Second Layer - World Of Rubber
Originally released on Cherry Red Records (BRED 14) in 1981, ripped here from a compact disc reissue in high quality lossless flac audio. Re:posted for those who may have missed my original musing. Here's what I wrote a few years back....
Those who are unfamiliar with Adrian Borland's prolific discography fear not, World Of Rubber is not an album for fetish lovers, though many will understand the double meaning, few will know what Second Layer were about, the title seems apt. It is clear that Borland and Green wanted to exercise their dark experimental and minimalist chops, and boy, didn't they do it well. Although released in 1981, most tracks have a late seventies heritage, so these boys were dabbling in areas where very few others had tread. Its timing puts World Of Rubber somewhere between Unknown Pleasures and Red Mecca. Work out where that is and you will know exactly what to expect, then you will find much to like in this record. Again, I have used the CD for this post, so the extra unreleased track Skylon is included.
1
Definition Of Honour
2
In Bits
3
Fixation
4
Save Our Souls
5
Distortion
6
Underneath The Gloss
7
Zero
8
Japanese Headset
9
Black Flowers
10
Skylon
