The promising Swedish gothrocker MONUMENT release their debut EP "Teeth & Tails", which offers traditional gothic rock at its best. Female vocals, dominant guitars, coated into the dark atmosphere of an early 80s gothrock release makes today's goth rocker's heart beat faster. The vision of Monument took...

Peripheral Minimal is proud to present, collated for the first time, all three of Naked Lunch's 7" singles, repackaged into a stunning 12" E.P., with printed inner sleeve. Naked Lunch are an English band formed in 1979, by Tony Mayo. Later joined by, Mick Clarke. In preparation to play live further members...

Another two poignant songs about life as it is, with ups and downs.... catchy minimal synth melodies with very personal dark lyrics. Both tracks were written and produced by Lidia Fiala and Per-Anders Kurenbach . Limited to 250 copies.

Two minimal synth-pop pearls first released on the compilation Walkin After Midnight in 1982. They're in the same vein as early 80 s singles by Carol " Breakdown " and Rive Gauche " Friends Are Friends ". Both tracks on the 7 are a delightful proof of the lively and creative music scene in Brussels during...

Grab your white laboratory coat, pull out the RadioShack science kit, stick on that vhs copy of Dr Strangelove and enjoy these two beautiful, quintessentially english minimal wave tracks from synth pop duo Oppenheimer Analysis . " Science " and " Washington " are two marvellous and catchy treats that...

Oppenheimer Mk II is Andy Oppenheimer and Mahk Rumbae . Andy Oppenheimer Singer, songwriter and formerly one-half of 1980's synth-pop duo Oppenheimer Analysis , one of the leading bands of the minimal synth scene, and inspiration behind the Minimal Wave label. Mahk Rumbae Electronic musician and producer...

Noisy and cavernous post-punk, drawing on the likes of Rudimentary Peni, Amebix, Rikk Agnew's guitar work in Christian Death, and Killing Joke. It's dark and distorted, gothy but aggressive, and the opening salvo in a slew of music we hope to be hearing from these folks.

Coco Gallo and Stéphane Argillet are the French duo Peine Perdue, a project dedicated to minimal synth music, where the French touch and cold patterns have a fertile common ground: a mesmerizing atmosphere in which delicate sounds and very minimal , old school obsessive rhythms are totally embraced by...

After their Histoire dune Âme EP in 2017, Peine Perdue returns to Electronic Emergencies with a full album. Tokyo en Morceaux contains 11 new tracks by the avant-garde acid wave duo residing in Paris and Berlin. 'Tokyo en Morceaux' takes you on a dazzling joyride through the streets of the metropolis,...

The Second of these last PY 45s sees a lovely 5 track 7 EP from Irish minimal synth musician ph Pete Hamilton , with 5 tracks from his finally acclaimed rich body of work in electronic music. From Dublin, Ireland, in 1982, ph emerged from the demise of the peridots lower case p that previously had arisen...

POEME ELECTRONIQUE oh didnt we all dream of finding their only original 80's vinyl release, The Echoes Fade / VOICE 7 single (Carrere Records, 1982) some day? Well, most of us didnt and probably wont, and finding the members was equally hard, but thanks to J. Langes investigative nature (hey, youre great!),...

Montréal synth pop Police des moeurs are one of the finest and rawest bands in the minimal synth/wave and cold wave scene. 'Dédales', their third full lenght, is keeping the pure energy of their previous efforts while leaving greater room for atmospheric and textural considerations. The album will lead...