A.R. Kane C/D and S/D

I love these guys — I just wish I could find more of their damn records! The only two I've ever seen in shops (69 and Lolita) were purchased immediately.

I just pre-ordered this from amazon.co.uk. So excited to finally have a proper CD release of the EP version of "Baby Milk Snatcher"!!!

Yup yup. Great to see this just actually exist.

Can't wait for the Butterfly Child and Papa Sprain compilations.

... went on to form half of M/A/R/R/S and make the most influential sample / scratching based club track in UK history.

― phil jones (interstar), Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:44 PM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

apparently this is untrue. Think it may have only come out this year, looks like what was released by MARRS had very little involvement from them. Trying to think what magazine had the story in. Was it Uncut or something?

Does look like there was more input on unreleased material I f I'm remembering right.

They did the spacey guitar riffs, Colourbox did basically everything else. The proportionate contributions were reversed on the amazing b-side which hardly anyone remembers now.

Dave Dorrell & CJ Mackintosh also largely responsible for the A-side IIRC

apparently this is untrue. Think it may have only come out this year,

no, this was widely known within a few months - at most a year - of the single coming out.

Wonder if there's any chance of further remasters of the lps?

Surprised that I still haven't seen any live stuff up in the 5 years I've been torrenting. Think they were pretty decent when I saw them.

Did they stop playing live after Russell left?

Can't wait for the Butterfly Child and Papa Sprain compilations.

― djh, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:52 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

are these planned? Would love them if so. Trying to think who else sounded somewhat similar.

apparently this is the article you're referring to

http://onelittleindianrecords.tumblr.com/image/28054460478

didn't notice this before but it's funny how anitina was basically built using small variations from the "word up" snare template. rudy points out to janet's control in that article, so it makes total sense.

mmmm, this is the url

http://onelittleindianrecords.tumblr.com/image/28054460478

yup that'd be it then. Thought it was longer ago, but maybe the cover date month is out of sync somewhat.

Really surprised this band hasn't yet inspired levels of belated Talk Talk like devotion.

is that just 1 page or are the other 2 pages of that article linked too?

xpost Simon Reynolds was enthusing back in the day, put them in the same "oceanic" camp as TT , if I recall. Give it time ; )

Great scary scrapey guitars! If you can't get enough of this sort of thing. Thanks for the reminder, I've been eating this stuff up lately.

"69" is one of the best records ever. it made a great soundtrack to "the wasp factory" one winter.

otm. one of my favorite albums in all the world. haven't long been far from a copy during the last quarter-century.

Disc: 1
1. When You're Sad
2. Haunting
3. When You're Sad (long version)
4. Lollita
5. Sado-masochism Is A Must
6. Butterfly Collector
7. Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)
8. Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) (Re-Mix)
9. Baby Milk Snatcher
10. W.O.G.S.
11. One Way Mirror
12. Up
13. Green Hazed Daze
14. Sperm Travels Like Juggernaut
15. Is This Is?
16. Is This Dub?
Disc: 2
1. Pop (long version)
2. What's All This Then
3. Snow Joke
4. Pop (short version)
5. Crack Up (Album Mix)
6. Crack Up (Rythm Mix)
7. A Love From Outer Space (solar equinox mix)
8. A Love From Outer Space (lunar eclipse mix)
9. Sugarwings
10. A Love From Outer Space (venusian dub)
11. A Love From Outer Space (Album Version)
12. Sea Like a Child
13. Sea Like a Child (in the sky)
14. Water
15. Sea Like a Child (underwater) (radio mix)
16. Honey Be (For Stella) (Album version)
17. Honey Be (For Stella) (Club Mix)

wait, is Haunting So Far Away?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/19/ar-kane-rudy-tambala

The music they made as AR Kane – blending dub, feedback, psychedelic dream-pop, house and free jazz – can still be heard in artists such as Radiohead, Four Tet, Animal Collective and Burial.

but don't hold it against them etc etc

Yes, "Haunting" is "So far away", though I always thought it was called "Haunted" which is how Simon Reynolds referred to it in "Blissed out". I've waited a long time for a comprehensive singles compilation, I'm counting the days now. That first disc is going to get a lot of play.

sweet! that's my favorite AR Kane song!

i just won a copy of the new compilation on AR Kane's Facebook page. Whooo! Glad I didn't pre-order it now.

Listening to this now. The point at which they discover dance music is like a light switching on - I could live without the pre-Anitina tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=tEtp80EQOgw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1IuDyitqbE

can't see any others offhand, were there more from the e.p.s era?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=tEtp80EQOgw

see if this works proper like

The things you learn:

http://www.self-titledmag.com/2012/10/01/premiere-mushy-a-r-kane-my-life-so-far/#more-28120

cor, indeed & blimey... got myself the wondrous complete singles collection, and waddya kno?! - "deep blue breath", their last alb's gorgeous opening track, isn't even on it! wasn't it a single?? un-kickingmyself-believable :(

(yeahyeahyeah, there's the list of songs upthread and everythung, b-b-but ...OH MAAAN!)

It wasnt a single but there was a rather good remix of it on one of those Volume compilation cds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9MH-o34TOg

yes

man I just bought the Complete Singles Collection not too long ago, loving it so much!

Loving i once you get over putting Love from Outer Space on repeat.

No campaign to get "Baby milk snatcher" to number one?

AR Kane slips under the radar yet again!

I enjoyed 'em live back in the old days when they played the old 930 Club in W. DC.

Lol is BMS an anti-Thatcher song?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7932963/How-Margaret-Thatcher-became-known-as-Milk-Snatcher.html

And 25 years on, my celebration of <I>'i'</i>:

http://thequietus.com/articles/15633-a-r-kane-i-review

From their FB feed today -

And so ... after a brief hiatus of ... no, no that sounds crap and is a lie ...
So. After many years in life's wilderness of home and work and etc ... I have ... uh oh, that sounds really dumb!
OK.
Here we go.
Putting together some players and playing a gig this summer.
It will be A.R.Kane material.
It will be noisy. Mostly. And a bit quiet. In places.
Details to be confirmed almost soon.
How was that? Was that OK?

OMGWTF

whoa.

Yes

!!!!

http://i57.tinypic.com/28jbm02.png

At the moment seems like it's a Rudy-only venture. It's not AR Kane if there's no Alex involved.

he made a point to say it wasn't a reunion. . . but then he did say he'd been in contact with former AR Kane members. So sounds like he's doing it whether Alex will or not.