Martin Rev - Martin Rev (Vinyl) Adele B-boys and graffiti artists

B-boys and graffiti artists

With Pere Ubu on hiatus since 1982’s excellent ‘Song Of The Bailing Man’

minor-key dirges loosely based on heavy blues-rock - and applied it to a newly consistent set of songs with utterly memorable riffs

is psychedelic music at its very best … it involves you

Just As I Am is rather overlooked as one of the best soul debuts ever issued

Martin Rev - Martin Rev (Vinyl) Adele B-boys and graffiti artistsIn 1980, Martin Rev released his eponymous debut solo record, following the second Suicide LP. This album is considered one of the most seminal works in the early years of electronic music. Martin Rev recalls the circumstances surrounding the creation of his solo disc: "At that time, soon after the release of the first Suicide album, Marty Thau (founder of Red Star Records) asked me if we could do a solo record. It was decided by all of us that it