Name: What Is This Thing Called Disco?
Brand: Asphixiation

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CH137LP

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Black

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Download code: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-09-24

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0711583807022

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Asphixiation

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New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Chapter Music

Founded by a584572 in Perth in June 1992, Chapter Music is one of Australia's longest-running independent record labels. With a rich history spanning over three decades, the label has been at the forefront of promoting and nurturing diverse musical talent across various genres.

In mid-1995, Chapter Music relocated to Melbourne, where it continued to thrive and expand its roster of artists. The label has consistently championed emerging acts and provided a platform for established musicians to showcase their unique sounds.

Known for its commitment to artistic integrity and innovation, Chapter Music has released an impressive catalog of albums that have garnered critical acclaim both locally and internationally. From indie rock to experimental pop, from electronic music to folk-inspired melodies, the label's diverse range of releases reflects its dedication to supporting creativity in all its forms.

What Is This Thing Called ‘Disco’? is a landmark Australian post-punk artefact, originally released in 1981. One of the first records from the Australian underground to incor-porate disco elements into the reigning post-punk aesthetic, What Is This Thing Called ‘Disco’? sits alongside records by international counterparts Flying Lizards and Yellow Magic Orchestra in its combination of art school formalism and dancefloor hedonism.

Asphixiation was a one-off side project for Melbourne provocateur Philip Brophy, best known for his work with (pronounced with three clicks of the tongue), whose decade-long investigation into the aesthetics of punk, electronic and dance music began in the late 1970s. had already released a series of seven inch singles, and had begun to incorporate elements of disco into their minimalist rock-hewn sound, when curators at Melbourne University’s George Paton Gallery approached Brophy to present something in their space. Brophy decided to put disco into an art gallery. The ensuing exhibition presented paintings lifted from Italian Vogue, single instruments displayed on plinths, tape loops playing minimalist ambient sounds, and a synthe- sizer pulsing a loud thump throughout the space. Brophy also created a ‘fake’ disco band - itself a perverse idea because the essence of disco was its artificiality - to mime on stage with a reel-to-reel tape visibly play- ing, just like disco was being presented at the time.

What Is This Thing Called Disco?

Music GB