Tactics Faculty (part 2), by Polygone

Tactics Faculty (part 2)

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A box set of both Polygone albums, containing 1 x cassette, 1 x CD, a high-quality booklet, a sticker/coaster, and a print. Includes Bandcamp DL of both Polygone albums.

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2.	Phexioenesystems - Cactus City Flat 04:38	info	buy track
3.	The Both And - Mesothelae 05:42	info	buy track
4.	CRT - Tactical Organic Dub 07:28	info	buy track
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Formed in late 1988, Polygone operated in a strange and unwieldy domain - equally inspired by the likes of Brian Eno as they were Throbbing Gristle, the group emerged as part of the UK’s burgeoning free-party scene, serving as the ‘house band’ for a notorious Totnes party site. Living and working on a Devonshire farm - one of two sites frequented by the dedicated local rave scene - the group played hundreds of shows over six years, always wheeling out their odd brand of mellow, dream-like electronic music to straggling party-goers after the Acid DJ’s had finally turned in for the night. Mixing sampled grooves stolen from ‘world’ music anthologies with live instrumentation - notably manipulated vocals and distorted guitars - and integrating semi-ironic takes on whatever was currently riding the charts (Sinead O Conner being a particular favorite), the group pre-empted much of the ambient electronic music that would emerge in the decades that followed.

Despite their brief omnipotence, Polygone only ever recorded 18 minutes of music, a single afternoon session captured by an enthusiastic local in their shared barn. Some 34 years after that recording, the remaining band members have revisited those stems, adding modern processing (and a couple of new instrumental parts) to produce their belated opus - Tactics Faculty. Released by DAAM as a double Tape/CD set, the album includes reinterpretations of those same stems by a host of contemporary electronic artists like Mücha, Audio Obscura, Phexioenesystems, and Distant Animals, alongside an art print and a magazine detailing the history of the group.

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released April 8, 2024

Mark ‘Danko’ Withers - guitar, synth, sampler
Petals - drum machine, vocals
Tim Davies - synth, sampler
Suzie Brooks - vocals

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