Know - Knights Of Pleasure / Limited Ultra Clear Edition (12" Vinyl)

$Know - Knights Of Pleasure / Limited Ultra Clear Edition (12\" Vinyl)$

23,45€

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This product will be released on 01. August 2025.
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ANNA_061UC - Weight: 260g

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Limited edition of 211 copies, 140 grams ultra clear vinyl, matt laminate soft touch laminate sleeve, double-sided postcard with lyrics, download code.

File under: 1982 UK minimal synth pop

The KNOW was an early 80's electronic duo, comprised of brothers Garry and Neil Todd from Stoneydelph, Tamworth (near Birmingham), UK. After playing in a conventional rock group and having to deal with the issues of too many cooks spoiling the broth, they decided to stay a two piece while the affordability of synthesisers and drum machines came in handy to replace additional human band members – shall we say for the better in the end?!

Regarding the name, Neil says: “Garry and I came up with this name in relation to the saying, oh you know he’s in “The Know” you know.“ The KNOW released only two tracks “Times Change“ and “Knights of Pleasure“ on a 7“ single in 1982, which is ultra rare now (only being sold once on Discogs for almost €300). Neil used Korg Micro Preset M-500, Moog Liberation, Roland Jupiter-8 synthesisers, and a Roland CR-8000 drum machine to create these two minimal synth pop anthems.

The original masters have been lost over the years, but the recordings have been carefully digitized from vinyl and meticulously restored and remastered and sound better than ever before. Additionally, five cover versions have been added by no less than minimal electronic synth pop heroes BLIPBLOP, doing both tracks, the THE SILICON SCIENTIST adding his dreamy synth pop melancholia signature sound, FLASHBACKS (aka Echo West, Silent Signals) with his icy cold yet playful minimal electronics, and TWINS NATALIA featuring KRIISTAL ANN delivering a rather faithful to the original yet up-to-date version while adding lots of new bits like a choir, vocoder, and one of Dave Hewson's unique synth solos.

All of this is pure and classy 80s electronic synth pop bliss!

Tracklisting:

No.	Track	Time
A1	Knights Of Pleasure	02:51
A2	Times Change	02:59
B1	Times Change (performed by Blipblop)	02:21
B2	Knights Of Pleasure (performed by Blipblop)	03:30
B3	Knights Of Pleasure (performed by The Silicon Scientist)	03:17
B4	Knights Of Pleasure (performed by Flashbacks)	03:20
B5	Knights Of Pleasure (performed by Twins Natalia feat. Kriistal Ann)	02:57