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Thema : Italo disco VS Cold-wave - July 04 2013 - 
(photo by Mireille Renard "Ligne froide") 
Playlist : 
(extract - Domenico Modugno - Nel blu dipinto di blu) 
- Deux - Felicita 
- Philippe Laurent - Hot-Bip (2013 version) 
- YMO - Music plan 
- Kraftwerk - Computer love 
- Kym Amps - You don't know my name 
- Crash course in science - Flying turns 
(extract - Manifeste Futuriste de F. T. Marinetti)  
- Front 242 - Agressiva 
(sample of Erasure - Oh l'amour) 
- PIL - This is not a love song 
(sample of Laid back - White horse)   
- Yello - Eternal legs 
- New musik - All you need is love 
- Depeche mode - Behind the wheel 
- Oppenheimer analysis - Devil dancer 
- Etienne Daho - Amoureux solitaires 
- Laibach - Get back 
- Yazoo - Don't go 
- Philippe Laurent - Rapide 5

Hot-Bip DJ set in "La mécanique ondulatoire" Paris

“Human Probe” appears on Imps of Perversion, Out Now.

iTunes- http://apple.co/1PoPG1a
CD/LP- http://bit.ly/24ltlDu

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TOUR DATES: http://bit.ly/1Ns0bJu

Pop. 1280 - Human Probe

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-040-monuments-age-lp

We are pleased to present a crown jewel of the early 80s Italian Minimal Synth scene. 
The MONUMENTS came into being in January 1981 in Turin when Mauro Tavella (keyboards, programming) and Andrea Costa (keyboards, voice) pooled their artistic experiences. From the outset they produced exclusively synthesised music, following the natural evolution in electronic music from the early days with monophonic synthesisers to the latest virtual sounds generated with the aid of computers.

The MONUMENTS released in 1984 their only official record on Discordie, a mini LP called "Age" comprising six incredibly fantastic electro-pop tracks, here reissued by Mannequin Records with 2 bonus tracks, "Veiled Lady" and "The Seals", which are out-takes from the same period. All the tracks were recorded on a Tascam 8-tracks, with external synchronisation of the percussions, at the TKS Studio in Torino.

From 1987 onwards, they focused exclusively on music for theatre, radio and independent film, writing scores for the opening sequences of programmes for some of the most important Italian TV companies as well as soundtracks for documentaries.  

Anna Logue Records released "XXVII" CD in 2009, an anthology of their music that contains the best of their early work from the years 1981-84. 

Some critics thought of this mini LP as being the best electropop record ever coming out of Italy.  A masterpiece!
 - 12’’ LP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- 2 Bonus Tracks from 1984 (The Seals, Veiled Lady) 
- Artwork reworked from the Original cover from 1984

  Strongly recommended to fans of New Order, Kraftwerk, Chromagain, Lisfrank

Monuments - Oblivious

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-041-tommy-de-chirico-close-your-eyes-12-ep

Mannequin Records is proud to present a true pearl of the Italian Minimal Synth from the 80's. Tommy De Chirico founded the post-punk band Politburo in Turin during 1981 togheter with Maurizio Rubinetti (Sick Rose) and Massimo Aluffi (Ivan Siberia). On his own, he released the 7" "Close Your Eyes / Flower Into The Factory", produced and recorded at TKS Studio by the Monuments’ Mauro Tavella between 1982 and 1983 and subsequently released by Turin’s Shirak Records in 1984. 

When Politburo split in 1986, Tommy continued to experiment with various projects and sounds, including Thugs, Quiet (with members of Monuments and Deafear), Noxeda and Lacrimal, with whom he still plays today. 

Presented here are also 3 bonus demo tracks: a rare version of "Close Your Eyes", and 2 out-takes from 1983, "Vuh-Ya" and "Tuxedo Dance".

The original graphic cover was realized by Bruno Zanichelli aka Pennarex, an underground artist from Turin, who died prematurely some years after. 

For 'Flower Into The Factory' Luca Pastore from Chromagain realized a videoclip. We are really happy to announce that we were able to restore it after 25 years.

- 12’’ EP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- 3 Bonus Tracks 
- Artwork designed by Mushy and Alessandro Adriani  

Strongly recommended to fans of Martin Dupont, Oppenheimer Analysis, Das Kabinette, Victrola, Neon.

