Operating Theatre

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Operating TheatreMiss Mauger, released 02 September 20191. Gloss & Eggshell2. Elation After Hours3. No Come4. Syllable5. Dragon Path6. The Confectioners7. Miss Mauger8. Austrian9. Positive Disintegration10. Blue Light & Alpha Waves11. Rampwalk12. Sir GeoffreyA lost gem from 1983 'Miss Mauger' is the debut LP of Operating Theatre, a little known proto synth-pop act and experimental theatre group led by avant garde composer Roger Doyle.Featuring the vocals of future Hollywood actress Olwen Fouéré alongside pulsing synths, brass, a vocoder and the electro acoustic production talents of Doyle himself, it's the first time a Fairlight sampler was used in an Irish studio setting and gives a prescient but alternative take on the new wave sound that came to dominate the charts soon after.Not quite pop nor full-blown electronica, the 'Miss Mauger' album is a rare creature in the pantheon of Irish experimental music, largely ignored and misunderstood when it was first released, it's now getting the full reissue treatment it deserves – with two extra tracks thrown in for good measure. 'Austrian', which was originally release as an A-side by CBS records in 1981 and 'Sir Geoffrey', another recording from that era.The next release after Operating Theatre's short stint on U2's embroyinic Mother records ended was the double CD Operating Theatre - The Early Years, released in collaboration with the Dublin Electronic Arts festival in 2006, and now re-packaged and re-released here. As a theatre company they continued producing experimental work until 2006. Doyle, the musical maverick at the heart of the act, continues to produce to this day and has released 30 albums Fouéré, who provided the vocals and a theatric element to the group (an almost essential part of any early 80s synth act) went on to a successful movie career that has recently seen her appear in major box office productions like Mandy and Fantastic Beasts.This album is a heady snapshot of some early pop explorations by one of the great modern composers and a rare insight into an underground new wave sound that was bubbling up through the Irish capital during the late 70s and early 80s.Cut from the same DIY or almost post punk cloth as our recent reissues of Stano and Michael O'Shea, this is another example of a maverick artist producing largely instrumental work far removed from the mainstream pop industry or what little of it existed in the country at the time. Defiant outsiders following their own distinct paths but Doyle's work especially acts as a precursor to the new wave and synth inspired movement that's starting to gain traction around him.Ships with extended liner notes.

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