Words from the man himself: “This is more of a late-night-melancholy-reading-a-novel type mix. Probably won’t make much sense unless you listen to it all at once. . .. browsing track by track at the computer, you’d probably get to “Or So it Seems” and be like, screw this.”
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Cluster Hollywood 1974

Kraftwerk Kohoutek-Kometenmelodie 12″ 1973
Early version of ‘Kometenmelodie’, very different than the one recorded for the 1974 Autobahn LP.

Throbbing Gristle Hot on the Heels of Love 1978
Minimalist disco

Duet Emmo Or So It Seems 1982
Experimental track from Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis (Wire) and Daniel Miller (The Normal, Mute Records). Hypnotic repetition.

Robert Rental Double Heart 12″ 1980
This guy’s good.

Xymox No Words (Demo) 1984
Superb gloom-pop from a band who had yet to record its first LP.

John Frusciante Fallout (Demo)

Joe Jackson Real Men (Demo)

Young Marble Giants Choci Loni (Demo)

Depeche Mode Reason Man (Bridgehouse, London 1980)
Ghost of Modern Time/Addiction (St. Nicholas School, Basildon, 1980)
(pre-Speak and Spell Vince Clarke compositions, no studio recordings exist.)

New Order Decades instrumental soundcheck (Heaven Ultradisco, London 9.02.81)

Robert Rental and Daniel Miller as the Normal Live at the West Runton Pavilion 6.03.79 (excerpt)
Harsh, dissonant, deeply beautiful.

Jane It’s a Fine Day
A demo in spirit