Minimal Synth

Released on September 23 by Domestica Records, more info coming soon.

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PRE-ORDER HERE: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/dark-entries/patrick-cowley-school-daze-2xlp/

"Nightcrawler" is taken from "School Daze", a retrospective double LP of disco pioneer Patrick Cowley.

This very special LP features a compilation of restored Cowley productions unearthed in the garage of vintage gay porn company Fox Studio. Spanning nearly 90 minutes, the 11 tracks (originally recorded between 1973 and 1981), epitomize Cowley's forward thinking and his affinity for mixing elements of varying styles of music. 
 
Simply put, Cowley was a musical trailblazer ahead of his time. His approach to making music was an experiment of sound and with his since exploration he forged a new electronic sound and style, cementing his position as a key player in the creation of hi-NRG dance music and the San Francisco Sound. 

His credits as a producer include Sylvester's "Do You Wanna Funk", Paul Parker's "Right on Target" and collaborations with Jorge Socarras of Indoor Life - this is just the tip of the iceberg. 

An early victim of AIDS, Cowley passed away at the age of 32; these recordings shine a new light on the experimental side of a disco legend who was taken too soon from us. 

School Daze will be released on what would be his 63rd birthday, October 19th. All proceeds from the release will go to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Perhaps one of the most revolutionary and influential people in the cannon of disco music, Cowley created his own brand of Hi-NRG dance music coined "The San Francisco Sound." Born in Buffalo, NY on October 19, 1950, Patrick moved to San Francisco at the age of 21. He studied at the City College of San Francisco where he founded the Electronic Music Lab. During this time Patrick createe radio jingles and electronic pieces using the school's equipment, first a Putney, then an E-MU System and finally a Serge synthesizer. He made experimental instrumental songs by blending various types of music and adapting them to the synthesizer.

By the mid-70's, Patrick's synthesizer skills landed him a job composing and producing songs for disco superstar Sylvester such as “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”, “Dance Disco Heat” and "Stars." This helped Patrick obtain more work as a remixer and producer. Of particular note was his 18-minute long remix of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” and production work with edgy New Wave band Indoor Life. By 1981 Patrick released a string of dance 12" singles, like “Menergy” and “Megatron Man”, creating the soundtrack for a generation. Also that year, he founded Megatone Records and released his debut album. Around this time Patrick was hospitalized and diagnosed with a then-unknown illness: that would later be called AIDS. Prior to his passing on November 12, 1982, he recorded two more Hi-NRG hits, “Do You Wanna Funk” for Sylvester and "Right On Target" for Paul Parker.

In 1981 Patrick was contacted by John Coletti, the owner of famed gay porn company Fox Studio in Los Angeles. John had heard about Patrick's music from the legendary Sylvester and proposed he write music for his films. Patrick jumped on this offer and sent reels of his college compositions from the 70s to John in LA. Coletti then used a variable speed oscillator to adjust the pitch and speed of Patrick's songs in-sync with the film scene. "School Daze" is a collection of Cowley's instrumental songs recorded between 1973 and 1981 found in the Fox Studio vaults. Influenced by Tomita, Wendy Carlos and Giorgio Moroder, Patrick forged an electronic sound from his collection of synthesizers, modified guitars and self-constructed equipment. The listener enters a world of dark forbidden vices, introspective and reflective of Patrick's time spent in the bathhouses of San Francisco. The songs on "School Daze" range from sparse proto- techno to high octane funk to somber post-punk to musique concrete, revealing the depth of Cowley's unique talent.

Featuring over 80 minutes of music, this compilation contains soundtrack music from two Fox Studio films, "Muscle Up" and "School Daze", never before released on vinyl. The tapes were restored and transferred using the same speed and pitch settings, then remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. The vinyl comes housed in a glossy dual pocket gatefold featuring classic gay porn imagery from the Fox Studio vaults plus an essay from Indoor Life vocalist, Jorge Soccarras. For Patrick's 63rd birthday, Dark Entries and Honey Soundsystem present a glimpse into the instrumental world of a young genius. These recordings shine a new light on the experimental side of a disco legend who was taken too soon. All proceeds from "School Daze" will be donated to Project Open Hand and the AIDS Housing Alliance.

