A Sordid Poppy - The Holy Sides CD 10,99 € (Label: Brouillard Définitif) back in stock

In the early 90s, two brothers and few school mates decided to form «A Sordid Poppy» refering to Siouxsie's «Poppy Days» and Babel 17 «A Sordid Waste». Their music is always a bit cold but still with some « touching-pop » elements as well as experimental, complex and  (then) modern elements. The lyrics are nicely arranged, sometimes surrealistic,  sometimes haughty, but always terribly decadent ! Their influences are easy to identify, as for exemple The Cure, Mecano, And Also The Trees, Minimal Compact and especially Bauhaus. The tracks on this CD are taken from the demo tapes « Dehiscence » and « Red Cloud Sessions » + one unreleased track. Thanks to these tracks, at last, we can discover some more about this Alsatian band, unrecognized in France, but so familiar for the elders that have have known the "Great East" and its small alternative scene.

Limited edition of 500 copies.

http://www.myspace.com/sordidpoppy

Asylum Party - The Grey Years Vol. 1 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

First part of this complete works with the first duet mini-LP, Picture One, joined by the first album Borderline. On the second CD some demos including the Univers Clos ones and a live track.
The booklet contains the first part of an extensive band biography, written by David Sanson, to be followed in the second volume.

http://www.myspace.com/asylumpartyfr

Asylum Party - The Grey Years Vol. 2 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

This second part gather on the first CD the second album Mère as well as the 7" Ticket to Ride, then on the second CD the maxi What Will You Learn, seven tracks from various compilations (Appels de la Muse, Unreleased...) one live track and a song from Phil's Irrelevant project.

http://www.myspace.com/asylumpartyfr

Atmosphere 0 - Anthology 2003-2006 CD 12,99 € (Label: Minox Records)

The first full-time album from ATMOSPHERE 0 compiling their output from 2003 to 2006. Matteo, ex singer of the death-rock band Spiritual Bats, inspired by heroes like John Foxx and Vince Clarke, express here his pure passion for analogue synthesizers and the final result it's simply great. The CD includes the same titled 12”EP from 2003. 

http://www.myspace.com/atmosphere0

Atmosphere 0 - Atmo 1 CD-R 9,99 € (Label: Minox Records)

After the success of the self-titled ep 12'' and the cd compilation, Atmosphere 0 aka Matteo S.B. (Ex-Spiritual Bats singer, Italian Gothic Rock) returns with a fresh new release, with great minimal synth and electro wave tracks, probably his best release at all! CD-R edition, with one bonus track, 'Anatomy'.

http://www.myspace.com/atmosphere0

Atmosphere 0 - Electronic Set CD 11,99 € (Label: Minox Records)

Brand new release for Atmosphere 0 aka Matteo S.B.on Minox Records

A.T.R.O.X. – Falls Of Time 2CD Digipak 15,99 € (Label: Spittle)

Definitely ahead of their time, A.t.r.o.x. were one of the first bands to move beyond the new wave styles and introduce strong electronic elements. Not too far from works of contemporary groups such as Tuxedo Moon and Minimal Compact, Falls Of Time is their testament, a double CD with their two albums The Night’s Remains (1982) and Water Tales (Contempo 1983) plus the previously unreleased 12" Falls Of Time.

Aus Decline - Retrospettiva 1981-1984 CD 14,99 € (Label: Aus)

Aus Decline bornt in Pavia in 1981 and they were the natural sons of the English Dark Wave and Post Punk, with Joy Division and The Cure as main landmarks. This compilation cover a period between 1981 and 1984, a great anthology with all the tracks that the band produced in its short life..Limited edition to 500 copies. We would like to recommend this cd also to the Minimal Wave lovers,as it is full of analog synthesizers and drum machines. Rare and great.

http://www.myspace.com/ausdecline

Automelodi - Automelodi CD (Wierd) 13,99€

Wierd Records is proud to present the self-titled debut from Montreal's Automelodi. Lead by vocalist and songwriter Xavier Paradis who has long garnered a cult underground following with his solo minimal synth project Arnaud Lazlaud active in Canada since the late 90's, the band was formed in 2006 and is a welcome new addition to the international wing of the Wierd Records community in Brooklyn.

Automelodi - Fait Ses Courses CD 11,99€ (CNTR)

Debut CD by Automelodi from Montreal. This carefully crafted 6 track release is a guaranteed dancefloor-burner, providing a truly modern synthesis of the cold uptempo analogue electronics of classic French Minimal Synth, the raw, sardonic heat-seeking swagger of early Italo Disco, and the icy, razor blade guitar and live drum sound of the great Vague Froide bands.

Autumus - The Lament Tales CDr 4,99 € (Label: Akeff Records)

Autumus is Ivan V. Udintsev (vocals, synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers, tapes, recording, engineering), a russian minimalist young guy living in a small farmtown in Michigan.

Total of 50 hand numbered copies in slim jewel cases of 5 different colours: Purple, Green, Blue, Yellow, and Red.

Track titles and credits are taped on the back of the cover.

Autumus - Uncertain Words CDr 4,99 € (Label: Akeff Records) SOLD OUT

Autumus is Ivan V. Udintsev (vocals, synthesizers, drum machines, sequencers, tapes, recording, engineering), a russian minimalist young guy living in a small farmtown in Michigan.

For this record he used: Synthesizer [Roland Sh-101, Roland Rs-09, Roland Juno 6], Drum Programming [Roland Tr-606, Roland Cr-8000, Roland Cr-78, Korg Kr-55]

Limited edition of 50 copies. 

Avant-Garde - Cyanure CD 9,99 € (Label: GB Productions)

First full lenght CD from this italian post punk band, based in Rome, on Gb Productions.

http://www.myspace.com/avantgarde1994

Avant-Garde - Iron In Flesh 9,99 € (Label:In The Night Time)

Avant-Garde are a Rome based band created in 1994 by Alessio Schiavi with the attitude to re-elaborate the classic dark-wave sound trying to make it actual without losing its original feeling. The band performed several gigs during the last three years, having the pleasure to be the support act for Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Mark Burgess and The Sons of God, Cinema Strange, White Rose Movement and playing at events like LeFantastique Night XXII in Brussels togheter with Spiritual Front. In March 2007 they released the "D'inverno” EP which anticipate the new album, which is scheduled for spring 2008. April 4th 2008... The new album "Iron in flesh" is now available, released by In The Night Time Records.

http://www.myspace.com/avantgarde1994

Babel 17 - Celeano Fragments CD 12,99 € (Label: Infrastition)  SOLD OUT

Babel 17 starts their adventures in college years in 1983, but their first album is released only in 1990 through Lively Art, “Celeano Fragments” is a UFO of french scene, at first it’s fascinating by its variety and its messy look-like. Starting with “Watch” fine mix of touching-pop and EBM, “Celeano Fragments” moves into excellent tracks of icy cold-wave and reknowable by its double leading sing, one inspired by batcave style of Sex Gang Children. The album hit is “Angels of T.V” starting after a short instrumental a sinister cold-wave of extreme coldness. Entirely remastered and with six bonus tracks it’s the time to renew with B17! 21 tracks remastered CD, including six bonus.

Babel 17 - Shades CD 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

Babel 17 starts their adventures in college years in 1983, but their first album is released only in 1990 through Lively Art, "Celeano Fragments" is a UFO of french scene, it will be followed in 1991 by "Shades"a second album full of darkness and maturity. Entirely remastered and with seven bonus tracks it's the time to renew with B17!

Babel 17 - The Ice Wall CD 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

Babel 17 starts their adventures in college years in 1983, but their first album is released only in 1990 through Lively Art, "Celeano Fragments" is a UFO of french scene, it will be followed in 1991 by "Shades"a second album full of darkness and maturity. We had to wait for 18 years for the band to break the silence with this new album. The Ice Wall conjugate with success the typical Babel sonorities with actual production. The Ice Wall register both in the musical mood of the band and into the nowadays concerns.

Baciamibartali / Winterlight - The Mournful Gloom CD 14,99€ (Label: Oltrelanebbiailmare) 

Refined and superbly workmanshipped Elettro-wave music, brought to your attention by two unforgettable and unforgetted italian bands that left their own mark during the Eighties. Collected here on a single and extraordinary CD are the remastered versions of Baciamibartali's "The Mournful Gloom 12" vinyl and the "Baciamibartali / Winter Light" split 12" vinyl originally released between 1982 and 1984. An unmissable CD for all the band's aficionados who were lucky enough to follow them since the early days, and a unique chance for the New Wave music lovers who still haven’t known and appreciated them.

Bakterielle Infektion - Cities Of Glass CD 13,99 € (Label: Genetic) SOLD OUT

“Cities of Glass” was the second proper full-time album from BAKTERIELLE INFEKTION, recorded between 2001 and 2005, and released on Genetic Music. Musically right between Roger’s other projects SKANFROM and TELEVISION SET, here with vocals by permanent partner Uwe Marx, and always under big influence of Mr. Mark Verhaeghen and Mr. Dirk Ivens with tracks ranging from minimal electro à la Absolute Body Control (“We don’t have any Dreams”), industrial music à la Dive (“No Worlds without Borders”), to electro à la The Klinik (“Crawling and Falling”). Also, many other hits like “Actors on Stage” and Anna’s favourites “Nothing real”, “Wegen Dir” and “Postage”, maybe because they are most Skanfrom-like...

Bakterielle Infektion - Early Recordings 2CD 15,99 € (Label: Genetic)  SOLD OUT


Bakterielle Infektion are minimal electronic duo from Berlin, comprising Roger Semsroth (better known as Skanfrom, Sleeparchive, Television Set) and Uwe Marx
This double cd set is a compilation of early recordings, featuring tracks from early demo cassettes and from the first album as well as previously unreleased and even unfinished material.


http://www.bakterielle-infektion.de/

Baroque Bordello - 83-86 CD Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)  SOLD OUT

"83-86" 19 track CD album, including the 12" Today, the Via LP and the Paranoïac Songs LP on a single compact disc presented in a digisleeve (like our beloved gatefold record covers) with a 8 pages booklet.

Bazooka - 1980-1984 Plus (Label: Infrastition) 19,99€ 

The 100th first customers will receive the Bazooka Bonus DVD including band documentary plus three videos.


This 2CD set offers for the first time the complete Bazooka works on CD, a masterpiece for Dutch / Wave / Cold addicts!

- Is er meer dan dit hier MLP - 1980
- Serie Serie 7" - 1981
- A Igor S. MLP - 1982
+ Many Unreleased bonus tracks

Blacklist - Midnight of the Century CD 11,99€ (Wierd Records) SOLD OUT

The long awaited debut album from NYC's Blacklist is finally available. Grandiose guitars sustain and reverberate throughout each track, iconicly evoking the The Cult, The Mission and The Chameleons. They've got the benefit of great production quality to really bring out the sound to give it the polish it deserves. With the guitars in the forefront, the bass is superbly thick and mortars it all together for a rock solid rhythm foundation. The lyrics provide a visual and emotive view of a dramatic and violent world of oppression and revolution, striving to reach out and attain enlightenment. Maybe I'm waxing too much there, but the lyrics are that descriptive,  filmily romantic.
'Midnight of the Century' includes updated versions of both the previously released singles "Shock In The Hotel Falcon" and "Language Of The Living Dead". The hit of the album seems to be upbeat and star-reaching "Flight of the Demoiselles" by well-established rock sources like SPIN and The Village Voice, but the more brooding and dark cloud-rumbling "Odessa" strikes me better. While 'Midnight' might be a little too bright and not Wierd enough for some tastes, it certainly serves as a gateway for the oldschool gothrock fans into the modern age, and the modern age into the oldschool gothic fake-fog filled dancehalls.

Blacklist - Solidaire CD EP Carboard 4,99 € (Label: Wierd Records)

In late 2004, the future members of Blacklist were disenchanted. Living in the supposed capital of bohemian pleasure, they watched in disgust as independent music became an orgy of similarity, lawmakers banned smoking in bars, and the Republican National Convention came triumphantly to midtown. Fashion set the rules for the art world and philosophy had become little more than a cynical slacker's hobby. It was in this atmosphere that Blacklist was born.

Inspired by groups such as The Comsat Angels, The Manic Street Preachers, Suede, The Sound, and For Against, Blacklist is simultaneously celebratory and melancholy, replacing the hysterical protest song of the 20th century with anthems for a new generation weaned on amusement and starved for confrontation. In today's world of faith-based violence, global disjunctures, and volatile identity politics, they create the soundtrack to an explosive resistance. The snide refusal of nihilism makes a loud and heavy romantic sound.

Blank Dogs - Captured Tracks Vol.1 CD-R EP 9,99€ (Label: Not On Label) SOLD OUT

First in a series of self-released CD-R only releases. More noisy/experimantal than other Blank Dogs releases. If you’re expecting melodic or typical Blank Dogs material, this may not be for you. 5 Exclusive tracks. Silkscreened raw paper with 7 x 7 insert (comes in a 7" sleeve.) Stamped, numbered edition of 200, not to be repressed.

http://www.myspace.com/blankdogtime

Blank Dogs - On Two Sides CD 14,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records) SOLD OUT

Sacred Bones presents the CD version of the first Blank Dogs full-length On Two Sides--vinyl was released (and already oop) earlier this year via Troubleman Unlimited. The first long-playing release and the first non-vinyl appearance (save for a very limited run cassette release of this album via Fuckit Tapes) from bedroom punk's new crowned prince of home-recorded DIY synth dementia. After a string of highly coveted and now mostly out of print singles and EP's On Two Sides finds the band holding attention in the long form. Buried under the layers of distortion, fuzz, and synth lines are pop hooks that call to mind The Bats and The Chills as much as Helios Creed or Debris. Psychedelic punk for fans of the more minimal and electro tendencies of the Komische. Which mask will you wear during Blank Dog Time?

http://www.myspace.com/blankdogtime

Blank Dogs - The Fields CD 13,99€ (Label: Woodsist) last copy

BlankDogs are actually singular: It's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam to crap ratio. It's like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment.

Bodysnatcher - The Ninth Floor CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression) SOLD OUT

BODYSNATCHER is an atypical band, at the junction of styles and times, and unites variousmusical influences with a deep taste for cinema.
Electro sequences will remind of Violator (Depeche Mode), guitar riffs talk about The Cure, the sometimes crooning voice ranges from sensuality to agressivity, on a groovy melodic bassline. A tincture of the 80’s is present in the music, concretised by an original and very successful cover of “Ghost Rider” from Suicide (duet with Chelsea from Norma Loy). But the Ninth Floor is not a “last on line”, past-dwelling album, it imposes its own esthetic vision of music, a subtle proportion of “mid-tempo” Trip-Hop and Electro-Rock-mixed New-Wave, enhanced with jazzy vibes and old movie samples.

Bohèmien - La Parata del Circo CD EP 7,99 € (Label:In The Night Time)

After two year from the first official release, "Danze pagane", the Bohemien are back with new astonishing EP. La parata del Circo contains four new songs: "La parata del circo", "Anemia (da qui all'eternità)", "Nell'ora dell'enigma" and "Specchio". Even with the typical Bohemien sound these 4 new songs outline a more marked inclination for a deathrock/horror sound, with a different use of the keyboards, more relevant in the melodic and the rhythmic part of the songs. The EP includes also two bonus tracks, "Anemia" English version and "Anemia", remixed by S*phz (Il Giardino Violetto) with an elettrogoth/ebm old school sound. La Parata del Circo was released in occasion of their participation to the Drop Dead Festival in New York City (28-31 October 2005).

http://www.myspace.com/thebohemien

Brigade Rosse - Entzauberung Der Welt CD 11,99 € (Label: Plastic Frog)

BRIGADE ROSSE is a Berlin-based minimal electro duo with members from other already existing bands and saying they “do not wanna make an appearance as public people, as not the persons, but the concept and music of this new group should in the forefront”, but then Anna must ask why they have put photos of them into the booklet in which, at least Anna, can recognize Uwe Marx very easily, who is known from being the singer of Bakterielle Infektion? That doesn’t make sense at all. Anyway, Uwe can so easily be recognized doing the vocals on here, so why not simply say it … But now to more important matters, the music: it can be made short: this is great album for people being into more contemporary minimal electro. Only what Anna likes with BRIGADE ROSSE is there melodic approach which other bands oftenly miss, there is strings and simple but very lovely melodies for easy and enjoyable listening, with lots of vocoders, Amiga sounds, voice samples, etc. Tracks like “Leute in der Nacht”, “Weltgeist”, “Psychotop” and “24 Stunden” will surely make it to the underground dancefloors. So if you enjoy bands like Bakterielle Infektion, File Not Found, Sickdoll, Television Set or The Rorschach Garden (who provided a remix of “Interzone BRD”) s bringing back the EBM/electro sound of the 80's. 

Buzz – Buzz 1984 - 89 CD 13,99€ (Buzz)  back in stock

Buzz is an underrated, synth driven act from the heart of France. The band released their first cassette in 1985, soon signing with Danceteria records (A Wedding Anniversary/In the Nursery, etc.) The band released four 12'' records over the course of the 1980s, splitting soon after. However, the band has since reactivated, re-releasing several older cuts and issuing new material during the latter half of this past decade. For those who want a more complete snapshot of Buzz's '80s material, be sure to pick up their extremely limited CD compilation, entitled Buzz 1984 - 89. Not only does the compilation include superior quality versions of these recordings, it also tacks a few killer live tracks at the end.

Camera Obscura - Horizons Of Suburbia CD 13,99€ (Label: Anna Logue Records) SOLD OUT

Some of you may know Camera Obscura (consisting of Peter Oldroyd and Nigel James from York, UK) from their 1983 7" single release "Destitution/Race in Athens" on the UK based Small Wonder label. Besides that single they only released one further track called "Village of Stars" on the 101 International 2LP-compilation "Directions". Great minimal wave tunes here!!!

http://www.clancamera.com/

Camp Z - Violent Memories CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

The first self-product album was released in May 2006, supported by Fake Record, an independent label founded by Joy Disaster's Nicolas Rohr and friends. This friendly support around the label and the project (including Nico from Joy Disaster, Cyril from Dorcel and JP that was part of the Zorch Factor adventure) gave me the opportunity to build a live show and to know my first live experience with the Camp in 2006, in Paris at Le Klub.

Carillon Del Dolore - ...Per Portarti Questo Scrigno 2CD 14,99 € (Label: In The Night Time)

After the 5th anniversary of In The Night Time label, we are very proud to announce the release of Carillon Del Dolore - Per Portarti Questo Scrigno. The double cd includes: Fiori Malsani demo, Ritratto Dal Vero demo, unreleased tracks, alternative versions, home recordings, various live tracks. Don't miss the appointment with one of the most important Italian Dark Wave band!

http://www.myspace.com/carillondeldoloreofficial

Carmody - A Better Spider CD 13,99€ (Label: Anna Logue Records) back in stock

Carmody were Andrea Lesmo (synthesisers, tapes, bass, guitar) and Alberto Ramella (vocals) with the some help from Massimiliano Casacci (guitar - member of Deafear and nowadays in Subsonica and running the Casasonica Studios) at the later stage of their existence. They came from Torino, Italy, and were mates of Monuments and Chromagain, also following a similar musical path with predominant synthesisers and drum machines (Boss DR-55, Korg KPR-77, Roland TR-909) along with some sparse guitars. They recorded from 1981 to 1985 and issued three incredibly rare demo tapes. “A Better Spider” compiles the best tracks from those tapes, bringing you some of the best electropop/electrowave music ever coming out of Italy. CARMODY would have so deserved to reach a wider audience, especially the later stage tracks have had much potential to become small hits, and then “Messengers of Love” is definitely one most wonderful tracks ever recorded. There is no chance you shall miss out on this one if you are into stuff like Monuments or early 80’s electronic wave music in general.

Limited edition of 1000 copies, six panel full colour digipak, - first 500 copies include a signed photo.

The Cemetary Girlz - Smoke My Brain CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression) 

The Cemetary Girlz are getting more and more recognition as a live band, but here now comes their official debut cd. “Smoke My Brain” is a pure new-wave album in the purest 80s tradition. When listening to their composition I got several big names The Cure, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus and Virgin Prunes that came into mind. Especially the guitar play is a pure emulation of the 80s new-wave spirit. Little Spigaou is the name of the guitarist and he’s a real genius musician in this type of music. The guitar parts are for sure the main characteristic of this Parisian band. It’s a pure pleasure for all lovers of the 80s guitar-wave. The vocals are less classical as they’ve been treated with a kind of effect on top, creating a dark feeling. The Cemetary Girlz avoid all innovation, but they for sure will bring a lot of good-old memories back to life. Songs like “Sarabanda”, “Chimères” and “Le Masque/Le Visage” are excellent pieces of music. A few songs were sung in French, but the majority of the songs have been sung in English. It’s now all about the question to know if this band can still be successful in the sale of their album!

Central Unit - Central Unit + Loving Machinery CD 13,99 € (Label MP Records, 2003) back in stock

Central Unit is a italian new wave band born in 1980 in Bologna. They release an ep, Loving Machinery in 1982, which contained the hit "Saturday Nite", and a Tuxedomoon cover (What's use?). And a Tuxedomoon member, Peter Principle, was the one who co-produced their selftitled lp in 1983. Their debut ep is now one of the most wanted records for minimal synth collectors worldwide. In 2003 MP Records released this cd which  gathers all the tracks from this two wonderful releases. A great occasion to discover the music of this great bandl band. 14 wonderful tracks, romantic and glacial melodies. Minimal synth meets coldwave. Simply great! 

Charles De Goal - 3 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

For the first time on CD, the CHARLES DE GOAL third album, recorded in 1984 for New Rose, stuffed with 5 bonus tracks including a Wire cover-version. Greatly remastered from original tapes and with a cover as close as possible to the original one it’s a new occasion to re-discover a treasure of French-rock somewhere between punk, new-wave and minimal... 

http://www.myspace.com/charlesdegoal

Chromagain - Any Colour We Liked CD (Mannequin / Anna Logue Records) 11,99€ 

Limited edition of 500 copies
 
The first collaboration between Mannequin and Anna Logue Records is the highly anticipated release from the top-notch Minimal Electro Wave band Chromagain, hailing from Torino, Italy.  
 
Includes their ultra rare and sought-after Mini-LP “Any Colour You Like” from 1985 (originally released for the cult italian wave label Supporti Fonografici, home of Weimar Gesang), the song “Ethnicbox” from the “Tracce” LP compilation plus four additional unreleased earlier tracks on the vinyl version, and a total of nine additional tracks on the CD version.
And all those tracks are nothing but amazing, with a more raw edge (wonderful Roland TR-808 drum machine action!) and also showing their (post-)electro-punk roots on their earliest tracks!  
 
Electronic wave, with some debt to New Order's ‘Movement’ and ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’, but also highly original, the tracks are assembling an out of the blue mix between dark and mournful ballads and outbursts of joy for cutting-edge dancefloors.
 
Surely a true classic and not be missed!
 
CD features:
 
- high quality manufacturing made in Germany 
- limited edition of 500 copies 
- 9 additional bonus tracks

Clair Obscur - Antigone CD Special Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Antigone was composed in 1989 as score to the Sophocles act by the Tour de Babel Company, recorded with many musicians (Strings, winds...) this collection of instrumentals is the more “classical” work of Clair Obscur, proof if necessary that even a “rock” band can dare into reserved territories. The tracks from Dédale were recorded for a broadcast serial “Les aventures mythologiques de Dédale” aired on France Culture in 1994. 30 track CD in DVD sized digipack. Limited edition 500 copies.

http://www.clairobscur.net

Clair Obscur - Rock CD Special Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

CD – Released on june 6th 2011, Limited edition to 500 copies

The recording of Rock started in June 1990 but was stopped because of money issues. It's only in December 1993 that the mixing was achieved.

Clair Obscur - Sans titre, 1992 CD Special Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Sans Titre, 1992 comes after the Rock album, recorded in 1990, but remained unreleased till 1993 because of financial issues. In Drive Me to the Beach the French talks are taken from Masculin, Féminin by Jean-Luc Godard (1966). Music: Damerval, Demarthe, Jouannic (hello Thierry & Patrick). Bientôt (dedicated to Irène and Jean) is a part of a musical installation project called Chansons. The lyrics from Ich weiss (nicht) are the verses from Die Lorelei by Heinrich Heine.
The text from Without the Walls (track dedicated to Pedro Almodovar) is owed to Shakespeare's Timon of Athens (IV,i).

Clair Obscur - The Pilgrim's Progress CD Special Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Recorded during the show created at the Forum des Halles Theatre in 1984 this live was released by English label All The Madmen in 1986, it gathered band classic in unique versions as well as exclusive tracks to this recording. It’s today backed with another live recorded this time at TLP Déjazet on October 25th 1986 during the Festival des Musiques Mutantes, unreleased in these versions these are the tracks that will give birth to the In Out
album when they’ll be recorded in studio in May 1987. 18 track CD in DVD sized digipack. Limited edition 500 copies.

http://www.clairobscur.net

Clair Obscur - We Gave A Party For The Gods And Gods All Came CD Digipak 14,99 € (Label: Optical)  SOLD OUT

After an absence of seven years CLAIR OBSCUR was reactivated in November 2004 by the two founding members, Christophe Demarthe (vocals) and Nicolas Demarthe (guitar). Since then they have been giving several concerts in France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland. and finally finished their first ALL NEW album in years, featuring 10 new tracks!
From most tribal cold wave to chamber music, from industrial music to dance music (unless these two are synonymous), their musical approach eminently atmospheric embraces a surprising variety of styles and gives birth to iconoclast scenic transcriptions.
Among all groups which animated the French cold wave and industrial scene of the 80's, Clair Obscur is certainly one of those which radiated the most outside the boundaries of France. Several of their records have been published by British labels like All the Madmen or Cathexis Recordings or in Germany by Apocalyptic Vision and one of their act of glory is to be part of the compilation 'From torture to conscience' by mythical label N.E.R. alongside with Current 93, In The Nursery or Death In June (1984).
From Killing Joke to The Nits, from the Cirque d'Hiver de Paris (1982) to the Wiener Festwochen (1991), the bands with which they played on the same venues and the places where they performed tell well the richness of this group which is impossible to classify.

Coïtus Int. - 1980-1982  CD (Label: Infrastition) 13,99€ 

Coitus Int hailed from Utrecht, the Netherlands. The band started out as a typical schoolboys punkrock-band in the late 70s. They made a 7 inch ("Dead Excitement ep", 1980) on the local Rock Against label. At that time many more p-bands appeared on the Utrecht scene, and Coitus Int. quickly changed style to a slower, more radical and just as heavy sound, with a barracuda bass style what would be part of their trademark sound, all influenced by groups as Gang of Four and Stranglers, In the years to come three albums were released, all on their own independent (and nameless) label, and made with different drummers:
- Coitus Int, 1981
- Sex For The Wealthy, 1984
- Rules For making Love And Babies, 1991

This release offers for the first time the complete Coïtus Int. early works on CD, a masterpiece for Dutch / Wave / Cold addicts!

Cold Phoenix - Your Eyes Are My Eyes CD 9,99€ (Airplane/103)

Mannequin Mailorder is happy to announce the repress of Cold Phoenix, we are the only and official distibutors/sellers for this great re-release. Cold Phoenix were an italian dark wave / post punk group from Bologna, formed in 1985 by Vittorio Barion (bass), Alessandro Paltretti (guitar,vocals), Alessandro Ruggeri (drums) and Alberto Verri (keyboards). Their story is a simple story of 4 young guys, with a great passion for our beloved dark tunes, in fact all the tracks were composed at the age of 19, just two years later, after the release of their only 12'' EP 'Your Eyes Are My Eyes', few live acts and even video appareances on Rai Television, all was finished.

The CD reissue comes in a stunning 6 panel digipak with full lyrics and unpublished pictures of the band, embellished by 2 fantastic bonus tracks, 'Stop Just A Moment' and 'The Greatness Of Love', in 500 limited copies.

Comando Suzie - Pobres Chavales CD 13,99€ (Label: Punch) SOLD OUT

The first full lenght CD by Comando Suzie ! The spanish duo present their debut album "Pobres Chavales", offering us 11 new-wave/electro-pop beautiful songs. Love, desire, remorse and punishment stories of a sick city (Barcelona) sung by the sexy--dark voice of Comandante Raul with his sarcastic style. Limited handnumbered edition of 333 copies.

Complot Bronswick - Rouge Rêve CD Book Edition 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition) 

Arriving in 1981 on the Rennes scene, COMPLOT Bronswick have never been short of good ideas : altemating music, video and performance, haunted by the shores of dreams and Russian imagery of the twenties, the group has created captivating
atmospheres. COMPLOT have changed with a deliberate desire to shatter an image. Even the notion of them being an elitist band is a misinterpretation for such an open group. In fact the rôle of COMPLOT is not to create a rigid world but to open up and accept the confrontation of différent worlds, generating new emotions. The human structure of the group fluctuates and there can be anything from two to ten peoples on stage at any one time. The only real constant is the poetry and the emotion which is given out at each concert, a certain idea of freedom. In 2006, Jean Beaucé asked them to compose the soundtrack of a theatre show called « ICEMAN tout ce que je veux, c’est de vous rendre heureux ». The songs they created on this occasion are now part of their new repertoire and is featured on this album.

