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STEVEN WILSON PRESENTS: INTRIGUE Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

Demon Records is proud to release Intrigue – Steve Wilson Presents: Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89, a new compilation assembled by acclaimed musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, Steven Wilson.

“This is my personally-curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any ’80s-sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn’t suddenly evaporate after ’77… ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the ’80s -if you looked in the right places.” – Steven Wilson

Featuring 19 tracks, the collection explores the creativity, experimentation and progressive spirit of alternative British music from 1979-1989. Artists include XTC, The Stranglers, Ultravox, The Durutti Column, Cocteau Twins and many more.

Pressed on two 140g vinyl (mastered by Phil Kinrade and cut by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering) housed in printed inner sleeves and accompanied by a 12-page booklet with an introduction by Steven Wilson and extensive track-by-track liner notes by James Nice.

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 1

1 A Better Home in the Phantom Zone – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise2 Back to Nature – Magazine3 Complicated Game (Steven Wilson 2014 Mix) – XTC4 The Raven – The Stranglers5 Puppet Life – Punishment of Luxury6 Astradyne (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) – Ultravox7 Sketch for Summer – The Durutti Column8 Health and Efficiency – This Heat9 Cognitive Dissonance (Steven Wilson 2022 Mix) – Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen10 Three Dancers (Steven Wilson 2021 Mix) – Twelfth Night

Disc: 2

1 Airwaves – Thomas Dolby2 Knife Slits Water – A Certain Ratio3 Donimo – Cocteau Twins4 Beehead (7″ Version) – Perennial Divide5 No Motion – Dif Juz6 Gutter Busting – SLAB!7 The Host of Seraphim – Dead Can Dance8 R.E.S. – Cardiacs9 Night Sky, Sweet Earth – No-Man