Some visionaries endeavoured to show us, in a display of perseverance, what the future would be like. From the margins, they opened the doors to electronic music, embracing melody and a rhythmic and danceable structure. At the dawn of synth pop, an army of machines was ready to inflict a strange defeat...

In the early '80s, futuristic music existed that triumphantly anticipated another musical era for a number of groups that worked on alternative circuits in Spain. Tradition, trajectory and future: these three words sum up a movement that was castrated at birth and sought to bring plurality and nuance...

Strut present an exclusive new compilation curated by Optimo s JD Twitch , " Kreaturen Der Nacht ", bringing together classics, rarities and oddities from Germany s original post-punk and independent scene from 1979 to 1985. This was an era of particular artistic upheaval in Germany; emphasis was placed...

Second Volume in a series of CDs is this highly recommended compilation by one of our own artists, 'Mad Masks' (the mysterious duo of mountain dwelling Frenchman! Their debut album is still available from us). Features some rare unreleased or obscure tracks by well-known acts in the field of Industrial,...

After releasing the Graf & Zyx and Viele Bunte Autos retrospectives on CD, we have compiled a double album of rare Austrian underground tracks from the late 70s to mid 80s, plus some young bands that continue this tradition until this very day. All tracks have never been released on CD and cover a wide...

Following on from 2018's LP V/A " Prophecy + Progress: UK Electronics 1978 - 1990 " LP. Peripheral Minimal is proud to present PM33 2CD, a double CD containing all the original tracks from Volume I and a further 13-tracks for Volume II. Both volumes contain a bonus track. The whole package contains 2...

The term cold wave was first coined on the cover of a 1977 issue of UK music magazine Sounds featuring Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk, and later by the same magazine in an article about Siouxsie and the Banshees, with the publication proclaiming, Listen to the cold wave roar from the...

The damn "Movida" ... The best that can be said of that phenomenon is that it was the starting point and the trigger of something else, of that movement that garnered not fame but was far more interesting musically and intellectually, although the glow of glamor went to the fatuous flames of superficiality....

Two years have passed since the successful release of the first " Sowas von egal " compilation. " Sowas von egal " is a collaboration between the Hamburg record label Bureau B and the Hamburg party series Damaged Goods where they present rare, obscure synth & wave discs from the early 1980s which absolutely...

Sowas von egal is a collaboration between the Hamburg record label Bureau B and the Hamburg party series Damaged Goods. The divergent trajectories of a record company on the one hand and DJs on the other are happily aligned through a love and passion for seeking out, collecting, releasing and playing...

Peripheral Minimal is proud to present: V/A " Synthetiqué: A French Synthwave Compilation 1982-2016" CD. Almost a year in the making, with tracks having been mislaid or buried underneath piles of original demos, then reconstructed and remastered! This compilation aims to highlight the core elements of...

Introducing a new sub-label, Tone Science , from the DiN label. DiN was initially set up in 1999 by well known UK synthesist Ian Boddy to bridge the gap between the analogue music of his heritage and the emerging digital possibilities of the future. This label has always forged it s own independent path...