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http://www.toopure.com/artists/scala/scala.htm
                      “Pure Aural Bliss” Melody Maker
                      SCALA are Sarah Peacock, Daren
                      Seymour and Simon McLean. As
                      three quarters of Seefeel they
                      provided sanctuary to fucked up
                      children everywhere. Formed in ‘92
                      with Mark Clifford they were the
                      natural conclusion to bliss pop and
                      coincided with the burgeoning
                      post-club chill out scene. Respected
                      in equal amounts by both their rock
                      and dance peers - most amply
                      demonstrated by being asked to tour
                      by both the Aphex Twin and the
                      Cocteau Twins during 1993.
                      Their debut album for
                      Too Pure - ‘Quique’
                      was hailed as
                      ‘Consummate, a
                      blanched canvas for
                      the imagination...a
                      cracking album’ (MM)
                      and likened to ‘being
                      endlessly shagged by
                      a silk duvet’ (NME)
                      landing up in the
                      Melody Maker albums
                      of the year.
                      After completing their
                      difficult second album
                      ‘Succour’ for Warp
                      they decided to have a
                      break. Clifford went on
                      to pursue his solo
                      electronic project
                      Disjecta and Daren
                      recorded a record of
                      abstract tones with
                      Mark Van Hoen entitled
                      Aurobindo: Involution
                      for avant garde label
                      Touch.
                      When Daren and Sarah
                      got together again to
                      make music they
                      realised the
                      possilibilities of
                      sampledelia, started
                      writing songs and
                      Sarah, whose voice
                      had mainly been used
                      as texture in Seefeel
                      material, began to
                      write proper songs
                      with highly strange
                      lyrics. After enlisting
                      the help of production
                      whizz Mark Van Hoen
                      (Locust), SCALA were
                      born.
                      Too Pure released a
                      limited edition 7” -
                      ‘Tears/Triptych’ in April
                      96, followed by the
                      ‘Lips and Heaven’ EP -
                      “Like underwater
                      nuclear testing,
                      open-brain surgery ,
                      the stifled crumple of
                      subterranean drums
                      and a sweetly
                      serpentine female
                      voice that advances
                      with handcuffs a glint in
                      the eye.” (MM) and
                      played all over the
                      country by ecstatic
                      DJ’s who said things
                      like”Wild! F***ing
                      Wild!!!”.
                      Their debut LP ‘To You
                      in Alpha’ [ October
                      12th ] is a
                      schizophrenic mixture
                      of fuck-off guitars,
                      serpentine vocals, and
                      electronic pop. ‘Slide’
                      will be the first single,
                      to be released on the
                      14th September with
                      remixes by Death in
                      Vegas (such fans of
                      ‘VDT’ from the ‘Lips
                      and Heaven’ EP that
                      they built their single
                      Rekkit around a
                      sample of the main
                      guitar riff from it) and
                      Bruce Gilbert - another
                      long term fan of theirs
                      who’s been known to
                      call them ‘genius’ when
                      he’s had a pint or two.
                      It also features a new
                      track - exclusive to the
                      EP ‘Vitamin X’ which
                      sounds like Black
                      Sabbath on disco
                      biscuits, which is the
                      first track to feature
                      the talents of
                      axe-master Simon
                      McLean.
[Nota di stanz: mi dà da pensare questa faccenda del "EP
‘Vitamin X’ which sounds like Black Sabbath on disco
biscuits", sa tanto di ...ciofeca...]
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ciao stanz
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Grazie per le informazioni.
Un amico giapponese (che vive a New York) continua a parlarmi molto
bene del nuovo album, Compass Heart  ('98, Touch Records), ma non l'ho
mai visto da nessuna parte. Ma prima o poi troverò qualcosa!
Ciao / TWL

                      three quarters of Seefeel they [ .....]
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Ho adorato i Seefeel nei due album 'Quique' e 'Occour', un ambient
elettronico minimale ed arioso allo stesso tempo. 
Alla lunga pero' mi hanno stancato .... mah
Gli Scala, pur conoscendo la loro storia, non li ho mai ascoltati,
anzi, mi avete ricordato che due anni fa a Londra, era prevista una
loro data in un locale nella periferia nord e che dopo circa 2 ore di
ricerche in solitaria a piedi, decisi che il locale era un fake ...
Edo Tetsuo
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