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Attrition's records have aged better than most of their goth/industrial dance contemporaries. Martin Bowes' intricate sense of sound design and rhythm programming, and partner Ashley Niblock's merging of spoken word and mock operatics, have engendered a less genre-defined feel in the band.
1991's A TRICKY BUSINESS is a later addition to the Attrition catalog. Here, Bowes is more interested in dirty autobahns than dirty, mascara-smudged faces. Tracks such as the docudrama "Thin Red Line" and "Scenario" combine Kraftwerk-like pulses and late '80s Eurobeat (think A Split Second, Trisomie 21), with Bowes' yarns that conjure decadent film noir and rainswept exteriors. The duo's sinister edge and crafty exploitation of layered bass sequencers makes A TRICKY BUSINESS one of their finer efforts.
Recording information: Cabin Studios, Coventry, England (10/1990-05/1991).
Personnel: Martin Bowes (vocals, keyboards, electronics); Julia Walter (vocals).
Audio Mixer: Mark Beswick.
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Attrition Tricky Business Songs | 1. | Thin Red Line |
| 2. | Right Hand Man |
| 3. | Scenario |
| 4. | First Love |
| 5. | Girl Called Harmony, A |
| 6. | The Rising Tide: Recollection / The Tide Is Rising |
| 7. | Legitimate Son |
| 8. | Hush |
| 9. | Something in My Eye |
| 10. | Your Face, My Gift |
| 11. | Under the Bridge |
| 12. | Resurrection (Reprise) |
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