Cut From Inside

Formed in Sheffield by guitarist/tape manipulator Ron Wright, Hula furrowed a techno-industrial-multi-media path unmistakably influenced by Cabaret Voltaire (whose Stephen Mallinder produced their first 12” single Black Pop Workout), yet fused with their own esoteric impulses into a unique strain of future-shock rock. Hula undercut its cluttered rhythms and flanged, ranting vocals with seriously funky bass and a disorienting melodic undertow; the media-overload of their live shows (employing at least a dozen film projectors) combined with the pulverizing music to build a mind-fuck of epic proportions. Throughout their career, Hula released its best work as singles, keeping its albums more deliberately experimental.

Cut From Inside and Murmur veer between funk, tribal, jazz-ish territory and noise; although the band's fascination with media sometimes led it down aural blind alleys of tape-loops and grating noise, the hypno-ambient grooves of "Mother Courage" is both timely and prescient.

Ripped from the 1983 vinyl to mind-bending MP3 @ 320kbps

Hula; Cut From Inside

A1.  Flesh Metal

A2.  Mother Courage

A3.  Church Juice

A4.  Murder In The Clean States

B1.  Release The Grip

B2.  Dirt Talk

B3.  Stretch The Attitude

B4.  Subliminal

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