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ES 036LP
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Treat yourself to this wonderful (and highly-limited) 10" single from Julian Cope's Dope feat. Fuck Authority. Consisting of two, 20-minute tracks, "666" is a Deutsche sing-a-long from beyond the grave, replete with martial side drums and cacophonous orchestral strings. With raised steins, our gruff-voiced male choir recounts their bolshie nursery rhyme -- a beguiling tale of a mysterious tree that predicts the future. Awaiting listeners on the other side of this epic release is Dope's most overtly psychedelic offering thus far. Off-kilter and raging, this non-LP B-side is entitled "1381", after the year of Wat Tyler's Peasant's Revolt. Unbalanced? U-Betcha! As Fat Paul's cataclysmic FX and Holy McGrail's Space Echo obscure and overwhelm Fuck Authority's vast stereo bass guitar, one can only praise the poor technicians who captured it all on vinyl.
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Produced and directed by Julian Cope. Who's ready for this epic new twist in the Dope saga? Yes, Dope have teamed up with Bristol's anarchic double bassist Fuck Authority to deliver the most rustic musical onslaught since The Wicker Man soundtrack, as glockenspiels, hunting horns, and hand-drums conspire to orchestrate Fuck Authority's superb bowed sub bass themes on titles such as "Cornish Funeral Paths" and the 16-minute "The Ranters". Featuring seven tracks in all, this contrary CD release brings to mind the acoustic scrapings of Wolfmangler, or perhaps the endlessly repetitive themes of Padstow's Obby Oss. Don't expect a vinyl release, neither -- this stuff would just make your needle jump out of the grooves. Dope featuring Fuck Authority is the kind of music that could inspire a whole new genre of young musicians. Buy one for your fave musical nephew or niece and watch them make a cult of themselves.
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