New releases from ZTT for 2011

If you’re a fan of ZTT like me, then you’re probably already well aware of these upcoming releases for the 7th February 2011. If not, here are the details, courtesy of ZTT…

Claudia Brücken – Combined

Zang Tuum Tumb presents the story so far of Claudia Brücken’s life in pop.

From 1984 to the present day. From the cinematic electronica of Propaganda to the dark showbiz fantasies of Act. Claudia solo, Claudia in combination with Andy Bell (Erasure), Chrome Seduction, Martin L. Gore, Andrew Poppy, Stephen Hague, Thomas Leer, Trevor Horn, Paul Humphreys (OMD), Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), and… Claudia as herself.

Claudia Brücken - Combined

Combined presents eight of Claudia’s classic recordings… Propaganda’s hit singles (Dr Mabuse, p:Machinery, Duel), her two singles with Thomas Leer (Absolutely Immune, Snobbery & Decay), her 90s solo singles (Kiss Like Ether, Absolut(e)) both produced by Pascal Gabriel (Kylie, Goldfrapp, Ladyhawke), her 2005 duet with Andy Bell (Delicious)…

…combined with four brand new works: Night School and Thank You – two brand new solo tracks co-written with and produced by Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, Blur, New Order); This is Not America – duetting the David Bowie classic with Paul Rutherford; In Dreams – Roy Orbison’s Blue Velvet soundtrack gem in collaboration with Andrew Poppy.

Two tracks are included from Claudia’s current band Onetwo: Sequentia (previously unreleased) and Cloud 9ine (a co-write with Depeche Mode’s Martin L. Gore).

1. Dr Mabuse (a paranoid fantasy)
2. Duel
3. (the beta wrap around of) p:Machinery
4. Absolutely Immune
5. Snobbery and Decay
6. Kiss Like Ether
7. Absolut[e]
8. Delicious
9 Cloud 9ine
10. Thank You
11. Sequentia
12. Light the Way
13. This is Not America
14. Night School
(…encore…)
15. In Dreams

Timing: Propaganda songs (1-3) written and recorded between 1983 and 1985. Act songs (4, 5) written and recorded between 1985 and 1987. «Love: and a Million Other Things» (6, 7) was released in 1991. «Delicious» (8) released on the Andy Bell album «Electric Blue» in 2005. «Cloud 9» (9) from the Onetwo album «Instead» released in 2007. «Sequentia» (11) remixed in 2010. «Thank You» and «Night School» (10, 14) written in 2009/10. «Light the Way» (12) released in 1993 «This is Not America» (13) recorded in 2001. «In Dreams» (15) recorded in 2010.

Check out the gorgeous new video for Thank You, click to the catalogue section for the full track list, and to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.

The Art of the 12″

From the original house of 12” excess, Zang Tuum Tumb, Trevor Horn and his Robot Orchestra present 150 minutes of rarities, vanities and mysteries.

The Art of the 12 Inch

A year in the making, a celebration of the extended remix, for the footsteps and heartbeats of the connoisseur. Featuring the work of Propaganda, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Art of Noise, Nasty Rox Inc., Act, Instinct, 808 State, MC Tunes, Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Andrew Poppy, Anne Pigalle, Art & Act and (lomax·).

Recent compilations like 12″/80s and Ministry of Sound’s Electronic 80s have reissued some of the best 12″ singles of the era, many of which were products and offshoots of ZTT and Horn’s infamous in-house ‘THeam’. But there’s one thing they’re all missing: the full-on, authentic Zang Tumb Tuum 12”ers. The true Art of the 12”.

This 2CD set is also peppered with a host of mini, hidden tracks. Because a remix doesn’t necessarily always have to be an extended remix. Where there’s high technology, there can be nanotechnology. Like the extract from a previously unreleased piano interpretation of Act’s Laughter, just to give us pause for breath amidst the selection of GIANT opening tracks. Or the Bonus Bird Beats from 808 State’s Pacific and various others hidden away too: the one minute Yins to the 10 minute Yang’s of the spotlight tracks.

/ A Phenomenon of Megabytes

disc one, extensions total: 01:19:39

01. Propaganda: ‘Duel’ (Jewelled)
02. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: ‘Rage Hard’ (The Young Person’s Guide to the 12” Mix) *
03. Art of Noise: ‘Close (to the Edit)’ (Closely Closely, Enough’s Enough) *
04. ‘the laughter’ **
05. Act: ‘Snobbery & Decay’ (Extended, for Stephanie Beacham)
06. Instinct: ‘Sleepwalking’ (12” Extended Mix) **
07. ‘the moment’
08. 808 State: ‘Cübik’ (Kings County Perspective)
09. Nasty Rox Inc.: ‘10th Wonder’ (12” Mix) **
10. MC Tunes Vs. 808 State: ‘Dance Yourself to Death’ (License to Thrill) *
11. 808 State: ‘Pacifc 909’ (Mellow Birds Mega Edit) *
12. Art of Noise: ‘Moments in Love’ (Beaten)
13. Propaganda: ‘Testament Two’ **

