Warp [Extra tracks, Import]

New Musik | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 19, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Epic Japan
• ASIN: B00005R6FG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,395 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here Come the People

2. Going Round Again

3. A Train on Twisted Tracks

4. I Repeat

5. All You Need Is Love

6. All You Need Is Love

7. Kingdoms for Horses

8. Hunting

9. The New Evolutionist (Example 'A')

10. Green and Red (Respectively)

11. The Planet Doesn't Mind

12. Warp

13. The Planet Doesn't Mind [Single Version] [*][Version]

14. The Planet Doesn't Mind [12 Inch Version] [*][Version]

15. 24 Hours from Culture-Part II [*]

16. Twelfth House [*]

17. Here Comes The People [Remix] [*]

Editorial Reviews

2002 Japanese reissue of 1982 album. Like Kraftwerk, New Musik were techno-pop pioneers - Warp is essentially Kraftwerk's futuristic dance music without the German accents and the icy hooks. Includes 5 bonus tracks for Japan, 'The Planet Doesn't Mind' (single version & 12 inch version), '24 Hours From Culture-Part II', 'Twelfth House' & 'Here Comes The People' (remix). Epic.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More brilliance from this underrrated band, December 27, 2002

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Jeffrey J. Lyons (Pembroke, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warp (Audio CD)

A fine experiment in juxtaposition. I cannot describe New Musik's "Warp" in any other way. Often the beat of the song does not match the message therein. That's why it is so fabulous.

This was their third and final album. It sparked a couple of singles: "Here Come the People" and "The Planet Doesn't Mind." Both were virtually ignored in most of North America (even though the LP was available here, albeit briefly). But Japan must have been impressed enough to re-issue this rare find. I am glad that it did.

"Here Come the People" sounds like it could have been on an M album. Then there are two seperate songs entitled "All You Need is Love." One, of course, is the Beatles classic quirkily re-done by New Musik with a dance beat. The other is a beautiful original Tony Mansfield composition with the omnipresent message that love can conquer all. Simply exquisite. "Green and Red (Respectively)" uses music to define colors by my likening. It's just that we happen to listen in on the "red" section. There are three versions of "The Planet Doesn't Mind" on this. I happen to like the single version the best, probably for the way it was produced and engineered. The message from "Hunting" harks back to the message of "Dead Fish Don't Swim Home" from the first album. Unlike the earlier one, this is not an anti-war song. However, it raises questions about what some may consider to be senseless killing. The title track "Warp" is a marvelous piece. The ending is very clever. It sounds like a stuck or warped record (for those of us that remember records). But I imagine it is meant to be that way. "Going Round Again" is a description of a woman who sleeps around and the irritation it must cause the singer/writer. "A Train on Twisted Tracks" focuses on how to proceed in life in an uncertain future.

I am thrilled to have this CD. There are one or two less appealing songs - but nothing is ever perfect. I bought the first two albums back around 1980-81 but could never seem to find the third one. Now I have it and ALL New Musik fans should have it too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Musik - Warp - Absolutely brilliant!!!, June 20, 2002

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Arthur Crichton (Dundee, Scotland, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warp (Audio CD)

This was the third and final album ( second album in the USA ) from this fantastic electro pop band from London UK. There albums just got more and more electronic and brilliant and Warp was no exception. Just listen to the sheer atmosphere of tracks like Kingdoms for Horses, Hunting, A train on Twisted tracks, I repeat and the title track amoungst others. Tony Mansfield's vocals are as superb as ever and we are treated to bonus tracks - 24 Hours from Culture being first class ( a brilliant instrumental that would work out well in a chill-out room ).
An essential buy for fans of New Musik, electro pop, dance and ambient.

Arthur Crichton

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Warp New Musik, September 22, 2003

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C. J. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warp (Audio CD)

Having most of New Musik 45 singles from the 1980s and also 2 l/ps I have since bought Warp and find it is the best Album they have produced all the tracks are superb with the Beatles number almost as good as the original.It is a shame that such talent is missing these days I would love to see a revival and a new album by Tony Mansfield and New Musik.I would recommend all the New Musik CDs available to anyone reading this, if you haven`t heard of the group then give them a listen their music is still fresh and fits in easily to this new Century of mixed music.