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PRICE:
$73.00
$73.00
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ARTIST
BAND OF HOLY JOY
TITLE
(More) Favourite Fairytales For Juvenile Delinquents
FORMAT
3LP BOX/7"
LABEL
VINYL ON DEMAND
CATALOG #
VOD 145B3-LP
VOD 145B3-LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
9/2/2016
Limited edition of 333. Includes hand-numbered certificate. A box-release covering the
Band Of Holy Joy
's cassette released artistic output from 1983 to 1986, split on 3 records. Band Of Holy Joy were formed in the summer of 1983 when
Johny
and
Max
found a synthesizer in the cellar of the squatted New Cross Gate house they were living in. They started messing about on this synth and started writing songs on it. The songs however were very messy and the discovery of an old plastic harmonium in a local junk shop only added to the chaos. They brought in
Brett Turnbull
to bring a sense of order to the noise they were creating. Brett brought along
Martine Thoquenne
with him and the noise in the cellar started becoming very interesting indeed. A person who is much forgotten but quite instrumental in what went on was
George Lovell
.
John Jenkins
, a photographer who was around the house, was persuaded to trade his camera for a mouth organ, tambourine and various other instruments. The Band Of Holy Joy, a completed entity, started to create strange sounds and songs began to emerge. Cultural interests at this time were 8 and 35mm film,
Bertol Brecht
stage play and the electronic disco sounds that could be heard and bought uptown. Subjects that fired their imaginations were media scare stories, prescription medications, institutional living, big cities, bad glamor and self-preservation in vulnerable situations. There was an affinity and shared living space with the constructivist outfit
Test Dept
who took Band Of Holy Joy out on tour with them resulting in very early performances in Manchester, Sheffield and Retford. When they returned to London they entered the studio and began to record and assemble tracks to go alongside the porta studio recordings, cut ups, and collages they were creating at home. They also played with
Einsturzende Neubauten
around this time. The band was interested in the emerging cassette culture of the day. The first cassette was
Favourite Fairytales For Juvenile Delinquents
which was released in 1983
More Favourite Fairytales
was recorded on a four track portastudio which was released in 1984. The band would often make and play their own instruments as well as make their own films. A special post-punk pre-acid house, a creatively perfect time to be young and full of noise, word and image in London.
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