This Heat

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This Heat were an experimental British rock band widely considered a missing link between progressive rock (especially krautrock) and such later experimental genres as post-punk, post-rock, and noise-rock. They were formed in late-1975 in Brixton, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (percussion, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Williams (keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, tapes). Their music touched on numerous different styles and genres, and was frequently confrontational and politically charged.

Their first radio airplay came from legendary DJ John Peel, to whom they sent a demo tape (recorded in a disused meat factory known as Cold Storage) in early 1977. During this time, they also recorded a session with Ghanaian musician Mario Boyer Diekuuroh, parts of which later appeared on a 1982 split cassette with Albert Marcoeur, released by the French experimental rock magazine TAGO MAGO.

Their self-titled debut album was recorded between February 1976 and September 1978, and surfaced in August 1979. It was characterized by heavy use of tape manipulation and looping, combined with more traditional instrumental performance, to create dense, eerie, electronic soundscapes and dub-inflected experimental rock. Also released in this period was an EP, Health & Efficiency, which foreshadowed the more rock-oriented sound of Deceit (1981), the band’s second and final album.

1	Paper Hats	190
2	S.P.Q.R.	180
3	Sleep	177
4	A New Kind of Water	157
5	Cenotaph	156
6	Triumph	155
7	Shrink Wrap	145
8	Makeshift Swahili	135
8	Independence	135
10	Horizontal Hold	128
11	24 Track Loop	92
12	Radio Prague	89
13	Not Waving	88
14	Twilight Furniture	78
15	Water	76

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3fingeredben wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Me too. And I just heard it like a month ago for the first time. it's a wonderful thing.

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praisingfolly wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Deceit is in my top 20 albums all time.

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In_Consonance wrote:
Tuesday morning

yeah i agree, im just glad i got deceit that album is dope

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praisingfolly wrote:
Sunday afternoon

In_Consonance, Out of Cold Storage is an awesome boxset (not really a compilation). It's got their studio releases (all essential except Repeat, which is at least interesting), the awesome Peel sessions, and a mediocre live album. Really, that live album is the only mistake of the boxset, and it's offset by the amazing booklet.

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nihilismexe wrote:
last month

I found them by accident. Maybe the greatest mistake I've ever made in my entire life.

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In_Consonance wrote:
last month

i finally got out of cold storage---it sort of sucks as far as compilation goes, but the peel sessions are awesome

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otokami wrote:
last month

amazing band!i love radio prague

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idioma wrote:
last month

So amazing. So happy I found these guys.

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Mynoreti wrote:
last month

remember, poppies are red. and the fields are full of poppies

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Justin1983 wrote:
July 2008

I wish John Peel got to record even more of them... He really did a great job capturing them.

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bostockbostock wrote:
July 2008

wow, tv on the radio sound just like these guys - i never knew.

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idcompany wrote:
July 2008

Not Waving - peel session version is killer.

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percenttwenty wrote:
July 2008

i think so. the two that came in the Cold Storage box set are excellent. plus, i can only listen to two albums over and over again for so long...

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muteacappella wrote:
July 2008

are the live albums worth pursuing?

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SynthyDogg wrote:
July 2008

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Moltenclimax wrote:
June 2008

no wave rules

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n-r-drake wrote:
June 2008

LOL

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anderton wrote:
June 2008

videos: Eminem - Go to Sleep

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praisingfolly wrote:
June 2008

The Work are ok, but Slow Crimes has a lot of duds on it.

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praisingfolly wrote:
June 2008

Thanks ambugaton, checking out.

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