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CTIDD 015

October (Love Song) (Five mix) - (3:54)

Relay - (4:51)

Smell The Roses - (4:32)

Love Cuts (Five mix) - (7:23)

Send The Magick Down - (4:36)

Gofex - (3:01)

Exoctoba (Ectopic Juju mix) - (11:49)

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Non Plus Ultra 1980-1987

Domestica

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DOM 03-L
20 Apr 13

U.H.P. - "Quien Lo Ve" - (2:37)

Vam Cyborg - "Actos De Maldad" - (7:35)

TodoTodo - "Megaciclos De Verano" - (2:44)

M.A.D. - "Transmigracion" - (3:30)

Fernando Gallego - "Almuerzo Desnudo" - (3:26)

Kalashnikov - "Ultraviolencia" (Demo version) - (4:58)

Aviador Dro - "Ballet Parking Acto 1?" - (3:54)

Linea Vienesa - "Isla De Las Sirenas (Ulises)" - (4:18)

Autoplex - "Clockwork Mirror" - (5:20)

La Caida De La Casa Usher - "Insecticidios" - (4:53)

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Pop Ambient 2013

Kompakt Germany

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KOMPAKT CD 103
21 Jan 13

Leandro Fresco - "Cuando El Sol Grita La Manana" - (5:36)

Michael Mayer - "Sully" (Wolfgang Voigt mix) - (4:58)

Jens-Uwe Beyer - "Deutz Air 2" - (5:30)

Triola - "Jean Vigo" - (4:20)

Marsen Jules - "Point Of No Return" - (5:44)

Mikkel Metal - "Recombination" - (5:25)

Anton Kubikov - "Ambianopolis" - (5:13)

Wolfgang Voigt - "Rueckverzauberung 7" - (7:48)

Leandro Fresco - "El Cruce Imposible" - (7:31)

Terrapin - "Cirrus Minor" - (3:55)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

Review: Presenting yet another year of the more reflective end of the Kompakt sound world, the Pop Ambient series is reprised to invite both label favourites and new additions to offer a soothing ambience to tickle at your synapses. Wolfgang Voigt is, as ever, unmatchable in his regality both remixing Michael Mayer and offering his own, orchestra-fuelled study in haunting, shapeless dynamics. Mikkel Metal allows the most subtle of pulses in to anchor his own droning arrangement, while the likes of Triola offer up a lighter tone marked out by more plaintive synthesiser tones. If you need a quality-assured selection of refined meditation music, this is the compilation for you.

LAW

Midnight

Zimbalam

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361015 2827607
20 May 13

Intro - (0:48)

Alive - (3:16)

Tonight - (3:35)

Invisible - (3:14)

Love Is Blind - (3:45)

Something About You - (3:38)

Not Meant To Be - (2:31)

Don't Look Back - (3:02)

See You Again - (3:24)

The Bigger Picture - (3:25)

Nothing Left To Say - (3:01)

Outro - (0:53)

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IN TRANCE 95

Shapes In A New Geometry

Minimal Wave US

MW 043
05 Feb 13

Post - (2:58)

In God's Heaven - (5:23)

Triangular Square - (8:41)

Fade In & Out - (3:58)

Continuum - (5:16)

No Exceptions - (3:52)

Invisible Industry - (3:21)

Shapes In A New Geometry - (5:28)

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Review: One of the highlights of Minimal Wave's 2011 release schedule was undoubtedly Cities of Steel and Neon, a compilation of minimal synth tracks from Greek synth outfit In Trance 95, formed in 1988 by Alex Machairas and Nik Vellotis when they were 18 years old. Shapes Of A New Geometry on the other hand is something much more special; an album of entirely new material from the duo originally released on limited cassette. Moving from the gloomy Bowie-esque pop of "Post" through the wall of sound that is "Triangular Square" and the proto-industrial techno of "Continuum", this album is essential listening for fans of classic synth music.

