Some classic minimal wave for you today, ladies and gentlemen... Today's band is the Fast Set, a one man synth project who's first and only 7'' recording was also the very first release on what is now known as 4AD.
The Fast Set is comprised of avant-artist David Knight, who signed with with Axis records upon its inception in 1980, just before label-head Ivo Watts-Russel was forced to change the label's name to 4AD. As a one man project, the Fast Set recorded just one 7'' single for the song 'Junction One' in 1980. The b-side of the single was a synthetic dirge rendition of 'Children of the Revolution' by T.Rex.
The band's only other recorded moment was a cover of T.Rex's 'King of the Rumbling Spires,' released on a Some Bizzare compilation in 1981. Afterwards, David disbanded his project and went on to work with the likes of Danielle Dax and the Shockheaded Peters.
Here's that lone single for your listening and downloading pleasure:
download The Fast Set- 'Junction One'
download The Fast Set- 'Children of the Revolution'
Though the single has not been pressed onto a proper CD, one can digitally purchase these two tracks if they were so inclined by following this link to 4AD's page:
The Fast Set on 4AD
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