Freur is an English group formed in the early 80s by Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and Alfie Thomas.
Before Freur, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith had already collaborated in a group called "The Screen Gemz".
They will be mainly known for their sublime title "Doot-Doot" with a particularly nagging and captivating soundscape.
But other titles like "Matters of the heart" and "Riders in the night" are also worth a look.
Not very prolific, they will produce two albums in all and for everything. "Doot-Doot" released in 1983 and "Get us out of here" released in 1986.
A group with an extraordinary sound that frankly would have deserved better in terms of recognition in the musical history of the 80s.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
80s Decade :
• Doot doot 1983
• Matters of the heart 1983
• Runaway 1983
• Tender surrender 1983
• Whispering 1983
• All too much 1983
• Riders in the night 1984
• The devil and darkness 1984
• Look in the back for answers 1985
• Emeralds and pearls 1986
• A.O.K.O. 1986
• Happiness 1986
• Endless groove 1986
• This is the way I'd like to live my life 1986
• The piano song 1986
Tracks :
1983 ... the WONDER ! The group signs here a first title with incredible lyricism and which suspends time as if by magic. Surely one of the most incredible pieces of the decade. MAS-TER-FUL !
1983 ... an excellent result which confirms all the talent of this group which would have deserved a recognition far superior to what it was...
1983 ... a third quality title to end a year of great beauty, a year in which the group will have shown that they were surely not there by chance...
1983...a title which will not be officially released but which still deserved to be brought back into the light of day. It's now done...
1983...same for this one. Their first album will undoubtedly remain a compendium of titles with more than certain inspiration, which will not necessarily be the case for the second...
1983...we have the impression that the group gave everything on their first opus and found themselves more or less out of fuel on the second...
1984 ... change of vintage and a sound still as innovative and extraordinary. Surely one of their best titles !
1984 ... the group will not have been able to impose itself on the international scene as it should have. And yet, there was everything you needed, but when it doesn't, it doesn't ....
1985 ... a year of transition that rhymes with a slight drop in inspiration. A drop in inspiration which will unfortunately precipitate the fall of the group ...
1986...the group will not succeed in rediscovering the brilliant inspiration of the first opus and will pay a high price. Hard law of the trade...
1986...afterwards there is still quality in all that. It's simply that we were so dazzled by the first opus that the second seems somewhat pale next to it...
1986... whatever happens, we will enjoy to the end what they were able to produce because their discography will ultimately turn out to be light to say the least...
1986...a group that had everything to do great things but destiny will have somewhat thwarted their rise to the top in the end...
1986...whatever it was, the adventure was short but at least it produced more than one title of certain quality. That's at least that...
1986 ... a last piece to end the adventure of an extraordinary group which will have had the merit of surprising, as much by the quality of its compositions as by its unique style...
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