Minimal Synth

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 - Geisteskrankheit

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Distribution by Rush Hour (Europe) and Forced Exposure (US)

Musumeci tapes reissue, with their brutal body music plus, similar to DAF, CHBB and Liaisons Dangereuses, was one of the most acclaimed in the Mannequin Records 2013 productions. So we really happy to unearth for you 3 more recordings from their discography, all recorded live in 1985. 

Mauro Massaglia, founder member and lead synthesizer, describes the band’s aesthetic as “simple music, no solos, new sounds, all played at maximum volume possible.” Something that surely catch the attention of best DJs on earth, starting from TRAXX, the Chicago-based head of Nation Records, who redesign for Mannequin Records a raw live version of 'Tag Fur Tag' with what he described as a "ugly-tape Kode".

Massaglia recalls Musumeci’s live shows as multimedia performances of a confrontational stripe, mixing rough sound collage with provocative visuals. “Our intention was to involve the viewer with two senses: ear and eye,” he remembers. “We loved stupid old black-and-white movies or war images, Berlin in the May of ’45, the Vietnam conflict, corrupt Italians involved into massacres or scandals… in short, all the shit that the human race can produce.”

Tracklist

A1 Untitled I
A2 Untitled II
B1 Tag Für Tag (Traxx Edit)

- 12'' EP 3 tracks on red vinyl
- Limited edition of 250 copies.
- Artwork by Alessandro Adriani

Strongly recommended for fans of D.A.F., Severed Heads, Liaisons Dangereuses, CHBB, Traxx, Nation Records. Artwork by Alessandro Adriani. 

Musumeci - Tag Für Tag (TRAXX Edit)

Void Vision is a Philadelphia based solo female Minimal Synth / Cold Wave project from Shari Wallin. 

Already included by Rough Trade in their seminal Synth Wave compilations, the single is anticipating her full lenght 'Sub Rosa', out for Mannequin Records later in 2014. 

Remix by Vanzetti & Sacco aka Jos Van Galen with the Otto Kraanen, the boss of the acclaimed Bordello A Parigi from Rotterdam! TIP!

Limited Edition of 300 copies on aqua vinyl.

Mastered by Rude66.

Artwork by Alessandro Adriani.

Void Vision - Sour

Order: http://bit.ly/Y34wl2

MNQ 056 CASINO SHANGHAI - L'ACTION MINIMAL 12'' EP (IN AETERNAM VALE REMIX)

Mannequin Records is elated to present a 12’’ EP with two unreleased 1986 tracks of the mexican New Wave band Casino Shanghai, with a killer analog modular remix by In Aeternam Vale on the B Side.
Asking Laurent Prot to rework Casino Shanghai was more than logic. Permeated by a strong mitteleuropean dark pop atmosphere, here emphasized by the french lyrics (“Le Tombeau D'Edgar Poe" is using a poem by the french writer Stephane Mallarmé), Casino Shanghai were the pulse of Mexico City underground scene of the 80’s. The band was founded by Ulalume, Carlos Robledo and Walter Schmidt. Prior to Casino Shanghai, Ulalume was the lead singer of punk band The Casuals & DenseUndergrowth, and both Carlos and Walter were members of the post punk band Size and the more experimental Decibel.
Their first album "Film" for the Comrock/ WEA label was released in December of 1985.
Casino Shanghai was part of a great cultural change in Mexico and its music scene.

* Limited edition of 300 copies, red vinyl

* Mastered by Rude 66

Casino Shanghai - Le Tombeau D'Edgar Poe (In Aeternam Vale Remix)

Pre order your copy: http://bit.ly/1v9GKkV

Official release date 11/11/2014

Void Vision is a Philadelphia-based electronic project helmed by Shari Vari. It began around 2009 at a time when a wave of synth-revivalists were materializing, but the quality of the songwriting and intense vocals set the band apart from the pack. In a rare instance, Void Vision has managed to combine vintage dance elements with melodic structures, haunting melancholy, and lyrics that have a palpable soul. The songs themselves are dynamic, referencing a cross-section of the last 30 years of electronic music, while simultaneously retaining a uniqueness all their own.

