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Nue Au Soleil (Complètement)

Nue Au Soleil (Complètement)

Ludus

  • 12/31/1986
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Crépuscule presents a definitive anthology by cult Manchester experimental group Ludus, featuring Linder Sterling and Ian Devine. Recorded between 1978 and 1983, Nue au Soleil combines tracks from the albums Pickpocket, The Seduction and Danger Came Smiling along with stand-alone singles such as The Visit, Mother's Hour, Nue au Soleil and Breaking the Rules. There's also a previously unreleased demo from 1978 (I Don't Want To Go) as well as a 4 song a John Peel session from August 1982. "The collage mistress of the Buzzcocks' Orgasm Addict sleeve, the Wonderful Woman of Smiths legend and the designer of Factory Records' unmade menstrual egg timer, Linder starred in her own giddy sideshow from 1978 to 1984. Anthologised here, her output as Ludus fed punky Yoko Ono through a free-jazz mangle to fierce but playful effect. New Hormones singles My Cherry Is In Sherry and Mother's Hour take Essential Logic to their logical conclusion, while the Rainy City high life of The Escape Artist and gender-blur Breaking the Rules document a pleasing later stab at funky loft-conversion sophistication. The second disc digs up a Soft Machine-ish 1982 Peel session, while a live show documents the night Linder treated the Haçienda's cool-cats to her approximation of Bucks Fizz's whipping-off-the-skirt trick, slipping aside her much-imitated raw meat dress to reveal a black dildo... A small but thrilling adventure. 8/10" (Uncut, 02/2017) "Career anthology of extraordinary Manchester postpunk band Ludus, including four tracks from a rare Peel Session and a 1982 live set at the Hacienda, put together with a great deal of care and attention and providing a deep overview of the Ludus journey. I can't pretend that Ludus or this collection will appeal to absolutely everyone - you will need to have at least a little adventurousness in your listening habits and an open mind - but if you persevere I can promise a stunning collection of one of punk's best but least rewarded talents, and there are enough catchy numbers and odd pop tunes to keep the less committed interested too" (Louder Than War, 01/2017) "Linder's 2013 show at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris tells an earlier tale. Of how, in 1976, graphic design student Linda Mulvey became Linder and, informed as much by feminism as by Dada and Surrealist manifestos, embarked on an incisive, arresting, often hilarious study of the relationship between consumertism, sex and gender" (The Wire, 04/2013)… Expand
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