It would have made a lovely tribute show, and McAlmont did work with Mackenzie in the years before the latter's passing. Ah well.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
Oh fuck no! RIP Alan, thanks for the beautiful music
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
RIP Alan Rankine, creator of amongst the most joyous magnificent pop music of all time.No Associates = No Ladytron. 💔https://t.co/lLujdh3ucf— Ladytron (@LadytronMusic) January 3, 2023
― StanM, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
very, very sad news. lots of people i know locally were taught by him and all, without exception, found him an incredibly inspiring human being. he'd really go above and beyond to help people out.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 22:52 (one year ago) link
I heard a couple of pretty great podcast interviews with Rankine a few months ago. I think this was one of them, think there was at least one otherhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2NHxKyjHbAevQBWjFpy1Y6?si=1f287889b2e54345
would have been great to get a memoir from him.
Did love his instrument playing on the Associates material. Wish there was more elsewhere, not sure if his solo material was anywhere near as good. He seemed to touch on Krautrock among a number of other things in the textures on that Associates stuff anyway
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 23:23 (one year ago) link
he was quite often a 'talking head' on scottish televsion music programmes and always had the best stories.
he was also such a phenomenal producer and i wonder if he was the first person in the world ever to distort an 808 kick drum?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnHaXrjjWEQ
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
as much as i loved billy's voice, their eponymous instrumental was always a favourite of mine. what a great chuggy groove:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtC8zVAsJa8
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 00:07 (one year ago) link
yes! so great! one of my fave 12"s ever.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 00:26 (one year ago) link
Having only discovered the Associates and Billy McKenzie a few years ago (one of those, why didn’t I discover them sooner things) this is sad. Rankine and McKenzie were such a great team.
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 01:16 (one year ago) link
Hey, never too late to realize how great they were.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
I only discovered them a few years ago on a documentary about 80s scottish music. Sulk is by far my favorite thing by them and I really wish it could have kept going with that lineup. Will watch the Glamour Chase documentary soon and hope I can track down his solo albums someday.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
Do they appear in the recent book Hungry Beat oral history thing on Scottish independent music. Presumably must do. I think the Pop Group do but had a very short look at the book.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
Very briefly.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 7 January 2023 21:17 (one year ago) link
BA Robertson is so fucking weird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhM-nO4Yjjw
― MaresNest, Thursday, 18 May 2023 22:31 (one year ago) link