Wierd Records weekly club night in New York, which showcased a variety of talented electronic and coldwave artists, served as an incubator for Void Vision in it’s early stages. After a standout debut performance at the club, they immediately caught the attention of Blind Prophet Records, who consequently released their first 7″ single, ‘In 20 Years’, which received excellent reviews.

Vari has continued performing and recording steadily over the last few years, releasing songs on compilations for various labels, including Rough Trade, and in 2012 the song ‘Everything is Fine’ was selected for Artforum magazine’s ‘Best of 2012′ issue. In 2013, Void Vision toured the West Coast and later that year released a split 12″ with Portland-based band, Vice Device. The first official full-length album, entitled ‘Sub Rosa’ is set to debut on Berlin-based Mannequin Records, followed by a European tour in 2015.

Shari Vari formed Void Vision in 2009 originally as a duo, during the explosion of the new minimal synth and cold wave scene in United States. Sharing the same scene of the Wierd Records associates like Led Er Est, Martial Canterel, Xeno & Oaklander, Automelodi, in 2010 VV released ‘In Twenty Years’ on Blind Prophet (Sean Ragon’s Cult Of Youth record label), receiving also the attention of the Rough Trade dudes, who asked to put out a track for one of their synth wave compilations.
After other split vinyls, tapes and compilations, Mannequin approached Shari with the intention to continue what Wierd Records started, giving a proper shape to her beautiful and youthful dark electronic sound. The result is 10 hypnotic cold analog tracks dominated by the warm and fragile Shari’s voice, some more “pop orientated” some others belonging to the original “cold wave” atmosphere.

“Sub Rosa” is an edition of 400 copies on 160 gram black vinyl and 100 copies on 160 gram white vinyl.

Limited silskcreen hand numbered art edition for the first 50 copies, 160 gram white vinyl.

Void Vision - In 20 Years (Extended Version)

Pre Order: http://bit.ly/1vQlLBC

Release date: 11/11/2014

MNQ 057 The Actor - Exploded View LP / Cassette

We are really proud to announce the reissue of one of the most important Dutch Wave bands THE ACTOR, with their seminal 1982 tape "EXPLODED VIEW". "In the beginning of the eighties, a new phenomenon emerged: home taping. This way of recording resulted in a lot of noise. But that was less important then getting one’s music out to the public. A well known label for cassette bands in those days was the dutch Trumpett Tapes. They were the first to publish the music of The Actor, who became their top selling cassette band in 1982 and 1983. The Actor’s first release was Exploded View in 1982. The songs – sung both in English and German – often related to fashion, modernism, dancing and appearence. This made The Actor “quite fashionable."

LP Edition of 500 copies.
Tape Edition of 120 copies.

Limited silskcreen art edition for the first 50 copies, 160 gram white vinyl.

Remastered from the original tapes by Rude 66, The Netherlands, 2014.

Tracklist
1 Unreal Personality
2 Lights
3 Deutsches Mädchen
4 Covergirl
5 Wählerisch!
6 UCX-S
7 Modern Air
8 Seit Wir Uns Kennen...
9 Picture 210
10 Gentlemen &amp; Pettycoats

The Actor - Picture 210

Baalearic Goat - Sunken Spell

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The second hour of our Radio Show, played by Alice in Flames (@kaput-731188256). Outsider wave, mournful synths and expressions of sorrow.

Track ID's:

November Növelet – I want you [Galakthorrö]
Truus de Groot – Cheap Flowers [Plus Instruments]
Λένα Πλάτωνος + Νίκος Αϊβαλής – Το παιδί της παραμονής [Dark Entries]
Yugoslavia – Genesis [Unrealistic Expectations]
Kalte Nacht – In silence [Geheimnis]
Himmelsfahrt – Abwege einer Seele [Ant-Zen]
Extra Bleu Ciel – La Pluie [Meta Moto]
Age O.P.F. – You have lost a friend [IDIO[T]PHONE]
Art Fact – I'm jealous [self released]
The Exetix – Holy Heaven [5th Floor Entertainment]
ExKurs – Steril [Konkurrenz Schallplatten]
Sepukku – Under your Control [Dödsdans]
Alive She Died – Collapse [Geheimnis]
All The Madmen – Superior Life [VOD]
Civil Defence Programme – Plastic Flowers [Genetic Music]
M.A.L. – C33H35N5O5 (Ergotamine) [Cherry Red]
KletTtermax – A Demon, Possesed By Another Demon [Paaja]
Cortex – Cortex I [Grafika Airlines]