Complot Bronswick - Tome 1 1982-1986 2CD 19,99€ (Label: Infrastition)  back in stock

COMPLOT BRONSWICK is a band apart of the French rock scene. The combo formed in Rennes in 1981. At first COMPLOT affirmed its singularity : working the relastionship of music and image, finding again the noisy tradition and the futuristic roots of actual music, imagining and directing spectacles to turn concert into performance, the stage in scene of theater, the music into acts. This first Tome of their work gathered “L’image oubliée” for the first time on CD, “Maïakowski” and “Dark Room’s delight” albums as well as compilations tracks and the ”Yellow Face” 7”. 14+13 remastered tracks, including 11 for the first time on CD!

http://www.myspace.com/complotbronswick

Complot Bronswick - Tome 2 1987-1995 2CD 19,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

COMPLOT BRONSWICK is a band apart of the French rock scene. The combo formed in Rennes in 1981. At first COMPLOT affirmed its singularity : working the relastionship of music and image, finding again the noisy tradition and the futuristic roots of actual music, imagining and directing spectacles to turn concert into performance, the stage in scene of theater, the music into acts. This second Tome of their work gathered “Iconoclasmes”, “A Kind Of Blue” and “Complot” albums as well as compilations tracks and bonus. 14+13 remastered tracks, including 11 for the first time on CD!
 
http://www.myspace.com/complotbronswick

Contre Jour - One Night At The Station CD (Label: Infrastition) 13,99€ 

It’s in Nice in 2009 that Roxy, Christof and Greguy Leodocard decide to form Contre Jour. After Neptune, their former band, they decide to start over with the firm intention to offer a bigger sound, closer to their own personnalities. In 2010 Manu joins the band which is now complete.
The first Contre Jour album “One Night at the Station” offers an energetic sound between Rcok and New Wave. Influences are numerous but mainly focused on 80’s with artists like The Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie and The Banshees or Depeche Mode. 

Cortex - The Whole Story 2xCD (Plinkity Plonk Records) 13,99€ 

In recent years there has been quite a renewed interest in the works of Belgium’s Alain Neffe and his Insane Music label, resulting in a 5LP for Vinyl On Demand, various 7”s for EE Tapes, a CD for Plinkity Plonk by Human Flesh. In all this curious revival one name from his past is absent and that is Cortex. This omission is now corrected by the release of this double CD, which tells us the whole story of Cortex. This is perhaps Alain Neffe’s most personal project in which he plays music on synthesizers, rhythm boxes, sound effects and writes the lyrics, which can best seen as poetry. This poetry is recited by various women: Tina Scatozza, Nadina Bal (of Bene Gesserit), Isabelle Yernaux and Mirella Brunello. Intimate music with a personal character. Most of these pieces are in French.

The pieces were released on a cassette for Insane Music Contact and a whole bunch of labels around the globe, such as The Cassette factory, Aerosol, 3rio Tapes, Grafika, Fraction Studio, Discograph, Stack Orientation, Beast 666, Trax, Music For Midget, Colin Potter, Finger In The Dike, Tear Apart Tapes, Korm Plastics, Innersleeve and Gut Level Music. Plus there are nine previously unreleased pieces, all remastered by Alain Neffe.

This double CD comes in a plastic wallet with printed inserts and is released in an edition of 300 copies.

Crossover - Space Death CD 11,99€ (Label: Punch)

Folklore devils, Crossover the creepy electronic band are back with their pariah mythos, descending upon us with their new full length 3rd album Space Death! This album goes deeper into the world of Crossoverboth lyrically and musically. One will sense they have been many moons since their last release. This time the sound and themes run darker and heavier in the instrumentation with hard-edged electronics. The songs range from dusted out dance floor head bangers, screwed up electro punk madness, and even some future-now melancholy ballads. These songs make up their own pioneered sound which they call gloom - sick synths, nasty beats, and haunting melodies. These will be the soundtracks to your dreams and the anthems in your head during all of your waking hours.  Each song being quite different from the last yet, somehow relating to each other as if they are chapters in a book. It would seem that lyrically both RAT BOY & RAT GIRL have some things to get off their chests on this one. Their fans will be more than pleased to find that Crossover stay true to their sound, vision, d.i.y. ethic, and underground spirit. The fans have been waiting for this! Not only will cult music collectors, art-rockers, and fashionistas be rabid for this release. Just like the other Crossover albums previously on Gigolo Records, their music will reach many audiences.

Cultural Amnesia - Enormous Savages Enlarged CD 14,99€ (Label: Klanggalerie, Iron Banana) SOLD OUT

A wonderful band from the UK, Cultural Amnesia are back in full flow in 2009. Originally released on vinyl in 2006 on Anna Logue Records, "Enormous Savages" is the first part of a collection of tracks that were released on cassette between 1981 and 1983. Some of those songs were even co-written by Jhonn Balance of Coil! A mix of synth pop, anaologue electronica and rhythmic Industrial, Cultural Amnesia fit in somewhere between Cabaret Voltaire and Portion Control with an added playfulness. An 80's classic ready to be re-discovered and loved! Plus: a selection of bonus tracks old and new, some from a very recent date that show you how CA sound in 2009.

The Cultural Decay - Eight Ways to Start a Day CD 17,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)  SOLD OUT

Cultural Decay existed from 1980-1982. The band’s collective discography is comprised of a highly sought after 7" single and two song 12" EP. The latter was produced and features additional accompaniment by future Revolting Cocks co-founder Luc Van Acker. The band played a total of 15 gigs in local clubs—with like minded Belgian acts such as Struggler, De Brassers, and Siglo XX—before disbanding.

Eight Ways To Start a Day is the first official release in close to three decades from this fabled Belgian coldwave band. Their sound, a collision of ethereal one-note synth lines and dark post-punk aggression, recalls the controlled ferocity of Crisis and The Southern Deathcult at their best. The recordings on these releases comprise the band’s entire recorded output and both the LP and CD include an extensive booklet including photos, liner notes and a comprehensive band history from member Joseph V.

The CD boasts those three plus an additional five tracks culled from previously unheard recordings and demos including “Womb,” “Sink or Swim,” “Out of Balance,” “Losing Height,” and a live version of “End of the Corridor.”

Danse Macabre - Untitled CD 9,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

True UFO in the French scene, Danse Macabre is born of the reunion of Philippe Huart and and Louis Thévenon, co-leader of New Rose and future former of side-label Lively Art. Danse Macabre is composed of Louis Thévenon (drums), Philippe Huart (bass-guitar, guitars), Claude Lamamy (voice and various instruments), Patrick Blain (Charles de Goal main member, voice, bass-guitar and guitar), Philippe Ross (ex-C.O.M.A.) and Pearl Cholley (voice and choirs). The result – six tracks mostly improvised, craddled of experimental sonorities and oscillating between Bauhaus, Public Image Limited and Christian Death – is of exceptionnal quality. Danse Macabre (1983) opens on the powerfull Crucifixation, a “jam” around the Bauhaus Stigmata Martyr. It follows with very experimental tracks, arranged by Patrick Woindrich, including the excellent Tryptique, kind of gothic black mass written by Claude Lamamy. Born of an spontaneous artistical need Danse Macabre will disappear as quickly as it appeared, leaving this only 12”EP to posterity. Today high priced in records fairs, the Danse Macabre record stays not less than one of the French gothic scene masterpiece.

Six trak EP recorded in 1983, re-release in a original-like gimmick cover.

500 copies, released on 6th of October 2006

Dark Tales - Living Out CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle) 

Pavia, Northern Italy, 1981. — From the ashes of Doctor Mabuse, protagonists of incendiary concerts of which no trace remains, came Dark Tales. Authors of three demotapes, they also appeared on numerous compilations of the period, including the now beyond rare “First Relation.” Distorted vocals, futuristic sounding keyboards and clean sounding guitars. All inserted in a new wave atmosphere made less sinister by a tight rhythm section always at the forefront, but never obsessive. Then in 1985, the end, due to exhaustion, lack of funding, and stupidity of those who were there, but refused to understand.

Das Wesen - Embracing All, Vanishing All CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Inspired by performances in 1979 of numerous no-wave groups from New York (including Teenage Jesus & the Jerks) Hans Dekkers, Hans Hermes and Boudewijn van der Wagt started their own band, named Puber Kristus. After a while they indulged in 'unannounced-performances' and at the end of 1980 they renamed the band Das Wesen, also because their music had changed into the direction of new wave. They played regularly all over the country and due to their mesmerizing performances became very popular in Holland. Their first record 'Anyone' was released in 1982. Frans Oosterholt joined the group as a bassplayer and they went on to record 'Who Had a Heart' (1982) and 'Nocturne' (1983). The lyrics were written by both Boudewijn van der Wagt and Hans Dekkers, both of them were the lead singers of the band. Hans Dekkers composed most of the music. At the end of 1983 the band split up.
The passing away of Boudewijn van der Wagt in 1999 was a heavy shock to his friends and acquaintances. This cd is dedicated to the remembrance of this flamboyant and inspiring person.

Datafreq - Fun For Whole Family CD 11,99 € (Label: Das Drehmoment)

With "Fun For The Whole Family", Datafreq (the canadian Dave Rout, also ex member of Rational Youth) gives us a really funny piece of 80s infected minimal electro. Everybody who is into this kind of sound should like this album. 
Highlights of the album are for sure "Just Like 1981", "I Desire" the Kraftwerk-like "Arcade Junkie" and the more quieter "Silhouette City".Highly recommended!

http://www.myspace.com/datafreq

Date At Midnight - S/T 7,99 € (Label:In The Night Time) SOLD OUT

Date at Midnight were created in February 2007 thanks to the will and passion of Daniele (voice, ex Interior Deus), Pasquale (bass, ex Echoes of Silence), Francesco (guitar) and Danilo (drums, ex Dirty Fake). Animated by a true spirit for Gothic music in its various facets (Christian Death and Bauhaus, just to have a pair of coordinates), they composed enough songs to start to play live in the Italian Gothic scene. In December 2007, the band joined the recording studio to give birth to their first EP, included in the catalog of in the Night Time as the 10th release.

http://www.myspace.com/dateatmidnight

Date At Midnight - No Love CD, digipak (Manic Depression) 11,99€

After a few acclaimed shows in Rome's gothic and alternative venues, Date at Midnight started the recording sessions of their first, self-titled EP (consisting of 6 tracks) and finally released it on March 1st, 2008, for the Italian obscure label In the Night Time Records.
Then, the band continued to play live, performing released and unreleased songs, in Italy and in foreign countries as well, often sharing the stage with important international acts. Currently, the band is touring around to spread its music made of gothic obscure atmospheres, deathrock dramatic attitude, post-punk instinctitiveness, and a personal "rock" blend.
In 2011 the band signed an agreement with the French label Manic Depression Records to release its first full-length, which will be called “No Love”.

Dazibao - Complete Works 1983-1993 4CD BOX Set 39,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

With the release of this metal box featuring 4 discs, the French label Infrastition maybe gives a kind of postponed recognition for the career of Dazibao. This 4cd-box contains their complete discography plus some unreleased songs, rarities and live tracks.

Deadchovsky - Decadence Revolution CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

Deadchovsky first album, the labyrinthic and dement "Decadence Revolution" LP which is released in October 2004 through Manic Depression Records (the only one who had the bollocks to sign Deadchovsky).The music may remind Neva, Sex Gang Children, Violet Stigmata, Le Sourire Décousu, Alien Sex Fiend, Killing Joke, Joy Division... and many others. "Decadence Revolution" gets a good feedback worldwide (only in the batcave/death-rock scene of course!).

http://www.deadchovsky.com/

http://www.myspace.com/deadchovsky

Deadchovsky - Spiritus Sancti Bizarre CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

Deadchovsky second album. After some gigs in €pe with bands such as Clan of Xymox, Ausgang, Sleeping Children, Jacquy Bitch... Deadchovsky recorded in 2007 "Spiritus Sancti Bizarre" (still with the drunken ravens of Manic Depression Records).

http://www.deadchovsky.com/

http://www.myspace.com/deadchovsky

Degada Saf - No Inzro CD Digipak 11,99€ (Label: Mannequin)

Mannequin continues its archeological mission bringing back to the modern format of the CD the cult italian new wave band Degada Saf, with their LP No Inzro from 1984.

Degada Saf were a transgressive-dada-ist musical combo coming from Veneto. The project has seen the light back in the 80s thanks to the reunion of two charismatic experimental sound makers, Fausto Crocetta and Luigi Campalani (with additional sounds provided by Fabio Basso, Gianni Baggio and Stefano Dal Col).
The music of Degada Saf suggests a peculiar mixture of post-modernism synthesised electro assaults, new wave’s imaginative minimalism and pop art aesthetic vision. The sound material of No Inzro makes constant interferences between rigorous avant-gardism, alternative music styles and colourfully plastic electro pop. The spectrum of musical imagination reveals a lot of good surprises, notably with the opening theme “La Rhumba de Shang Hai” which directly gives the tonality of the entire album: kitschy retro-popish ambiences based on dancing minimal hypno pulses and efficiently cold melodies. “Ris du Fles” is an intriguing-theatrical piece based on synth waves, absurd repetitive voices, surreal electro oscillations and skeletal e-guitar sequenze. “Tri-Banal” and “Loda Loda” are spaced out mechanical pop songs. Both songs admit obsessional abstract repetition, moody weird vocalizations, circular electro arpeggios and dissonant sound frequencies, in a way very similar to the experiments that Cabaret Voltaire were doing in the same period. “Zom Africa” is an instinctive pop-ish song, always bringing to the fore this massive, recognisable 80’s atmosphere. “Poli Su Mis”, “Om” and “No Inzro” deliver a convincing return to more dramatic, veiled electro-pop variations. Cynically and always in a jubilant provocative way it seems to open on a musical metaphor referring to negativity, conformity and anxiety within the consumer subject of late capitalism. A groovy and captivating electro experience. A pretty decent introduction to the band’s very own musical universe. Warmly recommended for those who are into minimal electro pop fantasies (Automat, New Order, Alphaville, late Kraftwerk...).

Limited edition of 500 copies, CD Digipak.

Delayscape - Morse Disco 2CD Digipak 17,99€ (Label: Anna Logue Records) SOLD OUT

If Anna would have been asked what music would be like a mirror of her very soul, then she’d reply: listen to Morse Disco! DELAYSCAPE is Flemming Kaspersen from Copenhagen, Denmark, who is also a member of Rainscape and has previously been in Swimwear Catalogue. In DELAYSCAPE he is performing solo, creating the most beautiful melodic and melancholic electro you are most likely ever to hear. Usually, Anna did not find much fascination in electro acts as they are mostly missing the depth, the textures, the atmosphere, the ideas, and especially melodies, and, of course, that melancholy that Anna is seeking for in music. DELAYSCAPE is different, and unique, here suddenly it was all there and in a massiveness that lead to several emotional outbursts in Anna’s office. Flemming has rare abilities: he is such a master of sound synthesis, sequencing and he has a great imagination. His tracks are so full of the most brilliant synthesiser sounds, the most wonderful pads/strings, Roland TR-808 simulated rhythms and synthetic percussions, and all is so very organic and honest and interesting. While all tracks are instrumental pieces you shall not worry at all, you will not miss the vocals as there is too much to listen to while diving though DELAYSCAPE’s own sound universe. You will find similarities to Solvent and Lowfish for sure, but DELAYSCAPE is always even more deep and melodic, also Skanfrom, of course, then almost scientifically synthesised space sounds à la Clock DVA and lush and dreamy tracks almost à la Raison d’être. The 2CD set is divided in two parts: CD1 is designated “Music for Dancing at Home” featuring more upbeat tracks, and CD2 which is designated “Music for Frozen Journeys” featuring the more downtempo, ambient and even more atmospheric tracks. Apart from that, Flemming is teaching us a lesson: one must not own a TR-808, Jupiter-8, Prophet-5 or Solina String-Ensemble to produce amazing synthetic sounds and electronic music – it is not the machines but talent, interest and imagination that actually lead to extraordinary creations and results. Same was tried to being achieved with the artwork – many many hours were spent to adapt it to the music and finally it was so worth it, “Morse Disco” does surely have one of the most conceptual and beautiful artworks so far, and following the organic feel it was eventually printed on ecological recycled paper. All tracks were originally recorded between 2002 and 2007 and, apart from four previously unreleased tracks, released by the net labels Acrylik, Cold Room Netlabel, Cluster-Flux, Monotonik and Musicartistry. (Re-)Mastering was beautifully done by Stefan Bornhorst (The Silicon Scientist) so that the tracks sound better than ever before. Sleeve by Steve. For Anna, “Morse Disco” now is the true highlight in the Anna Logue Records catalogue and hopes you will share her love for this wonderful release.

2CD features:

- high quality manufacturing made in Germany
- 6 panel digipak on ecological recycled paper
- transparent protective polyethylene sleeve for CD protection
- all tracks remastered
- 4 previously unreleased tracks
- net labels’ mp3 tracks now in high quality
- many of the net labels’ mp3 tracks not available no more
- limited edition of 1000 copies 

De Må Være Belgiere - De Må Være Belgiere CD (Tryghed & Tristesse) 13,99€ SOLD OUT

De Ma Vaere Belgiere was a black-clad Danish post-punk act, who kicked out a single in 1983 and played a couple of shows before calling it quits. That single has been reissued as a split lp with fellow Danes End Of Your Garden on Dark Entries, and yes, that single is featured on this disc followed by a pretty great live set also recorded in 1983. "Cirkler" is a deadringer for what Interpol had been producing at the beginning of their career with this impassioned, darkly tainted post-punk with death disco rhythms, galloping basslines, and spiky guitars. Siglo XX and Crispy Ambulance also pop up as a reference through the monotone vocals and the downcast mood set throughout the rest of the tracks, and a less obscure citation is made on "Synsforstyrrelse" which lifts Robert Smith's riff from "M" of Seventeen Seconds. Not a bad thing at all! On the live recordings, The Cure's influence is even more evident through the interplay between Jakob Leth's bass, which leads the songs much in the way that Simon Gallup drives so many of The Cure's greatest tracks girded by chiming rhythmic guitars. As is evident through so many of the live songs, De Ma Vaere Belgiere were gifted songwriters for urgent, moody songs that were on par if not better which any given post-punk ensemble circa 1982. The live recordings are pretty good as far as live recordings go, but had Martin Hannett gotten a hold of this band, things would have gone very differently. 

Der Mußikant - DisTanz CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) 

Der Mußikant is a solo project of Rolf Schobe.
This compilation features selected tracks previously released on various tapes between 1982-1982 as well as the highly acclaimed Veitstanz-7" from 1982

Der Noir - A Dead Summer CD 7,99€ (Label: RBL) 

Born in Roma, MMXI. From Here To Eternity. DER NOIR is the Italian wave trio composed by Manuele Frau (vocals), Manuel Mazzenga (electric & bass guitar) and Luciano Lamanna (drum machines, synthesizers). The group formed in Roma in summer 2011 by the will of both elements to create something new far from their usual musical out-fits, in fact all the members come from different musical fields. Faith wanted to give a possibility to theese guys to try other ways of expression insomuch as they began recording their debut album over a one-month period in the Audio Division's studio where Lamanna works as sound engineer and producer with the help of Andrea Merlini from Minimal Rome in mastering process. The sound result blends cold wave, dark pop, shoegaze and depressive with a focus on vocal and guitar textures. Also the choice to use vintage machines and equipment to give the sound a particular old & cold shape is not by chance: during the recording sessions were used 80's synths like Polysix, Pro One, Moog Voyager and Juno 6, the Roland 909 drum machine, valve outboard signal processors and all that have nothing to do with digital stuff. The first album, "A Dead Summer", includes features by Marco Benevento (The Foreshadowing), Alessandro Adriani (Newclear Waves), Valentina Mushy and Andrea Merlini (Andreas Herz, Kobol Electronics).

De Volanges - SDSS J090745.0+24507 (the Outcast) CD 11,99 € (Label: Str8line Records) SOLD OUT

De Volanges defines itself as a rock band strongly but not exclusively influenced by 80's underground rock: Joy Division, the Chameleons, Bauhaus, And Also the Trees but The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Cranes, Interpol, Editors and much of others have always counted and still do amongst their principal references. This album was released for Str8line on May 2006.

http://www.myspace.com/devolanges

De Volanges -  Caryatids CD 11,99 € (Label: Str8line Records) 

2010 Album from De Volanges! They defines themself as a rock band strongly but not exclusively influenced by 80's underground rock: Joy Division, the Chameleons, Bauhaus, And Also the Trees but The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Cranes, Interpol, Editors and much of others have always counted and still do amongst their principal references. 

Diaframma - Live and Unreleased CD 9,99 € (Label: Spittle)

Finally available again and remastered this great compilation on CD that includes live tracks of Diaframma, originally released on 1992. 22 tracks that cover almost 10 years of life of the legendary dark wave italian band. 

http://www.diaframma.org/
http://www.myspace.com/diaframma

Die Bunker - Peut-être qu'il n'y a plus rien / Dreams are not free 2CD 19,99 (Label: Infrastition)

Die Bunker is a special band, because their records are either the original score of their shows either the recordings of these shows. This first volume offers you on the first CD the tracks from the tape "Peut-être qu'il n'y a plus rien" released on V.I.S.A. in 1983 as well as a bonus track from the V.I.S.A. Présente sampler and on the second CD the LP "Dreams are not free" still released on V.I.S.A. in 1988, the whole completely remastered and for the first time on CD. Housed in a double digifile.

Die Bunker - Mother / Histoires d'Amour 2CD 19,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

Die Bunker is a special band, because their records are either the original score of their shows either the recordings of these shows. This second volume offers you on the first CD the tracks from the "Mother" album released in 1990 on Zélig and on the second CD a unreleased recording from the last band show in 1992, the whole completely remastered and housed in a double digifile.

Doris Norton - Raptus CD Digipak, Limited edition w/booklet 17,99 € (Label: BW) SOLD OUT

Doris Norton (pioneer in the early electronic/computer music) began her musical carrer playing avant-garde and progressive music using synthesizers such as Roland System 700, Roland system 100M and Minimoog (Jacula, Antonius Rex). In december 1980 she recorded, at the Fontana Studio 7 (Milan), her first solo album entitled "Under Ground" (Musik Research). Sponsored by Apple computer and the Roland Corporation music instshe was more involved in experimental electro computerized music and recorded the albums "Parapsycho" (1981), "Raptus" (1981, Durium), "Nortoncomputerforpeace" (1983), "Personal Computer" (1984), "Artificial Intellingence" (1985). In 1986 she became an official consultant for IBM Computer Music and recorded tworuments, she was more involved in experimental electro computerized music and recorded, after “Parapsycho” (1981), in the same year “Raptus” with the help of Antonius Rex, Lorenz Schulze and Tullio De Piscopo. this is the 30th Anniversary edition. Doris Norton is really an Italian Icon of Experimental Electronic Music...a sort of Klaus Schulze in Italian land! so..do not miss it!!

Drama of the Spheres - Intégrale 2CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

One of the most important band in the 90s french Dark Scene. A unique piece of a kind that melt psychiatric Batcave with machines, loops, samples.
For the Darwinists of musique the Drama of the Spherosaur is the missing link between The Virgin Prunes Rex and the Nine Inch Nailsosaur of the early ages... A (re)discovery of higly importance in the history of madness.

Dream Affair - All I Want CD EP 9,99€ (Not On Label)  SOLD OUT

Brooklyn’s Dream Affair is the newest project from Hayden Payne, formerly of Void Vision. His new project doesn’t stray too far from that dark terrain as this three-piece’s debut EP adds to the ever-growing grave wave. These guys are young and their influences are pretty raw, but they they use them oh so well. Opener “Silent Story” starts with a crack and a guitar riff that wouldn’t feel out of place on The Cult’s Love, before you’re overtaken by a  more rowdy rabble echoing from within the song… echos of Gang of Four, Magazine and yes Joy Division take over. There’s a lot of 80s Post-Punk worship on All I Want, but none of it is derivative. It’s a fresh and clean re-working similar to what the Horrors accomplished recently. You think you know this sound, this song, this riff but you don’t.

D.Stop - Nouvelles du front / Images du front CD+DVD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition) last copy

(Re)discover the first Tekno Punk (as stated on the 1983 record cover) French band through this complete recordings gathering their 7", LP, Tape and live recording on a CD plus some period videos, picts and extras on a DVD inserted in a digifile! 18 tracks CD plus 6 videos and more DVD.

DZ LECTRIC - Be Eclectic ! CD Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

DZ Lectric is an UFO in the French scene, lots of tapes, joint ventures, participation to Magnétique Bleu, Les Maudits, to numerous samplers, this re-release of Be Eclectic is the way to re-discover a part of his works from 1981 to 1986, on himself or with Magnétique Bleu, Les Maudits, Arnovah, Die Form, Anthon Shield... all being remastered and housed in a nice digipack.

Echoes Of Silence - S/T CD 9,99 € (Label: In The Night Time)

First auto-produced release on In The Night Time of this italian band after they spent several years in the underground scene of Rome, learning the never-consolatory lesson of their tutors Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy and Ikon. Classical post-punk attractions share the scene with desperate atmosphere, evoked also by the superb cover, an oil-on-canvas of the romantic painter J.H.Füssli. Simply great.

http://www.myspace.com/echoesofsilenceband

End Of Your Garden - End Of Your Garden CD (Tryghed & Tristesse) 13,99€ SOLD OUT

End Of Your Garden was a minimal-wave / post-punk quartet from Denmark, whose "Celebration" single from 1981 has just been reissued (on a split lp with Da Ma Vaere Belgiere) via Dark Entries. And this disc features those four tracks, plus four bonus tracks (two in the studio and two live recordings). Their skeletal arrangements for cheap electronics, drum machines, violin, guitar, bass, and vocals that all come together like Siglo XX trying to work out Young Marble Giants covers. The vocals alternate between monotone male vocals from Benny Woitowitz and Jan Laursen with a guest spot on female vocals by the breathy Angie White on the downbeat and slinky tune "Don't Walk Away In Silence." The other tracks, especially the anthemic "Celebration" and the messthetical "The Autumn" are considerably more up-tempo and urgent in their delivery. "Test" is one of the bonus tracks, and had appeared as another single from EOYG's Replik Muzick, with a two-note arrangement for guitar and synth plopped upon a noisy drum machine groove that Cold Cave might have very well lifted for their Cremations album. Agitated guitar noise gives more of a This Heat impression towards of the end of this track, and makes us wonder why nothing else was released from EOYG or anything from any of the members of the band, who all seemed to disappear around 1982. The other studio track and the live material also offer a lot of intriguing art-punk electronics, that certainly would lend themselves to a long career throughout the '80s. But alas, this is all there ever was. 

Erik Ursich - Electronic Diffraction Patterns enhanced CD 11,99€ (Label: Punch)

With the use of his beloved and inseparable vintage analog machines, Erik gives us a ticket for a voyage to the past…to visit the spirit of the first electronic music pioneers of the 50s and 60s! Like the times in which electronic music was born, his record shows total disinterest in any commercial aspect…”distracting” elements like rhythm and melody are absent, pure electronic sound is the only thing that matters, with no compromises or winks! 5 long tracks of hypnotic, droney, dark, heavy, psychedelic, minimalist and wild outbursts of roaring vintage synths! A descent into the pits of Erik’s most intimate electronic soul! And just in case this didn’t do enough to punch you in the third eye, slip the cd in your computer and enjoy the sick, choking and hallucinatory video made for one of the songs…that should complete the service!!! In short, file this record under “UNEASY LISTENING”!

Excès Nocturne - 86-06 CD 12,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

Compilation ranging the band whole carrier from 1985 7" to 2006 brand new recording including their Tape and 12". French cold wave at its best !


18 tracks, released on November 25th, almost 80 minutes of music.

http://www.myspace.com/excesnocturne
http://www.nordwaves.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=112

Fall Of Saigon - Fall Of Saigon CD (Gazul Records) 14,99€ back in stock

An ephemeral trio formed at the very beginning of the Eighties, FALL OF SAIGON takes a special place within French rock. A voice (Florence BERTHON), an organ (Pascal COMELADE) and a guitar (Thierry DEN), supported by a foregrounded drumbox, suffice to maintain a minimalist and essential construction, full of class and inventiveness. More conventionally rocky than musics recorded by Pascal COMELADE in those years, although subtly peculiar, the compositions show influences marked by the New York seal. Thus the musicians are not constrained to the usual clumsiness of those who never managed to go beyond the mere imitation (Or their limitation...). Through two years of existence, 1981 and 1982, FALL OF SAIGON had only released one single-play, that's become both quite rare and expensive. The reissue of these recordings represents the eleventh volume of the Zut-O-Pistes series, and it's enhanced with seven unreleased tracks, three live recordings, plus two prior and post-FALL OF SAIGON era titles. This is certainly enough to take advantage of the subtle charm of this trio !

Flue - Vista CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) 

Second album released in 1983, with Edward Gijsen and Cor Bolten (Mecano), to offer us a melancholic music with great orchestrations, some times colored with oriental hypnotic sounds, maily on the "some-times (in arabia) track, that will be few years later shamely covered by belgian band Caravan and know a popular success in clubs. Pretty different from their first "one and a half" record relaesed in 1981, 'Vista" is more claustrophobic, less agressive but still catching. This re-release has been entirely remastered by Cor and Edward from vinyl rip as the original master that was once sent to France for a release on Divine/Madrigal has never been sent back, it has been taken by a bank when the label disrupted !

