" 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...

"A double-AA side nugget finely paired by Stroom. The sweeter half Cardiocleptomanie highlights the B-side to a 1983 single 7 issued by one-time Eurovision entrants Pas De Deux with the other half hailing legendary artist Luc Van Acker, who is maybe best known as producer and party to Front 242, Ministry,...

In June 2023, Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor shared the stage at the iconic Sydney Opera House during the Vivid Live Festival. This encounter reignited their creative partnership, laying the foundation for their collaborative new album All Worlds. Drawing inspiration from the Golden Record sent into...

Peripheral Minimal is proud to present the début physical album by mysterious French act Mad Masks. Mad Masks originate from the French Alps, and consist of members Zio Voodoo and Dominique Stela . The band started in 2013 to record music inspired by dark soundtracks. Their sound is a mélange of slowly...

"One of electronic music's most influential recordings, the legendary E2-E4 gets a digital release for the first time, carefully overseen by the man himself. An epochal classic, most readers of these pages will know the story, but to indulge you with a recap, Gottsching emerged from the midst of electronic...

Since composer Sean McBride unveiled his first utterance as Martial Canterel almost 2 decades ago, he has produced a body of work both substantial and alluring within the field of live analogue electronic music. Effortlessly fusing a variety of styles and influences, Martial Canterel is one of the premiere...

Medical Records proudly presents Volume III of a collection of Forgotten Tracks, Sketches and Unfinished Work 2002-2004 by Martial Canterel . This release coincides as a standalone with Medical s other releases of Volume II as well as a special 3LP compiling Volumes I-III. Sean McBride has been producing...

The Human League and Heaven 17 were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, with Ware having played an integral role in each of their numerous successes. A young lad from the heart of post-war Sheffield, Ware formed The Human League a few years out of school in his early twenties. Described...

Released in 1981 and partly produced by Jacno, "Les Visiteurs du soir" is the only album of Mathématiques Modernes. Formed by the experimenter Claude Arto and the punk queen Edwige Belmore, the group is today associated with a certain French scene of the end of the 70's and the beginning of the 80's,...

A welcome departure from their first effort, the record has gained greater reconection in recent years when contemporary audiencies could fully aprreciate the strenght and harsher direction the duo decided to take for their follow-up album. More rhythmically-oriented tunes whilst revisiting some old-favorites...

Patrick Cowley was one of the most revolutionary and influential figures in the canon of electronic dance music. Born in Buffalo, NY on October 19, 1950, Patrick moved to San Francisco in 1971 to study electronic music at the City College of San Francisco. By the late 70s, Patrick s synthesizer techniques...

Mekanik Kommando was a post punk / New Wave band from Nijmegen , the Netherlands founded in 1979 by Peter van Vliet and Laszlo Panyigay . The duo became a quartet with the addition of Simon van Vliet and Mirjam van Hout . The name Mekanik Kommando comes from the album " Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh"...