Industry's "Ready For the Wave"?

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Does anyone know *anything* about this track? Featured on one of the multitudinous Flexi-pop compilations (which I admire greatly but about the compilers of which I know nothing). It's a fantastic electroscuzz, dancehallesque, pop, ultra-proto-jungle/d&b track--complete badass insanity. I can't find any information on it at all, though.

― I.M. (I.M.), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Interesting you bring this song up because I've noticed it's been kindof drifting into my head every now and then lately for no apparent reason and I couldn't even remember who it was by, so I'd been meaning to do some digging and try to figure it out. Thanks for saving me the trouble! The only info I have on it is it came from a 12" on Metro records, that either the band or label was from Little Neck, NY and it's dated as 1980.

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, in '83 there was a synth/new wave 5-song mini-LP by a band called Industry that I seriously doubt were the same band, although I believe they were also from the U.S. - this appeared on a major label (Capitol). The only song title I remember from that was "Communication".

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I've heard that '83 disc, and yeah, it'd be a transformation of more than Scritti proportions, if it were the same band.

Metro records, Little Neck NY. Thanks, Bimble. This one is a real gem.

― I.M. (I.M.), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Here are the other songs I have from that 12" (the one with "Ready For The Wave") incase you want song titles: Logging Time, Caribbean Cruise, Intransition, and Production Goes On.

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Also I just found a record on Gemm that says it's by Industry, (title also Industry) on Metro records for $15. It's listed as an LP and it's supposed to be "60's rock" but it does seem a bit coincidental...

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the band that was on Capitol was the one that did a song "State of the Nation", and was from Long Island. I don't remember "Communication."

It's hard to believe that there'd be two "Industry"s within 3 years of each other, one from Long Island, the other on a Long Island-based tiny label. But maybe. I remember the synth and reverb drenched single, kinda Icehouse-y, it certainly seems veeeery different from what you describe.

― Hunter (Hunter), Thursday, 19 May 2005 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess it could be. Seriously, this is d'n'b-cum-electroscuzz with just a nice little touch of jamaican riddim. Vocals are clearly white boy, though, even if distorted and chorused with pitch-shifted versions. I think I deleted the '83 ep, now I wish I could hear it again.

Anyway, thanks for the GEMM heads up, Bimble. I hope the other 4 tracks are good--but even if the're merely ok, I feel like this one track is worth the $15.

If someone has the ability to YSI, I'll gmail you this track.

― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 19 May 2005 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Hell, I'm just tickled pink that I've even come across one, let alone two people who know that '83 record! It was one of those things I bought at the time, remember liking well enough, but haven't played it since then, mostly because I expected to be embarassed by it. I still have it, but it's all the way across the country. Kinda wish I could hear it too, now.

― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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