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What we say
 This record left our Ant feeling happy.
Whenever I mention ANDREA PARKER to a fellow male the first thing they say is 'She's fookin well fit her'. Such a shallow species. As well as being very nice looking she is also immensely talented and has released some wicked dark electronic tracks. She has a compilation out on her Touchin' Bass imprint that collects stuff from her releases on Apollo, Mo' Wax etc. Her sound is deeply atmospheric and has some cool clanking industrial sounding percussion. The cleverly titled 'Here's One I made Earlier' gets a thumbs up here at the towers and will have Blue Peter bosses clamoring for royalties.
What the label says:
Here’s One I Made Earlier’ is a fine collection of productions from Andrea Parker, recognised as one of the world’s leading female electronic artists alongside Ellen Allien and Miss Kittin.
The album showcases her keen ear for haunting melody, abstract rhythms, found sounds and subtle atmospheres. Predominantly recorded alongside her long time studio partner, David Morley this collection of inspirational
electronics unveils long deleted and rare lost gems from the vaults of such esteemed labels as K7!, R&S, Infonet and Quatermass.
Known for her dark, experimental sets and sublime productions, Parker has pioneered sonic abstraction and electronic beats for some fifteen years now - "the grandma of electro!" An avid enthusiast of classic analogue synthesizers and drum machines such as the Arp, Serge, Buchla, Fairlights and of course the 808, she chooses them over the current fashion for software.
Early on she collaborated on some electronic adventures as Inky Blacknuss (with Alex Knight) producing timeless gems like ’Blacknuss’. Then formed Two Sandwiches Short Of A Lunchbox with David Morley on Apollo/R&S and
together they went on to produce the classic EP ’Angluar Art’ (Infonet) - both of which can be heard on this new but old collection.
In time she signed to Mo’ Wax, releasing the singles ’Melodius Thunk’, ’The Rocking Chair’ , ’Ball Breaker’ and the full length album ’Kiss My Arp’. Parker’s productions have many emotions and sonic textures - a fact not lost on the film and advertising fraternity who have used tracks from her output extensively. Their uses and users have been diverse, from a track on blockbuster movie ’Vanilla Sky’ where Tom Cruise is dancing to ’Too Good To Be Strange’ and Patrick Moore’s ’Sky At Night’ to a documentary on NASA and a mugging crime re-enaction on Richard & Judy.
Renowned for her remix work, her victims have included, Steve Reich, Depeche Mode, Philip Glass, Ryuichi
Sakamoto, The Orb, Patrick Pulsinger, Lamb, Tipper, Mira Calix, The Secret Frequency Crew and Nomadic to name just a few.
Tracklist:
1. After Dark (Infonet) 2. Undercurrents (Infonet) 3. Invasion (Quatermass) 4. Too Good To Be Strange (Apollo/R&S)
5. Time Zones (Unreleased) 6. Frogspawn (Infonet) 7. Empty Words (Quatermass) 8. Unconnected Edit (K7!) 9. Nearly There (Apollo/R&S) 10. The Swamp (Quatermass) 11. Angular Art (Infonet) 12. Too Strange to Be Good edit (Apollo/R&S)
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