{"product_id":"thomas-leer-1979","title":"Thomas Leer: 1979 - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003e1979\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eThomas Leer\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eDark Entries\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e744271372694\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eSoundtrack\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2017-05-26\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Thomas Leer is an innovative electronic musician from Port Glasgow, Scotland. He began singing for a local band at age 13, and was writing his own music by 18. By 1977, he had moved to London, where he fronted Pressure, a Clash-esque punk group with fellow experimental Scottish musician Robert Rental. After hearing Kraftwerk, Leer became interested in synthesizers - not long after, he was exploring the experimental techniques of Eno, Zappa, Beefheart, Faust, and Can. In 1978, Thomas released his first single, \"Private Plane\"\/\"International\", on his own Oblique Records that we reissued in 2015. \"1979\" is a 14-song collection spread across two pieces of vinyl clocking in at 70 minutes. Leer says, \"1979 was a great year for making music. The punk explosion two years earlier, cleansed the palate and opened up minds to new sonic possibilities. It was in this spirit I took to exploring electronics and set up my first little home studio. Bearing in mind this was before such luxuries as Portastudios or affordable multi-tracks, I decided sound quality was less important than experimentation and innovation, so I pressed on with the meager equipment I had. My tabletop studio in Crouch End, North London, consisted of two cassette machines, a copycat tape echo, some FX pedals, Ring Modulator, Guitar, Bass \u0026amp; Wasp Synthesizer.\" Songs range from half serene atmospheres, to minimal rhythmic workouts, to tape loops layered behind distorted guitars, to cold layered singing, all with a psychedelic lo-fi attitude. All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The jacket features an industrial photo of a man standing on an overpass with a passing truck taken by Thomas' brother Andy Wishart in 1980. Each copy includes a two-sided black and white postcard with liner notes by Thomas. 38 years later this is fresh UK D.I.Y. post-punk, compelling pop with a dark heart, vacillating between the pretty disturbing and the disturbingly pretty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thomas Leer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43652963270723,"sku":"32956511","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9847\/3539\/files\/3635827.jpg?v=1786437755","url":"https:\/\/sonirecords.com\/products\/thomas-leer-1979","provider":"MAILE LOR60x16RAINE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}