Disposable Time w/ Alice in Flames 17.04.25

Sonidos Subterraneos is pleased to premiere a new track, this time we have the great Glasgow based label: Lifeforms, with the track of: Acidic Male
"Stutter Through Lust" is the release name!
The album contains 2 electronic music original tracks and 2 remixes. ENJOY!!
Next we leave you the description of the release_

Acidic male provides two haunting and hypnotic tracks that pulse with industrial grit for her latest EP “Stutter Through Lust” on Lifeforms. She blends Jagged rhythms, shadowy vocals and evocative synthesiser lines for this limited lathe cut 10” record that includes artwork from Urabaru. Includes remixes from Ludgate Suatter and Gavelman/Variant.

Artist_ Acidic Male 
Title_ Stutter Through Lust
Label_ Lifeforms 
Country_ UK
Genres_ Experimental, Techno, Industrial
Format_ Digital & Vinyl
Catalogue_ LF017
Release Date_ May 16, 2025
Buy_ https://lifeformsrec.bandcamp.com/album/stutter-through-lust


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Today on Meta Moto Podcast, we welcome Tylusis Pankas – a Lithuanian DJ and visual artist based in Glasgow, and co-founder of the genre-fluid mix series SHöK. A graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, Tylusis brings a design-driven sensibility to his sonic work, weaving together diverse styles with precision and atmosphere.

His sets move freely across the electronic spectrum from electro and EBM to New Beat and beyond building emotional momentum through shifting moods, tempos, and textures. Whether in clubs, on local internet radio, or deep in rave territory, his selections are immersive, unexpected, and highly intentional.

This mix, recorded for Radio Vilnius and aired on June 9th, 2025, captures his signature sound: fluid, fearless, and rooted in the underground.

Follow him:
SC: https://soundcloud.com/tylusis
IG: https://www.instagram.com/marius.draws

SHöK: 
SC: https://soundcloud.com/shok_gla
IG: https://www.instagram.com/shok.gla

MMP140 - Tylusis Pankas - META MOTO PODCAST

Musician, producer and audio engineer Andrew Nerviano’s work under the Plebeian moniker over the past several years is nothing if not distinctive; a heady blend of syrupy low-end, delicate sonic accents, and swirling rhythmic figures that give his work a hypnotic, psychedelic quality that’s as evocative as it is unique. He has released albums on Eternal Ocean, Grid, Pseudonym Records, and Molten Moods as well as contributed to releases for Sure Thing, Isabelline, UWU Dust Bath, and Index.

Follow artist - https://soundcloud.com/plebeiann

345⚡️Plebeian

Dark Entries reissues archival and contemporary gems that prove to be crucial to our modern idea of bodily music that exists out of time. Electro, italo, cold wave, new beat, house, techno from a one-of-a-kind digger who visits dusty basements to rescue lost tapes. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/dark-entries-record/episodes/dark-entries-record-26th-june-2025

DARK ENTRIES w/ Josh Cheon 260625

KLIKERKLUB is happy to release its new V/A Charity Compilation called "HOME/ ДІМ" today - on the 24th of August - The Day of Independence of Ukraine!!!

Bye the album here:
 http://klikerklub.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-charity-compiltation-home

All proceeds will be donated to  https://superhumans.com.

The album is a wild, genre-spanning collection of 45 unreleased tracks by exclusively Ukrainian artists. It aims to reflect the colourfulness and diversity of Ukrainian independent music in times of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.

Many of the songs on the album reflect on the theme of “HOME/ДІМ” on various emotional levels. They deal with feelings of loss, longing, grief, memory, hope or rediscovery.

