Bastard Colin Newman SKU: WM03LP Barcode: 5063176019318 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Swim Released Date: 26th January 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info It was four years into the swim ~ label’s history before Bastard arrived. Like my previous albums, it was another collaboration – although this time only with my partner in life and crime, Malka Spigel. There was a point in the ’90s when British music journalists basically didn’t get dance music and would refer to it as “facelesstechno bollocks”. It was that very attribute that Malka and I felt most attracted to. In instrumental music, you could be anyone fromanywhere. The only thing that mattered was how good your tunes were. In fact, for the first Immersion album, we pretended to befrom Germany and were photographed in wigs and masks. This had the unexpected result of the album selling more copies in Germany than anywhere else! With Bastard, it took a while to get to the concept, which was essentially this: What if we subverted the whole ‘bloke from Wire’thing and had a Colin Newman album without any actual songs on it? These days, this is not such a big thing, but it was hugelytransgressive at the time. The language of Bastard is house, techno, breakbeat, drum and bass, and doubtless post-rock. The onlysinging is a one-line Malka sample on ‘Turn’. Not only did the album not play by the rules of what would these days be called musicby a ‘heritage’ artist, but it didn’t play by the rules of dance music either. Back then, dance music artists didn’t mix up styles as theydo today. This is one of the reasons the album’s called Bastard. Upon release, Bastard was modestly successful in comparison to the label’s other releases, although widely misunderstood. Thetitle is intentionally multifaceted, referring to several ways in which the album is a misfit – a cuckoo in the nest. But it never meant‘Colin Newman is a bastard’ – even if Malka’s toy finger gesture on the cover tempted fate on that! Malka and I have done more work together on swim ~ – and, of course, there has been plenty of Wire activity after its second hiatus during the 1990s – but I never felt the need to do another solo album. I don’t crave attention and certainly don’t feel I lackways to express myself. In many ways, it’s more creative to collaborate with others. There is joy and beauty in collaboration. And collaborating with Malka has become so effortless that we almost don’t know whodoes what in the work we create. This has led us to throwing open our partnership via Nanocluster events and albums where webuild musical bridges and make partnerships that transcend the art. Maybe that’s the point? Surely, art should be about human connection and diversity of expression? Colin Newman, Brighton, 2023 (edited from album sleeve notes) Artist Colin Newman Genre Rock And Pop Label Swim Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Sticky May Slowfast (falling down the stairs with a drumkit) Without g-deep Spaced In Spiked The Orange House & the Blue House Turn Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Colin Newman and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Colin Newman Not To Rock And Pop | Sentient Records | 1LP Released 28th October 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Colin Newman Not To £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sentient Records SKU: SS05LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Colin Newman Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish Rock And Pop | Sentient Records | 1LP Released 28th October 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Colin Newman Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sentient Records SKU: SS03LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Colin Newman A-Z Rock And Pop | Sentient Records | 1LP Released 28th October 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Colin Newman A-Z £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sentient Records SKU: SS01LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Buddy Holly Story -OST Rock And Pop | Decca | 1LP Released 21st August 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Buddy Holly Story -OST £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Decca SKU: 7217112 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Surf City Jekyll Island Rock And Pop | Fire Records | 1LP Released 23rd March 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Surf City Jekyll Island £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP395 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts Milano Rock And Pop | 30TH Century Records | 1LP Released 27th October 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts Milano £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 30TH Century Records SKU: 88985484041 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Who, The The Who Hits 50 Rock And Pop | UMC | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 20th March 2015 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Who, The The Who Hits 50 £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 3794051 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 20th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chelsea Jade Soft Spot Rock And Pop | Carpark Records | 1LP Released 29th April 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chelsea Jade Soft Spot £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Carpark Records SKU: CAK154LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Moon Duo Escape Rock And Pop | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th August 2020 £20.00 Select options Moon Duo Escape £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sacred Bones Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Mumford & Sons Delta Tour Live EP Rock And Pop | Island | 12", EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released 20th November 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mumford & Sons Delta Tour Live EP £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Island SKU: 3518332 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chills, The Brave Words (Expanded and Remastered) Rock And Pop | Fire Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th October 2023 £29.00 Select options Chills, The Brave Words (Expanded and Remastered) £29.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fire Records Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Melvin Taylor Plays The Blues For You Blues | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 12th May 2015 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Melvin Taylor Plays The Blues For You £34.00 Genre: Blues Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN020 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pet Shop Boys Behaviour Rock And Pop | Parlophone | 180g, 1LP Released 25th August 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pet Shop Boys Behaviour £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Parlophone SKU: 0190295821746 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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