The 1986 Listening Post - Chrome - Dreaming in Sequence

Chrome - Dreaming in Sequence

#278/1403

July 1 1986

Chrome

Dreaming in Sequence

Genre: New Wave

1.75 out of 5

The surprise to me of Damon Edge’s album the previous year was how much I liked it. 

Not this time. I’d rather go back and listen to Suicide records. (Well, who wouldn’t?)

It’s ugly, this thing. Taking the worst instincts of Bowie and Neu and Numan and distilling into this garbage collection is what they’ve done here. 

I know what they are trying to do. Trouble is the record seems more obsessed with the idea of doing this music rather than actually coming from an honest place of craft. 

Next. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/dreaming-in-sequence/729271606

The 1985 Listening Post - Damon Edge - Alliance

Damon Edge - Alliance

#256/890

July 1 1985

Damon Edge

Alliance

Genre: electro

4.25 out of 5

Highlights:

Coming at La Mer to a World Left Behind

This is, basically, a Chrome album. It’s like Kraftwerk only more human. 

Pick a rhythm, play for 5 minutes, add music bed + vocals. 

But it’s ominous and driving and dank. It’s the soundtrack of a post-apocalypse 16mm film. It’s NY lower east side. 

I dig it. I wish Gary Numan has headed in this direction. And I also wish Edge got the credit he deserves. It’s obvious Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor owned this record and others by Edge and Chrome. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/alliance/818968134