Name: Seven Songs
Brand: 23 Skidoo

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LTMCD 2527

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2013-11-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Darla

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5024545527520

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

Artist

23 Skidoo

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23 Skidoo are a British band known for their fusion of industrial, post-punk, alternative dance, rock, and world music. Formed in 1979 by Fritz Catlin, Johnny Turnbull and Sam Mills, the group drew inspiration from martial arts, Burundi and Kodo drumming, Fela Kuti, The Last Poets, William S. Burroughs and the emerging confluence of industrial, post-punk and funk.

Their debut album "Seven Songs" released in 1982 is said to evoke the claustrophobic humidity of an African forest. With influences ranging from A Certain Ratio to Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, they created experimental EPs like "Tearing Up The Plans." In 1983 they performed live at the first WOMAD Festival with their album "The Culling Is Coming."

In later years they shifted towards hip hop and signed to Virgin Records in 1991. Their self-titled LP featured collaborations with Pharoah Sanders and Roots Manuva. They released a compilation of singles titled "The Gospel Comes To New Guinea" in 2002 before liquidating their company in 2003.

New Wave / Post Punk

ltm releases a deluxe double vinyl reissue (with download) of 'seven songs', the seminal debut album by 23 skidoo, originally released in february 1982. originally released on fetish records as a mini album, 'seven songs' topped the indie charts and immediately established 23 skidoo as a groundbreaking musical force on the post-punk landscape. digitally remastered, this deluxe 2x12" set contains an additional 35 minutes of material, including cult single 'the gospel comes to new guinea' / 'last words' (issued on 12" in 1981) and their only radio session for john peel, broadcast in september 1981 and featuring four exclusive tracks never recorded elsewhere. following the release of 'seven songs', skidoo issued a series of hugely influential records fusing post-punk, dub, industrial, world and hip-hop styles, including the singles 'tearing up the plans', 'coup' and 'language', and albums such as 'the culling is coming' and 'urban gamelan'.

Seven Songs

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