Dive In Again

"Across these sad waters and across my heart..." As promised, here's that second wet wet wet six pack for y'all. Moist artwork by Tinca. Just enjoy, my amigos da musica.

A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water
This Heat - A New Kind Of Water
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Sad Waters
Rain Tree Crow - Blackwater
Guv'ner - Bridge Under Water
Sun Kil Moon - Grey Ice Water

Modern Lovers

A delightful track from my fave Eno album, the poppy and whimsical Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) from 1974. "Use a certain ratio..." In the early eighties, a group of funk-minded Manchester post-punks would take his word for it.

Brian Eno - The True Wheel
A Certain Ratio - Flight

Flayed Your Flesh

Could postpunk white boys play da funk? Of course they could. Exhibit A: this fine Martin Hannett production from the golden year of 1979.

A Certain Ratio - Do The Du

Thieves Of Fire

Yes, and here we go again. Another summer tenpack, this time featuring nothing but British postpunk from the late seventies and early eighties. Arguably one of the most interesting periods in the history of pop music, as creativity was running rampant and boundaries were few.

Fall head honcho Mark E. Smith tells it like it is, with a nod to the summer of love:

"Stuck peanuts in my hair, and all the leaves are brown...

I'll be part of the music scene, envy of the choosy set, part of the music scare..."

Instant hits all of them, albeit in a parallel - and better - world. If you like what you hear and haven´t read it yet, head over to your local bookshoppe and pick up Rip It Up And Start Again by Simon Reynolds, a most inspiring standardwork on the postpunk genre.

The Fall - Music Scene MP3

Magazine - Back To Nature MP3

Cabaret Voltaire - Do The Mussolini (Headkick) MP3

Slits - Instant Hit MP3

The Pop Group - Thief Of Fire MP3

A Certain Ratio - Choir MP3

Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox MP3

Gang Of Four - Armalite Rifle MP3

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business MP3

Basement 5 - Heavy Traffic MP3