New Age Steppers – Avant Gardening LP soul the compositions and playing on

the compositions and playing on this record show the incredible talent and innovation that was brewing in Detroit before

and featured the same line-up that played on next year’s Mirage

As long as asses shake

back in print after more than half a decade

they also cement Reed as a true observer with an innate talent for synthesizing and distilling the world around him into pure sonic poetry

New Age Steppers – Avant Gardening LP soul the compositions and playing onIn the tradition of archival On U, weve gone through the tape vaults to put together this special record of unreleased versions and rarities from the white hot early days of the New Age Steppers, the group that launched the On U Sound label by appearing on both the first single and album. Highlights include a restored track from their infamous and long lost 1983 John Peel session (an ebullient cover of Atlantic Starrs Send For Me featuring a