CRIMEA X

Vannij

Hell Yeah Italy

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HYR 7101
06 Mar 13

Welcome Back Sailors - "I'll Be There" (Crimea X remix) - (6:51)

A Classic Education - "Devilish Coasts Sway" (Crimea X remix) - (3:52)

Bjorn Torske - "Slitte Sko" (Crimea X remix) - (8:05)

Holiday In Arabia - "Helenium" (Crimea X remix) - (6:35)

Upside Down - "Banjo Or Freakout" (Crimea X remix) - (7:09)

Enzo Elia, Spy - "Santo" (Crimea X remix) - (6:16)

Bremen - "Anoasa" (Crimea X remix) - (5:16)

Luca Baldini - "Hooked" (Crimea X remix) - (6:42)

The Dark Esquire - "Situation" (Crimea X remix) - (6:38)

Florian Meindl - "No Title" (feat Jukka Reverberi - Crimea X remix) - (7:54)

Dyno - "Oceanica" (Crimea X remix) - (6:33)

Velferd - "The Aspens Turning Gold" (Crimea X Beatless remix) - (6:59)

Ajello & Fred Ventura - "My Rhythm" (Crimea X remix) - (6:21)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo

DISCODEINE

Aydin

Pschent France

376020 9410419
22 Apr 13

Aydin - (3:30)

Aydin (Para One remix) - (4:31)

Aydin (Jeremy Greespan Will Winter Never End mix) - (5:15)

Aydin (Timothy J Fairplay remix) - (6:45)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

EZLV

Selfish Beat

100% Silk

SILK 037
12 Nov 12

Selfish Beat - (5:39) 118 BPM

Good Feeling - (6:44) 115 BPM

EZ Lee - (6:18) 118 BPM

Inside Out - (5:35) 109 BPM

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VERTICAL67

Soulmates

100% Silk

SILK 039
27 Nov 12

Soulmates - (5:00)

2nite - (7:29)

Radar - (5:12)

In The Park - (4:40)

Helix - (4:48)

Removal Acid - (4:48)

Location Unknown - (4:37)

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Played by: In Flagranti

MAGIC TOUCH/SAPPHIRE SLOWS

Just Wanna Feel

100% Silk

SILK 038
11 Dec 12

Just Wanna Feel - (5:27) 121 BPM

Just Wanna Feel (I:Cube remix) - (7:14) 124 BPM

When I See You - (5:10) 113 BPM

When I See You (Magic Touch dub) - (5:31) 113 BPM

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Played by: Cosby (Car Crash Set), Ok Corral

THE AKA ANDREW WEATHERALL/TIMOTHY J FAIRPLAY ASPHODELLS

Ruled By Passion Destroyed By Lust

Rotter's Golf Club

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RGCDL 019
04 Feb 13

Beglammered - (7:18)

Never There - (6:09)

Skwatch - (6:14)

Another Lonely City - (4:29)

Late Flowering Lust - (4:02)

Late Flowering Dub - (4:14)

We Are The Axis - (4:45)

One Minute's Silence - (6:41)

The Quiet Dignity (Of Unwitnessed Lives) - (4:24)

A Love From Outer Space (version 2) - (8:03)

Zone - (5:02)

Dub Minute's Silence - (6:38)

A Love From Outer Space (Mugwump remix) - (10:38)

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Played by: This Is A Recording, Spec., Juno Recommends Leftfield, Dave Jay

Review: Ruled by Passion, Destroyed by Lust marks the fine debut of The Asphodells, Andrew Weatherall's latest collaboration with close friend and creative foil Timothy J Fairplay. Their compatibility shines through, taking their shared interests and inspirations and playfully tosses them together to create a stylish, coherent whole. The album displays its dark underbelly proudly, but there are more than enough shards of light to inspire those salivating after the bold melodies of Two Lone Swordsmen or the naive, child-like bagginess of Weatherall's Screamadelica era work. At times reminiscent of New Order and others cripplingly paranoia inducing, this ten track set concludes in sublime fashion with the duo's dreamy, cosmic disco-era cover of A.R. Kane's "A Love From Out Of Space".