disc two, extensions total: 01:16:44

01. ‘the obscenity’ *
02. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: ‘Relax’ (Sex Mix Edit)
03. Anne Pigalle: ‘Souvenir d’un Paris’ (Mix Aguicheur) *
04. ‘the voices’ *
05. Glenn Gregory & Claudia Brücken: ‘When Your Heart Runs Out of Time’ (6’20’’) *
06. ‘the diamond mine…’
07. Andrew Poppy: ‘32 Frames’ (Drummed Up) *
08. Propaganda: ‘Dr Mabuse’ (12” Master Mix for Germany) **
09. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: ‘Two Tribes’ (Hibakush-ah!) **
10. Art & Act: ‘Life’s a Barrel of Laughs’ (Out of This World Mix) **
11. ‘the fash forward’ **
12. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: ‘Pleasurefx’ *
13. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: ‘Starfx’ *
14. (lomax·): ‘Waiting in Vain’ (Extended Dub)
15. 808 State: ‘Pacifc’ (Bonus Bird Beats) *
16. ‘…the factory’ *

** previously unreleased
* previously unreleased on cd

Click to the catalogue section for the full track list, and to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Liverpool

Salvo – Union Square Music’s collector’s label – announces the definitive, deluxe edition of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s second and final album, Liverpool, on the eve of it’s 25th anniversary.

100 minutes of bonus material have been added, including the 20-minute (previously cassette-only) remix expansions of Watching The Wildlife and Warriors of the Wasteland, and a 36-page booklet with detailed liner notes. To say nothing of Frankie’s bombastic ’86 comeback special, Rage Hard in standard and previously-unreleased Montreux and Voiceless variants.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool

Disc One features the original album plus seven B-sides and B-side out-takes including The Waves, Pocket Vibrator, David Bowie’s Suffragette City, The Doors’ Roadhouse Blues, sample collage (Don’t Lose What’s Left) Of Your Little Mind, and Rage Hard (Voiceless). Plus out-takes from Pamela Stephenson’s saucy narration for the Rage Hard 12”.

Disc Two includes the 20-minute cassette single mixes of Watching The Wildlife and Warriors of the Wasteland singles, plus previously unreleased works-in-progress recorded around the world in 1985 and 1986, as well as the soundtrack to Frankie’s infamous instrument-smashing comeback performance at the 1986 Montreux Pop Festival.

disc 01

Liverpool featuring •1 Warriors of the Wasteland, •2 Rage Hard, •3 Kill the Pain, •4 Maximum Joy, •5 Watching the Wildlife, •6 Lunar Bay, •7 For Heaven’s Sake, •8 Is Anybody Out There?

The Other Side of Liverpool featuring The Waves, •10 “Pamela” ++, •11 Pocket Vibrator (monitor mix/Sarm sessions/October 1986), •12 Suffragette City, •13 Roadhouse Blues, •14 (I can’t get no) Satisfaction (monitor mix/Sarm sessions/May 1986/voiceless) ++, •15 (don’t lose what’s left) Of Your Little Mind, •16 Rage Hard (voiceless) ++

disc 02

The Liverpool Journey featuring •1 Rage Hard (Montreux mix) ++, •2 Warriors of the Wasteland (Montreux mix) ++ •3 Warriors Cassetted + featuring highlights from both the 7” and 12” single, Warriors of the Wasteland, the Twelve Wild Disciples Mix and a Phenomenon of Megabytes, •4 Drum Loop (monitor mix/Wisseloord sessions/November 1985) ++, •5 Fuck Off (monitor mix/Wisseloord sessions/November 1985) ++ •6 Wildlife Cassetted + featuring Orchestra Wildlife, Watching the Wildlife (hotter), The Waves, Bit 1, Bit 2 and The Frankie Condom Mix (for a wilder time), •7 Our Silver Turns to Gold (monitor mix/Ibiza sessions/May 1985) ++, •8 Delirious (monitor mix/Ibiza sessions/October 1985) ++, •9 “Stan” ++, •10 For Heaven’s Sake (monitor mix/Wisseloord sessions/March 1986) ++

“WE ARE NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU: …”

++ previously unreleased, + previously unreleased on CD
disc 01 totals 74 mins 05 secs, disc 02 totals 73 mins 49 secs

“…WE ARE GOING TO CAPTIVATE YOU.”

Click to the catalogue section for the full track list, and to the Zang Tuum Shop to pre-order.

All of these collections are beautifully curated by the amazing Ian Peel.