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Ballon d’Essai – Grow Up
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Artist……………: Ballon d’Essai
Album…………….: Grow Up
Genre…………….: Rock
Source……………: NMR
Year……………..: 1983
Ripper……………: NMR
Codec…………….: LAME 3.97
Version…………..: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality…………..: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 215kbps)
Channels………….: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags……………..: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Ripped by…………: NMR
Posted by…………: water on 5/3/2012
Included………….: NFO
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:03:22) Ballon d’Essai – Isolation
2. (00:03:20) Ballon d’Essai – False Projections
3. (00:03:39) Ballon d’Essai – Simon Sez
4. (00:02:07) Ballon d’Essai – Santabanana
5. (00:03:06) Ballon d’Essai – Artificial Romance
6. (00:02:48) Ballon d’Essai – Armchair Tourist
7. (00:03:56) Ballon d’Essai – Why
Playing Time………: 00:22:17
Total Size………..: 34.92 MB
NFO generated on…..: 5/2/2012 5:55:44 PM
Collage name # torrents
Flying Nun Records 33
EP info
“In the early ’80s, Christchurch had a diverse and vibrant post-punk music scene. Graphic design art-rockers Ballon d’Essai were one of Flying Nun Records’ first signings and creators of the acclaimed ‘Ballon d’Comic’. Formed early Feb 1981, the band played its debut gig at the Ilam University Ballroom a week later alongside the Newtones, the Playthings and the Solitudes. Musically inept at first and initially influenced by PiL, Toy Love, the Gordons, and the Features, they started life with two bassists (lead and rhythm) and recorded their eponymous first EP later that year while still at high school. A second EP – ‘Ballon d’Essai Grow Up’ – came out in 1983 and showed a developing musicianship. Around this time, the strictly dual bass approach was dropped to include more songs with two guitars. Liquidity problems at Flying Nun meant that a third EP – for which these songs were intended – remained in the label’s vaults until Failsafe Records released them as ‘Ballon d’Essai R.I.P.’ in 1986. Fronted by the self-admittedly disturbed Mark Rastrick, their live performances were a blend of the kitsch, the theatrical and the macabre. Known for stunningly surreal posters and 3 issues of the brilliantly tasteless ‘Ballon d’Comic’, band members were often as visually creative as they were musically. Despite not being released on record, an animated video for ‘Crash’ directed by Varina Sydow was screened on Radio With Pictures in 1984, shortly after the band broke up.” -bio