Phantom Forth

Phantom Forth were a little-known post-punk trio from Auckland, New Zealand who combined minimal drum machine rhythms, distorted electric powered guitars, and gloomy woman vocals. These were created in 1981 by Paul Luker (acoustic guitar, bass vocals) and his sister Debbie Luker (drums, guitars, vocals). The duo started writing tunes and rehearsing at Laboratory Studio. Immediately after, Lorraine Steele (keyboards, percussion, vocals) became a member of the music group, and their track “NIGHTTIME Falls” appeared around the Last Rumba, a compilation released by New Zealand indie label Soaring Nun Information. The group documented The EEPP in 1983, and Soaring Nun released it in 1984. Paul founded Industrial Tapes, which released materials by groups such as for example Sneaky Emotions and Papakura POSTOFFICE, furthermore Is usually Heaven, another group he created with Steele. Phantom Forth’s single release was mainly unheard beyond Soaring Nun’s cult pursuing, but U.S. label Dark Entries offered it an extended reissue in 2016.