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LTM are pleased to present remastered reissues from Factory dance trailblazers Quando Quango, the seminal 80's electro combo featuring Hillegonda Rietveld, Mike Pickering and Simon Topping. To read full band biography click here. To purchase CDs click here.


PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS (LTMCD 2360) £10
Formed in 1981 in Rotterdam, Mike and Hillegonda relocated to Manchester in 1982 and went on to release four cult singles and an album for Factory Records. As well as the full 1985 album (Fact 110), the extended CD version includes the singles Love Tempo, Atom Rock, Go Exciting and Genius - the latter welcomed again in 2000 After appearing on Andrew Weatherall's celebrated 9 O'Clock Drop compilation. Pigs and Battleships was mixed in New York by legendary house producer Mark Kamins, who also helmed the mixes of Love Tempo and Atom Rock included as bonus tracks. Full tracklist: Genius, Go Exciting, Happy Boy, Rebel, This Feeling, S.T., 40 Dreams, Low Rider, Love Tempo (Kamins Remix), Atom Rock (Kamins Remix), Triangle, Tingle, Go Exciting (original version).

Reviews: "In retrospect they make perfect sense. Genius sounds like Kraftwerk attending New York's Puerto Rican day, while Love Tempo is quirky, shouty dance perfection" (Q Magazine, 1/04); "From the frisky tricks and busy mischief of the opening Genius and Go Exciting through the Brazilian danger man theme on S.T., the lovers-rock bubblegum of This Feeling and the closing cover of War's Low Rider, Quando are consistently surprising and persuasive. A happy record" (NME, 1985); "They got their formula right all along, and the album remains a treat for head, heart and feet. P&B covers a variety of bases successfully, taking in 80s style club moves, smouldering sambas with gorgeous jazzy piano and nudges into updates of that classic 70s Jamaican reggae vibe. Very attractive indeed, people" (Whisperin' & Hollerin', 11/03); "A time-stamped snapshot of ambitious artists trying to re-make countless styles, from salsa to funk to Afropop" (eMusic, 09/06); "Stand-out track Love Tempo reaches away from the East Coast and toward continental Europe, with almost Italo disco arpeggios, beats that recall the malleable percussive ticks of minimal House, and a fat, chorused bassline" (The Wire, 01/08)


LOVE TEMPO / GENIUS / ATOM ROCK (LTMS12-2370) £5
Limited edition vinyl only 12" single featuring the Mark Kamins remix of Love Tempo, the rare spacey Kamins dub mix of Atom Rock, and the Latino party classic Genius. Attention DJs - buy this and beat the bootlegs!


COOL AS ICE: BE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS (LTMCD 2377) £10 / £12 (2xLP)
The original UK mixes of Love Tempo (1983) and Atom Rock (1984) appear on the LTM compilation Cool As Ice: The Be Music Productions. Available on CD and double vinyl. Click here for further details


TWICE AS NICE: BE MUSIC PRODUCTIONS 2 (LTMCD 2398) £10
The 400 Blows remix of Low Rider and the rare Genius (Pt 2) also appear on this companion volume to Cool As Ice. Click here for further details.


UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN LTMDVD 2400 £12
Quando Quango perform Go Exciting (live) on this definitive two hour compilation DVD, which also features rare archive clips from Antena, A Certain Ratio, Josef K, Cabaret Voltaire, Marine, Section 25, The Names, Durutti Column, New Order, Crispy Ambulance, Minny Pops, Malaria!, Berntholer, Tuxedomoon, Thick Pigeon, Paul Haig, Kalima, Stockholm Monsters, Quando Quango and Swamp Children. For more details of this DVD click here.

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