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Robert Rental "Mental Detentions" 2 x LP
Robert Rental "Mental Detentions" 2 x LP
Robert Rental "Mental Detentions" 2 x LP
Robert Rental "Mental Detentions" 2 x LP
Brand:Dark Entries
Product Code:DE-313
weight:501.0g
Product Condition:New
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Robert Rental takes up residence with Dark Entries again for a reissue of "Mental Detentions". Robert Rental was a Scottish pioneer of DIY electronic music. Along with his illustrious collaborators like Thomas Leer and Daniel Miller, Rental helped shape the countercultural sound of the UK with his timely melding of Krautrock, dub, and punk. Originally from Port Glasgow, he moved to the south of England with Thomas Leer in the late 1970s, and became involved with the local music scene. Robert Rental however released very little of his solo music - the only solo recording from The 1970s is the 7" single "Paralysis" first released on the homemade Regular Records in 1978, and re-released on Dark Entries in 2020.

"Mental Detentions" was released as a cassette in 1979, the same year as his masterpiece "The Bridge", a collaboration with Thomas Leer. Using an assortment of budget electronics - a Roland drum machine, a kid’s Stylophone keyboard, and an Electroharmonix DrQ - Robert takes us on a gauzy, trip, at once expansive and intimate, minimalist and maximalist. “Stuck” is mangled motorik, like Neu! run through a meat grinder, while “Vox” meanders like an 18 minute ambient fever dream. Robert spoke to friends of his frustration at being unable to replicate his sound in a commercial studio - it was these demos' sound that he wanted to create. Sometimes having only access to the most rudimentary of equipment can sharpen one’s craft - necessity is the mother of invention, indeed. This ethic shines in his work, providing a throughline to the now, as the world feels bigger and smaller than ever. 

TRACKLIST:

1. Colourblind 11:19
2. Stuck 08:42
3. Both Ends Meet 08:27
4. Ugly Talk 06:12
5. Untitled 05:37
6. Vox Scientific 09:45
7. Untitled 06:04
8. Voice 01:45
9. Vox 17:55

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