![]() ![]() Virgin has put out two identical compilations of DinDisc material ( Colour Transmission and Tomorrow May Be Too Long: The Best of Monochrome Set) - these are just Strange Boutique and Love Zombies back to back. Songs from the first four albums rarely feature in their studio versions on various compilations - most often they are from radio sessions or demos. There really isn't a comprehensive Monochrome Set anthology in existence, mostly because whoever has released MS compilations, have usually only used tracks which have been readily available to them, without bothering to license material from other labels. The brilliant Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners is also of paramount importance to any self-respecting Monochrome Set collector - and, luckily, can be found on a couple of available compilations. My favourite, as mentioned above, is Black & White Minstrels which I think is the only Monochrome Set release so far to feature their fascinating pre-Rough Trade recordings. However, I'd say that the most important non-album material are the early Rough Trade singles which can be found on several compilations (like The Independent Singles Collection which also gathers together singles tracks on other non-major label releases). The Mating Game/J.D.H.A.N.E.Click to expand.Tough, indeed - and terribly frustrating.Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners/Straits of Malacca (1981, PRE Records).Apocalypso/Fiasco Bongo (1980, Dindisc).The Strange Boutique/Surfing S.W.12 (1980, Dindisc).Eine Symphonie des Grauens/Lester Leaps In (1979, Rough Trade).He's Frank (Slight Return)/Silicon Carne/Fallout (1979, Rough Trade, Disquo Bleu).He's Frank/Alphaville (1979, Rough Trade).Destiny Always Calls Twice (2006, Cherry Red Films).The Monochrome Set (2002, Classic Rock Productions). ![]() The Monochrome Set - 1979-1985: Complete Recordings (Boxset) (2018, Tapete).Early Recordings: 1975–1977 "White Noise" (2010, Captured Tracks).What a Whopper! (1992, Richmond Records).Westminster Affair (Bande Originale Du Film) (1988, Él).The Plug/Gulp (1982, Thin Sliced Records).Love Street/Sunday/Twilight Zone (1986, Midnight Music).Spaces Everywhere (2015, Tapete Records).Since 2019, he has sat on the steering group of Music Declares Emergency, an environmental pressure group founded by musicians and members of the wider music industry, contributing to their monthly show on Soho Radio. In 2006 he edited “Art Education in a Postmodern World” (Intellect Books).ĭuring that period, he was also a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and has acted as creative arts consultant to the QCDA and The Princes Teaching Institute. He has released five solo albums since leaving The Monochrome Set: Carcass in 2017, Serotonin in 2018, Chautauqua in 2019, Nuevo Laredo in 2021 and Invisible Man in 2022.Īs a visual artist Square has regularly exhibited his work and between 19 he sat on the editorial board of The International Journal of Art and Design Education, acting as Literary Editor for 5 years. Also in collaboration with McCookerybook, he composed soundtrack music for the Channel 4 documentaries Pictures of Women and No-one Likes Us, We Don't Care, Akiko Hada and Wolfgang Müller's 1991 parable on the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Fall of a Queen, or the Taste of the Fruit to Come. Square has also composed music for dance performance, most notably Rhythm and Hues, a kinaesthetic exploration of 20th-century works of art in collaboration with the Tate Gallery and Helen McCookerybook. And the Native Hipsters, and Jesus Couldn't Drum. He left in 1978 to form The Monochrome Set with singer-songwriter Bid, a band cited as "a major influence on the Smiths, Franz Ferdinand, Orange Juice, Fire Engines and a whole host of UK indie and post punk bands." He has also briefly played guitar with The Invisible (1985–1987). He joined the first incarnation of Adam and the Ants as lead guitarist, (and its earlier incarnation known as The B-Sides) after meeting Adam while studying at Hornsey College of Art, writing Ants staples " Fall In" and "Fat Fun" during this period. Lester Square (born Thomas Hardy, 17 April 1954, Canada) is the former lead guitarist for The Monochrome Set. For the London landmark, see Leicester Square.
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