Dune 1984

For anyone who has not had the pleasure of experiencing Jade Warrior or Horizen this will be an aural treat. Starting with the epic Images of Dune and visiting trancendant planes of emotion and imagery this album is essential listening…

Level 42 - The Complete Polydor Years 1980-1984 (2021) {10CD Set, Polydor–Robinsongs ROBINBX45}
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© 1980-84, 2021 Polydor / Robinsongs / Cherry Red | ROBINBX4
Jazz / Sophisti-Pop / Contemporary Pop / Dance Rock / Jazz Funk / New Wave / Synth Pop

Formed in the last embers of the 70’s Level 42 started as a Jazz Fusion band before embracing dance rock for which they would be best known. The band’s first single Love Meeting Love was released in 1980 to much critical acclaim which led to the debut album, the self-titled Level 42 which charted in the top 20. Throughout the 80’s the band released numerous albums and toured regularly building a large and devoted fan base – these early years are featured here. Volume One contains all the Level 42 albums from 1981 – 1984 in their original glory. Discs 6 -10 contain all the B-Sides, 7” Mixes, remixes and rare versions from those eras. Compiled in conjunction with Level 42 and band experts Paul Wallace, Paul Waller and Simon Carson. The band go out on a major tour in 2021 and are fully involved with the release of this box set. This beauty is PART ONE! PART TWO to follow…

Humi (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) - Dune (2008) {MoonJune Records MJR019}
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© 2008 HUMI / MoonJune Records | MJR019
Avant-Garde / Jazz / Art Prog / Fusion / Avant-Prog

Of the many recordings electric bass guitarist Hugh Hopper has produced over three decades since leaving Soft Machine, this one might be the bravest and most distinctly innovative and atmospheric of his career. With the bassist teamed with keyboardist and vocalist Yumi Hara Cawkwell, the paradox of a hot, steamy desert caravan as opposed to cold and bleak deep space is somehow conjured and realized. While Cawkwell has an ethereal quality to her wordless vocals and a free sense of spatial time, Hopper uses his typical probing basslines and mixes them up with sharply framed electronic passages and the kind of forsaken, foreboding imagery heard in the most macabre movie soundtracks.