Accumulator vinyl

The Accumulator 12" sees We Can Elude Control, the label run by Emptyset's Paul Purgas, issue a fascinating historical document from Nocturnal Emissions. Founded by Nigel Ayers in 1980, the hugely prolific London based Nocturnal Emissions remain active to this day drawing on a palette of sound that incorporates elements of electro-acoustic, musique concrete, post-industrial and outright noise. This record contains two previously unreleased takes on "Accumulator" which both sound as current and thrilling as anything you might recently have heard through LIES or Morphine. In addition, the label has included a CD that contains a 23 minute recording of the band playing live at the Brixton Ritzy the night that Margaret Thatcher was re-elected as Prime Minister on June 9, 1983 - the sense of frustrated tension is palpable throughout.