{"product_id":"idioblast-1983-2004-2","title":"Idioblast 1983-2004","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1984, \u003ci\u003eIdioblast\u003c\/i\u003e is a lost classic, a future shock narrative ahead of its time, and yet completely of its era, like few artefacts before or since. The cover tips you off from the jump - a crude but effective collage featuring classic Fekner slogans like Toxic Junkie, Growth Decay and Soft Brains Watch The Screen And Buy The Jeans. In an uncanny and tragic coincidence, the very first lyric on the album - \"The place to be is on the space shuttle\/if you're brave enough to get on it\" - seems to anticipate the Challenger disaster just two years later. But for the most part, the tracks on \u003ci\u003eIdioblast\u003c\/i\u003e directly reference the concepts that inspired Fekner's visual art. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Musically, \"Rapicasso\" utilizes pneumatic pounding with an industrial edge as Fekner equates the great and controversial painter with risk-taking graffiti kids bombing trains and billboards across the city. Art is in a constant state of exploding--forms, paradigms, outdated ideas. Splitting the difference between hip-hop and new wave, the Santaniello-sung \"The Beat\" is like Thomas Dolby meets Run-DMC and should've been a radio staple for at least one sticky summer. It could soundtrack either a couples roller skate or a drug-fuelled evening out. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Channeling Fekner's slogan-stencil aesthetic, \"Travelogue The 80's\" is a tour de force reminiscent of Negativland's experiments in audio culture jamming. As Fekner details, \"I grabbed all of the sounds via a shortwave radio picking up transmissions from LaGuardia airport and the TV. I recorded and edited on a Sony Pro Walkman and an Aiwa dual cassette deck.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Harmonic","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50415521562955,"sku":"2191013","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50415520940363,"sku":"2190994","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_601689c0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726690880","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/idioblast-1983-2004-2","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}