ZTT tag:www.ztt.com,2012://1 2012-01-18T18:33:29Z Movable Type 3.35 The Art of the 12", Volume 2 tag:www.ztt.com,2012://1.1374 2012-01-18T17:53:06Z 2012-01-29T19:00:02Z Ian Peel Zang Tuum Tumb, the Big Beat Colossus and a battalion of Fairlights and Synclaviers, equipped with light pens and 8-inch floppy disc drives, line up to present... The Art of the 12" – Volume 2. A celebration/revelation extrapolation of the extended remix. To quote Chance by Act, “why quit now?” The Art of the 12” compilation – released almost exactly one year ago, we're back with Volume II. Two new, 75+-minute CDs compile the best and the rarest ZTT 80s 12” remixes, with a few special detours into related and off-shoot tracks, including: Paul McCartney – Spies Like Us: 12” remix by Art of Noise, previously unreleased Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Julia's Song: 12”, previously unreleased on CD Thomas Leer – Heartbeat: 12” remix, previously unreleased on CD Scritti Politti – Absolute: dub mix by Art of Noise's Gary Langan Godley & Creme – Cry: 12” remix by Trevor Horn But these are more than just 12” remixes, these are full-on wide-screen cinematic extensions: for the first time on CD, The Art of the 12” II presents the 15-minute Keep The Peace version of Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Graham Massey/808 States' two-part, 10-minute take on the AoN classic, Moments in Love. The resplendent Teutonic beats of Propaganda are back in full effect: The Art of the 12”, Volume II features two tracks previously only available on vinyl: Dr Mabuse Der Spieler and Dr Mabuse (Special Instrumental Mix) as well as a hitherto unheard 12” of Sorry For Laughing. Propaganda's Claudia Brucken teams up with Thomas Leer for another previously unreleased track: the Whammy Mix of Act's Chance. Add in never-before-heard 12” mixes by Instinct, Frankie Goes To Hollywood (of both War! and Relax), Nasty Rox Inc., and rare-as-f*** mixes of the Mint Juleps (with Horn at the helm, sampling Martin Luther King), Das Psycho Rangers and Art of Noise, and add in six micromixes – the pioneering interludes as used on The Art of the 12” Volume I to break up the long-form madness – and you have the first essential compilation of classic pop in 2012. Click to the catalogue section for the full track list, and to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.]]> The North at its Heights (Deluxe Edition) tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1348 2011-11-09T16:58:22Z 2011-11-09T17:19:09Z Ian Peel 808 State's career-spanning, career-defining album Blueprint, we are lining up MC Tunes' The North at its Heights – recorded, written and produced with 808 – for the deluxe reissue treatment. ]]> – dust bros club mix: remixed By The Dust Bros, 12.4.90 Pump and More – recorded at FON (eng. Al Fish) and Jacobs (eng. Al Stone), 19.5.95 The Only Rhyme That Bites – 808's instrumental: recorded at Spirit and Sarm East, 1990 Dance Yourself to Death – original 909 mix: recorded at Spirit and Advision studios, 1989 The Only Rhyme That Bites -- optical mix: remixed by Optical, 1998 The Only Rhyme That Bites – ugly as sin mix: remixed and remodelled by Tunes' new outfit, The Ugly Project, especially for this release Tunes Splits The Atom -- creamatomic mix: recorded at Square One, Out of The Blue, Strawberry and Sarm West, July 1990 The North at its Heights (Deluxe Edition) is out 19 November via ZTT Japan.]]> short notice ~ surprise gig tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1340 2011-10-21T14:21:41Z 2011-10-21T14:22:37Z Ian Peel The British Music Experience is proud to present The Buggles: Reunited, an exclusive evening showcase this coming Tuesday, 25 October 2011. www.britishmusicexperience.com Tickets: www.ticketmaster.co.uk ]]> Zang Tuum Tumb Today tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1325 2011-09-19T16:03:37Z 2011-09-20T12:08:42Z Ian Peel official Facebook page. ]]> 808 State's Blueprint and Art of Noise's Who's Afraid? (Deluxe Edition) are both released today via Salvo Music. BBC Music calls Blueprint a "fascinating, terrific retrospective." And, according to Pitchfork, Who's Afraid? (Deluxe) is "superb," awarding it their Best New Reissue accolade. Head to the ZTT Shop for Amazon links for both albums. To celebrate the arrival of Blueprint, 808 State's Graham Massey has prepared two special ringtone loops of one of the album's highlights: Olympic State. Head to the ZTT Soundcloud page to preview, download and install them on your phone. And on Facebook you can find a brand new remix of another of the album's classic cuts. Cübik–a 21st anniversary blueprint for the future mix is a new, free Facebook MP3 download. The ZTT Facebook also has Blueprint, Who's Afraid and Element Series banner ads for you to spread the word.]]> Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (Deluxe) tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1298 2011-07-22T08:49:14Z 2011-07-22T14:57:32Z Ian Peel Zang Tuum Tumb and Salvo Music are proud to present Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? the Deluxe CD + DVD Edition.]]