KLIKERKLUB would be happy if the album radiates something reminiscent of a warm late summer evening spent with loved ones at the edge of a forest, in the carpathians, a wheat field, a swimming lake or by the sea. 
Where you lie next to each other, hold each other tight, talk about the past and the future, laugh liberatingly, cry and dance. Even if only in your thoughts. 
Because these thoughts are free. No matter where they are thought or under what circumstances.

The album is dedicated to all those who suffer under Russian occupation or captivity and to whom these thoughts give support, strength and courage to resist!

SLAVA UKRAINII

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(00:00) 1. PARKING SPOT - Хоран 2025
(04:55) 2. IRIS FOREST - The green rose chafer 2025
(08:22) 3. DEL CANO - слова 2025
(11:47) 4. SYMONENKO - Xylo 2025
(16:00) 5. IHOR TSYMBROVSKY - Somewhere drew near spring/Десь надходила весна (Live in Gorzów Wielkopolski) 1997
22:18) 6. POLY CHAIN - Flower Delivery Service 2025
(26:33) 7. OLEKSII LUPASHKO - Not to be someone you know 2021
(31:14) 8. KURS VALÜT - Manifest 2025
(35:39) 9. LU JOYCE - Magistral 2025
(43:25) 10. MECHIKA - Ластівочка 2025
(46:13) 11. CASA UKRANIA - Kryvyi Mlyn (A Crooked Mill) 2025
(49:57) 12. DIDI ARMOR - Efir 2023 
(53:17) 13. FOA HOKA & FEDIR TKACHOV - Temptation (Evgen Hodosh version) 2025
(57:53) 14. 58918012 - Under the Lake Surface 2025
1:02:33 15. INSOMNIA TAXXI - Stars/ Зорі 2025
1:08:55 16. ЛІЗА ПАДЛІЗА - Але ти не чекай 2025
(1:11:23) 17. DELAYED MINDS - Lily 2025
(1:15:13) 18. DUBMASTA - The driving force (Dub edit 2025)
(1:18:16) 19. O-A - Agent 1.1 2025
(1:23:14) 20. MONOTONNE - Belladonna (feat. Paporot) 2025
(1:27:17) 21. SVITLANA NIANIO - Кіпариси 2023
(1:32:12) 22. VERBNA NEDILYA - Vinochok 2025
(1:37:19) 23. VASYLYSA - Друг 2025
(1:40:04) 24. NFNR - Poignant touch 2025
(1:46:04) 25. ТИМОФІЙ КАЖИ - 700 днів 2025
(1:51:52) 26. KATYA MILCH - Opt-Out 2025
(1:56:07) 27. MORWAN - Зимовий ліс 2025 
(2:01:48) 28. !ЗВУК / Difference Machine / Yaroslav Burda - The Primary Line of Division 2023
(2:07:47) 29. MARISHA - Flame in the Dark 2025
(2:12:47) 30. KOMA - Більш безпечно, менш небезпечно 2025
(2:16:40) 31. BENJAMIN WISE - Light of Hope 2025
(2:19:08) 32. TONGI JOI - Знову хочу бути 2025
(2:25:27) 33. RUDNIC ORE - Proto days 2025
(2:29:40) 34. ummsbiaus - Exodus: Heimweh 2025
(2:36:16) 35. AXXI OMA - White Hole 2025
(2:39:51) 36. VALENTINA GONCHAROVA - Midnight over the Homestead 2025
(2:46:12) 37. SALTFALLS - Rime 2025
(2:48:53) 38. KING IMAGINE - Atmosphera 2012
(2:53:58) 39. NALOBI ZROBE - Stara Istoriya 2025
(2:57:57) 40. CHLOË LANDAU - Cамсунг 2023
(3:02:44) 41. TĒMNA RÁDIST / INVISIBLE KIDS - Long Night before the Dawn 2025
(3:08:21) 42. ϙue - The anatomy of blue 2025
(3:10:59) 43. ДЖАП - Кривий Ріг (Deepfake Commando remix) 2025
(3:13:22) 44. KLENOVA - Mariupol 2025
(3:16:37) 45. TETIANA KHOROSHUN - Garden 2025

***

All the proceeds will be donated to @superhuman.center in Lviv/ UA, an All-Ukrainian center of war trauma.

