Taking Snapshots (or Taking Snapshots Vol. 1) is the debut studio album of Luc van Acker, self-released in 1982. The album was reissued on CD by Hard Records in 1994 and Fifth Colvmn Records on May 16, 1995. In 2009 the album was reissued for the first time since its release on vinyl record by Kindred Spirits.
Music The album was recorded and mixed by van Acker at the age of eighteen on a TASCAM 244 cassette recorder in his bedroom. The music was inspired by the calligraphy of Buddhist monks and each track recorded in a single tack.
Reception
Sonic Boom compared the music to Kraftwerk or Cabaret Voltaire and said "Luc van Acker was truly a man ahead of his time and it is a shame that his music did not see a wide spread release at the time it was written."
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the Taking Snapshots liner notes.
Musicians Luc van Acker – instruments, recording, mixing, photography
Production and design After Hours (1996 reissue) – design Zalman Fishman (1996 reissue) – executive-production Jimmy Machon (1994 reissue) – art direction, design
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog Belgium 1982 LP ZAS 001 Denmark 1994 Hard CD HARDEST 13 United States 1995 Fifth Colvmn 9868-63190 Netherlands 2009 Kindred Spirits LP KSE-01
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