Love And Rockets Hot Trip to Heaven

Gatefold Vinyl 2LP Reissue Puts Album Back in Print for the First Time in 25+ Years Complete with 3 Bonus Tracks

Love And Rockets is the seminal, groundbreaking trio of Daniel Ash (vocals and guitar), David J (vocals and bass) and Kevin Haskins (drums). They formed in 1985 after the first split of their band Bauhaus. Love and Rockets provided a clean slate and an opportunity to plumb the depths of imagination and influences. June 2023 sees the Beggars Arkive reissue series continue with the expanded vinyl edition of Hot Trip To Heaven. Vinyl reissues of Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven and Express came out in January and Earth, Sun, Moon and Love and Rockets (self-titled) come out on April.

The band's fifth album Hot Trip To Heaven was strikingly different from anything previous, and has a diverse range of influences from twisted lounge jazz to ambient trance. With additional vocals by the celebrated Egyptian-Belgian singer Natacha Atlas, the album's world music influences are evident. New York Magazine said it was "hypnotic, glistening, dark and crashing." The 1994 release was ahead of its time, pre-dating the electronic music revolution by a few years. Citing Primal Scream's Screamadelica, Underwold's Dubnobasswithmyheadman, The Orb and Aphex Twin as prime touchstones, Hot Trip To Heaven spawned two singles; the hypnotic "This Heaven" and the sprawling "Body and Soul".

This gatefold double vinyl LP reissue - which puts the album back in print for the first time in 25 plus years - boasts remastered audio by Sean McGee at Abbey Road Studios and is expanded with three bonus tracks.