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St. Che* - Be My.. / The Exquisite Act

Label:
Catalog#:
SIREN 06-12
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country:
UK
Released:
1986
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Electro, Industrial, Experimental

Tracklist

A1   Be My.... (Temptation: The Sound Of Its Condition)
    Featuring - Adrian Sherwood , Fats Comet
B1   The Exquisite Act
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Review by culturesponge Aug 24, 2004 (edited over 5 years ago)
This release plods the samey mixes that Sherwood, Skip, Doug, Le Blanc and Fats Comet (pretty much Tackhead circa the classic Tape-Time, sans Gary Clail)... a veritable 'ghost train of electro dub funk' a samey backing track that they put to better use on a few other on-u releases - most have stood the test of time better though. This 'Be My Powerstation' is let down by weak lead vocals sung over the otherwise excellent backing track, - pretty much like an FM radio friendly 'white bread pop' version of what they doing with Mark Stewart. Not long after this release the on-u crew worked with a much stronger vocalist/ideas man, Trent Reznor for his Pretty Hate Machine sessions, then i guess the On-U posse finally got some cheques in the post worth cashing.

Amazing to find on the flip a mythical story read by Sian Phillips from the Royal Shakespear Company -The Exquisite Act - always a treat to put on the decks that one!

My copy is a white label, it has blank yellow & white paper labels - the artist is CHE -SIREN 6123-1I-1U-1-1. They also put out an album/cd Narcotic (also on siren) which includes Be My Powerstation, but sady not The Exquisite Act.