ALESSANDRO PARISI

Hic Sunt Leones

MinimalRome Italy

MR 024
13 May 13

Ancient Of Days - (5:07)

Crocea Mors - (6:36)

La Guerra Di Namtar - (6:07)

Sundara Spirit Flight - (6:00)

Hic Sunt Leones - (4:12)

Gold Covenant Energy - (4:53)

Positron Gladio - (5:33)

Gabriel's Horn - (5:27)

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JOSH DUPONT & DAELO

Emotion

Nightshade Music

NSM 060
19 Mar 13

Emotion - (6:09)

My DUB Is Too Big - (4:00)

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Played by: Tronik Youth - No Dice Edits, Juno Recommends Leftfield

Connections (The I Robots Reconstructions)

THE UNITS

Connections (The I Robots Reconstructions)

Opilec

OPCMUNEP 12
15 Apr 13

High Pressure Days (1979 I-Robots reconstruction) - (4:24) 110 BPM

High Pressure Days (1980 I-Robots reconstruction) - (4:33) 115 BPM

I Night (1980 I-Robots reconstruction) - (4:30) 90 BPM

I Night (I-Robots Acoustics reconstruction feat Lord Theremin) - (4:41) 136 BPM

Run (1981 I-Robots reconstruction) - (3:51) 85 BPM

Warm Moving Bodies (I-Robots extended remix) - (9:41) 120 BPM

Zombo (I-Robots rework) - (12:48) 107 BPM

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Non Plus Ultra 1980-1989

Domestica

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DOM 10-L
15 May 13

Terminal - "Arrebato De Locura" (demo 1) - (3:40)

Macromassa - "Llorando Estan" - (2:17)

Indice De Cuba - "Sed De Ti" - (3:01)

Sociedades En Tetra Brik - "Referente" - (3:23)

Angeles Caidos - "Ellos" - (4:23)

Juan Jose Relano - "2" - (2:45)

Fabrica Del Silencio - "Clon" - (7:54)

Funeraria Vergara - "Beato" - (2:25)

Diseno Corbusier - "Pudor Rojo" - (3:12)

Pena Wagneriana - "Palestina" (demo 1) - (2:24)

Kremlyn - "The Girl Is Mine" - (3:59)

Kremlyn - "Misterios En La Tarde" (bonus track - Estudio version) - (3:44)

El Ultimo Sueno - "El Fugitivo" (bonus track) - (2:43)

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DARKSTAR

News From Nowhere

Warp

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WARPCDD 225
04 Feb 13

Light Body Clock Starter - (2:56)

Timeaway - (3:22)

Armonica - (3:42)

- - (2:44)

A Day's Pay For A Day's Work - (3:49)

Young Heart's - (2:57)

Amplified Ease - (4:47)

You Don't Need A Weatherman - (5:16)

Bed Music - North View - (3:40)

Hold Me Down - (7:17)

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Played by: Ada

Review: Coming back for that "difficult second album" hurdle, Darkstar clearly went away and drummed up a fresh approach after the attention the got from their debut album "North". Seemingly heading further into indie song-writing dynamics, the range of sounds in use is far more advanced, embracing more organic elements alongside the penchant for warm, fuzzy electronics. There are bold and brash pieces like "Armonica" and "Amplified Ease", but the tendency is towards a twisted kind of folk balladry drenched in head-spinning production. It's a decisive step on, and it's served Darkstar very well indeed.

