Tag Archives: Les Disques Du Crepuscule

Record Review: Paul Haig’s “The Warp Of Pure Fun” Boxed Set Shows That He Should Have Ruled The Mid-80s [part 4]

Posted on June 13, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Disc four was a fascinating live album from a Japanese radio session for broadcast at the Laforet Museum in Harajuku in 1985 from the normally reluctant gigger where Haig performed in a Les Disques Du Crépuscule package tour with Anna … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Designed By Peter Saville, Live Music, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1985, 1986, 2021, Alan Rankine, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, live album, Paul Haig | 2 Comments

Record Review: Paul Haig’s “The Warp Of Pure Fun” Boxed Set Shows That He Should Have Ruled The Mid-80s [part 3]

Posted on June 9, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Disc three was a dive into the 12″ remixes both released and not released from “The Warp Of Pure Fun.” I actually had two of these tracks already in the Record Cell thanks to owning Les Disques Du Crépuscule compilations … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1985, 2021, Alan Rankine, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, Man Parrish, Mantronix, Paul Haig | Leave a comment

Record Review: Paul Haig’s “The Warp Of Pure Fun” Boxed Set Shows That He Should Have Ruled The Mid-80s [part 2]

Posted on June 8, 2022 by postpunkmonk

“The Warp Of Pure Fun” was not always the second Paul Haig solo album. In the ’83-’84 period before “Warp” was recorded, he and producer Alan Rankine were recording what was to be the “lost” second album while Island Records … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1985, 2021, Alan Rankine, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, Paul Haig | Leave a comment

Record Review: Paul Haig’s “The Warp Of Pure Fun” Boxed Set Shows That He Should Have Ruled The Mid-80s [part 1]

Posted on June 7, 2022 by postpunkmonk

It was eight months ago when I was trumpeting the arrival of an ultrabox of Paul Haig’s “The Warp Of Pure Fun” and there’s no shortage of items on my want list but this one was a rarity in that … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1985, 2021, Alan Rankine, Cabaret Voltaire, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, Paul Haig | 2 Comments

Paul Haig Ultrabox Of “The Warp Of Pure Fun” Now Unleashed By Les Disques Du Crépuscule

Posted on September 10, 2021 by postpunkmonk

It’s deeply saddening. I am clearly an admirer of Paul Haig, and yet I only have nine of his titles in my Record Cell. Most of them singles. And all of them hard-fought purchasing battles over the last 36 years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged 1985, 2021, Alan Rankine, DLX RM, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, Paul Haig | 12 Comments

Record Review: Antena – Camino Del Sol BENELUX CD

Posted on September 3, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Antena: Camino Del Sol – BEN – CD [1989] The Boy From Ipanema Camino Del Sol To Climb The Cliff Silly Things Sissexa Achilles Bye Bye Papaye Noelle A Hawai Les Demoiselles De Rochefort Spiral Staircase Unable It was some … Continue reading →

Posted in NWOBJP, Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 1982, 1989, Isabelle Antena, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, NWOBJP | 4 Comments

New Wave Compilations: A Young Persons Guide To “From Brussels With Love”

Posted on August 9, 2012 by postpunkmonk

It was at some point probably in 1983, that I was in Crunchy Armadillo Records and chanced to see a cassette that looked unique enough to actually peruse. This was probably the second pre-recorded cassette I ever bought, following B.E.F.’s … Continue reading →