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VA - Tomorrow's Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987) (2024)

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Date: 7 Dec 2024 18:05:40

VA - Tomorrow's Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) - 444 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 186 MB
1:18:51 | Electronic, Stage & Screen, Ambient | Label: Ace

Nothing said new or modern or futuristic quite like a synthesiser in the 70s and 80s. If you were shooting an advert and you wanted your product or your company to appear forward-thinking and ahead of the game, then you would want something electronic, something out of the ordinary. When TV producers and advertising directors started searching for music that sounded like “Tubular Bells” – and then Tomita, and later Jean Michel Jarre – music libraries such De Wolfe, Bruton, Parry and Chappell had to have the tracks readily available. Compiled by Bob Stanley, “Tomorrow’s Fashions” varies from advertising jingles and TV themes to space exploration and gorgeous, beatless ambience. Though it’s 40-to-50 years old there’s a real freshness to this music. Older jazz players Brian Bennett, John Cameron, Alan Hawkshaw and others seized the chance to operate a synth; younger pups including John Saunders and Monica Beale were simply intrigued by the new technology being wheeled into the studios. There’s a tangible sense of adventure.

“Tomorrow’s Fashions’” brand of electronica anticipated new age and ambient music. It also had both a direct and indirect influence on pop – the early Human League and the future sounds of Warp Records are all over this collection. Electronic library tracks have been sampled by everyone from MF Doom to Kendrick Lamar.

One person’s primitive and experimental is another person’s space-age lullaby. This was music made in the shadows – in Soho’s secretive music library studios – that has now become desirable and influential. The chances are chunks of it will be sampled and used on hit records that have yet to be written. If the musicians’ aim was to soundtrack tomorrow’s fashions, they couldn’t have got it more right.

Tomorrow's Fashions: Library Electronica 1972-1987 Review by Paul Simpson
Tomorrow's Fashions: Library Electronica 1972-1987 collects tracks made for production libraries like Music de Wolfe, Bruton, and Parry, particularly ones which demonstrated the futuristic, otherworldly qualities of the synthesizers that were revolutionizing music during the time period. Many of the tracks are concise, functional pieces that set up a mood perfect for a specific scene, be it a car chase or a party in a swinging space-age bachelor pad. Indeed, many of these tracks seem fit for space-themed shows or films. The opening track, "Coaster" by Simon Park, is a tantalizing mixture of sensual basslines, reggae-tinged rhythms, and lush synth tones. The springing electronics and primitive drum machines of Sam Spence's "Leaving" most immediately bring to mind some of Stereolab's work, though this has much spookier undertones. Peter Reno's "Spaghetti Junction" is a fun, racing little tune with galloping bongos and a sort of undercover spy groove, yet at the same time it's cute and playful. Rubba's "Space Walk" is almost certainly an attempt to replicate the cosmic aura of Jean-Michel Jarre's classic Oxygène, yet its rippling synths and ticking melodies create their own distinct vibe. Warren Bennett's "Planned Production" is a somewhat cartoonish theme for snooping around the city at night, and something about its spacy quality elevates it from seeming potentially corny to unexpectedly incredible. Plenty of selections sound closer to ambient space music, except they're much shorter than the average Steve Roach piece, and in some cases they're just brief wisps of sound. Brian Wade's "Blue Movies" adds icy synth plinks to Robin Guthrie-like guitars, Brian Bennett's "Earth Born" sounds almost exactly like the ambient intro to an atmospheric jungle track, and it's all too easy to get lost in the dreaminess of Alan Hawkshaw's "Astral Plain." Tomorrow's Fashions collects numerous fascinating moments from a time period filled with endless possibilities.

Tracklist
1 Coaster - Simon Park
2 Rippling Seeds - Wozo
3 Leaving - Sam Spence
4 Northern Lights 1 - John Cameron
5 Spaghetti Junction - Peter Reno
6 Space Walk - Rubba
7 Prospect - Paul Hart
8 Tomorrow's Fashions - Geoff Bastow
9 Blue Movies - Brian Wade
10 Videodisc - Trevor Bastow
11 Interface - Astral Sounds
12 Starways - Brian Chatton
13 Optics - Unit 9
14 Atomic Station - Wozo
15 Future Prospect - Adrian Baker
16 Planned Production - Warren Bennett
17 Future Perspectives - Anthony Hobson aka Tektron
18 Waterfall - Chameleon
19 Telecom - James Asher
20 Eagle - Simon Park
21 Astral Plain - Alan Hawkshaw
22 Drifting in Time - Paul Williams
23 Earth Born - Brian Bennett
24 Soft Waves - Harry Forbes
25 Topaz - Astral Sounds
26 Eternity - Alan Hawkshaw
27 Infinity - John Cameron
28 Morning Dew - Andy Grossart & Paul Williams

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