> The fearful audio disc: features the classic 1984 album remastered and the first release ever of AoN's BBC Radio 1 live sessions. The first, for Saturday Live in November 1984, includes studio interviews with JJ Jeczalik, Gary Langan, Anne Dudley and Paul Morley and live renditions of Close (to the Edit), Moments in Love and Beat Box (which morphs, only this once, into Video Killed The Radio Star). The second, recorded for Janice Long in March 1985, includes the From Science to Silence rendition of Donna. The afraid DVD: features Anton Corbijn and Zbigniew Rybczynski's classic videos for Beat Box and Close (to the Edit), a documentary in two parts ('so what happens now?' and ‘so what happened next?’), nine TV adverts including Kenneth Williams' legendary spoken word sessions, previously-unseen live recordings including AoN 4.0 live at Coexistence, the full-length, made-for-cinemas Closer (to the Edit), and cinema trailers voiced by Patrick Allen. Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? (Deluxe) is released on 05 September 2011. Click to the Catalogue section for the full track list, and click to to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.]]> 808 State - Blueprint tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1299 2011-07-22T04:50:44Z 2011-07-22T15:03:33Z Ian Peel Zang Tuum Tumb and Salvo Music are proud to present... Blueprint, 808 State's greatest bits, from 1988 to the present day. The very best of the psychoecstatic, trance-inducing, groove-riding, techno-funkalogical sound of 808 State.]]> 808 State are… ‘masters of their art’ (Q), ‘pioneers’ (Future Music), ‘for sonic trailblazing and inestimable influence, among our most important groups’ (Record Collector), and ‘Godfathers’ (Nude), who ‘sketched the blueprint for British techno as we know it’ (Mixmag). The blueprint audio: features guest vocals from Guy Garvey and Björk, remixes by Aphex Twin, Monkey Mafia, Trevor Horn and Brian Eno, and collaborations with Simian and James Dean Bradfeld. 808 present brand new, revisited reversions of In Yer Face, Timebomb, Cobra Bora, Nimbus, and 606. 808 unearth rare remixes of Pacific State, Flow Coma, Cübik, Plan 9, Lopez and a previously-unreleased The Word production mix of Olympic. 808 deliver two brand new tracks: Metaluna and Spanish Ice. 808 do this for you. The blueprint document: features extensive interviews with Graham Massey, Darren Partington and Andrew Barker by Paul Morley, a foreword by Paul Hartnoll from Orbital, and contributions from The Prodigy, Moby and Future Sound of London. Blueprint is released on 05 September 2011. Click to the Catalogue section for the full track list, and click to to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.]]> Making Tracks tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1293 2011-07-15T11:31:55Z 2011-07-15T11:43:34Z Ian Peel Transmitting Tuesday 19 July 2011 on BBC Radio 4 at 13h30: Basing Street Studios," announces BBC Radio 4, "home to Island Records and then his own ZTT label. These were the very rooms in which everyone from Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens and Bob Marley through to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the Art of Noise and Grace Jones recorded some of their most iconic albums." "In the company of Island's Chris Blackwell and ZTT's Trevor Horn, as well as legendary engineer Tony Platt, Paul attempts to find out what it was about this particular space that led to some of the most memorable recordings of the 70s and 80s." More info: BBC Radio 4 / Making Tracks website.]]> Claudia Brucken's Playlist tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1270 2011-06-01T14:13:12Z 2011-06-01T14:22:45Z Ian Peel ComBined. ]]> Spotify, so click here to listen again to Claudia's Brücken's Playlist.]]> Barrington Stewart R.I.P. tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1269 2011-05-27T15:06:19Z 2011-05-27T15:27:12Z Ian Peel The team at Zang Tumb Tuum were saddened to hear of the passing of singer and producer Barrington Stewart. 808 State, most notably on 10x10, released in 1993 as part hands-in-the-air anthem, part plaintive epitaph to the rave scene. Also taking lead vocals on Incognito's 100% And Rising album, click here to see Barrington in action on stage with 808 State - singing Gimme Shelter, 1in10 and 10x10 - at Castlefield Arena in 1993. Graham Massey: “If singers were plants, Barry had green fingers. He nurtured and coaxed others while bringing a quiet confidence and warmth with his own voice. From the Boardwalk to the Hollywood Bowl, Barry effortlessly charmed any audience in his path.”]]> The Return of Liverpool... tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1267 2011-05-10T12:55:55Z 2011-05-10T13:03:16Z Ian Peel Salvo and ZTT announce the definitive, deluxe edition of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's second and final album, Liverpool, on the eve of it's 25th anniversary. Uncut magazine which awards this new edition ****four stars.
