Name: Mutate
Brand: Steffe Lewry

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MNQ 128

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-12-20

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Supplier US

Rush Hour Music B.V.

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Sales:8.875

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1 / 12" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Steffe Lewry

Genre US

Techno / Electro

Label US

Mannequin is an influential music label that was founded in 2008 by Alessandro Adriani and Juan Mendez in Rome, Italy. With a strong focus on electronic and experimental music, Mannequin has been at the forefront of shaping the underground music scene. In 2015, the label relocated to Berlin, Germany, further solidifying its presence in the global music community.

Known for their distinctive sound and uncompromising artistic vision, Mannequin has released groundbreaking albums from *artists* such as *artist1*, *artist2*, and *artist3*. Their diverse roster of talent spans across genres like techno, post-punk, industrial, and synth-wave.

As a label committed to nurturing emerging talent and pushing boundaries within the industry, Mannequin continues to release cutting-edge music that challenges conventions. With their dedication to quality curation and unique sonic experiences, they have garnered a loyal following of fans who appreciate their innovative approach to music production.

Mannequin

Mutant industrial acid house from one member of the UK Mutoid Waste Company art and performers collective.

The Mutate tracks where created in 1990 when Steffe Lewry, vocalist composer and producer from the UK, active since the mid 1970 (Gong, Planet Gong, Here &amp; Now), was living with members of the Mutoid Waste Company - the legendary performance arts group founded in West London in the early 80s.

Influenced by the movie Mad Max and the popular Judge Dredd comics, they specialised in organising illegal parties in London throughout the 1980s, driven at first by eclectic assortments of fringe music such as psychedelic rock and dub reggae, but then embracing the burgeoning acid house music movement by the late 1980s.

Described as "part street theatre, part art show and part traveling circus" in the 1986 LWT documentary South of Watford presented by Hugh Laurie.

The group became famous for building giant welded sculptures from waste materials and for customising broken down cars, as well as making large scale murals in the disused buildings where they held their parties.

In 1989, after a number of police raids on their warehouse in King's Cross, they left the country and travelled to Germany where they became notorious for building giant sculptures out of old machinery and car parts, one of which was 'Käferman', a giant human figure with a Volkswagen Beetle for its chest, offering a Bird Of Peace sculpture that overlooked the Berlin Wall towards East Berlin and the regime of East Germany. They had a collection of scrap military vehicles, including a Russian MiG 21 fighter aircraft which 'followed' them around wherever they went, and a painted tank known as "the Pink Panzer".

The 3 tracks where included in a video compilation of Mutoid art, “How The Mutoids Brought Down The Berlin Wall”, edited by film maker Jonathan Barnett.

To make these tracks Steffe used a 4 track teac reel to reel, a Korg DDD1 drum machine and Fender stratocaster guitar.

Mastered by Ruud Lekx, Amsterdam, 2018. Graphic design and concept by Alessandro Adriani, Berlin, 2018.