Speaking of Conny Plank, someone a while back (was it you Matt?) posted a link to a good source for Harmonia, Cluster etc. on CD. I'm especially looking for the Harmonia albums but even Rough Trade never has them in stock. So if you could repost that link I'd be grateful. Oh, and good looking out for that reissue info, Alex. That'll save me a bit of cash.
Jonny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew MacQueen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dan Sicko (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: RE: (313) liasons... > It took me years to find out anything about this wicked old band. > I was just looking on the deephousepage and came across this link. > >It seems they're re-issuing *that* LP (you know, the one that Carl Craig, > Kirk Degiorgio etc sampled). Which is good I guess. > >http://www.liaisonsdangereuses.de/li/index.htm Yeah I think the re-issue is a good thing, people need to know and hear this influence. The oft-overlook missing link here is legendary German producer Conny Plank, who has produced other greats like early Kraftwerk, and even D.A.F., Ultravox, (and I think even has some Devo). Anyway there's no doubt the Liasons music had a big influence on the 80's Detroit homemede clique/club prep scene (a la Charivari, Direct Drive, Giavanti, Luomo Detroit, etc.) when it was all about european names & clothing styles, import records and stiff kraftwerkian jerky nu-wave funk. Refer to Techo Rebels book, chapter 2 "Party Out of Bounds" for more on this cool melting pot (also united in part by what Mojo was playing on the radio airwaves)... peace, Matt MacQueen