"Startlingly well... (It's) vibrant, flush with big ideas, and inventive execution... A grandiosity that's reminiscent of Pink Floyd, and Holly Johnson's vocals glide smartly between epic and snide. Bonuses include 20-minute remixes of Warriors of the Wasteland and Watching The Wildlife, Bowie/Stones/Doors covers, and Pamela Stephenson's narrations."
Liverpool (Deluxe Edition) also features Frankie's bombastic '86 comeback special, Rage Hard, in standard and previously-unreleased Montreux and Voiceless variants. And a 36-page booklet with detailed liner notes. Click to the Catalogue section for the full track list, and to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.]]> ZTT on Vinyl tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1262 2011-04-27T14:19:07Z 2011-04-28T16:24:56Z Ian Peel vinyl re-edition of Welcome to the Pleasuredome, Music On Vinyl are back with another round of 12" reworks of classic ZTT releases.]]> Element Series upgrade. As the unending remix cycle turns on its axis, this release gives you the chance to hear the 20-minute mix Duel – originally cut for cassette – now pressed deep into vinyl. Also out now: a double disc, 180g edition of Art of Noise's Into Battle. The standard version is black vinyl, with some special blue pressings remaining from Record Store Day 2011. For more info on these and other recent vinyl reissues, click to www.musiconvinyl.com. And to order the ZTT editions, click here.]]> Orchestral Wildlife tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1261 2011-04-26T16:17:51Z 2011-04-26T16:19:27Z Ian Peel Thursday 09 June 2011 sees the BBC Concert Orchestra and Jarvis Cocker present Electronica III at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Andrew Poppy and Anne Dudley. The Orchestra will perform Anne's arrangement of Pulp's This is Hard Core and Andrew's Revolution No. 8: Airport for Joseph Beuys which will feature a live electronic dub mix from the man himself. More details: www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/647.]]> Nish, Clish, Bangin: The MC Tunes Tapes tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1258 2011-04-12T14:29:09Z 2011-04-12T14:33:12Z Ian Peel Howard Walmsley, also a member of Biting Tongues, has a CV that takes in Factory's Ikon cinema department, 2008's The Visitors ("a lo-fi exploration of human disregard for our home planet as seen by giant ants from the future"), and 808 State's Pacific video and G-Mex documentary.]]> He has just completed Nish, Clish, Bangin, 20-year video diary of the life and times of MC Tunes that's brutal and absorbing in equal measures. A special preview takes place tomorrow night, here: Kinofilm presents: Kino Shorts // 54-56 Whitworth St West // Manchester M1 5WW Box Office open Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm // Call: 0161 615 0500 // info@greenroomarts.org Re-Battle! tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1257 2011-04-12T14:24:53Z 2011-04-13T15:53:20Z Ian Peel Into Battle with the Art of Noise is back, and out now. This is where it all started. The first Zang Tuum Tumb record. The first item in the Incidental Series. The first Art of Noise release. Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise. 18 bonus tracks that pave the way, points its fingers and flexes its muscles. To quote one press review, "Into Battle is, in its 2011 reincarnation, a flawed masterpiece. It has perfection and imperfection. It's like holding a living, breathing work of art in your hands. They said it themselves right from the start: the Art of Noise have an almost hyg(i)enic need for complications." Check the tracklist in our Catalogue section, or click to the Shop to order your copy.]]> Claudia Brucken - Combined - The Concert tag:www.ztt.com,2011://1.1251 2011-02-24T12:34:54Z 2011-02-24T18:01:32Z Ian Peel The last remaining tickets are on sale now for... Claudia Brücken - Wednesday 02 March at Scala, London - in support of her new album Combined, out now on ZTT via Salvo. The night will feature special guests and collaborations with, among others, Susanne Freytag and Ralf Dörper (from Propaganda), Andy Bell (from Erasure), Martin Ware (from Heaven 17 and the British Electric Foundation), Glenn Gregory (also from Heaven 17 and Glenn Gregory & Claudia Brücken), Andrew Poppy (from Andrew Poppy) and Paul Humphreys (from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark). Claudia will perform in combination, with Onetwo, and as herself. Date: Wednesday 02 March Location: Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London Time: 7:30pm until 11pm Admission: £20 in advance. Age 16+ Tickets: www.ticketweb.co.uk 08444 771 000 or Scala box office between 10am and 6pm Mon-Fri for ticket purchase (not collection). Buy tickets online here or here.]]>