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Subject:       (idm) (PROMO) - Bowery Electric 12"
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(Lurk Off)

Sorry about cutting in on the bandwidth, but I just wanted to let
everyone know that happy go lucky has recently released a 12" of two
new tracks, "Blow Up" and "Electrosleep", from Bowery Electric.  Fans
of their last album _Beat_ should find this 12" a must have as it
shows Bowery Electric, again, taking another massive step into the
land of beats.

The 12" is available directly from happy go lucky for $6 ppd in the US
(Canada add $1, world add $3) checks or MOs to happy go lucky (we like
cash too)

happy go lucky
po box 44342
Cleveland, OH 44144

Following is the industry-required one sheet:

Above everything else, Bowery Electric are dedicated to one thing -
pushing their music forward.  Beat their second full length for
Kranky, found Bowery Electric experimenting with sampled beats and
analog synthesizers to expand beyond the wondrous drones of their
first self-titled LP.  The new 12" on happy go lucky shows the same
forward progression.

Continuing with the experimentation of beats, Blow Up shows a side of
Bowery Electric not yet witnessed - a rapid fire Drum and Bass
excursion that will have the dance floor bumping.  The addition of
Jungle into the mix is not to say they've forgone their droning
beginnings and that use of the drone is exactly what makes Blow Up
stand out from the crowd and rock so hard. Electrosleep on the flip
side shows Bowery Electric pushing the boundaries in a different
direction.  The use of dissonant piano structures add a 20th Century
classical/post-Wagner twist to this slow burner.

Consider this 12" a bold step forward and a taste of what's to come
from Bowery Electric.


Date:    Thu, 19 Feb 1998 02:08:26 PST
From:    Gordon McEwen <gmce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: a couple of 45's

Bowery Electric's "Blow Up"/"Electrosleep" 12" (happy go lucky)
arrived yesterday.  I may well be the last person on the list to get
it so you'll probably already know what it's all about.  Both tracks
were part of last year's Peel session and, to my ears, the versions on
the 12" are more stripped down.  Margaret's vocals arn't on "Blow Up"
and BE's signature guitar drone is absent from "Electrosleep" -
replaced by the lilting piano throughout.  You'll enjoy it if you
liked both Beat & Vertigo.