"Voices In The Night" is 23rd Underpass' third full-time length album, and Costas Andriopoulos has not lost a bit of his talent to write classy and catchy yet dark synth pop-infused Italo disco tracks. Again aided by Nadia Vassipoulou, John Britsas and Panos Papapetros on vocals, the album is comprised...

A brief history by Rob Lawrence: 5X0D has always been Mark Phillips and Rob Lawrence since it began in 1981 in Bristol UK. Early influences were many going back to pop, prog and krautrock bands of the early 70s, through punk and new wave to industrial, then later Japanese technopop like YMO. We made...

Aborted At Line 6 was a project that emerged from the inside of a Swiss company which sold electronic equipment and batteries. Carlos Perón (founder of Yello) sat on the same desk as the later publisher Urs Steiger. The other members Martin Sturzenegger, Moritz Faccin and Andrea Fürer sat separately...

The fifth release on Tempo Dischi comes from one of the true pioneers of Italian disco: Maurizio Dami aka Alexander Robotnick . " Problèmes d Amour "and " Computer Sourire ", included in the mini album " Ce n est q un début " are two fundamental songs in the history of electronic music made in Italy....

Limited to 500 copies on transparent vinyl. Includes lyrics insert in english , new mastering and the new song "Fala". Debut album of this minimal-electro-pop project from Łódź Poland . Definitely for fans of: Minimal Wave / Linea Aspera / Figure Study / Qual and Lebanon Hanover. TRACKLIST: A1. Post...

Sorely overlooked NDW gem from 1982 "Medical Records presents a reissue of one of Germany s most interesting records. The German duo Aloa only made one album in 1982 but it is one of the most peculiar and innovative records of the Neue Deutsche Welle movement. Long out of print, somewhat obscure, and...

n an emotionally lush 5th volume, Carsten Nicolai completes the acclaimed Xerrox series of conceptual image-to-sound recordings with a romantic, richly melodic finale that epitomises his solo work s clinamen from coldly mechanical and nanoscopic to warmer, widescreen themes since initiating the series...

Ambassade's 2019 'Duistre Kamers' album was a huge favourite here at Optimo Music towers so we jumped at the chance to release the follow up; 'The Fool'. Following hot in the heels of the acclaimed 'Young Birds / Palette' 12" on Optimo Music, 'The Fool' is destined to be another Cold Wave, Synth, New...

Reissue of the fantastic debut LP from France s pioneer avant-electronic unit ART & TECHNIQUE . Originally released in 1981 by Hi-Tech records . Haunting obscure minimal electronic sounds, ambient and atmospheric ventures, abstract minimalwave with some ethnic elements. And excellent use of rhythm boxes,...

Art Kinder Industrie was a band from Tarbes, south of France. Formed in 1988 by Xavier Vincent R.I.P. and David Carretta it was the first EBM act in France to have distilled the legacy of DAF , Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb . Active between the end of the eighties and beginning of the nineties their output...

We're thrilled to release two exciting electro tracks by Art P, as well as the classic minimal synthwave tune 'Der böse Osten' by related band project Die Synthetische Republik on this limited split 12". The single kicks off with 'Genscher Pull and Push', an incredible and previously unreleased electro/wave/proto-techno...

Our label is thrilled to share yet another mind-blowing electro/proto-techno track by Art Programming (Art P), following the release of Genscher Pull N Push . This track was originally the final piece on their self-titled album, released on cassette in 1983 under the P.A.P. label from Bremen. To this...