24 Track Loop

This Heat : 24 Track Loop

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In September of 1979, the British experimental art rock band This Heat released their self-titled debut, 47 minutes of uncategorizable white noise, tape loops and overdubs. "Though insolent and withdrawn, the music is adventurous and, in its own peculiar way, engrossing," says Trouser Press. This Heat , formed during the punk era, is made up of veterans of the progressive rock scene, including Charles Hayward of Gong (and Phil Manzanera's Quiet Sun) along with Charles Bullen and Gareth Williams.

 Ranked as the #9 album of the year by the online collaborative metadata database Rate Your Music, it has its supporters like Silly_Puppy who writes "THIS HEAT provided a blueprint for noise rock bands such as Sonic Youth as well as a prototype framework for what would become post-rock via the likes of Glenn Branca and ultimately to the explosion of the style that Talk Talk would nurture into the 90s. " Members of Animal Collective and Caribou have both cited the band as an influence.