So then, Hardcore Lives 009 has hit the virtual shelves. It’s an EP from Richie K, and as you’d expect from Hardcore Lives! Records, it’s a slice of rather dark old-skool flavoured action. Instead of a full review this time I’d like to muse on the covers, so I’ve embedded the official Flash sampler below for your audio perusal.
Musings on the cover artwork, plus super bonus rejected version after the jump!
What better excuse for another dig through the CD rips of yore?
No-one else will have a clue what I’m on about.
It’s 3:30am and here I am still resolutely typing away, so before The Lighthouse Family cause my brain to shut down permanently, a tip of the hat to those albums who’ve kept me going over the last few hours…
Ministry Presents… The Nu Breed
Ministry Presents… Dutch Trance
Ministry Presents… Welcome to Miami
DJ Flip’s Funky Summer Mix 2006
Marty M’s Funkaholicz Mix March 2007
…plus whatever else I can grab with my mouse pointer and sling into Winamp. I salute you!
Working from home today, and just throwing anything I can find on the stereo to keep my ears happy while I concentrate. A sudden wave of nostalgia hit out of the blue as I recalled buying Ministry and being blown away by this…
Ah, those were the days.
(Must have taken someone ages to come up with that cover, musn’t it? Random photo, Photoshop filter, two weights of Helvetica Neue and job done. Sheesh.)
Rik Ward is a gentleman of West London, a dashing client/server-side developer by day and intriguing man of mystery by night.
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