1979-82 Synthwave

from the "Various Artists:  2018 - 2003 = 15 Years Of 4mg Records" K7
Slovakia - October 2018
recorded in July 2017

Abel 2

Comix

Touche pas mon sexe

Attack Time

Cowboy on the Beach

Minimal Wave is proud to present a reissue of the seminal first album from Swiss Wavers, Guyer’s Connection. Tibor Csébits and Philippe Alioth formed Guyer’‘s Connection in Basel, Switzerland when they were only 14 and 15 years old. At the time they were in a new wave rock band called “Kurtzschluss” which they decided to break from in order to make purely electronic music. They began with two synthesizers, a drum machine, a 4-track tape recorder and a multitude of ideas. They channeled their unique and humorous vision into their first album, entitled Portrait which they produced themselves and self-released in 1983. Over the years, the album became a highly sought after minimal synth cult classic. It stands alone as one of the strongest examples of Swiss Minimal Wave, and probably the only one that is in Baseldytsch. The Portrait reissue is presented in a high quality gloss sleeve, with artwork to match their original sleeve design from 1983. The record features newly remastered audio pressed on 180 gram black vinyl, as a hand-numbered edition of 999. Release date: September 16th, 2014.
Pre-order the vinyl here: http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/portrait
Digital release to follow.

Guyer's Connection - Pogo of Techno

Cardboard Lamb

FINALLY the time has come to re-release the first ever recordings by Belgian minimal synth masters Twilight Ritual. Released in 1982 in a tiny cassette edition this album has not been heard by many people. “The Ritual" includes some of their best work, from mysterious dark synthpopsongs (Elegy) to club music (Webb-men) and the epic 14-minute track (Up To Now).

Twilight Ritual was/is the main project by Geert Coppens and Peter Bonne. During the early eighties they were involved in many other bands including Autumn and Linear Movement (both re-released on Minimal Wave), but Twilight Ritual is by far the most inspired project. The spirit of the band lingers on beneath the work of Autumn through A Split Second and stands besides the best tracks of bands such as Oppenheimer Analysis and League Of Nations.

Twilight Ritual - Webb Men

Linear Movement - Way Out Of Living

Rheingold

Dreiklangsdimensionen (Single / Remastered 2005)

Many Kisses E Altri Successi

Lola

Mathématiques Modernes - Réponds Moi

part of the double 7inch Release on No More Pop
comes in custom handmade gatefold sleeve, handnumbered limited to 300
www.nomorepop.net/shop

tracklist:
1.1 Performance - Pilotes (Original)
1.2 Performance - Pilotes (Dub)
1.3 Performance - Sécurité (Rework)
2.1 Performance - Parfum du Temps
2.2 Performance - Pilotes (Orgue Electronique Remix)

The free digital download package, coming with the vinyl includes an alternative version of "Parfum du Temps", as well as the unreleased song "Nouveau Venu"!


Performance - Pilotes(Original)

Polaroid / Roman / Photo

Automaticism

Polaroid

Flesh

Operating Instructions

Alles ist Gut

Der Mussolini

The Age Of Sound

Grauzone (40 Years Anniversary Edition)

Eisbär

Ceramic Hello - "Symphony of Shudders" from our reissue of their 1981 classic, "The Absence Of A Canary"(Ice Machine - iMach001 LP/CD/ digital). Release date 02/14/2020. ORDER:

👉 http://suction.shop/collections/ice-machine
EU/UK/International:
👉 http://suction-eu.shop/collections/ice-machine
Bandcamp (digital + limited physical copies):
👉 http://suctionrecords.bandcamp.com

Excited to announce that next year we're launching a new label, Ice Machine. The label will be dedicated to all things wave/synthpop/postpunk/etc, both old and new. Our first 2 vinyl releases will be released simultaneously on 01/24 - a new pressing of Ceramic Hello's cult 1981 LP, and the debut of a new duo from Toronto called Analytica, with some serious early-Depeche Mode/New Order vibes. More info + pre-order pages will be online soon!

Ceramic Hello "Symphony Of Shudders" (iMach001)

While remaining predominantly unknown except amongst die-hard collectors, Portray Heads has proven to be one of the best kept secrets of the Japanese electronic underground. Tohru Tomita (冨田徹) formed Portray Heads in 1984 in Matsuyama City, the capital of Shikoku Island, with fellow band members Ayumi Tokunaga (徳永あゆみ) and Mikiharu Doi (土居幹治), just after dissolving his solo bedroom project Onanie Bazooka. The trio entered the studio in August that same year and recorded several songs. Two songs from the recorded sessions were released as the band's debut 7" single, a flexi entitled Elaborate Dummy — a lost classic — on Kobe's now defunct Kageroh Records.

Soon after the Elaborate Dummy release, Ayumi, the band's vocalist, departed and Portray Heads worked on recruiting a replacement. They tried several vocalists until, finally, they found Yumi Ochi (越智由美) - who was a perfect fit. She joined the band and the trio went back into the studio between February and April 1986 and recorded Oratorio, their second and final release. They self-released it on cassette in October and as a 7" in December that same year.

As the band was based in a conservative and isolated city, Portray Heads rarely had the opportunity to perform live and eventually disbanded with their two releases quietly becoming collector's items. Upon making contact, band leader Tohru Tomita revealed to us two unheard demo recordings, one from each vocalist featured on their records. These recordings are not merely disposable studio experiments, but actually rival or surpass in quality the group’s released music. With this double LP, Minimal Wave Records and Bitter Lake Recordings present to you the recorded discography of one of the most overlooked and underrated minimal synth projects coming out of Japan in the 1980s.

https://minimalwave.com/releases/release/portray-heads/

https://portrayheads.bandcamp.com/album/portray-heads

Portray Heads

Portray Heads - Elaborate Dummy

Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque

1979-82 Synthwave

IPMorgan