Soul Jazz Records Presents

TWO SYNTHS, A GUITAR (AND) A DRUM MACHINE Post Punk Dance Vol.1

29th January 2021

Soul Jazz Records new ‘Two Synths, A Guitar (and) A Drum Machine’ is a new collection of Tracklisting current D-I-Y post-punk bands shaped by the mutant sounds of no wave, punk funk and 1. Automatic - Too Much Money (2.18) New York Noise bands from the late 70s and early 80s that collided with the world of 2. Zongamin - Underwater Paramid (3.26) underground dance music found at the Paradise Garage, Mudd Club in New York City 3. New Fries - Lily (6.14) (ESG, Arthur Russell, Bush Tetras, Talking Heads, Suicide, Liquid Liquid). 4. Vex Ruffin & Fab 5 Freddy - The Balance (3.23) Other influences cited here include Manchester and Sheffield’s industrial post-punk 5. Ixna - Somebody Said (3.32) sounds of the 1980s (Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Gang of Four) as well as the 1970s 6. Leroy Duncann - Dream River (1.04) German electronic experimentalism of Cluster, Neu!, Harmonia and Can. 7. Tom Of England - Neon Green (4.06) Featured artists from around the globe include Los Angeles D-I-Y band Automatic, New 8. Toresch - Tocar (5.17) Fries from Toronto, artist/music collaborators Toresch from Germany, Susumu Makai from 9. Becker & Mukai - La Rivière des Perles Japan/UK, Vex Ruffin from the Philippines/California and Madmadmad, Gramme, Tom of (7.09)

England and other UK groups 10. Gramme - Discolovers (4.50) 11. Niagara - Ida (5.49) That all the bands featured here manage to make distinctive contemporary music out of 12. Charles Manier - Sift Through Art Collecting these 80s roots is testament to the wide range of other musics that are seamlessly People (7.40) absorbed into a modern melting pot of sound – hip-hop, the electronic European avant- 13. Black Deer - Baseball Shorts (4.29) garde, rave culture, and more. 14. Madmadmad - Hot Disco (3.30) 15. Wino D - Untitled (7.01)

Press contact Formats 1) Double LP, neon green coloured vinyl – SJRLP462C: UK: Helena 020 7734 3341 [email protected] Limited-edition Indies only EXCLUSIVE coloured neon green heavyweight double vinyl housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured. France: Julie +44 (0)20 7734 3341 [email protected] 2) Double LP – SJRLP462: Heavyweight double vinyl housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and the limited edition first Germany: Conny +44 (0)20 7734 3341 pressing of this album comes with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured. [email protected] 3) CD – SJRCD462: CD with slipcase Rest of the World: Angela +44 (0)20 7734 3341 4) Digital – SJRD462 [email protected]