hey everyone. really excited about these two, been working hard on them all year:
http://www.mladysrecords.comEVERYONE THAT PRE-ORDERS MLADYS 9 and MLADYS 10 TOGETHER WILL RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL BLACK-AND-WHITE 18 X 24 TRONICS LITHOGRAPH POSTER.
Whats The Hubub Bub originally appeared in 1980/1981, and was so far ahead in its approach to songwriting, performance, recording, and presentation that were just now catching up. Issued at the height of the British post-punk renaissance, on cassette only, it presaged the DIY underground movement in this country by several years, and until now, has been more rumored than heard. Recorded mostly live to cassette, the album has an astonishing breadth, taking in and transmuting savage rock?n? roll, tender ballads, tape experiments, and in the case of The Shark Fucks, bona fide anthems. Ziro Baby (now known to comrades as Zarjaz Baby and fronting the incredible group FREAKAPUSS) and his songs have held sway with hundreds of the underground cognoscenti for decades now, cassettes of Tronics albums being passed around like secret handshakes. It remains a singular example of true self-expression, whilst at the same time rocking harder than (fill in almost any bands name here). Mladys Records is very proud to be issuing Whats The Hubub Bub for the very first time on LP, remastered and packaged with the original sleeve. Also available in the popular compact disc format for those living in cramped quarters, or for our European comrades appalled by how much it costs to send an LP from America.
Say! What Is This? is a collection of early, previously unreleased and rare Tronics recordings from between 1978 and 1983.
Tronics, led by Ziro Baby, who issued records between 1979 and 1983 are a musical rarity as things go. The releases brought Tronics and Ziro Baby, then and since, great acclaim being noted in the music press as ?a swamp God?1, ?the essence of Rock n Roll?2, ?arguably, a pre-cursor for English Post Punk and Indie music?3 and being credited for issuing the first independent cassette album in 1980 that started the cassette music boom that continues today4
Despite the successes of the Tronics releases, being continually highly sought after and loved by so many, Tronics and Zarjaz Baby - the name that Ziro works under today with his group Freakapuss - remain rare, mysterious and enigmatic underground phenomena. Perhaps it was with this in mind that brought Brett Lyman, co-owner of M?lady?s Records, to remark that the recordings on this album were like finding a hidden room in the back of Tutankhamen?s tomb.
M?lady?s Records is very proud to announce that we?ll be issuing Say! What Is This? on September 24th, 2013, in the eternally popular LP and CD formats. Over 90% of this album has never been heard by the public. It additionally makes an excellent complement to our reissue of the amazing TRONICS album What?s The Hubub Bub (MLADYS 9), also out on September 24th.
1 NME 1983 2 Melody Maker 1983 3 Gilded Gutter, February 2012 4 NME May 1983
any questions, come find me here or write me at brett at mladysrecords dot com. thanks everybody!
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