BROWN REININGER BODSON Clear Tears/Troubled Waters (CD)
Crammed's legendary MADE TO MEASURE series
is revived once again for this beautiful soundtrack (for a dance performance by Thierry Smits)
composed and recorded by Tuxedomoon mainstays Steven Brown & Blaine Reininger
with Belgian musician/sound designer Maxime Bodson.
Brown & Reininger have previously written and released albums as a duet,
but the music in Clear Tears | Troubled Waters is a departure from the previous "Blaine & Steven" collaborations.
It's a unique blend of electronic textures, instrumental composition and harmonic flavours
which seems to draw from early 20th century Modernist music, with lots of unexpected turns
and -at times- an almost band-like sound, reminiscent of some of Tuxedomoon's work.
Indiana Jones, step aside... In a forgotten storage unit in a land of mystery and intrigue (that being Belgium),
we have recently discovered a hidden stock of near mint-condition vinyls from our mythic MADE TO MEASURE series.
MADE TO MEASURE could be described as the aural equivalent of a collection of art books.
35 albums came out, by artists such as
Hector Zazou, John Lurie (with his soundtracks for Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Down By Law"),
Fred Frith, Arto Lindsay, Zelwer, Steven Brown, Peter Principle, David Cunningham, Benjamin Lew, Daniel Schell,
Aksak Maboul, Minimal Compact and more. The loose idea behind the title of the series was:
this is music which had been or could have been "made to measure" for other media (film, theatre, dance, video).
Given the importance of this collection on the musical scene of the '80s & '90s,
we have decided to offer these rare gems for sale. As there are only around 25 - 50 units of each title,
they are available on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
MTM VOL.1: MINIMAL COMPACT - BENJAMIN LEW - TUXEDOMOON - AKSAK MABOUL
MTM VOL.2: HECTOR ZAZOU - "REIVAX AU BONGO"
MTM VOL.4: PETER PRINCIPLE - "SEDIMENTAL JOURNEY"
MTM VOL.5: HECTOR ZAZOU - "GEOGRAPHIES"
MTM VOL.6: MIKEL ROUSE - "A WALK IN THE WOODS" LP ONLY!
MTM VOL.8: SUSSAN DEIHIM & RICHARD HOROWITZ - "DESERT EQUATIONS"
MTM VOL.10: MINIMAL COMPACT - "LOWLANDS FLIGHT"
MTM VOL.12: YASUAKI SHIMIZU - "MUSIC FOR COMMERCIALS" LP ONLY!
MTM VOL.13: DANIEL SCHELL & KARO - "IF WINDOWS THEY HAVE"
MTM VOL.15: BENJAMIN LEW / STEVEN BROWN - "DOUZIEME JOURNEE..."
MTM VOL.17: BENJAMIN LEW - "NEBKA"
MTM VOL.19: SAMY BIRNBACH / BENJAMIN LEW - "WHEN GOD WAS FAMOUS"
MTM VOL.20: HECTOR ZAZOU - "GEOLOGIES"
MTM VOL.22: STEVEN BROWN / DELPHINE SEYRIG- "DE DOUTE ET DE GRACE"
MTM VOL.23: PETER SCHERER & ARTO LINDSAY - "PRETTY UGLY" LP ONLY!
MTM VOL.24 ZELWER - "LA FIANCEE AUX YEUX DE BOIS"
Take advantage of this rare treat today!