04.12.02 : morpheus rising @ the pyramid

artist : title
album : label

fad gadget : collapsing new people
gag : mute

anti-child league : germ of decay
v/a first : operative records

genocide organ : rma + comandos
v/a heilige feuer : der angriff

brighter death now : necrose evangelicum
necrose evangelicum : cold meat industry

land, fire : drifting back
v/a information apocalypse : annihilvs

propergol : passing on
renegade : tesco

radial : ne.er
nexus : triumvirate

dieter müh : shi take
cari saluti : functional

ppf : mind control
les années de soviet : art konkret

fad gadget : insecticide
the fad gadget singles : mute

throbbing gristle : persuasion
20 jazz funk greats : industrial

swans : a screw
greed/holy money : thirsty ear

dernière volonté : nous maintenons notre histoire
le feux sacre : hau ruck!

boyd rice + frank tovey : track 3
easy listening for the hard of hearing : mute

dagda mor : kollaborateur
agent provacateur : tesco

genocide organ : turn you into gas
the truth will make you free : tesco

anenzephalia : live rape
anenzephalia live : death factory

boyd rice + fiends : the orchid and the death's head
wolf pact : ner

der blutharsch : untitled + untitled
track of the hunted : wkn

fad gadget : wheels of fortune
under the flag : mute

from the mute website:

Frank Tovey

It is with great regret that Mute announces the news that Frank Tovey aka Fad Gadget died on Wednesday 3rd April 2002 at his home in London of heart failure. Frank had suffered from heart problems since his childhood.

Frank Tovey will be best remembered as one of the Electronic pioneers who, alongside Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and The Normal, were at the forefront of the Electronic Movement of the late '70s/early '80s.

Frank Tovey was the first signing to the Mute label with the release of his debut single, the ground breaking 'Back To Nature' in October 1979. Recorded using a drum machine and synthesiser, a string of classic singles followed including 'Ricky’s Hand’, 'Fireside Favourites’ and ‘Collapsing New People’. A truly unique artist, his live shows were legendary and quickly established Frank Tovey as one of the most exciting acts around. The shows often ended with Frank injuring himself from his intense performance.

After four critically acclaimed albums, "Fireside Favourites" (1980), "Incontinent" (1981), "Under The Flag" (1982), and "Gag" (1984), Tovey dropped the Fad Gadget name and recorded a further five albums for Mute under his own name throughout the ‘80s and early ‘90s. He continued to experiment with many different styles, mixing Electronics with Rock, Punk, Folk and Dance Music with amazing results and is recognised as one of the most influential acts of the last twenty years.

Daniel Miller - "Frank was the first artist I ever worked with on Mute , he made some very special and influential records and was an exceptional live performer. Frank played a big part in helping to lay the foundations of what the label was to become in the ensuing years, I will miss him greatly."

He recently toured Europe with label mates Depeche Mode on the Exciter tour and was working on new material at the time of his death.

Our deepest sympathy and condolences go out to his family and friends.

photos:

> fad gadget : live in london 04.15.01 by joan
> collapsing new people
> it takes hours of preparation to get that wasted look


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