By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Collecting the bracing and brilliant pere ubu in their earliest incarnation, with the devastating onetwo knockout blow of 1978 studio bookends the modern dance and dub housing, followed by the hearpen singles 19751977 and a red hot live set manhattan, recorded at the. Released in 1978 by chrysalis records, the album is now regarded as one of their best, described by trouser press as simply one of the most important postpunk recordings. Inside, a thousand voices talk and that talk echoes around and around. But before scott krauss was brought incant expect much backbeat with chris cutler hogging the drumsit was also the most recent edition. Dick and pere ubu are both very strange in a familiar context. Funny enough i started reading dick ubik, what a masterpiece. Dub housing, an album by pere ubu on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Reply see 1 reply notify me 2 helpful carollethebull june 11, 2015 report.
Pere ubu listen and stream free music, albums, new. Its a little corner of cyberspace devoted to keeping a record of the sounds that make us want to hit the highway with a guitar on our backs, a knife in our boots and the law at our heels. Smog veil records to reissue pere ubu cofounder allen ravenstines 1975 album terminal drive posted by jeff niesel on mon, jun 5, 2017. Athe tenement year antones, 1988 yes, this is ubufour of the seven players were on dub housing. Dub housing is the second album by american rock band pere ubu. Download new wave album by pere ubu the modern dance 2005 dvdaudio. Despite a variety of longterm band members, singer david thomas is the only constant. Song shot in frankfurt at the mousonturm studio during the encore, so not from the modern dance area, but from the wonderful lp dub housing pere ubu. An otherwise masterful album a bit tarnished by david thomas awful vocals. Smog veil records to reissue pere ubu cofounder allen.
As i read this i was reminded of first hearing the band, as they opened for the pixies in. For me pere ubu was and still is the perfect soundtrack to the stories of philip k. I think about you all of the time i did this and i went there and i think about you all of the time the day fades away and the night passes over and i think about you. Provided to youtube by iipdds dub housing pere ubu dub housing. So please, please upload a full discography 320bit.
And now the group is reissuing their bracing and brilliant second album dub housing which captures pere ubu in their earliest incarnation. The pere ubu project was supposed to be an end, not a beginning. Datapanik in the year zero is a 1996 box set by pere ubu, which catalogues their initial phase of existence up to their 1982 breakup which later turned out to be merely a hiatus. While pere ubu have never been widely popularusually categorized as underground rockthey have. David thomas has taken great care with the cd issues over the years. Ubus classic early singles, heart of darkness and final solution, oozed restless angst way before it became the domain of spoiled mallrats. Pere ubu to deliver hourlong set of new songs on justannounced tour jul 25, 2017 pere ubu singer david thomas donates vintage sweatshirt and lawnmower roller bar to rock hall.
It takes just a few seconds before david thomas is unleashed full force on the listeners ears. Pere ubu is one band i personally think its a waste of time getting vinyl for the 19781982 era. Released in 1978 in what the band calls avantgarage it was a combination of sounds and music, and while none of the songs were particularly memorable it was good enough to keep my interest while it played. Find album release information for dub housing pere ubu on allmusic. Jon ezell from green beret taped me the first couple of discs from the datapanik.
They released their debut album the modern dance in 1978 and followed with several more lps before disbanding in 1982. Carnival of souls the pere ubu film unit and david thomas and two pale boys perform a live underscore to the 1962 cult bmovie. Originally released in 1978, the same year as their debut the modern dance, pere ubu continued to tear up the rule book, chew it up and spit it out with glorious splendor. Check out who covered the song and in which years it was played and how often. There are some recordse on tpb but its a mess and most of them are mpc or 192bit. Pere ubus best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 nonalignment pact pere ubu. Meet robert wheeler, international rock star scene and. Inside, a thousand voices talk and that talk echoes around and around the windows reverberate the walls hav. The title is an allusion to the visual echoes of rows of identical concrete public housing units in baltimore, presumably reminiscent of the echo and. Skip to the main navigation skip to the main content skip to search skip to footer skip to the main content back to the top. While new picnic time isnt as stark or ground breaking as the modern dance and dub housing it does show a band trying to find their feet and not just challenge audiences, but themselves. The first song on pere ubus 1979 classic postpunk release is an apt introduction to what can be found within the album itself. Pere ubu dub housing 1978 please welcome ads now semiregular contributor, j.
By 1978s aggressive the modern dance and the wilder dub housing, pere ubus subversions of rock were guided by superior musicianship and fallout from thomass jehovahs witness upbringing. July 12, 2019 pere ubu the long goodbye 2019 april 25, 2018 pere ubu les haricots sont pas sales 19871991 2018 september 18, 2017 pere ubu 20 years in a montana missile silo. Raw energy, the forebears of the dead boys and pere ubu compiled enough. View concert statistics of real world by pere ubu played live. Darker and more difficult than the modern dance indicated by the covers darkened apartment complex and stormy cleveland skyline with plenty of bleak soundscapes e. Dub housing is their second album, and represents the group at their wild, harsh best. Includes unlimited streaming of dub housing via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. No band before or since has ever sounded like pere ubu period. This page from ubus official site contains info about which original vinyl pressings they were unhappy with, as well as mastering info about later versions.
X, the man with x ray eyes pere ubu and the pere ubu film unit perform a live underscore to the 1963 roger corman classic. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour. Neas, as he reflects on the seminal, if misunderstood, pere ubus dub housing lp. This was rocket from the tombsthe mutant daddy to pere ubu and the dead. In short, this is a gift from goda third ubu album from the former crocus behemoths pregod period. The title was first used by the band for a 1978 ep which compiled their first singles. Pere ubu best sounding lps steve hoffman music forums. Its about a tough sound that set us free, and i hope it meets with your approval. Find similar artists to pere ubu and discover new music. Pere ubus profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Its a little corner of cyberspace devoted to keeping a record of the sounds that make us want to. Pere ubu is an american rock group formed in cleveland, ohio, in 1975.
Though his vocals do manage to somehow add to the surreal atmosphere. Listen to your favorite songs from dub housing by pere ubu now. Pere ubu is an experimental rock music group formed in cleveland, ohio, in 1975. Too many pere ubu records have been allowed to slip out of print, so here, to coincide with some shows, the group are reissuing a few early records on fire. Though pere ubu s tenure on mercury lasted one record, their departure for their unlikely home of chrysalis at the time the label of jethro tull resulted in dub housing, widely considered their masterpiece. Pere ubu performs a live underscore to the ray bradburyscripted 3d version of the film.
Pere ubu dub housing cd pere ubu are another one of those bands that are difficult to describe, hard to pin down to a genre and are great because of it. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists youll love. Though pere ubus tenure on mercury lasted one record, their departure for their unlikely home of chrysalis at the time the label of jethro tull resulted in dub housing, widely considered their masterpiece. Despite many longterm band members, singer david thomas is the only constant. Newly remastered from the original tapes and available on cd or lp.
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