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Various - Debut LP Magazine - Issue 11 - 25-Sep-07 01:53 PM
These Debut Magazine/Records are fantastic. They had a fairly short run most likely because of the expense of creating and distributing a magazine and an album packaged together in a gate-fold sleeve (magazine stapled inside the fold). Licensing the tracks must have been fairly costly and with NME/Melody Maker as competition - well, its easy to see why Debut Magazine didnt last.
Near the end of their run the Debut issues were cut down in size - from a 12" vinyl & magazine to a 10". As far as I know there are only two 10" releases.

The bands featured on the record were always featured in some way in the magazine. There were usually a handful of really well known bands/artists and a handful of lesser to complete unknowns. Some appear to be one-off bands never to be seen or heard from again.
The music is hit and miss but its a perfect example of what was going on in the mid 1980s. Today you only hear 80s music that caught in the filter - but it only scrapes the surface of what was out there. Debut captured everything: synth-pop, jangly "C86", electro-pop, Gothic bands (not "goth"), funk-rock, Hi-NRG, reggae, the birth of hip-hop and freestyle, the stragling tail of punk, the changes in post-punk, etc.

The best bits, however, are in the magazine. If you werent around in the 80s and you want to see what it was really like - you must check out Debut Magazine. Great fashion spreads and short but well written articles about musical trends, bands, travel, art, etc. In addition, all the adverts from the 80s - various brands of boomboxes, Sony Walkman, Radio Luxembourg, brands of jeans you just dont see anymore, lots of synthesizer adverts, etc. Debut is a real "wayback" machine.

A German language edition, Debüt, was also issued in the same format (magazine/record) but with slightly if not totally different content/music.

Jose James / Ayak (2) And First Man* - Brownswood Bubblers (Part 3) - 20-Jan-07 01:05 PM
José James just knocks me out - such smooth vocals on this wonderful track - along the lines of Johnny Hartman and Nat King Cole. Will make the ladies swoon.

Aquarian - Who Is The Aquarian - 24-Mar-05 04:24 PM
Cool mix of melodic Detroit techno and deep Chicago house. A nice little 12" - worth picking up if you find it.

South Street Player - (Who?) Keeps Changing Your Mind - 07-Jan-05 02:30 AM
One of the very best deep house/Garage tracks - the first time I heard this song I had tears streaming down my face by the end. Still is such a fantastic, deeply emotional track. Dont bother with the new remixes - theyre like crayon scribblings on the Mona Lisa. This original is absolute perfection.

Chateau Flight* - Cosmic Race - 05-Jan-05 07:47 AM
Unbelievably deep future music. One of the best Chateau Flight releases Ive heard and they have some great stuff prior to this release. B side is all locked groove sections taken from the A side. For DJs who like to scuba dive.

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