Mekanik Kommando was a post punk / New Wave band from Nijmegen , the Netherlands founded in 1979 by Peter van Vliet and Laszlo Panyigay . The duo became a quartet with the addition of Simon van Vliet and Mirjam van Hout . The name Mekanik Kommando comes from the album " Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh"...

Geheimnis Records proudly presents for its 10th release a band quite avant-garde, mythical and experimental. Metallaktiki Epikindyni Dangerous Mutagens were not only a band, but a whole lot more... They represented the pulse and the underground activity of a city that challenged as equal Athens and Thessaloniki...

MLD (Minimal Lethal Dose) was a japanese project led by Takayuki Shiraishi after his first mythical release with BGM on Vanity Records in 1980. Made with the help of Jun Sonohara it was active between 1983 and 1986 in Tokyo. This compilation collects nine unpublished tracks from the original tapes and...

"To mark its 40th anniversary in 2007, the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf organized the Düsseldorf Sounds Festival of Art and Music from Düsseldorf". One particularly noteworthy event was staged in the Kunsthalles cinema auditorium: the only Dieter Moebius and Stefan Schneider collaboration ever. Dieter Moebius...

The promising Swedish gothrocker MONUMENT release their debut EP "Teeth & Tails", which offers traditional gothic rock at its best. Female vocals, dominant guitars, coated into the dark atmosphere of an early 80s gothrock release makes today's goth rocker's heart beat faster. The vision of Monument took...

Mystery Plane formed in 1980 from the ashes of 70's new wave band 3D5 who's line-up also featured future Cure member Porl Thompson. This record was originally a demo cassette made in 1981 that was hawked around record labels with a view for release. Later Color Tapes released a 100 copies edition. To...

Discostan Records is proud to launch its label with the release of Disco Se Aagay a rediscovered synth-pop masterpiece from 1984. Rescued from obscurity, Disco Se Aagay literally Beyond Disco is an unexpectedly perfect storm of two unlikely sources: the visionary sound of British new wave seamlessly...

Winter is coming, with " Archive Tracks 2005-2009 " by Newclear Waves as its soundtrack. For the album, Berlin-based and Italian-born producer, DJ and label owner Alessandro Adriani let us dive into the vast archives of his Newclear Waves project. The resulting collection of 8 tracks can be described...

Another two poignant songs about life as it is, with ups and downs.... catchy minimal synth melodies with very personal dark lyrics. Both tracks were written and produced by Lidia Fiala and Per-Anders Kurenbach . Limited to 250 copies.

The year is 1981. The Kiel-based PostPunk / Wave underground outfit NO MORE releases their second ever single Suicide Commando and their world changes forever. Well, not only their world THE world. What began as an independently published 7 single became a cult classic, a genre defining and defying song,...

Originally released on Illuminated Records in 1983, " Viral Shedding " is surely one of the most important references for the industrial/funk dance music. Between pure noise and electronic beats, " Viral Shedding " is creating a twisted and percussive rhythmic urge, a funky disco sound permeated by digital...

Grab your white laboratory coat, pull out the RadioShack science kit, stick on that vhs copy of Dr Strangelove and enjoy these two beautiful, quintessentially english minimal wave tracks from synth pop duo Oppenheimer Analysis . " Science " and " Washington " are two marvellous and catchy treats that...