Tommy De Chirico - Close Your Eyes

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-042-musumeci-schwarz-morgen-zusammen-lp

Mannequin Records is proud to present one of the most rare and unknown Italian Minimal Synth bands from the 80's. 

Musumeci were formed in Turin at the beginning of 1985, from an idea of Mauro M. (synthesizers - ex guitar player of Rude Pravo) and Franco G. (programming - ex noise maker of Errata-S-Corrige).

The group was founded as a link and expression of various experiences, aimed, at least initially, to highlight the individual personalities of the members. The formation settles after six months of testing with the final entry of Laura G. (ex-keyboardist of Rude Pravo) and Paul C. (voice of K Position).  Musumeci were playing several shows, preceded by long monologues in which find space rumorism, electrical scans, voices, screams, etc.

Presented here are the two super rare demo tapes that Musumeci recorded in 1985 ("Schwarz Morgen") and in 1986 ("Zusammen"), on their own label Zeltweg.

- 12’’ LP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- Artwork designed by Mushy and Alessandro Adriani  

Strongly recommended to fans of D.A.F., Severed Heads, Liaisons Dangereuses, Single Gun Theory.

Musumeci - Paura

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-042-musumeci-schwarz-morgen-zusammen-lp

Mannequin Records is proud to present one of the most rare and unknown Italian Minimal Synth bands from the 80's. 

Musumeci were formed in Turin at the beginning of 1985, from an idea of Mauro M. (synthesizers - ex guitar player of Rude Pravo) and Franco G. (programming - ex noise maker of Errata-S-Corrige).

The group was founded as a link and expression of various experiences, aimed, at least initially, to highlight the individual personalities of the members. The formation settles after six months of testing with the final entry of Laura G. (ex-keyboardist of Rude Pravo) and Paul C. (voice of K Position).  Musumeci were playing several shows, preceded by long monologues in which find space rumorism, electrical scans, voices, screams, etc.

Presented here are the two super rare demo tapes that Musumeci recorded in 1985 ("Schwarz Morgen") and in 1986 ("Zusammen"), on their own label Zeltweg.

- 12’’ LP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- Artwork designed by Mushy and Alessandro Adriani

  Strongly recommended to fans of D.A.F., Severed Heads, Liaisons Dangereuses, Single Gun Theory.

Musumeci - B.F.V.

Musumeci - Sie Ist Vorber

Musumeci - Challenger

Mannequin Records is proud to present one of the most rare and unknown Italian Minimal Synth bands from the 80's. 

Musumeci were formed in Turin at the beginning of 1985, from an idea of Mauro M. (synthesizers - ex guitar player of Rude Pravo) and Franco G. (programming - ex noise maker of Errata-S-Corrige).

The group was founded as a link and expression of various experiences, aimed, at least initially, to highlight the individual personalities of the members. The formation settles after six months of testing with the final entry of Laura G. (ex-keyboardist of Rude Pravo) and Paul C. (voice of K Position).  Musumeci were playing several shows, preceded by long monologues in which find space rumorism, electrical scans, voices, screams, etc.

Presented here are the two super rare demo tapes that Musumeci recorded in 1985 ("Schwarz Morgen") and in 1986 ("Zusammen"), on their own label Zeltweg.

- 12’’ LP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- Artwork designed by Mushy and Alessandro Adriani

  Strongly recommended to fans of D.A.F., Severed Heads, Liaisons Dangereuses, Single Gun Theory.


Musumeci - Haguenau

Quantum Leap is from John Maus' forthcoming album, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, out on June 28th in North America on Ribbon Music and June 27th in the UK / Europe on Upset the Rhythm.

Hear another track, Believer, from the album here: http://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic/john-maus-believer

JOHN MAUS lives in his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota. Whilst working towards his PhD in Political Science, he also composes music that taps into melancholic fantasy and affirms that we are all truly alive. Questing synthesizers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John's deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. Born in the decade of synth pop and sharing his birthday with George Frideric Handel, John started making music when Nirvana posters went up on every teenager’s wall. It’s this curious conflux of influences that partially helps to describe John’s music. It’s a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80’s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus.

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves breaks new ground for Maus. The shirt pulling and air punching of his impassioned live performance is finally captured in all its frenzied appeal alongside a tender inner space that wasn’t as apparent on his previous albums. It’s a record where promise takes the lead for the first time, providing a counterpoint to John’s default existential calling.

