Eric Random, Free Agents
Eric Random & Free Agents
FormatCDLabelKlanggalerieGenreExperimental
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The Free Agents was originally a side-project of The Tiller Boys. These were a Manchester group active from 1978 to 1979. They supported Joy Division on a few occasions. They recorded a single for Factory, which the label did not release in the end. Later, the single was released on New Hormones after the group disbanded. The Boys consisted of Eric Random, Francis Cookson and Pete Shelley.
When Free Agents was founded, an LP was released entitled £3.33 in 1980 on Groovy Records. This album later became part of a Groovy boxset issued by Drag City in 2012, comprising the three LPs officially released by the label and a previously unreleased album by Strange Men In Sheds With Spanners . It is half a recording of a live gig played as Tiller Boys to support Gang of Four at York University in 1978 and half studio recordings from Graveyars Studios, Prestwich.
In 1996 a 12" materialized credited to Free Agents and released on Fosters Ice collecting four songs. Two years later, in 1998 a 7" was released on Austrian label Syntactic with two tracks recorded in 1995 with a line-up of Eric Random, Martin Moscrop, Tony Quigley, Andy Boothman and Seema Gupta.
These songs were part of an album that should remain unreleased until today. Klanggalerie are proud to finally release the second album by this legendary band, first time ever on a physical releases.
Release notes
'Juggernaut' recorded at Spirit Studios, all other tracks at The Sound Station. 'Cyclic' and 'Future Mantra' were released as a 7" single on Syntactic in 1998. Written between 1989 - 1994. Most of the tracks have been issued before digitally on LTM in 2008. "This album is dedicated to [a236150] who it was originally recorded for after his request to release it on Rob's Records but sadly never got to see it happen."
| 1 | From The Other Side | 6:05 | |
| 2 | Future Mantra | 5:36 | |
| 3 | World Cries Out | 5:58 | |
| 4 | Elysian | 5:14 | |
| 5 | Persia Dub | 4:44 | |
| 6 | Strange Day | 5:28 | |
| 7 | Zenith | 5:59 | |
| 8 | Cyclic | 4:42 | |
| 9 | Juggernaut | 4:49 | |
| 10 | Devotee | 5:00 | |
| 11 | Juggernaut (Rap Version) | 4:56 | |
| 12 | Close Your Eyes | 5:06 |
- Eric Random
- Artwork, Producer (1 to 8, 10, 12), Synth, Electronics, Tabla, Vocals, Written-By
- Lisa Robotka
- Layout
- Martin Bowes
- Mastered By [CD]
- Andy Boothman
- Percussion, Guitar
- Simon Crompton
- Producer (9, 11)
- Tony Quigley
- Saxophone
- Country Culture
- Vocals
- Seema
- Vocals
