Liquid Liquid is a remarkable band from New York City, and they made noise in 1981. "Successive Reflexes" is an EP of five tracks. They're really not songs, but more of a groove with tons of percussion instruments. There's a tiny essence of a piano, but mostly it's bass and drums. In a sense, they remind me of ESG, another band from the New York area of that same time/era. Clearly, LCD Soundsystem is very much influenced by Liquid Liquid, which is a hybrid of post-punk, dance music and disco - yet, more geared in the dub era of Public Image Ltd. They also remind me a bit of the Factory Records band A Certain Ratio.
They made live recordings, but I prefer this EP of studio work, due to the experimentation of the sounds they are making. There is something clinical but raw sounding about their approach, but it is clearly music to make you hop, twist, and shake your body parts.
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