Hello, my name is Looptron.

MP3: Burn (a Slide Pheromone "classic" from 2003)

Oli has chucked a tune from the archives online, a small indication of what at least two of Cassette Electrik were up to earlier in the decade, and by chance I was nostalgia-surfing through the old demos on my iPod this morning. And something's gone clickety. In my brain.

So here's a demo from me and Sarah-the-Singer (you'll be hearing more from me'n'her soon when she's finally sorted out what she's singing on the bloody chorus) threw together in an hour or so early one winter's evening in 2003. (Then we went out drinking.) It's only ever been performed live a couple of times (by none other than the legendary Slide Pheromone), and when that happened it probably had (slightly) less rubbish guitar on it and more, you know, instruments. If memory serves it's an ode to crushing despair and loss. And chili sauce.

Have a satisfactory wintertime capitalist gift season and a happy new decade. (Which will contain Looptron releases aplenty.)

Collection: N/A
Download: http://www.futuresoundofdisco.com/mp3/Burn.mp3

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MP3: Smile / Obsolete [Slight Return]

A song about distance, longing and occasional nudity.

Collection: Obsolete Before You Start (5 of 5)
Download: http://www.futuresoundofdisco.com/mp3/Smile.mp3

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MP3: Play My Guitar

A collection of things heard during a brief stint as guitar player for Cassette Electrik. (Hi guys!)

Collection: Obsolete Before You Start (4 of 5)
Download: http://www.futuresoundofdisco.com/mp3/Guitar.mp3

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MP3: Whore

This song took approximately three minutes and nineteen seconds to write - it was a jam over a teeny electric piano loop that somehow became a song. Lyrics are a bit random too. So it goes.

Collection: Obsolete Before You Start (3 of 5)
Download: http://www.futuresoundofdisco.com/mp3/Whore.mp3

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MP3: Obsolete Before You Start

The second, titular track from Obsolete Before You Start that employs a call-and-response vocoder technique that's become a recurring motif in the Looptron catalogue (i.e. massively overused, but it's waaay cheaper than hiring backing vocalists.)

Collection: Obsolete Before You Start (2 of 5)
Download: http://www.futuresoundofdisco.com/mp3/Obsolete.mp3

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MP3: Hello, My Name Is Looptron

The first ever proper Looptron track, like, ever... originally hacked together as a stupid proof of concept it has somehow become the traditional set opener. Probably on account of it saying "Hello, my name is Looptron" a lot.

Collection: Obsolete Before You Start (1 of 5)
Download: http://www.futuresoundofdisco.com/mp3/Hello.mp3

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