off pop and dark

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-040-monuments-age-lp

We are pleased to present a crown jewel of the early 80s Italian Minimal Synth scene. 
The MONUMENTS came into being in January 1981 in Turin when Mauro Tavella (keyboards, programming) and Andrea Costa (keyboards, voice) pooled their artistic experiences. From the outset they produced exclusively synthesised music, following the natural evolution in electronic music from the early days with monophonic synthesisers to the latest virtual sounds generated with the aid of computers.

The MONUMENTS released in 1984 their only official record on Discordie, a mini LP called "Age" comprising six incredibly fantastic electro-pop tracks, here reissued by Mannequin Records with 2 bonus tracks, "Veiled Lady" and "The Seals", which are out-takes from the same period. All the tracks were recorded on a Tascam 8-tracks, with external synchronisation of the percussions, at the TKS Studio in Torino.

From 1987 onwards, they focused exclusively on music for theatre, radio and independent film, writing scores for the opening sequences of programmes for some of the most important Italian TV companies as well as soundtracks for documentaries.  

Anna Logue Records released "XXVII" CD in 2009, an anthology of their music that contains the best of their early work from the years 1981-84. 

Some critics thought of this mini LP as being the best electropop record ever coming out of Italy.  A masterpiece!
 - 12’’ LP on black vinyl, 33 RPM - Limited edition of 300 copies
- 2 Bonus Tracks from 1984 (The Seals, Veiled Lady) 
- Artwork reworked from the Original cover from 1984

  Strongly recommended to fans of New Order, Kraftwerk, Chromagain, Lisfrank

Monuments - Oblivious

Gold Zebra - Useless Night

Silent Signals - Waiting for reaction

from 'Oblivion' LP, available at https://swissdarknights.bandcamp.com/...

http://www.facebook.com/ashcodemusic

Recording & Mixing : L'arte Dei Rumori



Oblivion

07. Without A Trace

Lab Code

Moon Suit

early demo of A Slice Of Life (vi.be/asliceoflife)

Music made by Guy Wilssens (guitar with Perverted By Language)
Lyrics & Vocals: Dirk Vreys also singer of the obsCURE (a belgian cure tribute band)(www.facebook.com/obscure.the/) www.theobsCURE.be
recorded 14/12/2015

A Slice Of Life - Coraline

Wish

#3 track HAPAX "Cave" album 2016

DESERT 

We are sand in the desert
We are mirage of some kind of god.
Only bedouins and gods have fun in the desert.
But you are neither.
You are just a grain of sand,
that the wind blows all over.

But still the wind among millions
notice right that sandgrain
and takes it away, over the wide wasteland,
to a wider desert:
Monument to the human race,
which celebrates with pride its barrenness

You’re sand in the desert.
Can be it won’t find you, never.
You’re mirage of someone’s god.
Or rather a deep sunken waterhole.

You’re sand in the desert.
Can be it won’t find you, never.
Mirage of some kind of god.
Or rather a deep sunken waterhole.
                            

We are sand in the desert
We are mirage of some kind of god.
Only bedouins and gods have fun in the desert.
But you are neither.
You are just a sandgrain,
that the  blind wind blows all over.

[REFRAIN]

The most tangled maze ever / is the one with no rims or walls./
Drained ocean’s your desert / where your ship was doomed to run ashore.

HAPAX - DESERT

"No Drive" by Dancing Plague from Habitual EP.
Written/Recorded by Conor Knowles.
Mixed/Mastered by Ramsey Troxel. 
www.dancingplaguemusic.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/dancingplaguemusic

No Drive

Debut full-length album, "Pure Desperation" by Dancing Plague. 
Black Verb Records.
www.blackverbrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pure-desperation
www.dancingplaguemusic.bandcamp.com

Decades Go By

Interior Lives (w/William Keihn)

Please note: 

- All Soundcloud samples are at 128kbps and unmastered. 
- Manifestation 12" EP  will be released on November 2012 (more datails soon). 
- We are currently working on mastering

-Info-

In Death It Ends appearing from nowhere via their YouTube channel “▲TV” on new years eve 2011. The facebook page INDΣΔ†HI†ΣNDϟ appeared to suggest this was some kind of ‘comeback’: A number of albums and cassette releases that appeared to date back as far as 1969. This of course is probably untrue, but many love to play along.

For In Death It Ends is a black mass of contradictions. Combining post-punk guitar and bass with ‘witch house’ iconography. Drum machine beat and loop repetition with drone and euphoric energy. Inappropriately large reverbs with analog echoes, satanic chants and monosynths before casting it all aside and descending into lo-fi oceanic distant murmurings. First creating the micro-genre “Progressive Occult Hipstercore” before discarding it for “Progressive Occult Ghost-Wave” for these things are short lived and there are surely new places to explore.

Six months into their existence, in June 2012 the Berlin based label specialising in cassette tapes Aufnahme und Wiedergabe release In Death It Ends first album, “Forgotten Knowledge“, a limited edition of 100 copies that sell out within two hours of the pre-order announcement. (The album ”Forgotten Knowledge” is due for a reissue on October 12th with pre-orders starting on the 1st October). Some two months later, in August 2012 a self-released CDr “Restorative Art EP” is completed. A slightly more indulgent and downbeat release, limited to just 50 copies. (It sells out within ten minutes of the product release going live). Following on from this, Aufnahme und Wiedergabe announce their first vinyl release [a+w lp001] it will be In Death It Ends 2nd album “Occvlt Machine” scheduled for release in January 2013. In October Aufname und Wiedergabe will re-release the first “Velvet Condom” EP on cassette. It will include a remix of the classic track “Kalter Lippenstift” that has been produced by In Death It Ends. For more details, please click here.

And so to now, TSM are set to release “Manifestations”, a six-track 12″ EP limited edition containing tracks picked by the team at TSM: five of the best from “Forgotten Knowledge” and one track from the “Restorative Art EP“. The launch is scheduled for November 2012. Stay tuned!

In Death It Ends – Manifestations 12” EP  (TSM 0003)

A1 Blind Faith
A2 Covet
A3 Follow

B1 We All Die
B2 Restorative Art – II
B3 Forgotten Knowledge

Mastering by Moisés Martí (DDF Studio). 
Special thanks to Jordi Bellera (Repli CD).

B3 - In Death It Ends - Forgotten Knowledge

Ritual

Ritual (feat. Karolina Engdahl)

Ibisco

A Beautiful Curse

Lovers in Paradise

New song/music video "Secrets & Lies" out now: https://youtu.be/q1dTs3zpY74
New album "Bleak Moments" coming July 2nd:
www.dancingplaguemusic.bandcamp.com

Decades Go By

Dancing Plague

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