Fugazi - First DemoFirst Demo's first appearance on CD and vinyl bolstered by an 11th track: 'Turn Off Your Guns', recorded during the same sessions which was omitted from the original demo tape. In early January 1988 and after only ten shows, Fugazi decided to go into Inner Ear Studio to see what their music sounded like on tape. Despite the fact that Ian, Joe, and Brendan had been playing together for nearly a year, it was still early days for the band. Guy had only

Matsutake would soon become programmer in chief for YMO

and plenty – the kokoriko

lives in my mind

3-record version featuring 180g pressing

that starts with a single arpeggiated guitar and slowly adds layer upon layer

Techno and Synth-Pop

The song calls out killings that have gone on in the name of authority and totalitarian rule as well as the instruments of repression in colonial Africa - the police and the army

Joined by an armada of friends and hangers-on‰ÛÓincludingåÊTim Green of the Fucking Champs (who also produced)åÊand Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance (soon to beåÊa permanent member)‰ÛÓthe band erects towering tombs ofåÊnatural ethereal beauty and pure sonic destruction setåÊabove a cosmic freight train of unhinged riffs and jaggedåÊgrooves

It definitely translates into more depth and complexity but hey the songs are still as catchy as all hell

electronic concoctions

Keiron Melling (drums)

with added cello