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. The album chronicles the secret underground cult genres of cold wave and...

This is one of the most essential minimal synth wave projects, originally issued in 1980. After that, Stephan Eicher would form the band Grauzone . As a child, particularly with his little brother Martin , Stephan used a multi-track ("made in Eicher" by connecting several cassette machines together)...

Oppenheimer MKII is the collaboration between 2 veterans in the world of electronic music; Andy Oppenheimer from Oppenheimer Analysis and Mark Crumby from Konstruktivist . With their debut " The Presence Of The Abnormal " they present us 12 little minimal synth masterpieces. Twelve catchy electronic...

What a total gem! An amazing unearthed, ultra obscure album from way back in 1986. Hailing from Rochester, NY, Eleven Pond crafted super infectious dark pop with wonderful synth moments and song writing that has really held up over the years. Some of the production, and much of the overall sound reminds...

Various Artists \ From Brussels With Love LTMCD 2479 Originally released as a deluxe cassette/book package by Les Disques du Crépuscule in November 1980, From Brussels With Love featured 22 exclusive tracks from the international avant-garde and new wave, as well as the Factory Records roster. ...

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...

A Dancing Foot And A Praying Knee Don't Belong On The Same Leg was released in 1984 on Volition Records, Australia. It was Scattered Order's second album 2 years after Prat Culture. Their sound was by then still very much in the postpunk tradition, but more electronic elements kept coming in. Of course,...

Hula were founded in Sheffield in 1981. Three members (Mark Albrow, Alan Fish and Ron Wright) lived with Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Paul Widger (They must be Russians, Clock DVA, the Box) in a villa called Hula Kula. After trying the bass players Alan Watt, Chris Brain (Tense, NOS) and...

Second Volume in a series of CDs is this highly recommended compilation by one of our own artists, 'Mad Masks' (the mysterious duo of mountain dwelling Frenchman! Their debut album is still available from us). Features some rare unreleased or obscure tracks by well-known acts in the field of Industrial,...

The term cold wave was first coined on the cover of a 1977 issue of UK music magazine Sounds featuring Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk, and later by the same magazine in an article about Siouxsie and the Banshees, with the publication proclaiming, Listen to the cold wave roar from the...

"One of the best selling Minimal electro comps we've ever had on pre order. As far as UK underground electro, industrial bedroom funk and weird synth pop goes this obscure imprint is amazingly sought after and seemed to be a breeding ground for some pretty timeless and amazing stuff. This set gets my...

'Must-have collection of English post-punk rarities, sourced from the legendary Color Tapes label, remastered by Denis Blackham, all presented on vinyl for the first time! Emerging from that incredibly influential wormhole that opened somewhere between the late '70s and mid '80s, the Color Tapes (subsequently...