{"id":5157,"date":"2022-07-25T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=5157"},"modified":"2024-02-14T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:14:43","slug":"front-and-fantasy-treatment-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/front-and-fantasy-treatment-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Front and Fantasy – Treatment 12”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a minute since we’ve had a post here – sorry about that, folks. Been a rough few months here. It’s ALSO been a minute since we’ve had a true dark synth\/wave classic featured on these pages, so with that in mind, let’s highlight this lone 12” by Front and Fantasy, a Danish duo featuring a pair of Martins: Martin Krogh and the ever-prolific Martin Hall. This 12” is the only release by the duo, dropping in 1985, the same year Hall himself released his first non-cassette solo recording, the equally excellent\u00a0Relief<\/em>. Martin Krogh<\/a> was in a handful of goth\/post-punk bands, many of which only had a handful of tracks, and sadly, he passed away in 1987.<\/p>\n

For those uninitiated, Hall and his many collaborators certainly had a knack for\u00a0creating\u00a0some of the most arrestingly powerful darkwave records, many of which could have been heard on a weekly basis at NYC’s Wierd party (and elsewhere across the globe, I’m sure). Tracks like SS-Say’s “Care<\/a>,” Ballet M\u00e9canique’s “Lied<\/a>,” and Under For’s “Free-Force Structure<\/a>” were staples in my own personal DJ sets, and it’s easy to\u00a0decree the A-side from this 12” in as an instant classic in the same vein, from the moment the stabbing synth bass lines take hold. I can almost taste the fog now, as those warm synth pads kick in, while\u00a0Hall’s deep croon cuts through\u00a0the pulsing electronics.<\/p>\n

The B-side is an interestingly deconstructed mix of the track- focusing primarily on the isolated vocals and empty spaces, with a distant beat and the otherwise minimal guitar line driving the second half of the piece. It’s a curious addition, worth a listen or two. Come for the icy dance floor smash, stay for the more experimental dub mix.<\/p>\n

Enjoy! More posts to come soon!<\/p>\n

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Front and Fantasy-\u00a0Treatment<\/em> 12”
\n1. Treatment
\n2. Re-Treat<\/p>\n

*download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a minute since we’ve had a post here – sorry about that, folks. Been a rough few months here. It’s ALSO been a minute since we’ve had a true dark synth\/wave classic featured on these pages, so with that in mind, let’s highlight this lone 12” by Front and Fantasy, a Danish duo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,109,945,185,944,167,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-109","category-danish","category-darkwave","category-martin-hall","category-minimal-synth","category-new-wave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5157"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5383,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5157\/revisions\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}