Akashic Records brings you the debut collection of mournful but vital, club blurred industrial electronics by Glasgow's Kübler Ross (Dave Clark, Craig Clark & Katie Shannon).
Stage one: Denial - cling to a false, preferable reality.
Kübler-Ross take their name from Swiss psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross. During an extraordinary career she worked with Holocaust survivors and pioneered palliative care but is mainly known for proposing the (now largely discredited) theory of The Five Stages of Grief. Her latter years saw her become interested in near death experiences and contacting the dead.
Stage two: Anger - "Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; "Who is to blame?"; "Why would this happen?".
You might hear echoes of Suicide. In 1978 synth-punks Suicide played the Glasgow Apollo, supporting The Clash. An axe was thrown at Alan Vega by someone in the audience after his taunt that “You fuckers have to live through us to get to the main band”.
A mood of ferocious and manic uneasiness prevails on these recordings.
Stage three: Bargaining - Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made in exchange for a reformed... more
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released July 3, 2020
C45 Smokey Grey Cassette
Two colour screen print, hand made slip case featuring original artwork by artist and singer Katie Shannon. Designed by Oliver Pitt.
'Victims of victimless crimes' originally by John Bender