The First Taste of Hope is Fear.<\/a><\/p>\nTo that, I would add two things. Firstly this is one of the foundation stones of the cross over between industrial and dub. Everyone using noise in dance music owes a debt to Mark Stewart.<\/p>\n
Secondly, I am amazed <\/i>that people aren’t constantly up in arms, emailing me to say “WHAT, JOHN? You mean this <\/i>is an album featuing all the same musicians<\/i> as those great Grandmaster Flash tracks on Sugar Hill? With topnotch ranter Mark Stewart<\/i>? Produced by Adrian Sherwood<\/i> at the peak of his powers? Why didn’t you tell me about this before?”<\/p>\n
Is it just me, or is that just about one of the best collaborations in music – EVER?<\/p>\n
2ND CHOICE: Mark Stewart (Mute, 1987)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
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AKA The Album with no title. I’ve got into real trouble for saying this is my second favourite. All the die-hard fans are adamant that the first LP “Learning To Cope With Cowardice” is either the best or at least as good as “Veneer”. But I still <\/i>don’t agree!<\/p>\n
Also thoroughly recommended is the compilation of early Tackhead twelves: “Tackhead Tape Time”. Same musicians as “Veneer” and similar dystopian Burroughs-influenced vibe.<\/p>\n
AVOID:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
It’s all good, but I find Metatron and Control Data a bit patchy.<\/p>\n
FURTHER INFORMATION<\/b><\/p>\n
Well, you’ll have to read the article linked above, which I wrote because there really wasn’t much else. The links page has details of the other stuff I found. It’s worth bearing in mind that the piece needs a few corrections (like, I think I was wrong about the Roots Radics).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ten industrial albums YOU must own. PART 2: Mark Stewart and The Maffia\u00a0– As The Veneer of Democracy Starts To Fade (Mute, 1985) This is a bit cheeky because I’ve already held forth on this album and Mark Stewart’s career at length in my piece The First Taste of Hope is Fear. To that, I …<\/p>\n
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