Amsterdam, 1982. Smoke fills the streets, squatters clash violently with the police, uprising is in the air. In this disorderly mess, the worlds of activism, art, fashion, and nightlife converged into an explosion of creativity. Amidst all of this Electric Party, the brainchild of René van Rijn, released the ‘Work’ tape on Amsterdam label Fetisj, now a cult cassette for the few who remember.

Forty years ago they created this unique blend of no wave, mutant disco, funk, and experimental music. It was around the time of the rise of the members-only club Mazzo, with all its prominent figures, the anarchy of the squatting movement, and the art academy connection. Everything took place in this inebriated twilight zone of blissful joy.

This record consists of 3 of the best tracks from the ‘Work’ tape and 6 unreleased tracks from forgotten cassette tapes, all remastered and restored where necessary. Among them the unreleased anthem ‘Caribe’, which was recorded in Spain as the opening track for a Spanish discotheque in 1987.

We worked 4 years to tie the strings together and we’re more than excited to release it, with its marvelous background story, well captured in liner notes written by Hannah Pezzack, and printed on a full-color inner sleeve.

Re-mastered by Wouter Brandenburg and designed by Steele Bonus. And special thanks to Marco van Dalfsen from Diggin' Demos for his help and dedication in the process of finding Electric Party. Get his Work cassette, a hardcopy fanzine, and bonus tracks at: bit.ly/3tCclN2

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PREMIERE : Electric Party - Catwalk

Without a doubt, one of my absolute favorite Wavey Synthpop  7" from Germany. One copy available. Extremely rare and sadly not the cheapest.

Wave Shape "Dark Night" - Private Press 7" - Germany, 1984 - 299€

For the second release of 2017 Macadam Mambo is launching a special compilation of official cuts made by friends of the label, mostly very obscure tracks in Sacha’s  « Metalic vibe » from post-punk to synth-pop, experimental and more… 
Big up to Khwezi Strydom from Lyon for the special painting on the artwork !!

Tracklisting:
A1. Human Flesh ''Monarch In My Kingdom'' (Kilian Krings Ajustement) 4:33
A2. Sm Nurse ''Dare To Die'' (Dunkeltier Restauration) 5:18
A3. Frieder Butzmann & Thomas Kapielski ''Do The Vopo'' (Panoptique Ajustement) 5:54
B1. 関戸夫婦 ''細菌'' (Mori Ra Ajustement) 6:37
B2. (Tnemetsuja Reitleknud / Dniknnam Rebo) ''Gnos Yppah'' 6:25
C1. Armand Frydman ''Vox'' (Shiny Boots Ajustement) 4:23
C2. Futurologischer Congress ''Korperwarme'' (Misha Geleyn Ajustement) 5:42
C3. Bunnydrums ''Too Much Time'' (Smagghe & Cross Ajustement) 6:01
D1. Stefan Egger ''Power Synthi'' (Sneakers Bakalao Ajustement) 6:21
D2. The Client Brothers ''Punk Funk'' (Guillaume Des Bois Ajustement) 5:04
D3. ''Love Mission'' (Dunkeltier Ajustement) 6:24
E. Dacapo ''Cogito'' (Sacha Mambo Ajustement) 4:46
F. Jan Fex ''Drömmar Håller Mig Vaken'' (Johan Ressle Ajustement) 3:58

Release scheduled for mid april, if everything is going well ;)

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MMLP404 - Various "Danzas Electricas" [PREVIEW] SOLD OUT!

A1) Ted Milton – Love Is Like A Violēnce ‎​
A2) Ted Milton – It’s Only Recently That Stalins Have Begun To Roost​

AA1) Blurt – The Ruminant Plinth​

Blurt are perhaps the act who have played live at Optimo more than any other. Active for close to 40 years they are one of the UK’s all time great acts, phenomenal live and on record and supremely underrated.