For Against - Coalesced CD 9,99€ (Label: Words On Music)

Nebraska's For Against returns in 2002 with their first album since 1997, and one of their most compelling and melodic releases to date. A triumphant return to the independent music scene, Coalesced, the band's sixth album, was produced by Mike Mogis (Azure Ray, Bright Eyes, Cursive).

 http://www.myspace.com/foragainst  

For Against - December CD 9,99€ (Label: Words On Music)

In 1988 For Against recorded the distinguished December album for Independent Project Records. December is a fan favorite and is unparalleled in the annals of post-punk for its unique blend of aggressive, atmospheric, melodic pop songs. The album is also now largely considered by critics to be a forerunner of the dream pop scene popularized in England just a few years later. Words On Music's re-release of December has been remastered, includes two ultra-rare For Against videos, and is issued in a new six-panel digipak design from Bruce Licher.

http://www.myspace.com/foragainst 

For Against - Echelons CD 9,99€ (Label: Words On Music) SOLD OUT

Available for the first time on CD! Echelons is the debut album by Nebraska's For Against, first released in 1987. The album blends Factory Records atmospherics with the aggressive jangle of early R.E.M., juxtaposed against the earnest and isolated voice of Jeffrey Runnings. These elements conjoin to set the definitive image of the depth, vastness, and loneliness of America's sparse heartland. One of the definitive American post-punk albums, Echelons was celebrated with a Grammy nomination for its remarkable cover design by Bruce Licher (a shaft of wheat accompanied each record sleeve in its initial 1,000 copy letter press run). This re-release is remastered with a six-panel digipak design by Bruce Licher.

http://www.myspace.com/foragainst

For Against - In The Marshes CD 9,99€ (Label: Words On Music)  SOLD OUT

In The Marshes is Words On Music's third in a series of album reissues by Lincoln, Nebraska's post-punk pioneers For Against. The record represents the darkest and most experimental period in For Against's nearly 25-year history. Primarily recorded on 4-track in 1986 during a break from the recording sessions of their debut album Echelons, six songs were eventually culled together to comprise the EP later released by Independent Project Records in 1990 for their 10" Archive series. Two exclusive bonus tracks are added to this CD reissue. In The Marshes is reissued in a six-panel digipak design by two-time Grammy nominee Bruce Licher (Stereolab, Camper Van Beethoven).

 http://www.myspace.com/foragainst 

For Against - Never Been CD 9,99€ (Label: Words On Music) 

With Never Been, Lincoln’s FOR AGAINST – now edging up to their quarter-century mark – continues down its chosen path, eschewing commercial rewards for more consistent and fruitful artistic ones. With original guitarist HARRY DINGMAN III still on board and new drummer NICHOLAS BULLER in tow, bassist/singer JEFFREY RUNNINGS keeps to the band’s core values – shimmering guitar washes, melancholy (but not despairing) songs – while expanding its horizons. The band’s ninth album downplays the group’s propulsive rhythms for dreamier, more sedate arrangements, with keyboards taking a more prominent role. The trio emphasizes lush textures as never before, resulting in gorgeous tracks like “Of a Time,” “Black Willows” and the piano piece “Per Se.” The band mixes these ethereal atmospherics with its signature guitar pop on the anthemic “Antidote” and the epic ballad “You Fade,” resulting in classic tracks that will live on in the band’s catalog for years to come. As will Never Been itself – it’s an album that reflects not so much a shift in artistic philosophy as a new permutation of what’s the band mission has been all along.

For Against - Shade Side Sunny Side CD 9,99€ (Label: Words On Music) 

Shade Side Sunny Side is For Against's seventh full-length record and first studio album since 2002. As the Lincoln, Nebraska trio approaches their 25th anniversary on the independent music scene, For Against has reemerged with an exclamation point: Shade Side Sunny Side is a landmark record for the band, boasting For Against's darkest (and loudest) material to date. The new album also marks the notable return of original For Against guitarist Harry Dingman III, who formed For Against with vocalist and bassist Jeffrey Runnings back in 1984. Dingman left the band after 1988's seminal dream pop record, December.

http://www.myspace.com/foragainst 

Foreign Press - The Whole Story CD  11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

The Whole Story is the first CD release by cult Manchester post-punk band Foreign Press. Manchester group Foreign Press were active between 1979 and 1988. After early gigs at legendary clubs including Rafters, Devilles and the Factory/Russell, the group recruited Joy Division manager Rob Gretton to produce their first single, Downpour, in 1979. After a second single, Climbing, in 1981, Foreign Press elected to pursue a more overtly commercial direction. The result was anthemic electro single The Great Divide, produced by Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio), and released through a major label in 1983. Despite management from the team behind Wham! and a second pop single, the group failed to crack the charts, and after later demos for an album (again produced by Donald Johnson) finally split in 1988. However during their decade together Foreign Press recorded a wealth of material, much of it released here for the first time. Digitally remastered, 32 track 150 minute double disc set The Whole Story features all tracks from all four singles, as well as previously unreleased demo and session tracks. The booklet includes archive images and liner notes by singer Ralph Bowe.

Frakture - 30. Eine Anthologie CD Digipak 12,99€ (Label: Brouillard Définitif)

Founded at the end of the 70's by Sergeï Papail, ex founder-member of such mythical bands as Marquis de Sade and Marc Seberg, Frakture quickly became an innovative laboratory for the Rennes scene (Britanny).
Kamikaze punk-rock, mainly sung in german, expressionnist aesthetics, cubist and angular tones... inspired by Bertold Brecht, Otto Dix caricatures and Egon Schiele dislocated silhouettes, Frakture re-captured the spirit of the day with it's own pertinent vocabulary,... and the first gigs had a huge impact on the whole scene.
Despite an increasing public and media success, Frakture split in 1983, leaving a sole EP (Sans Visage/Nagasakind) behind. Sergeï founded « Sergeï Papail and The Scarlet Empresses », exploring a more sophisticated and decadent universe, with horns and backing vocals, white gloves and tight suits... the group's career culminating with an infamous gig at l'Espace (Rennes).
Sergeï then played with Sapho, Bernard Szajner etc.. In 2008, invited to the « Des Jeunes Gens Mödernes » event (exhibition, gigs, movies...), launched by international stylist Agnes B, Sergeï performed on the Bains Douches stage (yes ! Where Joy Division recorded their best live album !) a cover version of Marlene Dietrich's « In Den Kazernen » with DC Shell on guitar. Then came the idea of publishing a selective anthology of Frakture/Sergeï's career.Frakture began to play together again. An album with early tracks was released by the Wordsound label in 2004, and then « 30 – Eine Anthologie » is finaly released by us. Frakture is for sure one of the €pean new-wave best kept secrets we are pround to offer you!

Frank Alpine – Frank Alpine CD 13,99 € (Label: Wierd Records)

Frank Alpine is the alias of Rich Moreno, a veteran of LA's punk and darkened indie underground scenes, as well as a former member of New Collapse and The Boy Scouts of Annihilation. Alpine uses only consumer Casio synths to create a sound that's so thick and so harsh at times, to call it lo-fi would be to suggest something far weaker than the sounds themselves express. And while the atmosphere and gritty electronics might hearken to certain strains of industrial music or power electronics, the decided pep of the songs, and their almost blues-like simplicity situate Alpine's music much more squarely in the realms of punk and even old-fashioned rock and roll. Whether "No Exit" intends to reference Sartre's existential drama is irrelevant; the mood conjured is apropos of a post-death limbo. The album's second track, "Heart is Grey" finds Alpine crying out the song's title ad infinatum, as if to take the tired tropes of mope rock and give them new life as the ritualistic refrain of a headbanging electropunk dirge. And the wordless, relentlessly menacing "Through Your Window" invites one to nervously contemplate the voyeurism suggested by the song's title. What's being seen, and by whom? Fascinating, yet remarkably uncomplicated tricks such as these carry Frank Alpine's brand of minimal electronics to areas both cerebral and viscerally primal.

While many contemporary electronic artists' sound hints, however heavily or slightly, towards a €pean sensibility, Frank Alpine lives more in the realm of David Lynch's disturbed Americana, or the sinister aggression of No Wave. Somewhere between the warped intensity of the former and the acidic straightforwardness of the latter, Alpine has carved out his distinctive space: an eccentric loner squealing from inside the decay, making noise with a pulse that's paranoid and mechanical, yet unmistakably human.

2 CD-only bonus tracks.

Frank (Just Frank) - The Brutal Wave CD (Wierd) 13,99€ back in stock

Wierd Records proudly presents the debut album from Frank(just Frank) from Paris, France entitled The Brutal Wave. The Brutal Wave draws from many rich traditions of US and UK guitar driven wave, minimal synth, early black metal and new indie rock from Brooklyn respectively - layering lush washes of atmospheric anglophilic guitars above a warmly orchestral analogue synth and drum machine fueled minimal electronic backdrop.

Frustration - S/T CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression) SOLD OUT

Formed in september 2002 by members of the parisian "happy family" Anteenagers mc, Teckels, Operation S, No Talents, Steve & the jerks, Four Slicks, Les Terribles & Warum Joe. Frustration have decided to explore the dark, cold, sad but tense side of rock'n'roll. Influenced by postpunk & coldwave bands such as Crisis, Warsaw/Joy Division, Killing Joke, The Fall etc...Frustration is more a modern band 80's oriented... 

http://www.myspace.com/_frustration

Gabrielle's Wish - Portal CD 11,99€ (Path) SOLD OUT

Formed in Manchester, Gabrielles Wish signed to Rob Gretton's record label 'Manchester Records'. Under that label the band released two EPs 'Gabrielles Wish' and 'Golded UP'. Hot on the heels of these releases the band supported amongst others, New Order and The Fall. The bands third EP was the excursion into electronica with 'Manchester Suite'. Gabrielles Wish have released four studio albums, the most recent being 'CIRCA' brought out in October 2007. 'Portal' is the 2003 release from this great mancunian post band. Limited edition 1000 copies.

Gabrielle's Wish - Reformer CD 11,99€ (Small Adjustments) SOLD OUT

Formed in Manchester, Gabrielles Wish signed to Rob Gretton's record label 'Manchester Records'. Under that label the band released two EPs 'Gabrielles Wish' and 'Golded UP'. Hot on the heels of these releases the band supported amongst others, New Order and The Fall. The bands third EP was the excursion into electronica with 'Manchester Suite'. Gabrielles Wish have released four studio albums, the most recent being 'CIRCA' brought out in October 2007. 'Reformer' is the 2006 release from this great mancunian post band.

Garten Kirkhof - The Lost Tapes 1988-1994 CD Digipak 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition)  back in stock

Garten Kirkhof was officially formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988. To find the earliest beginnings of Garten Kirkhof, we need to shift locations to Sacramento, Ca and then travel back in time to 1980. At that time in musical history, there were amazing and magical things brewing. Bands that would later become revered and influential had just recently formed. The stagnant, unimaginative bad rock, horrid disco and saccharine sweet pop had finally been challenged by something refreshingly raw, strong and different. With strange and provocative names like Joy Division, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Christian Death, Magazine, Comsat Angels, The Sound and many others.

Gary War - Horribles Parade CD 13,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)

Horribles Parade is the new full length from Gary War. This is the second album and the followup to last years’ New Raytheonport LP on SHDWPLY Records. The album expands on the more stripped down sound of his Sacred Bones “Zontag” single, plying layers of warm fuzz and feedback on top of psychedelic pop song structures. The CD contains “Anhedonic Man,” previosly released as a one-sided single on Hell Yes! records, as well as the whole Galactic Citizens 12" EP, soon to be relased on Captured Tracks.

Geisterfahrer - Fest Der Vielen Sinne CD (Plastic Frog) 11,99€ SOLD OUT

Tracks 1 to 12 previously released on vinyl LP in 1981 on Konkurrenz / Phonogram.
Tracks 13 to 17 are previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Tracks 18 to 20 were previously published on the 12" vinyl "Die Schönsten - Linientreu" on Konkurrenz in 1981

Geisterfahrer - Schatten Voraus CD (Plastic Frog) 11,99€  SOLD OUT

Re-release of the album from 1980, Tracks 11-16 are previously unreleased.

GEISTERFAHRER was Hans Keller, Michael Ruff, Matthias Schuster (aka Im Namen des Volkes, Bal Paré, Ritual) and Jürgen Weiß from Hamburg, Germany. In 1980 they recorded their debut album „Schatten voraus“ which marks a masterpiece of German dark wave/gothic. “Das Ufer”and “Scharlach” could have also been tracks from the album by Grauzone, with the similar atmosphere, both musically and lyrically. “Pestkreuze” has reminiscence to Tuxedomoon as well as “Es tut nicht mehr weh” which gives rise to the synthesizer with percussion and weird progression. “Terror/Liebe” may have some funk or no wave influences. “Sand am Meer” incorporates an early analogue drum machine with monotonous bass, also Grauzone related. “Das Haus” may appeal also to early Christian Death fans. “Schatten” could have been a track from the well-known Ritual 12”EP as well (Hans Keller and Matthias Schuster only). “Wasser” is reminiscent of earlier calm Einstürzende Neubauten. This CD version adds six bonus tracks to the album including the minimal electro track “Android” even using the Roland CR-78 (that was surely later used on Andreas Dorau’s “Fred vom Jupiter”). So if you fancy with any of the aforementioned groups then you should call this classic album on your own, a milestone of German dark underground music.

Gerechtigkeits Liga - Hypnotischer Existenzialismus CD Digipak 14,99€ (Isegrimm Records) SOLD OUT

The prestigious rare release comes painstakingly packaged in an elaborately designed silver printed six sided digipack (please click on the cover artwork below for a black&white enhancement), which includes the very rare 12" Maxie 'The games must go on', which was originally released in 1984 on G.L's own label, Zyklus Records, in a small edition of 500 copies. Also available again for the first time as part of the collection is the album 'Hypnotischer Existenzialismus', which was originally released on SPK's label 'Side Effects' , in 1985 and on the US label 'Thermidor' , in 1986. Seven additional Bonus live tracks, of which six have never been released before, are part of the 70minutes long digipack.

Gestalt - Le Sommeil Du Singe 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

We have the pleasure to introduce you the re-release of the mythical Cold Wave album “Le sommeil du singe”, the lp of Lyon’s band Gestalt released in 1987 and backed with three never released titles, the whole for the first time on CD. Simply don't miss it!

http://www.myspace.com/gestalt87

Grauzone - Grauzone 1980-1982 Remastered 2CD Digipak (Mital-U) 24,99€ SOLD OUT

3 fold-out digipak-sleeve, incl. a carefully made 24-page booklet with exclusive band-fotos and informations about each song.
Contains 21 digital remastered songs, 6 of them so far unreleased on CD incl. 3 ('Tanzbär‘, 'Polar Bear‘ and 'Plastikherz‘) previously unpublished tracks.


Besides, contrary to past CD publications, all songs are in original full length!

Guerre Froide - Abrutir Les Masses CD 13,99 € (Label: Brouillard Définitif) SOLD OUT

3 years already after the release of "Angoisses Et Divertissement", Brouillard Définitif is happy to present you, in collaboration with Guerre Froide’s label Flashbacks Futurs, their 2nd album "Abrutir Les Masses" is definitely orientated into the future, still dark but featured of many more rich sounds. Between the tracks "Hypnose" and "Canal Historique", the band attracts us in their personal universe. Well approched lyrics, mindblowing music, attractive refrains, inspired by the society in derivation such as the track "Des Illusions" shows it. Even "Identité Variable" or also "Le Fil" does explains that. Sometimes the mood is more close-friend as on "L'Expérience", a kind of strange variation of a certain "Espérance". We found on this opus somemany tracks already played live, or unreleased till now such as "Sauvage" and "Abrutir", or which are present on the mCD released some months ago with the tracks "Nom" and "Entre Nous", here provided on the new album with a different mixing. Guerre Froide pulls us toward to some new unexpected musical horizons, with various inspirations. 10 tracks showing us that the band still have many things to tell us ;)

Guerre Froide - Angoisses et Divertissement CD 12,99 € (Label: Brouillard Définitif) 

With the first release of our new label, Guerre Froide comes back with a new line-up. It is constituted with Yves Royer and Fabrice Fruchart as the origins, but also has a newly-welcomed bass player : Samuel Druon. The CD is essentially composed of new tracks which have been freshly recorded and mastered between December 2006 and March 2007. The album is melancholic, gentle and marvelous. It is a tribute to great writers from past centuries, such as Saint Exupéry, with a track called "Saint Ex" and Arthur Rimbaud with "L'éternité". It also includes cover songs for older tracks such as "A corps perdus" by Pour L'Exemple, the legendary "Demain Berlin", and "Romance" which is a rendition of "La Chanson d'Ian", a track taken from their demo released in 1980. Limited edition 500 copies. For free a Brouillard Définitif sticker!

http://www.myspace.com/guerrefroide

Guerre Froide - Nom MINI CD 2,50€ (Label: Brouillard Définitif)

Back again almost two years later after their new album «Angoisses et Divertissement», receiving a real success, we can note about the band was not unemployed as numerous live shows and international tours were following. Without any doubts, a rewarded motivation as the band is back again with a project to release a new album at the 2009 autumn! To point out this event, Brouillard Définitif in association with Flashbacks Futurs (Guerre Froide's structure) decide to edit this unique CD sampler – including 3 tracks, all in the aim to present the content and colors of this opus in gestation.

Strictly limited, this mCD will fully fulfil any fan of the band because containting extracts of the futur album, it also contains some unreleased tracks which probably will never be released anywhere else.

This record is available in a traditionnal «CD single box» : it means a cardboard sleeve which is also cellophaned. This will surely make foam out any greeder of the so unique Guerre Froidesque sounds.

Guerre Froide - Guerre Froide CD EP 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) SOLD OUT

Rerelease of the original 12" from 1981 (Stechak Records, France). Including foldable poster booklet. French Cold wave legendary and impossible to find record !!! Dont miss it.

Guerre Froide / Gegenacht / Pour L'Exemple - Cryopack - Cryogénisation Report BOX 4CD+PIN (Infrastition) 24,99€ 

Cryogenisation Report, this name gets us 30 years back, at the cold times of tapes, of gigs with 15 peoples, of these records lent as treasures, of the secrets exchanged at the corner of dark streets…There is not much happening in Amiens in 1980, so few peoples decide to make everything, music, concerts, label, packagings, the punk DIY is not that far yet, and the CD even not think about… That is Cryogenisation Report : four tapes released between 1980 and 1986, only works from the very core : Guerre Froide, Gegenacht and Pour l’Exemple, a rough sound, some chocking images, and always this intimity, this coldness, even within the lyrics and the cover pictures. We offer you these northern madeleines, joined into a so rough pack, 4CD and a booklet gathering these complete works, a badge to keep on wearing the red and black colors, and an ID number, because it’s also about that we’re dealing… In most of the original tapes it’s also the complete works of Pour L’exemple that is proposed with on the forth CD the addition of the 1988 4 track vinyl and the 1992 tape E Pericoloso.

Handful Of Snowdrops - Land Of The Damned (20th Anniversary Edition) CD Digipak 14,99€ (Label: NanoGénésie®)  SOLD OUT

To mark its 20th anniversary, Handful of Snowdrops have launched the expanded and remastered reissue of their legendary first album Land of the Damned, just over 16 years after their eloquent final release, Mort en Direct. The album has been expanded with the track Gabrielle MMIX, a totally new version of their seminal smash hit, Gabrielle.
Each CD copy of this very limited reissue will allow collectors to download a compilation of 12 early demos titled Groundwork for Fundamentals Vol. 1, literally a sonic history of the band’s formative years, from 1984 to 1986.

HellOZ - Behind the Fence... It's Green CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

he new project of JeD, front man of Drama of the Spheres, is a concept band and "Beyond the fence... it's green" the imaginary soundtrack of The Wizzard of Oz, as an musical UFO, taking from Indus Rock to Death Rock, to Heavenly Voices, or even Progressive Rock...

"Beyond the fence... it's green" is like the world of Oz, strange, unsusual, tortured, but it's hard to get out from it once you've been there...

Hidden Agenda - More Decisions CD 13,99 € (Label: Genetic)

Two tapes of the great Hidden Agenda from USA finally remastered. One is the legendary "Few Decisions" tape incl. the hits "Talking to myself" and "Life at the top" and the other is a previously unreleased demo tape feat. four more minimal synth smashers.

All tracks written and produced by Hidden Agenda (Mark Foster / Walter Stowe) 1983.

HTRK - Marry Me Tonight CD Digipak 9,99€ (Label: Blast First) 

Orginally from Melbourne, Australia, they translanted to Berlin in 2007 and, in 2008 moved to London. “ha/panties” 12”/download was already february’s 09’s artrocker single of the month “more mood than band, they (htrk) are a feeling, a trance” “seemingly unstoppable” , “ferocious chainsaw guitars” xfm’s john kennedy is a fan and played the single several times. glasgow’s optimo club & london’s white heat were early adopters with regular club plays and several live shows. “icy minimalists from down under render stark expansive architectural slabs of noise and mesmerizing grooves.” jim sclavunos clash mag 09 bands to watch. htrk initially released their demos on fire records under the title “nostalgia” the band went on to cut their live teeth in €pe in 2008 opening for liars.

Marry Me Tonight is produced by Rowland S Howard (ex Birthday Party, Bad Seeds and Crime and the City Solution) and Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios in Melbourne, 2006. Guest musicians included Rowland S Howard, Rohan Rebeiro (My Disco) and Conrad Standish (Devastations).

Human Puppets - Future From The Past CD ltd ed 500 copiesl 14,99€ (Label: Disorder Records) SOLD OUT

This first CD from the retro / minimal act is actually a re-release of the super rare "Kernkrach" vinyl (2005) and holds 8 bonus tracks. The sound of Human Puppets has been compared to that of acts such as Snowy Red, Fad Gadget or the first works by Neon Judgement. The bonus tracks consist of previously unreleased songs and live-tracks. Check www.myspace.com/humanpuppets for more info and sounds.

Jeff And Jane Hudson - Flesh CD 12,99€ (Dark Entries / Captured Tracks)

Cult minimal wave duo, re-released on Dark Entries with Captured Tracks. Later in 1981, JEFF AND JANE were formed and released one EP 'World Trade' on Lust/Unlust records, and in '83 they released the album 'Flesh'(self-produced). The band performed in venues in Boston, New York and Philadephia. The music was electro-pop employing early Roland synths and the TR808 drum machine.

Tracks 1-10 originally released on Flesh LP.
Tracks 11-16 originally released on World Trade EP.
Tracks 17-18 originally released on Special World 7".
Tracks 19-20 originally released on No Clubs 7".

http://www.officialjeffandjane.com/

Jesse Ruins – Dream Machine CD 11,99€ (Label: Captured Tracks)

Jesse Ruins is a Tokyo-based unit, which formed in the spring of 2010 by Nobuyuki Sakuma, as a solo project. In December 2011, Nah joined the band and they shortly thereafter signed to Captured Tracks. Dream Analysis is their second release on the label.

The six song EP conjures a romantic and atmospheric haze, a little bit of the past, mostly a glimpse of the future. Already generating lots of buzz, the complete EP fills in all the missing pieces. Jesse Ruins is using this release as an introduction and a launching pad for more of a good thing.

CD includes 2 bonus tracks

Joy/Disaster - StäyGätôW CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

Born in 2005, Joy disaster is a juggernaut that travelled around €pa (England, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Norvegia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania), summing over one hundred of gigs getting top of billing in various clubs and music festivals. Surrounded by a network of DJs all over the world, Joy Disaster's music is broadcasted on local radios, which led to the birth to several fan clubs in Chile, England or Lithuania. Their music is a mixture between unanswerable melodies and powerful rythmic sections, reminding us of musical references such as Editors, Interpol, Placebo or The Cure. Joy Disaster is a band mixing Rock and Post Punk music to be heard on three albums (J.D. - 2006/ Paranoia - 2007/ StayGatow - 2009) which takes you beyond melody and which forecast a powerful and devastating turn for 2010.... Joy or Disaster, you'll have to make up your mind!!!

Ian North - My Girlfriend's Dead CD 11,99€ (Label: Cherry Red)

My Girlfriend's Dead is a synth-pop masterpiece by Ian North, former guitarist and songwriter with Junkshop Bubbleglamsters Milk N' Cookies. Ian North was not only present at the birth of the New York punk scene - playing CBGB's shows with The New York Dolls, The Ramones and Talking Heads, among many others, with Milk N' Cookies - but also played in London with Neo at the time of the English Punk explosion. Returning to New York in the late 70s - and heavily influenced by Kraftwerk - Ian decided to utilise the now affordable synth technology and recording equipment to record My Girlfriend's Dead in his apartment in Brooklyn. At its time of the release of My Girlfriend's Dead there were only a handful of other artists such as John Fox, OMD, The Human League and The Normal who were working in the same field of electronic music. This album is a true pioneering synth-pop gem.

Il Giardino Violetto - Danse Macabre CD 9,99€ (Label: In The Night Time)

Il Giardino Violetto was born in 1989, year in which many other bands formed,as an answer to an advertisement posted up in a record shop.Guitar, bass, drums and a garage to play in. Darkness, claustrophobia, insight, altered states are the main themes in the lyrics and the sensations flowing from Giardino Violetto’s sound. After some playing, the line up is reduced from three members to just two, adding instead a drum machine. What is created is their first and only demo tape: Danse Macabre. Just the time to do an unique gig at the Uonna Club, legendary club in Rome’s underground scene, and by then everything stop just in the way it started, from emptiness to nothing. The band split up, the two members take their own ways not to meet again..

http://www.myspace.com/ilgiardinovioletto

Illogico - Requisiti CD Reissue 9,99€ (Label: Spittle) back in stock

This 1984 cassette from seminal band Illogico is now released on CD for the first time with the addition of three extra tracks. The Roman ensemble was incredibly ahead of its time, throbbing through that n€tic funk-jazz vibe that was becoming so hip in the mid 1980s and that could and should have caused the combo to be much more successful. Another gem from Spittle's archives in a nice package with an 8-page booklet in English.

Im Namen Des Volkes - Volksmusik CD (Suboptimal Records) 11,99€ temp. SOLD OUT

The CD version of “Volksmusik” includes the complete „Volksmusik“ LP (2007), the sold out “Weisses Rauschen” 7”EP (2006) as well as the “Electrofu*k” 7”EP which is yet to be released on vinyl on NLW at a later date in 2008; it contains an additional four tracks from 1980 with same sound/style. As the album was praised to be album of the year in 2007 what else could be added here apart from that it is nice to have a more convenient and clear digital CD format. Twenty tracks of essential analogue synth bliss.

Intelligence Dept. - Sleeping City CD (Mannequin / Anna Logue Records) 11,99€ 

The second collaboration between Mannequin and Anna Logue Records is the top-notch Minimal Electro Wave band INTELLIGENCE DEPT., hailing from Ferrara, Italy.  
 
The release includes both their complete and impossible-to-get demo cassettes “Sleeping City” (1984) and “The Big Trouble” (1985), thus also including their well-known beautiful tracks “Sleeping City”, “Anger Inside”, “Too Late To Love” which were also featured on the 1984 LP compilation “A White Chance”, and “Loneliness” from Mannequin’s “Danza Meccanica – Italian Synth Wave 1982-1987” LP/CD compilation, as well as a cover version of “Sister €pe”, originally by The Psychedelic Furs.  
 
Additionally, the CD version includes four live tracks, “Sleeping City” and “Too Late To Love”, as well as the two previously totally unknown tracks “Nice Faces” and “Black Widow”, recorded live at the Arena Nuovo in Ferrara in 1985, so a total of 13 amazing tracks, beautifully presented in a six-panel digipak. 

Irrelevant - Black Sheep CD 9,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

Irrelevant is the brand new project of Phil, once voice and guitar of French band Asylum Party. Fourteen years later he comes back with a nice catchy pop including nowadays sounds and this so sweet 80's feeling we cherish in our hearts. A nice digipack housed the sad and joyful story of the Black Sheep.

Isolation Ward - Point Final CD Compilation 14,99€ (Label: LTM)

LTM presents the first CD release by cult Belgian cold wave band Isolation Ward, formed in Brussels in 1979 and centred around musicians Stéphane Willocq and Jean-Pierre Everaerts.
Point Final features all tracks from the Crepuscule singles as well as the cassette album Point De Départ. The booklet features archive images and detailed sleevenotes. The CD runs for 71 minutes.

Kindest Lines - Covered In Dust CD (Wierd Records) 13,99€

Covered in Dust the debut LP from Louisiana's Kindest Lines, opens suitably with a beat that sounds a lot like like an industrial rendition of The Ronettes' 'Be My Baby'. Brian Wilson cited that song by the legendary New York girl group as the greatest pop recording ever, and many refer to it as the perfect example of Phil Spector's "wall of sound" production. Those artists established many of the templates for how modern music is made, but what still stands out is the sense of that music having been simply dreamed-up. With organic washes of layered melodic guitars and lush songcraft, this New Orleans-based trio is definitely doing some dreaming of their own. Kindest Lines are blazing a unique path into an enchanting realm of darkened electronic indie pop that is at once welcoming and foreboding.

Produced by cerebral electro-experimentalists Alfredo Nogueira and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv, yet brimming with spacey guitar work and hooks aplenty, Covered in Dust is a record that thrives on harmonious disparities while maintaining all of its thematic and sonic cohesion. The Ronettes pined, "Oh won't you please be my baby." Updated by Terry? "Psychotic outbursts in the name of love, always wanting." When you get down to the bleeding heart of the matter, it's kind of all along the same lines.

Land Of Giants - Cannibal Dolls / Seven Men CD Digipak 11,99€ (Label: ebk-ink creative services) SOLD OUT

In the late spring of 1982 an electro-pop band from Canada calling themselves land of giants released an independent 12" single called Cannibal Dolls / Seven Men. land of giants featured the talents of Henryck Jesiak, John Tucker, Anya Varda and Marc Wonnacott. The single went on to receive respectable radio play on college radio (where it reached #1) and on alternative radio stations. John Peel even played it on his BBC show, according to a friend who phoned me long distance from a call box in the UK the night he heard it. After it’s initial success as a dance floor hit, it has garnered a small but extremely loyal following around the world. Over the years we have had requests from fans for a CD and for more songs. There were a number of demo recordings made between 1982 and 1985 that were never released. The long awaited land of giants CD, cannibal dolls/seven men is now available!

Laurent Pernice - Details CD Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Since 1988, release date of this first solo album, prehistoric and blessed vinyl era, Laurent Pernice never stop reconsidering himself. Aten of albums later - released on as many labels, in France, Germany, Russia, Slovenia without counting the collaborations (in Brasil and more) and the compilations (in Japan, Australia and elsewhere) -, he is still looking tirelessly for new tracks, new ways to do music. And each time he stps into a new project it’s after having erased all previous experiences. As if he has to start from nothing. And in spite of these little revolutions between each releases, there is still something letf, a little piece, an undefinite style, personal that is his signature. One has to say that it’s range is wide: from purest experimental music to electro and wild world music to mad jazz and new music. Amongst all of this one olny aim: tsurprise the listener “I wish that at all moments it makes tilt in the head of the one listening to me” he said to everyone.