ITAL

Dream On

Planet Mu

ZIQ 327
05 Nov 12

Despot - (8:47)

Boi - (7:34)

Eat Shit (Waterfalls mix) - (3:31)

Enrique - (7:21)

Housecapella - (1:50)

What A Mess - (7:17)

Deep Cut (live edit) - (5:59)

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Review: Not content with releasing one album on Planet Mu this year, the excellent Hive Mind, Ital returns to the label with another. While Hive Mind was a patient listen, filled with deep, leftfield grooves and cosmic undertones, Dream On feels like a more urgent, fragmented affair, like listening to a half-remembered night in a club; opener "Despot" combines chopped up vocals and rattling percussion and feels like several different club tracks playing at once, while "Boi" employs hyperkinetic footwork rhythms with searing dub techno textures, and "Enrique" provides an immersive trip into distant industrial rhythms. "What A Mess" perhaps encapsulates the album best; a cluttered mass of indistinct voices, textures and loose rhythms that somehow come together to make a fantastically listenable whole. Highly recommended.

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The Minimal Wave Tapes: Volume One

Stones Throw US

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STH 2223
26 Jan 10

Linear Movement - "Way Out Of Living" - (5:28)

Crash Course In Science - "Flying Turns" - (3:05)

Oppenheimer Analysis - "Radiance" - (4:46)

Who's Really Listening - "Mark Lane" - (4:35)

Tempusfugit - "Tara Cross" - (4:09)

Turquoise Days - "Blurred" - (3:31)

Bene Gesserit - "Mickey, Please..." - (3:34)

Esplendor Geometrico - "Moscu Esta Helado" - (3:45)

Das Ding - "Reassurance Ritual" - (3:45)

Martin Dupont - "Just Because" - (5:00)

Deux - "Game & Performance" - (3:39)

Somnambulist - "Things I Was Due To Forget" - (3:02)

Ohama - "My Time" - (3:51)

Das Kabinette - "The Cabinet" - (3:56)

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Played by: Shadow Dancer, Marc Houle

THE ABSTRACT EYE

Gifted & Blessed Presents: The Abstract Eye

Eglo

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EGLO 23
11 Feb 13

Analogous - (5:05)

Grandfather Fire - (5:13)

I Feel It In My Forehead - (5:36)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

Review: Living up to his most recognised name with every release, LA producer Gifted & Blessed joins the Eglo family with a quite excellent EP under the lesser spotted Abstract Eye moniker. This name was last used by Reyes-Whittaker on the Cool Warm Divine EP for the Valentine Connexion imprint, a release that impressed the Juno review crew despite the fact the Abstract Eye identity was under wraps at the time. The rich analogue techno explorations dipped in glowering warmth and soul that ran through that release are present and correct on Whittaker's Eglo debut, especially the opening track "Analogous". Commencing with a neck snapping percussive flex, it doesn't take long for the track to get consumed by flourishes of rich analogue texture and undercurrents of fuzzed out bass. Alongside this "Grandfather Fire" floats in more pensive strains of machine made funk, gradually unfurling into intricately layered bursts of kaleidoscopic colour that retain a certain restraint throughout. Whittaker reserves the best till last however, with "I Feel It In My Forehead" making for a gloriously paced sojourn through sumptuous electronic soul.

GHOSTER

Ghoster

Zimbalam

361015 2638531
22 Mar 13

A Short Moment - (5:14) 120 BPM

House Static - (8:55) 120 BPM

X Zone - (7:00) 129 BPM

Down - (5:45) 120 BPM

Minima Wave - (5:59) 125 BPM

20 Years Old - (5:58) 126 BPM

Stumble Me - (8:06) 123 BPM

Stoned House - (5:49) 129 BPM

Jungle House Tree - (8:00) 120 BPM

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DEUX

Golden Dreams

Minimal Wave US

MW 040
05 Jan 13

Golden Dreams - (6:46)

Lassitude - (3:49)

Everybody's Night - (5:35)

Fam Fam - (4:48)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Electro, Chris Coco

Review: "Game & Performance" from Deux remains one of our favourite transmissions in the ever blossoming discography of Minimal Wave, and the duo of Gerard Pelletier and Cati Tete are clearly second only to fellow Lyon act In Aeternam Vale in Veronica Vasicka's affections when it comes to her personal favourite French exponents of 80s minimal synth. Having already released a Deux retrospective in 2010 entitled Decadence, the Brooklyn label now presents Golden Dreams, a four track EP of studio and demo tracks that Pelletier and Tete recorded from 1985 onwards. Typically all four tracks are previously unreleased and have been newly remastered for this release. Final track "Fam Fam" perhaps comes closest to recapturing the magic of "Game & Performances" stripped down minimal synth compositions and hushed vocal duets, but all four tracks will prove temptation personified to Minimal Wave regulars.

