Smersh
Selected Deep House Anthems
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.
Price
Genre
Format
12" - 1 disk
Release
25-11-2016
Label
Item-nr
1117177
EAN
0744271372540
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
RHYTHM CRASH
2
THE HOME CIRCUS
3
MOTOR HUM
4
HARD WIRED