Led Er Est - The Diver CD 13,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)

Continuing Sacred Bones’s apparent dedication to reviving minimal synth and cold wave, The Diver recalls 1970s and ’80s acts like Cabaret Voltaire, The Wake and DAF. It’s a familiar formula, one that has already been reprised with some success by Wierd Records artists Martial Canterel, Xeno & Oaklander and Automelodi: Ice-cold synth melodies are accelerated by frenetic drum machine patterns and ragged guitar riffs whilst a moody vocalist intones bleak lyrics in a barely-audible post-shoegaze moan.

Led Er Est - Dust On Common CD 13,99 € (Label: Wierd Records) back in stock

Wierd is proud to present the debut LP by Led Er Est: Dust on Common. The band's first full-length release shows the three piece clearly breaking out of the Wierd minimal synth underground they have been a vitally integral part of since its inception in Brooklyn to create an undeniably contemporary set of highly crafted and restrained, icily psychedelic pop songs.

Synthesizing countless disparate musical influences from first wave British industrial music to house, disco, and the largely unknown cold wave (aka 'La Vague Froide') tradition in Northern €pe, the 9 killer trax on Dust fly by, straight out of the frozen hot, lonely cold plains of vocalist Samuel Kklovenhoof's native central Texas. After digesting a few songs of this rich dust, the listener can do no other than lie down in the wild wierd Laredo bunker to revel in the refreshingly brisk blast of hedonistic analogue pleasure dancing through the airwaves in the sky above...Ladies and gentlemen, presenting Led Er Est!

CD comes with two additional bonus tracks along with a 11x18 fold out poster.

Leitmotiv - Leitmotiv 1981-88 CD 16,99€ (Label: Brouillard Définitif) SOLD OUT

What all dark souls have been anticipating for 25 years finally happened : a digipack CD release of the most mythical french cold wave band, LEITMOTIV! Here are all the
remastered tracks of their three vinyl records, originally self-released and nowadays, impossible to find, augmented by an unreleased track from 1984 and another track which originally appeared on the 'Out of nowhere' sampler from 1986. A dark and tortured pearl with kind of desperate post modern romanticist lyrics, expressionist and icy, a twilight of anguishness which provides its coat of arms to the cold scene from the hexagone! Come to share the last shivers of a death throes world... Limited pressing of 500 copies. For free a Brouillard Définitif sticker!

http://www.myspace.com/leitmotiv93

Le Masque - Colloquio CD 9,99€ (Oltrelanebbiailmare) SOLD OUT
Le Masque - Colloquio CD + T Shirt (M-L-XL) 14,99€ (Oltrelanebbiailmare) SOLD OUT

Born in Milan in 1979, Le Masque are one of the finest Italian wave band.
This cd contanis the reissue of the legendary 'Colloquio' EP (released on Supporti Fonografici in 1986), influenced by the melancholic writings of the Italian Crepuscolari poets (the lyrics of the title track are an extract from Carlo Vallini's poem "Un Giorno"), plus a live recording of Le Masque exhibiton at Club tenco in 1990. In 1984 they also released their first mini-lp 'Happy Flock' on the legendary italian label Mask Production, runned by Lisfrank, this name will remember something to the minimal synth lovers..

Le Masque - Spunti Per Commedianti CD Digipak 11,99 € (Label: Spittle) 

More than welcomed release for Le Masque, a very influential band in Northern Italy’s underground scene. Here you’ll find the first 12" The Happy Flock and the rare cassette Trouvailles Pour Comediens (Spunti Per Commedianti). These are the first steps of one of the most amazing wave bands of the late Eighties.

L'Enfance Éternelle - 1984-1991 2CD 19,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

L’Enfance Eternelle was born in November 83. The story starts quite fastly as a gig is found before the first note to be played. September 85 sees a second TV on FR3, then come the recording of a new 4 track demo tape, issued to 500 copies and quickly sold out. On May 17 1986 a gig at La Bourse Du travail in Lyon with the band Gestalt is recorded, to be the first album. 1200 peoples attend to theis Jour des Fous. From September to December 1988 the second album is recored, La Terre des Innocents. The release party accored at le Truck in front of 1200 persons for a party together with their old chaps Opéra de Nuit on April 15 1989. The last demo, never finished is the end of the band in December 1990. Bertrand “Cheap” goes on with Bob's Your Uncle and The Camelia Street Blury Experiment in Paris. Fabrice Della-Malva and Jérôme “Dien” Bideaux make an hardcore band: Garlic Frog Diet. Christophe Neau goes for jazz rap with Lex Léo. Pat aka DJ Pee found his own band Le Peuple de l’Herbe, his brother Kriss doing the sound for concerts with the succes we know. Marquis opens a trendy piercing shop on Lyon. Franck “Kreppux” goes on with theatre and chanson. Pascal “Bô Mouton” Prenez band’s photographer becomes a syndicalist. Jérôme Margotton founds the acid jazz band Mo’ Jazz Beats, and then mOko (www.moko.fr). Denis Lecarme runs into French chanson with L’Orchestre de Poche and nowadays under is own name www.denislecarme.com.


http://www.myspace.com/lenfanceternelle

Les Maîtres – Les Maîtres 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

The start of the band came with two members, Laurent Nicolle (voice) and (Maurice Maréchal (Bass) helped in the compositions by Etienne Charry (Oui-Oui) playing guitar and Michel Gondry, whom is not to introduce anymore, playing drums. Laurent, Etienne and Michel were then students at the applied arts school "Olivier de Serres". Two members came to complete the band, Laurent Gabriel and Paulus, the first one as drummer and the second one as bass player, making this band particular with two basses, drums and voice. The meeting occured naturally, in Olivier de Serres parties and also in the Gondry house, where friends were gathering in several bands: Tsé-Tsé where Maurince was singing, Vietnam Rafale made of Etienne, Michel and his brother François. The Gondry house was overall the place of birth of almost all musical projects of the team. The era was rich of wild concerts (squatts, YMCA, etc...) making meetings easy between young musicians. Les Maîtres recorded, in several sessions, all their tracks between 1981 and 1984. Nothing has ever been published then, whm the particular interest of this release compilating all the tracks recorded thirty years ago. This release has been made possible with the work of a little indie label, "Infrastition". 

Les Sirènes Débrouillardes - Λena CD (Plastic Frog) 11,99€ SOLD OUT

LES SIRÈNES DÉBROUILLARDES was Sebastian H. and Karina S. (or Tiret et Deux-Points) from Witten, Germany, who were already somehow involved in CHROMATRON (who released one 7” on NLW in 2008). As LES SIRÈNES DÉBROUILLARDES they released one three-track 7” on Hertzschrittmacher and submitted two further tracks to samplers and now come up with the album “Lena”. The album is a wonderful surprise as it is indeed a very very good and unique one! As inspiration they point out Kissing The Pink and Vicious Pink, but there is more: already in the first track you are being lead to what this is all about: minimal electronics! - and in its raw and earlier forms. “Science” not only has a name reference to Vice Versa’s “Science – Fact” – some sounds and notes are too familiar! But don’t be fooled, then LSD (oh what an abbreviation…) are on their glory – coolest minimal electronics galore with cool both male and female vocals! More references: early Polyphonic Size, DAF, Gen Ken Montgomery, Rescue 1, … A rare occasion that a contemporary band plays so authentically early 80’s (even though they probably use a Roland TR-707) in all sound, song structure and vocals – somewhat a small revelation.

Le Syndicat Electronique - RETROSPECT[R]IVE 1998-2005 2CD (Disorder Records) 14,99€ SOLD OUT

Rare recordings from the 7- and 12 inches and some unreleased material + live tracks, remastered. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Les Visiteurs Modèles - Le Grand Départ CD Digipak 14,99€ (Label: Overmars) SOLD OUT

Very nice reissue of this rare Cold Wave french band! Formed in 1982 in Avignon, their sound was close to such bands as Depeche Mode, Ultravox, O.M.D, The Cure, New Order.


http://www.myspace.com/visiteursmodeles

Le Vene Di Lucretia - ST CD 9,99€ (Label: In The Night Time)

First printed as a few cd-r copies, only purchasable online, the self-titled album from Le Vene Di Lucretia - a quartet coming from Florence - arrived finally in the hands of the Italian label In The Night Time. The recalls are clear, the influences also, it’s useless to reject it: Madre del Vizio, the Californian death-rock and the eternal Rozz Williams, the delicious English dark-wave are more than a point of departure. Included also a new version of ‘Harem’ as bonus track.

Tracklisting:
1 Preludio
2 La Vestizione
3 Madre Nella Veglia
4 Golgota
5 Le Vene Di Lucretia
6 Teste Di Morte
7 Santa Violenta
8 Bruciando Venezia
9 Harem
10 La Morte Degli Amanti
11 La Morte Degli Amanti II
12 Harem (new version)

http://www.myspace.com/levenedilucretia
http://www.levenedilucretia.it/

Limbo - Early Works 2CD Digipak 14,99€ (Label: Spittle)

LIMBO was an influential eclectic music project created in January 1984 by the Tuscan artist Gianluca Becuzzi - still one of the most important personalities on the Italian electronic / electro-acoustic and experimental scenes.
Since 1984 LIMBO has released twelve LPs, plus two mini albums, one box-set and one tape. They also appeared on various compilations and performed live many times in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Over the years, LIMBO frequently changed record labels, line-ups and musical styles, but always maintained strong dark and electronic elements. In September 2006 the re-born Spittle Records (the Tuscan label which originally released the debut mini-LP "IN LIMBO" back in 1986) asked the disbanded LIMBO if they could release all the band’s early material, including its first demo-tape, its first mini-LP and a small collection of tracks that have resurfaced from within the label’s vaults. Spittle's inquiry results in "Early Works (1984-1987)", a double-CD including a digitally re-mastered and polished version of the whole musical production of LIMBO in its early years.  


http://www.myspace.com/limboit

Little Nemo - Vol. 1 1987-1989 2CD Digipak 19,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

Little Nemo was born in 1983 as the result of the musical encounter between Olivier Champeau and Vincent Gallo in the Paris area. The name stems from Windsor McCay's comic strip, dating back to the early 20th century and telling the oniric adventures of a little boy during his sleep. That sets the tone for the many arty references in the group's history. The duet asserts this psychedelic ascent while quoting Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd as their influence. Their music mixing keyboards (mainly Olivier), a drum machine and guitar/bass by Vincent is influenced by the new wave of Cure and Joy Division, as well as by the French groups Taxi Girl and Marquis de Sade.

This 2CD set is presented in a 3 panels digisleeve with 6 page poster-booklet.

This first volume offers you to get this complete first period with for the first time on CD the “Past and future” tape.

Little Nemo - Vol. 2 1990-1992 2CD Digipak 19,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

Little Nemo was born in 1983 as the result of the musical encounter between Olivier Champeau and Vincent Gallo in the Paris area. The name stems from Windsor McCay's comic strip, dating back to the early 20th century and telling the oniric adventures of a little boy during his sleep. That sets the tone for the many arty references in the group's history. The duet asserts this psychedelic ascent while quoting Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd as their influence. Their music mixing keyboards (mainly Olivier), a drum machine and guitar/bass by Vincent is influenced by the new wave of Cure and Joy Division, as well as by the French groups Taxi Girl and Marquis de Sade.

This 2CD set is presented in a 3 panels digisleeve with 6 page

This second opus of the Little Nemo adventures starts with their second album “Turquoise fields” released on Lively Art in 1990, backed with the “Cadavre Exquis (Howard Song)” Touching Pop summit, plus bonus and continues with their last album “The world is flat” followed by maxis “Bio-logic” kind of first electro approach, and “Au milieu du ciel” great pop act.

Lowlife - Permanent Sleep + Rain CD  11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

LTM are pleased to announce the second release in our CD reissue programme by cult Scottish dream-pop band Lowlife, who released a string of acclaimed albums between 1985 and 1995. Lowlife were formed in Grangemouth 1985 when original Cocteau Twins bassist Will Heggie joined former Dead Neighbours members Craig Lorentsen, Grant McDowell and Stuart Everest. Their atmospheric, moody soundscapes were often compared to Joy Division, New Order, Comsat Angels and – yes – The Cocteau Twins, yet the band received widespread acclaim over the course of six albums released through indie label Nightshift: Rain (1985), Permanent Sleep (1986), Diminuendo (1987), Godhead (1989), The Black Sessions (1988), San Antorium (1991) and Gush (1995). Contemporary reviews praised “a new form of beauty” (Melody Maker), “immaculate angst” (Music Week) and “music that readily sets the nerve ends on edge” (Q). Permanent Sleep + Rain combines the six track mini album Rain (released in 1985) with all eight tracks from debut album proper Permanent Sleep from 1986, as well as extra track From Side to Side (original mix) from the 1986 ep Vain Delights. Permanent Sleep + Rain has been carefully digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes, and features 15 tracks (70 minutes of music). The booklet features liner notes by journalist and former manager Brian Guthrie, as well as photos and ephemera.

Matt Howden & Keith Howden - The Matter of Britain CD+Book 17,99€ (Label: Precordings, 2009) 

The Matter of Britain is the first book by the Post Romantic Empire project,. PREcordings is a concept label connected to P.R.E.; its first production was the Writ in Water ep by Matt Howden and Tony Wakeford, and this last effort is a fine art book/cd by father and son Keith and Matt Howden. The subject in a way is always the same: the heritage of Romanticism in the contemporary.
"The Matter of Britain is the most hypnotic yet charming album we have ever worked on, and the poetry that generates it is the most complex writing I've ever read. The process that gave birth to our last release took more than eight months, and after all this time I'm still reading
and listening to it kust like the first time. Pure dream english poetry".

Limited to 500 copies.

Lucie Cries - Non Nova, Sed Nove - Vol. 1 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition) 

After twelve years of silence here is at least gathered in two volumes the complete works of the French band, their four myhtical maxi of course, but also the three albums, the fifth maxi, recorded in 1996 and never released, lot of compilation tracks but also several unreleased track from various periods, all in all 70 track whom 16 never on CD before.
A biography (English and French) written by Olivier Paccaud fullfill this unmissable complete works for all fans of French rock.

http://www.myspace.com/lucieshecries

Lucie Cries - Non Nova, Sed Nove - Vol. 2 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

After twelve years of silence here is at least gathered in two volumes the complete works of the French band, their four myhtical maxi of course, but also the three albums, the fifth maxi, recorded in 1996 and never released, lot of compilation tracks but also several unreleased track from various periods, all in all 70 track whom 16 never on CD before.
A biography (English and French) written by Olivier Paccaud fullfill this unmissable complete works for all fans of French rock.

http://www.myspace.com/lucieshecries

Martial Canterel - Cruelty Frames Our Age CDr  ltd ed 200 copies 9,99€ (Xanten) SOLD OUT

A gathering together of twelve forgotten pieces and experiments from 2003-2007; Produced for and sold during the 'Cruelty Reigns in the Midwest' tour, October 2008, 'Cruelty Frames Our Age' is a kind of quick tribute to Chondritic Sound's "Cruelty Reigns Through Ages" K7s(CH-216/CH-216x) which were very quickly snatched up within weeks of their original release. Four of the songs on the CDr were not issued on the K7s, including 2 instrumentals.

Martial Canterel - Refuge Underneath CD 14,99€ (Wierd) 

Refuge Underneath is Martial Canterel‘s first full-length CD release entitled ‘Refuge Underneath‘, a compilation of the artist‘s first two long-deleted self-released cassette tapes ‘Drilling Backwards‘ (2006) and ‘Sister Age‘ (2004) as well as 5 previously unreleased tracks, all digitally re-mastered. Martial Canterel records and performs using only vintage analogue synthesizers and sequencers, producing a highly-crafted, complex, and idiosyncratic form of electronic music that is simultaneously romantically melancholic and affirmatively aggressive.

Martial Canterel / Silent Signals - Views Beyond The City Wall CD 13,99 € (Label: Tarantulla)  SOLD OUT

Minimal music artists Martial Canterel (aka Sean McBride known for releasing Confusing Outsides on Genetic Music) and Dirk Torben Klein aka Silent Signals (Echo West side-project) come together on the split CD release "Views Beyond the City Walls". This release is the successor to the label's "Lost/Found" release by Absolute Body Control. Mastered by Eric Van Wonterghem (Monolith, Insekt, Absolute Body Control) "Views Beyond the City Wall" will be released as a 4-page digipak.

Martial Canterel - You Today CD 13,99 € (Label: Wierd Records)

Wierd Records is proud to present the new album by Martial Canterel entitled You Today. Since his first live performances in 2002, Sean McBride, aka Martial Canterel (who also performs as half of the duo Xeno & Oaklander), has produced a rich catalog of self-released and limited edition LPs, cassettes, and compilation tracks. The carefully crafted, private, raw, and often feverishly aggressive 'minimal synth' sound he has pioneered has been a pillar influence for the Brooklyn minimal electronics scene and and beyond. Merging the influences of the first wave of relatively unknown minimal electronic bands in northern €pe, and seminal industrial noise bands such as Throbbing Gristle and SPK, with the smoothly stylish songcraft of early British New Wave, Martial Canterel records and performs using analogue synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines exclusively. Thoughtful yet distinctly danceable and infectious, this record is the apex of McBride's icily idiosyncratic sound.

CD includes 2 bonus tracks.

Martin Dupont - 4CD BOX + T-Shirt 54,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

Martin Dupont was without a doubt one of the biggest cult bands of the French New Wave scene of the early 80s! They were New Wave, dreamy electro, and coldwave yet completely accessible. Originally from Marseilles, Martin Dupont formed in 1981 and went on to release a single, a cassette, several albums, and played several live shows, supporting big acts such as Siouxsie & the Banshees and countless others.
The group consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian and Beverley Jane Crew, with Catherine Loy in the original line-up. Their music style was classified as minimal synth mixing both male and female vocals.
This box includes their three albums plus an exclusive cd gathering unreleased tracks from 1981 to 1987, plus a Tshirt and a booklet.

Martin Dupont - Hot Paradox CD 14,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Martin Dupont was without a doubt one of the biggest cult bands of the French New Wave scene of the early 80s!
They were New Wave, dreamy electro, and coldwave yet completely accessible. Originally from Marseilles, Martin Dupont formed in 1981 and went on to release a single, a cassette, several albums, and played several live shows, supporting big acts such as Siouxsie & the Banshees and countless others.
The group consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian and Beverley Jane Crew, with Catherine Loy in the original line-up. Their music style was classified as minimal synth mixing both male and female vocals.
This third and last album originally released in 1987 shows the trio in all its flaming, the four bonus tracks from the same period show how their creativeness was unlimited.

Martin Dupont - Just Because CD 14,99 € (Label: Infrastition) 

Martin Dupont was without a doubt one of the biggest cult bands of the French New Wave scene of the early 80s!
They were New Wave, dreamy electro, and coldwave yet completely accessible. Originally from Marseilles, Martin Dupont formed in 1981 and went on to release a single, a cassette, several albums, and played several live shows, supporting big acts such as Siouxsie & the Banshees and countless others.
The group consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian and Beverley Jane Crew, with Catherine Loy in the original line-up. Their music style was classified as minimal synth mixing both male and female vocals.
A first album, and already all the strength of these young peoples brings us into their cold but also dancing universe, all into bittersweet poetry, like a sad clown whom you don't know if you should laugh or cry.

Martin Dupont - Sleep Is A Luxury CD 14,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Martin Dupont was without a doubt one of the biggest cult bands of the French New Wave scene of the early 80s!
They were New Wave, dreamy electro, and coldwave yet completely accessible. Originally from Marseilles, Martin Dupont formed in 1981 and went on to release a single, a cassette, several albums, and played several live shows, supporting big acts such as Siouxsie & the Banshees and countless others.
The group consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian and Beverley Jane Crew, with Catherine Loy in the original line-up. Their music style was classified as minimal synth mixing both male and female vocals.
This second album originally released in 1985 is pretty short, it maks the left of Catherine and the coming in of Beverley, it is here backed with the Your Passion 7" plus six bonus track whom four are totally unreleased.

Mary Goes Round - ...Way Back Home 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

All tracks of the Touching Pop leading band remastered! Recorded between 1988 and 1991 all four albums and one maxi-single of Mary Goes ROund, duet formed of JérÙme Avril and Cécile Balladino are typicals of the Lively Art sound (Little Nemo and Asylum Party label), crossover of new-wave, french rock, and that little kind of magic giving such an originality. This second volume ì...way back homeî compiled Highway planet, Hot shot in space and Mary in wonderland plus bonus tracks.

Two 15 tracks CD including songs from the compilation "L'appel de la muse", live recordings and a brand new 2006 version. Released on 22th of February 2007

Mary Goes Round - Way To Wonderland… 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

All tracks of the Touching Pop leading band remastered! Recorded between 1988 and 1991 all four albums and one maxi-single of Mary Goes ROund, duet formed of JérÙme Avril and Cécile Balladino are typicals of the Lively Art sound (Little Nemo and Asylum Party label), crossover of new-wave, french rock, and that little kind of magic giving such an originality. This first volume ìWay to wonderland...î gathers Sunset, 70 Suns in the sky plus live and compilation tracks.

Two 15 tracks CD including songs from the compilations "13", "Unreleased Vol. 1" and "Live au Kremlin Vol. 2". Released on 22th of February 2007

Mekanik Kommando - It Would Be Quiet In The Woods If Only A Few Birds Sing CD Digi 14,99 € (Label: Tone Float) SOLD OUT

Finally a re-release of this first and highly sought after Mekanik Kommando album. At the time MK belonged to the best kept secrets of the experimental New Wave genre. Knowadays the band is well known and that's simply because they are one of the best in the scene. CD in Japanese style mini album cardboard sleeve.

Minimal Man - The Shroud Of CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

The Boutique Label is pleased to announce the first in our CD reissue programme by Minimal Man, aka cult American underground artist Patrick Miller, who recorded six remarkable albums before his untimely death in December 2003. The Shroud Of album was originally released by Subterranean Records in 1981, when the core band comprised Miller together with Andrew Baumer and Lliam Hart. Guest musicians include Tuxedomoon members Steven Brown and Michael Belfer. The album serves up thirteen slices of powerful rock n’ roll, electronics and black humour, together with generous side orders of isolation, insecurity and terror. Enjoy! The CD has been digitally remastered to include five equally rare bonus tracks, taken from the singles Two Little Skeletons and He Who Falls, the latter recorded live at the legendary Deaf Club in San Francisco in September 1979. Also featured is the extended compilation-only track Shower Sequence. The new CD has been digitally remastered and runs for over 60 minutes. The booklet includes a detailed Miller biography, as well as examples of his unique visual art. Career Precis: Formed by Patrick Miller in San Francisco in 1979, Minimal Man cut two albums of dark, industrial punk rock before Miller relocated to €pe in 1985, where he continued as a prolific creator of music and visual art, and as a collaborator with Tuxedomoon. His four €pean albums are Sex With God, Slave Lullabyes, Hunger Is All She Has Ever Known and Pure. Passionate and volatile, Miller returned to California in the 1990s, and died at home on 14 December 2003.

Minox - Lazare CD Digipak 11,99 € (Label: Get Back/Spittle) SOLD OUT

Minox debut album from 1986 is atmosphere and refinement, melody and instinct, produced by Steven Brown from Tuxedomoon and was released to great critical and public acclaim throughout €pe. This edition includes "Suite Maniacal" taken from the 7". Concerned with melody, synth textures, moody cinematic and theatrical ambience (Minox also composed for the theater), and an avant-garde tendency to mix genres, Minox is difficult to categorize. 'Lazare' includes both solo piano pieces ("Theme for Two") and complex compositions ("Suite Maniacal"), and should appeal to fans of `80s synth bands as well as those of minimal yet artfully balanced soundscapes.

Minny Pops - Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

LTM are pleased to mark the 25th anniversary (!) of the debut album by Minny Pops, the cult Dutch electro pioneers who released four albums and a string of singles on Factory and Plurex between 1979 and 1985. Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement first appeared on Dutch label Plurex in September 1979. An uncompromising genre classic, the 13 track set mixes hard-edged electronica with modernist noise, and shares much in common with contemporaries Cabaret Voltaire, The Normal, Suicide and early Human League. As well as an early version of the classic Factory label single Dolphin’s Spurt, the album also includes the junk-food satire MD Mania and a cover of R.U.21 by US punk band Novak. The nine bonus tracks include all three cuts from their debut ep Kojak, also released in 1979, and the 2003 remix of Dolphin’s Spurt by Zip and DJ Smacker. There are also 12 minutes of vintage audio-visual clips featuring five live tracks recorded at the Amsterdam Filmacademie in 1979, playable on your PC in QuickTime format. Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement has been carefully remastered for CD by the band from the original analogue mastertapes, and the booklet includes a detailed history of the band and rare photographs.

Minny Pops - Secret Stories CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

The Secret Stories compilation collects together material by several incarnations of the band, and is lead by the four tracks released on their two Factory singles, Dolphin’s Spurt and Secret Story. The CD also features four tracks from an unreleased demo in 1980, rare compilation album tracks such as Possessed by the Stars and She Said Go-Go-Go, and four tracks each from the Poste Restante and 4th Floor albums. The collection was digitally remastered by the band in 2002 and runs for a full 74 minutes, while the booklet includes a detailed history of the band and rare photographs.

Minny Pops - Sparks In a Dark Room CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

Produced by the band in late 1981, Sparks in a Dark Room was originally released by Factory Benelux the following year and saw the band at the zenith of their powers as creators of driving modern electronic dance music, redolent of DAF, Simple Minds and Moroder-era Sparks. Outstanding tracks include the motorik rhythms of Dream, Tracking, Trance and A Feeling, and eerie, twilit essays such as Black Eye and Vital. All feature Wally’s literary, darkly humourous lyrics and ironic ‘gregorian’ vocal style. In addition to the entire Sparks…album, this extended CD includes all tracks from the Time and Een Kus singles, the spin-off Smalts ep from 1982, exclusive compilation album tracks and previously unheard demos such as Kogel and Body Language. The tracks were digitally remastered by the band in 2002 and the set runs for a full 74 minutes, while the booklet includes a detailed history of the band and rare photographs

Mittageisen - 1981-1986 Remastered 2CD Digipak 21,99 € (Mittal-U) last copy

This reissue of the Swiss early 80's minimal wave band Mittageisen features the classic Mittageisen-LP from 1983 (incl. "Wir") as well as the Automaten-12" from 1985 plus 6 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Mittageisen is one of the earliest darkwave/electro Goth bands. These tracks were mostly recorded from 1982 to 1985 (seven of them in '82 when Depeche Mode still couldn't get enough), mixing the emerging Gothic sounds of the Banshees (from whom their name comes in part), Bauhaus and the Cure with the sparse electro of Kraftwerk.


Limited edition of 500 copies, 3 fold out digipak, it includes a 24 pages booklet.

Monozid - Say Hello To Artificial Grey LP/CD 11,99€ (Label: Majorlabel, 2009)

Debut album for this german postpunk band. Formed  in 2003 after countless members change, they released their first cd-ep in 2006. in 2007 the second cd-ep "waiting for the circus" was released followed by gigs in spain, france, switzerland, romania and italy. In june 2009 the debut LP/CD "say hello to artificial grey" was released on the two leipzig based labels majorlabel & sm musik (with positive feedback from worldwide underground-press.  A great example of modern postpunk.

Monuments - XXVII CD 14,99€ (Label: Anna Logue Records) SOLD OUT

In 1984, the MONUMENTS, consisting of Andrea Costa and Mauro Tavella from Torino, Italy, released their only official record, a mini LP called “Age” comprising six incredibly fantastic electropop tracks. Anna ever thought of this mini LP as being the best electropop record ever coming out of Italy. Unfortunately, the duo didn’t make it any further under the name of MONUMENTS, though even to this very day they follow their careers as composers, studio owners and explorers of electronic music. Anyway, the MONUMENTS were already formed in 1981 and a couple of demos were recorded which never saw the light of day, but were only given to a few friends. Their nature is a bit more rough and never drift towards the more commercial Italo synth pop. So what you get on this CD is indeed an essential retrospective compilation album of one of Italy’s pioneering underground electronic music acts.And while Andrea and Mauro want to close this chapter with this release, a project entitled MONUMENTS II is maybe on its way … The limited pressing of 500 copies includes 11 previously unreleased tracks, the remastered version of their rare 1984 six track mini LP “Age” and a12 pages booklet with liner notes.

http://www.myspace.com/monuments1981

Moon Duo - Killing Time CD EP 12,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records) SOLD OUT

Moon Duo is a project of Wooden Shjips guitarist and singer Ripley Johnson. Under the Moon Duo moniker, Johnson and collaborator Sanae Yamada create expansive Krautrock influenced tapestries of warm cascading fuzz and controlled feedback, organ, and accenting keyboard. This four song 12-inch is the second release and incorporates a much more concise, composed and driving sound than before. The Duo expand on ideas only hinted at on the Sick Thirst 12-inch (which is already long gone) adding a driving drum machine beat behind the thick walls of layered sound. Don’t sleep on this one.

Moral - And Life Is...And More CD 15,99€ (Karma Music) SOLD OUT

Great compilation of recordings from 1981-1984 from this danish cult minimal wave band, including tracks from the legendary "And Life Is..." LP, "Whispering Songs" k7, "Dance of The dolls" k7 and "Somewhere Outside - Etellerandetstedudenfor".

