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Monganaut Oct 19, 2013 21:50:03

Replying to Astralcat

Re: Pere Ubu, As most say, Modern Dance, The Datapanic box is great value (and has Modern Dance on it anyhoo, also the epic b-Side Heart Of Darkness)

Can I also give a big thumbs up to the much later (dare I say recent) 'Why I Hate Women' album. Probably my fav' Ubu album bar non. Kinda crosses over with the David Thomas album 18 Monkies, in that the music draws from similar sonic pallates, but some great songs on both. Content range from raw to tender/heartfelt. Some great out there synth sounds, and some great old rockers too. Can Highly recommend 'Long Live Pere Ubu (Musical retelling of the Ubu Roir, Jarry play)' and 'Lady From Shangai' too, which pretty much brings you right up to date.

Bit of an anomly, but I really enjoy the cobbled together live fan footage album of '360 Degrees of Simulated Stereo Sound'. V. Lofi recording, but captures the band in full flow from a few gigs in their early incarnation.

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Charlie2300 Oct 19, 2013 22:57:59

Replying to Monganaut

Monganaut wrote:

Re: Pere Ubu, As most say, Modern Dance, The Datapanic box is great value (and has Modern Dance on it anyhoo, also the epic b-Side Heart Of Darkness)

Can I also give a big thumbs up to the much later (dare I say recent) 'Why I Hate Women' album. Probably my fav' Ubu album bar non. Kinda crosses over with the David Thomas album 18 Monkies, in that the music draws from similar sonic pallates, but some great songs on both. Content range from raw to tender/heartfelt. Some great out there synth sounds, and some great old rockers too. Can Highly recommend 'Long Live Pere Ubu (Musical retelling of the Ubu Roir, Jarry play)' and 'Lady From Shangai' too, which pretty much brings you right up to date.

Bit of an anomly, but I really enjoy the cobbled together live fan footage album of '360 Degrees of Simulated Stereo Sound'. V. Lofi recording, but captures the band in full flow from a few gigs in their early incarnation.

That's very interesting. We would all accept that the "Datapanik In The Year Zero" 12" is prime quality Pere Ubu. Beyond that, the bits I've heard over the years have been rather hit and miss for me, so I've never really gone any further than that. Pere Ubu therefore fall into the category of recommendations needed.