Archives, by Altres

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We've dug deep into the Dark Entries archives to offer one of kind test pressings from the past 11 years. All test pressings are unplayed and sealed when possible. Includes reissue jacket and insert

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1.	Everything Is 05:03	buy track
2.	Panic 04:32	buy track
3.	Rise 08:55	buy track
4.	Icefield 05:11	buy track
5.	La Marche Futile 07:51	buy track
6.	Ghost 08:08	buy track
7.	Strangely Coloured Trees at Night 07:28	buy track

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Altres are a band from Dundee, Scotland who originally formed in 1983. They were playing mostly instrumental, improvised electronic music at a time when very few bands, if any, were making this type of music in the UK. The Altres' initial line-up was Jeremy Bryning (synths), Joseph Donnelly (synths), Kevin L. Guthrie (synths, sequencer, drum machine), Brian Hutton (synths, sequencer, vocoder), Mike Nelson (guitar) and Maurice Richardson (synths, sequencer, polysynth, drum machine). The band's influences included Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Philip Glass, Throbbing Gristle, Faust and many others, but their sound is clearly their own.
After a few months of recording the band had a lot of material on tape, so they decided to release their first cassette "Rise" in 1984. Within that year the band managed to release 4 more cassettes: "Live at the Tayside Bar", "Archive One", "Archive 2" and "Angel Chords & Devil Chords". The band also appeared on the audio magazine, INKEY$ – No10 cassette. We have chosen our favorite tracks from each of the cassettes for this special 7 song compilation album entitled "Archives". Most Altres compositions begin with a sequence and a drum pattern. These wrap around arpeggiated synth pulses, and are accompanied by shrill feedback. Instruments used on the recordings include Casio MT40 Moog Prodigy, EDP Wasp, Roland SH-101, Casio VL-Tone, Korg MS20, MS50, SQ10 Poly-61, Ibanez guitar and vocoder. All of the instruments are fed through various effects and echo units. Everything is played and recorded live - there are no overdubs.

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released September 23, 2018

ALL SONGS WRITTEN, PERFORMED AND PRODUCED ALTRES
(C) + (P) 2012 Dark Entries Records
Jeremy Bryning: Tiesco S60F, Casio MT40, various self-built effects.
Joeph Donnelly: Moog Prodigy
Kevin L. Guthrie: EDP Wasp, Roland SH-101, Casio VL-Tone, Soundmaster Stix drum-machine
Brian Hutton: Korg MS20, MS50, SQ10 & vocoder
Mike Nelson: Ibanez guitar, various effects
Maurice Richardson: Korg Poly-61

2&3 originally appeared on the "Rise" cassette 1983
7 originally appeared on the "Archive Two" cassette 1984
A1 originally appeared on the "Angel Chords and Devil Chords" cassette 1985
4,5,6 originally appeared on the "Archive Three" cassette 1986

Remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley September 2012
Cover Art: Mike Nelson
Design and Layout: Eloise Leigh
Altres says thanks to Brian's mum for all the fish suppers; Andy Garibaldi for his endless enthusiasm and support over the years; Andee, Andrew and Andrew from Aquarius Records, San Francisco and Josh Cheon for making this LP possible.

Remembering Maurice and Jeremy

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