Minimal Synth Group - March 2017

Archon

Whipped up another dance track.
I needed a break from the emotional devastation that comes with writing the usual CG tracks. Mental health is in the trash.

Defeat

Slovenian DJ/producer Marjan Vitorĳoski's productions first showed up on our collective radar back in 2019 leading to an appearance on the 1st volume of Dancefloor Detonators on Invisible Inc swiftly followed by an appearance on Curses' Ombra International imprint. Three years on and Vitorĳoski's sound is even more focussed and refined. His productions more advanced, his roots deeper. Expressing a deep passion for ancient Macedonian culture and art, his music often sounds like a bridge between his European homeland and the Orient. With an array of hardware and effects processors at his disposal that most producers would be highly envious of, his music also frequently benefits from the inclusion of organic instruments (a theme those familiar with Invisible Inc will be aware of) most notably the Persian daf (a frame drum similar to the Celtic bodhran) which punctuates each song with its hypnotic beat. Interspersed with monastic chants that seem to channel the ancestors perfectly, the swirling arpeggiated synths, pulsing bass lines and scything rhythms result in a sonic palette as rooted in history as it is fresh. It's also highly hallucinogenic. Close your eyes and you can imagine yourself transported to an ancient Macedonian opium den. The three original tracks are complemented by an epic remix from Optimo Music stalwart and Phase Group founder Mr TC who takes the acid and explores the outer limits even further. The EP's artwork (by Gordon Mackinnon) is based on a pattern from traditional Macedonian costume - originating from a period when opium dens were still very much in existence.

https://soundcloud.com/vitorijoski
https://soundcloud.com/mrtcmusic
https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc

PREMIERE⚡️Vitorijoski - Banica (MR TC Remix) [Invisible Inc.]

A TRANSITION feat. Gina - another small collaboration from us on my earlier instrumental piece of the same name

Dark Ambitions & Bright Lights (feat. Gina)

Film Noir-Never Ending Dream Lp (eirma 011) 
- Passion of Memories/Glass 7” (eirma 011s)

All is black when the lights are on
nothing rhymes it’s been so long… 

A romantic work endowed with a cinematically delivered ambivalence… A collective of obscure sound maneuvers accompanying sculptured figures as those do perpetually induce imagery, sentimental vigilance and movement… It is somewhere within this low-lighting scene, that Film Noir appear… It is somewhere within this sweet melancholic ambience that Film Noir denote their musical existence… Born in the mid ‘80s, out of seminal dark-wave acts Final Sense and Hands of Cain, Film Noir positioned themselves in a special manner within the Greek underground musical milieu. Playing a mixture of dreamlike new wave and dark wave, the group not only appealed to the audience but it also demonstrated the strong musical impetus of the relevant national scene. Never-Ending Dream was the group’s first work (originally released in 1986). In fact, including six artfully delivered syntheses, this mini-album was soon to become an absolute rarity, sought after by fans and collectors. Not so strange might one think judging those syntheses’ fullness, considering those songs’ dynamics in terms of coherence and inspiration. First, the song Excuse: a proper introduction to a romantic journey impelled by the Fluid Idols toward the melancholic spin of the Drowned Kiss; an authentic dark-wave masterpiece.  Following, Decry, a resurface to rhythmically (however, seemingly) brighter landscapes further explored as one gets exposed to the Rainfall. And then, Sin a thoughtful song seemingly ending the Never Ending Dream whilst re-revealing the continuous inner-tension characterizing the album.
Finally, this re-release is accompanied by a 7” single including two previously unreleased tracks. More precisely, Passion of Memories and Glass, further dreamy and sophisticated sound strokes see the light of day 26 years after their recording and happily provide us all with additional material from this special act.  
Never Ending Dream Lp plus Passion of Memories/Glass 7” single come in a strongly limited edition of 500 copies so act fast!


Film Noir - Excuse

Sublimation

Picking Things Out Of The Air

Another Night

excerpt from "Disparitions" LP (Medical Records, 2015)
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Je suis ce corps, égaré
Soutenu sur le plan incliné
D'une montagne de cendres
Entrelacée de forêts et de lac
Où résonnent les cloîtres
Et la solitude des sommets

Avalanche d'absence
Rouée de coups
Avant-goûts
De débuts difficiles

La gravité prend le dessus
Telle une flèche défaillante
Occupant l'inattendu
D'un grand ciel cinéma

D'un grand ciel cinéma

Les cierges dressés fondent en larmes
Mon ombre portée
Au mode de vie panoramique
M'abandonne
Depuis, je vois la vie en sombre

Possédée par le secret
Des portes fermées à clé
À fleur de peau de tout
Un brouillard de colère m'envahie
Le cœur serré à double tour

Je me tue pour toujours
Je me tue pour toujours

Vient alors l'évasion
Déchirante autoroute
Sauve-qui-peut
Défilement de bitume et d'imagination
Disparition fantôme

Ce ne sera pas la dernière
Ma vie n'est faite que de ça

Disparition fantôme

Ma vie n'est faite que de ça
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Peine Perdue - DISPARITION FANTÔME

Alex June - Rose Pourpre

AmStrand

We Lost Confidence In This Town

Song taken from last album "Between Parallel Lights"
available here : https://schonwald.bandcamp.com/

From the Iv/An album 'Comforts Of The Future'.

Available on 12" vinyl from TONN Recordings Bandcamp.

Mastered by Jean-Dante Vuillemin at Precision Studio France.

Comforts Of The Future

Somewhere There's A Hunger Strike

Somewhere There's A Hunger Strike - Iv/An (from the vinyl album 'Comforts Of The Future')

Ton Corps

Synthwave duet based in Paris and Berlin.
Coco Gallo and Stephane Argillet Stereovoid.

The Minimal Synth Group is for everyone to be heard, community and the love of the genre.  Please submit your tracks via DM to this page that you would like added to the monthly playlist.   Cheers. @l-sedition

Peine Perdue - DISPARITION FANTÔME

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