The Numero Guide to Cold Wave & Minimal Synth

[ Label - Dark Entries ] ²⁰⁰⁹ ⁻ ²⁰¹⁶ - Part 1

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DE-002 Death Domain - Ethidium Bromide 7"

Death Domain aka Adam Stroupe is a science nerd from Baltimore and, like me, wears it as a badge of honor.  Death domains are stretches of amino acids found in proteins that signal for apoptosis, programmed cell death.  To my ears, his sound is undoubtedly one of the most bewildering, disorienting yet magnetic and infectious slices of downright bleak takes on synth-based dance music. A one man all-live-analogue electronic ice machine (who is also behind the likes of 'SIDS' - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). His sound is as cryptically raw as it gets - summoning the seminal Industrial/EBM sounds of the likes of early Cabaret Voltaire, Skinny Puppy, and The Normal.

Ethidium Bromide

I wrote this in 1986 for Eleven Pond after I read some magazine article about Europeans who used to have their extra-marital affairs in Portugal... no paparazzi, miles of desolate beaches, old romantic architecture, lots of available cheap rooms to rent... " I asked you twice, now I say to go, find sweat romance, down in Portugal.... LETS GO!" -jeff gallea

Portugal  (1986)

"1986 darkwave, minimal electro band from Rochester, New York. The lineup was James Tabbi (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jeff Gallea (bass, drum programs, vocals, keyboard), Jack Schaefer (electric guitar) and Dan Brumley (synths, samples, vocoder, melodica). They released the “Bas Relief” LP in 1986, only 500 silkscreened and hand numbered copies of the record were made which are now extremely sought after by minimal synth enthusiasts. This gem has a wonderful low-tech warm driving synth sound that is infectious. The vocals are haunting and the bass lines remind of Joy Division.  Almost every song is killer dark post-punk or electronic synth wave. They seemed to take cues from Echo and the Bunnymen, early New Order, Fad Gadget, and Depeche Mode. Songs like Watching Trees, Tears and Cinnamon, Portugal, Ignorant Father, and Temporal deserve to be heard. Timeless." -Goutroy 

Legendary Bas Relief album will be released for the very first time on CD via Other Voices Records!

Eleven Pond - Tear & Cinnamon

Programmed Cell Death - 8.13.15 Drone

Polaroid / Roman / Photo

Missing Monuments - "(I'm Gonna) Love You Back to Life"

Breakdown / So Low

Breakdown

Gold und liebe

Liebe auf den ersten Blick

Camino Del Sol

To Climb the Cliff

Elisa Waut

Russia

Eleven Pond - Watching Trees

Dawn Thru Window
(2013)

There’s a dawn thru my window 
just like the day before
But it feels different somehow 
since you walked out the door 
It can’t be helped now
it’s the only way we ever played 
But it’s getting late now
I think it’s time to close the shades

The Sun has always been my true friend 
came back each day for more
But it feels different today
since you walked out the door
It can’t be helped now
the Sun is gone it fell out of the sky 
And it’s gettin’ dark now
I think it’s time for me to fly.

You know I sing just like a tree
and all the birds are friends to me
The Sun it comes just like that song
I’m sittin’ growin’ but not for long
Let’s take a swim in that Endless Sea
and feel the dawn you made for me
Pull back the curtains and warm my bones 
You only think you’re not alone

There’s a dawn thru my window 
just like the day before
But it feels different somehow 
since you walked out the door 
It can’t be helped now
it’s the only way we ever played 
But it’s getting late now
I think it’s time to close the shades.

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Dawn Thru Window

2013 Asay Girl Records
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http://kissedherlittlesister.bandcamp.com/

Coeur d'Alene (Kissed Her Little Sister Mix)

You said
Come with me outside
I want rock and sex before I die

A green light from the top
burned your face through the dark

You said
Come before night falls
Have you anything to make strong?

What's this sound in my head?
Just a brain hemorrhage


There's a run to life
Point me a direction
So far i can't hide my own reflection
I raise the game
Don't mind you call me
I loose the way
But i'll be gone forever when i jumped

Sweet pleasure hound
All the universe seems fake euphoria
Just jumped
Dancing on the clouds
Leave me anywhere
But here can't stop me now

You said
Come with me outside
I want rock and sex before I die

A green light
A blind spite
Let it grow for a while


There's a run to life
Point me a direction
So far i can't hide my own reflection
I raise the game
Don't mind you call me
I loose the way
But i'll be gone forever when i jumped

Sweet pleasure hound
All the universe seems fake euphoria
Just jumped
Dancing on the clouds
Leave me anywhere
But here can't stop me now

There's a run to life
Point me a direction
So far i can't hide my own reflection
I raise the game
Don't mind you call me
I loose the way
But i'll be gone forever when i jumped

Shake it out babe It's now
You said
You said
Baby, come and run
You said
Babe, just jump
You said
Babe, come and run

Stay in for your life
Stay in for your life

Just jump

Fake Euphoria

I used to be cool...

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Dawn Thru Window

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