H.Ark! (A R Kane label)

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Was recently lucky enough to stumble across two Papa Sprain EPs on A R Kane's own H.Ark! label. They're great, esp. "May" - strikes me as logical progression from ARK's own "i" LP. Does anyone have any more details re: what else H.Ark! released (some Butterfly Child, perhaps), and what has happened to the players involved (Gary McKendry, Joe Cassidy etc.)?

Ta in advance.

― jon dale, Monday, 25 August 2003 05:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I've often wondered what happened to Gary McKendry.

There were two Butterfly Child EPs too: Eucalyptus and Tooth Fairy. There was a third act signed to H.Ark!, who released something in late '91, but I can't remember who they were.

BC went on to release three (I think) LPs on Dedicated/Rough Trade.

PS supported Pale Saints on tour in 1992 (their set: 20 minutes of unbroken atonal noise), put out a 7" single (more noise) on Rough Trade's Singles Club imprint and then vanished. Rumours abounded at the time that Gary McK had handed 40-odd minutes of similarly difficult unstructured noise to Rough Trade as his debut album and they didn't want anything to do with it. He came back a few weeks later with precisely the same material but with much more prominent tape hiss. I've no idea whether any of this is true. Perhaps he'll Google this thread.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 25 August 2003 09:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Jon, that trade we were considering? The Papa Sprain EPs would fill the bill perfectly.

I was and remain a fairly dedicated (har) Butterfly Child fan, with all the albums and a slew of the EPs. Was even lucky enough to hear from him on e-mail once, apparently was still working away on album number four...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 25 August 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael, was that the Pale Saints/Boo Radleys double-header? I remember one of the Boos talking about those shows, "but what about that Papa Sprain? They're just WEIRD".

Well, yes, I suppose they are!

If anyone has the Peel Sessions that Papa Sprain and Butterfly Child did on tape ...

I wonder who the mystery third H.ark! act were?

― jon dale, Tuesday, 26 August 2003 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

i remember reading about one in the NME but i don't remember who it was

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael, was that the Pale Saints/Boo Radleys double-header? I remember one of the Boos talking about those shows, "but what about that Papa Sprain? They're just WEIRD".

I remember chatting to Simon after the Liverpool show in '92 - he seemed surprised I'd enjoyed PS's set, I think Martin was even less impressed by them. This was around the time the Boos had an extra guitarist and were terrifyingly loud; Pale Saints were all over the place but occasionally gorgeous.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 07:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Have "Flying To Las Vegas"(?) by Papa Sprain, but never heard Butterfly Child. Was the BC material produced by Rudi Tambala of AR Kane?

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

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