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― TMFTML (TMFTML), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 15:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

I liked World of Water at the time - I thought it was really tight, kind of Mod-influenced but with a few spacey synths...although I haven't heard it in years.

― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 15:43 (10 years ago) Permalink

As far as commercial early 80's new wave goes it's quite good ... upbeat and bouncy, sharp synth lines with a thin-voiced male singer. Plenty of songs about alienation and uncomfortably living in a world that doesn't quite fit. "Living By Numbers" is my personal favorite song. Their songs were a little too same-y to fully distinguish themselves but I still pull From A to B off the shelf every few months.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 15:50 (10 years ago) Permalink

'From A to B' is wonderful and 'Anywhere' is quite good. I think they have wide appeal because they're a power pop band disguised as a synth-pop band.

― Patrick South (Patrick South), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 01:42 (10 years ago) Permalink

I LOVE the Sanctuary LP (which is what I believe From A To B got released as here in the states). "Straight Lines," "They All Run After the Carving Knife," "This World of Water," "Science," so many great tracks. Definitely one of the underrated records from the '80s synth days.

I bought Warp in a used bin in Scotland four years ago, but have yet to listen to it.

― mike a (mike a), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 02:56 (10 years ago) Permalink

Absolutely stonking tunes, and a rich overall sound. 'From A to B' is all I have heard, but it's more than enough to raise them to classic status. Very consistent power-pop filtered through the synth era, as said by Patrick South above.

― Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 22:58 (10 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

the song 'Areas' from I.M.'s 1981 box set affected me quite a lot this weekend. are New Musik records easy to find? (I am in London)

― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:13 (8 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Pete ---

They should be, I'd imagine--they're currently issued on Edsel, if I'm remembering correctly. Definitely worth checking out.

― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 3 June 2005 02:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

7 years pass...

shit man i'd never even heard of this band, this is rad

― r|t|c, Sunday, 9 September 2012 19:46 (8 months ago) Permalink

(found plonked unassumingly in the middle of miguel campbell's essential mix, perhaps appropriately enough heh)

― r|t|c, Sunday, 9 September 2012 19:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

I discovered that there was an EBM cover of 24 Hours From Culture today:

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 9 September 2012 21:27 (8 months ago) Permalink

This one was popular in the cosmic scene played at 33 1/3:

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 9 September 2012 21:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

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