“Pero en cierto modo ser joven es como ser un animal. No, no es en tanto ser un animal sino uno de esos muñecos malencos (pequeños) que venden en las calles, pequeños chelovecos (individuos) de hojalata con un resorte dentro […]”

Fragmento de La Naranja mecanica

Minimal Wave

https://soundcloud.com/vrouwefataal
Buy Release: https://bferecords.bandcamp.com/album/bfe67-sophie-du-palais-endurance-of-pain-is-the-power-of-being-lp
YouTube: https://youtu.be/lj8gaPAPpy8

One of the bright talent emerging from the current Netherlands‘ electronic underground scene is the German and Amsterdam-based, ‘fetish-inclined’, vocalist and performer Sophie du Palais ((Pinkman, Dekmantel Recordings)) also known as “Vrouwe Fataal”. She presents debut solo LP ‘Endurance of Pain is the Power of Being’

Sinister industrial wave music exploring themes of lust, hedonism, technological obsession & millennial alienation

Across six tracks, Du Palais unravels a potent signature, driven by fierce, imperious Anglo-Germanic vocals and eclectic, dissonant sounds. Connecting techno, EBM, acid and electro with vestiges of dub and experimental electronics, on ‘Endurance of Pain…’ Du Palais conjures an abrasive, intoxicating depiction of lust, hedonism, technological obsession and millennial alienation.

With the cruising techno pop menace of ‘Slow Steady Cum’, Du Palais introduces a nocturnal underworld. The descent is intensified by the mania and murk of ‘Glazed Disco Ball’ – a suspenseful dose of guttural low end, scowling spoken words, and crude drum machine clatter; if Gudrun Gut fronted Suicide. Then ‘Boys Tears’ elaborates on the dread and the sleaze with a horror show of gurgling synthesis, drubbing percussion and dissolute enunciations, halfway between John Carpenter and Unit Moebius.

From there ‘Up To No Good’ brings proceedings into a severe form of heat and frenzy, outlaying an exchange of raw jackhammer rhythms and vociferous punk chants that recalls Liaisons Dangereuses’ timeless underground classic ‘Los Niños del Parque’ if remade for 2021. ‘Smash The Mirror’ then finds room for scintillating dub recurrence and freakish machine funk before Sophie concludes the set with the sardonic electro-clash anthemics of ‘2001’, a provocative exploration of self, communication, and compulsion in the digital era. Miss Kittin meets Dopplereffekt for a technoid bonfire of the vanities.

‘Endurance of Pain…’ finds Sophie Du Palais seizing an uncompromising sense of style and intensity, an emergent new artist navigating a merciless, pleasure-seeking existence, from club to bedroom to screen, facing it all down with a cold glare, ready to light the fuse.

Tracklist:

A1 Slow Steady Cum
A2 Glazed Disco Ball
A3 Boys Tears
B1 Up To No Good
B2 Smash The Mirror
B3 2001

Endurance of pain is the power of being

Smash The Mirror

PREMIERE: Sophie du Palais - Smash The Mirror [BFE Records]

Kostantyn Isaev the man behind the project Volta Cab and also Rambal Cochet is now part of the Waste Editions family. The St. Petesburg's colorful artist has just recorded 6 catchy and powerful tunes which are heavily influenced by the new wave/post punk music of the late 80's , especially by bands like Кино (Kino) and the Soviet space disco as well.

All tracks produced by Konstantin Isaev in Saint Petersburg  (2018 - 2020). 

Mastered by Manel Ruiz.

Artwork by Marta Mejías.

Waste Editions 2021.


Preorder on Bandcamp: https://wasteditions.bandcamp.com/album/minotaur-topaz

Special price for preorder 12€.

Volta Cab- Minotaur Topaz [Preview] W10

This May, Minimal Wave will take an old sound in a new direction entirely, giving Futurisk’s classic ‘Lonely Streets’ a modern shake-up through a remix package from current artists – to be released on MW’s sublabel reserved for new music and old favorites, Cititrax.

