Bad Medicine by Echo System
The second of a quartet of albums that Echo System recorded, originally released in 1987 on cassette and now available for the first time digitally. This experimental work was a collaboration between Jamie Haggerty and Daniel Crommie utilizing a variety of synthesizers, sequencers and a Casio sampler. Recorded on a Tascam 4-track cassette Porta-studio utilizing DBX noise reduction and remixed in the mid-1990's to digital stereo, except for "Short Wave Radio", which was remixed in 2014. Includes two tracks not on the original cassette release; "Short Wave Radio (Dub Mix) appeared on a cassette EP, and "The Reflecting Pool" was part of the New Weave label cassette compilation "Octangle".
Tracklist
| 1. | Short Wave Radio | 3:44 |
| 2. | Metropolis | 3:08 |
| 3. | Earth, Air, Fire & Bad Medicine | 5:35 |
| 4. | Tex Mex Hex | 4:49 |
| 5. | Stolen Landscape (Amazon Spirit) | 6:23 |
| 6. | Darkest December | 2:47 |
| 7. | The Reflecting Pool | 2:32 |
| 8. | Short Wave Radio (Dub Mix) | 4:37 |
Credits
Jamie Haggerty: synthesizers, sequencer, drum programming, voice.
Daniel Crommie: synthesizers, sequencer, drum programming, cheap digital sampler, voice.
Paul Parker: guitar on "Tex Mex Hex".
License
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Daniel Crommie is a progressive directed songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (mandolins, dulcimer, balalaika, recorders, flutes, synthesizers, etc.) and producer (Janie Mitchell, Kaitlyn ni Donovan, Lew Jones, Karen Searcy) who has released over three dozen solo albums, numerous albums with Group Du Jour, Echo System, Saturnalia Trio & DC Sound Collective over the last 35 years on New Weave.