The Mutations (1974)

"Mutations" (also known as "Mutation," "Freaks," and "Weirdo") is a 1974 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Cardiff. The film's music was composed by Basil Kirchin (1927-2005), a British drummer and composer. His career spanned playing in his father's big band from the age of 13, working on films, and experimenting with manipulating recorded sounds, earning him the nickname "the father of ambient music."

"Mutations" (also known as "Mutation," "Freaks," and "Weirdo") is a 1974 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Cardiff. The film's music was composed by Basil Kirchin (1927-2005), a British drummer and composer. His career spanned playing in his father's big band from the age of 13, working on films, and experimenting with manipulating recorded sounds, earning him the nickname "the father of ambient music."

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Chornobyl [IN]VISIBLE" is a project dedicated to the cinematographic representation of the disaster, an attempt to rethink and reinterpret knowledge about the accident and its portrayals accumulated over the past thirty years.

The box set showcases the mesmerizing evolution of a band on the brink of discovery, mining irony, wit and dark humour from the madness of a distorted modern world still coming to terms with aftermath of a collapsed economy and the Vietnam war. From 1973-1977 Devo would transform from an art project, pop art in the literal sense, into the group David Bowie would declare 'the band of the future'. Here you will find the audio mutations of a band at the edge of greatness, initial concepts that gave birth to a new aesthetic that continually challenged preconceptions about music, art, performance, culture, composition and consumption.

The box set showcases the mesmerizing evolution of a band on the brink of discovery, mining irony, wit and dark humour from the madness of a distorted modern world still coming to terms with aftermath of a collapsed economy and the Vietnam war. From 1973-1977 Devo would transform from an art project, pop art in the literal sense, into the group David Bowie would declare 'the band of the future'. Here you will find the audio mutations of a band at the edge of greatness, initial concepts that gave birth to a new aesthetic that continually challenged preconceptions about music, art, performance, culture, composition and consumption.

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