Futurisk, an electro-punk group made legendary by their anarchistic records and explosive live shows, mysteriously disappeared from a thriving scene in 1984. With an electric and dynamically layered sound (created with pre-midi instrumentation), the South Florida group left an indelible mark in the crates of disco and minimalist collectors dotted around corners of the world, including LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy (who gave a complimentary wink to Futurisk in 2003 by using ‘Push Me Pull You (Pt. 2)’ on the delightful Colette # 5 DFA Comp CD). Minimal Wave’s own history with Futurisk runs a few years back, starting first by including an unreleased 1982 version of the track ‘Meteoright’ on the label’s ‘Found Tapes’ vinyl LP in 2007. Subsequently, Minimal Wave released the retrospective full-length vinyl ‘Player Piano’ LP to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary last year, culling material recorded between the years 1980 to 1982, with all of the tracks on their two 7-inch releases mixed in with rare studio recordings and early 4-track tapes.

The Futurisk ‘Lonely Streets Remixes’ includes remixes by four of the band’s biggest fans, each of whom have a sound as iconic as the band themselves: Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey), Tom Furse (The Horrors), Prince Language (DFA, Editions Disco) and Complexxion from the UK.

CITI004 B2 Futurisk-Lonely Streets (Tom Furse Mix) Sample

Gertrud Stein - Tanz The Samba Mit Mir

After his sold out LP "Salz" and an extensive tour in Europe, L.F.T. aka Johannes Haas is back on Mannequin Records with a brand new 6-tracks EP  "Hollow Head".

Blessed by the vocal features of Rosaceae ( the bloodthirsty breaktbeat 'I Want To Be A Witch'), Nils Fock (the banging wave 'Hörst Du Das') and Petra Flurr (EBM anthem 'Panzer Tanz'), L.F.T. music evokes a urge of dancing while simultaneously embracing a DIY aesthetic, creating a sonic universe where past, present, and future converge. 

The Hacker aka Michel Amato, a long time collaborator of Mannequin Records, is joining the pack with his interpretation of 'Panzer Tanz', turning the track into a straight techno banger.

L.F.T. is a visionary artist who takes listeners on a mesmerizing journey through a sonic landscape that fuses elements of electro and new wave aesthetics. 
credits
released July 7, 2023

Limited edition of 400 copies on black vinyl. First 100 copies on smoked clear vinyl, handnumbered.

Mastered by Rude 66, Amsterdam, 2023.

Mixed by Alessandro Adriani, Berlin, 2023

Graphic design by AA.
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Hollow Head

B3 Panzer Tanz (The Hacker Remix) DEF

Cititrax is excited to present the first in a series of 4 song samplers showcasing the talents of some of the most innovative producers of the moment. Cititrax: Tracks Volume One features Amato, an edgy new project brought to you by The Hacker, Tzusing, a young producer from China known for his hard-hitting L.I.E.S. releases, our beloved Berlin based former New Yorker An-i, and Oliver Ho’s stunning Broken English Club. The overall sound can be described as modern, uncompromising and guttural. Each artist reinvents dance music by bringing their own unique vision to the floor. 
Artwork designed by Veronica Vasicka and sourced from Polaroids shot in NYC clubs in the 1980s, Cititrax: Tracks Volume One continues the theme of the one of a kind vinyl pressing of blood red inside clear – limited to 999 copies and housed in a matte printed sleeve. Vinyl pressing and digital release date has been pushed to August. Pre-order will be available soon.

