Arrivé au terme de cette chronologie chaotique, il est convenable de saluer l'heureuse initiative de la réédition (l'an passé) de l'ultime "double heart/on location", dont l'intérêt principal, outre la présence tambour battant de Robert Görl échappé de DAF, est dans la possible perspective que l'indélicat verbe - oublier - ne puisse jamais être conjugué.
⚫️ ROBERT RENTAL / more in nocovision ...
While it’s likely—if not certain—that one day the true importance of the late Robert Donnachie (aka Robert Rental) will finally be shouted from the rooftops, it would be a sacrilege to forget the impact this Port Glasgow native made in such a short window of time.
In just two singles—the brilliant self-produced "Paralysis/ACC" (1978) and "Double Heart" (produced in August 1980 for Mute Records with Daniel Miller in the studio)—Rental carved out his legacy. And that’s without mentioning the monumental album The Bridge (1979), recorded with the expert backing of the visionary founders of the legendary Industrial Records. Admit it: that much name-dropping in just a few lines is enough to leave anyone stunned.
Robert Rental was one of the most vital protagonists of that era. At the dawn of the 80s, as the punk movement was beginning to slide into rampant standardization, something new was secretly brewing in the rubble and the... industrial wastelands. It was a gift for the "industrial people" that we all are—or so we hope.
Time has naturally taken its toll, eclipsing a one-sided live LP with Daniel Miller. Yet, time also offers gifts to the luckiest aficionados, such as the digital exhumation of Mental Detentions—an album of demos recorded with his loyal partner Thomas Leer—or a little-known collaboration with Glenn Wallis.
Looking back at this chaotic chronology, we must salute last year's reissue of the final Double Heart/On Location. Beyond the driving presence of Robert Görl (on loan from DAF), its primary value is in ensuring one thing: that the tactless verb—to forget—is never again used in his name.

