TREK WITH QUINTRONIC were US American boys Paul Wilcox (Trek) and David Kane (Quintronic) and they should have been ... “heroes, ... at least for one day”! Equipped with the characteristic programmable Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 drum machine, along with lots of analogue synthesisers, electronic percussion, Moog Taurus pedals, guitar and a little bit of David Bowie in the back of their heads, they recorded two pioneering albums of their own kind, true masterpieces of electronic rock (fortunately with an emphasis on electronic), those being the “Landing” LP from 1980, and the self-titled follow-up “Trek w/ Quintronic” LP in 1981. Both albums basically contain hits only with a powerful sound, myriads of compositional ideas, synthetic noises, lovely melodies and Paul's rather unique vocals (at least for the synth scene). Paul recalls:
“Recording for us was all very new. The engineers were very new to recording synths. Lots of things were overdone or underdone or simply overlooked. I also recall mixing really loud for hours through these huge monitors. Everyone was deaf. I just remember someone always saying - Add more high end. And then. Add more low end. Raise the guitar. Now raise the Mini. Now raise something else. Every meter was buried in the red. Ten hours later we'd just say - Cool, go home. Unable to hear anything for the next ten hours. lol. We were making a record.”
Those two albums were eventually and primarily remembered and kept alive by the minimal synth/cold wave scene, being highly collectible and sought-after vinyls - now, after only more than 30 years, Anna Logue Records has compiled both albums, remastered from the original vinyls by Stefan Bornhorst (aka The Silicon Scientist) and adding two previously unreleased versions of “Twin Forces” and “When We Were Young”, worked on by no other than Tejo Bolten of MECANO fame. Paul and Tejo are currently working on a common project (listen to Paul's beautiful “Stranger Than Today” here) while David has been active ever since as a solo artist as well as in a couple of bands (The Celibates, Nullstadt, Electroman, Decay Of Western Civilization, Them Jezzbeards).
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