#gary ramon

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Modern Art "Hello Goodbye"

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London, England

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The Sea Priestess (Prescription Version) - Coil

I was woken three times in the night And asked to watch whales listening for earthquakes at sea I had never seen such a strange sight before Somehow I think that soft verges of insanity And the hard shoulders of reality Point past signs here

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2/4/16.

Fans of Cleaner From Venus may have heard of Modern Art (I had not).  If you haven’t, you are going to be pretty excited.  I immediately thought of Cleaners From Venus.  When I looked up their releases on Discogs, I noticed a collaboration between the two back in the 80s.  Other touchstones might be Let’s Active/Mitch Easter, Scotland’s Orange Juice, or XTC.  Most of the early Modern Art releases are hard to find and/or expensive.

I’d also never heard of Plastic Response Records out of Greenville, South Carolina.  But they have re-released three Modern Art tapes - Stereoland, Guitars on Fire, and Living in the Distortion Parade.

Modern Art were formed in Britain in the early 80s and were primarily an outlet for the songwriting of Gary Ramon.  He went on to some fame in his band Sun Dial (I had never heard of this band either).

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Stereoland, by Modern Art

10 track album

MODERN ART "STEREOLAND" OUT NOW! When "Stereoland" was first released in 1987 on Gary Ramon's own Color Disc and Tapes, it was originally going to be on cassette, but Gary thought he'd break the habit and released a vinyl LP, spray-painting 250 copies in the process. Today we released "Stereoland" for the first time ever digitally and on limited edition cassette, and it's truly an honor. Limited to 100 cassettes. The first 30 come with a Color Disc logo button.

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Modern Art "Living In The Distortion Parade' was mentioned in Decoder Magazines "Week In Review #83"!

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LISTEN TO "IF YOU SEE HER" FROM "LIVING IN THE DISTORTION PARADE" (REISSUE) BY MODERN ART!! ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1987 ON COLOR TAPES!! GRAB THE LIMITED EDITION CASSETTE OUT TOMORROW!! ONLY 100 MADE!! THE FIRST 30 COME WITH A SUPER LIMITED 2x3" BUTTON! "We are very honored and overjoyed to present to you "Living In The Distortion Parade", the first of three official reissues of late 80's classics by Modern Art. Modern Art was the musical project of Gary Ramon formed in the early 80’s. He's also known for other projects such as WeR7, Mystery Plane, Sun Dial, and Quad, as well as running his own labels Color Disc and Tapes, and later, Acme Records (UK). Modern Art was predominantly Gary Ramon on various instruments with guest musicians. He never played gigs, but the project did see the release of two studio albums and a number of self-produced cassettes. In a 2002 interview Gary talked about some of these releases: "Most of these things were released in editions from anything between 1 copy and 10-20 copies or perhaps for "underwater kites" more than that. But I have no idea of how many more as this one has been pirated a lot over the years. But in terms of actual releases it probably spans perhaps 50/60 odd titles! Some of these don't exist in any shape or form now. I kept copies of most of them. The Modern Art made tons of material from about 1984-89. Only a fraction was ever released though." Since the interview, a Spanish label called Domestica released a collection of early Modern Art songs called "Circuit Lights (1982-1986)". A box-set, released by Vinyl-On-Demand in 2013, called "Sonic Dimensions 1982-1985" expanded on that more experimental, early work. In the late 80's, Modern Art’s sound started to change. During that period in time Gary had just come out of a redundant publishing deal, so he wanted to get back and take control of things. He couldn't use the publishers demos he'd recorded at the time, so he started recording afresh, with a new sound it seemed, which is evident in "Living In The Distortion Parade" (1987) and "Stereoland" (1987). They were both from the same sessions, just split into different releases. "Stereoland" was going to be a cassette, but Gary thought he'd break the habit and released a vinyl LP, spray-painting 300 copies in the process. "Guitars on Fire" (1988) was an early pointer to the Sun Dial sound, as it seems more psychedelic than previous tapes, and the final Modern Art album, "All Aboard The Mind Train" (1990), even more so. Later that year Gary disbanded Modern Art in order to form Sun Dial, who have been releasing consistently great albums ever since. We really hope you enjoy this long overdue reissue featuring audio from the original master tapes (remastered by Gary himself) and with the original artwork and liner notes."

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