Mecano Un-ltd

Label: Out Of Print / Tonefloat

Genre: Dark / Post Punk / Gothic / Neo-Folk

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Following 2012’s collaboration with Dirk Polak (when we released the Polar Twins album he recorded with Mark Ritsema) we are proud to once again welcome aboard the enigmatic Dirk Polak with a brand new Mecano Unlimited studio album, their sixth in nearly forty years.

Several personnel changes throughout the years were unavoidable, the only constant factor is front man and lyricist Dirk Polak. He kicked off with guitarist Pieter Kooijman to write the first songs and prepare the first output played by a real band. They were joined by Ton Lebbink (drums), Tejo Bolten (bass) and Cor Bolten (guitar, keyboards) and became a tight vehicle with memorable stage appearances in Holland and France on the edge of the eighties. The first two albums “Entitled“ and “Autoportrait“ became well sought artefacts after the unit broke up.

14 years later (in 1997) Polak made an album with his long-term compadre and label mate at Torso’s, Mick Ness and chose the name ‘Erector Set’ (under which Mecano is known in the USA) to continue his visual arts based upon this well-known toy and to avoid using the name Mecano, although unofficially he had the rights. The album, entitled ‘Rebuilt’wasn’t released until 2014, because of several reasons.