SYMPATHY NERVOUS

Plastic Love

Minimal Wave US

MW 039
30 Jan 13

Khahi Cloud - (6:27)

Anatawa Suguni - (4:47)

She Is Lunatic Machine - (3:10)

Break In The Sunday - (5:35)

Butoubyou No Syounen - (4:21)

Quick Starttype - (3:15)

Untitled 1 - (2:43)

Plastic Love - (6:51)

Nanikaga - (3:14)

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OHAMA

The Potato Farm Tapes

Minimal Wave US

MW 038
16 Jan 13

The Drum - (4:00)

TV - (4:32)

My Time (Midnite News version) - (5:16)

Of Whales - (6:22)

Mushin No Shin - (5:38)

Midnite News III - (4:27)

Sometimes - (3:44)

Julie Is A TV Set - (5:08)

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Review: "Hello. My name is Ohama, and I live on a potato farm in Western Canada" went the memorably deadpan opening to "The Drum", Ohama's contribution to Minimal Wave Tapes Vol 2, and it's also the opening track on this full length exploration of the Canadian producer's work from Minimal Wave. What's most striking about The Potato Farm Tapes however is the sense of paranoia and detachment that Ohama clearly felt recording these tracks from his studio basement beneath his parents' potato farm in Rainier, Alberta, during the latter stages of The Cold War. Intriguingly, Ohama's lyrics are heavily focused on technophobia and the subversive power of television and mass media which stands in stark contrast to the techno centric nature - with keyboards, drum machines, vocoders and analogue reel tape all utilised to create complex productions that blended found sounds with audio lifted from TV. Some of Ohama's earliest recordings from his first cassette only release Midnite News form the basis of The Potato Farm Tapes along with rare tracks that previously appeared on compilations.

IN AETERNAM VALE

Dust Under Brightness

Minimal Wave US

MW 036
10 Jul 12

Dust Under Brightness (2) - (7:13)

Dance Binaire - (4:23)

Twist Again - (4:13)

Mat - (4:10)

Metal - (5:37)

Annie - (4:29)

AL W - (4:05)

Strawberry Flower - (6:20)

On Strike (bonus track) - (6:46)

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Review: Minimal Wave return to their self-professed "First French love" In Aeternam Vale with a second LP-shaped trawl through the bands sizeable archive of cassette only releases. The Brooklyn imprint first introduced us to the work of the hugely prolific Lyon band with an eponymous LP of remastered material in 2009, and Dub Under Brightness proves to be just as important a release. The label points to an article on the band originally published by the Douche Froide magazine in 2002, where the journalist nails their appeal in the opening gambit - "There are bands that have been acting ruthlessly in the shadow for years, in a completely confidential manner, then one day chance (but does chance exist?) makes you find one of their recordings, listen to it, and at that moment you could kick yourself for not having discovered these soundscapes earlier and you try to find all of them". If you haven't indulged in the sounds of In Aeternam Vale yet, this eight track selection makes for a perfect introductory primer.

