Cover art by Gustavo Eandi in collaboration with Veronica Vasicka
Issued in April 1970—a full 13 months before Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On—Is It Because I’m Black can rightly be called the first black concept album
It was originally released in August 1997 by Space Age Recordings and has long been out of print on vinyl
Neither/Nor
Though he began performing in the 1970s
Broadcast - Microtronics - Volumes 1 & 2 antibalas Cover art by Gustavo EandiHailing from Birmingham, Broadcast, formed of [a=Trish Keenan] (vocals), [a=Roj Stevens] (keyboards), [a=James Cargill] (bass), [a=Tim Felton] (guitar) and [a=Steve Perkins (2)] (drums), first appeared on [l=Wurlitzer Jukebox] back in 1996 with their first EP, Accidentals. Within a year, they had released two more EPs on [l=Duophonic], collected on Work & Non Work, released on Warp, in 1997. It would take nearly three years for Echos Answer, their