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01. T.R.A.S.E. - Sketch 1
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02. T.R.A.S.E. - Electronic Rock
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03. T.R.A.S.E. - Harmonium
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04. T.R.A.S.E. - Sketch 3
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05. T.R.A.S.E. - Talk to Me
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06. T.R.A.S.E. - Sketch 4
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07. T.R.A.S.E. - Angel Face
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08. T.R.A.S.E. - Unrequited Love
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09. T.R.A.S.E. - Sketch 5
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10. T.R.A.S.E. - The Life Of Yours
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11. T.R.A.S.E. - We Are So Fragile
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12. T.R.A.S.E. - Momento
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13. T.R.A.S.E. - Twilight
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14. T.R.A.S.E. - War Machine
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15. T.R.A.S.E. - Voice (Instrumental)
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ARTIST
T.R.A.S.E.
TITLE
Tape Recorder And Synthesiser Ensemble
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
B-MUSIC
CATALOG #
BMS 050CD
BMS 050CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
8/19/2014
2013 release. Known amongst a small group of teenage friends as
T.R.A.S.E.
(
Tape Recorder And Synthesiser Ensemble
) this previously-unearthed and fully-formed electronic music project was spearheaded by a 16-year-old schoolboy as an extension of his woodwork, metalwork and science classes in 1981. Composed and recorded using a self-made synth, audio mixer and electronic percussion units, T.R.A.S.E. would bridge the gap between a love for sci-fi horror soundtracks,
Gary Numan
B-sides and an extracurricular hobby as a sound and lighting designer for school plays -- bequeathing a backstory as unique and unfathomable as the individualistic sonic results that he would finally commit to C90. Having successfully recorded his only solo album,
Electronic Rock
(which was never duplicated beyond his own demo copy), this early musical achievement by
Andy Popplewell
stands up as a rare self-initiated example of embryonic experimental electro pop and genuine outsider music, marking the early domestication of synthesizers and the dawn of electronic home recording studios with uninhibited results. Unhindered by adult concepts like self-consciousness, popular snobbery, fashion, pride and fear of failure (while funded by paper rounds and odd jobs in his Mancunian community), Andy, armed with the plans to the Chorosynth kit module, an old junk shop piano keyboard and some hand-me-down tools from his deceased dad, would fill an exercise book with plans, arrangements and self-penned new wave pop lyrics to fully realize the potential of his one-man synthetic symphony. Reaping the benefits of his own stenciled circuit boards and soldering iron skills (whilst occasionally enlisting the part time help of his younger brother on guitar), T.R.A.S.E.'s homemade technology pop continued to bloom right up until the very cusp of adolescence when careers officers and real life responsibilities saw the end of Andy's reel-to-reel multitracking, which is finally presented here for the first time since it was sung and played. This ambitious cross section of robotic funk and moody soundscape sequences gives instrumental nods to
John Carpenter
and
Kraftwerk
next to unpolished vocal drones worthy of a sedated
Human League
or
Joy Division
, all of whom shared radio dial digits amongst
Giorgio Moroder
,
Tubeway Army
and
The Glitter Band
as Popplewell's clearest unabashed influences. T.R.A.S.E.'s final hiatus was followed by Andy's working education in London under BBC employment as a trainee radio engineer (not far from the closed door of the Radiophonic Workshop) which has since led to a widespread reputation as one of the country's leading independent tape engineers/editors/archivists, indiscriminately splicing and baking vintage tapes for anyone in-between Alpha in Brussels and ZTT in London, and having worked with hundreds of reputable studios, pop stars and media companies throughout his career.
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