name instead. Despite the release of 'The Best of Fad Gadget' in 2001 and supporting Depeche Mode on their 'Exciter Tour', he tragically passed away at the age of 45 from a heart attack on April 3, 2002.</p>

<p>Similar Artists: Cabaret Voltaire, Liaisons Dangereuses, Tubeway Army, Section 25, Malaria!, John Foxx, Robert Görl, Tones On Tail, Grauzone, Chris & Cosey, Visage, DAF,Tuxedomoon , Severed Heads , The Glove , The Neon Judgement , Crash Course In Science , The Creatures , The Danse Society , Virgin Prunes</p>

Please note, some Mute issues also carry an EMI logo. This is not a label and EMI should not be added as a label, it instead indicates that Mute was part of the EMI Group.

Founded in 1978 by [a=Daniel Miller], Mute (also known as [l36339]) releases various forms of music, with an emphasis on electronic and experimental pop. In May 2002 the label was acquired by the [l=EMI Group]. In 2010 Miller did an agreement with EMI to handle Mute as an independent label again, licensing the trademark from EMI via his company [l=Mute Artists Ltd.], but EMI kept the rights over Mute's back catalogue. After the EMI Group was dissolved, in 2012 [l206061] acquired [l636]'s back catalogue.

Branch offices exist in Germany ([l168349]) and in North America ([l36296]). 

Mute has spawned many regional and special-interest sublabels, some of which are still active. One offshoot, [l=Parallel Series], even became independent of [l636] Mute also operates Mute Bank Mail Order, which sells the label's merchandise directly to consumers. Mute Bank published two issues of [i]Mute Statement[/i], a softcover book that details the entire discography of the label and includes band profiles and photos of release artwork.

Another label strongly associated with Mute is [l=Toast Hawaii], run by [a=Depeche Mode]'s [a=Andrew Fletcher].

Label code: [b]LC 05834[/b] / [b]LC 5834[/b]

‘[b]P[/b]’, included to the catalog numbers,
generally stand for promo copies.
‘[b]L[/b]’, included to the catalog numbers,
generally stand for limited editions.

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​The recording of 'Gag' was a turning point in Tovey's recording career. It would be the first time he used a band of musicians to record an album - before he had recorded most of the musical parts himself. It would also see a major change in the recording location from London to Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin. The acoustic spaces in the German studio had excited Tovey. He was also excited about the recording equipment that was installed at Hansa at that time, including the computer controlled mixing desk. He found the new recording practices refreshing, having other people collaborating in the writing and recording process. Some of these collaborators included the viola player, Joni Sackett, and keyboard player, David Simmonds. The recordings included many acoustic instruments, which veered away from the electronic instruments which had been used on previous recording sessions. Tovey had used synthesisers when they were not fashionable to use - he had now moved away from electronic instrumentation when it was the current trend with other recording artists.

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