{"title":"This Heat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1976, Charles Hayward of Gong (and Phil Manzanera's Quiet Sun) joined with Charles Bullen and Gareth Williams to form This Heat. Though arising from art-rock and the British school of fusion jazz, This Heat quickly developed into an experimental band largely dependent on tape loops and production tricks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Heat dissolved in 1982-1983 following a European tour in which Trefor Goronwy replaced Gareth Williams who had recently departed the band. Charles Bullen went on to solo work and put together his own studio in the late 1980s; he has recently issued a CD under his own name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Hayward decided to keep up public performances and formed The Camberwell Now along with Trefor Goronwy and several others.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"this-heat-1","title":"This Heat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Heat emerged in early 1976, known as the most left-field and most hard-edged band in the country, their concerts attracted experimental, punk and new wave audiences alike. Working for years in their own, now legendary, studio in Brixton (Cold Storage) their material evolved, grew and became increasingly intense. Their first LP, with its distinctive blue and yellow sleeve, appeared on David Cunningham's Piano label in 1979 and acquired immediate iconic status, and over time it has also proved itself prescient; there are musical innovations here that would take another 15 years to reappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/em\u003e was a landmark release - music without precedent; the musicians uncompromising; the recordings hammeringly intense and the sound deep, radical, and rich. and it hasn't aged. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"This Heat Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56937587900747,"sku":"R4918-3490","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50389200011595,"sku":"267239","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_9501f4e9-f6df-4843-bc49-7f435a9dd989.jpg?v=1768556764"},{"product_id":"live-80-81","title":"Live 80 - 81","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst time ever on vinyl. In many ways, the nuanced sound worlds created in the studio by This Heat are tailor made for sedentary headphone listening. But pulling off such complicated, genre defying compositions live was surely something to witness. Until now, there was no real official document of the group’s live performances. Compiled by Charles Hayward and Charles Bullen from rough cassette tape recordings of European gigs in Tilburg, Nijmegen, Ärhus, Apeldoorn, Vienna and Rheims between April 1980 and June 1981, Live 80-81 is an essential document of This Heat’s powerful live performances. Following Modern Classics Recordings’ 2016 reissue campaign to mark the band’s 40th anniversary, these new releases Made Available, Repeat \/ Metal and Live 80 – 81 round out the story. Each release is sanctioned by surviving members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward and features newly remastered audio sourced from original tapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50471539278155,"sku":"1036217","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471539441995,"sku":"1046005","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7d7847b0-2e11-4ed2-bf4c-7b3de02ce5a2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727406714"},{"product_id":"repeat-metal","title":"Repeat \/ Metal","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst time ever on vinyl. Recorded from 1979 – 1980 \u003ci\u003eRepeat \/ Metal\u003c\/i\u003e is essentially This Heat’s third proper album, although it was released posthumously in 1993. Arguably their most radical work, \u003ci\u003eRepeat \/ Metal\u003c\/i\u003e features side-length tape experiments ranging from the dubby drum loops of \u003ci\u003eRepeat\u003c\/i\u003e, a 20 minute edit \/ reworking of their landmark piece \u003ci\u003e24 Track Loop\u003c\/i\u003e, to the gamelan-inspired sounds of \u003ci\u003eMetal,\u003c\/i\u003e an electro-acoustic work recorded outside of their studio, Cold Storage, and helmed by member Gareth Williams. Following Modern Classics Recordings’ 2016 reissue campaign to mark the band’s 40th anniversary, these new releases \u003ci\u003eMade Available, Repeat \/ Metal and Live 80 – 81\u003c\/i\u003e round out the story. Each release is sanctioned by surviving members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward and features newly remastered audio sourced from original tapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471539867979,"sku":"1036216","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/84e2cde0-74b1-4424-9627-c047d3019a8b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727406733"},{"product_id":"made-available","title":"Made Available","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficially sanctioned by original members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward. Remastered from the original analog tapes. First time on vinyl in 20 years. Given the difficult, abrasive, and involved nature of their furiously forward-thinking sound, This Heat never found anything approaching mainstream success, but patronage by the influential Radio 1 DJ John Peel meant they reached a national audience – whether that audience was ready for them or not. \u003ci\u003eMade Available\u003c\/i\u003e collects This Heat’s two Peel Sessions, recorded for BBC Radio 1 in April and October of 1977 and features essential songs that would later appear on their debut album, \u003ci\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) and the follow-up, \u003ci\u003eDeceit \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), as well as electro-acoustic works unique to these sessions. These are the earliest public recordings of the band, showing even in their infancy, masterful use of live tape loops and radical song structure. 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On \u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e, This Heat (Charles Hayward, Charles Bullen, and Gareth Williams) went with a more song-oriented post-punk direction, though still utilizing the studio experimentation from their self-titled 1978 debut. The lyrics are more political, sung in Hayward's powerful growl, complementing the dynamic sounds of music tearing apart as it's being made. An absolute classic and available again as a stand alone release rather than as part of the box set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rer Megacorp","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50489120325963,"sku":"274991","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_a91e95d4-9bb3-4ec0-a197-1a48330754bc.jpg?v=1768556581"},{"product_id":"health-and-efficiency-1","title":"Health and Efficiency","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Health and Efficiency' was originally released in 1981 as a 12\" EP, it foreshadowed the more rock-oriented sound of \u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e (1981), the band's second and final album. Taking its name from the long running UK naturist publication this is an off kilter rocker which matches Faust's classic 'It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl' as a piece of avant bootboy stomp. The opening 2 line refrain gives way to a lumbering section driven by proto industrial rhythms, the coda being a deconstruction of the original riff which features Henry Cow's Piano played through a fuzzbox. Essential stuff, the essence of This Heat distilled into eight and a half minutes of joyous noise. The flip 'Graphic \/ Varispeed' was a total contrast, an oddly unsettling electronic drone that (as the title implied) could be played at any speed. This piece could be the birth of illbient; although slow and apparently tranquil, it's an oddly unsettling noise that mutates abruptly from time to time. This is a side of this heat that was rarely in evidence during their lifetime, but which can be sampled further on the excellent album \u003cem\u003eRepeat\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rer Megacorp","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50521868403019,"sku":"274992","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_e4495125-decf-4c1b-9172-251d78219e03.jpg?v=1768557310"},{"product_id":"out-of-cold-storage","title":"Out Of Cold Storage","description":"\u003cp\u003eContains everything ever released by the band. This Heat: Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams emerged as a band in early 1976 on the leading edge of what became the New Wave. But they were always apart, more scary and more subtle. Known as the most left-field, and at the same time most hard-edged, band in the country, their concerts attracted experimental, Punk and New Wave audiences alike. In short, This Heat was a landmark band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 CD Box Set including the band's entire discography, giant full color booklet and extensive liner notes not available anywhere else, all in a sturdy and beautifully printed box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rer Megacorp","offers":[{"title":"6CD","offer_id":56304249536843,"sku":"R2506-4083","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Outlook-kxabpfs2.jpg?v=1768561803"},{"product_id":"made-available-john-peel-sessions","title":"Made Available - John Peel Sessions","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiven the difficult, abrasive, and involved nature of their furiously forward-thinking sound, This Heat never found anything approaching mainstream success, but patronage by the influential Radio 1 DJ John Peel meant they reached a national audience – whether that audience was ready for them or not. \u003ci\u003eMade Available\u003c\/i\u003e collects This Heat’s two Peel Sessions, recorded for BBC Radio 1 in April and October of 1977 and features essential songs that would later appear on their debut album, \u003ci\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) and the follow-up, \u003ci\u003eDeceit \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), as well as electro-acoustic works unique to these sessions. 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