Sweet Exorcist (band)
Sweet Exorcist | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sheffield |
| Genres | Techno, IDM |
| Years active | 1990–1994 |
| Labels | Warp Records, Touch Records, Plastex |
| Members | Richard Barratt, Richard H. Kirk |
Sweet Exorcist was a British music duo consisting of Richard Barratt (DJ Parrot) and Richard H. Kirk. Their sound is usually categorized as techno and IDM.
Career
Sweet Exorcist, which was named after a Curtis Mayfield track, was the project of Sheffield based musicians Richard H. Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire) and Richard ‘DJ Parrot’ Barratt (later member of All Seeing I).
Kirk and Barratt knew each other since the mid-1980s.[1] Barratt had already supported a Cabaret Voltaire British tour in 1986.[1] After both worked on several tracks together Parrot suggested making a club track with studio test tones.[1] In the January of 1990 the tracks were released as Testone on Warp Records. It defined the bleep techno sound, by making playful use of sampled sounds from Yellow Magic Orchestra's Computer Game (1978) and the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).[2] The next release was Clonk, also on Warp. For both singles remix versions were released.
In 1991 the duo released the C.C.E.P., which later came as CD version C.C.E.D. and was also known as Clonks Coming. The band released the album Spirit Guide To Low Tech on Touch Records.
2011 saw the release of the compilation album RetroActivity on Warp Records.[3]
Discography
- Albums
- 1994: Spirit Guide To Low Tech (Touch Records)
- 2011: RetroActivity (Compilation album; Warp Records)
- Singles & EPs
- 1990: Testone (Warp Records)
- 1990: Testone Remixes (Warp Records)
- 1990: Clonk (Warp Records)
- 1990: Per Clonk (Remix) (Warp Records)
- 1991: C.C.E.P. (Warp Records)
- 1991: Popcone (Plastex)
References
- ^ a b c Interview Sweet Exorcist/Richard H. Kirk: This Used To Be The Future, themilkfactory.co.uk, 2011, retrieved 2014-23-02
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Dan Sicko & Bill Brewster (2010), Techno Rebels (2nd ed.), Wayne State University Press, p. 76, ISBN 0-8143-3438-5, retrieved 2014-23-02
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Sweet Exorcist: RetroActivity (Warp Records), themilkfactory.co.uk, 2011, retrieved 2014-23-02
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External links
- Sweet Exorcist discography at Discogs
- Sweet Exorcist at AllMusic
- Sweet Exorcist discography at MusicBrainz