Debut single by the synth-wave duo Colouroïd, based in Stockholm Sweden delivering well-crafted 80’s minimal wave.
Colouroid – Amor Y Neon [FLEXI001]
synth pop
VA – Messages From The Void Vol. 2 [CYBERDANCE009LP]
Cyber Dance Records are proud to present their first album release ‘Messages From The Void Vol 2’, a compilation, on double-vinyl and CD, that confidently re-defines the sound of the label in more exciting and varied directions at once than ever before. Consisting of eleven tracks that range from electro to synth-pop and from Italo to disco-funk, the album features contributions from Cyber Dance regulars like Mark Du Mosch, Ali Renault and Tommy Walker 3 alongside tracks from emerging artists like Bill Ambrose, Brassica, Meschi and Serious Lover and also the more mysterious Night System and Martin Aston.
VA – The Hidden Tapes LP [MW030]
A Compilation of Minimal Wave from Around the World ‘79-‘85. The Hidden Tapes features rare, unreleased, and licensed tracks from as far as Japan and the former Yugoslavia. Most of the bands on this compilation recorded on 4-track tape in their bedroom studios while two of them went further to collaborate by sending tapes through the mail. The sounds on this record range from raw proto-industrial to naive danceable Belgradian new wave, to filmic synthesizer music to more complex, vocal-driven melodic synthpop.
Mi Ami – Dolphins [THRILL12.47]
Mi Ami release some unrelenting electronic vibrancy 4 tracker EP. A melting, dystopian refraction of left-field new age, lush soundscapes and Italo daydreams overlapping with slaughtered dolphins and the heartbreak of “Hard Up.”
Factory Floor – Real Love [OM013]
Optimo Music are in the unique position of doing a remix for London-base band Factory Floor and having a exclusive single release for it.
June – Cytheria [TD010]
Debut album from the highly intriguing June. ‘Cyntheria’ is a canny mix of vintage Chicago moods and grooves with more European Italo influences, dreamy and ethereal electronic music grounded in classic chicago, acid house, new wave and synth pop. The album includes also two DJ Sprinkles remixes.
Yön Syke – Gordon [JEKS001]
Yön Syke is a Finnish synth-pop band and this is their first release, a 7″ on, what appears to be their own label, JEKS Viihde.
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.
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.
Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Modern Life [HELMI036]
Fresh, exciting synthpop album from Finland’s Jaakko Eino Kalevi. “Modern Life” is a tradition-conscious and rather minimalist disco, definitely dance music. The album includes a couple of killer hitting, but otherwise the atmosphere is dreamlike and peaceful.
The Hipodrome Of Music 