Rema-Rema
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Rema-Rema | |
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Origin | England |
Genres | Post-punk |
Years active | c. 1979–c.1980 |
Labels | 4AD |
Past members | Gary Asquith Marco Pirroni Mick Allen Mark Cox Dorothy Max Prior |
Rema-Rema were a short-lived English music group, consisting of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), Marco Pirroni (guitar), Michael Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Dorothy Prior (drums, generally known only as "Max").
History
Asquith and Allen went to the same school. After his departure from
Pirroni had been an original member of
Their sole four-track EP, Wheel in the Roses (released 1980 on 4AD), featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were later covered by This Mortal Coil and Big Black respectively. Two live tracks from the Acklam Hall gig of April 1979, "Why Ask Why?" and "Christopher" appeared on the tape only release, The Men with the Deadly Dreams, on White Stains in 1981.
In 2022, a documentary about the group, What You Could Not Visualise, was directed by Italian-Canadian filmmaker Marco Porsia and premiered on 10 November 2022 at the Doc N Roll Film Festival in London.[citation needed]
Discography
- Releases
- Wheel in the Roses EP (1980)
- Fond Reflections 2x CD (2019)
- Compilation appearances
- "Feedback Song" on Natures Mortes - Still Lives (1981)
References
- ^ "MVRemix Urban Interviews - Lavender Pill Mob | Online Rap Magazine | US and Canadian Underground Hip Hop and Soul". Mvremix.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.