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The Human League - The Path Of Least Resistance (1979)

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:02:32 -0500

The Human League - The Path Of Least Resistance (1979)

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Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:16:00 -0500

Cabaret Voltaire

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:15:37 -0500

Cabaret Voltaire

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:13:07 -0500

Cabaret Voltaire

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:08:57 -0500

Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire - No Escape (1979, Rough Trade 004) Sky Saxon...

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:44:00 -0500

Cabaret Voltaire - No Escape (1979, Rough Trade 004)

Sky Saxon and the Seeds cover from C.V. debut full length.

Dopplereffekt - Myon Neutrino

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:33:40 -0500

Dopplereffekt - Myon Neutrino

Dopplereffekt

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:17:25 -0500

Dopplereffekt

Dopplereffekt

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:55 -0500

Dopplereffekt

Dopplereffekt

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:13:39 -0500

Dopplereffekt

Dopplereffekt

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:10:22 -0500

Dopplereffekt

Snowy Red - Nowhere, 1982 (Dirty Dance) Snowy Red was a...

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:34:00 -0500

Snowy Red - Nowhere, 1982 (Dirty Dance)

Snowy Red was a minimal wave outfit from Belgium active throughout the 1980s. Though occasionally a band featuring scattered collaborators, it was primarily an outlet for former Chainsaw guitarist (first Brussels punk band) Micky Mike - real name Marcel Thiel - who released four records and two cover records under his proper name before seemingly disappearing from the music scene in the early nineties. After the Belgian New Beat boom, Snowy Red called it quits and Micky Mike disappeared, only for the band to resurface again in 2004 as a duo with a guitarist at the Belgian Independent Music festival. According to his discogs page “Micky Mike now is history: He died in Bruxelles in May 2009 at the age of 52 years.”

Love Is All - Spinning And Scratching, 2003 (What’s Your...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:42:00 -0500

Love Is All - Spinning And Scratching, 2003 (What’s Your Rupture?)

A personal favorite. I can’t even remember how I found out about these guys once upon a time but I’m so glad I did. We get to play records for them tomorrow night - I’m quite excited. Turns out they’re the sweetest people too!

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Baby Doll, 1979

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:22:00 -0500

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Baby Doll, 1979

Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps, 1980 (99 Records) essential...

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:54:00 -0500

Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps, 1980 (99 Records)

essential early ’80s era New York no wave. Bush Tetras were Cynthia Sley, Pat Place (post Contortions), Dee Pop and Laura Kennedy.

Anne Clark - Our Darkness, 1984 Eighties techno punk classic by...

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:52:00 -0500

Anne Clark - Our Darkness, 1984

Eighties techno punk classic by experimental English poet and musician Anne Clark - hence the wonderfully dark spoken word lyrics - together with keyboardist David Harrow, whose fascination with keyboards, synths and sampling effects led them to create songs that would provide a blueprint for the electronic and techno movement; an interesting British new wave counterpoint to the sound evolving in Detroit around the same time.

Pretty pumped to have just found this version for only $4, which I believe is a Razormaid edit that subtly strips away a saxophone break in the middle. Razormaid! Records is a pretty interesting entity in itself, being a subscription based remix service for working dj’s started in San Fransisco in the mid 80’s. Their catalog is nothing less than prolific, having released hundreds of limited-run (1000 vinyl copies each) special version edits of some of the most cutting edge stuff out there - Cabaret Voltaire, D.A.F., Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, New Order, OMD… They also exclusively used die cut jackets with full color printed sleeves and colored vinyl for every release. Each jacket, sleeve and vinyl pressing were designed with matching colors and each sleeve (once inserted into the die cut jacket) spelled out a letter of the word RAZORMAID in their cataloging scheme, with issue numbers such as R1, A2, Z3, O4, R5, M6, A7, I8, D9, and !10. Pretty cool.

Moskwa TV - Generator 7/8, 1986 Cult act with temporarily...

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:21:00 -0500

Moskwa TV - Generator 7/8, 1986

Cult act with temporarily strong influence on techno in the 2nd half of the 80’s. Originally Moskwa TV was intended as an entirely instrumental project by its initiators Andreas Tomalla as (Talla 2XLC), Alexander Henninger (Dynaton Studio), Ralf Henrich and Kurt Ader. In light of their success in the beginning and in order to reach a bigger audience, they started looking for a characteristic voice in spring ‘85. Through a recommendation of CBS (today Sony) the collaboration with Ion Javelin began. Shortly after their joined venture they landed a permanent European Independent Hit: “Generator 7/8”. Its lyrics dealt with the MCA (Maximum Credible Accident) at a nuclear power station/plant. Not even 3/4 of a year after its publication this Techno-Pop-Classic achieved sad actuality through Chernobyl.

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc / Maid Of...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:19:00 -0500

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc / Maid Of Orleans, 1981

taken from their third album Architecture & Morality, released November 1981. A beautiful synth pop record throughout, with OMD’s sound augmented by the mellotron, used to add sweeping atmospheric swatches of string, choir and other sounds. It eventually sold more than 3 million copies with “Maid of Orleans” being the most successful single of 1982 in Germany.

Interestingly enough these two tracks were both originally titled “Joan of Arc”, the name of the latter single being changed at the insistence of the publishers to avoid confusion. It became “Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)” and later simply “Maid of Orleans”.

The artwork was produced by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens. Architecture & Morality was released several times with varying artwork, most notably in yellow, blue and grey but even green versions are available. The original cover from 1981 is light yellow/orange in a die-cut sleeve.

And in case you were wondering, OMD is currently rocking facebook and twitter and are pretty active at the moment. Andy McCluskey recently commented on their website about the new OMD album - the first in fourteen years - and tour:

Work on the forthcoming OMD album The History Of Modern continues and a provisional release date is under consideration.

Paul Humphreys has been working on the new OMD album recently and mixing work is also on the schedule. Meanwhile, Andy McCluskey is meeting with Peter Saville this week to discuss sleeve design concepts. The band are also receiving a lot of requests for licensing offers from around the world and it looks likely that a lot of deals are going to be made over the next few months.

“Regarding the album and record label we’re looking at a deal with 100% which is a joint venture deal. It is just for UK. We are talking to an indie in US, and several license or distribution deals in Europe. I am delighted to report that the demos have been so well received in Germany that several labels are in a bidding war! We are still on target for early Sept. album release.

We will tour UK, Ireland and European continent from late October through November. We hope to travel further in 2011.”

Oppenheimer Analysis - Radiance, 1982 Superb minimal synthwave...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:35:00 -0500

Oppenheimer Analysis - Radiance, 1982

Superb minimal synthwave originally released on cassette in 1982. This track features on a promotional split 7” with Mark Lane in celebration of the recently released Minimal Wave Tapes, the first official anthology of underground electronic music from North America and Europe from the excellent Minimal Wave label, remastered from analog source tapes and compiled by Minimal Wave’s Veronica Vasicka and Stones Throw’s Peanut Butter Wolf.

Buy it here.