Blurt mainman Ted Milton is a living legend. Now in his 70s but more vibrant on stage than most artists 50 years his junior, he is a man of many talents; artist, poet, musician, performer….

In 1984 he released a solo 12”; “Love Is Like A Violēnce”, a no doubt accidental dancefloor gem completely out of kilter with any other music of the era that now makes total sense in 2017. Dubbed out stabs, programmed rhythm, trademark sax squeals and a more subdued than normal vocal that is strangely reminiscent of Vincent Price. Thee definition of a cult classic and much in demand, side A of this 12” presents the A and B side (the equally outre “It's Only Recently That Stalins Have Begun To Roost”) of this mighty 12” on one side of vinyl.

“The Ruminant Plinth” is but one of multiple classic tracks in the Blurt catalogue and is a long, long time personal favourite that takes pride of place of the other side. Tribal hypno rhythms, chicken wire guitar, sax and Milton’s voice on fire, this was a genuine party starter on the Optimo dance floor on Sunday nights in Glasgow. So louche it should probably be banned.

12” vinyl release in full picture sleeve designed by Glasgow artist Andrew Beltran.

Released on vinyl (and digital) on January 19th 2018. Distributed by Kompakt.

Optimo Music 39  - Ted Milton / Blurt - Ruminant Violence 12" EP  (sampler)

Nose Job 2019 - NJ#002 7" https://nosejob.bandcamp.com/album/ok-nda-sk-l-ensamma-stunder

The second NJ is from Malmö's @prinsemanuel [Fasaan, Fri Form], geezer and master of many trades. First up is the wonky, rugged flanger jam Okända Skäl (Reasons Unknown) then comes the spesh slow burner Ensamma Stunder (Lonely Moments). This doozy of a 7" is very much about his place of birth in Skåne. With the art inspired by a cave painting and a megalithic monument from the iron age close to his mum's house. Life goes in circles…

Recorded and produced by Emanuel Sundin
Mastered by Carsten Dämbkes
Artwork by Emanuel / Layout by Shiver
Riso print by Jan Matthé
Distribution by Crevette

NJ#002 Prins Emanuel - Ensamma Stunder

Nose Job 2019 - NJ#002 7" nosejob.bandcamp.com/album/ok-nda-s…nsamma-stunder

The second NJ is from Malmö's @prinsemanuel [Fasaan, Fri Form], geezer and master of many trades. First up is the wonky, rugged flanger jam Okända Skäl (Reasons Unknown) then comes the spesh slow burner Ensamma Stunder (Lonely Moments). This doozy of a 7" is very much about his place of birth in Skåne. With the art inspired by a cave painting and a megalithic monument from the iron age close to his mum's house. Life goes in circles…

Recorded and produced by Emanuel Sundin
Mastered by Carsten Dämbkes
Artwork by Emanuel / Layout by Shiver
Riso print by Jan Matthé
Distribution by Crevette

