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Regis, Silent Servant and Shifted all remix The KVB for a forthcoming Immaterial Visions Remixes 12″ from Cititrax.
Full details of Immaterial Visions Remixes from The KVB emerge
by Juno Plus on 26.03.2013 at 15:14pmMinimal Wave announce Sandra Plays Electronics release
by Juno Plus on 28.02.2013 at 09:27am
Minimal Wave’s next release has them presenting two tracks from Sandra Plays Electronics, the primitive DIY project of Karl O’Connor.
Best Record Sleeves: December
by Juno Plus on 14.01.2013 at 17:03pm
As befitting a month where record companies applied the brakes on their release schedules, December saw a marked downturn in records worthy of inclusion in our monthly feature.
Cititrax to release Immaterial Visions LP from The KVB
by Juno Plus on 10.01.2013 at 09:58am
London duo The KVB will release an album on Minimal Wave offshoot Cititrax in late February – with a rather illustrious looking remix EP to follow.
Best Of 2012: Top 10 compilations
by Juno Plus on 04.12.2012 at 12:10pm
The best compilations act as gateways into a world of music unknown to the listener, perhaps encouraged to investigate thanks to one stray familiar name or some eye-catching artwork. It’s possible that the art of a finely curated compilation might be in danger of being lost on a current generation brought up on the endless musical possibilities of the mix and match download culture, though 2012 showed that there are still plenty of labels willing to invest the time and knowledge neccesary.
Our list of the top ten compilations looks to capture that, drawing on a selection of established labels celebrated for their ongoing efforts in the realm alongside imprint who’ve made impressive fresh steps in this direction, with an overall diversity of musical styles that hopefully reflects our own divergent tastes. It should also be noted that the drastic decline in quality of commercially released mix CDs, no doubt caused by the over abundance of online podcasts and mixes, reached a tipping point whereby we decided to leave the format out of this year’s “best of” coverage.
New In Aeternam Vale 12″ set for release on Minimal Wave
by Juno Plus on 08.11.2012 at 10:47am
Next month Minimal Wave will release La Piscine, a 12″ of unreleased material from the Lyon based In Aeternam Vale.
Best Record Sleeves: October
by Juno Plus on 01.11.2012 at 17:26pm
Anyone with a firm grasp of the law of averages would understand that in a month where there was far too many good records, a fair proportion also came wrapped in excellent sleeve art.
Full Ohama album on the way from Minimal Wave
by Juno Plus on 12.09.2012 at 09:53am
Brooklyn imprint Minimal Wave are seemingly in the midst of a flurry of releases, the latest being The Potato Farm Tapes, an album of early material from Canadian producer Ohama.
Minimal Wave ready Golden Dreams EP by Deux
by Juno Plus on 06.09.2012 at 10:46am
Minimal Wave will release an EP by the French band Deux next month entitled Golden Dreams.
Minimal Wave present Felix Kubin’s Teenage Tapes
by Juno Plus on 21.08.2012 at 11:21am
Minimal Wave will cast their focus over another artist featured on the second Minimal Wave Tapes compilation, with the imminent release of a Felix Kubin retrospective featuring tracks the Hamburg based musician made between the age of 11 and 15.
Listen: Hard Corps – Dirty (J Rocc Edit)
by Juno Plus on 25.07.2012 at 13:39pm
Earlier this summer, we eagerly reported on the news Stones Throw’s wax mangler J Rocc had hand picked eight of his favourite tracks from the two Minimal Wave Tapes compilations for a double set of Minimal Wave Tapes Edits 12″s.
Cititrax announce Kontravoid release
by Juno Plus on 05.07.2012 at 13:19pm
Minimal Wave sister label Cititrax have just announced details of a 7″ release from ex-Crystal Castles drummer Cam Findlay’s Kontravoid project.
Scratching The Surface Pt. 4
by Juno Plus on 18.06.2012 at 15:44pm
“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.”
J Rocc preps Minimal Wave Edits for Stones Throw
by Juno Plus on 11.06.2012 at 11:03am
Stones Throw have invited long term artist J Rocc to dig through tracks from the two compilations the Los Angeles label has released in conjunction with Veronica Vasicka’s Minimal Wave imprint for two edit 12″s.
In Aeternam Vale next up for Minimal Wave
by Tony Poland on 02.05.2012 at 12:03pm
Minimal Wave will look back towards France for their next set of releases, scouring the sizeable archives of Lyon band In Aeternam Vale for a forthcoming LP and 12″.
Cititrax present Mutual Dreaming by Innergaze
by Tony Poland on 02.04.2012 at 10:35am
Minimal Wave have revealed full details of the forthcoming Innergaze album, entitled Mutual Dreaming, which will see release on the New York label’s rarely used offshoot Cititrax later this month.
Download: Das Ding – H.S.T.A
by Juno Plus on 21.02.2012 at 10:30am
Next week sees the release of The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol 2, the Stones Throw released compilation curated by Minimal Wave boss Veronica Vasicka. As a taste of what to expect the Los Angeles label are offering the Das Ding track from the compilation as a free download.
Minimal Wave ready Hard Corps album
by Tony Poland on 17.02.2012 at 10:37am
The Minimal Wave imprint has announced plans to release an album’s worth of rare, unreleased material from cult 80′s UK synth wave act Hard Corps.
Stones Throw announce The Minimal Waves Tapes Vol. 2
by Juno Plus on 10.01.2012 at 10:38am
Full details have been revealed of the second volume of The Minimal Wave Tapes compilation jointly curated by Peanut Butter Wolf of the Stones Throw imprint and Minimal Wave’s Veronica Vasicka.
Best Of 2011: Top 10 Record Labels
by Juno Plus on 07.12.2011 at 18:45pm
Judging the best record labels in any given year is not an easy task. The necessary combination of established labels reaching their peak and fresh imprints flourishing in their infancy is not an easy one to reach; inevitable comprises in the age old quantity vs quality debate are liable to be discussed ad nauseum. This year’s list came together slowly but surely, and we believe it provides a neat snapshot of all that is good about electronic music right now.
The aforementioned upstarts are visible in force (Hivern, Long Island Electrical Systems) as are their more established counterparts (Clone, Planet Mu, Honest Jon’s). Their combined reach is truly global, with our selected labels based in cities as diverse as Barcelona, New York, London, Glasgow, L.A. and Bristol – their respective rosters have an even broader reach and they collectively touch on too many genres to mention.
Anyone with a finger on or someone near the pulse of electronic music right now won’t need us to tell you the importance of record labels these days. They serve as what Andrew Weatherall describes as a “cultural filter”; the best labels wade through oceans of sameness to illuminate the interesting corners of music, earning our trust and admiration in the process. There are, of course, many, many more labels worthy of end-of-year coverage, but here is the Juno Plus selection of the labels that impressed us most in 2011.