Taking Snapshots

Taking Snapshots (or Taking Snapshots Vol. 1) is the debut studio album of Luc van Acker, self-released in 1982.[1] The album was reissued on CD by Hard Records in 1994 and Fifth Colvmn Records on May 16, 1995.[2] In 2009 the album was reissued for the first time since its release on vinyl record by Kindred Spirits.[3][4][5][6]

Taking Snapshots
Studio album by
Luc van Acker
Released1982
StudioLuc Van Acker's Bedroom
(Tienen, Belgium)
Genre
Length38:15
Luc van Acker chronology
Taking Snapshots
(1982)		 Luc Van Acker
(1982)
Alternative cover
1994 reissue
1994 reissue
Alternative cover
1996 reissue
1996 reissue

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.[3]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]

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."[8]

Track listing

All music is composed by Robert Salchak

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Introduction Fanfara"1:49
2."Moments During Lifetime"0:39
3."Taking Life Serious"2:48
4."Try to Say Something"3:34
5."Fanfara"1:17
6."Find a Way"3:10
7."China"0:54
8."Vision One"1:40
9."Freezing"2:05
10."African Medicin Man"1:13
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."It's a Day Change"2:24
2."Frozen Tears"2:52
3."Forced Into Light"2:44
4."Take Her Away"1:14
5."Vision Two"1:39
6."What's Downtown"2:27
7."Business"2:50
8."Outro Fanfara"2:55

Personnel

Adapted from the Taking Snapshots liner notes.[9][10]

Musicians

Production and 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

References
  1. Bush, John. "Luc Van Acker". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  2. "Luc Van Acker: Taking Snapshots, Vol. 1 > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  3. Taking Snapshots (sleeve). Luc van Acker. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Kindred Spirits. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "Luc van Acker". Option. Sonic Options Network. 60–63 (65): 3. 1995. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. Reed, S. Alexander (February 5, 2001). Chapitre 10 Body to Body: l'EMB Belge 1981–1985: 5. Ordre Physique. Camion Blanc: Assimilate a Critical History of Industrial Music. Xlibris US. p. 218. ISBN 9782378480219. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  6. Diederichsen, Diedrich (1989). "Taking Snapshots ohn Label URGH!–A Musical War CBS AMLM 66019". 1500 Schallplatten 1979-1989. Kiepenheuer & Witsch: 56. ISBN 9783462020052. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  7. "Luc Van Acker: Luc Van Acker > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  8. Christian, Chris (September 1995). "Luc Van Acker: Taking Snapshots". Sonic Boom. 3 (6). Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  9. Taking Snapshots (sleeve). Luc van Acker. Tienen, Belgium. 1982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. Taking Snapshots Vol. 1 (booklet). Luc van Acker. Washington, DC: Fifth Colvmn Records. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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