Obscurities From Suburbia

Camera Obscura - Horizons Of Surburbia [ANNA2001 GER 2005 24-Bit FLAC]

Please do not confuse this Camera Obscura with the millennial Glaswegian indie-pop band on 4AD.

Camera Obscura were not around for long, managing just one delightful minimal synthpop single on Walthamstow's Small Wonder label in 1983. In 2005 German label Anna Logue Records tracked down unreleased recordings and demos for a limited edition vinyl compilation album. The original masters of the Destitution single (sourced here from an original 7" by the sounds of things) and its follow-up Village Of Stars are allegedly long lost, hence the second single is missing from this release. 

These recordings were made in 1983 using: Roland Jupiter 8, Moog Prodigy, Roland TR-808, Roland SH-09, Roland CSQ-100, Logan String Melody, Roland Juno-6, Korg Mono/Poly, Sequential Circuits Pro 1, LinnDrum MK1, Sequential Circuits Prophet V, Roland SH-101, Roland SH-5, and Roland Organ/Strings.

Essential stuff!

A1 Escape From The City
A2 Horizons Of Suburbia
A3 The Mandarin Man
A4 Fever Pitch
A5 Vincent Van Gogh
B1 Destitution
B2 Circular Waves
B3 Scarlet Vixen
B4 Mystery Box
B5 Race In Athens