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Der Mussolini (Original Version)

PRE-ORDER: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/dark-entries/joe-crow-compulsion-ep/

Joe Crow is a post-punk musician from Birmingham, England. He was a member of legendary Brum band The Prefects, & hung on long enough after the name-change to appear on a couple of early Nightingales singles. In 1981 Joe began his solo career and recorded a 2-song demo “Compulsion” and “Absent Friends”. Joe sent copies of the finished recordings to Cherry Red, who thanks to Lawrence of Felt, ended up releasing the single in 1982. An edited version of the single would later appear on the compilation “Pillows & Prayers” that collected songs which originated as 45s or EPs. Martin Gore of Depeche Mode subsequently covered “Compulsion” on his ‘Counterfeit' EP in 1989 forever solidifying its status in the cannon of UK melancholic synth pop . 

“Compulsion” and “Absent Friends” were originally intended as a double A-side. Composed, performed and recorded by Joe on an 8-track reel-to-reel at Sinewave Studio, Moseley Village in February 1981 and were engineered by Al McKerchar. Joe plays everything: guitar, bass, Boss Dr. Rhythm, Bee Gees Rhythm Machine, Wasp synthesizer, bongos stuffed with towels and an old tin tray for a snare drum. Everything was borrowed. “Compulsion” is an imaginary suicide note, a meditation on loss and grief. Its dark twin “Absent Friends” is an anti-song: no verses, choruses or middle-eight, some willfully odd chord progressions and plaintive yet melodic keyboard motif.  Both songs are a spectral hybrid of alternating childlike and cynical vocals over lo-tech basement electronics with profound lyrics. This expanded 12” reissue adds 3 unreleased bonus tracks on the B-side taken from a mini-album of nine songs, recorded at the same time as “Compulsion”. Originally titled “Ken Blagdon Sings” with music by Joe Crow and lyrics by photographer Brendan Jackson, as a birthday present to the latter's girlfriend, Jacqui Neave. The whole session lasted one day and the line up was Brendan Jackson (alias Ken Blagdon; vocals/percussion), Joe Crow (vocals/bass/guitar/Boss Dr. Rhythm/Wasp synthesizer), Mark Rowson (drums), Helen Rowson (alto saxophone), Eamonn Duffy (Nightingales bassist; squawks) and Legs Akimbo (technicals). 

All songs have been remastered from the original master tapes for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The jacket is an exact replica of the 1982 edition enlarged for the 12” format, featuring front and back photos of Joe from a dawn beach shoot at Hayling Island, Hampshire, England. Each copy includes a two-sided newsprint insert with lyrics, never-before-seen photos and liner notes by Joe Crow and Robert Lloyd of the Nightingales. These songs are perfect new wave / post-punk tracks, full of attitude and dark romanticism. 

Compulsion

i rlly wanted u 2 be there (ft Xsandiex)

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FILM 2

Circuit 7 ‎– Video Boys
Label:
RAPP Records ‎– RAPP 023459, Micro Records (2) ‎– MIC 1
Format:
Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Red 
Country:
UK
Released:
1984
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop, Minimal

Tracklist
A	Video Boys	4:07
B	The Force	5:23

Circuit 7   ''Video Boys Alt'' UK 1984

Minimal Wave proudly presents a full length double album entitled “Further Strategies” by synthpop band Turquoise Days. Hailing from Jersey, Channel Islands, Turquoise Days was formed in 1981 by Luciano Brambilla and David Le Breton shortly after meeting at a nightclub in St Ouens called Waves. They used Roland synthesizers and drum machines, as well Yamaha synthesizers and Fender guitars along with tape effects and vocals. Throughout the 1980s, they self-released many cassettes, as well as the renowned masterpiece Grey Skies / Blurred 7” single. They were selected for the Radio Luxembourg song contest in 1985 and received press for their releases and appearance there. Their music can be described as melodic, emotive new wave. The music featured here includes the songs from the long sold out Alternative Strategies release from 2009, remastered, along with a a collection of previously unreleased material. The release is limited to 999 hand-numbered copies. The records are pressed on 160 gram white vinyl and come in a matte heavyweight gatefold jacket designed by Phil Yamada, featuring unpublished photographs of the the band inside the gatefold. Further Strategies will be available for pre-order soon, with a release date in early November.
https://minimalwave.com/articles/article/turquoise-days-further-strategies-2lp

Further Strategies

Turquoise Days - Grey Skies

Headmaster at NITE SCHOOL. Audio curator at SCORPIO RX. DJ/BOOKER/PROMOTER at NITE SCHOOL. MAL VIVANT.
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Sky "Scorpio" Forest Hutchens started DJing over twenty years ago in the Seattle club scene. Best known for Deep Cuts at The Mercury and Kult at Kincora. He then went on to be a familiar figure in Austin, Texas DJ circles starting in 2007 with notable nights such as the weekly Psychotropic (with fellow dj Candy Whiplash) featuring live psychedelic music and DJs, glam and indie dance night EZ Action at Beauty Bar with live music and DJs, and his most acclaimed success as a darkwave pioneer with his monthly night Nite School at Cheer Up Charlies, with cutting edge dark electronic, experimental, no wave, synth, goth, industrial and avant-garde performers and DJs, which ran for 12 and half years.

Photos, Scorpio album art and Scorpio logo by Victoria Renard

Der Mussolini (Original Version)

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