{"title":"Karma Sutra","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"be-cruel-with-your-past-and-all-who-seek-to-keep-you-there","title":"Be Cruel with Your Past and all Who Seek to Keep you There","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarma Sutra were an anarcho pacifist band from Luton, Bedfordshire who formed in the early 80’s after the demise of the legendary the Phallic Symbols. Karma Sutra only had one release at the time - an album self released in 1987 called \u003ci\u003eDaydreams of a Production Line Worker\u003c\/i\u003e which came towards the end of their lifetime. Sealed Records now release the earlier years of demos and compilation tracks on a 15 track round up. \u003ci\u003eBe Cruel with Your Past and all Who Seek to Keep you There\u003c\/i\u003e includes their first and primitive demo \u003ci\u003eThe New Economy Roast\u003c\/i\u003e from 1983. It’s very basic and has a Bullshit Detector Compilation quality to it. A few years later came the second demo \u003ci\u003eShoppers Paradis\u003c\/i\u003ee which is the best material Karma Sutra recorded. Six tracks of well produced classic 80’s Anarcho punk with a driving sound. It’s passionate, tuneful and politically aware. How this wasn’t released at the time on vinyl, is a travesty. Also included is two tracks from the Mortarhate Compilations \u003ci\u003eWho? What? Why? When? Where?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Don't Want Your Fucking Law!\u003c\/i\u003e. Finally the last three tracks were from the final line up of the band and were recorded with Spon from UK Decay and includes a more post punk element to the sound.\u003cbr\u003e The LP comes with a 40 page booklet of Lyrics, handouts, fanzine interviews and statements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sealed Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50478838350155,"sku":"1126504","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/38bfbb30-34f3-4a35-aaa6-f9b00b18b8b9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727492325"},{"product_id":"the-daydreams-of-a-production-line-worker","title":"The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003eKarma Sutra had already been a band for five years when they released their elusive one and only album ,released on their own Paradoxical Records label in 1987. \u003cem\u003eThe Daydreams of a Production Line Worker \u003c\/em\u003ecame towards the end of the bands life span and all they had to show prior was a few demos and some tracks on compilations on Mortarhate. By the time the band entered the studio Karma Sutra was spreading their musical wings, moving from a straight ahead anarcho sound to a more dense and thoughtful place, adding flourishes of post punk and moody atmospheres to their agit-prop political stance thus creating one of the most idiosyncratic concept albums of their time, where situationist politics meet the most ambitious anarcho punk sound.\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003eThe album was recorded in Sheffield at Vibrasound Studio and co-produced by Spon of UK Decay, which added yet another layer to the already complex album.\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003eWhen released \u003cem\u003eThe Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker\u003c\/em\u003e had little fanfare due to the rigid approach to punk of the time. But as time passed, so did this albums importance. It would sit perfectly in your collection next to bands who had ambition, tunes and thought provoking lyrics like Chumbawmba, the Mob or Thatcher on Acid\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker \u003c\/em\u003ereissue comes with a reproduction of the originally included 28 page booklet, which the band viewed as an inseparable part of the album to understand the concept. Dense at times and intended to be thought provoking it covers class oppression, gender, culture brainwashing, prison struggle et all the capitalism society illnesses written from an anarchist perspective and aligned with the situationism theory of revolution of every day life.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sealed Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51700350615883,"sku":"R8723-1622","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/SEAL-024SLEEVE.jpg?v=1745509557"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/karma-sutra.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}