Minimal Wave Records

well, this is my first posting ... so let me introduce myself first:

- fan of “Minimalelektronik” ... as the music this forum is dealing about is labeled in Germany ... at least since the early 90ies

- I personally don’t like the term “collector” ... but ... being lacking of a better title ... actually I am some sort of a “minimal synth collector”

- having been a very passive member of this forum (“read-only”) this is now my coming-out

But back to the real world ... and BTT:

I’ve just ripped an LP I bought some months ago ... and It’s so fantastic ! it has to be mentioned here ...

I never heard a track from this LP before, never saw it going for hundreds of dollars on eBay ...

I’m talking about the furious LP from an obscure band called “Celibates”, titled “A shameless fashion” ... to my ears it’s even better than “Still Human”

[quote author=“TeaBeee”]well, this is my first posting ... so let me introduce myself first:

- having been a very passive member of this forum (“read-only”) this is now my coming-out

Welcome to the forum!

good one, The Celibates incorporated one member from Trek w/ Quintronic and both albums are just great. CR-78 galore….........

not to confuse anybody, I meant both Trek w/ Quintronic LPs. The Celibates only released one album. BTW, anyone got a spare copy for me ?

Algebra Suicide
Food & Shelter
Jeff & Jane Hudson
Le Travo
Lives of Angels
MAL
Mecano
Robert Rental
Schleimer…K
Short-Term Memory
Ziyo

[quote author=“agileo”]
Food & Shelter

Yes yes!! Excellent band, their LP is fantastic, a bit cheesy at some moments thought but still great!

As for “Mecano”, 1.I’m pretty sure it’s not minimal/ or electronic,
2. and not at all underatted, at least not were I’m from..

What about “Le Travo” and “Ziyo”? Who are diz??

It is normal to polish stuff to still be underrated like ziyo, madame, ayaRL, variété, the siekiera 7” and many other things but people starts to archive and collect records again there and the prices are growing like hell.
Same was in France some years ago while it was able to find Martin Dupont, clair obscure’s or leitmotiv (and many others) records for peanuts.
But yeah they have chances to get “rare” pretty soon as the pressings were limited to 1000 copies, sometimes 10 000. Not enough for a big country like Poland.

[quote author=“Trespasser_w”][quote author=“agileo”]
Food & Shelter

Yes yes!! Excellent band, their LP is fantastic, a bit cheesy at some moments thought but still great!

As for “Mecano”, 1.I’m pretty sure it’s not minimal/ or electronic,
2. and not at all underatted, at least not were I’m from..

What about “Le Travo” and “Ziyo”? Who are diz??

Regarding Le Travo

They were from Belgium and had, as far as I know, two releases: a split EP with Fred A. and an LP called Erring & Errant. But I wouldn’t lable them minimal but Cold Wave. They used a lot of guitars

Ziyo I don’t know myself

[quote author=“samhain”][quote author=“Trespasser_w”][quote author=“agileo”]
Food & Shelter

Yes yes!! Excellent band, their LP is fantastic, a bit cheesy at some moments thought but still great!

As for “Mecano”, 1.I’m pretty sure it’s not minimal/ or electronic,
2. and not at all underatted, at least not were I’m from..

What about “Le Travo” and “Ziyo”? Who are diz??

Regarding Le Travo

They were from Belgium and had, as far as I know, two releases: a split EP with Fred A. and an LP called Erring & Errant. But I wouldn’t lable them minimal but Cold Wave. They used a lot of guitars

Ziyo I don’t know myself

Le Travo is excellent synth wave, yes, you can even call if cold wave with a high synth percentage.   The guitars are not disturbing the songs, something Mecano is doing in quite a lot of songs…

Mekanik Kommando

“It would be quiet in the woods if only a few birds sing” is a brilliant LP. And the “Dancing Elephants” 12”.
Most of their catalogue is still pretty easy to come by, not too overpriced, but this band made so many nice songs, they should be introduced to a new audience. There was more to “Ultra” then the ubiquitous Minny Pops.

Coldwave

Hello,

yes, of course LE TRAVO were typical Coldwave, but there´s no need for a sub-forum on these bands I guess. They came from the same vein as
Winter Light, Weimar Gesang, Victrola, Opera Multi Steel and so forth.
Nevertheless both records don´t gain prices they´d deserve for musical quality and rareness. Within 10 yrs time I´ve only seen 3 copies of their “Erring & Errang” album, of which 1 I bought and the others went
for less than 50$. Within the same period I saw at least 20 copies of
the 3 Weimar Gesang eps and they always sell for much more…

Ziyo were from Poland. I only know their self-titled album. Also great stuff like Siekiera, but more eclectic and less post-punkish.

Cheers,
Alex

Well since some brave soul had the Very Rare courage to mention guitars here, as all the Krauts cringe and mutter”...gitarre ist scheize!!!”:)...an addendum to the earlier list of ‘Underrated Masters of Wave’:

FR: Asylum Party, Message, Procede, Vox Dei, Bonapartes, Wedding Anniversary, Babel 17, Ceremonies, Coldreams, Danse Macabre, Les Provisoires, Orchestre Rouge, Lucie Cries, Rosa crux, Movement, Neva, Candidate, Analoid, Echo Prism, White Pain, Paralleles de Montsegur, Odessa, New Buildings, Opera de Nuit, Lust Sacrifice, Tango Luger, Ice, Violette Noziere, Masoch

BE: Kommeniste, Struggler, Vibo, Aroma di Amore, Red Zebra, Le Travo, Neon, Fait Divers, Cultural Decay, Phantom Limb, Isolation Ward

DE: Moloko, Blue Kremlin, Modern Dance, Vorgruppe, Leningrad Sandwich, Atlantik Scwimmer, Belfegore, 100 Names

UK: Into a Circle, Getting the Fear, 13th Chime, Venus in Furs, Aerial FX, Royal Family and the Poor, Paint the Clown Red, Ice the Falling Rain, Crux Ansata, Veldt, Lowlife, Burning Skies of Elysium, NA Pop 2000, Sad Lovers and Giants, Names, Click Click, Fiat Lux, In Camera

US: Autumn Cathedral, Crimson Ivy, Lung Overcoat, Necropolis of Love, Abecedarians, For Against, Room Nine, Primary Colors, Bunnydrums, Screaming for Emily, Turning Shrines, This Asccension, Kommunity FK, Handful of Snowdrops, Lucy Show, Mephisto Walz, Fade to Black, Breathless, Pretty Poison, Honor Role, 9353, Jesus Wept, Invisible opera Company of Tibet, Beast, The Plague, Ex-Voto, Screams for Tina

IT: Move, Diaframma, Neon, Deafear
ESP: Decima Victima, Madre del Vizio, Paralisis Permanente
PL: Kult, Ziyo, SS Till, Brigada Kryzys, Variete, 1984, AYA rl, Siekiera

a northern continuation…

Norige…Paha Sapa, Svart Klovn, Lister, Beranek, Blue Mathue, Johnny Yen

Sverige…Arvid Tuba, Glenn Winter, Cosmic Overdose, Tredge Mannen, Ann Summer, 18E Oktober, Ausgang Verboten, Njurmannen, Kai Martin, Birth Control

Suomi…Belaboris, Advanced Art

Denmark…Daily Fauli, Moral, Martin Hall

Island…Q4U

What? No NL?  :(

They belong in the overrated section