Patrick Cowley - Nightcrawler

MR-007 Guyer’s Connection
Guyer’s Connection were a Swiss duo that started making electronic music in 1982.  Tibor Csebits and Philippe Alioth were merely 14 and 15 years old and were armed with simply 2 synths, a drum machine, and a 4-track tape recorder.  They are best known for their highly-sought after self-produced and released album “Portrait” in 1983.  It is now considered a classic minimal synth pop masterpiece.  Several other members joined the band in 1984 and worked together for some time.  Philippe Alioth has been very active in the music business writing, producing, and running a Swiss studio as well as running a Swiss label (Sonic Content).  This extraordinary collection of tracks was discovered in a dark recess of Philippe’s achives of 4-track tapes in his studio.  The tapes were recorded from 1982 to 1984 but were rediscovered in 2005.  A portion of the songs were restored/remixed/remastered.  The German record label Kernkrach released the tracks in 2005 in a limited viny-only pressing of 330 copies.  This sought-after release has long been out of print.  Medical Records in collaboration with Philippe Alioth is proud to present another presentation of these glorious tracks.  Featuring 13 tracks (including several never before released and a few reworked versions of tracks released in 2005), this will appeal to all lovers of minimal synth, electro-pop, flexi-pop, and the like.  Standout tracks include the vocoder tinged “Discoqueen II”, the hyper-catchy “Ar Isch Schon”, and a slightly modified version of “He Sabine!”.  New tracks include an interpretation of a German children’s song and “Macky Messer” featuring words by Kurt Weill.  The LP features newly created front and back artwork.  Presented on 180gm green vinyl in a limited edition of 600 hand-numbered copies. Released: July, 2011 - LP Sold Out, Digital Available.

Guyer’s Connection - He Sabine! (MR-007)

Extended Mix By Underground Brazilian Dj Marcelo Mellao aka Dj Dark Side.
From the lmtd promo cd "The Dark Side Mixes Volume 15" (2011).

Arvid Tuba - The Seasons Are Sitting On Chairs (Dark Side Extended Mix)

Push

3rd release in the Bodyvolt Vinyl Series (12").  9 tracks by: Bruta Non Calculant (formerly known through Invasion Planete Records and his project Le Syndicat Electronique), Eleven Pond (legendary 80s New Wave Band), Flying Bodies (Kommando 6/Enfant Terrible), Swesor Bhrater (also coming from the Ex-Invasion Planete circle), Nina Belief (No Emb Blanc Records), TecRoc (Kommando 6), Naive (formerly known as :Codes, Autonom or as Code on Kommando 6), Black Pond (collaboration between Eleven Pond/Jeff Gallea + Beta Evers) and Radikale Analog Fraktion (Kommando 6). Synth/Wave and Electro on limited white vinyl, 250 copies! Mastering by Ruud Lekx (Rude 66). Orders: http://bodyvolt.bigcartel.com

BVV-03 - Various Artists - Electrified Bodies

Du ser saker som inte finns

From the album "Exercices de style"

Limited edition cassette available here :
distag.bandcamp.com/album/exercices-de-style

Exercices de style

Le Cliché - C'est toujours pareil

desire is proud to announce the release of subtitled debut album by Italian synth-wave masters Newclear Waves. 

Hailing from Rome, exploring droned out electro pop territories with an interest for a refreshing hyperactive 80s New Wave, Newclear Waves’ soundscapes seem to surround a fruitful visual-graphical imaginary which deals with mass consumption, apocalyptic visions, weird machineries, post-modernism and the order of chaos. A promising new coming in the universe of home made electronic avant-gardism.

A3 Blood Moon

From Detriti Records EP: https://detritirecords.bigcartel.com/product/le-cliche-nothing-is-original

AGFA C90

Kremlyn - Rutinas

From Prinzessin's 'Exit Wounds' EP on TONN.

Available on TONN Recordings Bandcamp.

Mastered by Ariaz.

Image Christopher Martin.

Exit Wounds

This Romance

This Romance - Prinzessin (from the 'Exit Wounds' EP)

@arcyniegas is a Colombian Dj and Noise Maker. Focus on sounds ranging from industrial techno, new beat, EBM, acid, synth wave, electro, spoken word, post punk and even jackin also has releases on labels such as​ Pildoras Tapes, Система, META MOTO​, and Hiroshima 45 Chernobyl 86 Windows 95 with JuanPablo Frigio.



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Comme des Larmes podcast w / Arcyniegas # 15

http://www.discogs.com/Intolerance-Intolerance/release/4289830

INTOLERANCE s/t LP
Synthetic Shadows 2013
SS04

Originally released in 1985 on nearly-impossibile to find demo-tape. Now finally available on vinyl thanks to Synthetic Shadows label.


