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Hard Corps ‎- Je Suis Passée [HARDX 1DJ UK 1985 24-Bit FLAC] Kicking off another week of rips with some tidied up old ESWA posts neatly into one package. Hard Corps were not French, they were actually from Brixton, South London. Hugh Ashton, Robert Doran and Clive Pierce, were introduced to chanteuse Regine Fetet, who although having never sung before, had an enigmatic, fragile, human voice which brought alive the cold, pounding machined music the three British sound engineers were creating. With influences as far and wide as Mozart and Kraftwerk working in unison with a heavily accentuated French vocal, the result was magnificent and unique. A 12" white label containing the hammering rhythmic attack of Dirty and the softer, melodic, Kraftwerkian pulse of Respirer (To Breathe) was circulated around London's dancefloors. Their ill-fated dealings with major label giants Polydor which followed, gave the band a chance to work with a couple of their most most favoure...

Hard Corps - Dirty [SUR 12 026 UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC] I only ever ripped my well worn 7" version for the old ESWA blog, so how's about a high resolution rip of penguinflight 's 12"? I think I've featured just about everything Hard Corps ever released across both of the ESWA sites. This particular rip debuted on ESWA 2.0 during April 2018. Hard Corps were not French, they were actually from Brixton, South London. Hugh Ashton, Robert Doran and Clive Pierce, were introduced to  Regine Fetet (a part-time sex worker), who although having never sung before, had an enigmatic, fragile, human voice which brought alive the cold, pounding machined music the three British sound engineers were creating. With influences as far and wide as Mozart and Kraftwerk working in unison with a heavily accentuated French vocal, the result was magnificent and unique. A 12" white label containing the hammering rhythmic attack of Dirty and the softer, melodic, Kraftwerkian p...