The Leisure Foundation, by The Leisure Foundation

The Leisure Foundation

by The Leisure Foundation

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Jason Boardman Obscure lost South Yorkshire post punk dub thankfully revived & released by Memory Dance..

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Cassette + Digital Album
High-bias cassette tape with 6 panel inlay, full sleevenote essay and full colour images. Only 80 copies available!

Includes unlimited streaming of The Leisure Foundation via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	A1 - Face On The Wall 03:51	buy track
2.	A2 - Hiroshima 04:02	buy track
3.	A3 - Free 03:11	buy track
4.	A4 - Kites 04:46
5.	B1 - Fight The Revolution 03:53	buy track
6.	B2 - Total Control 03:31	buy track
7.	B3 - Heart Of The City 03:55	buy track
8.	B4 - Lies 03:16	buy track

about

Memory Dance are proud to inaugurate its first edition with this never-before released eight track compilation of 1980s Sheffield post-punk-disco-dub-pop.

The Leisure Foundation were a band that formed in the white heat of the early 1980s Sheffield music scene: the group made some demos, had some meetings, had some interest, played some glitzy gigs and then - just like that - dissolved. Members went onto success elsewhere. And so, all we are left with are ghost-fragments of a time and place. Memory Dance has gained access to original tapes and with the blessing of the original members, restored and remastered this music for 2023.

Side One kicks off with the essential synth-pop shine of Face on The Wall, before moving through the Cold War drum march paranoias of Hiroshima. And then comes Nile Rodgers. Well, the group doing Steel City Chic guitar across the pristine groove of Free, anyway. Nile was in the studio. Maybe.

Elsewhere, Side Two sees the quartet chop through bass-heavy electronic pop (Fight The Revolution) and Grace Jones-style Dub-skank (Total Control). The tape closes out with sublime Heaven 17 style call-response dystopian roller Heart of The City, and power-80s disco banger Lies.

The history of Sheffield music during this period is well documented, but few know of The Leisure Foundation. This release promises to change that.

credits

released April 14, 2023

Janet Chan – Vocals
Dave Clayton – Keyboards and song-writing
Jeremy ‘Jeb’ Holyrod – Drums and song-writing
Lloyd Richards – Guitar (Heart of The City)
Elana Harris - Vocals
Pete Hill – The Instigator

Tape Transfers: Fairview Studios, North Cave, East Yorkshire
Mastered By: Bowling Green Studios, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Tape Design: Hannah Carlile

Curated by Memory Dance ©2023

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Sharing never-known work from the archival fringes of post-punk, jazz-funk, noise, synthpop, boogie, street-soul, proto house music, and everything in between those cracks. Usually Northern. England.

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