Tzusing - King Of System

I Feel Loved (Peter Rauhofer Mix)

Cititrax is excited to present the second in a series of four song samplers showcasing the talents of some of the most innovative producers of the moment. Cititrax: Tracks Volume Two features the fearless and ultra-talented Chinese producer Tzusing, the raw avant-garde electronics of London based producer L/F/D/M, creative West Coast powerhouse Silent Servant, and prolific underground French producer Maelstrom. The overall sound can be described as modern, uncompromising and guttural. Each artist reinvents dance music by bringing their own unique vision to the floor. 
Artwork designed by Veronica Vasicka and sourced from Polaroids shot in NYC clubs in the 1980s, Cititrax: Tracks Volume Two is pressed on blood red clear vinyl – limited to 999 copies and housed in a matte printed sleeve. Vinyl pressing and digital release date will be late April. Pre-order is now available: http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/cititrax-tracks-volume-two/

Tzusing - Nonlinear War

Cititrax is proud to present a four song debut solo EP by the Hacker’s new project called Amato. Influenced by early EBM, German techno and new wave, Michel Amato aka The Hacker began producing tracks under his new moniker Amato in 2014. The first one to be released, called Physique, came out in 2015 on the Cititrax Tracks Volume One EP and was a dancefloor success. On this forthcoming EP, entitled “Le Desordre et La Nuit”, Amato integrates his love of the new wave to form four ebm tinged techno funk hits. Very dancefloor friendly, these tracks take pop elements reminiscent of Belgian body music and bring them to the present day. Amato shines as a producer here, as he has so many times before. It’s an absolute honor for us to release this debut project. Artwork is sourced from photographs taken in NYC in the 1980s with layout by Veronica Vasicka. The release is limited to 999 copies pressed on 160 gram silver vinyl, and accompanied by jackets printed on matte heavyweight cardstock. Release date: July 13, 2016.
minimalwave.com/articles/article/…dre-et-la-nuit-ep

Amato - Deranged

A SIDE
KISS THE FLOOR - THIS DESIRE
AA SIDE
KARL AND THE KURBCRAWLERS - SAME DAY(AGAIN)
DEATH AND LEISURE 04
Death & Leisure is sick with excitement to present Kiss The Floor 7” , a collaboration between Karl O’Connor and Veronica Vasicka ! A fizzing slow motion synth wave track with echoes of Suicide, it features captivating vocals from Veronica.
The record is a double A side also featuring Karl and The Kurbcrawlers, a stripped down repetitive punk track for yobs and glue sniffers. 
Coming in june.

KISS THE FLOOR 7"  -  KARL O'CONNOR/VERONICA VASICKA

For its fifth release the French label invites its old friends russians Seven Knives, who presented a wonderful 4-track album.
Seven Knives is a contemporary band from St-Petersburg, Russia consisting of Bøgi/Rem/Shato (vocals, guitars/synths/drums). Their songs are about the time and that things, which are lost (being last, but not least) in it, when this time is organized by the 7-days week. Sacrosanct melodies are made of 7 notes, whatever major or minor they are, the matter is that, you don't need them all. Both days and notes are inevitable. 7 knives is like the third seven of your longed for jackpot, when you get your gold, and say out loud to the unavoidable world flowing your "hellooooooooo".
Have a first listen of the track called The Third One.

@sevenknives
www.facebook.com/7knives/

https://soundcloud.com/mange_moi
https://www.facebook.com/mangemoi.music/?hc_ref=ARQp2w8AQmtSX7MV0qU22-e-LRGY92JTEpw74MhIPhSES4u6Okf5QcuSNs-pQtvBXIY

PREMIERE | Семь Ножей (Seven Knives) - The Third One [Mange Moi] 2018

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Minimal Wave's sublabel Cititrax, is proud to present new music from Brooklyn based synth duo Innergaze. Their second LP, “Mutual Dreaming” is a highly anticipated release and we’re ecstatic that the vinyl is finally out.

http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/innergaze-mutual-dreaming/

“Innergaze drag us slightly further back into the glorious cradle of dance music. Their music, crushed and static, obscured by sound. EBM, coldwave, early techno fight it out for dominance of the drum machine. Casually brutal vocals force their way through from the Death Factory. As if Chris & Cosey’s dalliances with the Eurythmics had conjured a restless pioneering demon to duet with Annie Lenox but had instead ended up consuming her. Celestial synths coexisting with the industrial landscape bellow.” -20 Jazz Funk Greats