Gli Intolerance nascono nel settembre 1983, da un´idea di Luca Musso (Cuneo), Marco Marongiu (Busca) e Paolo Chiotasso (Torino), musicisti orbitanti intorno ai vari conservatori del Piemonte (Cuneo e Torino), alla Facoltà di Architettura di Torino e, soprattutto, allo SMET (Studio di Musica Elettronica di Torino) fondato da Enore Zaffiri nel 1964. Obiettivo (e scommessa) fu quello di partecipare al primo concerto per suoni emergenti della provincia di Cuneo (a Sant´Albano Stura) dove, tra partecipanti e pubblico, saranni presenti alcuni tra i futuri protagonisti della futura scena cuneese e nazionale (Cristiano Godano per esempio). Questo primo concerto fu eseguito integralmente in playback, data l´impossibilità di eseguire LIVE i 2 pezzi presentati, per il gran numero di sovraincisioni e mixaggi su Revox A77 e la mancanza vera e propria di sintetizzatori polifonici (in quel momento avevamo a disposizione unicamente un piano elettrico Rhodes, la drumatix 606, un ARP Odissey monofonico e una Stratocaster). Dopo un discreto successo e curiosità suscitati da questa apparizione live, si trattò di decidere se dare seguito al progetto e dare vita ad un gruppo vero e proprio. Quindi scegliere una nuova strumentazione, trovare una voce solista etc....per dare una precisa connotazione alla musica e al gruppo. Punti di riferimento culturali/musicali sono stati i Suicide, i Daf, i Throbbing Gristle, i Joy Division, la nuova scena internazionale postunk/new wave, la scena musicale elettronica tedesca degli anni 60/70 e, in generale, tutto il panorama contemporaneo d´avanguardia del ´900, non solo musicale, ma architettonico ed artistico nel suo complesso. Si decide di mantenere la formazione a 3 elementi, formazione totalmente elettronica (nessun basso, chitarra o batteria) e di scegliere Raffaella Risso come nuova voce solista e front man (?) del gruppo. Da subito si è dimostrato impossibile avere come membro stabile Paolo, dato i suoi interessi artistici/musicali legati ad altri settori ed espressioni. La strumentazione usata nei 2 primi anni (che è quella usata nell´audiocassetta della SPN) è la seguente: Roland JX-3P, Roland Juno-106, Roland Sh-101 e l´immancabile Drumatrix TR-606. Fra la fine dell´83 e la fine dell´84 vengono composti alcuni tra i pricipali pezzi della produzione degli Intolerance, che rimarranno sempre presenti nei live del gruppo. In questo periodo si inizia a dare interviste a radio locali, suonare dal vivo (pochi concerti in zona; ad Ottobre 1984 addirittura a Pisa, nello storico Victor Charlie, in un´inedita formazione a 2 per l´occasione, il sottoscritto e la cantante). Avvengono in questo periodo 2 incontri fondamentali per gli Intolerance: con Ivan Rosso e Leonardo Borghese. Ivan sarà per i prossimi anni, pur non musicista, un membro di fatto della formazione. Grande amico e assoluto primo fan degli Intolerance, si è occupato, oltre che dei live set durante i concerti e delle foto, di procurarci contatti con le radio, gli organizzatori di concerti a con le riviste. Mi ricordo ancora adesso il viaggio fino a Cairo Montenotte, presso la redazione di Rockerilla (probabilmente 84) per consegnare il demo della nostra musica a Mario Rivera, che ci frutterà la prima recensione del gruppo. E la prima intervista a Radio Fossano, di cui Cristiano Godano era uno dei Dj. Leonardo Borghese è stato il "padre", il “deus ex machina”, il principale animatore della cosiddetta "scena cuneese". Iniziando a lavorare nelle radio locali, ha iniziato a far conoscere a Cuneo e provincia le nuove realtà musicali italiane e internazionali. In seguito, con la suo etichetta indipendente “Suoni dal Profondo Nord”, ha prodotto i primi lavori di tutti i principali gruppi della zona, e ha creato di fatto il background ottimale per far conoscere questi gruppi in Italia. Infaticabile promoter ed organizzatore, insieme ad Alberto Castoldi, dei 2 principali concerti/eventi musicali di quegli anni a Cuneo: Movimenti 86 e Movimenti 87, il primo con i migliori gruppi della scena locale, il secondo, vero e proprio festival, con i corrispettivi nazionali allora più blasonati: CCCP, Litfiba, Not Moving etc...
Intanto, parallelamente agli Intolerance, siamo impegnati anche con lo SMET, con concerti, partecipazioni a concorsi e seminari (in particolare il seminario, della durata di una settimana, che si tiene tenuto a Villa Amoretti (Parco Rignon. Torino) nell´autunno dell´84. Questo primo periodo degli Intolerance trova compimento nell´85 con il primo concerto al Macabre (storico locale di Bra, dove negli anni hanno suonato i Marlene Kuntz, Vinicio Capossela, i Denovo, White Zombies, Nico, Diaframma etc...), la registratione e l´uscita dell´audiocassetta prodotta dalla SPN e la fuoriuscita di Antonella dal gruppo (estate 85). Il materiale è stato registrato a Saluzzo da Lorenzo Balangero, chitarrista dei Dottor Sax, su un otto piste nello scantinato di casa. La registrazione è avvenuta nell'inverno dell´85, ed ha permesso di fissare su nastro queste sonorità fredde, minimali e più sperimentali, tipiche del periodo. Non sono presenti remissaggi, arrangiamenti diversi o particolari sovraincisioni, per cercare di essere più fedeli possibile all´idea di partenza. Con l´uscita di Antonella dalla formazione (per ragioni che mi sono sfuggite allora e che contituano a sfuggirmi ancora adesso, a distanza di 30 anni) si chiude il periodo sperimentale e creativo del gruppo, precocemente ed in maniera inaspettata. Il periodo che segue sarà quello di maggior "visibilità" e, forse, "successo" degli Intolerance, quello del vinile per VM Cinque per intenderci, ma si tratterà quasi sempre di nuovi arrangiamenti del materiale dell´ 83/85, senza particolari novità. Di seguito, velocemente, i dati relativi ai successivi 2 anni di attività del gruppo. IIª metà dell´85: la nuova formazione include Andrea Borsalino (basso e seconda voce, ex Diplay) e Peter Soro (chitarra). Registrazione di Noradreanalin per la compilation "A Place To Survive" della SPN. Concerti.
1986: concerti al Macabre di Bra, a Erba e a Torino. Intervista per VM di Milano. In Marzo entriamo in studio di registrazione (Emanuele Ruffinego, REM Studio) a Bra per il master dei 4 pezzi che saranno pubblicati da VM di Milano. Aprile: uscita di VM Cinque (Box Set, 2 Lp, Ltd 600 copie) dove sono pubblicati i 4 pezzi precedentemente registrati. Partecipazione a Movimenti ´86 a Cuneo (altra iniziativa di Leonardo Borghese, concerto con i migliori gruppi piemontesi). (Importante) Incontro con Fabrizio della Porta di Radio Torino Popolare, di cui saremo spesso ospiti nella sua trasmissione il lunedì sera.
1987: Di fatto anno di chiusura dell´attività degli Intolerance. Qualche concerto ed intervista radiofonica. Sei pezzi vengono pubblicati sull´audio cassetta allegata alla fanzine Amen - THX 1138 di Milano (Amen This is Religgion N° 6, 2000 copie). Partecipazione a Movimenti ´87 (11, 12 e 13 settembre, Parco della Gioventù di Cuneo), con la presenza di "tutto" il rock indipendente italiano (CCCP, Litfiba, Denovo, Not Moving etc...)
Per l´occasione gli Intolerance presentano una nuova line-up, nuovamente un trio, con un terzo tastierista, X Giraudo, ex Display.
Luca Musso viene a mancare il 4 giugno 1992 e la partita si chiude definitivamente. 

