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Charlie - Spacer Woman (Original Mix)

Fad Gadget - Lady Shave

Severed Heads are one of the longest standing bands to have emerged from the Australian post-punk and experimental scene. They began in Sydney in 1979, and were an early outfit to incorporate elements of 'industrial' noise-generation, tape cutting & looping and electronic sound synthesis. As the project developed, song-structures and vocals were employed in a more-or-less recognizable mutant electro pop style. After many line-up changes featuring Gary Bradbury and psychedelic guitarist Simon Knuckey, Severed Heads became the solo vehicle for composer Tom Ellard. 
In 1983 they released a C-60 cassette called “Since The Accident” that grabbed the attention of Ink Records, a subsidiary of Virgin in the UK.  Ellard added a throwaway track at the last minute to fill out the cassette, not wanting to leave an unseemly gap on a C60 tape. This track, “Dead Eyes Opened” was catchy enough to get a lot of airplay on the main non-commercial radio station in Sydney. The band was asked to make this song into a 12” single. For this extended version, Tom Ellard and producer Patrick Gibson went to M Squared studio and passed the multitracked recordings through various EQ's and delays. “Dead Eyes Opened” features samples from a radio program narrated by Edgar Lustgarten, a crime journalist from England, referencing a double murder case that occurred in 1924. The rhythms are made by a TR-808 drum machine and an SH-1 synthesizer. A KORG PolySix was used for strings and additional atmospheric elements. The lead solo was a Casiotone run through an Octaver foot pedal. On the B-side are two solo compositions “Bullet” and “Mount” that Ellard recorded at Terse Tapes in 1982. 

All songs are remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Housed in the original jacket featuring the iconic photograph of a girl with a painted face wrapped in some cloth by Juilee Pryor. Each copy includes a fold-out newsprint poster with a large photo of the band wearing Art Unit skull shirts on one side and liner notes and press clippings on the other. 30 years later Severed Heads are still paving the way for powerful, imaginative, and challenging music.

Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened extended 12" mix

Teenage Iceage (Wunschmaschine Edit)

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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 (Vanzetti & Sacco Remix)

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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

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A1 - Suicide Commando

Modern Art - Hello Goodbye. Domestica Records

This is an older Dj set I put together years ago......  Never the less... It is like a Old Train Plow.... Keeps on chuggin' along after many many years!  Minimal... techy.... etherial in some places..... And Fun!  Enjoy... its a fast one.... Buy the Ticket... Take the Ride.  Xoxo James C.



01 Fast Minimal Techy Set by James C. (Older Dj-Set)

Minimal Wave label mix featured on Urban Outfitters UK blog <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/projects/minimal-wave/page/minimal-wave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/projects/minimal-wave/page/minimal-wave</a>/
Das Kabinette - Carousel - Spy Thriller LP - Minimal Wave
Medio Mutante - Inestable - Inestable EP - Cititrax
Autumn - I Say You Hello - Synthesize LP - Minimal Wave
Ruins - Sexual Desire - The Art Dance LP - Minimal Wave
Moderne - Qu'elle Me Caresse - Moderne / L'Espionne Aimait La Musique 2LP - Minimal Wave
Deux - Game And Performance - Decadence LP - Minimal Wave
Turquoise Days - Blurred - Alternative Strategies LP - Minimal Wave
Das Ding - H.S.T.A. - H.S.T.A. LP - Minimal Wave
Oppenheimer Analysis - The Devil's Dancers - Oppenheimer Analysis EP - Minimal Wave
Gary Allen - Oops It's An Accident (Extended Mix) - V/A The Hidden Tapes CD - Minimal Wave
Sympathy Nervous - Polaroid - Automaticism LP - Minimal Wave
Futurisk - Push Me Pull You - Player Piano LP - Minimal Wave
Reservé - Destination Pour L'Inconnu - V/A The Hidden Tapes LP/CD - Minimal Wave
Pas De Deux - Cardiocleptomanie - Cardiocleptomanie LP - Minimal Wave
Martin Dupont - Just Because (Remix) - Lost And Late LP - Minimal Wave
In Trance 95 - Desire To Desire - Cities Of Steel And Neon LP - Minimal Wave
Spilluffe - Killed By Death - V/A Orgelvärk 2LP - Minimal Wave
Innergaze - In Your Gaze - Mutual Dreaming LP - Cititrax

All albums available for sale at http://www.minimalwave.com unless sold out


Minimal Wave Label Mix For UO - Veronica Vasicka

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Dollkraut & De Ambassade - Du Fetisch

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MAKiNA GiRGiR - Тёплая Кровь / Sang Tiede (A1)

Minimal Wave is proud to present a second 12” single from our French favorites, In Aeternam Vale. This one is in the same vein as the Dust Under Brightness / Highway Dark Veins 12” we released last May. The single features an epic, pioneering, late 80s underwater techno masterpiece called La Piscine (1989) accompanied by a slow, dark, drugged out 15 minute number on the flip side entitled Calling Somewhere (1990) – which sounds especially relevant today. Neither of these tracks have ever been released before. The pressing is limited to 999 copies, the first 500 are pressed on 160 gram clear highlighter yellow vinyl, accompanied by a hand-numbered matte printed sleeve.


MW041 In Aeternam Vale - La Piscine (sample)

We’re proud to present a limited edition reissue of one of our favorite cassettes, The Dadacomputer. The Dadacomputer was the first incarnation of what would later become Five Times Of Dust. It was the result of a long-distance collaboration between Robert Lawrence and Mark Phillips who came together during the summer of 1981 living between Bristol and Cardiff, UK. They collaborated by sending tapes back and forth through the mail and also worked together in their respective home studios. Later that year, they self-released The Dadacomputer on both MAP tapes and Quick Stab. Roughly 100 copies were made in total and soon sold out.

We discovered the tape a few years back with great excitement and favored one track in particular, Computer Bank. Soon after we tracked down Robert Lawrence and licensed it for The Hidden Tapes compilation. The track was an instant hit, both at home and on the dance floor. The limited cassette run of The Dadacomputer will be released on May 4th, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair. It is essentially an introduction to the world of Five Times Of Dust. A double LP of selections from the vast Five Times Of Dust archives (over 15 hours of recordings) will soon follow, slated for release in July 2013.

The Dadacomputer cassette will be out May 4th: http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/the-dadacomputer

Five Times Of Dust - Computer Bank

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.

MW041 In Aeternam Vale - La Piscine (sample)

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