The debut album from Tanz Ohne Musik, a project by Dan Serbanescu (The Pixels, Divine Muzak).
synth pop
Inga Copeland – Inga Copeland [D-001DF]
Hype Williams member, Inga Copeland, takes it solo on this lush 4 track EP, wonderfully sentimental electronics.
Soft Metals – Soft Metals [CT116]
The Portland duo Soft Metals present their debut self titled LP on Captured Tracks. Ian Hicks and Patricia Hall, music and voice, have combined to make a mechanical, robotic yet very human record and it’s the result of the by-play at work between Hick’s machine like synths, effects and beats and Hall’s ethereal and dreamy vocals. The album includes 10 synth-pop track.
Sololust – Total Loss [PETITENFANT009]
Enfant Terrible presents a 7” by Sololust called “Total Loss”. Two electronic pop songs, superb synth pop of the highest possible level.
Parade Ground – The Golden Years [DE018]
Parade Ground has always been the duo of brothers Jean-Marc and Pierre Pauly from Brussels, Belgium formed in 1981. Taking cues from Post-Punk, Cold Wave, Dada and Surrealism, Parade Ground channeled suffering, tension and rage through pulsing synthesizers, skeletal guitar, severe bass and Jean-Marc’s expressive vocals as the most melodic and emotional instrument. “The Golden Years” is an 11-song, career-spanning collection of Parade Ground’s long out-of-print 7” and 12” singles as well as rare compilation tracks from the pioneers of emotional body music created during 1982-1988.
John Maus – We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves [UTR049]
Upset The Rhythm released John Maus’ third album ‘We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves’. Questing synthesisers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John’s deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal.
Marc Houle – Synth Pop Mix
Oppenheimer Analysis – Science / Washington [SIG.MMXI.III]
Science & Washington are two marvellous and catchy minimal wave tracks from synth pop duo Oppenheimer Analysis, Andy Oppenheimer and Martin Lloyd.
Philippe Laurent – Hot-Bip [MW028]
Minimal Wave is proud to present a full length LP by French mastermind Philippe Laurent. The LP is entitled Hot-Bip, a pseudonym Laurent used throughout the 80s and 90s and also the title of his 1983 cassette on Fraction Studio. Hot-Bip features tracks recorded between 1979-1988, most of which have either remained unreleased or only previously appeared on scarce 80s experimental cassette compilations. Laurent’s music can be described as spacey synthpop, containing much depth and range. Hints of classical influences as well as electro influences can be heard.
Hardrock Stricker – MAXML II MNML
Soft Metals – Soft Metals DJ Mix Fairtilizer
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.
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.
The Hipodrome Of Music 