Signup to stay informed of the latest John Maus news, including a chance to pre-order the new album on CD/limited-edition LP:
http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/
http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA - Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Quantum Leap

John Maus - Quantum Leap

Veronica Vasicka is a photographer, musician, DJ and founder of the epic record label and on-line music resource Minimal Wave. As one of the founding members of East Village Radio, she managed the station during its pirate days and began collecting obscure and long forgotten gems that fell somewhere between the Cold Wave, Post Punk and Minimal Synth genres.

Store Mix 033 - Veronica Vasicka

Trevor Jackson Presents : Metal Dance

[Broadcasted on 26th September 2013]

Tracklist & video at boilerroom.tv

Trevor Jackson 2 hour Boiler Room mix

http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/18/fact-mix-194-veronica-vasicka/

Veronica Vasicka FACT Mix 194 (Oct '10)

Single from upcoming debut self-titled album. Out November 1st on Captured Tracks.

Time Travel

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.

B4 Tishina

Sublime synth wave. Mushy began her career crafting noise bursts and aggressive oblique instrumentals before, in her newest form, blooming into a beautiful, epic and heart-heavy icy synth princess. 

'My Life So Far' is the first taster for her new album 'Breathless' and it takes the blue print established on her debut album 'Faded Heart' - namely ghostly harmonies, glacial rhythm movements and beautifully waster vocals, and turns it all up to ten. Sonically, the album is a wide-screen, incredible achievement, with legendary 4AD group A.R. KANE drafted in to help out with production and writing. 'My Life So Far' features an exclusive track not on 'Breathless.' 

You're left feeling a melancholy sense of loss so sweet and delightful that you wish it to go deeper and longer.

MUSHY - A1 - MY LIFE SO FAR (ALBUM VERSION)

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-031-mushy-my-life-so-far-12-ep

Sublime synth wave. Mushy began her career crafting noise bursts and aggressive oblique instrumentals before, in her newest form, blooming into a beautiful, epic and heart-heavy icy synth princess. 

'My Life So Far' is the first taster for her new album 'Breathless' and it takes the blue print established on her debut album 'Faded Heart' - namely ghostly harmonies, glacial rhythm movements and beautifully waster vocals, and turns it all up to ten. Sonically, the album is a wide-screen, incredible achievement, with legendary 4AD group A.R. KANE drafted in to help out with production and writing. 'My Life So Far' features an exclusive track not on 'Breathless.' 

You're left feeling a melancholy sense of loss so sweet and delightful that you wish it to go deeper and longer.

MUSHY - B1 - MY LIFE SO FAR (DUB VERSION)

"Why Not ?" appears on Photodrame, Out Now.

LP/Cassette: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr3010-trop-tard-photodrame
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/photodrame/id560119235?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Website: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/trop-tard


Trop Tard - Why Not ?

MNQ 034 VARIOUS - THE END OF CIVILIZATION LP

Mannequin has the dual and parallel aim to unearth hidden or unpublished gems, running along a road that starts from the period of reference for this kind of music (late 70s – mid 80s) and comes to nowdays, with a vision deeply influence by Factory Records / 4AD labels.

Catching the same spirit of such great labels, we asked to the italian synth wave princess Mushy to create a compilation starting from a tabula rasa. The mission was hard. Following her tastes and heart, she had to select a dozen of new bands from all over the world with unreleased and unique for this project tracks, picking up the title and realizing the graphic design and artwork. The full process of "The End Of Civilization" took almost 1 year but the result was touching us ￼deep into our soul.

Mushy began her career crafting noise bursts and aggressive oblique instrumentals before, in her newest form, blooming into a beautiful, epic and heart-heavy icy synth sound, having both "Faded Heart" (2011) and "Breathless" (2012) as album of the week at Rough Trade. "The End Of Civilization" perfectly represents her double sided synth-wave / kraut-psychedelic soul. Every track she selected for us is an absolute highlight, moving from the analog minimal / cold wave sounds of Police Des Moeurs, ASSS, The Circa Tapes, TEEEL and Rosemary to the tempestuous post punk and psychedelia of Deathday, The Murder Act, Phosphor and The Strange Forces, ending with spectral cold folk of Tablets and The Long Wives.

- Limited edition of 500 copies on black vinyl 
- Digital distribution by The Orchard 
- Exclusive unreleased tracks 
- Artist Selection and graphic design by Mushy
credits

Phosphor - Skull

Internal

Mannequin Records is simply elated to present the debut 12'' EP from Phantom Love, a mysterious Kosmische act from Southern Europe.
 
