Polaroid/Roman/Photo

Ruth

Polaroid/Roman/Photo

 

2010

  • 1.
    Thriller
  • 2.
    Polaroid/Roman/Photo
  • 3.
    She Brings The Rain
  • 4.
    Misty Mouse
  • 5.
    Mabelle
  • 6.
    Mots
  • 7.
    Tu M'Ennuies
  • ARC078

Original­ly re­leased on Paris Re­cords in 1985 Ruth’s LP sold just 50 co­p­ies and was re­legated to ob­scur­ity until the track “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo” star­ted ap­pear­ing on boot­legs and com­pila­tions in the early 00’s, slow­ly be­com­ing the cult synth pop clas­sic it is nowadays. An origin­al copy goes for up­wards of £300 on ebay and Ruth are a shin­ing light from an oft for­gott­en music scene that is be­com­ing in­creasing­ly in­fluen­ti­al today.

Ruth was the brainchild of Thier­ry Müller, a photog­raph­er and grap­hic art­ist from Paris who drew his in­spira­tion from bands and art­ists like Brian Eno, Stockhaus­en, Pere Ubu, Neu, Vel­vet Un­derground and Kraftwerk. In the late 70s he began to work on Ruth, re­leas­ing the lone album Polaroïd/Roman/Photo in 1985. The line up of Ruth was col­laborative and fluid, brass mingles with pro­totype drum mac­hines, and squall­ing ex­perimen­ta­tion sits al­ongside sult­ry French girls ac­ross 40 minutes of edgy pop in­nova­tion that sounds re­mar­kab­ly un­dated al­ongside con­tem­pora­ry pop music.

From the jit­te­ry “Thrill­er” with its telep­hone sound sam­ples and an ever as­cend­ing synth, to the lan­quid “Mabel­le”, the cover of Can’s “She Br­ings The Rain”, and the sexy soiree of play­ful voc­als and al­lur­ing brass that is “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo”, this is an album that is now ready to be re­presen­ted for the at­ten­tion is de­ser­ves.

This de­luxe li­mited edi­tion comes in a gatefold sleeve on trans­parent scar­let vinyl, and fea­tures a 12 page book­let of lyrics and photos and download codes for a di­git­al vers­ion of the album which in­cludes six bonus tracks.

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  •   LP   $36.00 Sold Out

* Denotes bonus track(s) available only on a CD / Digital version of this release, if a CD / Digital version of this release is available

 

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