Pink Industry - Part 2

After the release of ‘Low Technology’ the duo added to their line-up Tadzio Jodlowski. The creative dynamic within the band did not change, as Casey points out: “Ambrose and I used to write the basis of the song, then Tadzio would put in his bit”, yet, as can be heard in the recordings “Tadzio's guitar was really important”. Casey's vocals on the later records sound as big improvement whereas the music turned more towards “textured layers of electronics”. Neither of the two LP which saw the light (“Who Told you You were Naked?” and “New Beginnings”) received the public recognition that they deserved, and within a couple of year the group folded, with Casey, bored with the what became of the whole post-punk music scence, moving towards the then budding house scene.

Here’s story in Casey’s own words

-Pink Industry sounded quite ahead of their time.

JC: Yeh, I liked Pink Industry because it got a bit closer to the mark, but again the technology wasn't there. So you'd spend days doing a sample which now would take two minutes to do. Pink Industry was nearer because we'd got rid of all the rock elements by then.
[…]

- Why do you think Pink Industry never got the recognition it deserved? Were you too ahead of your time?

JC: I think it wasn't developed enough. People used to compare us to the Cocteaus or New Order, those were the bands who were playing with electronic music at that time, and with different voice sounds, but they were far more developed than we were. We never really got past the experimental stage. There were some nice songs in there, but they were sort of basic, very experimental.

[…]

- The indie scene at that time was quite stale.

JC: The indie scene was rock bottom at that stage. It was horrible, the bands had been around for ages, it was going nowhere. It only started to happen again when dance music happened. And then it took on a new life. But up until that point, it was just so boring. I'd done it, I'd done it to death.

(see http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=1544102 )

Who Told You, You Were Naked? (1983)
A1 Walk Away
A2 Not Moving
A3 Urban Jazz
A4 Fear Of Failure
A5 Anyone's Fashion
A6 Situation
B1 Two Culture's
B2 Extreme
B3 The Raft
B4 This Is The Place
B5 The Only One
B6 Time For Change

New Beginnings (1985)
A1 New Beginnings
A2 Pain Of Pride
A3 Bound By Silence
A4 State Of Grace
A5 Piano Ping
B1 Empty Beech
B2 The Corpse
B3 Fifty Five
B4 What I Wouldn't Give
B5 No Defence
B6 Stand Alone