Warm leatherette

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Warm leatherette
The normal
publication 1978
length 3:23
Genre (s) Electropunk
Author (s) Daniel Miller

Warm Leatherette ( Warm Leatherette ) is the title of a 1978 song released the music project The Normal from Daniel Miller . The track is on the B-side of the single TVOD (TV Overdose).

Emergence

Inspired by the 1977 EP Spiral Scratch by the Buzzcocks and the emerging do-it-yourself movement, in which bands released their works without the help of big music labels , Daniel Miller came up with the idea of founding an independent label and creating his own music there publish.

“I don't know if I've even heard any of the records. But I got infected by the energy The Bicycles brought across in the Melody Maker article where they talked about how easy it is to make a record. "

- Daniel Miller

He generated the music on a Korg 700S and recorded a text inspired by JG Ballard's novel Crash in his own four-track mini-studio . The single was released with a cover that shows crash test dummies at the wheel and Miller's address on the back under the catalog number MUTE001 on Mute Records .

“I never thought of approaching a major label. I didn't like them because they ruined some of my favorite bands. "

- Daniel Miller in an interview with the New Musical Express in 1981

The lyrics of the song describe a car accident in which a couple dies but still has sex before they die. The text refers to the novel Crash by James Graham Ballard .

reception

The single sold surprisingly well with 30,000 copies. The address printed on it aroused the interest of numerous artists who sent Miller their demo tapes. The first artist Miller signed was Frank Tovey ( Fad Gadget ).

"Before I knew what was happening to me, I ran a record company - I worked from home, with no employees or something, but it was a label anyway."

- Daniel Miller

Andy Kellman from Allmusic writes in his review that the title sounds “like the dark cartoon version of a broken dot matrix printer: clinically pristine, minimalist and eerie.” (“The track sounds like a darkly cartoonish version of a malfunctioning dot matrix printer: clinically pristine , minimal, and sinister. ") and awards 4.5 out of five possible stars.

Cover versions (selection)

  • Grace Jones ' version is the best known and was released on the 1980 album of the same name.
  • The band Die Tödliche Doris recorded the title in 1980 and released it in 2001 on their album Kinderringellreihen fürreal Toren des Graal .
  • The American industrial band Sleep Chamber covered the song in 1985.
  • The Belgian industrial band Blok 57 , a side project of Dirk Ivens ( The Klinik , Dive ), released the piece on their self-named album in 1992.
  • The Italian band Pankow covered the title in 1989 for their releases Freedom for the Slaves and Gisela .
  • Erik Friedlander and Teho Teardo covered the title for their 2006 album Giorni Rubati .
  • Trent Reznor , Peter Murphy , Jeordie White , and Atticus Ross sang the song live on Boston Radio on June 23, 2006 during their Nine Inch Nails tour.
  • Duran Duran played Warm Leatherette in New York in November 2007 and later as a medley on their 2008 tour.
  • Laibach played the title in London in May 2011 as well as on their tour to mark the 30th stage anniversary and published it on An Introduction to Laibach under the title Warm Lederhaut .
  • Suzi Quatro released her version of the title in 2014 as part of her anthology The Girl From Detroit City .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Simon Reynolds: Rip It Up And Start Again . Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2007, ISBN 978-3-85445-270-6 (Chapter 6 Autonomy in the UK: Independent labels and the DIY movement ). , P. 122
  2. ^ 1978. Book and CD. A year and its 20 best songs (Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek) (hardcover), p. 56
  3. ↑ Warm Leatherette Lyrics
  4. ↑ Andy Kellman: TVOD / Warm Leatherette - The Normal. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved December 18, 2011 .
  5. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/release/953505 (Die Tödliche Doris: Kinderringellreihen For True Tors Of The Grail at Discogs)
  6. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/release/714801 (Sleep Chamber: Warm Leatherette at Discogs)
  7. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Blok-57-Blok-57/master/27525 (Blok 57: Blok 57 at Discogs)
  8. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/release/148145 (Pankow: "Freedom for the Slaves" at Discogs)
  9. ↑ http://www.pandemoniumrecords.com/bip-hop/catalog/lp_friedlander-teardo.htm (Erik Friedlander and Teho Teardo at Pandemonium Records)
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo7ONZlN5Zg
  11. ↑ Set List: WaMu Theater - Seattle, WA. In: Duran Duran Music . April 30, 2008, accessed May 7, 2008 .
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuKtm_Nz6ns
  13. ↑ El_Nico: LJUBLJANA: An Introduction To Laibach. Nonpop, September 3, 2012, accessed September 3, 2012 .
  14. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Suzi-Quatro-The-Girl-From-Detroit-City/release/6247031