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Mannequin has the dual and parallel aim to unearth hidden or unpublished gems, running along a road that starts from the period of reference for this kind of music (late 70s – mid 80s) and comes to nowdays, with a vision deeply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

Dysmorphia￼ / R.I.P. Big Bro 🛹🤍 /Married

About me: happy music producer and idiot knobber, death metal bassist, very stressed Software Project Manager, absolutely convinced Vegan: compassionate for poor Aminals used for foods and dress. 
I like music, all music, and all around music. I hear from techno to classic, from jazz to deep metal. In youth I was an angry and agressive punk rocker bassman but meantime I heared also many reggae, electronic and hip hop music. At the end of nineties years I fall into techno, drum & bass music and rave music: so I decided to play the electronic dance music. 

I prefer analog synth of which are vintage and modern. In principle I try not to use the computer and all the cool devices are could be connected to it.
To clarify for me the basic configuration Should Be nostalgic and all dressed Roland TB303, TR808, Juno 106 or SH101.
But hidden dream of having a moog theremin Etherwave, a Doepfer A System, or the series vintage Korg MS-10, 20 etc. ...

Instruments list: Quasimidi Sirius, EMU XK-6, Yamaha DX7 browny fully modded, Access Virus A, Korg Monotribe, Korg MS2000R, 2 x Casio VL1 tone (one ready for circuit bend modify), Yamaha FB01, 2 x Roland MC303, x0xb0x fully modded Atomic Mod 1,  2 x BOSS DR202, Yamaha RX11, 2 x Mutable Instrument Shruthi, Sammich SID,  Korg padKontrol, Roland MC-50 MkII, Speak&Spell (ready for circuit bend modify), EMU esi2000 fully upload, Boss Bass Synthetizer pedal, Fostex DMT-8 multitrack, Akai GD4000 reel to reel, and naturally Mac, yamaha mixer KRK monitor and Koss Headphone, Arturia Minibrute, Korg volca series, Stylophone, Akai Tomcat, Akai Rhytm Wolf, Novation Moredernova.

Dreamlist: Arturia Matrixbrute, Arturia Microfreak, Korg Electribe MKII series, Korg MS-20, Acidlab M1AM1, jomox resonator, Atomosynth, Behringer TD3, TR8, TR6, Model D.

The world around us is inexorably changing and all this is happening not without the help of the human race, the Earth is our home and now it is not just a big anthill in outer space, but the starting point of the mind, from here and into distant worlds.
kgdkun@gmail.com

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