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Fall Of Saigon - So Long
In true minimal synth...
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July 2010
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COLD WAVES AT NUMBER ONE IN CHARTS! →
Fantastic music website ‘The Quietus’ has compiled their list of the best compilations, re-issues and live albums of the year so far. And guess who’s at number one?
Yep, keep it cold kids…
June 2010
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Quietus Magazine Feature →
Click the above link for an interview with Wierd Records’ Pieter Schoolwerth. Words by Kev Kharas.
”Earlier this year, London’s Angular Recording Corporation released a compilation album entitled Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics. Profiling an analogue (rather than digital) synthpop music conjured into being by an obscured, disconnected constellation of young people living...
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NEEDLE EXCHANGE II : MINIMAL WAVE RECORDS →
Another great mix for Self-Titled by Minimal Wave Records founder Veronica Vasicka. Pitchfork say:
“One of the coolest things that Minimal Wave Tapes accomplishes is how nicely it frames the current synth-pop renaissance, reinforcing the idea that there’s room in the garage for sequencers and Korgs as well as guitars and drums…”
Go ahead and GO >
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“I feel so desperately chilled”
– Repetition - ‘The Still Reflex’
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WIERD NEEDLE EXCHANGE : 'Warm Waves and Maximal... →
A great mix for self-titled magazine by Wierd Records founder Pieter Schoolwerth. He say:
“This mix was very much the sound of the Wierd Party in its earliest days, when it was just a handful of close friends sitting around the Southside Lounge in Brooklyn, playing our favorite long-forgotten records late into the night.”
Dig it.
May 2010
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Peter Van Garderen and Lidia The Rose in...
April 2010
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Ruth - ‘Polaroïd/Roman/Photo’...
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“Computers, programs, shadows in the night.”
– DEUX - ‘Game And Performance’ , 1983
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MTV digs the cold →
‘as sweet and clear as if they were made yesterday’
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WatchKraftwerk. The forefathers of Coldwave introduced to Britons here in this charming and quaintly narrated ‘Tomorrow’s World’ clip from 1975.
“jackets with electronic lapels which can be played by touch.” Ha.
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Kraftwerk on BBC on Tomorrow’s World (1975)
March 2010
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“We have made suburbs of ourselves and the only road out is on the dancefloor.”
– The Quietus review ‘Cold Waves…’
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Guardian Music Weekly Podcast : Coldwave Special
‘Nine Circles, 1981’
This is a great piece on our compilation and the genres of coldwave/minimal.. featuring a chat with me, and a wonderfully reflective interview with Lidia The Rose from Nine Circles.. links below >
From the Guardian: Music Weekly: Coldwave Special We remember forgotten 80s electronic genre Cold Wave, with the help of Joe Daniel from Angular Records and Dutch...
LAUNCH PARTY TONIGHT!
The above track is a...
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FACT Magazine Competition! →
WIN A COPY OF ‘COLD WAVES AND MINIMAL ELECTRONICS’ ON VINYL!
Simply email the word ‘coldwave’ to competitions@vinylfactory.co.uk NOW and the winner will be notified by 6pm on Friday 26th March…
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'The Daily Note' salutes the original Coldwave... →
’It’s time to recognise this music as an important missing link’.
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Pitchfork Review of 'Cold Waves...' →
“as an introduction to this obscure movement, Cold Waves is tough to top…”
“apocalyptic fears, futurist dreams, and gloriously naive love songs…”
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High Voltage 'Cold Waves...' Review →
‘why did The Beatles even bother?’
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BBC Review of 'Cold Waves...' →
‘a reminder of a time when electronic music could do nothing but look boldly forward…’
February 2010
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No More - ‘Suicide Commando’
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Cold Waves... Resident Advisor Review! →
The exciting and influential website ‘Resident Advisor’ has reviewed ‘Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics’ alongside the ‘Minimal Wave Tapes’ compilation that is also being released soon. Compare and contrast…
“They share a sci-fi attitude towards identity, romance and history, a dystopic vision lit by flashing strobes that pierce the smoke and...
'Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1'... →
Click the above link to buy direct from the Angular Records website!
January 2010
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Die Atlantikschwimmer
A couple of months ago I posted the amazing track ‘Der Tunnel’ by Die Atlantikschwimmer, and now for you pleasure here is their first album (found here), released only on cassette in 1983.
I’ve been immersed in this all weekend. It’s somewhere between coldwave and Neue Deutsche Welle, also recalling the Au Pairs and early Rough Trade girl groups. I particularly love the...
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GUIDE TO COLDWAVE →
Dan Nixon of renowned blog 20 Jazz Funk Greats has written an incredible ‘Guide To Coldwave’ for Dummy Magazine. This handy 14 point guide will provide you with all the knowledge you’ll need to get started. From auspicious beginnings with newly portable and affordable equipment, via Kraftwerk, Industrial and Synthpop, right through to the current purveyors of Coldwave - Wierd...