FELIX KUBIN

Teenage Tapes

Minimal Wave US

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MW 037
17 Oct 12

Japan Japan - (2:14)

Agitabo - (2:51)

The Germans - (3:38)

Melancholia - (3:56)

Krematorien - (3:23)

Sonntagsspaziergang - (2:44)

Calling My Brain - (1:45)

Sie TrÃ¤umen Alle - (5:24)

Gelegenheitsexperiment 1 - (2:04)

Hans, Der Ist Nicht Artig - (3:18)

Qualitot Des Staates - (3:23)

Kunststoff Version - (2:26)

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Review: On the basis of this Minimal Wave release, the hugely prolific output of German artist Felix Kubin and his undoubted eccentric nature is swamped by his musical precocity. Teenage Tapes collates some twelve tracks Kubin recorded in his adolescent years after acquiring a Korg MS-20 synthesizer as an 11 year old, with six of them exclusive to this release. Regular collectors of Minimal Wave output will recognise Kubin - a self styled messenger of exploding lungs who rules the "syndicate of counter-noise" - from "Japan, Japan" his contribution to the Minimal Wave Tapes Vol 2 compilation released earlier this year, and that short burst of furiously uptempo, whacked out electro punk opens this compilation, setting the tone for what to expect. As with most Minimal Wave releases, the way Kubin's nascent musical ideas are indelibly tied to the musical motifs of contemporary electronic sounds proves to be enduringly fascinating, more so given how young he was when these recordings were made!

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THE ELDERBRANCH CAMPAIGN

Aural Histories Of The Jovian Survey (Book I)

Record Union

RU 18853
12 Apr 13

Awakening To The System Entry (Events I, II, III) - (28:40)

Drilling For Life On Europa - (28:24)

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THE LUZHIN DEFENSE

The Luzhin Defense

Record Union

RU 19286
13 May 13

Anniversary - (2:59) 118 BPM

Cold Weather - (4:12) 111 BPM

Hooked - (5:49) 131 BPM

New Year - (2:48) 143 BPM

The Luzhin Defense feat Cory Flanigan - "Red" - (4:04) 90 BPM

Refusal To Make Amends - (6:19) 112 BPM

So Inclined - (3:21) 146 BPM

Sobb Story - (4:58) 120 BPM

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LES YEUX & DAS DING & LAB80

The Tear Apart Tapes

Minimal Wave US

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MW 026
26 Jun 11

Les Yeux - "Interdits A Prison" - (4:44)

Das Ding - "A Standing In The Hall" - (3:20)

Lab80 - "Kill Me" - (5:22)

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AUTUMN

Synthesize

Minimal Wave US

MW 027
27 Jun 11

I Say You Hello - (5:31)

The Third Autumn - (4:33)

Night In June - (4:37)

Viginaigre - (4:09)

Synthesize - (3:27)

Laughter Of A Madman - (3:52)

Not Afraid To Die - (2:50)

Aparell I Ma - (4:05)

Behind You - (4:59)

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Played by: Tommaso Caronna, Dionigi, Marc Houle

PHILIPPE LAURENT

Hot Bip

Minimal Wave US

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MW 028
30 Jun 11

Distorsion - (3:40)

Exposition 5 - (2:38)

Systeme Clair - (3:29)

Et Hop - (3:39)

Rapide 5 - (5:43)

Le Temps Des Cerises - (3:49)

Industrieuse 3 - (5:34)

Industrieuse 2 - (5:27)

Dance 3 - (5:21)

Hot-Bip (bonus track) - (3:08)

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SYMPATHY NERVOUS

Automaticism

Minimal Wave US

MW 032
07 Dec 11

Accident - (7:03)

Cold Weather - (5:49)

His Forte - (6:37)

Polaroid - (3:44)

Cabaret Voltaire - (7:15)

Extended Time - (3:39)

Quickshot Robeat - (4:31)

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IN TRANCE 95

Cities Of Steel & Neon

Minimal Wave US

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MW 029
01 Dec 11

Desire To Desire - (4:49)

Fairweather Friends - (4:14)

21st Century European Temptation - (4:19)

Presidente - (4:13)

Dance Another Fear - (2:10)

Brazilia - (4:24)

Something Better Than Nothing - (2:41)

Niles Swimmer - (3:22)

Broken Down Machine - (4:51)

Cities Of Steel And Neon - (4:25)

Gunshot (bonus track) - (3:13)

Oslo (bonus track) - (3:10)

