Seriously, tho, it was Dave — all Dave, about 3 or 4 years ago. Everything I have, I got from him. But you knew that already. Dude knows his stuff — esp. when it comes to pop role players who fell through the cracks.
Great idea w/ the download-only releases, btw...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link
The first side is ruined by the vocals. This applies to all other TLeer records
― Phil Knight (PhilK), Saturday, 3 February 2007 00:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 3 February 2007 05:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 3 February 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link
Best TLeer record is "The Bridge" w/ Bob Rental. Side 2 anyway. Nice fridges.
Just got Contradictions here and this is possibly the wrongest thing ever said by anyone. "Letter From America," "Hear What I Say," "Mr Nobody"... god damn is this brilliant stuff.
― Telephone thing, Friday, 22 February 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
yup. Not to mention, especially on Hear What I Say, the best synth-horn playing this side of Heaven 17.
― dan selzer, Friday, 22 February 2008 04:19 (sixteen years ago) link
ok so finally got the chance to check out a singles collection, contradictions, and his album with robert rental... it's all so damn good. this thread should really be about 5 times this size.
he's such a perfect bridge between colder, more nihilistic type synth-wave and the artier, ultraproduced 80s pop stuff discussed in the 'sounds like late period roxy music' thread. eating this stuff up atm
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
the live record with the normal is rly good
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
(w robert rental that is)
thomas leer is great too obviously
"Don't" is the jam
― hobbes, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Listening now to From Sci-Fi to Barfly -- which is closer in spirit to his popper stuff, and has vocals. I'm kind of enjoying this.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 15 August 2015 02:26 (eight years ago) link
Scale Of Ten is amazing. there are too many songs on it and all sounds a bit rushed, also dated but amazing all the same.
― piscesx, Monday, 23 November 2015 12:31 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anvXNfZq4_c
Good winter track
― paolo, Monday, 23 November 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
https://futurehistoric.bandcamp.com/
Currently on bandcamp with some amazing things from the archives.
1979, "Recorded in 1979. This was my very first explorations into the world of electronics." proto Private Plane/The Bridge1982, "Series of tracks for unreleased album Circa 1982" Sounds like All About You/Saving Grace electro/synth-pop. Fairlight EP '83, "First set of demos emerging from week-long Fairlight sessions, 1983" proto-Scale of Ten?
Plust"Songs from a Sensual Revolution", a 1993 album "inspired by New York club music" and Conversation Peace from the mid/late 90s.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 4 February 2016 05:53 (eight years ago) link
Gotta check those out. Thx for the heads up, Dan.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 4 February 2016 05:57 (eight years ago) link