“Innergaze is the musical project of Aurora Halal and Jason Letkiewicz – Letkiewicz is known for his work with or as Manhunter, Steve Summers and Rhythm Based Lovers; Halal a video editor and director. It’s pretty clear that Innergaze is a wholly collaborative effort, as Letkiewicz’s penchant for pulsing beats and organic house mingles with the hazy, psychedelic new-age atmospheres that shine through Halal’s video work, together creating something that could loosely fall under the ‘minimal synth’ tag. Don’t expect some sort of easily placeable sound, though – Innergaze has far more personality than your average electro duo, relying on intuition, emotion and a good jam session to create their music, not a rigid set of pre-determined parameters. Together, it’s like a robot coated in human flesh, sentient yet vaguely artificial, and like most cyborgs portrayed on TV, quite beautiful. I’m pretty sure they are in love, too, which is an interesting dynamic for a sound that often relies on aesthetic impassiveness.” - YellowGreenRed

The “Mutual Dreaming” LP is a limited pressing of 999 copies on 160 gram vinyl, housed in a high quality full color printed sleeve featuring a collaborative artwork concept by Veronica Vasicka and Aurora Halal.

CITI005-Innergaze-Mutual Dreaming

Paris-based band Vox Low drops a new remixes EP on Alvaro Cabana’s Rotten City Records that features this superb hazy version from ‘My Broken Frame’ aka solo project of Guillaume Leglise, also guitarist of the band. They turned this originally sensible cinematic pop song into an extended cold-blooded kraut cover, mostly built around hallucinogenic synth layers, whipping binary drums, kinky grunge guitars and that haunting sonar bleep that will never leave your mind in peace, for our very pleasure. The track was previously released digitally in 2016 , but its so good that finally he got a deserved vinyl release.  
EP also includes remixes of ‘Ready To Spend’ - killer tune from their last album - from Marvin & Guy, Holographic Planes and themselves. Out on april 5th just to remind you that winter is still not far away.

https://soundcloud.com/mybrokenframe
https://soundcloud.com/voxlow
https://soundcloud.com/rotten-city-records

PREMIERE | My Broken Frame - Black Lake (VoX LoW Remix) [Rotten City Records] 2019

Mosaique Records.

The 10th label release brings again all together the various sounds of the universe — an anthropology of electronic music "The Ultimate Sound of Universe II". The international line up of the artists involved amazes and demonstrates various facets of art through the means of transmitting their sound waves. Heaviness and hopelessness, coldness and expression, flexibility and fragility of synthesizer parts beating against the ocean reefs of hybrid analog drum machines. All that is the general idea and an open impulse of our Universe! Presented by Moralez.

Music by - NiKiT, The Horrorist, San Quentin, Autumns, Crossover Network, SHMLSS, Rudiment, 89 st, Alessandro Adriani, Morah, Jauzas The Shining, Ufaze, Federico Leocata, Datawave, The Spy, Joel John, Culture Trax, Химера & Wave Corners.

Recorded, produced and mixed by Christian Donaghey. 
Vocals recorded by Caolán Austin. 
Mastered by Moralez @
Dark Crusader Studio 2019 [Saint-Petersburg].

The Ultimate Sounds Of Universe II

My Hand

The Minimal Wave label was founded by Veronica Vasicka in 2005 to create a network for synth wave enthusiasts and promote 80s electronic music via an online archive and vinyl releases. The label specializes in high-quality vinyl pressings of electronic artists from all over the world. Our sub-label Cititrax focuses on modern and experimental electronic dance music. Aside from limited edition vinyl releases, both labels' catalogs are available digitally as well.

Escuchando buena música en Radio Revista Dimensiones.  Transmitiendo desde Girardota-Colombia Sonidos vibrantes y electro.

Amato - Deranged

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