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PAS DE DEUX

Cardiocleptomanie

Minimal Wave US

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MW 031
05 Dec 11

Mani Meme - (3:22)

Take A Cigarette (short) - (3:50)

Lonely Guys - (4:11)

Rendez-Vous - (2:44)

Lits Jumeaux - (3:42)

Little Danny - (3:23)

Iedereen Is Zot - (3:02)

A Million Miles - (6:07)

Rendez-Vous (alt) - (2:46)

Cardiocleptomanie - (3:00)

Squeezing - (1:50)

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HARD CORPS

Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt

Minimal Wave US

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MW 035
01 May 12

Clean Tables - (5:43)

Sacred Heart - (7:35)

Desolation Land - (4:17)

Je Suis Passae - (7:11)

Dirty - (4:51)

For Pleasure - (6:15)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Electro

Review: The unwritten rule with any release from the Minimal Wave camp is that the illuminating nature of the music and the delightful way it's presented will almost always be matched by the story behind it - something that is undeniably true of their latest release, a collection of tracks from mid 80s UK synth act Hard Corps. Fronted by towering vocalist Regine Fetet, the band surfaced in 1984 with the two track single Dirty (the title track is included here) gained the studious attentions of John Peel (RIP) before signing with a major label and granted the chance to work with two 80s production titans in Martin Rushent and Daniel Miller. Hard Corps disbanded in 1989, having only released the one single Je Suis Passee amidst malcontent at their lack of support from Polydor. Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt collates six tracks from the Hard Corps canon, with the aforementioned "hits" accompanied by unheard archival material that will pique the fancy of any self regarding Minimal Wave fan.

IN AETERNAM VALE

Dust Under Brightness

Minimal Wave US

MW036-12
02 Jul 12

Dust Under Brightness - (11:42)

Highway Dark Veins - (13:13)

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Review: The Minimal Wave label present this two track accompaniment to Dub Under Brightness, the soon to be digitally released trawl through the cassette-only archives of their favourite French act of the 1980s, In Aeternam Vale. The full unedited 12-minute version of the title track is presented here and is complemented by "Highway Dark Veins", a brilliant example of proto industrial techno. If you are not familiar with the A Side, it presents the Lyon group led by Laurent Prot at their lolloping finest, a hypnotic sideways Minimal Wave throbber replete with cavernous and near indecipherable vocals and industrially charged synth waves. It's the second track that makes this release all the more special, sounding every bit like the paranoid Martian techno opus that inspired the Mills series Something In The Sky and was a definite highlight of Ron Morelli's descent into Industrial Nihilism on a recent Beats In Space show.

SCHEDELVRETER

Hunker

Minimal Wave US

MW 034
02 Jul 12

Beast - (3:25)

Cibola - (5:02)

Sounding Heaven - (4:02)

Howl - (2:18)

Efigy - (2:50)

Desert - (5:28)

Artificial Life - (5:03)

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Review: The 34th release from Brooklyn's Minimal Wave imprint digs deeper into the musical brain of Danny Bosten. Most commonly known for his Das Ding project, the Dutch synth pioneer also dabbled in a totally un-sequenced, freeform approach as Schedelvreter (which loosely translates as "Skull Gobbler") releasing Hunter, a cassette of this material via his own Tear Apart Tapes label in 1985. Minimal Wave has now fully remastered the seven tracks from that cassette for your digital consumption. Intriguingly, the music on this release was apparently composed on a steadily malfunctioning Crumar synth Bosten was using which would sporadically throw out sounds that were eerily human, whilst drums were created by layering noise. At a time when laptops offer almost infinite possibilities, it's interesting to hear how musicians from previous ages managed to create with such limitations imposed on them.

