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Tony Reed’s Constance Tomb to Release MCMLXXXVIII LP

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 30th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

The human productivity machine known as Tony ReedMos Generator, Big Scenic Nowhere, all your vinyl mastering, etc. — offered up Constance Tomb‘s MCMLXXXVIII in April for those who might take it on, showcasing influences in gothic rock that would probably be a surprise to a decent portion of his fanbase. The songs were written, indeed, in 1988, when Reed was 19 years old, and recorded this past March and April, as apparently the dude lining up multiple Mos Generator releases and an acoustic solo record for 2020 had a few spare minutes to work with, and the result is a present reconciliation with past that is both distinctly Reed‘s own and still outside the scope of what he’s best known for, which at this point is of course heavy rock and roll.

Not every artist would be so bold as to look back in this way, so it seems all the more fitting that DHU will release the album on vinyl. Good. Now Reed can go write a new album for the project.

The PR wire has details:

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New signing to DHU Records: Constance Tomb

DHU Records is honored to announce the signing of Mastermind, multi instrumentalist, producer and all out awesome individual, Mr. Tony Reed’s personal project Constance Tomb!

As many of you know Tony Reed is responsible for most of the vinyl masters of the DHU catalogue, not to mention many, many other labels he’s mastered for. So when asked by the man himself he wanted to release something with DHU Records this was, of course, more than a privilege!

Constance Tomb’s debut album entitled MCMLXXXVIII (1988) will be released this Fall on Limited Edition vinyl including Test Press, DHU Exclusive and Band Editions

More details and info coming soon…

STAY DOOMED STAY HEAVY

BIO

I wrote and recorded somewhere around thirty songs in 1988 (my 19th year). A large percentage of them were heavily influenced by the gothic movement of the early 80s. Bands like Bauhaus, Christian Death, Tones On Tail, Mighty Sphincter, Death Cult & Samhain were obvious inspirations during this time in my life.

In 1988 I was making music with a band called Twelve Thirty Dreamtime and in that year alone I worked with three different rhythm sections. All of the songs I wrote that year were captured on tape but the recordings were done on the most primitive equipment in the bedrooms and basements of people that would let us make noise in their space. At that point I was doing 2 track tape to tape overdubbing and after a few passes the tape hiss would be almost unbearable.

When I listen back to the old recordings sometimes I think those limitations are cool and add to the eerie quality of the music but over the last 32 years I’ve also wanted to hear what the songs would have sounded like done in a proper recording studio. I did my best to NOT overplay or add too many additional ideas beyond the original versions. When I would start to add extra layers to some of the tracks I almost always scrapped the idea soon after.

This collection is what I consider to be the ten best songs of that era recorded the way I heard it in my head all those years ago.

Constance Tomb ~ MCMLXXXVIII

Side A:
A1. Spiritual Stairway
A2. Amokt
A3. The Doomsday Subliminalist
A4. Crawl
A5. Neurosleep

Side B:
B1. The Last Picture Show
B2. Orthodox Seduction
B3. Big Brother Doom
B4. Poison Perfomances
B5. Blood Red Eternity

All songs written by Tony Reed in 1988.
Recorded at HeavyHead Recording Co. March / April 2020.
All sonic manipulations, instruments and vocals by Reed.
Mastered for vinyl by Tony Reed at HeavyHead Recording Company

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Constance Tomb, MCMLXXXVIII (2020)

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