My Mother Was a Friend of an Enemy of the People

by BLURT

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1.	Smughills
2.	Bullets For You 03:01	buy track
3.	For Whom The Last Bell
4.	Argentine
5.	Enemy Ears
6.	Machina Machina 04:21	buy track
7.	My Mother Was A Friend
8.	Eat Up Your House
9.	Grave Spit
10.	Deep Frozen Heart
11.	Get
12.	White Line Fever
13.	Cherry Blossom Polish Blues
14.	The Ruminant Plinth 04:12	buy track
15.	Poppycock

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A sparsely documented yet iconic era for Ted Milton's psycho-funk afro punk fake no-wave pogo jazz group Blurt has been brought to life with an expansive collection of restored versions of live performances. Captured on early camcorders during the frenzy of counter-cultural activity that characterised Europe around the fall of the Iron Curtain, these recordings of Blurt, recently posted by fans on YouTube, are a visceral reminder of a scene whose influence is writ large on today's alternative music culture.

Ted Milton's trio have produced an impressive string of albums, not to mention his numerous solo recordings. Featuring 15 tracks spanning their extensive discography from their 1980 debut single – also the title of this collection – “My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People” to 1999’s “Eat Up Your House”, this live collection of performances have been digitised by whatever means available. The original sound captured by the inbuilt microphones of these camcorders and the videos concerned are in many cases the only documentation of an iconic era whose zeitgeist was so masterfully epitomised for many by Blurt.

Refurbished / restored/ repurposed using new AI tools there is a spectral roughness to them but surfing on these reconstructed waveforms, the inimitable machinations of Blurt ride out once again, emerging from a pixilated oblivion to put into perspective the peculiar absurdity of our human condition.

Out on Gatefold double vinyl / CD May 2024

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releases May 13, 2024

Restored / Remastered by Sam Britton

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