RUINS

The Art Dance

Minimal Wave US

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MW 025
16 Feb 11

Pure Desire - (4:36)

Fire - (4:16)

Nice Song - (4:15)

Electronic Journey - (2:20)

Short Wave - (4:51)

Sexual Desire - (3:14)

It's Not Too Grand - (3:56)

Your Lover - (4:18)

Daily & Blue - (3:08)

Good Name - (4:02)

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FUTURISK

Player Piano

Minimal Wave US

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MW 023
16 Feb 11

Meteoright (1982) - (3:38)

Lonely Streets (1982) - (5:24)

Army Now (1980) - (4:31)

Poison Ivy - (2:12)

Push Me Pull You - (2:21)

Split Second Decision - (3:34)

Damsel In Distress - (4:23)

Lonely Streets (7" version) - (3:14)

Meteoright (7" version) - (3:16)

Army Now (1982) - (4:41)

What We Have To Have - (2:03)

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DEUX

Decadence

Minimal Wave US

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MW 022
16 Feb 11

Game & Performance - (3:38)

Felicita - (3:03)

Decadence - (3:22)

Dance With Me - (4:02)

Le Couloir - (3:37)

Paris/Orly - (4:23)

Sex & Trouble - (4:15)

Ministry Of Love - (3:22)

Minimaliste - (2:26)

Le Camion - (5:26)

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Played by: Marc Houle

MARTIN LLOYD

L'Amant Electronique

Minimal Wave US

MW 024
10 Mar 11

L'Amant Electronique - (3:36)

Western Dreams - (3:29)

Half-Life - (2:21)

Science Fiction Man - (4:20)

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Played by: Marc Houle

DAS DING

HSTA LP

Minimal Wave US

MW 019
01 Jun 10

Reassurance Ritual - (3:44)

HSTA - (3:27)

Inter Caetera - (3:59)

Take Me Away - (7:16)

A Dark Place - (4:08)

Triffid Farm - (5:20)

Kindheitsmuster - (3:24)

Makimono - (5:53)

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Played by: Marc Houle

CIRCUIT 7

Video Boys

Minimal Wave US

MW 018
01 Jun 10

Video Boys - (4:10)

The Force - (6:40)

Beat Tonight - (4:45)

India - (4:10)

Modern Story - (4:45)

Russian Roulette - (4:14)

Eastern Dreams - (5:01)

Video Boys Alt - (4:01)

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TURQUOISE DAYS

Alternative Strategies

Minimal Wave US

MW 020
01 Jun 10

Grey Skies - (4:18)

Hide - (5:33)

Blurred (demo) - (3:24)

Alternative Strategies - (3:18)

French Film Backwards - (2:09)

Blurred - (3:26)

Scattering Seeds - (5:47)

Parafoil - (4:58)

European Mind - (3:25)

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IN AETERNAM VALE

In Aeternam Vale

Minimal Wave US

MW 021
01 Jun 10

Pray For Me - (5:59)

Money - (3:43)

Les Murs Berlin Wall - (5:11)

The Next Step - (5:04)

Je Ne Sais Rien - (4:35)

Peur Aveugle - (2:07)

Avoir L'Air De Dire Ah - (3:51)

Give Me Your Money George - (4:26)

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STEREO

Somewhere In The Night

Minimal Wave US

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MW 015
03 Feb 10

Somewhere In The Night - (5:03)

Black Jack - (6:00)

TV News - (4:55)

Nowhere In The Island - (4:54)

No More - (3:56)

Lover On The Run - (5:35)

The Devil's Answer - (5:27)

Moonshine - (5:25)

No More (remix) - (6:25)

Then I Kissed Her - (5:03)

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OPPENHEIMER ANALYSIS

New Mexico

Minimal Wave US

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MW 001D
29 Sep 10

Don't Be Seen With Me - (3:11)

Scorpions - (2:40)

Radiance - (4:42)

Men In White Coats - (4:59)

Modern Wonder - (5:01)

Subterranean Desire - (4:13)

Martyr - (5:00)

The Devil's Dancers - (3:04)

New Mexico - (7:39)

Security Risk - (3:03)

Behind The Shades - (5:58)

Cold War - (5:34)

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Played by: Antoni Maiovvi

STORUNG

Europe Calls

Minimal Wave US