minimal synth
VA – Belgian Pop & Wave Songs From The 1980’s [POPWAVE001]
Very tidy compilation of excellent 80’s wave songs from some of the finest underground Belgian artists of that era.
Futility – Forward / Deluge [FLEXI002]
Futility is a minimal-synth-wave project of Mr. Lacey and Mr. Frank with occasional help from Mr Nicolai. This is their debut and the 2nd release for Flexi Wave.
Colouroid – Amor Y Neon [FLEXI001]
Debut single by the synth-wave duo Colouroïd, based in Stockholm Sweden delivering well-crafted 80’s minimal wave.
Mick Wills – Demo Mix #16
Futurisk – Lonely Streets Remixes [CITI004]
Minimal Wave takes an old sound in a new direction entirely, giving Futurisk’s classic ‘Lonely Streets’ a modern shake-up through a remix package from current artists – out now on MW’s sublabel reserved for new music and old favorites, Cititrax. Remixes by Prince Language, Chris Carter, Complexxion and Tom Furse.
Mick Wills @ Robonacht, Champagneria (Berlin) 03.03.2011
“It’s been a while since the last podcast saw the light of day, so we would like to make it up to you, our fans and supporters with the first session that comes from Mick Wills, who has been with Nation for quite a while now, and even though he didn’t have the chance to shine with his productions yet, his Jock-Abilities are just as admirable.
This Session was recorded at Champagneria Berlin, in the heart of Kreuzberg, while Mick visited some friends of ours from a far away and haunted place, and they decided to throw a little shindig.
“Master of the Edit” Mick Wills dives deep into his record-box and fuses together a unique pastry of older and newer records, higher and lower, darker and lighter, Alpha and Omega!”
CCCANDY – Lonesome Berlin LP [AV!007]
Lonesome Berlin is the long time coming first LP from this German guy solo project CCCANDY. After the debut 7’’ on Eat! and the tape on Neue Strassen, we now have a proper full-length featuring twelve dark minimal synth pop songs. This is the sounds of the old Europe during the Eighties, when the Berlin Wall was still real: cold and catchy at once, minimal yet groovy. Greyscale bedroom electronics.
Nagamatzu – Sacred Islands Of The Mad [DE009]
Dark Entries is honored to present the highly limited second cassette by British duo Nagamatzu for the first time ever on vinyl. “Sacred Islands of the Mad” is a collection of eleven tracks recorded between December 1984 and March 1986. agamatzu began in 1982 after messing around with old tape machines and drum boxes, making numerous contributions to international compilations and erratically releasing their own cassettes. Their name comes from a character in JG Ballard’s “Atrocity Exhibition” and their music reflects his influence and incorporates carefully chosen samples from the Challenger shuttle disaster, Gregorian chants and films including “Dawn of the Dead” and “The Omen.” All the songs were recorded onto a Ferrograph reel to reel in a small room at their parent’s house and some of the backing rhythms and sequencers were recorded first onto cassette and then the band played along live. Nagamatzu’s instrumentals combine stuttering bass, guitar bursts and funeral keyboards draped over a dragging drum machine beat, calling to mind Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire and early New Order or Cocteau Twins. “Sacred Islands of the Mad” is a complex, textured tapestry of sound full of dark electronics, fresh harmonies and danceable rhythms.
The Neon Judgement – Early Tapes [DE007]
Dark Entries has dug deep into the early days of the Belgian cassette scene to release two tapes by The Neon Judgment in the form of one vinyl LP for the first time ever! These pioneers of underground electronic music hail from the small town of Leuven near Brussels, Belgium and gave birth to the New Beat and EBM scenes worldwide in 1981/2 with the release of their first two cassettes–neatly compiled here as “Early Tapes”. Arriving just in time to celebrate the Neon Judgment’s 30th anniversary, “Early Tapes” showcases the band’s brash and seedy lyrics, with raw synth stabs and repetitive drum machine beats adding to this rhythmic discourse. The result is a combination of lo-fi technology and emotional sincerity to create a sound both warm yet alienating that has stood the test of time and 30 years later, still evokes the same magic.
Collin Gorman Weiland – Price Of Leather / Despair & Confession [D07]
Downwards uproot a fine clod of propulsive drone noise from one Collin Gorman Weiland. He follows in the freshly trodden footsteps of Six Six Seconds to release a brilliant debut on the Regis-curated label. A-side ‘Price Of Leather’ attains a pummeling attack velocity of industrial rhythms and sludgy, crooked kosmische spirals and the flipside ‘Despair And Confession’ zones out to gunkjack machine throbs and walls of welting distortion.
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