LAND OF GIANTS indie Canadian ELECTRO Synth NEW WAVE
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Description
ARTIST: LAND OF GIANTS
TITLE: CANNIBAL DOLLS / SEVEN MEN
RECORD LABEL: AV RECORDS AV0112. 12" 45RPM. Made in Canada. 1982. Original Pressing.
DESCRIPTION: Original EP small press by legendary Toronto Electro Synth dance band.
Featuring the huge talent of ANYA VARDA, vocals.
HENRYCK JESIAK, synthesizer
JOHN TUCKER, programs/synthesizer
MARC WONNACOTT, synthesizer/vocals
JEFF PACKER, percussion on SEVEN MEN
TRACKS
Side 1: Cannibal Dolls (3:30)
Side 2: Seven Men (5:04)
Photographs by the artist GEORGE WHITESIDE.
About Land of Giants
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The original press release from June 1, 1982, announcing the release of land of giants debut single Cannibal Dolls/ Seven Men opened with the line; “land of giants - three talls and a girl”. It went on; “Their combined heights are twenty four feet and one inch. From this elevation they are granted perspectives that lesser groups can only dream of.” It ended with; “Their debut single is a rarefied and effortless blend of technology, timing and great height.”
Heady stuff – but then again it was a time of style over substance. The minimalist electro pop band featured Anya Varda (vocals), Henryck Jesiak (synthesizer), John Tucker (programs and synthesizer) and Marc Wonnacott (synthesizer and back up vocals). Jeff Packer of Boys Brigade made a guest appearance providing extra percussion.
That summer, the single was a top hit in Toronto's alternative clubs and receiving regular airplay on alternative radio. That July in Germany, there was a review of the single in Guerilla Beat and that opened the door that made the single available in small numbers through Polydor Germany as an import that Christmas. In New York City the single made it on to the turntables of some of that cities hippest clubs. In September, they recorded Thing Called Love, Fountains, and I Will and a video was shot for Cannibal Dolls (unfortunately now lost). Supplies of the original pressing of the single had run out by Christmas and since the band was talking to record companies the decision was made not to press further copies. Instead the band concentrated on recording further demos. Shortly after that, rumour has it that John Peel played the single on his BBC radio show early in 1983. The next recording session early in 1983 brought a rocky Security Squad, featuring John Tucker on guitar, and an early rap fusion Fire with Fire that had John Tucker rapping alongside Anya's vocals. Music historians might find it interesting that Kenny McLean of Platinum Blond fame joins in on the backing vocals. Later in the spring of 1983, John Tucker became one of the first in Canada to own a Fairlight CMI (computer musical instrument) and land of giants started experimenting with the new technology, which resulted in Just Yet. Rusty Egan of Visage, and Midge Ure of Ultravox fame both expressed an interest in producing the album, but talks with the record companies fell through later in 1983. John Tucker's commercial music business Keen had started to blossom and he left to concentrate on that.
CONDITION:
VINYL (play- & visually graded): NEAR MINT, clean and shiny.
COVER: VG+, slight rw, clean and white and shiny.
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