Marco Marongiu

INTOLERANCE - Noradrenaline [1985 ITALY MINIMAL-SYNTH]

Our gift from TONN to you…

'Control, by MADMOIZEL 
Image © Christopher Martin

This week's lockdown track from TONN Recordings, today's gift to you from Belfast, MADMOIZEL's brilliant 'Control' with free download on TONN Soundcloud.

Control

Control - MADMOIZEL (free download)

From the 'Interzone 3/3' album by Aaron Angebot. 

Available on cassette on TONN Bandcamp.

'Systèmes Nouveaux' is created using only analogue synthesisers and  sequencers and recorded on 4-track. Produced in the true spirit of DIY, Aaron Angebot takes inspiration from the electronic artists of the German underground, who in past decades formed the legacy of the minimal wave scene. 

Image © Christopher Martin

Interzone 3/3

Systèmes Nouveaux

Systèmes Nouveaux - Aaron Angebot (from the cassette album on TONN)

Domestica Records is an independent label born in 2011 and based in Barcelona and launched with the intention to create a personal and original identity. We go for music from the present and from the past, and our focus of attention and inspiration is basically vanguard music and visual art from the 80s. We pay special attention to the careful process of restoration, making sure to respect the original source in order to obtain a high quality result, without losing any of the essence. We offer records to people who love records. We like vinyl and the endless possibilities that this format offers us. The graphic aspect of our productions is an essential element which comes together in the final product: content and sleeve maintain a dialogue which we think must be fully harmonious.

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