LEISURE PROCESS - Love Cascade (12" UK Dance Mix)

12" DANCE MIX
EPIC (UK) EPC A132478
1982

"Leisure Process (also called Leisure Process International) was a short-lived UK band featuring Gary Barnacle (new-wave sax session man) and Ross Middleton (from Positive Noise). Barnacle played all keyboards, tenor saxophone and electric saxophone, and Middleton did vocals and played guitar. "Love Cascade" and "Cashflow" are better known singles, but "A Way You'll Never Be" featured two members of Level 42: Mark King on bass & drums and Phil Gould on drums. Barnacle has returned the favor by contributing sax to a number of Level 42 songs over the years. The track was produced by the famous Martin Rushent (Human League, Joy Division, Rezillos, etc).

"...Leisure Process' sound was typically Rushent - tight, synthetic funk tracks with Ross' vocals delivered in a manic, new wave style. You can definitely hear a bit of the Human League's synth action going on too, and that makes it doubly tasty to me. Nothing classic, but a fun little '80s obscurity nonetheless."

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• Leisure
• Process
• Gary
• Barnacle
• Ross
• Middleton
• Martin
• Rushent
• 1982
• epic

[MrEnderby1]

Top mix, thanks for posting this. I've tried to find LP stuff on CD on net but no luck. Did they release an album? I vaguely remember a Peel session. Also trying to track down Fire Engines stuff from same era.

[OLDSCHOOLNEVERDIES]

I have their 12" mixes, don't know if there's something on CD -- did you try eBay and Amazon?

[jeanclaudearnod]

Martin Rushent 1948-2011 R.I.P.

[zeusfc]

this IS on CD and download... and if you Google; "leisure process love cascade extended mix", you'll find it on "Rare 80s; remixes and extended versions...

[thegreatstrange]

aaah Ross Middleton! Happy memories of Cabaret Futura and him singing on my album The Phenomenal Rise of Richard Strange.

[normsfletcher]

Great track - have a badly scratched version of this so great to hear it properly. Wasn't Gary Barnacle in the Ruts? the sax on Shine on Me is ace