It may be a little known fact to many but the members of A. R. Kane have enjoyed a number one hit when they teamed up with fellow 'no-hopers' (in the commercial sense) Colourbox as M/A/R/R/S with the 1987 hit 'Pump Up The Volume' which makes them one-hit wonders. But A. R. Kane's future successes were only in the alternative charts and they don't come much more alternative than these two albums. Their sound was an odd mixture of early Cocteau Twins like production (cavernous bass, dub soundscapes) with soulful vocals. The first album is sparse sounding and has a haunting quality to it; it's sole excursion into pop being 'Crazy Blue' but even that sounds too mysterious for the charts. The second album lasts over an hour and is made up of 16 songs and 10 'interludes' of white noise and samples all of which clock in at around 30 seconds. The songs themselves are almost universally great from hypnoptic, more pop-oriented numbers like 'Love From Outer Space', 'Miles Apart' and 'Pop' to the gorgeous, spectral 'Sugarwings'.