The Box - Great Moments in Big Slam

 

Second album, released in 1984. 

The Box - Great Moments in Big Slam

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The Box - Muscle Mix

This here is The Box's greatest single recording! It's Richard H. Kirk's insanely dubbed-out mistreatment of  The Box's "Crow Bar" and "Low Commotion" songs from 1984. Required listening for anyone who loves this sort of thing. Fans of early 80s Northern industrial dub punk disco (which should be all of you, frankly) look no further. At the same time that Cabaret Voltaire experienced some mainstream success with the robot-funk albums "The Crackdown" and "Micro-Phonies" albums, Kirk was in top form as a producer for like-minded astronauts like Test Dept, Eric Random, Sedition, Surface Mutants, UV Pop and these guys. He slathered both songs in echo and heaviness and unleashed them as a promo-only 12" on his own Doublevision label. So good. 

The Box - Muscle Mix

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The Box - Secrets Out

 

Their debut LP from 1983. 

The Box - Secrets Out

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The Box - Muscle In

 

Non-album single from 1984, hits every possible button for both the husband and me. Post-punk heavy disco from grimy Sheffield. 

The Box - Muscle In

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The Box - Old Style Drop Down

 

Their second single from 1983. Another ripper. 

The Box - Old Style Drop Down

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The Box

 

The Box are, along with Electric Guitars and Fire Engines, one of the hardest bands to find information about via Google. When the first lineup of Clock DVA split from Adi Newton, they took on singer Peter Hope and made a whole bunch of terrific records. Imagine an industrial dub blues by some Sheffield noise weirdos who must have been listening to lots of Captain Beefheart and Hula. This is their first self-titled EP from 1983. 

The Box

The Box

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