{"product_id":"outer-himmilayan-presents","title":"Outer Himmilayan Presents","description":"\u003cp\u003eDark Entries and Sacred Bones team up to release the early discography of UK synth-punk and Deathrock label Outer Himmalayan Records. Between 1979 and 1982, Nick Blinko and Martin Cooper’s Outer Himmalayan Records released 7-inches by three short-lived bands – The Magits, Soft Drinks, and S-Haters – who would nonetheless cast a massive shadow on the UK’s burgeoning post-punk \/ anarcho punk scene. Outer Himmalayan Presents collects all of the music found on those original records, along with rare and unreleased tracks by all three bands. It’s a snapshot of a period of frenzied creativity by some of the UK’s most thrilling experimental punks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Blinko went on to found the essential anarcho band Rudimentary Peni, whose storied body of work also appeared on Outer Himmalayan, he and label co-founder Cooper were The Magits. The lone release by the minimal synth-and-vocals duo, Fully Coherent, was the inaugural release on Outer Himmalayan — and, in fact, Blinko and Cooper’s impetus for starting the label. The four tracks on \u003ci\u003eFully Coherent\u003c\/i\u003e are short, sharp bursts, comprising a total of four minutes. Here, they’re presented alongside the five-and-a-half minute \u003ci\u003eA Pawn in the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, a song that sees Blinko and Cooper get truly weird with the extra space the longer runtime afforded them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next release on Outer Himmalayan was S-Haters’ \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Vampire\u003c\/i\u003e 7\", which the quartet quickly followed with Stories as Cold as the Irish Sea. The band was recognizably a deathrock act, their gothic punk in the same lineage as Joy Division and PIL’s \u003ci\u003eMetal Box\u003c\/i\u003e, but it showed the same sonic adventurousness that characterized the rest of Outer Himalayan’s output. \u003ci\u003e1980\u003c\/i\u003e, an oddity taken from the rare \u003ci\u003eAnother Bouquet on the Grave of Free Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e cassette comp, shows the most experimental flourish, with dueling male\/female vocals and a prominent acoustic guitar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final Outer Himmalayan release before it became strictly a Rudimentary Peni label was Soft Drinks’ \u003ci\u003ePopstars in Their Pyjamas\u003c\/i\u003e 7\". \u003ci\u003ePopstars\u003c\/i\u003e ended up being the tongue-in-cheek synth-punk trio’s only release before their breakup, though they would also record \u003ci\u003eDangers of Drink\u003c\/i\u003e, for the \u003ci\u003eBouquet of Barbed Wire\u003c\/i\u003e comp and included here, as well as the one-off track \u003ci\u003eMisconception\u003c\/i\u003e, previously unreleased but now available exclusively on Outer Himmalayan Presents. All songs have been mastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Cover artwork features a collage by Eloise Leigh and each copy includes a 20-page zine featuring liner notes and ephemera associated with the original pressings plus never before seen photos. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Entries","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50450302435659,"sku":"1033442","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/dca2a385-68e0-454c-bb3f-09c8006f92e0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727110486","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/outer-himmilayan-presents","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}