Deferent Golgi
A perversely fascinating meditation on the tension between machine and body that will make you feel imminently breakable, but also as though your physical form will endure, in one way or another, for better or for worse, regardless of what anyone or anything does to it.
Favorite track: Neuridina.
NEW REMASTERED IN 2013 FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES FOR THE FIRST TIME!,achieving the best sound possible.
After their first single, ‘Necrosis en la poya’ (1981), Esplendor Geométrico released their first cassette that same year: “EG-1”. A cult band of Industrial music, they were one of the first cases of true independence in the history of Spanish music. Not only financial and organizational, but also creative independence. These first works were self-produced and distributed by the band themselves, before the appearance of the Spanish independent record labels in the early 80s.
The first edition of “EG-1” (300 copies) quickly sold out in the international underground circuit of cassette labels that was emerging during those years. It was reissued on the same format by different labels such as Datenverarbeitung (Germany, 1982), Ortega y Cassette (Barcelona, 1985), EGK (Madrid, 1987) and Línea Alternativa (Madrid, 1989), and later on there would be two CD editions.
Without a doubt, “EG-1” is one of the fundamental works by Esplendor Geométrico, where they started to develop their unique style of rhythmic-noisy- industrial music which would be such a great influence on other artists afterwards. Tracks like ‘Muerte a escala industrial’, ‘Destrozaron sus ovarios’ and ‘Neuridrina’ are regarded by their fans as some of the best recorded by the band.
DIGITAL ALBUM BONUS ITEMS: 3 bonus tracks + photos, inserts, covers...
credits
released January 3, 1981
EG-1 (remastered 2013) originally released in vinyl LP (2013-Geometrik Records)
Artwork By– Andrés Noarbe
Written By– Arturo Lanz , Gabriel Riaza , Juan Carlos Sastre
Original release - self-released C-50 cassette (1981) Limited 300 copies
Re-issue (cassette):
Datenverabeitung data 0011 (germany, 1982)
Ortega y Cassette/Extension SVL (Spain, 1985)
EGK 002 (Spain, 1986)
Linea Alternativa L.A.P.2 (Spain, 1989)
Re-issue (CD):
STAALPLAAT STCD 061 (Netherlands / Germany, 1993) as "1980-1982" 2CD
GEOMETRIK GR-21 (Spain, 2000) as "Eg-1+"
CAPTAIN TRIP RECORDS CTCD-658 (Japan 2009)
Re-issue (Vinyl):
VINYL ON DEMAND - VOD27 (Germany, 2006) as LP included in "Early Recordings" 3-LP-Box
GEOMETRIK RECORDS. (LP limited, 2013). New remastered from the original tapes.
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