emissaries, by radio massacre international

emissaries

by radio massacre international

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jeff paper Without a good reason for saying so, this album reminds me of Marconi Union, but crunchier. One of my favourites, for sure.

Carsten Pieper I had taken much delight in "Rain Falls in Grey" so when this weekend's Cuneiform Records special deal was announced, I went for it without seconds thoughts ;-)
Although I'm by far not the first, to hint in that direction, I cannot possibly imagine how fans of.70s Berliner Schule (TD, Klaus Schulze, Ashra...) could not like this! Favorite track: a priest crossing frozen water.

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	1.	seeds crossing the interstellar void 16:22
	2.	a priest crossing frozen water 13:23
	3.	mad bob's self-inflicted torment 09:58
	4.	the emissaries reveal themselves 09:08
	5.	the ice garden 07:37
	6.	a promise of salvation 03:27
	7.	an interstellar vacuum is far from empty 12:14
	8.	mobile star systems 13:02
	9.	a piano wanders the incandescent vapours 11:11
	10.	sympathy for the bedeviled 09:36
	11.	the arrival of the seeds 16:16
	12.	deliverance from nuclear winter 14:12

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Radio Massacre International is a British trio of Steve Dinsdale (keyboards, electronics), Duncan Goddard (keyboards, electronics) and Gary Houghton (guitar, keyboards). These three musicians have worked together in various configurations since the early 1980's and formed R.M.I. in 1993. They released their first album in 1995 and since that time have released dozens and dozens of albums.

Appealing to fans of classic era work by Ashra/Manuel Gottsching, Heldon, Pink Floyd, Popol Vuh, Steve Roach, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream, Radio Massacre International are considered one of the greats of the current spacemusic/electronic music scene.

Emissaries is intended to introduce the band to the music world at large outside of the electronic music cognoscenti. This deluxe 2 album set features a new studio album, a live album recorded at radio station WXPN in Philadelphia during their 2004 USA performances and a stunning cover by cartoonist Matt Howarth.

"If you like Berlin school 1970's electronics...this is a feast of scorching sequencers and synthesizers, laced with searing guitars over lots of cool outer space drifting."
- Expose

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released May 10, 2005

Steve Dinsdale:
Lamm MemoryMoog, Mellotron MAQ 16/3 sequencer, percussion, great British spring, devices

Duncan Goddard:
Yamaha CS50 & CS30, P3 sequencer, MAQ 16/3 sequencer, Roland SH3A repeater, Moog source, Ibanez musician bass, Korg VC-10 vocoder, & ES-1 sampler, devices

Gary Houghton:
Fender Esquire & Stratocaster, Tokai Stratocaster, acoustic guitar, jam-man, theremin, devices

Disc One recorded Autumn, 2004 at Northern Echo (South) and the Greenhouse, UK.

Disc Two recorded live at WXPN radio, Philadelphia, PA, May 9, 2004 for Star's End.

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Cuneiform Records is a record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. They have always championed an eclectic mixture of musical styles and artists and have consistently danced at the dangerous intersection where genres meet. In doing so, they have become one of the most prominent labels of New Music.

Founded in 1984.
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