Mt. Sims - Happily ever after...again CD 11,99€ (Label: Punch)

Mt. Sims returns to form after relocating from LA to Berlin with his eagerly anticipated third full length. Now with a new moniker-- "Mt. Sims" replacing "Mount Sims"-- and a full band with Randy Twigg and Andr'e Lange, Mt. Sims drops 12 new songs that bristle with nervous energy. Merging his signature electronic style with stark post-punk textures as first unveiled on his second album Wild Light, Happily Ever After's songs showcase the new band's versatility. From the cabaret rave-up of "Playing for Keeps" to the melodramatic dirge of "Love's Revenge" and the raging death-disco of "the Bitten Bite Back", the band is flanked by guest appearances of Jessie Evans (Vanishing/ Autonervous) and Toby Dammit (Swans, Iggy Pop). To the delight of his followers, Mt. Sims strays far from the formula of "How We Do", as proved by the earlier release of a single for "Grave" on 12" format. Crisp production work done by Thomas Stern of Crime and the City Solution ensures that Happily Ever After is a future classic on par with the work of fellow travelers and collaborators ADULT., the Hacker, Vitalic, or Ladytron.

Mushy - Faded Heart CD Digipak (Mannequin) 11,99€

Mannequin is seriously proud to announce the release of the first full-lenght vinyl of Mushy, the stage name of Valentina F., 26 years old sound-experimentalist rising from the dusty ruins of Rome, making music all by her lonesome since the year 2003.
 

For the lo-fi atmospheres and the tales of lost loves, ʻFaded Heartʼ might be considered the italian answer to the magnificient Zola Jesus release ʻThe Spoilsʼ on Sacred Bones (NY). Home-recorded, ʻFaded Heart' was lately mixed and processed at Mannequin studio by Alessandro Adriani with a full analog setup. Valentina describes the album thus “The songs are a one-sided dialogue with my soul, a desperate and melanchonic psychedelia. The music is a repetitive and obsessive loop drum / synth / acoustic guitar pattern with an ethereal processed by effects voice on it. You can consider it as my personal second reading of blues music”. 
 
Apart music, Valentina is an architect and an highly regarded graphic designer for the italian label Mannequin. Her cover artworks were exposed in many art exhibitions around the world, such as Zumba & Goliath EXPO 2010, Australia.

 CD Record features: Satin-finished digipak, Handnumbered limited pressing of 400 copies, 4 bonus remixes by Soft Metals, Crossover, Heinrich Dressel and Newclear Waves.

The Names - Monsters Next Door CD 11,99€ (Label: Str8line)  SOLD OUT

The new studio album of the Names. The band was formed in late 1977 by Michel Sordinia (vocals and bass) and Marc Deprez (guitar). Being signed by famous Manchester label Factory Records early in 1980 helped Brussels based band  The Names to achieve a strong reputation both in Belgium and abroad. The single "Nightshift" marked the beginning of their collaboration with Martin Hannett, the producer of Joy Division, with whom the band were to record an album ("Swimming") and two more singles ("Calcutta" and "The Astronaut").  The Names recently made their return on stage (during a Factory Night event at Plan K, in Brussels, in december of 2007.

It includes a Bonus Video "Flesh Wounds" + Booklet 12 pages

The Names -  Swimming + Singles CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

Between 1979 and 1983 Belgian new wavers The Names released a string of classic singles on WEA, Factory and Crepuscule, including Calcutta, The Astronaut, and -best of all- Nightshift. Their sole album, Swimming, appeared in 1982 on Crepuscule, and like the singles was produced by the late, great Martin Hannett. This full-length 17-track CD combines the entire album with selected single tracks as well as material recorded for Crepuscule compilation albums.

Neon - Crimes Of Passion Redux CD Digipak 11,99 € (Label: Spittle) SOLD OUT

The project Crimes Of Passion was built around three mini-albums, released on the second half of the Eighties. Finally this body of work has been repackaged in a single CD with bonus tracks – alternate dance versions of classics such as “I Am On My Way” and “Fire” – showing how much the band was crossing paths with both rock’n’roll tradition and EBM. Includes an amazing cover version of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”.

Neon - Memories CD Digipak 12,99€ (Other Voices Records) SOLD OUT

Neon was one of the most active band in 80’s italian new wave time, marking italian rock history. The band, which was born first as a duo at the end of the 70’s in Florence’s undeground culture, soon stands out for its Kraftwerk and new wave icons’ synth, which made their style a unique 80’s cultural dream’s specimen, together with newromantic and post punk tought of bands like Joy Division, Ultravox and Human League. In 1980, the band got off to an electronic start with the single "Information of death", and later, through several line up changes, it achieves to synthetize a mix of obsessive electro sounds, obscure athmospheres and quite original pop melodies which take shapes in later works like "Tapes of darkness" (1981), "Obsession" (1981), "My blues is you" (1983), "Dark Age" (1984); in 1985 "Rituals" sanctioned Neon as the best italian new wave band of that year. Excellent studio productions and intense live activities has brought Neon to be one of the few incons belonging to alternative 80’s italian music scene.

This compilation contains such hilights as Dark Age, Isolation, Information of Death, Red Light, My Blues is You and many more. Last but not least there’s also original video for Isolation on this CD!!! The only official videoclip of Neon! This video was filmed and directed by Carlo Isola on 16 mm film.

Neon - Oscillator CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle) SOLD OUT

Neon is one of the most active band in 80's Italian new wave time, marking Italian rock history.
The band, which was born first as a duo at the end of the 70's in Florence's undeground culture, soon stands out for its Kraftwerk and new wave icons' synth, which made their style a unique 80's cultural dream's specimen, together with newromantic and post punk tought of bands like Joy Division, Ultravox and Human League. Recorded live at Banana Moon in Florence in 1979, this album show an early side of the legendary italian band, when they were just a duo, Marcello Michelotti and Stefano Fuochi, and their synthesizers/analog sequencers. 

http://www.myspace.com/neonofficial

Neon - Rituals Expanded CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle) back in stock

NEON are undoubtedly one of the most influential and enduring bands of the Italian New Wave.
From the beginning, the band's music was perfectly aligned with continental trends-integrating the attitude of early post-punk with certain types of electronic music that had timidly begun popping up on the club circuit, and an aesthetic that was a cross between late romanticism and decadentism.
After a string of 12"s (five altogether) and a 7", the band finally released their first LP, Rituals in 1985 for KinderGarten (also known for Pankow's first 12").
This crucial album, which unquestionably represented the band's creative peak, has now been re-released by Spittle not merely for the sake of the album itself, but also as part of a wider campaign to document the Italian New Wave scene.
The 8 tracks that make up this digitally remastered reissue (with 3 extra 12" versions) represent one of the most original possible journeys into the Italian underground.
Obsessively rhythmic, like a pagan ritual, with the vagueness and asperity of primordial rock and roll and an inkling of late seventies / early eighties electronica!

Neongrau - Spam'n'Space CD Digipak 11,99 € (Label: Das Drehmoment)

Inspired by the pioneers of electronic music such as Fad Gadget, Kraftwerk and The Normal, Neongrau deliver their view of today’s world to a retro soundtrack. Released on Das Drehmoment Records, Neongrau combine their skillful use of analogue synthetic sounds with robotic vocals to comment on the daily bombardment of spam-mail and shit daytime talk shows. Moody, dark, sarcastic and cutting lyrics effectively deliver these messages and feelings to the listener. Paying tribute to Depeche Mode Neongrau rework the classic Photographic from Mode’s first album respecting the original, yet stamping their own distinctive mark on the track.

http://www.neongrau.com/
http://www.myspace.com/neongrau

The Neon Judgement – Early Tapes CD compilation (Onder Stroom) 17,99€ 

EARLY TAPES compromises the first recordings of the duo Dirk Da Davo and TB Frank and is now, for the first time, available on CD!

The Neon Judgement was formed in 1980/1981. Instantly they self-released two cassettes. With a limited amount of electronic instruments, they recorded their debut: "Suffering". The first version of their classic track "Factory Walk" is on this tape, a much more raw version than the one which would later become an underground clubhit. "Sweet Revenge" and "Schyzophrenic Freddy" remind of Suicide and the almost claustrophobic sounding tracks "Harem" and "Army Green (WOIII) are in the veign of the industrial music of Cabaret Voltaire or even Throbbing Gristle.

Their second cassette "TV Treated" is certainly as good. "Sister Sue" and "On My Own" are ready to eat tracks for fans of Front 242 en Luc Van Acker. The remastered versions of these rare cassettes are now compiled on "Early Tapes", an overview of TNJ 1980/1981. The first two bonus tracks, recorded live @ Arno's in Leuven, give us an insight into the live performances of The Neon Judgement and the third extra track let's us meet the solo project of Dirk Da Davo with the track "Sexhead".

This CD is limited to 1000 copies. The accompanying booklet includes song lyrics and rare photo's from the TNJ archive

* Digipack CD
* 8pp booklet
* Mastering by Dancedelic
* Three bonus tracks
* Design by Eloise Leigh and OnderStroom

Neutral Project - Secondes... CDs (1994) 7,99 € (Label: Eternitè Minimale) SOLD OUT

Neutral Project has been created in 1984 by Yvon Million and Dominique Oudiou, two autodidacts musicians. The group is rated "Touching Pop" by the press of the time such as Little Nemo or Asylum Party. Moreover, Olivier Champeau, singer of Little Nemo helped them to produce their first tape. The band has self produced many maxi-CD and appeared on compilations which became cult "L'appel de la Muse", "Der Bau", "Unreleased", "Leiv Traumas", "Hymn an Die Poesie" and "Supercherie". Neutral Project became friend with german band Endraum and took part as musicians or singer to some of their compositions ("Morgenröte" album). In 1991, Kristian Dernoncourt (ex-Bunker Strasse and ex-Modele Martial) is recruited as second bassist. In 2001, the band will disappear with Yvon's death. Dominique and Kristian will later join No Tears...

http://www.myspace.com/neutralproject

Neva – Fausse Conscience CD 11,99 € (Label: Darkside) SOLD OUT

Neva was a determinedly original trio, from Saint-Quentin, France formed by Jacquy (bass and vocal), Bob & Eric (keys) in 1983. Soaked in the atmosphere of Virgin Prunes & Christian death, their shows mixed gloomy performance and music. Neva was an exception in the French independant scene and the very first to play batcave over there. Neva died in 1990 but its singer, Jacquy, purchase sin

Neva – Individu CD 11,99 € (Label: Alone Prod)  SOLD OUT

Individu' is the first album from the mythical, cult group Neva. It combines the original spirit of it's creators and the emergence of a new wave of the genre in France. Led by an insane demon, an unreal and deathly pale being, exorcising the masses with it's own surreal language, Neva explores the first fusions of electronic tones with the energy of Punk. Heavy bass-lines and sombre melodies. Apocalyptic performances

http://www.myspace.com/nevaproject

Nice Face - Immer Etwas CD 12,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)

Immer Etwas is the first full length release from this one man bedroom recording project turned full on 5-piece live band. Nice Face have been turning out singles, comp tracks, and cassettes at a steady clip over the past two years and change. This LP is a solid thirteen tracks of drum-machine driven blown out hook-laden punk rock that one reviewer prone to curmudgeonly ranting proclaimed “locks Blank Dogs in the pound, erases ‘Psychedelic’ from Psychedelic Horseshit, makes purses and boots out of Crocodiles, and, oh I don’t know…makes a puddle out of Wavves?” We think that is the cheesiest sentence ever written, even though it was intended as a compliment. Live, the band now counts members of Livefastdie and Imaginary Icons among its ranks. The CD version will include the two Sacred Bones singles, the HoZac single, and the song from Killer Diller Records’ Wild About Jenkem comp.

N.O.I.A. – The Sound Of Love EP * Released & Unreleased Classics 1983-87 CD Digipak (Spittle) 13,99 € 

Italian new wave disco cult band, with an impossible-to-miss double-folded digipak compilation!

No More - 7 Years, A Compilation CD 17,99€ (Label: Roof) SOLD OUT

From early (No)Wave to Dark/Gothic Underground, from EBM via Techno to Electroclash - and back again! In 1981, the german band No More landet an underground hit with Suicide Commando, which in the following years spread internationally like a virus regardless of genre and scene. 7 Years, as the title says, is a collection o songs from 1979 to 1986, the seven years of activity of this great band, before they decided to separate for 20 years.

No More - Remake/Remodel 2CD Digipak 19,99€ (Label: Roof)

From early (No)Wave to Dark/Gothic Underground, from EBM via Techno to Electroclash - and back again! In 1981, the german band No More landet an underground hit with Suicide Commando, which in the following years spread internationally like a virus regardless of genre and scene. In time for the anniversary of the title, the release of the Remake/Remodel double album describes equally the present and the past of the band No More. CD 1 (REMAKE) contains new songs and mash-ups of early No More songs with new songs, an electrifying mixture of the original 80s productions and current sounds. CD 2 (REMODEL) concentrates almost exclusively on the hit Suicide Commando and with the best mixes and remixes demonstrates how the title developed over the last years. At the same time, the versions by stars of the scene, such as Dj Hell and Echopark, can be admired as well. It's a CD-Extra and contains along with an audio part extensive video material.

Norma Loy - One - Psychic Altercation 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)  

Eight tracks for the first time on CD!  Not only we offer you for the time time on CD their first 12" from 1982, but also the second 12" Psychic Altercation as well as the two unreleased tracks from "82-84", and four more tracks including one from mythical 1978 first Chelsea/Usher dduet Metal Radiant!  8 pages booklet.

 http://www.myspace.com/normaloy

Norma Loy - Rewind / T. Vision CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) 

For this third re-release of French cult-band here is for the first time on CD the original version of Rewind/T.Vision as released in 1986 on vinyl. Completely remastered and backed with 5 bonus tracks whom 4 live recordedduring the 2006 reunion gig it’s completed with a 12 pages booklet containing unpublished pictures and infos about the band. The brand new Norma Loy album “Un/real” is now completely recorded and will be released late 2009.

Norma Loy - Sacrifice CD 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

After many years of silence Norma Loy is heard again with this brand new remastered version of Sacrifice, cult band album, stuffed with new extra tracks and an unreleased one from 1989.

Norma Loy - Un/Real CD Digipak 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition)

18 years, it’s the time we had to wait for this new Norma Loy album! Un/Real was recorded during year 2009 by Chelsea (voices), Usher (Keyboards, samples), but also original bass player Scavone H., Guillaume on drums and Mika Chrome on guitars. These 13 new tracks, whom a Stooges cover, offer a mood between 80’s cold wave and contemporary dark ambiances. Ranging from animal nightmare (Spiders) to social thought (Second Life) this new album is the synthesis of both Norma Loy and French indie musical scene evolution.

No Tears - Obsessions CD 11,99 € (Label: Str8line Records) 

New line up for No Tears. In 2006, Dominique and Fernando leave the group after a last contribution to "Robert's Eyes" for "Movement One Volume 1" compilation. They are replaced by summer 2006 by guitarist D_Lex and drummer Olivier Rhein. The result is their second album...Obsessions, out February 2008.

http://www.no-tears.com/
http://www.myspace.com/spaceofnotears

No Tears - Borderline CD 11,99 € (Label: Str8line Records) SOLD OUT

No Tears has been created in 2001 by Paul Fiction, musician, composer, having led many musical projects within rock/cold/electro bands since 1992 including a collaboration with Lol Tolhurst (Levinhurst) ex-The Cure on US compilation "Red" in 2000. Paul is quickly joined by Vincent K.(ex-Cyanhide), bassist and guitarist . Early 2002, the band is remarked by the label which will have two of their tracks on its compilation. Their presence on "Str8line #2" will make them known amongst the public and the media. In 2003, following the arrival of Kristian Dernoncourt (ex-Bunker Strasse and ex-Renaissance Noire) at the vocals and guitarist Dominique Oudiou (ex-Neutral Project), No Tears undertake the recording of a first album. Summer 2004, Fernando Million integrates the band as a drummer. This same year, No Tears finalizes "Borderline" album, released in December, at Str8line Records.

http://www.no-tears.com/
http://www.myspace.com/spaceofnotears

Not Moving - Not Moving CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle)

In 1985, after having released two 7”s for Electric Eye, Not Moving made their home at the brand-new Tuscan label, Spittle Records, for whom they soon recorded the 12” Black and Wild. The sound was a personal and mature fusion of X and Gun Club (Goin’ Down), goth/blues (Eternal Door), Stones-style blues (“I Just Wanna Make Love To You”) and neo garage (Crawling).The following year their first LP, Sinnerman, was released, also on Spittle. The 15 tracks on the album retraced the roads that that led to the creation of the band’s unique sound: rock ‘n’roll, blues, beat, punk, psych, and punkabilly and the album (despite its being released with an unauthorized sound mix) was critically acclaimed and well-liked by the public. Now these two albums (with Sinnerman featuring the original authorized mix) are available together and for the first time ever on CD! The “mini-LP” artwork also features what should have been the original Sinnerman album sleeve and contains a 12-page booklet including a bio of the band.

Object - A Place to Hide CD 11,99€ (Label: Str8line Records) 

OBJECT is a Paris-based trio composed of Stephane Pigneul (bass/voice), Benoit Perraudeau (guitar) and Jean-Christian Levé (drums). After years of concerts and happenings, OBJECT released a debut five track EP in 2007. The press greeted the record with enthusiasm, citing influences such as Ulan Bator, Joy Division, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness and Sonic Youth. A serie of concerts followed the release with OBJECT supporting acts such as Papier Tigre, Githead and Heligoland. Start of 2009, Object release first album "A Place To Hide" on Str8line Records recorded and produced by Amaury Cambuzat (Ulan Bator, Faust) No concession : a powerful and dark music, "in your face" lyrics, a violent Post-punk spiral which doesn't let you indifferent.

Odessa - Odessa CD compilation 13,99€ (Label: Brouillard Définitif) back in stock

We’ve carried out long research, we have browsed through loads of music archives, we have collected and spent days remastering… and we are now able and proud to present you our last edition, that we have been waiting for so long : a CD by Poitou-based band Odessa.
The band was meant to become a reference, as its local following was strong at the time, and the band was a promising act.
Of course, we knew that Odessa had released a self-produced 7 inch-record, on their own label « Murnau », but then, we didn’t expect to discover so many other gems !!

Some were already available on P2P networks, but others were previously unreleased and they will undoubtedly top many a playing list !
Unfortunately, just as so many bands in the 80ies, they eventually parted, for personal reasons. But hopefully, leaving enough material to allow us to release this long-awaited CD, that will no doubt please all British post-punk and oh-so- Frenchie cold-wave fan.Record includes :

-11 tracks audio CD – jewelcase
-4 pages booklet

Opera Multi Steel - Cathédrale CD Digipak 12,99 € (Label: Infrastition) 

Re-release of the first album (1984) of the Bourges band, as a digifile done as the original record cover, including the colored cloth knots attached on the front. 4 extra tracks from the first 12" and 4 period bonus videos. The re-release of the Bourges band first album, backed with the tracks from the first 12” from 1984 and four more visual documentaries, will allow many of you to discover the first synthy-medieval echoes, the first form of snowy blaze, of cold fires from the most singular band of our old continent: OPERA MULTI STEEL. Somewhere between Orchestral Manoeuvre In The Dark (before they fall into synthie-pop hit parades) and The Cure, their music is a dare to the face of gravity.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/opera.multi.steel/

Opera Multi Steel - Parachevement De L´esquisse 2CD (Wave Records) 14,99€

A two-CD compilation that offers a representative overview of Opera Multi Steel's musical career, from the debut EP Rien up to 2003's Une Idylle En Péril, that's what Parachèvement De L´esquisse encompasses. These masters on the clavier from Bourges, France have been around since the first half of the 80's and are known for their mix of synthpop, modern classical and new wave. The songs are arranged in a chronological order, which makes it easier to hear the musical evolution of Opera Multi Steel.

Opposition - Breaking The Silence CD (Red Sun Records) 13,99€ SOLD OUT

Digitally remastered reissue of The Opposition's debut album which originally was released in 1981 and has never been available on CD before. Without any doubt this is one of the finest debuts of the golden age of post-punk, an inelastic tension ball of paranoia, romantic strife and alienation.

Opus Finis- Pursue The Tragical Tune CD 12,50 € (Label: SDM, 2008) SOLD OUT

Debut CD of this fantastic Miami duo. The cd was both performed and recorded live on entirely homemade and modified analogue gear. A retrospective of 18 tracks recorded between 2004-2008.
This cd was specially made for the 10th Anniversary party of Wierd Records held at The Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY, November 21st 2008

Other Voices - Anatomy Of A Pain CD 9,99 € (Label: In The Night Time)

In a small town in the hinterland of southern of Italy, three people fascinated by "dark" atmospheres in the new wave movement, decide to form a band . The reality and the place are light years away from the normal standards of the musical scene of the big cities and their movements, but the need to express themselves burns inside of them. So, Domenico Cirillo (Bass), Giuseppe Dromi' (Guitar), and Vincenzo Amato (Vocals), involve Francesco Misiti (Drums). In this project and towardsthe end of the 90's they form the "Other Voices". At the same time, they also start to create their very own songs. In 2004 they decide to work in the realization of their first album "Anatomy of a Pain". In 2005 the italian label In The Night Time release "Anatomy of a Pain" as cd.

http://www.myspace.com/theothervoices

Pankow - The Art Of Gentle Revolution 5CD BOX 39,99 € (Label: Contempo) SOLD OUT

For all of you who missed this essential piece of industrial Italian electro punk junk the first time around, we are proud to present the definitive Pankow boxset, re-elaborated by the band’s mastermind, Maurizio FM Fasolo. This luxury edition contains the artist’s cut of all four of Pankow’s fab albums - Freiheit Für Die Sklaven (1987), Gisela (1989), Omne Animal Triste Post Coitum (1990) and Treue Hunde (1992) - on double-folded digipack CDs, plus a bonus CD in a cardboard sleeve featuring 4 tracks originally released only on the 12” 69Sixtynine69 that accompanied the ultra-limited (100 copies) marble cover edition of Gisela (aka “the Marble Album”). The box also includes an 80-page book called “Pankow - The Movie” featuring lyrics, pictures, notes and US and German tour memorabilia as edited by original frontman Alex Spalck. 

Parallèles de Montségur - Espérit CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Born in 1986 in Montpellier, Les Parallèles de Montségur opened the way of a dark rock in French to the south west of France. In a short time the band got a huge local following and then went on tour in France and Spain. It's a Paris label Le Silence De La Rue that released in 1990 the first single and only album "Espérit". Press and radios worshiped these eight tracks recorded and mixed in eight days at Studio de la Loge in Montpellier. While the band is ready to get its own place in the French scene the left of the bass player will broke the magic. In spite of it's replacement and the recording of four new tracks, opening the way to a new sound, the band will split in 1991.  

http://www.myspace.com/parallelesdemontsegur

Pesteg Dred/SS-Say - I Have Seen You Through The Years, Worn By Different Faces CD Digipak (Panoptikon) 14,99€ SOLD OUT

A long awaited hole in the Martin Hall back-catalogue was filled when both the obscure art-rock project Pesteg Dred and his later internationally renowned group SS-Say (both featuring the singer Inge Shannon in the vocal front) were re-released as one cd with the album I Have Seen You Through The Years, Worn By Different Faces in September 2010. The title is a line taken from the SS-Say song ”Care”.

The original Pesteg Dred album Years Of Struggle Against The Lies, The Stupidity And The Cowardice was recorded by an 18-year old Hall with vocalist Inge Shannon and guitarist/noisemaker Per Hendrichsen (later Under For) in December 1981, but the album stayed released until the summer of 1985 where it featured as a bonus cassette tape with the Danish art magazine Atlas.

In comparison to this group SS-Say and particularly their 12-inch single Fusion received much more attention. The first constellation of the band made its debut at William S. Burroughs’ legendary visit in Denmark in October 1983 and ever since the reputation of the group has grown, both in €pe and in the United States – apparently because a French DJ kept playing the ‘Fusion’-tracks at the New York club The Batcave.

The Pesteg Dred album was released in America in a limited vinyl edition by the San Francisco based label Dark Entries in October the same year

Peter M. Vs Mushy - Fando Y Lis CDr 4,99 € (Label: Mannequin) SOLD OUT

Cdr split between Peter M. and Mushy, inspired and composed for 'Fando Y Lis', Alejandro Jodorowsky's first feature length film from 1967. CDR 7'' format on rough cardboard, 80 handnumbered copies.

Peter M. - Kawai Sx 240, Korg Ms 20, Roland Juno 60, Roland Cr 78, Korg Kr 55
Mushy - Voice and lyrics

Recorded and mixed at Mannequin Studio - Rome, November 2008. Mastering by Lutring.

http://www.myspace.com/mpeter
http://www.myspace.com/mushyrhum

Pink Industry - Low Technology CD Digipak 14,99€ (Isegrimm Records) SOLD OUT

Isegrimm is very proud to bring this classic electropop band from Liverpol which its first album "Low Technology" back in the minds and markets in a very nice slightly redisgned six sided digipack .The first 12" and some unreleased tracks are included on the almost 63 min running cd. Pink Industry was formed in Liverpool ,from Jayne Casey(former Big in Japan and Pink Military) and Ambrose Reynolds(from Franky goes to Hollywood also worked with Royal Family &The Poor )and released the first 12" 45 and the first album Low Technology back in 1982. All in all 20 tracks with the lovely,hypnotic voice of Jayne and some totally unreleased tracks will bring you back that good old feeling,where vinyl was god.

Pink Industry - New Naked Technology 2010 Remasters CD (Wave Records) 13,99€ 

Great British band (from Liverpool) started in the beggining of 80´s after Pink Military split up.

Jayne Casey (singer of Pink MIlitary) and Ambrose Reynolds (bass player founder of lendary Frank Goes to Holywood) started Pink Industry, and later called Tadzio for guitars. The bands mix new wave and experimental sounds with sexy vocals.

Pink Industry did 3 full albuns some 12" and one 7" and recorded 4 Peel Sessions at BBC in the 80´s.

They split up in 1987 with Jayne going to business music side and Ambrose working with your new music project USL and Tadzio just disappear.

Two Compilations was released in 1990 and 1995 by german label Parade Amourouses and Brazilian label Cri Du Chat. In 2008 the first album, Low Technology was released by Isegrimm Records from Germany with EP Bonus on digipack format.

Now, after almost 30 years of the band, Wave Records bring all fans around the world with the new compilation bringing some song versions never released and 3 format release: Cd / Cd + Dvd / Collector´s Edition.

Classics like: What I Wouldn´t Give, Pain of Pride, The Corpse and Empty Beach, never will be missed!

Portion Control - Archive 5CD BOX Set 34,99 € (portion-control.net) SOLD OUT

Portion Control commemorate their newfound lease on musical life with a collection of their long out-of-print releases from the '80s, serving not only as a retrospective of the band's history, but the history of industrial and underground electronic music itself.


A bonus high quality MP3 disc includes all tracks from the 4 CDs and a collection of 135 screen images from 1980-1990 and 2003-2006. Also exclusive to the bonus MP3 disc is Rhys Fulber's "Refugee (Rebuild)". This bonus MP3 disc comes with the first pressing of 1000 copies.

Tracklisting:

Code 001: I Staggered Mentally / Hit the Pulse 

Code 002: Step Forward / Psycho Bod Saves the World 

Code 003: Purge / Simulate Sensual 

Code 004: Surface and Be Seen / Raise the Pulse / Rough Justice / Go-Talk / The Great Divide 

Code 005: Data

Pseudocode - €pa - Standard edition with bonus sticker (300 copies) 11,99€ SOLD OUT
Pseudocode - €pa - Minimal 80s style (200 copies) 11,99€ SOLD OUT


Reissue of Pseudocode's vinyl legacy (2 EPs + 1 LP) remastered in superb sound quality by original member Alain Neffe of Insane fame, 30 years later!

Pseudocode (1979-1982) were a coherent unit of 3 individuals (Xavier S., Guy Marc Hinant and Alain Neffe), non-musicians even, combining emotions with electronic experiments, mostly improvised.
They called it 'potlatch music' and were only trying to express themselves through sound rather than pleasing an audience.

Available in 2 cover versions, 19 tracks!

Ptose - PPP K 005 + PPP K 017 CD Digipak Book Format 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) 

Originating from Niort (France), Benoît and Lionel JARLAN create PTÔSE in 1979. They quickly found PTÔSE PRODUCTION PRESENTE indy label to release between 1980 and 1983 about fifteen tapes become today some real collector items/ Ptôse also takes part to many samplers and become unmissable into the self-producing international network, then quite active. The band is today the perfect example of the french minimal synth current of the early 80’s : weid music, great covers, limited editions... At the end of 1984 the AYAA label released the first Ptôse studio album "Ignobles Limaces". The american illustrator Mark BEYER did the cover that perfectly fits to these “French Residents”. Third re-release orchestrated by Ph. Perreaudin (Palo Alto) PPP K 005 + PPP K 017 allows to discover for the first time on CD two mythical tapes: Hand-made Electronics (1980) and Le rat d’hôtel (1983), signed by the (very) mysterious Ericka Irganon.

Q4U – Best Of CD (Wave Records) 13,99€

In the winter of 1980-1981 Q4U was born. The punk movement hit Iceland relativelity late, about 1978-79, but when it did it hit hard and the scene immediately became very lively.
The members of Q4U were initially two couples, Steinþór and Linda and Gunnþór and Ellý, along with two of their mates from the local punk scene in Reykjavík. They were Helgi the drummer and Már the keyboard player. Those two soon quit and no keyboard player was recruited until later, but Kommi became the drummer instead of Helgi. Steinþór, who was bassist with Fræbbblarnir, a rather established band on the scene, played guitar and Gunnþór, a roadie with the biggest band on the scene, Utangarðsmenn, played the bass. The two girls were the singers. This line-up, Steinþór, Kommi, Gunnþór and the girls appeared in the movie Rokk í Reykjavík, which was premiered in the spring of 1982 and showcased the Reykjavík punk scene. Q4U became stars in the movie because of their good looks and uncompomising punk stance, and the song Creeps, based on The Model by Kraftwerk, a hit. Even so, the obligations Steinþór had with Fræbbblarnir and internal divisions caused the breakup of the group soon after the premiere of Rokk í Reykjavík.
The original Q4U never published any material besides the three songs appearing on the Rokk í Reykjavík soundtrack album. However, they recorded their whole production in a demo session at their rehearsal locale below a butcher´s shop with Árni Daníel, who also contributed keyboards and was regarded as part of the group at that time. Then the group called it the quits. These demos were not published until much later, in 1997, on the CD Q2.

