ONCE UPON A TIME...Direct To Disc

 

FM  Direct To Disc  (Labyrinth,1978) - Progressive rock


     Nash the Slash left FM to pursue a solo career, and in his place was Ben Mink, also on electric violin and electric mandolin. The band recorded their second album, called Direct to Disc, released on the Labyrinth label. If you were put off by the commercial tendencies of their other albums, you’ll be much happier with this album. It consists of two side-length cuts (title track and “Border Crossing”) which were largely improvised. Ben Mink really shows what he’s made of on violin, while Cameron Hawkins gives some really trippy spacy synthesizers, from his Moog and string synths. I even think Martin Deller gives us some of his most interesting drum work. The music goes through different changes, some of them sound like FM as you expect, especially the vocal sections, but a lot of it really gets very experimental with synth effects. Given this was a one-take recording, there might be a couple of passages that don’t quite cut the mustard, but other than that, a very interesting album. It really is different from the usual FM album, and if the FM you like is the less commercial and more experimental side, you should try to get a hold of this album, it’s really worth your time!

TRACKLIST : Headroom
                          - Tyra
                          - Reflections One
                          - Reflections Two
                          - Real Time
                          - Scarberia
                          Border Crossing
                          - The First Movement
                          - The Second Movement
                          - The Third Movement
                          - The Fourth Movement

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