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Mar 21, 2017 · It is now thirty years since the first, Drum, was released, but there exists renewed optimism that the pair might be reissued later this year. The band’s line up of two bass guitars (Sommer and Adam Peacock), electric violin (Hahn Rowe) and singer (Mimi Goese) raised eyebrows at the time.
The EP was reissued in 1988 as a full album with additional material on Brian Eno's label, Opal Records. Their second album, Mettle , was released in 1989, first on Opal, then on All Saints Records (and on Land Records in the United Kingdom).
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1988—Opal Records/Warner—9 25768-2; reissued 1999 by Thirsty Ear Availability: Wide Ecto priority: Recommended Group members: Mimi Goese, Adam Peacock, Hahn Rowe, Tim Sommer Guest artists: Michael Stipe Produced by: Hugo Largo (4 tracks co-produced with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.) Comments: I think Drum is a perfect album. It's so short that I ...
"The Third Album" (Hahn Rowe claims that it's "most likely a live performance board tape from one of the last Hugo Largo shows at the original Knitting Facto...
Dec 29, 2020 · I was so proud of Hugo Largo and that sound… – Tim Sommer. Footnotes : The Guardian included ‘Drum’ in a list of ‘1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die’ in 2007. It was released in the United Kingdom by Brian Eno’s Land Records in 1988 and reissued by All Saints Records, with completely different artwork (by Martin Andersen), in 2005.
Brian Eno 's label, Opal, picked up Hugo Largo for their second album, and on one hand the songs are closer to pop (or a weird art-school version thereof), yet on the other, the skill and emotional range of the band has broadened considerably. The menace of "Hot Day" abuts the beauty of "Jungle Jim" and the playfulness of "Turtle Song" (the one ...
In 1988, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe produced Hugo Largo's debut EP, Drum; fleshed out with additional new material, it was reissued on Brian Eno's fledgling Opal label a year later. After 1989's less experimental Mettle, the group disbanded; Sommer later became an executive at Atlantic Records, and Goese's long-planned solo debut, recorded with ...
