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Label: BE WITH RECORDS

Cat-No: bewith002twelve

Release-Date: 15.04.2022

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Genre: Classics

Configuration: 12" Excl

Barcode: 8713748984915

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Label: BE WITH RECORDS

Cat-No: bewith002twelve

Release-Date: 15.04.2022

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Genre: Classics

Configuration: 12" Excl

Barcode: 8713748984915

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Last in: 01.03.2022

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anna - Systems Breaking Down (7:11) (00:00) anna - Systems Breaking Down (7:11) (00:00)	1	anna - Systems Breaking Down (7:11)
anna - B1 : Systems Breaking Down (Dance Version) (6:55) (00:00) anna - B1 : Systems Breaking Down (Dance Version) (6:55) (00:00)	2	anna - B1 : Systems Breaking Down (Dance Version) (6:55)

2022 Repress

Track List:

A1 : Systems Breaking Down (7:11)

B1 : Systems Breaking Down (Dance Version) (6:55)

Release Notes:

20JazzFunkGreats: “The sound of mascara and tears, a flood streaming black across the pale landscape of a trembling face, lovely music and, oh, so sad.”

Be With continue their 12" series by reissuing Anna’s seminal cosmic coldwave bomb “Systems Breaking Down”. Originally released in 1982, it’s undoubtedly one of the most mysterious singles of the period. Remarkably, it was released on a major label - RCA - yet very little is known about the shadowy Anna.

Despite being recorded nearly 35 years ago, it still sounds strikingly vital. Both sonically relevant and lyrically prescient, it’s hard to imagine a more apposite track to soundtrack the dark days we currently occupy. A masterful study in dread, describing the gentle collapse of all structures, it is set against a backdrop of eerie, synth-heavy electronics.

Produced by 80s disco-pop mavericks Geraint Hughes and Ken Leray, side A contains the epic synth-pop original, all heart-wrenching atmosphere and haunting vocals.

Side B wins again, however. The more uptempo “Dance Version” is a dubbed-out dark-disco tour-de-force, with cut-up vocals drifting in and out of a bassline that throbs like Carpenter’s best (think Assault on Precinct 13) and a palette of head-nod minimal wave.

Both sought-after mixes have been remastered for vinyl by Simon Francis and are housed in a replica jacket of the maxi original. Outstanding.