Name: Layer On Layer
Brand: David Chesworth

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CH136lp-C1

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Colour

Yellow

Colour details

Neon yellow vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-04-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

747742112379

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Total Cap

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

Artist

David Chesworth

Genre US

Electronic

Label US

Chapter Music

Chapter Music presents a vinyl reissue of Australian post-punk icon David Chesworth’s mutant punk-funk second album, 1981’s Layer On Layer. After his revered 1979 debut 50 Synthesizer Greats (reissued by Chapter in 2017), David swapped the solo home-recorded synths for something very different – infectious, percussive art-funk weirdness.

Aged 21, David recorded nights and weekends at the studio in his university’s music department, building Layer On Layer from the ground up, using non-instruments like telephone directories, cardboard boxes and car parts. He created an art-damaged sound world, driven by irresistible rhythms but emphasizing chance and experimentation.

Robert Goodge, Chesworth’s bandmate in the celebrated Essendon Airport, contributes his trademark cyclical guitar, with Tsk Tsk Tsk’s Ralph Traviato on sax and other Tsk members Philip Brophy, Jayne Stevenson and Maria Kozic on backing vocals. 

Layer On Layer was the beginning of David’s investigations into rhythm, and remains one of his most striking works. His 70s/80s records and productions have become sought-after collectors’ items and DJ holy grails. Chesworth is now a renowned composer sound artist.

For digital bonus tracks, David has revisited Layer On Layer tracks to create mutant DJ versions.

Layer On Layer

Music US