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Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From Europe, 1980-1991 is the second multiple artist compilation on Music From Memory and is compiled by record connoisseur Raphael Top-Secret and label man Jamie Tiller. The compilation brings together twenty one tracks from across the continent; exploring the more unusual and unexpected sides of Pop music produced during that period.Drawing material from cult experimental artists such as Steve Beresford, Brenda Ray and Bill Nelson alongside one-off independent musical projects rescued from the fringes, ’Uneven Paths’ focuses on a selection of tracks that go beyond the confines of mainstream pop music but which also transcend expectations of much of the ’experimental’ music of the time. This is music with one foot in the avant-garde and another foot firmly rooted within the sensibilities of Pop; where Jazz musicians detour into Synth-Pop, Punk bands break into Boogie jams, and student doctors jam out on odd melodies with synthesizers and drum machines during their night shifts.

Sounds of the Sea, le disque le plus ambitieux de Joanna Brouk, est un album conceptuel plein de mystère et d’érotisme sorti en 1981. Une conque marque le début de ce voyage dans les profondeurs, descendant, descendant et descendant encore, sans jamais atteindre le fond. S’inspirant de diverses légendes de sirènes et de marins, Joanna Brouk tisse des flûtes circulaires, des voix, des drones et des chants de baleines pour décrire un sentiment de désir insondable plus clairement que les mots ne pourraient jamais l’exprimer. Sounds of the Sea est une réalisation hypnotique et profonde de l’un des plus grands compositeurs de l’ère nouvelle.

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