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4,000,000 TELEPHONES
Experimental / Indie / Funk



Lincoln, Midlands
United Kingdom

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Member Since11/28/2006
Band Website4000000telephones.com
Band Members
Jack Rabelais - tapes and treatments
Malcolm Tent - bass, voice, harmonica
Eg - guitars, voice, harmonica
Carl - drums, voice
Richard - keyboards, voice, percussion
Rick - saxophone
Record LabelSummerhouse Records
Type of LabelIndie




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4,000,000 Telephones' self-titled first album is available for the first time on CD after 20 years out of circulation. The album, originally released on the band's own label, has acquired the status of a lost masterpiece, and has been re-released in response to a steady flow of requests.
 

Originally launching the album on their own Bunker label, the band signed to Summerhouse Records where they released two singles and a second album.
 

But it was their debut album that defined the Telephones' characteristic sound and built up a fanatical following for their extraordinary live shows. Their angry, angsty, half-sung and half-shouted lyrics, spliced snatches of throwaway sounds and insistent brand of hard-edged avant-garde funk were several years ahead of its time, and contemporary comparisons with groups like Chakk, 23 Skidoo and The Fall were always just a bit wide of the mark.
 

Touted in late 1985 in the Melody Maker as one of the bands ..most likely to.., the Telephones very nearly did, and left behind an intense emotional afterburn in all who experienced their music. Featuring six composers, two singers, a found-sound specialist and an Action Man doll, the band was always likely to self-combust and they eventually split up in the late 1980s after a spectacularly successful tour of Germany.
 

The band are temporarily reforming to launch the re-released album, and members Jack Rabelais, Malcolm Tent, Eg, Carl, Richard and Rick are reviving the album for performance and developing new material.
 

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4,000,000 TELEPHONES has 312 friends.
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4,000,000 TELEPHONES's Friends Comments
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LlИ -ЯΣD





Jul 8 2008 6:32 PM

Sensible music for the sensible soul..

Very nice to have you among my excellent taste group of friends!




"Just Shine on Me"
ENSEMBLE PITTORESQUE
dunkel_Stern





Mar 21 2008 6:41 AM

..::Join the Moon with Dark StArS::..
2008 DA NEW 88!





Apr 12 2008 4:55 AM

Just touchin in saying what up! Hope the weekend is grand.
Muddy Suzuki





Mar 17 2008 9:34 AM

You must need a hell of a call centre...

Cool stuff guys, glad to have heard some at last!

Damo
Beachy Head





Feb 20 2008 11:55 AM

Hey 4,000,000 TELEPHONES,
wir brauchen DEINE Stimme!

DU kannst uns zum diesjährigen Traffic Jam Open Air in Dieburg voten! Alles was du dafür tun musst, ist einfach auf den Banner unten zu klicken, dich dort anmelden (ist nicht wirklich kompliziert ;)) und für uns abstimmen (am besten jeden Tag! :P).

Das Beste daran: Du kannst dabei auch noch Karten für das Open Air gewinnen und uns dann umsonst bestaunen!

Go go go!

Traffic Jam Online Voting
Näd Mika





Dec 22 2007 1:41 PM

Hi!
Listen to all tracks on my profile on my beatport player now.
Tell me if you like it.
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ready to download now
GO GET IT NOW!

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Scottydog





Oct 25 2007 4:05 PM

Hi Richard,
Long time - Chapterhouse is still looking good. Would have msg you but its turned off all the time! Crazy women fans still chasing after you???

Check this site out- you'd be able to paste your live concerts onto bullitins for all your fans.

http://www.singsnap.com

I promise I'll get back to Lincoln for a night out when your not busy (never?), tell Dave Clayton all is well and get him to look me up.

Take care of yourself
Scott
Scottydog





Oct 22 2007 4:04 PM

Myspace Graphics - Happy Halloween
Rhys Chatham





Aug 2 2007 1:31 PM

Greetings from Paris.

Merci de m'avoir fait écouter la musique que tu as postée sur ton site.

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Friendly Rhys
Friends Of The Bivouac





Jul 5 2007 9:50 AM



The Electric Time Trousers





Jun 19 2007 11:30 AM

Thanks for the request! CU around...
TunA the Day - Open your ears





May 29 2007 10:43 AM

Hi there - The Telephones will be TunA the Day on Thursday 31 May as well as being one of the albums of the month. Check it out at www.tunatheday.com
Näd Mika





May 16 2007 8:31 AM

RingRing!

Shop me on my page!
;)
Friends Of The Bivouac





May 13 2007 2:00 PM

Uptocollective Halfway up the hill festival





May 9 2007 5:34 PM

we will try and get down to one of you Legendary gigs this weekend one not to miss! catch up with you guys soon
Friends





May 4 2007 8:47 AM

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TunA the Day - Open your ears





May 4 2007 8:27 AM

The Telephones will be TunA the Day on Monday 7th May. Check them out at www.tunatheday.com
magic[geek]





Apr 13 2007 1:31 PM

hello malcome :D
i have your album i stole it of my dad he is never getting it back muhahaha
x
Pat





Apr 5 2007 2:32 PM







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Congresso.Post.Industriale





Apr 3 2007 5:30 AM

HallelvijaH !
Good to meet you in this cyber–chaos …
& in those epidemic times, don't miss the “IV Congresso Post Industriale” on the oo7 April oo7
at Siddharta Club in Prato / Firenze – Italy !
An event for adepts ready for a Post-Industrial ritual ranging from Pan
to White-Noise, from Post-Cabaret to Neo-Futuristic-Breakbeat-Dance !


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Conserva Tibi !

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Tensionoff





Mar 16 2007 12:29 PM

Thanks for the calls!
...btw!...I have piles of
answering machines over here,
in my head!...interested?
Nice price! Since were friends!
:) from Rotterdam!
Friends Of The Bivouac





Mar 12 2007 1:20 PM

THE IDLERS





Mar 3 2007 2:32 AM






Please join us in celebrating our first year together!
We've met so many beautiful people and it would be great to see you there!


FREE GOODIE BAG AND LIMITED EDITION 8cm CD OF 'SYMMETRY' FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR!!
See you there,
The Idlers xx
Adz





Feb 27 2007 1:02 PM

Thanks for the toonz download link... sounds good... I can remember the lyrics and everything. Hope all is going well wi you ol pank rockers, We demand more gigs!! t-ra. adam
Friends Of The Bivouac





Feb 26 2007 11:57 AM

Unsigned Song Contest





Feb 18 2007 11:21 AM

4,000,000 Telephones

Got a killer song? Let's hear it!



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Great Music Industry prizes! Contest NOW OPEN (closes 5th March 2007)

Promoting great Songwriting Talent!

Enter now!

All the best,
Blain Weller
Unsigned Song Contest Co-Ordinator
Polkahontas





Feb 16 2007 7:26 AM

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Feb 13 2007 2:55 PM

KLaRK NoVa





Feb 12 2007 5:34 AM

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Mental Health





Jan 17 2007 4:32 AM

Don't recall Mental Health and 4,000,000 Telephones ever playing on the same bill but, through the boozy 1980's haze, I do remember us being at each other's gigs. Still got your first album from back then!
Syd Meats