From The Crammed Archives:
digital reissues of 250 rare tracks
As the Crammed Discs label turns 42 this year, we’re using the opportunity of this not-round figure to turn the spotlight on certain folds of our catalogue which have now somewhat receded into the shade. We’ll be rediscovering some electronic music trends we explored during the ’80s and ‘90s by digitally releasing around 250 tracks which only ever came out on vinyl (or on now-deleted CDs). These digital reissues will be rolled out over the next 18 months:
May 27, 2022
The Rare Early SSR Electronica EP
June 17, 2022
CRAMMED ELECTRONICA ARCHIVES
'A Byte of AMC' - vintage music video by Bleep (1989)
Bleep aka Geir Jenssen was a member of Bel Canto. After several EPs and a debut solo album on SSR (as Bleep), he went on to become a leading ambient electronic composer under his Biosphere moniker. This track pays tributeto Manchester hip hop duo Kiss AMC and their cheeky track A Bit of U2… and also includes an -authorized- sample from the Sussan Deyhim/Richard Horowitz album Desert Equations (recently reissued by Crammed).
The track is part features on "Rare SSR Electronica ’88-94 (Crammed Archives 1)” recently released on digital.
Noteworthy fact: the debut singles by Geir Jenssen and Per Martinsen on SSR are considered as the first Norwegian techno tracks ever.
The track is part features on "Rare SSR Electronica ’88-94 (Crammed Archives 1)” recently released on digital.
Noteworthy fact: the debut singles by Geir Jenssen and Per Martinsen on SSR are considered as the first Norwegian techno tracks ever.