Red Zebra - The Art Of Conservation (1980-2002) 2CD Digipak 19,99 € (Label: Halu) SOLD OUT

Red Zebra is a Belgian post-punk group from Bruges.They started at the end of the 1970s and have the following members: Peter Slabbynck (vocals), Geert Maertens (lead guitar), Sam Claeys (second guitar and bass guitar) and Johan Isselee (drums). In 1980 they had their biggest hit 'I Can't Live In A Living Room', today still a post-punk classic. Here you find a remastered compilation of tracks from 1980 to 2002 plus a BONUS CD, 'Maquis', their great and classic full lenght album from 1983.

http://www.redzebra.be/

Resistance - Between Two Lights CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) back in stock

Resistance is before everything else Eric Ferrand, author, composer, he records this first album, until now only released on vinyl, in 1986. Before there will have been Jeune France, another ephemeral band, after will follow two albums, “100 Lives” (1988) and “8” (1990) before a musical pause that will only be stopped with a side project, solo and very different, “L’Oreille Interne” melting psychiatric hospital interviews recordings with minimal music.

Richard Bone - Emerging Melodies CDr 10,99 € (Label: Quirkworks Laboratory)

Originally released in a very limited run of 50 LPs in 1982 and created as the soundtrack to a pioneering piece of experimental video, Emerging Video, which aired on the USA cable channel. These tracks contain 11 amazing forays into early electronica. Recorded before the term ambient became a household word. Some tracks are slightly rhythmic, some are experimental but all feature Richard Bone's unmistakable sense of melody.

Richard Bone - Experiments 80-82 CD 10,99 € (Label: Quirkworks Laboratory) SOLD OUT

Experiments ‘80-‘82 is the absolute opposite of the ambient music many fans associate with Richard Bone...it owes more to Bebe Baron (Forbidden Planet) than Harold Budd. In fact, an original copy of the Forbidden Planet soundtrack, signed by Bebe Baron, stood watch over the original sessions.

The 10 abstract pieces weredirectly inspired by the pioneering electronic works of Morton Subotnick, Charles Dodge and Tod Dockstader. The material comes from two rare cassette only releases, Quiz Party & Life in Video City (there were less than 50 copies of these original cassettes ever made) and 3 tracks, with the collective title Alternate Music for the Hindenberg Lounge, from The American Music Compilation LP all of which were available exclusively through €ck Magazine between 1980-82.

Limited to 300 copies only

Rinf - Chaosjugend Strasse CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle)

An anomaly of sorts, Rinf were truly a different kind of band. Stylish without even trying. An odd mix of English and German that, however, earned them the respect of the most sensitive fans and critics. What could have become of their anarchic funk? Rinfs music, however, was basically pop, heavily researched pop, but pop nonetheless. Simple songwriting asphyxiated by the urgency of scratchy jazz, with robotic choruses. Like smashing your head against the wall until it bleeds, but without unbuttoning your coat or taking off your tie. Somewhere between innate nihilism and collected pose. In this reissue we find their first 1983 EP, a track originally featured on a 7" single inserted in the fanzine "FREE" and various previously unreleased tracks, real memorabilia of the era.

http://www.myspace.com/rinfspace

Rise And Fall Of A Decade - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow CD 10,99€ (Intuition Records)

"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" is a retrospective compilation covering the years 1987 to 2007 in the musical history of one of the most important French Alternative / Wave bands of the 90's ! From its very beginning in 1987 ( with "Galdhopiggen Glittertind" which became the first song of the band ) through their four successful albums ( "Rise And Fall Of A Decade", "Noisy But Empty", "You Or Sidney" and "Forgot The 20th Century" ) and rare singles ( "An Evening With Bernard", "Mistake" with interesting covers of S. Gainsbourg and The Pixies ) to the present time ( "Don't Save The Museum" recorded in 2006 ). Atmospheric keyboards, acoustic or distorted guitar, expressive male and heavenly female vocals and excellent lyrics. Their extraordinary songs are full of beauty and melancholy. RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE is a synonym for extraordinary compositions, excellent lyrics and timeless good music. They were broadcasted on TV and radio stations in France and in Germany they were mostly famous among the Gothic scene due to their romantic and melancholic songs. This imaginative and diverse album is recommendable for everyone with an interest in heavenly voices/ethereal/classical/dreampop. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" will certainly not disappoint you.

Ruth - Polaroïd/Roman/Photo CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

Another excellent reissue of the work of French experimental /pop musician Thierry Müller (who we know from the reissues of his pre-Ruth albums under the Ilitch moniker). Fast becoming a unanimous Minimal Wave genre favorite album, Ruth's "Polaroid / Roman / Photo" was originally released in 1985. Ruth is like the avant garde stepsister of Kraftwerk or Gary Numan, in the form of a ten piece band with horns, violin and spoken female vocals. It's very appropriate that a reissue like this should come along when the '80s electro / art punk revival. The CD also throws in some bonus tracks, with 16-pages color-booklet.

http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomruth

Sad Lovers & Giants - Epic Garden Music CD Reissue 11,99 € (Label: Cherry Red) SOLD OUT

Sad Lovers and Giants originally formed in 1981 and produced ‘classy alternative pop music’, a psychedelic post punk sound. The guitars chimed above atmospheric keyboards held together by a rock solid rhythm section underpinning very accessible song writing and the strong haunting voice of singer Garce. Think Chameleons, early Cure and latterly bands like Interpol. After their initial split in 1984 interest in the band grew at home and abroad prompting them into reforming in the late 80’s and producing several more great albums but ‘Epic Garden Music’ is the starting point.

Sad Lovers & Giants - Feeding The Flame CD Reissue 15,99€ (Label: Cherry Red)

Sad Lovers and Giants first full album, a brilliant atmospheric post punk album, elements of Joy Division and The Chameleons and more tellingly of bands that followed. Recorded in 1983 Feeding the Flame showcases the original line up at their very best. Just completed successful €pean dates more in the pipeline. Not available on CD since 1988 and includes four bonus tracks that were not on the original vinyl. Memorabilia and Sleeve notes contributions from the original band members.

Sad Lovers & Giants - The Mirror Test CD Reissue 11,99 € (Label: Cherry Red) SOLD OUT

Sad Lovers and Giants took a break after the Feeding The Flame album, interest in the band continued to grow and they reformed with a new line up and a new set of songs. The Mirror Test is a brilliant atmospheric post punk album, elements of Joy Division and The Chameleons and more tellingly of bands that followed. Originally released in 1988 - The Mirror Test marked the return of Sad Lovers And Giants, after a couple of years away from the scene with a new line up and a stronger sound.

Scattered Order - Prat Culture Plus CD ltd ed 400 copies 14,99€ (Label: Klanggalerie) SOLD OUT

A fantastic album originally released in 1982 on Australia's M Squared-label. Founded in 1979, Scattered Order released three records in the early Eighties on M Squared, plus a few compilation tracks on various samplers. For this CD edition, the band have remastered the whole album and the Screaming Tree EP. As a bonus, there´s some unheard stuff at the end of the CD as well! Soundwise Scattered Order fit in somewhere between Industrial and Post-Punk, think of early Cabaret Voltaire, Hula, Tuxedomoon, Faust and you get the idea. A cult item for the first time ever on CD!

Schaltkreis Wassermann - Psychotron CD (Hypermusic) 15,99€ back in stock

The Psychotron CD contains all the original tracks of the vinyl LP plus four bonus tracks, among them "Excursion", a previously unreleased collage of recordings from an LSD session of 1980. Additional bonus tracks: "Space Shuttle", "Hyperspace" and "WHY".

The album is packaged as a Digipak inclusive an 12-page booklet with lots of original material from the 80ies - a true collector's item!

Schleimer K - Wounded Wood CD (Infrastition) 13,99€ back in stock

The early 80’s in the UK was the time when pure punk protest didn’t seem satisfying anymore, but its energy was still in the air. Different bands started to use this energy for artistic purposes, combining it with diverse influences, like Expressionism, Dadaism and other “-isms”. Schleimer K wasn’t quite one of those bands as they could never really fit into any of the time’s musical categories. The project was based around the duo of Englishman Michael Wolfen and Frenchman Dominique Brethes and its music has two naturally interlaced aspects. Schleimer K was much more of a performance art project than an ordinary musical band: its members paid strong attention to the provocative element, providing weird shows at which it wasn’t rare to see Michael in a leather mask and chains and Dominique in a skirt over leather trousers, in the midst of the theatrical and musical madness happening around them. Rather than play normal musical venues with other bands, Schleimer K preferred sharing the stage with different art forms such as an experimental theatre group which took part in the band’s show in Paris, and play in more unusual venues, warehouses or theatres like Pali-Kao (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali-Kao). In 1983 when the band’s last album “Wounded Wood” came out, Schleimer K had already several releases under their belt: the atmospheric and minimal debut self-titled LP (1981), a shared release with German “Die Partei” and Italian “Neon”, the 12” EP “Fugitive Kind” (1982), and tracks appearing on various compilations such as “The Wonderful World of Glass” (featuring many influential bands like The Lemon Kittens, Legendary Pink Dots, Martyn Bates…) or “Dokument - Ten Highlights In The History Of Popular Music 1981>1982' (featuring Cabaret Voltaire, Minimal Compact, The Virgin Prunes…), all of which nowadays are almost impossible-to-find rarities. This final musical chapter seems the continuation of the path, but in a changed environment: “Wounded Wood” LP, released on Dominique’s newly founded label “Lone Wolf”, is the result of Schleimer K’s musical experiments in the new “Wolf Studios” owned by Dominique. 

Seconde Chambre - Victoires Prochaines 2CD 14,99 € (Label: Brouillard Définitif)

You've wated a long time, and it's finally here! We keep our promises, so this Seconde Chambre release that you waited a long time for, has arrived now! Not really attentionned of their 80s period, it is now revived and revamped with their come back with this complete wedding production. Seconde Chambre like the Thugs, an other North Western band, has always maintained an unclassifiable genre, a provoctiave immesurably hot, unliked from the cold wave scene from that era. In fact, this band has a unique exciting style. We can correlate sounds ranging from glam-rock to post-punk and psychadelic-rock to garage-rock, but with an exlusive (*hungover) voice that will give the band an original rough aspect. After all, the style is pleasant to some. This will give birth to their both LPs that genuinely can see the light. We followed several shows and raves until their split was more or less starting to be announced. A long journey, an enduring story, retraced on this double album, fully remastered, including the chronological LPS "Lord Brain" and "Brisé", and "An Expensive Party". All of that incorporating numerous unreleased and live tracks that cover all the best and more astonishing songs from all the rest! Limited edition of 500 copies.

http://www.myspace.com/secondechambre

Second Layer - World Of Rubber CD 11,99 € (Label: Cherry Red) SOLD OUT

Second Layer featured Adrian Borland and Graham Bailey, founding members of The Sound . They pioneered the use of drum machines and mixed machine based soundscape with more human elements created a sound ahead of its time. After releasing a couple of singles in 1979 and 1980 they released World of Rubber on Cherry Red in 1981. A beautiful, hard and emotional record. It contained many of the same elements as The Sound , not much of a surprise considering the line up, but the machine element gives it a very different sound. The Album has never been on CD and the vinyl is very hard to track down. Bonus Track Skylon previously unavailable.

Section 25 - Always Now CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

The cult spacey 1981 debut album, originally released as Fact 45, produced by Martin Hannett at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row studio. This remastered CD includes 9 bonus tracks, including all tracks from the Girls Don't Count and Haunted singles, as well as rare compilation tracks and the LP outtake Human Puppets.

Section 25 - Dirty Disco (The Best Of 1978-2008) CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

Dirty Disco celebrates 30 years of Section 25, and features tracks from all line-ups and albums, as well as the singles Knew Noise, Dirty Disco, Haunted, Beating Heart, Looking From A Hilltop, Crazy Wisdom and Bad News Week, plus a new lounge version of Knew Noise. The booklet contains archive images and a detailed band chronology.
Formed in Blackpool, the band were initially mentored by Joy Division, and went on to record four albums with Factory Records between 1980 and 1986. The first of these, Always Now, combined harsh post-punk with spacey psychedelia, and was produced by Martin Hannett. The third, From The Hip, produced in 1984 by Bernard Sumner of New Order, explored techno and electronica, and spawned the oft-sampled club hit Looking From A Hilltop. After disbanding in the late 1980s, Section 25 recently regrouped, releasing acclaimed new album Part-Primitiv in 2007 on LTM, and playing a string of powerful live shows across €pe.

Section 25 - From The Hip CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) 

New deluxe digital remaster of classic 1984 vintage electronica produced by Bernard Sumner of New Order, including both 12" remixes of the durable US club hit Looking From a Hilltop (FAC 108), together with previously unreleased 12" mixes of Beating Heart and Back to Wonder (FAC 68). Also features two mixes of Dirty Disco II. 74 minutes, 15 tracks. Original Peter Saville artwork.

Section 25 - Live In America And €pe 1982 CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) 

Digitally remastered from the tapes originally intended for album release on Factory US in 1982. Cherry-picked 72 minute set. Connoisseurs will note that God's Playground, Floating and You Leave Me No Choice are all previously unheard composition, and that the take of Haunted is a high-velocity jam featuring members of label mates Crispy Ambulance. Indeed Live In America & €pe 1982 is a set every bit as fascinating as the Crispies Fin swansong, and was recorded by the same sound engineer, Jon Hurst. Full sleevenotes in booklet.
"Rolling drums, mantra-like drones and driving sequencers achieve a compelling atmosphere." (Record Collector, 11/1998)

Section 25 - Love And Hate (In The English Countryside) CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) 

Extended 72 minute digital remaster comprising all of the long lost FACT 160 album together with many bonus tracks, including a Bernard Sumner remix of Bad News Week (FAC 157), and Crazy Wisdom and The Guitar Waltz from the FBN 45 maxi. Also featured are four instrumental versions, and the previously unheard song Just To Be With You. Full sleevenotes, artwork remodelled by Julien Potter.
"The mood that produced titles like Shit Creek-No Paddle meant gung-ho presence. Harder staccato edges and fleshier arrangements helped escape the New Order shadow" (Q Magazine, 8/1999); "A superlative collection of Dalek folk songs and abrasive proto-techno... surprisingly prescient and potent back catalogue." (Uncut Magazine, 8/2000)

Section 25 - The Key Of Dreams CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

70 minute reissue of the second studio album, originally released by Factory Benelux (FBN 14) in 1982. 14 tracks in total, including the entire self-produced album, now remastered from the original tapes, plus compilation tracks and the singles The Beast and Je Veux Ton Amour. Original artwork reproduced, and sleevenotes.
"Earmarked by an expansive tension ... that separated the ambient and minimalist Kraftwerkian elements of their music" (Q Magazine, 11/91); "Provided that you are absolutely knackered or smashed, this record will make a lasting impression on you." (Vinyl Magazine, 7/82)

The Shortwave Mystery – Signals From Afar CD (W|S Collective) 12,99€ SOLD OUT

CD release of all previously unreleased SWM material will, 4 panel digipak.

In 1983, Gregory Windrum Scoggin formed THE SHORTWAVE MYSTERY in which he did incorporate some of his friends (Jason Wright, Tom Wright and Dave Skinner). As influences he points out D.A.F., Der Plan as well as OMD or Depeche Mode, and in general the early 80’s New Wave movement, which is good as his music was then about incorporate the right portion of melancholy and melody, that make those tracks so substantial and stand up the test against time (at least for us). In 1985, they released on 12”EP “Pilots” (Good Records, Good-1) which became an incredibly sought-after and high-priced gem in recent years (after it has been hyped immensely on ebay). All tracks on this MLP were recorded in 2003/04 and remixed in 2009/10. There is really no need to describe every song individually, they are all nothing but the most beautiful melancholic electropop songs with rich textures and either almost ethereal or typical synthpop-a-like vocals. The tracks are always still right for the dancefloor (in the club or in your living room), think of For Against, Hysterica Passio (especially A-side), or some Swedish electropop acts from that era like 3 Miles From Here or Royalty, or the German band New Scientists on B-side.

The Siamese Pearl - Temple purification #0 CDr 9,99€ (Not On Label)

From years of homemade tape releases here is the debut CD from Miami's Experimental/ Ritual music project The Siamese Pearl, the newest solo project from C.E. Oni of Opus Finis This release features 8 tracks plus one mystery track. Intended to evoke and relocate the state therein.

The Silent Section - A Final Delerium CD (Tryghed & Tristesse) 13,99€ 

Awesome post punk - shoe-gaze influenced band from Denmark, same label as End Of Your Garden. They also collaborated with PeterPeter from Sort Sol.

Silvia – st CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) SOLD OUT

Rerelease of the 1982 album on Schallmauer. All tracks are written by Tommi Stumpff. Including the minimal synth / ndw classics "Zuerst Ich", "Das Ende Vom Traum" and many more.

Sixth June - Everytime CD 13,99€ (Label: No Emb Blanc) SOLD OUT

Sixth June is a duo from Serbia that have just released their debut LP on the Genetic Music sublabel No Emb Blanc. Even before the LP came out they had some very nice video tracks circulating on the internet. These served as teasers for the upcoming album, and even more as the songs featured were really good.

Any fan of some good old elektro wave will have to dig this. It is nothing new but it is done with conviction and that is what you hear througout the album. Eleven melancholy tracks, which at times are down tempo but also some real dancefloor fillers, come and go and lead you the way into a mellow state of mind. This band sounds a bit like Nine Circles mixed with Clan Of Xymox (two first albums on 4AD) and maybe even a bit of Frozen Autumn from time to time. Even though Sixth June could appeal to some goth fans the music could as easily be consumed by indie-tronics lovers. Also the artwork hints more to the indie scene as the goth/wave scene. A very good choice!

Skanfrom - Soothing Sounds For Robots CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) SOLD OUT

This album was originally released as 12"EP (ltd. 800) on a.d.s.r. by the end of 2002. This CD includes 9 bonus tracks (previously unreleased). Mr. Skanfrom serves us his great mixture of electro/nica and minimal synth pop.

Soft Metals - S/T CD (Captured Tracks) 14,99€

Of the billion-odd synth-pop groups coming out of the US right now, Soft Metals are undoubtedly among the most accomplished.

The Portland duo of Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks will release their self-titled debut album on July 19 via Brooklyn’s Captured Tracks, home to Blank Dogs, Wild Nothing, Led Er Est et al. Formed in 2009, they claim to be variously influenced by “early industrial music, minimal synth, 1980s Chicago house, synth pop, and italo disco”, and it’s fair to say that traces of all these underground sounds can be detected in their svelte synth-pop productions.

But what makes them stand out from the myriad other biters of these sounds is their punchy, purposeful songwriting, their flab-free arrangements and the crystalline vocals of Hall, which come over like a heavily reverbed, robotized descendent of Young Marble Giants’ Alison Statton. This is proper electronic pop music, coolly (retro)futuristic but sweepingly romantic, and highly recommended to fans of John Foxx, early Human League and modern day standard-bearers like Xeno & Oaklander and John Maus." -FACT Magazine

Soft Moon - S/T CD (Captured Traks) 13,99€ 

On the heels of two sensually dark 7 inches, Luis Vasquez of The Soft Moon, has completed his self-titled debut full-length on Captured Tracks.
Raised under the burning sun of the Mojave desert, Vasquez channels both his punk upbringing and Afro-Cuban heritage to sculpt decidedly dystopian soundscapes for a new generation of torn romantics. It's a record set somewhere in the near post-apocalypse where technology enchants as much as it destroys.

The Soft Moon - Total Decay CD EP (Captured Traks) 13,99€  

Following on from last year’s self titled debut full-length, the songs on this EP are horribly fascinating works of art, not so much songs as cold and alienating sculptures or brutalist structures, devoid of warmth or approachability. You might think I’m setting this up as a dressing-down for Total Decay, but the opposite is true. Vasquez has produced a quarter of an hour of intense music that despite seemingly wanting to be isolated bears repeated listens.

Sonnenbrandt - Gestern CD 14,99 € (Label: Anna Logue Records) SOLD OUT

'Gestern' is a co-production between the 3 labels Anna Logue Records, Hertzschrittmacher (KernKrach) and NLW, joining forces to help SONNENBRANDT finding their way onto the road to success, just because there is no other contemporary act that deserves a wider audience than they do! SONNENBRANDT hails from Hamburg, Germany, was founded in 2003, and consists of Stefan Bornhorst (THE SILICON SCIENTIST, Dreams Encoded, The Convent – synthesisers, programming, vocoder), Jojo Brandt (Voll Wirksam, Liquid Dreams, The Convent – synthesisers, programming, guitars, lyrics, vocals) and his wife Sonja ‘Sonne’ Brandt (lyrics, vocals). They perform the perfect mixture of early 80’s Electropop and Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW) – or “Elektronische Volksmusik” (electronic folk music) as they cutely describe it themselves - paired with German lyrics being entertaining in a funny way, and also as cross as two sticks. The tunes are very catchy, melodic though with some darker melancholic undertones. Also worth mentioning is a slight participation of Alain Seghir from MARTIN DUPONT as well as the guys from THE MARY ONETTES in “Rotes Telefon”. It includes also a cover version of LIO’s “Amoureux solitaires”!!!
CD VERSION - 15 previously unreleased tracks/versions (so we have 4 bonus tracks!)

http://www.myspace.com/sonnenbrandt

South Of No North - Fell Frozen CD Digipak 14,99 € (Label: Dead Scarlet Records) SOLD OUT

South Of No North released their second album, "Fell Frozen" during 1986, (this was the last release for Creep Records). Back in life with two unreleased tracks and 1 video back on April 2007 on Dead Scarlet Records.

http://www.myspace.com/southofnonortheu

South Of No North - Lacrimae Christi CD Digipak 14,99 € (Label: Dead Scarlet Records)

Dead Scarlet Records released the first album "Lacrimae Christi" by the legendary Greek dark wave band South Of No North. Distributed via the Greek label Cyberdelia Records their first album, "Lacrimae Christi", comes remastered as a digipack CD. South Of No North were formed during November 1983 and were named after a Charles Bukowski’s book. They started as a four member band, strongly influenced by bands such as the Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, Cure, The Sound, Clock DVA and most of all David Sylvian’s band, Japan. They recorded their first album, "Lacrimae Christi", during September 1984 and CreepRecords released it on April 1985. "Lacrimae Christi" remains the perfect example of how the Greek Dark Wave scene was during the 80s. Recorded and mixed at Master Sound Studios in 1984. Limited digipak edition of 1000 copies, digital remastered.

http://www.myspace.com/southofnonortheu

South Of No North - South Of No North CD Digipak 14,99 € (Label: Dead Scarlet Records) SOLD OUT

South of No North third album, "South Of No North", from 1989, repressed on the Greek Dark Wave label Dead Scarlet Records. Limited digipack edition with one superb unreleased song and two videos back from the 80's. Make your orders now.

http://www.myspace.com/southofnonortheu

Sprung Aus Den Wolken - Dub & Die plus CD 14,99 € (Label: Klanggalerie)


Originally released in 1981 as an untitled mini album on Zick Zack, "Dub & Die" completes our re-issue programme of the band's earliest works. Recorded at SADW's Cassettencombinat studio in Berlin, the original 8 tracks represent the first release by this German Avantgarde/Industrial group that was once a member of the "Geniale Dilettanten" movement. Again, comparison with early Einstürzende Neubauten is permitted, although Sprung were always more structured and song orientated than their friends. This CD edition expands the original release with a set of bonus tracks.

CD in a limited edition of 500 copies.

Staccato Du Mal - Sin Destino CD (Wierd Records) 13,99€

Wierd Records is proud to present the new LP by Staccato du Mal, entitled Sin Destino. Freezing out the heat-seeking Miami scene with his cold minimal synth for the past decade, Ramiro Jeancarlo (1/2 of the industrial outfit Opus Finis) offers up ten tracks of analogue darkness.

Sung in both English and Spanish, the forthcoming album is informed by Jeancarlo’s half Chilean, half Venezuelan background. Pervasive throughout the LP is an aura of dread and claustrophobia that without a doubt evokes the hot, dry, lonely landscape of suburban South Florida. But beyond the dismal swamplands, it's possible to detect the mournful ambiance of cultures plagued for centuries by colonization, civil war and political turmoil. Whether Jeancarlo means to offer "Salvation Through Suffering" as an alternative to everything from Catholicism to revolutions-turned-tyrannies is not explicit, but the distinctive mood of dread conjures something more monolithic than plain nihilism. Therein lies the fascinating duality: "Lost Image" could as easily land in a soundtrack to a film about a lonesome teen in desolate suburbia as it could a film about Pinochet's Caravan of Death.

CD Edition with 2 bonus tracks.

State Of Art - Dancefloor Statements 1981-1982 CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle)

While in Manchester A Certain Ratio approach the funk perhaps to unstuck off the reputation of new Joy Division, and in London Spandau Ballet, loads of percussion and wind instruments, went to number 1 of the charts, in Milan State Of Art were operating in the same area,meticulous interpreters of an era where the mutations were firm and fast. State Of Art attempted a sound that combined the sensitivity pop of ABC and Spandau Ballet to tribal underground of Liquid Liquid and Talking Heads, the energy of Funkapolitan and Pig
Bag to the new wave of Manicured Noise and Pop Group. This CD contains all the studio recordings and some live tracks that testify their sound and desire to experiment that marked all live performances of the band.

State Of Art - At Work CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Retroactive)

Fred Ventura pre-italo disco band is back after 25 years with 6 stunning tracks plus 8 more remixes by some of the best italian electronic producers like Ajello, Peferico and Newclear Waves.

Stephan Eicher - Spielt Noise Boys CD 14,99 € (Label: Born Bad)

The french label BORN BAD RECORDS has now re-issued the absolute(!) “Minimal-Synth” classic. Strangely enough the label claims this to be an “LP”, though it runs of 45rpm, also selling it at the same rate as their full-length LPs. Then again, no reason to complain, since you get more than enough value for money. In contrast to the legendary 7″ on swiss label OFF COURSE with 5 songs on it, this re-release contains all 7 songs from the original cassette-recordings from 1980. And most of all, what you get is fully capturing EVERYTHING that ever was and is good and great about the so-called Minimal-Synth genre. It never got any better than this. So with getting just this one record, you will experience as much knowlegde about this style of music, as any stupid nerd can do by collecting 1000′s of minimal-synth records. This brilliant record sums it all up! (And most probably Stephan Eicher didn’t even know that he invented a whole new genre, nor may he give a shit about it…)

Stereo - Somewhere In The Night CD 17,99 € (Label: Minimal Wave) SOLD OUT

The fifteenth release on Minimal Wave, presented in a printed jacket of original artwork, is Stereo's 'Somewhere In The Night' LP. Two of the tracks: Somewhere In The Night and No More first appeared on their 12" releases in 1982 and 1983 respecti

Störung - Induction: The Enochian Remix CD 9,50 € (Label: Clogsontronics)

Störung released this CD on Clogsontronics in June 2007. It contains two versions of a brain-draining track called 'INDUCTION - the Enochian Remix'. A minimal, industrial and electronic track recorded in 1999, edited and mastered in 2007. The CD also contains two previously unreleased tracks recorded live in 1983. These tracks reflect Störung's interpretation of the Cold War era: 'Warschau Pact' and 'Sovjets Don't Dance'. The amazing artwork completes the production and this results in a unique and timeless package.

http://www.storung.net/
http://www.myspace.com/storungnet

Symbiosi - Un Unico Nucleo Di Dolore CD Compilation (Symbiosi Self-Rel) 11,99€

Italian cult dark wave band from the 80s. Anthology CD, with songs that were published in the '80s.

System 56 - Retrospective: 1982-84 CDr 14,99 € (Label: Detour Records) SOLD OUT


Long ago, and far away, in a decade known as the 80s, there once was a band from Cleveland called System 56. Most people in the northeast Ohio area would remember us from the generous  amount of local airplay that they received for songs like "Metro Metro”, “You’re Only Dreaming”, “Life On a Cool Curve” and “A Man Needs a Motor”. In all, they released three singles and a 12” EP, over the course of about three years. 
Now it’s about 20 years later, and they finally managed to get most of their original songs remastered onto one piece of plastic, entitled RETROSPECTIVE: 1982-84. Those who were around with them for the first time will hear all of the familiar radio favorites, along with three previously unreleased tracks, that have been sitting “in the can” lo these many years. These new tracks were all regular staples that they included in their live shows, feature the 1984 version of the band, and were recorded during the same studio sessions that produced our final single “A Man Needs a Motor”.

Tanit - 1981-1985 CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition) SOLD OUT

The first 12" "Can an actor bleed" plus the album "To Alaska" backed with six unreleased live tracks and a first period song re-recorded for this event. 12 pages booklet.

http://www.myspace.com/tanit1 

Tasaday - Implosione Tra Le Pieghe Dell'Anima CD (Silentes Minimal) 11,99€ 

A sensational CD release of an awesome tape (originally published by MULTIPLE CONFIGURATION) that includes live tracks recorded between 1983/1984 and comes in a completely remastered edition. Tasaday are a "cult" band active since the early Eighties. Born from the merging of Die Form and Nulla Iperreale, they are probably the most eclectic and groundbreaking representative of an Italian experimental scene that used to blend elements of rock, noise, experimental and industrial music with great courage and originality. An audio document of exceptional value, this longly waited reprint of live material is also the most direct and remarkable evidence of the work of this unforgettable - and still alive and kicking- band.

