Phew – Phew [LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield " --Alan Cummings

" --Alan Cummings

You’ll be whistling and humming along on first listen

instead the synth dissections and tape treatments more closely reference early electronic music

and eventually David Diaz joined in on some of the recordings and live shows adding to the collective ‘whatever works’ ethos of April Magazine

and this volume is perhaps the most engrossing exposition of that unique ability

Phew – Phew [LP] Avant-Garde / Leftfield " --Alan Cummings"Undoubtedly this album is one of the important discs of Japanese new wave and German krautrock history. Phew is Japanese female vocalist who is well known as a member of legendary punk band ""Aunt Sally"". She has been active in a wide range of projects and collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Seiichi Yamamoto, DAF, and Neubauten etc. This was originally released in 1981 as her solo debut album, made in legendary Conny's Studio with Conny Plank,