NJ#002 Prins Emanuel - Okända Skäl

Another win for the Glowing Pin as Müller & Wandt drop a fresh new age groover on a killer club dub tip. Elsewhere Phazer Boys, Suzanne Kraft, Philipp Otterbach and River Yarra remix the pscht out of their favourite tracks from ‘Instrumentalmusik..’. Expect Goan hits, cosmic trips, loved up rave and chilled out wave on this flawless five tracker.   
Growing Bin becomes Glowing Pin for the most anticipated rematch of the century. Back at the beginning of 2018, Wolf Müller and Niklas Wandt went head to head for a box office smash, throwing a high school percussion tray, wall of hardware and voodoo skull into the ring for the tribal trip of ‘Instrumentalmusik Von Der Mitte Der World’. 
Now the multi-instrumental duo face off once again, but this time it’s a royal rumble with Phazer Boys, Suzanne Kraft, Phillip Otterbach and River Yarra all bringing the noise to the Glowing Pin.  
Müller and Wandt dominate the action on the A1, playing loose with sampler vox, serene pads and future primitive rhythms on the unreleased ‘Fun Dub’ of the also unreleased ‘Dub Dub’. Imagine Ferris Bueller’s trampoline tumble trading Chicago to the Weissenhof and you’ll sense the mood of this New Age groove. Germany’s number one party dudes, those freaky Phazer Boys take a break from dropping killer Candomblé cuts to reach for the lasers on the A2, taking ‘Ahu’ to another dimension. Dripping in neon body paint and armed with fire poi, the Düsseldorf duo power up progressive house sequences, didgeridoo bass and thumping tribal house percussion for a wall-shaking, speaker-breaking remix.   
The B1 belongs to synth whiz Suzanne Kraft who revels in glistening, gliding glory on an expansive remix of  ‘Auflösung’. Sleek, serene and futuristic, the track shimmers like Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, free from inequality and rendered with the 5D(ub?) majesty of a DMT breakthrough. 
B2 hears Salon associate and serious talent Philipp Otterbach take over on a stripped back and psychedelic post punk dub of ‘Expedition’. Angular bass by Süne Große and a stuttering rhythm underpin astral flourishes and the hazy vocals of Lucas Croon before the African elements begin to move to the forefront. 
Last man standing is Australian outlier River Yarra, who leads us into the Krautback with a chugging dub of ‘Weltraumsandalen’. Lent a lysergic sparkle by a percolating one-note bassline, this slow motion stunner masters perpetual motion amid the eerie echoes of the bush, organic percussion and electronic animal cries fading into the night. Let the pins glow again.  
Patrick Ryder  

A1. DUB DUB WMNW Fun-DUB feat. Vomit Heat			8:30 
A2. Ahu - Phazer Boys LaserDUB						8:07  
B1. Auflösung - Suzanne Kraft WerkDUB					6:13 
B2. Expedition - Philipp Odd Dub Bach DUB 
feat. Lucas Croon & Süne Große		                                 5:31 
B3. Weltraumsandalen - River Yarra DUB					6:42

WMNW Remixes - B1 - Auflösung - Suzanne Kraft Werk - Dub (clip) 6min 13secmp3

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It’s a family affair on the second Growing Bin 7”, as Peter & Patrick Jahn @patrickjahn enjoy some father and son boogie with a smooth split release. A sunblushed moocher served two ways, this disc is designed for horizontal dancing…
Rooting around the cupboards in his family home outside Nuremberg, Patrick Jahn unearthed a dusty box of cassettes, saved for posterity but eventually forgotten. Somewhere between ‘True Blue’ and ‘Brothers In Arms’ was a faded C60 full of unreleased demos by his father Peter, recorded in the mid to late 80s. Back then Jahn Sr owned a pub club called Schrank (Cupboard to the Anglophones), with an upstairs office he used as a music studio. In amongst naïve synthesiser experiments and carefree noodling was a Balearic boogie bomb, all strolling synth bass, clipped funk guitar and seaside melancholy – like Brenda Ray on a Wim Wenders soundtrack. 
Too impressed to keep it a secret, Patrick played the cut to Carsten “Erobique” Meyer, when he was over there jamming, and Hamburg’s premier funk freak suggested this might be of interest to his likeminded hometown freak Basso. Instantly in love, the Growing Bin boss suggested Patrick provide his own version for the flipside, and so it was, reborn with percussive sway, moonlit keys and beefy bass tones for the next generation. Here’s to the Jahn family, father and son but brothers in calms… (words by Patrick Ryder)

on a note:  the original tape was not in good condition so the sound of the original version is a bit distorted at the end of the track. SInce I love it so much I can live with it. Hope you can too :) Best, Basso

Patrick Jahn - Abenteuer Überm Schrank 2020 Version (shortened clip)

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Mani-S "Dancing In The Park (Cool Mix)" - GEMA 7" - Germany, 1980s - SOLD

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