{"title":"Gate","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-numbers","title":"The Numbers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s, Michael Morley helped to push the jangly New Zealand music scene towards rougher, more exploratory realms, as a member of Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, The Weeds, and the almighty Dead C. His gnarled, distorted guitar tone and aggressively moan-based vocal style are both as distinctive as they are secretly beautiful. Morley has released dozens of solo recordings—starting in the late 1980s as Gate, then more recently under his own name, and as the Righteous Yeah. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe’s also unafraid to tackle entirely new genres and sounds, and to move into interactive installation-based music as well. Birdman is beyond excited to present the first vinyl release of this archival Gate release. “...I think it is classic Gate material. The idea of the palette is fascinating as I think I did approach it with a set of limited instrumentation and the desire to make something again that could sound like rock music. There is certainly a direct line from Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos, through the Dead C, and to Gate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think I was also inspired by listening to [infamous and tragically short-lived early 1980s band] the Double Happys, and remembering their performances as a duo with the drum machine. There was such utter chaos and anarchy during their sets, with a desire to represent punk rock at its nascent truth, I wanted to see if it was possible to re- imagine that feeling. I was possibly also listening to the Stooges and MC5. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael Morley \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birdman","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50478530396491,"sku":"2025757","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/getImage_19_a41a2a9a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727485470"},{"product_id":"the-brain-years-live-red-light-sister","title":"The Brain Years - Live \/ Red Light Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003eWas that Krautrock or what? Yes! Chronologically and geographically Gate has to be classified there. The music was experimental, but not focussed on improvisations, complex, often tricky, hardly danceable, but always strictly arranged, even in solos few \/ no free spaces. And the band had nothing in mind with electronics. In July 1976 Gate recorded one of their concerts in the Wuppertal club \"Borse\" and offered the tapes - for a long time in vain - to record companies. Only eight months later the Brain label signed the band and released the album \u003ci\u003eGate Live\u003c\/i\u003e. In February 1977 Gate was the opening- act at the Essen Brain Festival, with \"excellent hard rock\" (BRAVO magazine). At the 1978 Brain Festival they presented the repertoire of their first studio album \"Red Light Sister\". Followed a few months later by their \"Rockpalast\" - performance at the WDR Studio-L in Cologne. In December 1981 Gate performed their last concert, in their hometown Haan. Now both Gate albums will be re-issued in a double-CD package, remastered and with comprehensive liner notes about the history of the band, written by guitarist Manfred Schropfer, and many rare photos from the period 1974 - 1981 Remastered and for the first time now available on CD. Booklet incl. many photos about the band's history and liner notes written by guitarist Martin Schropfer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mig Music","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50484420641099,"sku":"2029955","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fee_786_587_png_d1181e87_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727590938"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/gate.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}