{"id":4663,"date":"2018-08-07T03:03:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T03:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2024-02-14T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:01:34","slug":"a-primary-industry-mostly-full-discography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/a-primary-industry-mostly-full-discography\/","title":{"rendered":"A Primary Industry- (Mostly Full) Discography"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Got an email request for the early material of A Primary Industry, an incredibly underrated UK band who walked a fine line between the avant ghetto of SPK, 23 Skidoo, and A Certain Ratio and the ethereal textures of Cocteau Twins and Operating Theatre. While their lone LP Ultramarine<\/em> was released in 1986, there are quite a few tracks that point heavily towards the shoegaze genre that was barely a glimmer across a pedalboard at the time.<\/p>\n

That all said, A Primary Industry released most of their material on Sweatbox, an excellent label also responsible for the like-minded In the Nursery during their earlier and more experimental phase. The label also released a handful of Meat Beat Manifesto records, so you get an idea of some of the wildly oscillating moods and textures that can be found across all three bands. Otherwise, once A Primary Industry ran its course, the band morphed into Ultramarine (sharing the name with API’s lone LP), who released a series of more electronic\/downtempo records in the 90s, and one in 2013.\u00a0While Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond stayed on board for both projects, vocalist\u00a0Jemma Mellerio left after Ultramarine’s first LP,\u00a0Folk<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A Primary Industry’s\u00a0work has been shared before, but at low bitrates that have since been scrubbed from the internet blogosphere. As their work is some of my very favorite, it was due time to dust off my copies of these records and share them across the board. Thanks also to Jeffo! for supplying a great rip of the band’s first 7”. I’ve uploaded the band’s four main singles and excellent LP from fresh rips, but have also included a handful of compilation tracks. I can’t take credit in any way for the lower bitrate comp rips, with the exception of the exclusive track from Bark<\/em>, an excellent compilation from the Sweatbox label that also features The Anti Group, Perennial Divide, Meat Beat Manifesto, and In the Nursery. Just wanted to include\u00a0the other<\/strong> comp tracks (minus Life at the Top<\/em>, as the version of “Perversion” is identical to the 7” b-side, as is the mix of “Heart of Glass” from Bark<\/em>) to complete the discography, more or less.<\/p>\n

That said, if anyone has the elusive Real Time 6<\/em> compilation (or the exclusive track “Under Western Eyes”) I’d love to hear it, as that’s all we’re really missing here… Otherwise, enjoy!<\/p>\n

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A Primary Industry-\u00a0At Gunpoint<\/em> 7” (1984)
\n1. At Gunpoint
\n2. Perversion<\/p>\n

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Various Artists- Heures Sans Soleil<\/em> LP (1985)
\n11. From This Prospect<\/p>\n

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A Primary Industry-\u00a07 Hertz <\/em>12” (1986)
\n1. Cicatrice
\n2. Obeah
\n3. Biting Back
\n4. Bled Dry<\/p>\n

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A Primary Industry-\u00a0Ultramarine<\/em> (1986)
\n1. Body Blow
\n2. Beacon Hill
\n3. Shear
\n4. Sans Orange
\n5. Cicatrice
\n6. Watchword Weal
\n7. Gush
\n8. Raw Umber
\n9. Silesia
\n10. Rose Madder<\/p>\n

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Various Artists- Suck (A Soundtrack For Everyday Living)<\/em> LP (1986)
\n5. Rose Madder (Edit)<\/p>\n

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Various Artists-\u00a0Abstract Magazine Issue 6 – Audio Visual\u00a0<\/em>LP (1986)
\n10. They’re Biting<\/p>\n

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A Primary Industry-\u00a0Heart of Glass<\/em> 7”\u00a0(1987)
\n1. Heart of Glass
\n2. Where Is Your Vortex<\/p>\n

A Primary Industry-\u00a0Heart of Glass<\/em>\u00a012” (1987)
\n1. Heart of Glass A
\n2. Heart of Glass B<\/p>\n

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Various Artists- Vinile No. 1<\/em> 7” (1987)
\n5. Fokker Bomb-Shit<\/p>\n

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Various Artists-\u00a0Perdurabo<\/em> LP (1987)
\n1. Watchword Weal (Remix)<\/p>\n

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Various Artists-\u00a0Bark<\/em> LP (1988)
\n9. Merde Alors<\/p>\n

*download\u00a0everything here<\/a>*<\/p>\n

When’s the last time we had a video here?! With that in mind, there’s a video for “Cicatrice” (the first track of theirs I heard, and the winner among winners). Enjoy!<\/p>\n