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...

Two years have passed since the successful release of the first " Sowas von egal " compilation. " Sowas von egal " is a collaboration between the Hamburg record label Bureau B and the Hamburg party series Damaged Goods where they present rare, obscure synth & wave discs from the early 1980s which absolutely...

Tone Science sub-label, from DiN records, continues to explore the world of modular synth music. DiN was initially set up in 1999 by well known UK synthesist Ian Boddy to bridge the gap between the analogue music of his heritage and the emerging digital possibilities of the future. This label has always...

ALU s inception as descendants of the psychedelic group SAND, founded by Ludwig Papenberg and Johannes Vester, comes in 1980. Their first single 'Bitte Warten Sie!' appears on their own label ' Der Letzte Schrei! ' in 1981. Even on these early recordings, the project s sonic orientation is discernible...

Since 1983, Bow Gamelan Ensemble have inspired generations of artists with their radical practices and explosive performances. Charged with their individual virtuosity in performance art, avant-garde music and kinetic sculpture, their sound installations and performances are immersed in an orchestra...

"Back in 79, when Chris Watson was still a member of Cabaret Voltaire , the industrial pioneers wrote the soundtrack for Babs Mondini s 16mm flick, " Chance Versus Causality ". 40 years later the near-mythical recording finally resurfaces on Mute s Grey Area , and is certain to send Cabs fans reeling....

Old Captain re-releases a masterpiece of experimental electronic music commemorating 30 years since its first release in 1987! She was unique. Had a bad time in her childhood, her later years were never comfortable. But somehow she got an intensity, feeling of direction. Anything she didnt know, she...

Excavation of astounding underground post-punk recorded from 1979-1983 Style: minimal, semantic, intense (in poetic first). There is poetic subtlety and musical freshness not confined to one historical period. 24-page booklet contains the Daszu manifesto, poetics for most tracks, a measure of band history,...

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 and Chris Brain (Tense, NOS) Hula...

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...

Color Tapes floor us again with a reissue of Modern Art s debut 1982 album of bitter coldwave and aching pop dirges, forming a perfect entry point to the pivotal world of Gary Ramon, who would go on to record with Coil and Current 93, among others. Arriving in the wake of inspirational releases from...

WRWTFWW Records is immensely happy to announce the reissue of impossible-to-find cult album Lady Maid by Japanese outfit Normal Brain, available on vinyl, digipack CD, cassette, and digital, with liner notes by acclaimed sound artist and mastermind behind the project, Yukio Fujimoto. Originally released...