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Alan Vega left a robust vault. The excavation begins with a new album.
This file photo taken on March 5, 2004 shows US singer Alan Vega performing in the western French city of Nantes as part of the I.D.E.A.L. Festival. FRANK PERRY / AFP.
by Rob Tannenbaum
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- In 1978, the adversarial New York duo Suicide played a show in Boston, opening for the Cars, local heroes whod crossed over into pop success. Suicide performed a set of assaultive and static electronic music, and the unhappy audience demonstrated its distaste by throwing ashtrays, some of which hit singer Alan Vega. But Vega and his bandmate, Martin Rev, had recently finished European tours opening for the Clash and Elvis Costello during which they caused a literal riot in Belgium. (It was later documented on a live recording, 23 Minutes Over Brussels, named for the length of Suicides set before the gendarmes were summoned.)
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Alan Vega s Unreleased Album Mutator Unearthed by Sacred Bones
Hear the newly shared track Nike Solider
Mutator, the record is set to arrive via Sacred Bones on April 23.
According to the label, the album marks the first in a series of archival Vega records set for release.
Mutator was recorded between 1996 and 1998 by Vega and his frequent collaborator and wife Liz Lamere, who discovered the lost tapes in 2019. Shortly after, she and Jared Artaud began the process of mixing and producing the songs.
Right now, you can hear the album s Nike Solider down below via an accompanying video. Working on this album, I was blown away by the sheer intensity and raw power of Alan s ability to transform sound and deliver inimitable one-take vocal performances, said Artaud in a statement. Nike Soldier is a supreme example of Alan s unparalleled instincts.