Download: Back To Nature – Fad Gadget (mp3)
I had no idea Fad Gadget (aka Frank Tovey) had died in 2002 until I started writing this post. Tovey was an early pioneer of electronic post-punk and “Back To Nature” from 1979 was only the second single ever released on Mute Records (after “Warm Leatherette”). He was a little too experimental for mainstream success though and remained only a cult figure.
He played a gig in the canteen at Maidstone College of Art circa 1983 when I was student there. I didn’t go for some reason and it was apparently a rather mad affair like his gigs usually were. One more on the list of acts I kick myself over not seeing when I had the chance.
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I read this entry this morning and thought I haven’t heard any Fad Gadget in years. And then this evening I was watching Channel 4’s new series Tripping and they played Collapsing New People.
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oh dear – missed that. i bought the collapsing new people 12inch on a whim years ago when it came out – when this sound was new – sounds a lot like early dep mode.
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