Beat Happening (Vinyl 2xLP) Indie Punk Alternative

Beat Happening (Vinyl 2xLP) Indie Punk AlternativeThis reissue of Beat Happening's first LP, which was originally released in 1985, includes additional material from the band's first single and from the compilation cassettes Three Tea Breakfast (1984), Let's Together (1984), Let's Kiss (1985) and Let's Sea (1986), along with some previously unreleased tracks. An expanded reissue containing all of their self titled 1985 vinyl debut. Beat Happening is an essential document of the early days of what

strong voiced organ playing Fay Hallam and guitarist and vocalist Mark McGounden

effortlessly condensing any number of disparate styles and genres into music which thrillingly broaches the gap between urgent modern treatise and hip hop

The woefully short "Signatune" sounds like an intro for the best song that Daft Punk never made

'Funky Pill's concludes the album on a jazzy jungle tip and nods towards his early days in electronic music while rounding out the beginnings of his future

the producers and co-writers include Bjork

evoking the volatile magnetism between lovers

Kuumba-Toudie Heath's band here includes such luminaries and Mtume

including the superb

A blend of 80's dream funk

Seductively good

which mixes the personal and the fantastical to beguiling

rivalling any foreign music at the time