Dark Entries returns to the New Jersey basement studio of Smersh to unearth a 4-track selection from the Deep House Anthems cassette. Smersh was the duo of Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard, who began making music together in 1978. They were uninterested in traditional notions of songwriting or live performance. Recording in a domestic setting necessitated the abandonment of live drums for rhythm machines, and the Smersh sound would gradually change with each new bit of gear they acquired. Most songs revolve around driving EBM style beats, intricate industrial noise manipulation and synth melodies. All songs were originally recorded and released in 1991, and this the first time all but one of these songs are appearing on vinyl. Each song has been carefully remastered from the cassette originals for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The vinyl comes housed in a replica of the Deep House Anthems sleeve which designer Eloise Leigh modified using art motifs and textures sourced from the original cassette, plus an oversized postcard with notes.

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Genre

HOUSE

Format

12" · 1 disc

Release

25-11-2016

Label

Dark Entries

Item-nr

1117177

EAN

0744271372540

Availability

Not in stock