Minimal Wave [Since 1979 Nothing Much Has Changed]

By Loveseat

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I was listening both the new and the old Crystal Castles album and I was saying to myself 'hey you know what how can people call this new?’ It doesn’t sound much different from the stuff I am now obsessed with.

This obsession is Minimal Wave, the label and the genre. It's a kind of sound from late 70's to mid 80's that uses minimal layers, stripped down synth melodies, gothic sounding with moody lyrics.

The label Minimal Wave was founded a few years back by Veronica Vasicka who made a mission reissuing (on vinyl) forgotten tracks made by d-i-y bands from this period that uses nothing more than a couple of synthesizers. These bands released at best a handful of tracks, in part as a reaction to the commercial New Wave of that time, and some of them were only available on cassette tapes, before the label came along that is.

I’ve included a few current tracks to give a sense of perspective.

http://soundcloud.com/xesxesloveseat/... to download

Spring 2010

Uploaded 2 years ago -

Featuring tracks by Felix Da Housecat, Guyers Connection, Les visiteurs du soir, Deux, Experimental Products and more

Games and Performance (1982) Buy By Deux	1
Kickdrum Buy By Felix Da Housecat	2
Flying turns Buy By Crash Course In Science	3
Baptism Buy By Crystal Castles	4
Can Change Buy By LCDsoundsystem	5
Triangle Buy By Jacno	6
Polaroid Roman Photo Buy By Ruth	7
Magic Spell (Loveseat Wrongspeed edit) Buy By Crystal Castles	8
In Ultra Violet Buy By Cinema 90	9
Feeling left out #** Buy By Experimental Products	10
Je t'écris d'un pays Buy By Les visiteurs du soir	11
Skinlike Buy By Adult & Solvent	12
Arabia Buy By Guyers Connection	13