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Mekanik Kommando - Dancing Elephants [DE-259 USA 2019 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released as a twelve inch extended play on Torso Records in 1982. It was pleasing to see Dark Entries re-release Dancing Elephants towards the back end of last year. The label resisted the urge to fuck about with the original masters too much and the result is worthy of attention. Mekanik Kommando's first demo cassette was heard by Wally van Middendorp of Minny Pops (and owner of Plurex Records), who booked them for a gig at Paradiso in Amsterdam. In 1981 they were asked to contribute music on a flexi-disc for the first issue of newly established magazine Vinyl . In the summer of that year the band recorded their debut album It Would Be Quiet In The Woods If Only A Few Birds Sing for Torso. In February 1982 the band secured five days of studio time at Salisbury Sound in Dordrecht. The end result was the mini-album Dancing Elephants released on Torso later that year. Musically, the fiv...