Label: Crammed Discs – CRAM 029, Normal – NORMAL 4 Series: Made To Measure – Vol. 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1984 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: Downtempo, Minimal, New Beat, Experimental
Inaugural instalment to the killer Crammed Discs more experimental spin off series Made To Measure. This one gets the key label heavyweights together and compiles the more left-field / obscure offerings originally composed for fashion shows, films, adverts and general commissions. Israeli post-punk outfit Minimal Company serve up some uber-cool, avant-wave sorta stuff, with Tuxedomoon providing three genre-bending cuts focused generally around electronics (special note to the mega 'Driving To Verdun'). However, the star of the show here is Aksak Maboul with the droning, shoe-gazy tape-loop classic 'Scratch Holiday' AND 'Odessa' - a catchy east-meets-west left-field folk cut that's fit for a medieval banquet hall with jesters. So good. A shop staple! (Vinyl & Sleeve NM).
Tracklist Pieces For Nothing A1 –Minimal Compact Bat-Yam 4:36 A2 –Minimal Compact Too Many Of Them 4:30 A3 –Minimal Compact Immer Vorbei 4:00 A4 –Minimal Compact Animal Killers 3:32 - A5 –Benjamin Lew À La Recherche De B. 2:40 A6 –Aksak Maboul Scratch Holiday 4:18 Un Chien Mérite Une Mort De Chien B1 –Aksak Maboul Odessa 4:01 B2 –Aksak Maboul Chez Les Futuristes Russes 1:26 B3 –Aksak Maboul Ossip & Lili 1:06 B4 –Aksak Maboul Lili Danse 1:43 B5 –Aksak Maboul Retour Chez Les Futuristes 0:39 B6 –Aksak Maboul Mort De Velimir 3:33 Verdun B7 –Tuxedomoon Fanfare 4:41 B8 –Tuxedomoon No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 4:51 B9 –Tuxedomoon Driving To Verdun 2:36
