Sunday, October 9, 2011

Tooth for a Tooth


The leaves are turning and we've been seeing roadside signs for haunted hayrides and corn mazes. It might just be time for some spooky music. This record is a bit of a dark horse as I had never heard of it until recently. But it's a gorgeous little album of how should I say... noir exotica? There are hypnotic organs and flutes, chiming mallet instruments and a particular electric bass guitar sound that I like to call "punchy." This music is way, way ahead of its time, as if it were meant to have been buried and re-discovered somewhere in Bristol or Birmingham in the mid-1990s.
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10 comments:

  1. dispoOctober 10, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Good stuff. Reminds me of Peter Thomas' soundtrack for Raumpatrouille Orion.

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  2. BenOctober 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    cool, i don't think i've heard that.

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  3. HollyOctober 10, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Noir exotica? Nice!

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  4. dispoOctober 11, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    @Ben, oh you should check it out. Essential space exotica.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le8pPbbjvcc
    http://youtu.be/eJDzTfICWPg
    And (in the main theme) also probably the first recorded use of a Vocoder in pop music, as I just read in Dave Tompkins' epic book about the history of the vocoder.
    Well, if you had to write scores for future dances like this one in 1966:
    http://youtu.be/evx-1CtRlek

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  5. HollyOctober 11, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    @dispo - thank you VERY much for recommendation!

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  6. MeltedRubberSoulOctober 11, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    It is always time for spooky music. Always.
    And yes, it is awesome. The soundtrack for black cars driving down foggy roads strewn with yellow leaves. Thank you!

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  7. NinetyeightytwoOctober 14, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    Sir, this is marvellous.

    But I must know more.

    Principally:

    1. Where did you find it?
    2. What year is it from?
    3. The artist is listed as P. Reno - is this correct?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

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  8. BenOctober 14, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    I think the record is from 1969. Half of the tracks are by P. Reno and the other half by Reg Wale.
    http://www.discogs.com/London-Studio-Group-Tooth-For-A-Tooth/release/3063605

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  9. tripmasterOctober 17, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    this is marvelous indeed! i love it. it's been ages since i've heard a library lp as good as this. moody, introspective and oozing with raw emotion. i live for this kind of music right here. thank you for sharing this.

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  10. Andrew WeymouthOctober 28, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    INTERESTING!!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Reno
    Peter Reno is two dudes. I knew it was linked to Dawn of the Dead somehow!

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