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Karma Sutra had already been a band for five years when they released their elusive one and only album, released on their own Paradoxical Records label in 1987. The Daydreams of a Production Line Worker came towards the end of the bands life span and all they had to show prior was a few demos and some tracks on compilations on Mortarhate. By the time the band entered the studio Karma Sutra was spreading their musical wings, moving from a straight ahead anarcho sound to a more-dense and thoughtful place, adding flourishes of post punk and moody atmospheres to their agit-prop political stance thus creating one of the most idiosyncratic concept albums of their time, where situationist politics meet the most ambitious anarcho punk sound. The album was recorded in Sheffield at Vibrasound Studio and co-produced by Spon of UK DECAY, which added yet another layer to the already complex album. When released The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker had little fanfare due to the rigid approach to punk of the time. But as time passed, so did this album's importance. The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker reissue comes with a reproduction of the originally included 28-page booklet, which the band viewed as an inseparable part of the album to understand the concept. Dense at times and intended to be thought provoking it covers class oppression, gender, culture brainwashing, prison struggle et all the capitalism society illnesses written from an anarchist perspective and aligned with the situationism theory of revolution of every day life.
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Karma Sutra were an anarcho pacifist band from Luton, Bedfordshire who formed in the early '80s after the demise of the legendary the Phallic Symbols. Karma Sutra only had one release at the time -- an album self-released in 1987 called Daydreams of a Production Line Worker which came towards the end of their lifetime. Sealed Records now release the earlier years of demos and compilation tracks on a 15-track round up. Be Cruel With Your Past And All Who Seek To Keep You There includes their first and primitive demo The New Economy Roast from 1983. It's very basic and has a Bullshit Detector compilation quality to it. A few years later came the second demo Shoppers Paradise which is the best material Karma Sutra recorded. Six tracks of well-produced classic '80s anarcho punk with a driving sound. It's passionate, tuneful, and politically aware. How this wasn't released at the time on vinyl, is a travesty. Also included are two tracks from the Mortarhate compilations Who? What? Why? When? Where? (1984) and We Don't Want Your Fucking Law! (1985). Finally, the last three tracks were from the final line up of the band and were recorded with Spon from UK Decay adding more post punk elements to the sound. Includes 40-page booklet of lyrics, handouts, fanzine interviews, and statements. For fans of: Omega Tribe, Crass, Exit Stance.
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