Emerging from the majestic and fiercely sun-trapped lands of the Old Continent, Phantom Love takes you along a dazing journey through a spectral yet dreamy haze of spacey psychedelia.
 
Drawing inspiration and guidance from the ever-revered mitt European and Mediterranean tradition of Kraut and Cosmic rock, Phantom Lovemanages to encapsulate and transcend the formulas normally associated with these genres.
 
A retro-futuristic feast for the ears, a production that is equally analogue and digital, haunting and exotic, Phantom Love’s debut is a sonic sculpture of obsessive arpeggios and reverb-drenched strings.
 
Against this arcane melodic canvas, tribal and shape-shifting drums structures fight and discipline the liquid interplay and superimposition of cymbals and cowbells delays.
 
*Limited Edition of 300 copies with artwork by Giandomenico Carpentieri. 

Strongly recommended to fans of Brian Eno, Klaus Schulze, John Carpenter, Carter Tutti, Stellar Om Source, Harald Grosskopf, Tangerine Dream, Beak, Zombie Zombie.

Phantom Love - B1 - Psychic June

Camilla Sparksss - I'll teach you to hunt

MNQ 038 LIGHT HOUSE - IN THEIR IMAGE 12'' EP

 
Mannequin Records is simply elated to present the debut 12'' EP from Light House. 

Light House have been kicking around Portland for two years. The band contains Chris Relyea, an ex member from The Rapture, Dawn Sharp and Brooks Blackhawk from Atriarch. Excellent dark wave with spacious mixes, minimal synths, reverb drenched guitars and eerie malevolent vocals that either pierces your heart or your spinal cord.

Originally released in United States by Freee record label in 2012 and recorded on pure analog tape, ‘In Their Image’ EP illuminates the romantic and elemental nature of Light House's dreamlike sound, a moody, theatrical dirge which brings to mind classic 4AD acts such as Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil. 

To celebrate this relaunch Light House will be touring America and Europe, hitting the West Coast in mid June to coincide with Warm Leatherette in San Francisco, then onto New York and making their way along the East Coast. 

Light House is music that lulls the Etheric body awake, in a hypotetical world where Tropic Of Cancer meets Soft Metals. 

- 12’’ EP on black vinyl 
- Limited edition of 300 copies 
- Artwork by Giandomenico Carpentieri 

Strongly recommended to fans of Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, 4AD, Factory Records, Minimal Wave. 

Tracks: 
In Their Image 
Watchword 
The Walls Want Communion 
Seven Seas You Sent

BUY 12'' EP OR DIGITAL

Light House - Walls Want Communion

DUST is a contemporary ouroboros of acid house, combat techno, and late italo. A collective consisting of avant garde Korean noise goddess Greem Jellyfish, psych musician/model Angela Chambers, dungeon wizard/tech genius audio engineer Michael Sherburn, and DIY nightlife entrepreneur /DJ John Barclay, they are headquartered at infamous psychedelic/art/techno mansion Trip House in the jungles of Deep Bushwick. 

DUST utilizes both vintage hardware (909, 303, Juno 60) and HD cinematic soundscapes to create a heavy, lavish experience. 

Founded in 2012 by Sherburn and Barclay, DUST was originally a dark italo project. Soon Chambers and later Jellyfish were incorporated to enliven the dark magic with their sporadic vocals, and live energy. DUST released “Past Future,” their first EP on Brooklyn’s Low Life Inc. 

DUST performed their first live set alongside Gatekeeper, Supreme Cuts, and Teengirl Fantasy at the Dustbowl, a DIY venue in Chicago, and has since performed and/or DJ'ed alongside Light Asylum, Kim Ann Foxman, Phuture, DJ Pierre, Pictureplane and Steve Summers. Also, DUST serves as resident DJs at “Tropical Goth” a monthly party at Bossa Nova Civic Club, which Barclay owns, in Brooklyn. 

- 12’’ EP on black vinyl 
- Limited edition of 300 copies 
- Artwork by Giandomenico Carpentieri 

Strongly recommended to fans of Phuture, Cybotron, Gatekeeper, Legowelt, International Music System, Future Sound Of London. 

Tracks: 

A1 - ONSET OF DECIMATION 
A2 - CAVE DWELLER 
B1 - NOTHING FEELS GOOD 
B2 - IM MELTING



DUST - Onset Of Decimation

DUST - Cave Dweller

No demos

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