Dubbel XX

 

Siglo XX - Dubbel Album [ANTLER 031 BEL 2023 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

Originally released a a double album on Antler Records in 1984.

Some may be aware that Antwerp based label Starman Records have picked up the rights to the back catelogue of formerly important Belgian label Antler Records. The first release is the Dubbel Album of studio & live tracks by Genk's coldwave/post-punk rockers Siglo XX. Original pressings are almost impossible to find in good condition these days, so this was a must have for me.

You should be familiar about the story that the individual members of Joy Division were inspired to form a band at a Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall - it should be no surprise that a whole bunch of Belgian bands were inspired by their attendance at a Joy Division gig in Brussels some years later.

Siglo XX were to move onto a more electronic sound later in the eighties, however it is these earlier more post-punk influenced recordings for Antler Records which represent their very best work. The studio tracks were recorded at Ace Studios in Antwerp & Southern Studios in London. The highly energetic live tracks were recorded on tour in The Netherlands.

A1 Some Have A Laughter

A2 Guild And Desire

A3 Moving Creatures

B1 Babies On A Battlefield

B2 The Fiddle

C1 Fools

C2 Obsession

C3 Whispers

C4 Room

D1 Birds

D2 Into The Dark

D3 Progress

D4 The Beginning

D5 The Art Of War