Norma Loy's UsherSan, who occasionally released music under different monikers, left important traces in my music collection. Of course, because you really must be completely devoid of a heart not to love Norma Loy and the brilliant DZ Lectric and Anthon Shield album Lickin, just to name two, not to...

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...

SUDETEN CRECHE is Mark Warner and Paul Carlin from the UK and probably they need not much presentation. Their minimalistic electropop track Are Kisses are out of Fashion , originally released on the 1982 compilation EP Europe in the Year Zero (which amongst others also featured Yazoo), is widely known...

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!),...

"Stefan Bornhorst a.k.a. THE SILICON SCIENTIST is finally back and gives us a first peek into what is to become the third THE SILICON SCIENTIST album "Outside The Night" which, as Stefan told Anna kinda sub rosa, shall be a bit more minimal and pop oriented (but dare Anna say she doubts that Stefan can...

"The Future of Pop Music" THE GAMES were a pioneering three-piece synth-pop outfit, formed in 1980 and consisting of Brendan Coyle (synthesisers, percussion, vocals), Colin Hughes (synthesisers, percussion, organ, vocals) and Steve Knott (synthesisers, guitar, vocals), from Wirral, UK. The same year,...

... an experimental music duo formed in the UK in 1983, when school friends Clive Weston and Steve Lippert bought some very cheap instruments - a Casio SK-1 and a Casio VL-Tone. They also had a TV nearby and a cheap tape recorder. During the next couple of years they created about 10 tunes. Very very...

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)...

ZOS KIA was formed by John Gosling ( MEKON ), John Balance ( COIL ) and Min - with guest Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson ( THROBBING GRISTLE ). Their one and only album, Transparent, was released August 23rd 1983 in a cassette only edition on the now defunct Nekrophile label, Austria. They were the first...

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...

The latin origin of the word conclave translates to 'with key'. The music selected for this album is designed to unlock, by way of machine / human synthesis, ceremony previously hidden from public view. The Conclave, traditionally designed to introduce something important, is a tool of power and of powerful...

Edition of 300 numbered copies. Hand silkscreened cover. It includes an insert (26,5x26,5 cm) and free download code. Mastered by Xavier Alarcón, 2015 . Doric is the alternate persona of the multitalented Stathis Leontiadis , mostly known as the one half of the Greek purists, Human Puppets . He is, without...