Solid State Logik 1

Solid State Logik 1 (subtitled 7" Hit Singles 1988–1991) is a 2021 digital compilation album by British electronic band The KLF, released to streaming services on 1 January 2021, on KLF Communications, as the first in a series of six official compilations Samplecity thru Trancentral.[1] It marked the first time the KLF's music has been commercially available since the band deleted their entire catalog in 1992.[2]

Solid State Logik 1
Greatest hits album by
The KLF
Released1 January 2021
Recorded1988–1992
StudioTrancentral
GenreHouse, Electronica
Length30:03
LabelKLF Communications
ProducerJimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond
The KLF chronology
The White Room
(1991)		 Solid State Logik 1
(2021)		 Come Down Dawn
(2021)

Background

On 16 January 2013, the KLF's long-awaited back catalog showed up on streaming platforms,[3] just to turn out unofficial and deleted back again the next day.[4] In 2018, Billboard mentioned the KLF amongst artists notably absent from major streaming services.[5]

On 31 December 2020, the release of Solid State Logik 1 was announced on a graffiti and posters featuring the KLF logo, hung under a railway bridge on Kingsland Road in Shoreditch, East London.[6] The 30-minute collection of eight remastered and slightly re-edited single versions appeared at midnight 1 January 2021, on music streaming platforms, while high-definition videos were published for the first time on the band's newly-established official YouTube channel, marking the first activity of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond as the KLF since 1992.

Solid State Logik 1 includes a previously-unreleased version of "3 a.m. Eternal" with British extreme metal band Extreme Noise Terror, from the abandoned KLF album The Black Room (1990–1992). The song was performed live at the 1992 BRIT Awards, causing controversy by firing blanks from machine guns into the audience.[7]

Further releases

The Kingsland Road posters also announced further “non-consecutive chapters” of reissues, under the overall title Samplecity thru Trancentral, including a second part of Solid State Logik 1, along with subsequent collections: Kick-Out D’Jams, Pure Trance Series, Come Down Dawn, and Moody Boys Selected. The material is suggested to feature music released originally under the names: the KLF, the JAMs, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, and the Timelords. The posters mentioned outtakes, hinting at the reissues to also feature previously unreleased material.[1][8]

Track listing
No.TitleCredited toLength
1."Doctorin' the Tardis"The Timelords3:36
2."What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)"The KLF3:56
3."3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)"The KLF3:52
4."Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)"The KLF3:52
5."It's Grim Up North"The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu4:04
6."America: What Time Is Love?"The KLF4:07
7."Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs)"The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette3:48
8."3 a.m. Eternal" (From The Black Room)The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu vs Extreme Noise Terror2:48
Total length:30:03

References
  1. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (1 January 2021). "The KLF reissue music for first time since 1992". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. Savage, Mark (1 January 2021). "The KLF's songs are finally available to stream". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Deleted KLF albums appear on Amazon, iTunes and Spotify | NME". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  4. "2013: What The Fuck Is Going On? KLF record catalog undeleted for digital release in the UK…then re-deleted". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  5. "8 Artists You Still Can't Find on Any Major Streaming Service". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  6. "THE KLF compilation album 'Solid State Logik 1' suddenly appears on streaming services". XS Noize | Online Music Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  7. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock, p. 155, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
  8. "The KLF's songs are finally available to stream". BBC News. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
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