1986 darkwave, minimal electro band from Rochester, New York. The lineup was James Tabbi (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jeff Gallea (bass, drum programs, vocals, keyboard), Jack Schaefer (electric guitar) and Dan Brumley (synths, samples, vocoder, melodica). They released the "Bas Relief" LP in 1986, only 500 silkscreened and hand numbered copies of the record were made which are now extremely sought after by minimal synth enthusiasts. This gem has a wonderful low-tech warm driving synth sound that is infectious. The vocals are haunting and the bass lines remind of Joy Division. Almost every song is killer dark post-punk or electronic synth wave. They seemed to take cues from Echo and the Bunnymen, early New Order, Fad Gadget, and Depeche Mode. Songs like Watching Trees, Tears and Cinnamon, Portugal, Ignorant Father, and Temporal deserve to be heard. Timeless."


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Boot & Tax - Brace Brace EP - MEANT022

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Played And Supported by:
The Hacker, Justin Robertson, Massiliano Pagliara, Chloé, James Teej, Sean Johnston, Acid Washed, Erol Alkan, Populette, Matt Walsh, Prins Thomas, Phred Noir, Craig Bratley, Pulp Disco And The Outcast, Maceo Plex, Fairmont, Danny Daze, Tim Paris, Ivan Smagghe, Ewan Pearson, Mr G, Headman, My Favorite Robot, Split Secs, Dimitri Veimar, Golden Bug, Fabrizio Mamarella, Alien Alien, Villanova...

12" Vinyl Tracklist:
A1 - Brace Brace (Original Mix)
A2 - Brace Brace (Alien Alien Remix)
B1 - Niente Per Niente (Original Mix)
B2 - Balkan Youth (Original Mix)

Behind the next release on Meant Records are Italian duo Boot & Tax, a relatively new pairing made up of Claudio Brioschi and Cristian Croce. Here they serve up three great originals baced with a stellar remix from Alien Alien.
Before now, Boot & Tax have released two extremely well received EPs on JD Twitch’s Optimo Trax and have also recently had their music licensed to Erol Alkan’s Fabric live 77, so the pair are really on the up.
Title track ‘Brace Brace’ is first and is an elastic, analogue workout with gurgling synth lines riding up and down atop steely drums as punky vocals come on at various intervals. Acid and electro, techno and house all get bottled up in the arrangement, which is fresh and just what you would expect of someone backed by JD Twitch.
The Alien Alien remix of this one is slow and trudging, purposeful and swampy. Snaking synths, coarse claps and a sense of foreboding pervade this most groovy of slo mo cuts.
‘Niente Per Niente’ is a dark but balearic feeling bit of chugging disco, with big licks and groaning bass all gliding along at an inviting tempo. Breathy female ad libs add a sense of character to the shadowy drums and ensure this one will set parties like ALFOS on fire. Lastly, ‘Balkan Youth’ gets much more cosmic with its flipping synths, twinkly melodies and rattling percussive patterns. Ascending ever higher, it takes you on a ride through the cosmos and dumps you out somewhere altogether happier.
This is sure to be a breakout release for Boot & Tax who seem right at the heart of the analogue disco revolution.
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Brace Brace EP

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A2 - Boot & Tax - Brace Brace (Alien Alien Remix)

If you are ever to find yourself trapped, alone and lost in the middle of an ice field, we have only one bit of advice for you. It's time to cut down on your drinking. Surely this can be the only logical reason for being quite so isolated and, whether the alcohol consumption was a recent occurrence or it simply led you into agreeing to a venture into the frozen wilderness in the first place, there must have been some involved in order for you to have made such a poor decision.

That being said, perhaps this is just the opportunity you need to reinvigorate yourself and find a new level of inner peace. If you're fortunate to come across a pair of fraternal inuits, Eskimo Twins if you will, then they may help reshape your life and turn it into something completely different but nonetheless very enjoyable.

But that's quite enough of that, we all know that you're sat staring into an electronic device awaiting the pleasure of a brand new remix of Mugwump to hit your ears. We won't hold you back any longer.

PREMIERE - Mugwump - After They Fall (Eskimo Twins Remix) - Subfield/!K7

As Ra herself was eclipsed by the monument, it was safe to rush away from all. The hieroglyphics were on the wall. The gameplay was perfect.

PREMIERE: Fairmont - Onyx (Samuel Berdah Remix)[Days Of Being Wild]

Our good friends the @Pin-Up-Club are back on @BordelloaParigi with a superb quartet of tracks in the 'The Forever Machine' EP.

The title track burns with quivering chords that rise ever skyward on a column of tight rhythms as lyrics spiral ever upward.  

Release Date - 25/06/18

Read more via the Sinchi blog - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/2018/06/27/premiere-pin-up-club-the-forever-machine-bordello-a-parigi/
Youtube - https://youtu.be/THiqTvjGh_4

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