Synthwave 3

_ synth punk / experimental _Set 6

At the beginning and end of every week(mondays and thursdays) i share synth and all bass heavy or brutal music i feel build a dark cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic musical landscape.

a big thanks to those of you making awesome music!! remember support the musicians guys!

also add your dark synthwave, retrowave and new/retro cyberpunk tracks to Synthtropolis!  the NEW home for the purveyors of the dark side of the Synth!! soundcloud.com/groups/synthtropolis-neo-retro-cyberpunk

ghostdrive MEGAMIX 41

From Dusk till Dawn

Colder VI

Waves 1: Cold/Dark/New/Minimal

Minimal Synth

Fuck the sun, get darker!

Grunge en mode rouge&noir

1980s Part II: The Return of Synthpop

Budi Kakav Si Nocu

BUY 12'' EP: http://bit.ly/1fWH9KU
BUY DIGITAL http://bit.ly/1jC1AlG

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)

Fifth track on the Ordinary Neon LP.

Buy this track or the full album here: https://neondroid.bandcamp.com/album/ordinary-neon-2015-lp

Download this track

Proveland

01 Factory Floor - How You Say (Femminielli Noir Remix)
02 Factory Floor - How You Say (Essaie Pas Remix)

DFA2446

http://femminiellinoir.bandcamp.com
http://essaiepas.bandcamp.com


Factory Floor - How You Say (Femminielli Noir Remix)

Softerall

Starfuck

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

Taken from the upcoming album 'Punish, Honey'.
Released Sept 15th via Tri Angle Records.
2xLP, CD & Digital. 

Vessel - Red Sex

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)

English: 

Elliot, Francis, Maxime and Simon could have met on the night of October 2nd 1988 in Middlesex, Virginia. Meeting outside a Wipers concert, they would have then started a band with a raw sound chiseled by post-punk guitars and analog synths. 

Instead, it is in Paris in 2012 that they combined their love of the guitars from Cleaners From Venus, the melancholy of The Cure and the synths of Fad Gadget and Oppenheimer Analysis to create a new band; Rendez-Vous. 

The 4 boys deliver a tight sound that vacillates between spontaneous bursts of energy and a catchy dark melodic pop ambience. Heavily influenced by both the naivete of the 80s and the resonance of the 90s. Their track "Donna" sounds like it could be blasting out of Donnie Darko's Walkman. 

Rendez-Vous is releasing their debut EP November 25 on Zappruder Records. 

Rendez-Vous - Plasticity

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

Download "Bloodmoon" FREE at https://replicantmusic.bandcamp.com/

Knifewire

Minimum Syndicat - Insurgency (MS08)

OUT 4/14/15 - Grab "Un Autre Voyage" on LP / CS at our STORE at:
http://holodeckrecords.com/store/

Please call 1-855-SWT-BOIZ (798-2649) for Marie Davidson customer service.

From the prolific cultural epicenter of Montréal, Marie has emerged as one of the foremost electronic artists in contemporary underground pop today. As a long-time member of Les Momies de Palerme, Hotel Monochrome, DKMD, and Essaie Pas, Marie has continued to hone her many talents in Montréal’s fervent experimental communities for much of her adult life. Davidson’s intimate solo work is embodied through a host of synthesizers and drum machines that coalesce in synchronized harmony, punctuated by Marie’s hypnotic vocal delivery, sung and spoken in both French and English. Her third album Un Autre Voyage demonstrates her heightened compositional skill behind a sequencer as well as her singular ability to anesthetize the senses through the documentation of her own serial pattern of experiential growth. 

Buy LP / CS

Marie Davidson -  Un Autre Voyage (HD033) 02. Excès De Vitesse

EX - Club Mixes from Dixon, Recondite, Tale Of Us and Dubfire

Available Now:

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Full digital release January 26th, Double vinyl available soon.

Buy on Beatport!

Plastikman - EXplore (Recondite Remix)

Check out samples of the new Ninos Du Brasil 12", out shortly on DFA!


Aromobates NDB (Sample)

Synthwave with a phat trance sound. By Night Driver 2015. Thanks to John Heichelbech for his support.

LA to Miami

Hear a bit of the first track from Prinzhorn Dance School's new LP, "Home Economics". Listen to the whole thing at DFA Direct! 

Digital preorder - http://hyperurl.co/PrinzhornHE 
Ltd Wine-colored vinyl preorder - http://store.dfarecords.com/products/dfa2444


Buy Ltd Vinyl

Prinzhorn Dance School - Reign (Snippet)

We'd never try and second guess R&S's mind-bogglingly diverse A&Ring - but there's been a thread of crisp, clever bass music since the late 2000s that means the appearance of  grime historian , Scouser-in-London and  Boxed mainstay  Paul Lynch aka Slackk makes absolute sense.

Backwards Light EP, his  new six-tracker  for them, touches, as ever, on bleak grime and Orientalist motifs, but it also brings his film soundtrack styling to the for as on this downright stirring bit of sinister drama. When will we see Lynch score an actual movie, though?

Slackk "Sleeper Carriage" - Boiler Room Debuts

Zastranienie - Release

Second Sight - Leash

Artist: DIKTATUR
Diktatur is César Canali & Lana Popsimonova
Song:  Things That They Did´t Teach us.
Album: Not So Cold Vol.2 Release Date 01July2015
www.tacuararecords.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/diediktatur

Diktatur - Things That They Didn't Teach Us ( C.Canali & Popsimonova )

Scorpion

Schachmatt

Six To Twenty Seconds

Escape From Beijing - Main Theme

QEK Junior / Schwarzes Gold (2009)

Indecisive Split Decision

This is a first Sampler with special Bands.

21 Ben Bloodygrave -Minimal

Track: "Quaternary Eyes"
Artist: Starman Giant 
Album: Solitude Systematic Sequence
Year:  [2015]

Special thanks to Decisiv for all of your musical feedback. 

~STG


Quaternary Eyes

Taken from the  now undead Woob Album Adaption.
http://woob.bandcamp.com/album/adaption
‘Adaption‘ is a psychological thriller / horror musical adaptation of a story centered around a small coastal town’s abandoned video-arcade that mysteriously springs to life after midnight transforming all its unsuspecting visitors into the undead.

This is a Time Limited album and is available to download for just 90 days in its current form after which it will be dead.

Stay Hidden - Adaption Part II

Kiss me for your silver son
I don't have a dream to be the chosen one
If you ever turn your back
I'll bring down the stars among the Zodiac

Judas

Écoute Au Coquillage

Rosa Krüger  - Nuclear    TacuaraArtMedia

Pictures

Vessel - Order Of Noise LP
Released October 15th on Tri Angle Records
LP, CD & Digital

https://itunes.apple.com/be/album/order-of-noise/id561807627?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
http://boomkat.com/cds/573632-vessel-order-of-noise
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https://bleep.com/release/38846


Vessel - Court Of Lions

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Lost Years - Converter

Hidden Hand

this song was featured on the album  'before the eye' :
http://www.discogs.com/Dusk-To-Dawn-Before-The-Eye/release/1000809

It's the first song Dusk to dawn ever made, we played it for hours on our first rehearsal in late 1991.

Dusk to Dawn - Eternal Dawn (1992)

Produced By Neiv
Recorded at Satellite Studio and Kreuz Studio by Giorgio Gagliano, Neiv
Mixed By James Aparicio 

Indecisive Split Decision

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