Subsequent Pleasures

Clan of Xymox | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00005AU9B
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • #58 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant compilation of demos and early material, May 2, 2001

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Josh (Boston, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Subsequent Pleasures (Audio CD)

This CD is basically a re-release of Clan of Xymox's self-released 5 track EP from 1984 with 6 additional demos of songs from their full-length debut album. The recordings are a bit rough and less produced than their later incarnations due to the fact that the EP was recorded on a 4-track portastudio and the other demos were recorded on 8-track. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The raw quality of the songs actually seems to add a sense of life and immediacy to the songs.

"Going Round", which was later re-recorded in rock/industrial form for 1997's Hidden Faces album, appears here as a wonderful dark synthpop track that, in my opionion, far outshines its later incarnation. The 3 songs that were never re-recorded are all excellent and fit seemlessly into the band's classic early catalogue.

The 6 demos that would later be re-recorded for their self-titled album are all excellent. "a day" carries all of the urgency and emotion of it's later incarnation in a somewhat more subdued mix. The production on "no words" adds a notably different melancholy atmosphere to the song that is absent in the later album version. "stranger" is a bit more straightforward here, with some excellent electronic bits that wouldn't make it into the final version. I actually the majority of these six demos better than their album counterparts.

If you're a fan of early Clan of Xymox, don't miss out on this one. It's a definite gem!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Proven forerunners of the darkwave movement, January 29, 2006

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Amy Bellamy "Amy Bellamy" (San Fransisco,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Subsequent Pleasures (Audio CD)

Forerunners of the darkwave movement, this classic Dutch outfit meshed the graveyard wails of the Cure / New Order/ the Sisters with low-tech synthpop before anyone knew to call it "gothic." Originally released in 1984, this was Xymox's ultra-limited first release before reaching cult status with 4AD. This reissue, complete with unreleased demos from the same period, would be just another historical document for obsessive collectors if it weren't so darn good. The demos are of particular intrest so one can hear the develloping sound later on the debut album at 4AD.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Muscoviet Muquito before an Eyesore, January 27, 2004

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Subsequent Pleasures (Audio CD)

For devoted fans of Clan of Xymox the early version of Muscoviet Musquito is quite an enjoyable listen, the song was re-recorded for the 4ad Lonely is An Eyesore compilation and until this release the only other way to get a hold of this song other than the initial pressing was by purchasing a now defunct magazine called Abstract. The rest of the album (well I had forgotten about mining used records bins for this little gem many years ago)

Thank you for making this record available to the rest of us.