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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent electronic collection from TG member, 24 Jan 2007
The sleeve notes state the following, which you might want to be aware of:
`The Space Between was originally released in 1980 as a ninety minute cassette by Industrial Records. It has been digitally re-mastered and edited specifically for this CD version by Chris Carter at Studio 47, May 1991. The tracks were recorded between 1977 and 1980 at the studios of Industrial Records and Throbbing Gristle. Some were recorded onto cassette format and as such retain some of the qualities inherent in that medium. Total Playing Time: 76 minutes.'
I read about this album as a TG/Industrial Records-related product in Simon Ford's excellent history of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle, `Wreckers of Civilisation.' Enamoured with all things TG and liking the price in the marketplace, I decided to order it, since it is one of those IR-recordings like `The Worst of Monte Cazazza', `The Bridge', and `Disposable Half Truths' that complete the picture. It was later remixed by contemporary electronic souls, though I haven't had the pleasure as yet (`Ear One' I do believe).
Obviously all TG is good TG, even when it was punishing mind dreck! But the studio side of the band was dominated by resident electronic expert Chris Carter, his influence apparent on tracks such as `Distant Dreams Part Two', `Walkabout', `AB/7A', `United', `Dreamachine', `Something Came Over Me', `Hot on the Heels of Love', & `Adrenalin.' Obviously TG wasn't just Carter, but those electronic directions were key and if it is that side of the Gristle you dig, this is a place you really must visit. (Is that Cosey on the cover by the way?).
I think `The Space Between' is a key electronic album, one to rate up there with the best , see: `Love and Dancing', Suicide's second album, `Red Mecca', `Selected Ambient Works I', `I Hear a New World', `Incunabula', `Music Has the Right to Children', `E=MC2', `Autobahn' etc. Anyone interested in electronic music should proceed here, there are fantastic ambient moments (the closing `Resonance'), revisits to TG tracks (notably `Walkabout'), and many a joy that appears to have been the precedent for a label like Warp Records.
If in the mood for TG I listen to them a lot, but to be fair, you might not always want to listen to `Mission of Dead Souls', though I do think Nelly Furtado could go further if she covered `Guts on the Floor'! I bought this on a completist whim as it were quite cheap like, and was expecting some amateur recording and plenty to skip...how wrong were I? I think this is an addictive collection of instrumentals - though there is the odd vocal that sounds like Genesis on a few tracks - put it this way if you like electronic music or a TG track like `Distant Dreams Part Two', you should love this. An unexpected pleasure. I want to proceed in a Chris & Cosey/Carter Tutti direction, but they really need a reissue programme...can someone initiate? Supreme stuff and highly recommended anyways...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Electronic Collection 1977 - 1980 , 4 Nov 2006
The sleeve notes state the following, which you might want to be aware of:
`The Space Between was originally released in 1980 as a ninety minute cassette by Industrial Records. It has been digitally re-mastered and edited specifically for this CD version by Chris Carter at Studio 47, May 1991. The tracks were recorded between 1977 and 1980 at the studios of Industrial Records and Throbbing Gristle. Some were recorded onto cassette format and as such retain some of the qualities inherent in that medium. Total Playing Time: 76 minutes.'
I read about this album as a TG/Industrial Records-related product in Simon Ford's excellent history of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle, `Wreckers of Civilisation.' Enamoured with all things TG and liking the price in the marketplace, I decided to order it, since it is one of those IR-recordings like `The Worst of Monte Cazazza', `The Bridge', and `Disposable Half Truths' that complete the picture. It was later remixed by contemporary electronic souls, though I haven't had the pleasure as yet (`Ear One' I do believe).
Obviously all TG is good TG, even when it was punishing mind dreck! But the studio side of the band was dominated by resident electronic expert Chris Carter, his influence apparent on tracks such as `Distant Dreams Part Two', `Walkabout', `AB/7A', `United', `Dreamachine', `Something Came Over Me', `Hot on the Heels of Love', & `Adrenalin.' Obviously TG wasn't just Carter, but those electronic directions were key and if it is that side of the Gristle you dig, this is a place you really must visit. (Is that Cosey on the cover by the way?).
I think `The Space Between' is a key electronic album, one to rate up there with the best , see: `Love and Dancing', Suicide's second album, `Red Mecca', `Selected Ambient Works I', `I Hear a New World', `Incunabula', `Music Has the Right to Children', `E=MC2', `Autobahn' etc. Anyone interested in electronic music should proceed here, there are fantastic ambient moments (the closing `Resonance'), revisits to TG tracks (notably `Walkabout'), and many a joy that appears to have been the precedent for a label like Warp Records.
If in the mood for TG I listen to them a lot, but to be fair, you might not always want to listen to `Mission of Dead Souls', though I do think Nelly Furtado could go further if she covered `Guts on the Floor'! I bought this on a completist whim as it were quite cheap like, and was expecting some amateur recording and plenty to skip...how wrong were I? I think this is an addictive collection of instrumentals - though there is the odd vocal that sounds like Genesis on a few tracks - put it this way if you like electronic music or a TG track like `Distant Dreams Part Two', you should love this. An unexpected pleasure. I want to proceed in a Chris & Cosey/Carter Tutti direction, but they really need a reissue programme...can someone initiate? Supreme stuff and highly recommended anyways...
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