Taste Of Decay - 1984-1986 CD 11,99€ (Label: Mannequin)

Mannequin and Infrastition are always searching for forgotten and truly awesome gems from the 80's underground. So, we are really excited to introduce you to this great post punk band, based in Harrislee (Germany) and existed from June 1984 until August 1986, splitting after few live appearances in Flensburg and Kiel.

TOD recorded 2 Tapes, but the most important publication was 'The Calling', a self-produced 7'' EP with 5 tracks, nowdays nearly impossible to find, as it was printed in 512 copies.

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Television Set - Moscow At Midnight CD (Label: Genetic) 13,99€ back in stock

A second full length excursion for this collaborative project from Skanfrom and Stefan Metzger, proving that a trusty recipe can work as well today as twenty years ago: drumbox, synthbass, catchy tunes and simple vocals is just about all you need. Skanfrom's presence makes itself felt on tracks like the opener "Earth" to the earwigs "The city" or "I don't like to dance", which is actually a covert dancefloor future classic. Revisiting Depeche Mode's mighty "Television Set", the conversion leads us to the title cut "Moscow at midnight" and as a tribute to early-80s underground electronic bands like Absolute Body Control or Snowy Red, the congruence with Skanfrom's own output is clear. Obviously these are main influences for Television Set, yet plenty of room is allowed for the band's own great ideas, that give this album its remarkable sound and distances it from any tawdry revivalists.

//TENSE// - Introducing EP CDr 7,99 € (Label: Desire Records) SOLD OUT

Houston artist //TENSE// is bringing back the EBM/electro sound of the 80's. Think Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, SA42, D.A.F., Ministry...

This is his first release on desire and it will be followed by the Memory album.
 
Very limited tape edition: 50 numbered copies on professional dubbed tape and slikscreen sleeve... Act fast!

//TENSE// - Memory CD 12,99 € (Label: Desire Records) SOLD OUT

«Itʼs sexy. itʼs scary. itʼs apocalyptic as fuck. itʼs music for the times we live in but nobody seems to be brave enough to admit.» 423 Gallery LJTX
Memory is the first //TENSE// album for desire and includes 10 tracks with heavy electro beats, great synths hooks and haunted vocals.

Thelema - Tantra CD 9,99 € (Label: In The Night Time)

Again an archeological work from In The Night Time after the precious demos of Il Giardino Violetto is this re-print of one fundamental album of the italian darkwave scene, originally published as LP in 1986. Thelema in fact is a north-italian band coming from Modena that payed a strong attraction to the lessons of Aleister Crowley . Check also the bonus tracks: their first 7” from 1984, some tracks extracted from historical compilations like ‘F/ear This’ and ’10 Years of Spittle’ plus 2 versions never published before taken from the demo. 

http://www.thelemaband.com/

Therese Racket - Trâce De L'Ortie CD 13,99€ (Label: Infrastition) back in stock

Therese Racket appeared in 1983 in Toulouse, lead by female singer Badou Ortega, creating poetic and weid atmospheres, with a sensual and deep voice (once compared to Siouxsie), contrasting with guitars and cold machines. Spoted during the Printemps de Bourges 1984, then 1985, the band is welcomed by professionals. Therese Racket then record a first track "€kéenne" in the Maison de la Culture in Bourges, then a first single "Rebelle" in 1986, followed by an album "Survie" in 1987 produced by Radio France, whom is exceprt their second single "Mau Mau". They made a lot of gigs, opening for bands as Xymox, Legendary Pink Dots, Sugarcubes, as well in France then in Spain or Austria. The band stopped in 1990 because of the disease of one of the composing member, on the way to record a second album produced by Strangler's Jean-Jacques Burnel.

Tilbury On Cloves - The Blind​Show CD Digipak 14,99€ (Label: Dead Scarlet Records) SOLD OUT

Second full-lenght album for this Greek band. Having existed since 1994, Tilbury on Cloves never seemed to be a part of the Athens underground, as basically the latter does not even exist. Occassionally, Sigur Rós, Metrotone and Piano Magic, in addition to classic darkwavers such as Eyeless in Gaza and Chameleons UK (whom they have, in fact, played a concert with) have been mentioned in the same breath as Tilbury On Cloves. And indeed, the Tilbury sound is a mixture of 80s darkwave / electronica, and modern-day ethereal pop. Special digipak, limited edition.

http://www.myspace.com/tilburyoncloves

Tom's Midnight Garden - To Kill A Klown CD (Label: Infrastition) 13,99€ 

London,1984, the punk movement did his job, also did the cold wave, a trio made of Dev(to be While Angels Watch and actual Joy of Life), Bill and Kappa records analbum to be released on the 96 Tapes label, but split before it’s done. Worthyfollowers to Crisis this album is now offered to you with 6 bonus tracks. 

Transparent Illusion - Still Human CD 13,99 € (Label: Anna Logue Records)

TRANSPARENT ILLUSION was the brainchild of Roy Young (a pseudonym), hailing from Haverhill, Suffolk, UK. Equipped with just one synthesiser and a drum kit, he entered Octopus Studios, located in Stowupland, Suffolk, and run by Dave Hoser, in 1980/81 to record the ultimate minimal electronic music album. Roy’s music is nothing but rather unique, there were not many bands around that created a similar sound, except maybe for Neural Circus that are coming to mind. Once again, Roy is a pristine example that limitation can be the perfect source for a massive amount of creativity: the rather raw sound is based solely on his Korg MS-10 synthesiser which was monophonic, of course. Anyway, Roy seemed to have a great imagination as even though the tracks are mostly very short they are far from being poor in textures, with brilliant analogue synth sounds all through (bass, monophonic lead synths, effects, synthetic percussion). Engineer Dave Hoser is said to have helped in the performance, thus it can be concluded that, as a team at least, they truly mastered the MS-10. While the lyrics are a testimony of an angst-ridden teenager living in the Thatcherian-Britain-Cold War era (“This cage is barred – I’m trapped inside”, “I just recede – I dream I’m you”, “Dead bodies decaying – all over the town”, “There’s no way out of this nightmare”), the music, to some surprise, is coming up with many uplifting moments in terms of unexpected melodic parts. So, over the recent years, some people have described “Still Human” as being the ‘Holy Grail’ of minimal electronic music, while others say it is totally overrated. From own experience, it can be said that the album needs its time and a good amount of attention to be understood. Also, to be frank, it must not really be classified at all, as - as mentioned above - it is rather an unique electronic music album, that simply has been too much unavailable for too long in an official form. The original vinyl album “Still Human” and the single “Vortex” were released on Roy’s own label Vex Records but only a few copies managed to sell. TRANSPARENT ILLUSION and Vex Records then vanished into obscurity, but the album and single were remembered by a select few. The value of these rare records continued to rise and over the last years four-digit prices were asked and paid if ever a copy had popped up. People not only tried hard to find those records, many also tried hard to track down the mysterious Roy Young. Nobody managed to succeed – until one day in 2009. It wasn’t an overnight success – and that’s why Anna Logue Records refer to the ‘Holy Grail’ in terms of the true quest that was undertaken to find Roy – but Jochen Lange had persevered for more than two years. Public directories and government records were thoroughly checked and letters were sent …
… and received when finally the TRANSPARENT ILLUSION materialized: the highly anticipated letter from Roy himself! The quest was over, the myth became a reality. The result of this chain of events is now in your hands.

The man – alive and … Still Human!

The album has been carefully remastered from an original vinyl copy by Stefan Bornhorst (aka The Silicon Scientist). Two original demo recordings from 1980 have been added: “Concepts” and “Vortex”, which were taken off the original master tape by courtesy of Nicolas Delbarre and Dave Hoser. The artwork was accurately adapted from the original album by Steve Lippert.

The Trapezoids - s/t CDr ltd ed 100 copies - includes extra CDr compilation 'Twin Cities Electropunk vol.5' 11,99 € (Label: Trapezoids)

The Trapezoids minimal synth band from Minnesota joins our catalog with their self-titled CD-r /// ltd ed 100 copies, it includes a bonus CD compilation Twin Cities Electropunk vol.5, a pin, a floppy disk and many other stuff!

TV21 - Snakes And Ladders, Almost Complete: 1980-82 CD 11,99 € (Label: Cherry Red)

This is the first-ever retrospective of TV21, an acclaimed Scottish post-punk band at the dawn of the 1980s. Having recorded a couple of acclaimed singles on their own Powbeat label, they signed to the Deram label also home at the time to Mo-Dettes. The band recorded a string of singles including the near-hit, Snakes & Ladders as well as appearing on the Old Grey Whistle Test and supporting the Rolling Stones in 1982. Their album, A Thin Red Line, is a must for any fan of Orange Juice, Scars or even The Jam, whom TV21 supported. TV21 reunited a couple of years ago for several shows and a new album, Forever 22. The band are fully supporting this compilation.

Twilight Ritual - Rituals CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) SOLD OUT

Rerelease of the original LP from 1985 plus 5 bonus tracks and a rare old video of the song "Elegy"

Un Département - Les III Vinyles CD Digipak 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Marcel Kanche, Phil Gaz and Bruno Tollard create Un Département in 1980. They are quickly adopted by the indie scene, the one of squats and Belleville's loft. They meet and play with Rita Mitsouko, Père Ubu, Fred Frith, getting the sympathetic of the experimental and free scene. Journalists, critics and musicians are their main audience. Un Département, very underground combo counts five releases as records or tapes, then sent with Marcel Kanche drawings. Je serai Clément en tant que Dictateur, Aimer l'Eunuque avant de Glauquer, Le Album, are significant titles. After Bruno Tollard left the sophisticated punk duet with suits and ties takes the road to try its concept further to the west: New York. Their electro-acoustic improvisations on Marcel's poems or Antonin Artaud's texts gets them astonishment and sometimes non understanding. They'll play at the mythic CBGB's, as opening for Lounge Lizards, The Cure, jamming with Stray Cats drummer, and stealing for a night the stardom to Alan Vega. They'll share in the New York night with him a "moule-frite" in a sepulchral silence...

Under For - Apparently All The Same (Special Edition) CD (Panoptikon) 14,99€ SOLD OUT

'Apparently All The Same' was the first and only album released with MH's Under For ensemble and probably one of his most significant releases during the eighties. The album still stands as a monolith of accomplishment in terms of its poetic beauty and quiet desperation and reflects the melancholic zeitgeist of this period incredibly well.

Separate to the original recordings the 2009 special edition of the album also contained Under For's legendary concert at The ISCM World Music Days in November 1983, a radical performance with some resemblance to Hall's already canonized work 'Inskription'.

'Apparently All The Same' was one of the very few Danish releases from the period that got hyped by both New Musical Express and Sounds. The re-release marked the album's 25th anniversary.

Units - History of The Units CD Digipak 11,99 € (Label: Community Library) SOLD OUT

The definitive remastered collection of San Francisco’s synth-punk legends, UNITS! Early singles and selections from their first LP, Digital Stimulation, unreleased material culled from early demos, recordings made for art happenings and film, and more. This anthology is a view not only into the Units’ seminal years, but is also a step into the rich and under-reissued history of San Francisco’s punk, new wave and post punk years.
The end of the 1970’s saw Units and their compatriots (Pink Section, Voice Farm, Tuxedomoon, and Screamers) storming punk clubs like the Mabuhay with a new electronic punk sound.  Units were a cornerstone of this unofficial movement, later called “synth punk” and which would come to define a greater west coast DIY culture combining new synthetic sounds, ranging from Nervous Gender, Screamers and Monitor, to The Blackouts. Units’ tight keyboard riffing, raw electronic texture, monotone delivery, raging synth arpeggios and growling Moog basslines practically define synthpunk’s futuristic, alienated disposition. Thematically, Units’ music explored and exploded the very nature of “unit-like” conformity- perhaps using their synth blasts to tear away the very fabric of it. This compilation includes “High Pressure Days,” a testament to the loneliness and urgency of the times, and one of synthpunk’s greatest anthems.
This anthology, the results of over three years of negotiation, selection, and remastering.
Remastered Audio...32 page booklet...Gatefold “LP style” Jacket...

UV POP - Anyone For Me / Bendy Baby Men CD 14,99 € (Genetic Music) back in stock
 
Genetic is honoured to reissue two 80s gems, the legendary "Anyone For Me" EP & "Bendy Baby Man" LP by UV PØP from Doncaster (Sheffield), on one CD +2 bonus tracks. Post-punk, poetic ballads, synth tunes, truly exceptional indie songs from dreary times in England! Happy happy!

30 Years With(out) Ian Curtis Transmission 80-10 CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Thirty years that Ian Curtis left us, thirty good reasons for French bands, whom many start in the 80’s to render to Joy Division.


1. AinSophAur : Something must break
2. Babel 17 - The sound of music
3. Charles de Goal - Insight
4. Clair Obscur - Decades
5. Collection D’Arnell-Andréa - Isolation
6. Complot - Transmission
7. DC Shell - Atmosphere
8. Excès Nocturne - Ceremony
9. Femme Fatale - Heart and Soul
10. Guerre Froide - Shadowplay
11. Hide & Seek - The eternal
12. Les conseillers techniques - Warsaw
13. Little Nemo - Love will tear us apart
14. No Tears - She's lost control
15. Opéra Multi Steel - Isolation
16. Tanit - The Only Mistake
17. That Summer / ThisIsTheHelloMonster! - Disorder
18. Wallenberg - Day of the lords

Various - The Anna Logue Years - Fifth Anniversary Compilation 2CD Digipak 19,99€ (Label: Anna Logue Records) SOLD OUT

It seems that time flies when you work passionately on something: little Anna truly turns five years old! So, after five years of good fun, hard work and almost 30 releases, it is a good time to look into the past, present and slightly into the future to summarize what has been done. And anyway, as little Anna is a celebrity, no anniversary without a birthday present, so here it is, a lovely little 2CD compilation offered to the world: The Anna Logue Years – 5th Anniversary Compilation [2005-2010]. Anna has carefully selected one track from each release ANNA 001 to ANNA 030, therefore including tracks from CAMERA OBSCURA (uk) – “Circular Waves”, “Moving the Mercury”, and “Strange Faces (2006)”, SLEEP MUSEUM (us) – “Stress”, and “Underground Maneuvers”, THE SILICON SCIENTIST (de) – “Oceans of Green”, and “Snowflakes”, CULTURAL AMNESIA (uk) – “Materialistic Man”, DESIGN (be) – “Fashion & Seduction”, BOYS DU SEVERE (ca) – “Mondmädchen”, CHAIN OF COMMAND (uk) – “Honour amongst Thieves”, NEW SHINY THINGS (us) – “Changing Colors”, SUDETEN CRECHE (uk) – “Glorious Treason”, ADN’ CKRYSTALL (fr) – “Gigolo Gigolette”, POEME ELECTRONIQUE (uk) – “The Echoes Fade (2007 Remix)”, MONUMENTS (it) – “Herz von Samt (1984)”, CAR CRASH SET (nz) – “Fall from Grace”, TWINS NATALIA (de/uk) – “When we were Young”, SPÖÖN FAZER (uk) – “Rising Sun”, SONNENBRANDT (de) – “Diskolied”, DILEMMA (de) – “Christmas Measure ‘88”, THE HANDS OF CAIN (gr) - “The Dagger in Me”, STRANGER STATION (uk) – “Minutes to Silence”, CARMODY (it) – “Messengers of Love”, LISFRANK (it) – “It’s Life”, DELAYSCAPE (dk) – “Mars Control”, CHROMAGAIN (it) – “Killing Dome”, INTELLIGENCE DEPT. (it) – “Too Late to Love”, and PAUL CHAMBERS (uk) - “Steering Solo”. As if it wasn’t already enough, Anna adds three previously unreleased tracks to the list: the very rare and sought-after 1983 track “Village of Stars” by CAMERA OBSCURA, the new track “Operators” by THE SILICON SCIENTIST, as well as finally a new sign of life from the TWINS NATALIA who contribute “Destiny”. Therefore not simply a label compilation, and also useful as a nice entry into Anna’s world or into the world of early 80’s analogue electro pop, minimal electronics, minimal synth, minimal wave, electro, NDW and dark wave in general. Drawings by Érick Moncollin (ADN’ Ckrystall). Mastering by Stefan Bornhorst (The Silicon Scientist). Sleeve by Steve. So, don’t be shy and send Anna your birthday greetings and celebrate with her.

2CD features:

- high quality manufacturing made in Germany
- 6 panel digipak with noble silver print
- shrinkwrapped
- all tracks have been remastered for this release
- 2 previously unreleased and exclusive tracks
- 27 tracks previously unreleased on CD
- 1 very rare and out-of-print track now on CD
- limited edition of 1000 copies 

Various - Auter Labels: Indipendent Project CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM)

feat. Savage Republic, For Against,  Abecedarians, Deception Bay and many more!

LTM present a new volume in the ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling cult American postpunk imprint Independent Project Records.

Founded by Bruce Licher of renowned experimental group Savage Republic in Los Angeles in 1980, IPR has released a raft of diverse records by groups as diverse as Camper Van Beethoven, For Against and Savage Republic themselves. Licher’s distinctive letterpress artwork has been utilized by everyone from REM to Hank Williams, and he has twice been nominated for Grammy awards.

The 78 minute remastered CD covers the years 1980-2010 and features no fewer than 23 tracks, as well as a detailed label history and archive images.

 

Various - Bats From Europe Vol.1 CD 7,99 € (Label: Thin Man Entertainment)

First promo sampler  for Ascension Magazine, in collaboration with Thin Man Entertainment, the label of Jeremy Meza (45 Grave, Frankenstein). Big names with exclusive tracks, mostly from the international Gothic/Death Rock scene. A must-have for every listener of this kind of music!

Various - Body Section CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle) SOLD OUT

Originally released in 1983 (Electric Eye) just as the "new Italian rock" movement was beginning to gain momentum, this compilation reflects the impact of a 'post-Joy Division' British new wave on the genre. Divided into two sections, the softer "blue section" and the more electric "red section", this compilation presents some of the most eclectic groups of the period (DIE FORM, RINF), as well as more sophisticated bands like FRIGIDAIRE TANGO and JEUNESSE D'IVOIRE. It also marked the baptism of two bands (LITFIBA and DIAFRAMMA) that would become synonymous with he future of Italian rock' for the next ten years. Now digitally re-mastered and available for the first time on CD in "miniature LP" format, and featuring an 8-page booklet containing excerpts of the Italian reviews from the period's fanzines. Another collector's item.

Various - Cold Waves + Minimal Electronics Volume One 17,99€ (Label: Angular) SOLD OUT

Angular Records are proud to announce the forthcoming release of 'Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics Vol.1' - a new 17 track compilation put together by New York's Wierd Records founder Pieter Schoolwerth and Angular's Joe Daniel. Wierd Records founder Pieter Schoolwerth has been fostering an archive of cold wave and minimal wave for almost thirty years. His unrivalled collection gave birth to the “radically confusing and glamorously uncomfortable” club night and now this compilation. Pieter has been waiting almost three decades for the rest of the world to be turned on to what he views as “a true movement of humanistic resistance against the vacuous contemporary excesses of modern laptop pop”. Containing songs that have only been available up to now on ultra rare 7”s, lost radio sessions and cassette tapes , as well as never before seen photos and extensive sleeve notes about the genre.
‘Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics Vol.1’ is finally here to teach us all a thing or two about the history of electronic music the world over.

Full tracklist here.

Various - Crollo Nervoso CD+DVD Digipak 19,99 € (Label: Spittle)

DVD - Part 1: “ONDE EMILIANE” • Part 2: “FIRENZE SOGNA” • Part 3:“ITALIA WIVA”

“Tracce Magnetiche” CD

Tracklisting:
1. Frenetics - The Madman Talk
2. Vox Rei - Le Ombre Dei Soldati
3.The End - Tears In My Eyes
4. Les Blusons Noirs - The Scream
5. Illogico - Africani Gemiti
6. Blaue Reiter - My Inner Tought
7. Polaroid - Vita Immaginaria
8. Atelier Du Mal - Back To Taiwan
9.Sex - A Sickness Called Distress
10. Ship Of Fools – Metal Box
11. Ideal Standard – Another Loser
12. Nadja - Possession
13.The Age - U.E.R.
14. Dark Ride – Apocalypse
15. Mono - From Planets And Satellites
16. Tv Dance - Schneller Leben

Various - Danza Meccanica - Italian Synth Wave 1982-1987 CD Digi Cardboard 11,99 € (Label: Mannequin) SOLD OUT

After an exhausting work of "archeological" research, Mannequin is proud to announce the release of the compilation Danza Meccanica - Italian Synth Wave 1982-1987, now in CD version with 3 absolutely amazing bonus tracks.

Tracklist:

01 XNO - The Story of The Death Boy
02 VENA - A Mortal Song In a Beautiful Sunday
03 VICTROLA - The Mutant Glow
04 TOMMY DE CHIRICO - Flower Into The Factory
05 CARMODY - Vulcani
06 JANITOR OF LUNACY - On The Dancefloor
07 MONUMENTS - Veiled Lady
08 INTELLIGENCE DEPT. - Loneliness
09 CHROMAGAIN - Wake Up
10 LISFRANK - Identity (Deep Version)

BONUS TRACKS

11 VICTROLA - Beyond The Door
12 TOMMY DE CHIRICO - Close Your Eyes
13 JANITOR OF LUNACY - War Days

Various - DEATH # DISCO Compilation - Volume I CD (DEATH # DISCO) 9,99€ SOLD OUT

Featuring 3 Mannequin tracks (Soviet Soviet, Frank (Just Frank) and Sixth June) plus many many more artists from the New Wave and Post Punk nowdays underground!

Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies.

Various - Ekhnatòn CD (Silentes Minimal) 11,99€ SOLD OUT

This compilation, originally released in 1984 as a vinyl LP by MULTIPLE CONFIGURATION in collaboration with the legendary ADN label, is finally available again in a completely remastered CD version. "Ekhnaton" collects tracks recorded by the most daring and remarkable bands that were active in the experimental Italian scene during those years. "Simple Italian Research Vol. 1" was (and still is) the subtitle of an album that includes two tracks from each of the following bands: Maze 1066, Tasaday (whose "Implosione tra le pieghe dell'anima" has recently been reissued by Silentes), Evitaxal - an alias for Roberto Marinelli, also active as Laxative Souls - and the more well-known and active TAC (TOMOGRAFIA ASSIALE COMPUTERIZZATA). Through a valuable and accurate restoration, we're glad to make available again an unmissable view on the first intuitions and the experimental methodologies that shaped their times, leaving a permanent mark - in Italy and abroad - on the following generations.

Various - Expositions / Tribute To Charles de Goal CD 11,99€ (Label: Self-Control, Brouillard Définitif, Str8line Records)

"Expositions" is the name of the Tribute to Charles de Goal that has been release by Str8line in collaboration with the labels Self-Control and Brouillard Définitif. 21 French and international bands. Philipp Münch's The Rorschach Garden presents a fresh electroclash look on "Modem", the newbies of Andromax prove they can handle the catchy "Synchro", No Tears gives a (dark)wave-rock interpretation of "Retour au dancing" and Die Perlen could just a well release their cover of the fidgety "Hop hop hop hop" as a single. Together with Dirk Polak, the vocalist of the Dutch new wave band Mecano, Sophya performs a fine darkwave rendition of "Plus haut". "Atout mineur" by Le Jeune Extrême contains excerpts of Sabrina's bland hitsingle "Boys", not really a wise choice. The new wave veterans of Guerre Froide do a wonderful job with "Fermez la porte", Trouble Fait' adds a rocky post-punk touch to "Frederic". Martin Angor, the former guitarist of Lucie Cries, keeps the gloomy nature of "L'homme Pierre" intact and Viande Froide speed up "Missiles a&b" after launch. Only DC Shell has opted to use a recent Charles de Goal song, "Identité" appears on Charles de Goal's 2008 album Restructuration. "Envers/endroit" is a remarkable choice by the shadowy wave rockers of Dorcel. It was composed for Charles de Goal's album Révolution at the turn of the 80's but it took until 2005 before that song was issued. "Technicolor" is hailed twice. Hot Dog Addict remains close to the original by keeping the pace high, Sophya turns it into dreampop. Synapscape has the honour to have Patrick Blain himself on vocals when they present their interpretation of "Dans le labyrinthe". As an extra, three MP3 tracks are added; clinical, detached versions of "Frederic" by Femme Fatale and "L'homme Pierre" by Jungle Is Neutral vs EPK and an indie rock interpretation of "Exposition" by Denner.

Various - Gathered CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle) back in stock

Originally released in 1982 (Electric Eye), this historic artifact represents the very FIRST compilation of a movement known as "new Italian rock". Now re-mastered and available for the first time on CD in "miniature LP" format and featuring a 16-page booklet containing a selection of reviews from the Italian music press of the period. Groups include: VICTROLA, STATE OF ART, X RATED, NOT MOVING, BLAUE REITER, DEATH SS, DIRTY ACTIONS, B SIDES, STYLE SINDROME, WAX HEROES, EAZY CON and PANKOW. Original artwork. Collector's item.

Various - Genotypes CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) back in stock

When we had the original idea for this compilation some time in 2007, it was supposed to come out in the year of our 10th anniversary. But it wouldn't have been us if the project hadn't taken longer than expected! ;-) Our label was born in 1998 and the first release saw the light of day in 1999. So it is our 11th (or 12th?) anniversary this year. But what's so special about the 10th anyway? So who cares, it's 2010 and here is GENOTYPES!

Many of the tracks on this compilation are with us for more than 20 years and they have been giving us goose bumps ever since! So it was more than time to pay tribute to some classics. We are very happy to preserve these real gems of early synth and wave music and present most of them for the first time with the approval of the artists after their original release. It is lovely to have this little extract of the soundtrack of our lives. "Genotypes" is a bit of a present to ourselves and we hope you'll enjoy it too!

genetic sincerely thanks all participating artists for their enthusiasm, endless patience and great support! Thank you for your music we are all enjoying so much and thank you for being so nice!

With Cinema 90, Hysterica Passio, Alive She Died and many others!! 

Full tracklist here.

Various - Gerda 85 CD+DVD 14,99 € (Label: Aredje) SOLD OUT

It's the story of a young girl in a state of rupture, somewhere in the countryside, in a kingdom. It's summer. She has to study for her exams. Gerda finds herself back at her uncle and aunt's house. She has not seen them for years, since her mother died.
It's 1985. There is a tape in the cassette deck, a flanger on the bass, and the rhythm box is heavy with reverb. It's a crisis. Gerda has to make some choices, choices which must lead her to see other horizons. Around her, convulsions: a time is ending.


Music: Satin Wall, Snowy Red, The Cultural Decay, Bene Gesserit, Carol, Isolation Ward, Polyphonic Size

Various - Goot From The Boot 2CD 11,99 € (Label: Gonna Puke/Spittle)

The long awaited official double cd reissue of this seminal and groundbreaking 1984 compilation of Italian hardcore, punk and new wave. Originally the first release on the legendary Spittle records, a label that covered both the extreme HC/punk side and the art/wave side of the Italian underground music scene of the mid-eighties. Featuring lost gems from Italian bands like Cani, Putrid Fever, Juggernaut, Grey Shadow, NoiseNoiseNoise, Funny Fashion and Mind. An essential piece of Italian music history and a must for any Killed By Death fan. Here it comes with tons of extra tracks from Aidons La Norvege, Mono, Dive, Overload, Mind and Funny Fashion.

Various - The Hidden Tapes CD 15,99 € (Label: Minimal Wave) 

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. The Hidden Tapes presents songs from Danton’s Voice, Oskarova Fobija, The Fast Set, Sympathy Nervous, Pas De Deux, Unovidual + Tara Cross, SS-Say, Robert Lawrence + Mark Phillips, Kym Amps and Reservé, all lovingly remastered.

Various - Koude Golven: A Collection Of Belgian Cold Wave & Punk 1979-1984 2CD Digipak (Onderstroom) 19,99€

After a long exhausting work OnderStroom gives birth to Koude Golven: A Collection of Belgian Cold Wave & Punk. This compilation has it all. Belgian’s best cold wave cult group (De Brassers), Belgian’s biggest new wave export product (Siglo XX), The first cold wave band of Stijn Meuris, a veteran in the Belgian music industry (Gruppenbild), the first punk wave bands (Struggler, Suspects) and many more underground bands to (re-) discover. All bands on the comp are present with their first 7” or 12”. This unique document of time gives a view into one of the most intriguing eras of the Belgian music history. Bass Korg Guitar Vocals.

The Lp is limited to 500 copies & comes with a 2xCD where you’ll find 1 or 2 tracks more of each band.

Various - It's In The Air 2CD (Spielzeug Muzak) 9,99€ 

Amazing double cd limited to 300 copies compilation. 26 tracks featuring:  :Codes, Pierre Normal, Frio, Kalte Sterne, Villa Piegee, Crimson Muddle, Dolina, Velvet Condom, Human Toys, Darlking, Froe Char and many other bands!

Various - Jeszcze Młodsza Generacja CD Digipak (MTJ) 13,99€ back in stock

The compilation features simply all the best Cold Wave, Post Punk and Minimal Synth bands from Poland (Madame, Dom Mody, Made In Poland, SS Til, Siekiera, Variete amongst the others) and was originally released in 1986 by Ton Press. The re-release comes with 10 (!!!) bonus tracks in a stunning CD Digipak for a total of 20 tracks. A must buy.

