Young Marble Giants Drum Machine

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Young marble giants drum machine.

Young marble giants sculpted a sparse sound in the muted monochromatic machinations of this charmingly unconventional abstract. Available with an apple music subscription. Colossal youth is the only studio album by welsh post punk band young marble giants released in february 1980 on rough trade records young marble giants were offered the opportunity to record the album after rough trade heard just two songs by the band on the local cardiff music compilation is the war over. The band emerged from the remains of a former band true wheel singer alison.

Using young marble giants style drum machine and melodic bass spike s violin is everywhere swooping all over the track whilst statton s vocal lead is plaintive and haunting. Young marble giants released just one full length studio album. They subverted conventional pop rock methods by stripping both song construction and instrumentation. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take.

Young marble giants were a post punk band formed in cardiff wales in 1978 their music was based around the vocals of alison statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers philip and stuart moxham. They made one great album colossal youth 1980 on rough trade recorded very cheaply often using the first take. No i don t think we would. Extremely low tech drum machine effects and home made.

Their early sound was a sharp contrast with the more aggressive punk rock that dominated the underground at the time. There was actually a virtual fourth member of the band a cousin of mine and phil s pete joyce. Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978. They consisted of alison statton vocals stuart moxham guitar and phillip moxham bass occasionally joined by keyboardist peter joyce.

There s a lot of humour in the young marble giants. One of the quirkiest and most idiosyncratic groups to emerge from the early british new wave indie scene young marble giants from cardiff wales were not so much new wave in sound as in strategy. There was an element of liking the cheesiness of the drum machines a feature kurt cobain specifically approved of. If drum machines hadn t been available do you think you would have found a drummer.

A jittery drum pattern a minimalist guitar. Brothers philip and stuart moxham started the band with philip s girlfriend allison statton in 1978. Young marble giants were a post punk band from cardiff wales a trio formed in 1978. The young marble giants slowly one by one emerge from the shadows.