A.R.Kane return for gigs Late eighties music press faves A.R.Kane return for a series of gigs. The band who came up with the term 'Dreampop' and influenced a

Late eighties music press faves A.R.Kane return for a series of gigs. The band who came up with the term ‘Dreampop’ and influenced a clutch of bands on that scene have announced the following shows.

Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall, Wed, 11 Sept, 7:30 pm
London, The Jazz Cafe, Fri 13 Sept, 7:00 pm
Bristol, Strange Brew, Fri 20 Sept
Bristol, St Thomas The Martyr Church, Sat 21 Sept

There is digital only release to coincide with the dates.

Up Home Collected

1. Baby Milk Snatcher – Up Home EP version
2. WOGS – Up Home Ep Version
3. One Way Mirror – Up Home EP version
4. Up – Up Home EP version
5. Baby Milk Snatcher – sixty nine LP version
6. WOGS – Slowdive remix
7. Baby Milk Snatcher – Tim Reaper Jungle remix
8.  Baby Milk Snatcher – Louis Tambala broken beat remix
9. Baby Milk Snatcher – Original Up Home EP demo
10. One way Mirror – Original Up Home EP demo
11. Up – Original Up Home EP demo
12. Mirror in the Bathroom Versus Baby Milk Snatcher – RadioX session January 2024

The making of Up Home was the final fruition of the first phase of A.R. Kane – Alex and Rudy, Russel on bass and Maggie on backing vocal, with Ray producing. Our vision was clear and our ambition huge.

The LP version of BMS is the ‘radio-friendly’ version! It is a different style and hinted maybe towards the movement away from saturated noise and towards the approach we took with the ‘i’ LP.

When I conceived of the ARKive I had a short list of people and approaches I’d love to have included to do versions or remixes of some songs. After baking the two inch masters I made the stems available to a handful of interested parties and within the tight time frame I got back the three remixes featured here. The Slowdive WOGS remix has the early A.R Kane vibe but with current shoegaze and glitch production values. The Tambala mix is by my son Louis – he did his first production work on BMS back in 2015 when he performed beats for our live show – back then it wasn’t broken beat it was more dub groove with Drum and Bass thrown in for the choruses, which leads neatly into the Tim Reaper remix – I was turned on the Tim by the writer Joe Muggs – the tracks he sent blew me away, as did Tim’s treatment of BMS.

The ‘demo’ I found back in 2012, when I had it baked and transferred, waiting for the day it could be mastered and released. We were still with 4AD when it was recorded but after the falling out with 4AD over the M|A|R|R|S record, we sent it to Geoff at Rough Trade – he did not hesitate and we never looked back. Although it lacks the grandeur of the final EP, all the ingredients are there and there are some parts I prefer and other parts that never made it to the finished product that I was happy to hear again. I hope you find it interesting and a stand-alone piece, enjoyable.

During rehearsals in 2023 we loosened up by singing Mirror In the Bathroom – the Beat – over the BMS groove. It worked so well that we slipped it into the live set, segueing into BMS seamlessly. When John Kennedy from RadioX asked for us to do an interview and live session I thought this would be an ideal track to perform for his show. The versions are different enough to merit taking a place in this collection.

Notes by Rudy