vhf#25 Pelt Brown Cyclopaedia CD
Debut long player by the "classic" Pelt trio. This out-of-nowhere blast of creativity followed a couple of 7"s that were in a more "rock" style and was quite a revelation at the time (it's still good for listening, of course). Brown Cyclopaedia was originally issued as a dbl LP in mid-1995 on the band's own Radioactive Rat label (the precursor to Klang). The pressing was limited to 300 and most copies were given away, so it basically disappeared on release. We offered to put it on CD to keep it available. The CD features the complete program of both LP's, along with great new watercolor artwork by Christina Carter (as opposed to the non-art of the LP version). The sound on the CD is much improved - the LP sounded like it was pressed on recycled racquetballs. The music features a lot of drifting but edgy stuff, mainly guitar oriented but with some unusual vocal, horn, etc touches that they turned more fully towards on the releases that followed. I guess this takes a lot of cues from the Dead C/Xpressway scene but I think has them beat in the atmosphere department. 14 tracks, 75 mins. Sold OutRelated Items:
