Crispy Ambulance - The Plateau Phase cd that elevates them far beyond

that elevates them far beyond the faceless & the frothless into an emotional bleakness that digs under your skin

named after the Japanese liquor

Using computer-as-instrument

tropicana house

while other songs like "Transparent Lines" and "Grotesquely Born Anew" combine drum machines with real drums and percussion to create a unique melding of artificial and organic elements

Crispy Ambulance - The Plateau Phase cd that elevates them far beyondFactory Benelux presents a CD edition of The Plateau Phase, the debut album by Manchester postpunk group Crispy Ambulance, originally issued in March 1982. Recorded at Strawberry 2 with producer Chris Nagle, this acclaimed album captures a group at the peak of their creative powers. Bonus tracks include extended 12" single The Presence and Concorde Square (both produced by Martin Hannett), along with swansong single Sexus. The Factory Benelux edition