Radio Void

Bay Area Retrograde (BART) Volume 2 is Dark Entries’ second compilation of underground music from San Francisco (and the greater Bay Area) made between 1978-1983. Towards the end of the 70s, San Francisco's experimental music scene clashed with the aftermath of punk and gave birth to a vibrant underground. By the early to mid 80s the DIY music scene of the Bay Area was a hotbed for experimental and quirky new wave, post punk, and synthpop, quite similar to New York’s No Wave scene and Berlin’s Neue Deutsche Welle. This compilation connects the (transit) lines between these varied musical offerings and tells the secret story of eleven forgotten Bay Area bands.

BART Volume 2 features slow, dystopian horror from pioneering industrial group Factrix; crushing, motorik noise from acid punks Chrome; amphetamine-driven synth punk from Red Asphalt; an early demo, never released on vinyl, from legendary post punk band Tuxedoomon; chilling atmospheric drone from Ki Di Me; leftfield new wave from Indoor Life featuring Patrick Cowley on synths;  Los Microwaves more sinister side project Baby Buddha; gay drag icon Timmy Spence delivering an unknown camp classic, a pure instrumental electro-pop workout from Human Being Men; TR-808 fueled synth pop from Menlo Park duo Wonders of Science, and a poetic yet somber and haunting song from the mysterious Zru Vogue. 

All tracks have been carefully remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP is housed in a large 6-panel, 2-sided fold out poster designed by Eloise Leigh, featuring original photos and fliers from each band’s personal archive plus a 36”x24” print of a photograph by Ruby Ray from1978. BART is the acronym for Bay Area Rapid Transit, the main rail transportation system for the San Francisco Bay Area. This LP is by no means a definitive compilation but merely opens the tunnel to the underground of the Bay!

04 Tuxedomoon - Day to Day

Crash Course In Science performs a Key Studio Session at WXPN in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012.

The Key Studio Sessions July 25, 2012

"Cardboard Lamb" by Crash Course In Science recorded live at WXPN

December 2010 - Ice cold synth tracks 

Shoc Corridor - Green Silence
Din A Testbild - Age is a State of Mind
GMM -Last Tango
Eurasiantea - To Dust
Burundi Black - Burundi Black
Moebius - Clone Zone
Bill Nelson - All My Wives Were Iron
Die Partei - Föhn In Den Bergen
Shoc Corridor - Iceberg
Pankow - Germany Is Burning
Ruins - Crime
Snowy Red - Euroshima
Simple Minds - League of Nations
Richard Bone - Men With Secrets
Peter Godwin - Emotional Disguise
Rational Youth - Le Meilleur Des Mondes
Chris & Cosey - He's an Arabian

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