Chris Massey's Sprechen kicks off 2026 with a new EP from The Thief Of Time, Chris' cosmic disco/ new wave band now joined permanently by Lady Lady (Sally Summers). The new single, Cosmic, is a decades old demo updated by Sally and Chris, all 80s synths, soaring vocals and sci fi dreams.
Cosmic comes with two remixes- one by WH Lung's Tom Sharkett and the other by Frederik Hendrik, a new Sprechen signing. Tom loads up big breakbeat, isolates the synthlines and heads for the rave at the end of the universe, six minutes of fun with a breakdown at four minutes filled with garbed voices and then a finale with laser beams and synths firing off all over. Frederik's remix is cosmic disco/ Italo house, builds slowly, achieves lift off, breaks down, re- enters, and then continues to fly. Find Cosmic at Bandcamp.
In 2024 Tom Sharkett's band WH Lung released their third album, Every Inch Of Earth Pulsates, a really well put together nine song set of cosmische indie, both atmospheric and with fully realised songs. The songs pulse with synths and guitars, motorik drums and soaring melodies, that sound like lots of other bands best bits and also like themselves. This song ended the album in fine style, a big emphatic, widescreen kiss off.
In 2020 an album of remixes of songs from Incidental Music was released including remixes by Kid Machine and Fijiya and Miyagi. In 2019 Piccadilly Records made Incidental Music their album of the year and the CD of remixes was a bonus disc for punters who bought the album at Oldham Street's finest record shop. The Fujiya and Miyagi remix fits in very well alongside the WH Lung one above and The Thief Of Time EP, all very cosmic.
Second Death Of My Face (Fujiya and Miyagi Remix)
WH Lung are named after a Chinese and Asian supermarket on Upper Brook Street, Manchester, open seven days a week.
No comments:
Post a Comment