Name: The Now Generation
Brand: Peter Ludemann and Pit Troja

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEWITH075LP

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-12-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4251648414193

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

Artist

Peter Ludemann and Pit Troja

Genre US

Disco

Label US

Be With Records

Mind-blowing, percussion-heavy, Afro-tinged, cosmic-disco library bomb. This is the one. An absolutely outstanding record from 1983 and definitely one of the hardest to find on the collectable German library label, Coloursound. The Now Generation (Percussive Underscores) is comfortably one of the very best library records full stop.

The record comes galloping out the gate with a pair of rapid synthy-eurodisco bombs - the title-track and Panama - before slowing down to a woozy pace on Inorganic Matter. African Nightclub sounds like it reads, and is a particular favourite of Prins Thomas. Indeed, it was used to great effect on his seminal Cosmo Galactic Prism mix for Eskimo back in 2007. It’s followed by the dark, druggy, slow motion industrial groove of Grease Plant before Southerly lifts the tempo to close out side A with its Latin funk strut of bells and melancholic keys.

For us, though, it’s all about the opener to side B: Mechanical Heart. Seven minutes of building, mid-tempo disco-funk joy, deceptively explosive, club-ready gear for body and soul. The back cover dryly describes the track as “Guitar and percussion, light industrial underlay”. Hmmm. How about, “after finally emerging from a particularly heavy week jamming in a sunless, lawless German warehouse, Chic warily press record on a wayward, illicit instrumental for basement gatherings”. Just wait for those drums at the 3 minute mark...

The beatless ambience and menacing stabs of the proto-electro Chemical Threat follows, before the open drums and incredible fills of the metronomic Steady Going and fantastically monotonous funk breaks of Nepal Trek round out this sensational set. This is a library masterpiece in no uncertain terms, full of synth funk, afro beats, exotica, leftfield madness, dance floor dynamite and all-around greatness.

As with the KPM and Themes re-issues, the audio for The Now Generation comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. Richard Robinson has brought the original Coloursound sleeve back to life in all its metalic silver glory.

The Now Generation

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