{"product_id":"this-heat-this-heat-remastered","title":"THIS HEAT - This Heat (Remastered)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - 180g Black Vinyl. 24 bit\/96 kHz re-master from original analog tapes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003e Reissued by the group’s own new imprint \u003cstrong\u003eThis Heat Records\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 bit\/96 kHz re-master from original analog tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003e Heavyweight 180gm vinyl and heavyweight sleeve with pantone printing to match original 1979 release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘They went beyond punk before punk had properly started…the entire album is a controlled explosion of ideas. Nearly fifty years on, This Heat’s debut is something the world has still not completely caught up with.’  - \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Over the years, there have been bands to play as aggressively, or even as strangely, but very few have been able to rise from their collective influences and histories to create music so singularly distinctive and inspiring.’  – \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This Heat sounded like the future then ... and still do now.’ - \u003cstrong\u003eDan Snaith\u003c\/strong\u003e (Caribou)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough widely considered to be Post-Punk’s finest, This Heat actually began performing and recording their music in 1976, the early days of London’s punk era. Within their two albums and an EP they perfected a strange and volatile new strain of avant-garde rock that time has proved to be massively influential, a blueprint for much that would follow:  post-rock, math rock, homemade musique concrète, experimental electronica. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumerous critics have recognised the band's influence on the music of Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Steven Wilson, Public Image Ltd., Radiohead, Swans, Shellac, Young Knives, Black Dice, Lightning Bolt and numerous other experimental and post-rock bands. Disbanding in 1982 they have left an undeniable legacy that has only continued to grow in stature and relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album \u003cem\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/em\u003e, also known to fans and critics as the ‘\u003cem\u003eBlue and Yellow\u003c\/em\u003e’, was their eponymous debut release, recorded in sessions between February 1976 and September 1978 in a variety of studios including their own \u003cstrong\u003eCold Storage\u003c\/strong\u003e, a converted cold storage room in the \u003cstrong\u003eAcme Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e complex. Innovating throughout, they combined loops and tape manipulation (producing for example the proto-drum and bass ‘\u003cem\u003e24 Track Loop\u003c\/em\u003e’) with live performance and haunting vocals to a complex, dissonant whole. The band recorded everything they ever did – including gigs – and tracks such as “\u003cem\u003eWater\u003c\/em\u003e” were entirely improvised in the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving recently passed the 50 year anniversary of their first gig, and the recording of material that appears on their debut album, the group’s surviving members \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Bullen\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Hayward\u003c\/strong\u003e, true to their DIY roots, have set up an imprint to release their recordings for their growing fan base that is increasingly recognising their influential place in music history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"This Heat Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - 180g Vinyl","offer_id":57720160387417,"sku":"SDZ-38743","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/This_Heat_-_self-titled_debut_album__Remastered__-_LP_180g_Vinyl_-_2026.jpg?v=1775140124","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/this-heat-this-heat-remastered","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}