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No Message

by Art P

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    UPDATED PRICE, SORRY! LAST COPIES!
    - Limited Edition of 300 copies
    - Blue vinyl
    - Picture sleeve
    - Includes lyrics insert
    - Previously unissued on vinyl
    - Fully licenced, recorded in 1985

    Includes unlimited streaming of No Message via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Original test pressing of our 11th release! Only 6 copies made! Only one copy for sale!
    This copy comes with original picture sleeve and inlay.

    Includes unlimited streaming of No Message via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      €49.90 EUR

     

  • Original Test Pressing w/ Inlay
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Original test pressing of our 11th release! Only 6 copies made! Only one copy for sale!
    This copy comes with inlay and hype sticker on inner sleeve.

    Includes unlimited streaming of No Message via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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No Message 05:23
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Five Minutes 06:09
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Beams 03:26

about

The Outer Edge is proud to present the first ever vinyl release of “No Message” by Art P, a still lesser known and lost masterpiece from the P.A.P. archives. Art P (initially Art Programming) was an electronic music duo consisting of Jens-Markus Wegener and Frank Grotelüschen. On “No Message”, originally released in 1985, we hear the band’s most profound work, a detailed and unique mixture in between of Electro and the synth-laden edge of New Wave.

We initially discovered Art P on the tape compilation “berlincassette 2-85” a couple of years ago. Their contribution, the title track from their second and last album “No Message”, blew us right away: punchy drum machines, heavy synths and cool female vocals delivering a serious, yet slightly ironic view on the meaninglessness in pop music having “no message”. A couple of months later, when we finally were lucky to get hold of an original full length tape, we couldn’t ask for more: powerful apocalyptic Synth Wave on “A Place To Fear”, thrilling vocoder Electro Funk on “Polaroid”, uptempo New Wave Synth Pop on “Sounds of the City”, dreamy and melodic Electro on “White Jackets”, and other well produced tracks. It was an absolute necessity for us to get in touch with Art P and ask for permission to re-release their music on vinyl.

“No Message” was remastered from the absolute best original tape source and sounds incredible. The release is limited to 300 copies and will be pressed on blue vinyl. It contains an insert with lyrics and additional art. We think it is safe to say, that this should not be missed!

As a side note it should be mentioned that Wegener later became a key figure in the German music market. He was the founder of companies such as Public Propaganda, Europe’s largest and most successful promotion agency in the mid ‘90s, the publishing company AMV, the distributor PP Sales Forces, among others. As a freelance promoter for SPV and the PIAS label he was responsible for establishing the term Electronic Body Music as a musical genre. Grotelüschen was active as a music journalist (e.g. for Spex magazine) and later became an important and well known journalist for science.

credits

released October 7, 2022

Art P is:
Jens-Markus Wegener
Frank Grotelüschen

Computerprograms, Digital Rhythms, Synthesizers, Vocoder, Tapes, Effects, Arrangement, Compositions, and Words: Art P

Vocals : Peter Apel (A Place To Fear)
Evelyn Gramel (No Message, Sounds of the City)
Sabina Mai (No Message, Sounds of the City)
Bass (guest): Yamatsu Dix (Tokio)

Fotos: Erich Neißer

Original Lay Out: Ilke, Jens-M.
Reissue Lay Out: John R.

Recorded at:
PAP-Studios Bremen, DUB-City Bremen

Mixed at:
FraGro-Studios Mainz

Digitally Remastered by:
Benjamin Schwenen, Light Mountain Studio Berlin

Reissue Production: John Raincoatman

Published by: AMV Publishing GmbH

℗ 1985 P.A.P. © 2022 The Artless Cuckoo | A Division of EQX-Music | All Rights Reserved | LC 04415 | TAC-011

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The Outer Edge is a label by German record collector DJ Scientist aka John Raincoatman. The label merges the former imprints The Artless Cuckoo (2015-2022) and Boogie On The Mainline. It now pools all strength to a new and exciting force in releasing music on the edge, free of genre boundaries, yet mostly with a groove. ... more

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