{"product_id":"same-beat","title":"Same Beat","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes Disques du Crepuscule presents a unique anthology by artful Brussels postpunk-funk band \u003cstrong\u003eMarine\u003c\/strong\u003e, fondly remembered for their dazzling debut single ‘\u003cem\u003eLife In Reverse\u003c\/em\u003e’ in 1981, and now back with a clutch of brand new studio tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormed in late 1980 around charismatic frontman Marc Desmare together with musicians from infamous punk band Mad Virgins, \u003cstrong\u003eMarine\u003c\/strong\u003e made an early splash supporting Orange Juice and Josef K at the legendary Plan K venue. Postcard Records afterwards keeping tabs on the Sound of Young Brussels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSnapped up instead by chic boutique label Les Disques du Crepuscule, \u003cstrong\u003eMarine\u003c\/strong\u003e released their infectious debut single ‘\u003cem\u003eLife In Reverse\u003c\/em\u003e’ in April 1981, attracting rave reviews in the Belgian and UK press, reaching the giddy heights of #6 on the NME indie chart, and even being invited to record a radio session for John Peel - a world first for a Belgian band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoon favourable comparisons were being drawn with The Pop Group, A Certain Ratio, Defunkt, James White and Fire Engines, some pundits even sensing a new Haircut 100. ‘We’re not a fashion band,’ insisted Marc in UK rock weekly Sounds, ‘and it’s not really dance music. But all the same I’m glad people dance to it.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlas, artistic differences caused the fast-rising group to part ways in a London studio, when half the band quit to form pop-funk sophisticates Allez Allez. With new Marines on board, Marc and bassist Paul Delnoy went on to release two further singles (‘How to Keep Cool’ and ‘Same Beat’), gigged extensively around France and the Low Countries, and played a headline show at The Venue in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fine, disciplined and gleeful rhythm workers,’ enthused Chris Bohn in NME. ‘A happy, contagiously clean aural equivalent to a Serge Clerc cartoon.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlas by the summer of 1982 \u003cstrong\u003eMarine\u003c\/strong\u003e were all washed up, with Marc going on direct films and documentaries as Marco Laguna. Four decades later, finally heeding desperate pleas from Crepuscule that his sensational first band never cut an album, Marc has written and recorded another 6 remarkably authentic sounding \u003cstrong\u003eMarine\u003c\/strong\u003e songs with help from like-minded friends in Brussels and Paris, once more drawing on a heady mix of supercool funkabilly, jazz and soundtrack influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘It was an incredibly strange experience to revisit my past,’ says Marc, ‘but definitely fun. I’m glad, and I’m proud!’ The cover art is by LDDC art director Benoit Hennebert and based on the ‘Same Beat’ single sleeve from 1982. All tracks are newly remastered in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Disques Du Crepuscule","offers":[{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50456977146187,"sku":"2168195","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456975180107,"sku":"2168194","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/twi043_6b167f67_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727202099","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/same-beat","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}