Various - Les Filles Du Crépuscule CD 11,99€ (feat. Zwischenfall, Isolation Ward, Ludus, Malaria! and many more) SOLD OUT


LTM present a new compilation CD celebrating female artists who recorded for cult €pean indie Les Disques du Crépuscule. Classic tracks by well-known names such as Antena, Anna Domino, Malaria!, Ludus and Thick Pigeon are joined by buried treasure from Virna Lindt, Snakefarm, Mikado, Cathy Claret, Zwischenfall and many others. Most of the tracks were recorded in the 1980s and 1990s, with several not previously available on CD. The booklet features cover art by celebrated Crépuscule designer Benoît Hennebert, as well as archive images and detailed liner notes. 1. ANTENA the boy from ipanema 2. MIKADO romance 3. ISOLATION WARD lamina christus 4. VIRNA LINDT shiver 5. LUDUS nue au soleil 6. THICK PIGEON dog 7. ZWISCHENFALL flucht ’84 8. MALARIA! you you 9. ANNA DOMINO take that 10. ISABELLE ANTENA be pop 11. THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS pick up the rhythm 12. CECILE BRUYNOGHE gymnopedie no 1 13. MARIE DELIER & DRITA KOTAJI ballade no 1: l’interrompu 14. SNAKEFARM banks of the ohio 15. JANE KELLY WILLIAMS boy, I’m just getting over you 16. MARIE AUDIGIER un voyage 17. DEVINE & STATTON under the weather 18. GABRIELLE LAZURE petit bateau 19. CATHY CLARET le lundi au soleil 20. POWAGA SISTERS j’aime regarder les filles

Various – Maskindans 22,99 €(Label: Hommage, 2009) SOLD OUT
Maskindans is a double CD wihch explores the electronic post punk of Norway in the 1980s.
Tracks from Troms¯ up North to Arendal in the South, tracks recorded as early as 1980 and up to 1988, tracks shorter than two minutes and longer than six, spanning dark wave, avant garde, synth pop and most genres in between; songs that were hits on Norwegian radio and songs that have been totally obscure for 20 years or more. Maskindans is an impressively broad and thorough presentation of the finest Norwegian '80s electronics.

The discs come housed in two digipaks, with large boklet, inside a slipcase.

http://www.hommage.no

Various - Milano New Wave CD Digipak 9,99 € (Label: Spittle)

Following an idea of Italian disco guru Fred Ventura to publish some recordings that have remained in the vaults for more than 25 years, and thanks to the skilful “mastering touch” of Giovanni Versari, we have fi nally realized what seemed like a dream: a representative and intense snapshot of the Milanese new wave scene of the early eighties, 20 tracks that recount the salient steps of the brief but intense career of four Milanese bands — from the post-punk of Other Side, to the oblique funk of State Of Art, to the evident Kraftwerk infl uences of La Maison, to the electro pop-wave of Jeunesse d’Ivoire — four bands that illustrate the mood of an underground scene that burned out rapidly, mostly due to the indifference of the media and recording industry during those years.

Various – New Wave Italiana 1980~1986 2xCD (Spittle) 15,99€ 

Minimal Synth, No Wave & Post Punk Sounds from the 80's Italian Underground, featuring many Mannequin related bands like Chromagain, Degada Saf, Central Unit, Carmody, Lisfrank, Intelligence Dept. and Monuments alongside with some of the best Italian New Wave acts from the 80s. TIP!

Various - The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume One CD 17,99€ (Label: Stones Throw Records, Minimal Wave) back in stock

Minimal Wave: both a genre of underground DIY electronic music from North America and €pe in the late 1970s and 80s, and the name of the label devoted to unearthing these recordings. The Minimal Wave Tapes is the first official anthology (on CD, LP and digital) of Minimal Wave music from this label. Most of the songs were originally released on limited edition cassettes or vinyl by the artists themselves, and only a handful of people knew about them. They’ve been remastered from their analog source tapes and compiled here by Minimal Wave's Veronica Vasicka and Stones Throw's Peanut Butter Wolf.

The Minimal Wave musical genre was hallmarked by the use of the analog synths and drum machines manufactured in the 70s and 80s, and characterized by simple music structures made by musicians working in the early D.I.Y. asthetic: recording on tape in their home studios, creating their own album artwork, and often collaborating via postage mail. The fanzine CLEM (Contact List Of Electronic Musicians) was very influential in creating a worldwide community for this sort of music, before digital technology and the internet came into play.

Full tracklist here.

Various - The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume Two 2LP 17,99€ (Label: Stones Throw Records, Minimal Wave)

This is the second volume of The Minimal Wave Tapes series, a collection of rare electronic music compiled from bands around the world,  Most of the songs were recorded in the 1980s and originally released on limited edition cassettes or vinyl by the artists themselves, and only a handful of people knew about them.  Now they've been remastered from their analog source tapes, brought to you by Veronica Vasicka and Peanut Butter Wolf.

A1    Hard Corps – Dirty        
A2    In Trance 95 – Presidente        
A3    Philippe Laurent – Distorsion        
B1    Das Ding –  H.S.T.A.        
B2    Subject  –  What Happened To You?        
B3    Ohama –  The Drum        
B4    Geneva Jacuzzi –  The Sleep Room        
C1    Antonym – Cinnamon Air        
C2    Ruins –  Fire        
C3    Ende Shneafliet – Animals From Outer Space        
C4    Felix Kubin – Japan Japan        
D1    Class Info – Out Of Line        
D2    In Aeternam Vale – Annie        
D3    Aural Indifference – Theme

Various - Movement One Vol. 1 CD 11,99 € (Label: Str8line Records)

Great Cold-Wave compilation on Str8line Records, a classic selection of tracks from Little Nemo, No Tears, De Volanges, Corpus Delicti, Jacquy Bitch, Charles de Goal, Opera Multi Steel, Frustration and many many others!

Various - Movement One Vol. 2 CD 11,99 € (Label: Str8line Records) SOLD OUT

The second part of 'Movement One' compilation. Great Cold-Wave / Dark-Wave sounds on Str8line Records, with Mary Goes Round, No Tears, Babel 17, Neutral Project, Guerre Froide, Norma Loy and many others!

Various - Neonbeats - Austrian New Wave And Postpunk 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Klanggalerie) 

After releasing the Graf & Zyx and Viele Bunte Autos retrospectives on CD, we have compiled a double album of rare Austrian underground tracks from the late 70s to mid 80s, plus some young bands that continue this tradition until this very day. All tracks have never been released on CD and cover a wide range of sounds: from classic New Wave to Avantgarde, from guitar to synthesizer. Influences of the Neue Deutsche Welle and British postpunk meet synth pop and minimal electronics.

CD in a limited edition of 700 copies. Full tracklist here.

Various – The Peter Out Waves CD Digipak (Peter Out) 11,99€ 

On the 15th of June, “The Peter Out Wave” will be released, the first compilation CD from Peter Out Records.

On this compilation you’ll find both punkier tracks from Lost Tribe and Belgrado, more electronic tracks from Lebanon Hanover, Led Er Est and Agent Side Grinder, more experimental ones from Monument and Naked on the Vague, and more deathrock- oriented sounds from M!R!M and Wieze Fabryk. The tracks from Der Noir, Naked on the Vague and Svarta Hundar are previously unreleased, and the tracks by Agent Side Grinder, Wieze Fabryk and The Gaa Gaa’s appear in previously unreleased versions.

The record packaging consists of a three panel digipack, and comes with a poster. 

Various - RVB-Transfert (Images de la scène indépendante Française 1979-1991) DVD 18,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

This DVD gathers for the first time quite a lot of archives mostly unseen or rare, without falling into nostalgia or commercial revival, this project being first of all a witness of this busy period. With Clair Obscur, Complot Bronswick, Asylum Party, DDAA, End of Data, Dazibao, Martin Dupont, Resistance, Visible, MKB, Ptose, New Mixage and some other great french acts, for a total of 48 videos!!!

Various - Silence Over Florence 4CD BOX 19,99 € (Label: Spittle) SOLD OUT

4 cds and 45 tracks that built the italian undeground wave music in Florence, also home of Neon and Diaframma. The first 2 cds are dedicated to the obscure presence of Pankow and Polyactive (the first band of Alex Spalck, Pankow's singer), the others 2 cds bring back to life the dark-wavers Karnak and the no-wavers Rinf. Simpy great.

Various - Tensiòn - Spanish Experimental Underground 1980-1985 CD Digi (Munster) 17,99€  SOLD OUT

The first comprehensive compilation of the most daring side of the early 80s Spanish music scene.

New York's no wave, the avant-garde approach to pop of The Residents and introverted post-punk were assimilated by bands such as Mar Otra Vez, Clónicos, La Fundación, Claustrofobia, Depósito Dental or
La GranCurva, who were responsible for the less docile version of those years' music explosion in Spain.
 
Most tracks reissued for the first time, plus two previously unreleased tracks.
 
Sleeve notes written by César Estabiel, illustrated with original artwork and memorabilia.

Various - Transmission CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

No need to have grew during the 80's to pretedn knowing this period. From discret rendition to outrageous rape, charts first ranks as well as indy prods keep sourcing in these inexhaustibles years. Between 1981 and 1989, the French scene has been, as everywhere else, particularly prolific, sincerity and spontaneity were the main word.

1. ASYLUM PARTY The Sabbath
2. BAROQUE BORDELLO Today
3. CLAIR OBSCUR The Pilgrim's Progress (Instrumental)
4. COMPLOT BRONSWICK Born In A Cage
5. END OF DATA If You Like, Follow Me & So
6. EXCES NOCTURNE L'Echo Des Lumières
7. GESTALT Deuxième Ombre
8. GUERRE FROIDE Demain Berlin
9. KAS PRODUCT One Of A kind
10. LEITMOTIV Attendre Encore
11. L'ENFANCE ETERNELLE Behind The Beauty
12. MARTIN DUPONT I met the beast
13. NORMA LOY Power Of Spirit
14. OPERA DE NUIT Ami Amant
15. OPERA MULTI STEEL Un Froid Seul
16. PAVILLON 7 B Black Generation
17. RESISTANCE Across The Ocean
18. TANIT Can an actor bleed

Various - Transmission Continued CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Nowadays, Infrastition dares the priest of sold out collectors ; Infrastition fortifies the susceptibilities offended by a refusing success. Resurrection and share. This back to sources is trimmed with richness (unreleased, demos, rare tracks,...) because the label relevance is to have caught that these yesterday's music are an astonishing sounds breeding ground but also of atmospheres for our today's life. The retro-futurist look of the 80's telescopes two eras. As a proof, these band names that play with ruptures and ellipses and talk to us, for ever young and smart... L'An III, Pro Memoria, Les Provisoires, Rise And Fall Of A Decade, Parallèles de Montsegur: our present will also live of musical madeleines.

Tracklist

1. L'AN III : Les enfants
2. ANECHOIC CHAMBER : Lies
3. B.SAYS : Rock Star
4. BUNKERSTRASSE : Suicide
5. COLLECTION D'ARNELL-ANDREA : A l'aurore assassine
6. LES PROVISOIRES : Ask (to) the woman
7. LITTLE NEMO : Blue Years
8. LUCIE CRIES : Les amants de lucie
9. MKB Fraction Provisoire : Radio Tirana
10. MOVEMENT : Retreat
11. NEUTRAL PROJECT : Ideal
12. PARALLELES DE MONTSEGUR : Les anges déchus
13. PRO MEMORIA : Cindirella
14. RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE : Lisbeth
15. SECONDE CHAMBRE : Marie
16. SPINA BIFIDA : Renaissance du froid
17. THEREZE RACKET : Passions
18. WALLENBERG : The Silence or the death

Various - Transmission Nederlands CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

All gathered around the Dutch magazine Vinyl - famous for its flexi disc, founded by musicians and duly delivering all the right information, from say Talking Heads to Tox Modell. The first issue had Mekanik Kommando, local Nijmegen heroes and one of the best bands of the era. Their line-up of two bass players, synth, rhythmachine and occasional small other instruments, is the perfect example of such free play in music, yet it never sounds 'difficult' - far from it.
Along with their fellow citizens Vice, Bazooka and Das Wesen, they released their own records, on their own label. After twenty-five years hardly anyone on this compilation creates music like this; everybody went on to pursue other interests, inside or outside music.
But then lots of these musicians started at a whole different place: the Visitor was once a folk band, members of Mekanik Kommando played jazz rock, while members of Nexda were busking in France (and after Nexda going back to just doing that).

Tracklist

01 BAZOOKA - Mis
02 CATASTROPHE BIZARRE - Lobotomy
03 COïTUS INT.- Shrill Screams
04 DAS WESEN - Loosing Anger
05 DESERT CORBUSIER - Can't stay too long in this House
06 ENSEMBLE PITTORESQUE - The Mouthshut
07 FLUE - Some-times
08 MECANO - Links
09 MEKANIK KOMMANDO - Birds
10 NASMAK - Eleven
11 NEON - Standing on the other side
12 NEXDA - Untitled from Flexi
13 PEE DEE - Tiuri
14 STÖRUNG - Dimensie 4
15 THE GENTRY - Desperate day
16 THE VISITOR - Liquid and crystalline
17 TON LEBBINK - Stil Thuis
18 VICE - Extort

Varsovie - Etat Civil CD 13,99 (Label: Self-released)

VARSOVIE emerged in 2005, in Grenoble (France), by the creative output of Arnault Destal (lyrics, drums, arrangements) and Grégory Cathérina (music, vocals, guitars) - both ingrained figures of the French underground scene. (Forbidden Site)
Joined by Thibault Chapelat as bassist, the band records a first 5 songs EP called “NEUF MILLIMETRES” (sold-out) in 2006, in a dark-rock / post-punk style.
In the image of this capital (Warsaw) that, in the middle of the apocalypse, fought on, area by area, barricade by barricade, historic and personal crises gather towards an effervescent, radical, melancholic and raw musical tradition, supported by Symbolist, Decadent and Expressionist French lyrics.

Vaura - Selenelion CD 13,99 € (Label: Wierd Records)

It's been said before that Stanley Kubrick seemed like a classical composer who created films instead -- that the images played out more like arias and overtures than a matinee movie. The inverse of that is probably the only way to approach Selenelion, the debut LP from Vaura. Less a collection of songs and more like an expedition into an elegantly foreboding universe, the eleven tracks that comprise the latest release from Wierd Records sound as if they were each crafted to evoke unearthly scenery and monolithic events.

Violet Tremors - Time Is The Traitor CD 14,99€ (Label: VT Records)

Time Is The Traitor is Violet Tremors' (Los Angeles) stunning self-produced, self-released debut LP. It's not only an exciting new work within the modern minimal/neo-synth movement, it's also the deeply personal aesthetic manifesto of these two gifted women, opening up new sonic possibilities for a genre often too in love with a bygone pre-digital electronic musical era. Time Is The Traitor entices us to daydream about long lost loves and unrequited crushes, to create imaginary cinematic tableaux, and it even makes us want to dance. And when the album's over, we might just be able to face the anxiety and uncertainty of this contemporary world of ours.

3 panel CD eco wallet.

Vox Populi ! - 1987-1990 CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

VOX POPULI! is an adventurous band in existence since the 80's. Based in Paris, France, our style incorporates elements from Psychedelic musics, Persian folklore and all kind of mind elevating sound form. 

http://www.myspace.com/populivox

Vox Populi! - Mystic Entertainment CD 13,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

VOX POPULI!, variable geometry project initiated by Greek rooted French Axel Kyrou, is born in 1982.The next year, a first mini-lp, "Ectoplasmies", under coldwave influences, is released on the VP231 label, created with one leading band of industrial French scene Pacific 231. Following its encounter with Persian originated wife to become, Mitra and her brother Arach in 1984,Kyrou will work to express in his music the passion he has for oriental music, electronic and psychedelic rock.The albums Myscitismes and Aither (released in 1989 on the V.I.S.A. label), involving numerous musicians, bring the mark of this uncommon mix of styles.These 26 tracks recorded from 1984 to 2009 will lead you through the eclectic musical spheres of the band along the 77.33 minutes of this completely  remastered CD.

Zola Jesus - Conatus CD 13,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)

In the last three years, Nika Roza Danilova has gone from being an outsider, experimental, teenage noise-maker to a fully-fledged, internationally-celebrated, electronic-pop musician. Conatus is a huge leap forward in production, instrumentation and song structure. The definition of the title says it all: the will to keep on, to move forward. From thumping ballads to electronic glitch, no sound goes unexplored on her new record. It is an icy exploration in refined chaos and controlled madness, an effort to break through capability and access a sonic world that crumbles as it shines.

Zola Jesus - New Amsterdam CD-R 9,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records) SOLD OUT

Zola Jesus is the endeavor of a solitary girl nsmed Nila to simultaneously combt anad invoke the approching apocalypse using the only weapon/offering she has; her voice. After  decade of opera study and a musical awakenig involving such varied inspiration as Billboard bubblegum, classical aria's, no wave, and 77 punk, she was able to thread her influences into a sound uniquely her hown.
New Amsterdam is a collection of four songs recorded live at WNYU plus six unreleased songs.

Zola Jesus - The Spoils CD 13,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)

Sacred Bones is proud to present The Spoils from Zola Jesus. Hailing from the unsuspecting locale of Madison, WI, Zola Jesus—the alter ego of Nika Roza Danilova—occupy a sphere of sparse industrial rhythms, no-fi drones, and ethereal femme vocals. Those who have seen her handful of live shows, heard her WFMU set, or caught any of the acclaimed, sought after, and now mostly out of print releases on Die Stasi or Troubleman Unlimited already know. For those uninitiated The Spoils may be the most fully realized representation of her sound. Zola Jesus have two previous releases on Sared Bones, the Souer Sewer single and a limited CD of a live performance from WNYU. The CD contains the entire “Soeur Sewer” 7" as well as the three songs from the Die Stasi single.

Zola Jesus - Stridulum CD 12,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records) SOLD OUT

Since her debut LP for Sacred Bones last summer, Zola Jesus’s profile has grown exponentially. Her video for “Clay Bodies” debuted on The Fader and her likeness was plastered all over the Internet. The Spoils made dozens of year-end lists including The Wire, Pitchfork, The Fader, and Dusted, and fans and critics alike now seem rabid for new material. So without further ado, we present Stridulum, the new, far less lo-fi 6-song EP from Nika Roza Danilova. Recording her vocals for the first time with professional instruments, Nika’s voice is brought to the powerful forefront of the mix unleashing the full range of emotions that had previously only been hinted at in her previous work. It’s a siren song for the apocalypse, which manages to come across immensely nurturing at the same time.

Zola Jesus - Valusia CD EP 12,99€ (Label: Sacred Bones Records)

Saying the last six months have been a whirlwind for Sacred Bones’ youngest roster artist would certainly be a bit of an understatement. In addition to turning 21 successfully, by the time you read this, she will have also graduated college with a double major, and left her home of Wisconsin for the significantly less flat pavement of Los Angeles. But beyond the collegiate and personal milestones, Zola Jesus has attained some crucial career milestones since her last EP as well. She will be heading out on her first proper tours this fall, (three of them back-to-back, actually) supporting Fever Ray and Xiu Xiu abroad and The xx stateside. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of headline shows sprinkled throughout as well, and yes, most of the shows will be with her full backing band.

She has also worked with a producer (Chris Coady) for the first time, the fruits of which labor appear here on the first track, “Poor Animal,”featuring Cult of Youth member Christiana Key on violin. Gone are the morose, gothic low-fi vibes, and in their place is an airy, almost dance track that still sounds as true to form as other endeavor Danilova has ever undertaken. An old hit and recent show-stopper live track, “Sea Talk” has been re-recorded as well, and this new, well mic’d version is breathtakingly good. There will be a video coming for that soon too directed by Jacqueline Castel. Closer “Lightsick” is a straight piano ballad—not synth, real piano. And for her darker fans, “Tower” still has that Mad-Max apocalyptic creep we know and love. Additionally, the artwork for this record presents a softer, blonder ZJ as photographed by her mother in the woods near their home. Less chocolate tasting and lovely in a whole new way.

Zurück Placenta - S/T CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

At the beginning they were CAPHARNAÜM, then APOLLONS DEPRESSIFS
During the 80s, the name and line-up changed regularly until 1988 by the name of ZURÜCK PLACENTA. ZURÜCK PLACENTA's music is a mix of powerfull Cold-wave and dark 80's gothic rock, with some industrial influences, and even Hard-Core... The band has a strong personnality and a sharp and heavy sound, obvious influences, but well inetrated...In a Post-Punk attitude (DIY), ZP will release a first demo in 1990, then the self-titled album in 1992, produced by Jean Taxis (Asylum Party, Babel 17, Complot Brünswick, Norma Loy…).ZP splited in late 1992, leaving behind them a unique and mythical album, which deserves its rank among the weird and cult temple of French Cold-Wave. The CD represents what was recorded in 1992 at Studio Val d'Orge with Jean Taxis but it never got released. Their singer is now playing in French Post/Punk band Frustration. 

Xeno & Oaklander - Sentinelle CD 14,99 € (Label: Wierd Records)

The long-awaited full-length debut album from Xeno & Oaklander is now available! Functioning as the absolute core of the electronic wing of the Wierd world since their beginnings in 2004, Miss Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride here present a carefully composed, restrained and complex form of moody electronic pop music that is simultaneously romantically melancholic and affirmatively aggressive.

Recorded entirely live in the studio with exclusively analogue instruments, Sentinelle situates itself as a series of highly crafted cinematic vignettes which takes as its vantage point a fictitious era in a long-passed distant age: a time of wandering desert travelers, forgotten underwater cities, and exquisitely sculptural objects; of arid land, sea-farers and ferrymen, blinding light and lonely rooms, precious metals and poisonous corrosion. Themes of paranoia and disaffection associated with the transformation felt during the industrial revolution(a stand-in for our contemporary digital malaise), as well as odes to the many gifts of its legacy - motion pictures, cameras, synthesizers, and voltage control, are traversed throughout the epic journey of this minimal electronic masterpiece, allowing the listener to gaze out of the frozen cold window onto the many radical paradigm shifts of the twentieth century, and is a true sonic portrait of this eminently fragile era in transition.

Xeno & Oaklander -  Sets & Lights CD 13,99 € (Label: Wierd Records) SOLD OUT

A portrait emerges in the video for the lead single from Xeno & Oaklander's Sets & Lights: one of two separate yet unmistakably intertwined individuals. Liz Wendelbo gracefully ascends and descends a menacing staircase while Sean McBride stands patiently in the ambiguous, blurred distance. The time is warped, the architecture is unfriendly, and the relationship between both people and their physical environment is made anxiously questionable. And yet, dominating the proceedings is an air of exoticism and pervasive sensuality in the face of what feels like an impending violent event. The collision of these tensions, atmospheres, and personas is soundtracked on this latest offering from Wierd Records.

Xeno & Oaklander create a universe where technology is beautifully timeless, where electricity pulses with vigor and effortless finesse. The standard meaning of "ghosts of technology," with its equally standard images of looming architecture and lifeless shells of machines, is rendered obsolete. Nimble electronic melodies sing, stretch and glow like elegant apparitions. Grandiosity and restraint live harmoniously side-by-side, just as the dual vocals of McBride and Wendelbo weave in and out of one another, sometimes an isolated croon and sometimes a layered texture. From the title track, with its thumping robotic heartbeat to the orchestral (yet still danceable), transportive instrumental "Italy," Sets & Lights is a record that invites the listener to become fully immersed. Tracks like "Blue" and "The Staircase" are punchy sing-a-long industrial pop songs while "Desert Rose" uses lush synthesizer textures to rival the most forlorn folk balladeer.

The interplay between McBride and Wendelbo yields very little that is conventional, but quite a lot that's alluring. Theirs is an enigmatic combination of various sensibilities that nevertheless produces a singularly focused vision. McBride sings, "the theater, the stage, the sets the lights, masking some grand delight." This is a record that makes the most of the power of electronic instruments to set a scene, to evoke intrigue, and to invite the mind to wander into those shadowy places where grand delights hide.

2 CD ONLY BONUS TRACKS

Xeno & Oaklander - Vigils CDr EP ltd ed 150 copies 9,99€ (Xanten) SOLD OUT

Debut EP from Xeno and Oaklander, recorded entirely live in one go on October 1st, 2006. 'Vigils' is now a classic document of the many multifaceted musical activities of Miss Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride(aka Martial Canterel). Uptempo cold, distant, echo-laden synthesizers and drum machines provide a spacious, melancholic backdrop for Miss Liz's complex ephemeral lyrical presence. These 8 trax are both intimately fragile and psychedelic suggesting an electronic equivalent of the British shoegaze bands while maintaining the wildly aggressive stripped-down DIY spirit of punk that informed the ideals of the originary wave of €pean minimal electronic bands. This second edition of 150 copies also contains the additional track 'Cold Forever', recorded in late 2005 which originally appeared on the Wierd Compilation(2006).

Xex - Group: Xex CD 19,99€ (Label: The Smack Shire) SOLD OUT

Here is another "crown Jewel" of the early 80s minimal synth scene!For more infos on the band,etc. please visit:http://www.appelstein.com/xex/. The CD was released in 2004 in limited edition and it contains also some extra bonus demo tracks.

 X-Ray Pop - Radio Pilot 2CD 19,99 € (Label: Infrastition)

Psychedelic and gaudy, messy and robotic, X-Ray Pop music has never been from it's era: it has missed the great whirls of the 60/70 years, from Zappa to Kraftwerk. But it was too early on it's own era to be able to cope with dandies of the aciidd and fluo generations. It even could try, in the 80's, to pick a quarrel with Rita Mitsouko, but hits, Didier and his hallucinated mates always prefered to torn, to torture more than turn them into gold. Indies by mission, pain in the ass by taste, on the edge by means, libertarians by insolence, girls and bays from X-Ray Pop didn't make their lifes easy : it's price for uncompromising. During few hours, if I remind well, I've even been the improvised manager of the band. One day, I told that to the Beastie Boys, and they were really impressed, them, maniacs about distorded sounds, who had put the hand through mysterious ways on a 7" from the band in New York (it was before the internet, respect). The advantage of a band like X-Ra Pop, tha has never been in, from it's age, is not to fade : you don't get wrinkles, on the edges. 

Xymox - Subsequent Pleasures CD 7,99€ (Label: Pseudonym) SOLD OUT

This record contains the 4AD demos for Clan of Xymox debut album. It also contains their homemade recording "Subsequent Pleasures", released when they were still in Amsterdam as a 500 copies limited edition: the recordings were made in 1983-84. Don't really miss it !!!

The Wake - Harmony + Singles CD 11,99€ (Label: LTM) SOLD OUT

This classic Factory Records re-issue is as, if not more essential, than classics from peers Section 25 and Crispy Ambulance. Harmony captured the isolation and austerity of the Joy Division/Factory aesthetic so well it actually improved upon it. Nothing better. Harmony, The Wake’s first LP, has been out of print since the mid 80s. The Wake formed in Glasgow in April 1981, after singer/guitarist Caesar left future chart stars Altered Images. After a debut single on their own label, On Our Honeymoon, released in January 1982, the Wake settled on a stable line-up, namely: Caesar - guitar and vocals, Steven Allen – drums, Carolyn Allen – keyboards, Bobby Gillespie – bass. After supporting New Order, the group joined the Factory Records roster and recorded the seven track mini album HARMONY in October 1982. May of 1983 saw them cut a maxi single, Something Outside, and a well-regarded Peel session in July, including the Drill. Gillespie, who had divided his time between the Wake and an embryonic Primal Scream, left the band shortly after the Peel recording. After three more singles and an album for Factory, in 1987 the group decamped for another cult label, Sarah Records, releasing two albums and two singles between 1989 and 1994. A track from this period, Joke Shop, provided a caustic snapshot of Caesar's ambivalent feelings about his former label, and Tony Wilson in particular: He's condescending and he's running a joke shop / He's patronizing and he's running a joke shop / And he's on television and he's running a joke shop. With their Factory catalogue long deleted, this 15 track, 72 minute CD collects together all seven tracks from the original HARMONY album, as well as the extra track Chance included on the €pean release. As well as both sides of the first two singles, with both Something Outside and Host included in full-length versions, the three tracks from the Peel session are also included. Carefully remastered from the original tapes, the original artwork has been preserved. The sleeve notes also include a detailed interview with the band from 1983.

Wallenberg - Sea Of Sins CD 9,99 € (Label: Manic Depression)

The second start for one of the most important bands in the French cold-wave scene, since Wallenberg revealed himself from 1984 to 1988 with many live records supporting Play Dead, Jad Wio, Neva and many more and several featuring on compilations, radio shows and TV appearances, which revealed them to the French audience, before a premature split, although an album was planned with EMI. Wallenbeg is back today with a new line up around Hervé (singer and co-composer) and the release of their first real album on Manic Depression Records in 2004. Their are currently working on a second album. Those 11 songs, which distil a nostalgic and dramatic atmosphere, are sometimes calm and quiet (« Welcome Home », « Why »), sometimes unrestrained and aggressive (« An Eye for an Eye », « Ode to Gilles ») and give this record a real personality, between Cold-Wave and Gothic Rock. We will note the featuring of Denis Bortek (Jad Wio) on « Hypnotic » which really deserves its name, and the featuring of Elsa (Tanit) on « If I was another Man ». 

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Wax Heroes – Dal Principio All’Inizio CD Digipak 11,99 € (Label: Spittle) 

One of the most sought after band of the Italian wave. From Treviso, Wax Heroes released a cult 7” for Electric Eye back in ’83 (“Sher”) and were also included in the genre-defining compilation Gathered. Alongside these tracks, all of their re-mastered demos finally came to see the light.

We. - Departure CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) SOLD OUT

Follow-up to the highly acclaimed first album of our masters of the old machines. This is how we like it best, screwing and squealing synth sounds topped with John-Foxx-ish melodies and catchy tunes.

We. - We. CD 14,99 € (Label: Genetic) back in stock

The highly acclaimed first album of our masters of the old machines.

Remastered 10 year's anniversary reissue of [GEN002].   

All songs written, produced and performed (1996-1999) by Pscherer/Wunder.