***

Credits:

Produced by: KLIKERKLUB
Mastered by: Hennadi Boichenko www.instagram.com/potrebasounds
ARTWORK manual collage made by:  OLGA ABORONOK. www.instagram.com/a.o_ra

VA HOME charity compilation

Clara is a multidisciplinary artist, always in motion—experimenting, experiencing, and creating. While her primary medium is painting, her work often blurs the lines between graphic color and sound.

Under her moniker Clarodactyl, she offers a journey through her psychedelic influences and the raw energy of 80s post-punk.

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On episode 46 your regular host marienus invites PSR affiliate and Graveyard resident ENTRP! Spanning releases on Public Sex Regime, OSM Tapes, Trigger Discipline, GLANZ+ELEND and Nexa, ENTRP is surely making a name for herself in our scene, both as a dj and as a producer.
marienus on the first hour, ENTRP on the second!

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No Soap Radio w/ marienus & ENTRP - 13th September 2025

Mixed from Yekaterinburg by @shine-grooves

A two-hour vinyl ode dedicated to the golden times of minimal and tech-house of electronic producer, DJ and collector of vinyl records — Andrey Kurokhtin, known as Shine Grooves.
This year Andrey launched the @hanagasumi label — a Japanese word that describes a great variety of flowering trees and translates as «blooming haze». The label has already released the first vinyl and the next one has been announced as well. The other day Shine Grooves is opening a record shop of the same name, based in Yekaterinburg. And Andrey is also a member of the improvisation trio «Ryabina» (@rowanberryspace) and the creative association «Oberton».

«The mix was recorded from vinyls in the one winter evening. I wanted to plunge into the millennium's time, namely  2000. In this mix there are many records from such labels: Force Inc, Kompakt, Traum Schallplatten, Mille Plateaux, Ladomat 2000 - the flagships of the first-class electronics of that time. Of course there are nowaday releases too, for example this fresh test press of the second release from my Hanagasumi label».

Tracklist:
Anton Kubikov & Maxim Milutenko - Special Communications (Traum Schallplatten, 2002)
Yuxtapose - Floe Process Mix (Traum Schallplatten, 2000)
Kid 606 - Sometimes Farben Mix (Force Lab, 2001)
Fantasias Animadas - Estero Process Mix (Traum Schallplatten, 2000)
A Rocket In Dub - Rocket No. 5 (Italic, 2002)
Donnacha Costello - Lateral Thinking (Force Lab, 2000)
Further Details - Remote People (A Touch Of Class, 2004)
Peter Grummich - Joy Da Silence (Shitkatapult, 2005)
DJ Gabor - Summertime... (Freude Am Tanzen, 1999)
Tomas Jirku - Sequin Four (Force Inc., 2000)
Buttechno - Dub Hole Funkin (Incienso, 2019)
Fa - Me Like You (Ladomat 2000, 2000)
Falko Brocksieper - Grindelwald (Sub Static, 2001)
M. Schaffhauser - Wig Wam Boom 4 (Blaou, 1998)
Jon Doppler - Hotsauce (Kimochi, 2018)
Sascha Funke - A1 Untitled (Kompakt, 2000)
Tomas Jirku - Go! (Klang Elektronik, 2001)
Shine Grooves - Above Fuji (Hanagasumi, 2021)
Vita - Ply (Force Lab, 2001)
Shine Grooves - Sydgo (Hanagasumi, 2021)
Gustavo Lamas - Jovenes (Kompakt, 2000)
Sil - Keld (Sakskobing, 2018)
Jonas Bering - Rollmottle Black Fastback Mix (SENTRALL, 2005)
Fabrice Lig Presents Mauler - PGM 400 (Keynote, 2002)
Lea Klus - A Untitled (Trapez Ltd, 2003)
Checkmate - B1 On (Deep Night Essentials, 2000)
Gas - F Untitled (Mille Plateaux, 1996)
Koss - Speed Of Sound (Mule Electronic, 2005)
Robag Wruhme - Hamburg 03.07.06 (Musik Krause, 2006)

Download link:
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Cover art by @pseudo-art-rose
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