Released 1989 (1989) Length 56:08 Release date 1989 Label Spiral Scratch | Recorded 1989 Artist The Necks Songs Sex Genre Musical improvisation | |
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Similar Hanging Gardens, Piano Bass Drums, Open, Next, Aether | ||
Sex is the debut album of improvised music trio, The Necks, originally released on the Spiral Scratch label and later rereleased on Fish of Milk and Private Music in the US. The album features a single track of just under an hour in length performed by Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck improvising over a two-bar motif. On this album the band overdubbed the instrumentation of piano, bass and drums in a dual take creating a "hypnotic repetitive piece".
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The album is also an early example of the CD format being used to expand the length of recorded performances with one reviewer noting that "time limitations and format restrictions of cassettes, vinyl, and the obtuse eight-track would have meant that their work could only be experienced live". It was reissued on Fish of Milk; released on Private Music/BMG in the US).
Excerpts from Sex have been used as the theme music on Dan Bodah's Airborne Event show on the WFMU freeform radio station.