My wave

Mannequin is proud to present new music from Austin,TX 
based full-analog-synth quartet S U R V I V E. Their first LP 
is a highly anticipated release and we're more than thrilled 
that the vinyl is finally out. 
 
"An analogue incarnation of Rustie taking a couple of notes 
from Eduard Artemiev’s poetic account of a supernova 
imploding upon itself in a storm of strobe lights which are but 
morse signals from God’s ship as it sails across the empty 
black sludge of space, annotations in a sheet music for a 
jam bound to send Astronomers all over the planet into a 
frenzy of air keyboard slapping and knob twiddling"-20 Jazz Funk Greats  
 
Adam Jones, Kyle Dixon, Mark Donica, Michael Stein form the analog synth purist band 
SURVIVE, considered as one of Austin's most important live electronic mainstays. With 
Austin's diverse underground synth scene starting to boil over (see: Neon Indian's world 
domination, Silent Diane's new single on Matador imprint True Panther, //TENSE// early 
EBM shocks and Sleep ∞ Over's debut on Hippos In Tanks), SURVIVE is creeping up, not 
far behind.  
 
LP Version: Limited edition of 300 copies, 140 gr clear vinyl 
 
DIGITAL Version: Distribution through The Orchard in the most important digital stores 
(iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, Nokia, Spotify and many others). 
 
Tracklisting: 
 
A1 Deserted Skies 
A2 Floating Cube 
A3 To Light Alone I Bow 
A4 Hourglass 
A5 Omniverse 
B1 Black Mollies 
B2 Scalar Wave 
B3 Shunting Yard 
B4 Dirge 
 
 
http://www.survive.bandcamp.com 
 


S U R V I V E - Hourglass

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-025-l-a-s-s-crime-disphoria-1985-1989-lp

L.A.S.’s Crime (the initials stand for “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime”, a famous short novel by Oscar Wilde) is an electronic band from Siena (in the medieval tuscan, center of Italy) founded in 1984 by Sandro Marchetti (vocals, synthesizer, programming) and Maria Elena Brogi (vocals, synthesizers).

With a music sometimes soft, sometimes melancholic, but always fully electronic the duo from 85 to 89 L.A.S.'s Crime produced 5 demo tapes (Five Lies '85, Anomaly '87, Inanitas '87, Electa '88, Korobi '89) and a studio album (Abyss 43) registered at Sound City studio of Florence, but remained unreleased for label close.

During the five years of activity (85-89) the band had various additional members for the live concerts, but the original nucleous always have represented the true creative engine with more than 60 songs in a few years...Some of this songs have survived for 25 years exclusively for users' choice, spreading through the web.

Today, thank to the italian label "Mannequin", 13 selected songs can have finally a new life on vinyl, giving to the listener a small piece of 80's remained intact...

LP LIMITED EDITION 300 COPIES 


L.A.S.'s Crime - B7 - Frenesya

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-028-uv-p-p-no-songs-tomorrow-lp

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-028-uv-p-p-no-songs-tomorrow-cd

Mannequin is honoured to offer you one of the best UK New Wave reissue from the 80's.

UV PØP were an early 80’s post-punk group from the South Yorkshire region of England. Their sound was regionally bleak and they used staccato, angular guitars lines, with vocals ranged from spoken repeated mantras to whispered and shouted political poetics. An excerpt from the album’s liner notes penned by JP Shea helps explain the political climate during which this album was recorded: “In the 1980s there was nothing to smile about; nothing to smile for. The person whom some called wrongly the iron lady brought vengeful spiteful selfishness and a narrow-minded out- look into all our lives. Instead of love and respect there was: a three-day week, Miners strike, and The Falklands War. The sound of UV PØP has always been a sophisticated blend of sadness; with morose North Country sense and a humorous confrontational sensibility. So, you might ask why ‘No Songs Tomorrow’? There is the answer. UV PØP and John White were as certain as anybody there was a strong possibility there might not be anything left with which to make a tomorrow….The fight back, the resistance came in the miners’ strike, on the streets of north Ireland and in the sovereignty of popular culture. And, there was plenty of that in Yorkshire and particularly in the southernmost parts of that region. Working class poets had not all died with the Victorians. The Rough Trade charts for one week in 1982 tell a very interesting story. Alongside acts of the caliber of Sisters of Mercy, Robert Wyatt, Sex Gang Children and Virgin Prunes are UV PØP, their place well-earned.”

We are honored to offer this reissue of their classic 1981 album and we look forward to bringing the band over to play some key shows in NY, LA, and Austin around this release.

Track listing: 
01 No Songs Tomorrow 
02 Portrait (Extended) 
03 Some Win This 
04 See You 
05 I.C. 
0 Psalm 
07 Sleep Don’t Talk 
08 Commitment 
09 Arcade Fun 
10 Hafunkiddies 
11 Four Minute Warning

* For fans of Cabaret Voltaire, Wire, Public Image Ltd. No Songs Tomorrow was pressed originally pressed in a very small edition and has since been considered a very rare, highly sought after early 80’s post-punk classic

U.V. PØP - 03 Some Win This

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


Deathday - After Dark

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

MNQ 032 Ancien Régime - The Position LP out 11th February 2013 on Mannequin Records

Ancien Régime - Negative

No demos

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