Das II/III (1981), by DAS

Das II/III (1981)

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1.	Das Two: Antares 02:13	buy track
2.	Das Two: The Whale 03:10	buy track
3.	Das Two: Radio Dark 07:05	buy track
4.	Das Two: Riverbank 02:38	buy track
5.	Das Two: Green Hill 05:21	buy track
6.	Das Two: The Skies Beyond - Haze - Zabriskie Point 21:52	buy track
7.	Das Three: Hydrogene - Cavelight - 24 - Sorcerer 05:34	buy track
8.	Das Three: The Witch's Song 07:46	buy track
9.	Das Three: Ra-Ra Shuttle 08:27	buy track
10.	Das Three: Age Of Berlin - Battlefield 25:31	buy track
11.	Das Three: 24 (Reprise) 00:41	buy track

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This collection covers the immediate period of recording following DAS's debut album DAS1 (Earthdeath). Two albums we made between February 1980 and April 1981. We always thought in terms of albums with 20 minute sides even if they would never see a pressing plant. It was a way of organising the material we were recording on a regular basis (usually centred around term breaks from Sixth Form College).

Duncan's top floor bedroom studio at 1 The Crescent, Marske (Teesside) became the hub of our activity. Tracks were expertly bounced between a UHER tape machine and a bulky vintage Ferrograph, with the results mastered to cassette or 1/4 inch depending on whatever tape stock he could beg or borrow at the time.

Guitarist Jon Davis paid several visits to record his own very strong ideas and compositions and can be heard on much of the material recorded throughout 1980 and into 1981.He brought a series of self-written pieces to the mix which resulted in a more eclectic variety of finished tracks, establishing the idea of DAS an an umbrella for a wider range of musical exploration than the cosmic electronics of the first album. As well as the solo sketches by Duncan and Steve heard here, the DAS 1 trio with Gary Houghton also recorded several pieces, and Gary Robertson also made valuable contributions, particularly the rampant fuzz bass riff heard on `24' recorded at a sponsored all day/night concert given at the Sixth Form College we were all attending.

We were 16-17 years old, using very primitive equipment, but the ideas are there. Duncan as the Joe Meek of our Post Punk DIY generation did an admirable job of capturing our attempts to emulate heroes with 16 tracks at their disposal.

These two albums cover a year or so of recording from Feb 1980, with one notable exception, the first band rehearsal of Age Of Berlin from July 1979 (on DAS 3) with Mark Spybey on Drums, Mark Sanderson on Bass and Jon Davis on Electric Guitar. It was the first time Steve had touched a synthesizer and Duncan brought the Audio Generator based electronics set up he had been experimenting with in the loft to a band situation. This where it all started thanks to a chance meeting with Mark Spybey at a Sixth Form College open day where mutual interests were quickly established. "The college has a Synthesizer, we can borrow it !" were the words that changed everything.

A new world back then, and one which we have all continued to explore in our own diverse ways ever since.

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