Discostan Records is proud to launch its label with the release of Disco Se Aagay a rediscovered synth-pop masterpiece from 1984. Rescued from obscurity, Disco Se Aagay literally Beyond Disco is an unexpectedly perfect storm of two unlikely sources: the visionary sound of British new wave seamlessly...

Mannequin Records is elated to present a rare lost demo tape recording of Caroline K - real name Caroline Kaye Walters - founder member of Nocturnal Emissions , one of the best UK experimental/industrial music groups in the 1980's. When we asked Nigel Ayers about the possibility to press a small batch...

" Taking Snapshots " or " Taking Snapshots Vol.1 " is the debut studio album of Luc van Acke r, self-released in 1982. The album was reissued on CD by Hard Records in 1994 and Fifth Colvmn Records on May 16, 1995. In 2009 the album was reissued for the first time since its release on vinyl record by...

Void Vision is a Philadelphia based solo female Minimal Synth / Cold Wave project from Shari Wallin . Already included by Rough Trade in their seminal Synth Wave compilations, the single is anticipating her full lenght " Sub Rosa ", out for Mannequin Records later in 2014. Remix by Vanzetti & Sacco aka...

" Verloren " is like a late night pink Dutch sky after a long day of heavy rain, a sign that a warm summer s day is just ahead. It will make you sweat tonight. This long awaited follow up 7", will be released in the same form as the first: a beautifully designed disco sleeve with cardboard artwork. The...

Konstruktivists create their own brand of Industrial, using electronics as a base and tape loops, percussion, lurching rhythms and droning melodic arches on top. Check Konstruktivists are a UK Industrial group formed by Glenn Michael Wallis in 1982 out of the ashes of Heute . In the late 70's/early 80's...

The long-awaited debut album " Duistre Kamers " by De Ambassade a.k.a. Pascal Pinkert and bass-player Timothy Francis are responsible for the DIY eighties wave sound that has become integral to the bands identity. The album is perfect to sit in and listen to on a rainy day, dance to in the blazing sun...

Double LP compilation set from Manchester electronic music pioneer Eric Random . Best known for his early recordings for New Hormones and Les Disques du Crepuscule and collaborations with Pete Shelley Buzzcocks , Cabaret Voltaire and Nicolas an original member of The Tiller Boys with Shelley , Random...

Dennis Young is best known as the percussionist of the New York band LIQUID LIQUID, which is known for their piece " Cavern " from 1983, which in turn became very well known because Grandmaster Flash sampled it and used it as the basis for their hit " White Lines ". But Young was not only a band member....

Rudolf Langer formerly of Tyndall and Peter Preuß teamed up to create Lapre as a vehicle fortheir adventures in sonic experimentation. They set about capturing their nocturnal rehearsal room sessions on tape, Langer on synthesizer and Preuß on guitar. With the exception of a solitary single and a few...

Crouch End based minimal synth label Polytechnic Youth , kicks off the new year with the long promised -and much requested- repackaging of its 2 compilation LPs. Still considered by PY label head, Dom, as the best intro point to the label for newcomers, his plan is to keep this one in print for a while....

"The second of January s new Polytechnic Youth releases is a 6 trk 7 EP of lo-fi, 4-track home recordings of minimal synth | primitive drum machine goodness. With heavy leanings towards PY s favourite era of killer small run, often private press experimental electronic releases, dressed in hand assembled,...