Label: Adhesive – adhesive 2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Australia Released: 1981 Genre: Electronic Style: Experimental, Ambient, Industrial
Haunted electronics from early 80’s Melbourne underground - the second self-release in a trilogy from the enigmatic Laughing Hands via their own Adhesive Press.
A short-lived but disproportionally influential group active throughout the early 80s, Laughing Hands’ ghostly collages of murky atmospherics, processed vox and softly insistent rhythms remains one of the high watermarks of the antipodean underground. Though without anywhere near the amount of attention posthumously piled onto the likes of Vanity Records (specifically Tolerance, Sympathy Nervous), Wire’s Cupol, Chris Carter +++, their stripped-back narcoleptic soundscapes share much of the same DNA. Ranging from dizzying ethno-tribal percussion to pulsating proto-techno, there’s a sense of unease in the air through that’s somewhat detached yet inviting enough to incite repeat listens. It’s no surprise that Australian super-talent David Chessworth (→ ↑ →, Essendon Airport, etc..) was involved, much like in most of the most enduring experimental music to emanate from Australia. Beautiful handmade sleeve and printed inner elevate this one for us to one of the best from down under. (NM/NM - top copy!!!)
Tracklist A1 One A2 Two A3 Three A4 Four A5 Five B1 Six B2 Seven B3 Eight B4 Nine B5 Ten B6 Eleven
