Their only album I owned before ATP was The White House... and I had heard 1-2 more on mp3s. I was more than amazed as well; they were definitely one of the highlights on ATP. Shame they were playing opposite of Fursaxa though, who was really great too.

they put out a split 12" this year with an australian group called Hi God People

And that split 12" with Konono No1. Wasn't that new stuff?

isn't that split with konono no1 from 2005 (or even 2004?) though?

Yes, 2005 I think. I just meant that they have been doing new(ish) stuff. If the stuff on that 12" is new.

as far as i know the split with hi-god people is new stuff, they were selling it the merch table at their london gig but i don't think it is available to buy in the shops yet

i am! i actually listened to the first half / two thirds of "the damned" - their last album if i'm not mistaken - this morning and thought again that it was excellent... but then i had to go to work...

they were indeed magnificent at ATP... i'm repeating myself, but it was perhaps the band i was the most looking forward to see and they certainly did not disappoint me...

CDs just don't last very long for me. I've had tapes last longer than some CDs.

i want to hear more by these folks. i didnt get to see all of them at atp.

is there a recording of the atp set? i really wanted to stay but tiredeness just overcame me.

i was wondering the same thing, i would love to hear that set again.

i decided not to buy the compilation, thinking it would be better to get all the proper albums i don't have instead (i believe there is no unreleased stuff or extra things on the compilation?), but since those are usually difficult to get, i might end up buying it...

another interview (no date) which mentions the new album:

http://pbsfm.org.au/Documents.asp?ID=1339&Title=DEAD+C

AO: The last Dead C recording I’ve heard was The Damned on Starlight Furniture Recording Company. Have you done any stuff since then, or is that the most recent?

BR: We have a new album which we are gonna release ourselves, which will be out in three or four months probably. The album consists of material recorded in the last 18 months. We went to Scotland last year [and] did some sessions in a little studio at the arts centre there, and that material is included in the album, plus some other stuff that’s been recorded subsequently. It sounds pretty good to us, I think it’s a pretty interesting mix of stuff. That album’s called Future Artists.

maybe that's in fact the interview that Phlegmoscope initially posted.

I've also been hoping that a recording of their ATP set exists... I only recorded the London gig myself. So if any one wants to trade that for the ATP one then let me know. I can post the London one here when it's ready if anyone's interested. I haven't even heard it though, so I don't know how it came out.

From the CD booklet it doesn't seem that there's any previously unreleased material on the compilation. So if you can trace down all their proper albums then you wouldn't need to buy it. But keep in mind that a lot of their stuff is long out of print and sometimes only released in an edition of a few hundred copies anyway.

fuck lps.
fuck the dead c

Their side of the Konono split was a total snoozefest if you ask me.
Not a huge fan, but I do love Harsh 70s Reality.

You mustn't treat yr CDs with much reverence... not that they deserve any necessarily...

indeed, and as a result my expectations for seeing them at atp were pretty low. they were a revelation though.

Upon hearing Tusk quite recently, I have decided that the accolade of best band in the world may actually belong to the Dead C

my recording from london is now (and has been for a while) up at dimeadozen. thanks again pjc. it's a bit heavy on the drums, but pretty decent still, if i may say so
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-d....php?id=130355
i'll badongo it in a minute.


but more importantly, there's also this EXCELLENT dvd :eek: from their 2002 ATP gig plus a gig in LA the following night put up by museum64:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-d....php?id=130452
go grab it!

there!
http://www.badongo.com/file/2069908


edit: so nobody recorded them at ATP then? :(