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Finally a new release on Walhalla Records, specialized in re-releasing Belgian and Dutch minimal synth only released on tape before. After 3 highly acclaimed – and completely sold out – volumes, here is number 4. Again a very fine selection of old and new tracks for the first time ever on vinyl. This time one side old tracks and one side new tracks. Listen here and order here.
We are very pleased to introduce you to Prolife, an anti-suicide band formed out of the ashes of death rock enthusiasts and label alumni Slug Guts. After Slug Guts’ last U.S. tour, James Dalgliesh (vocals) and Nicholas Kuceli (saxophone) returned to their flat on Lygon St. in Melbourne, Australia and decided to buy some pedals to make noisy landscapes for the modern asthmatic gentleman to lie awake to at night. Using toy keyboards (and some real ones) they developed minimal two track techno into a set of sprawling song based sets and played some shows with Jonny Telafone, Forces, Asps and Lakes. Their first proper release, this 7-inch, was recorded and produced by themselves with the help of Todd Dixon, who has specifically asked not to be named here.
One half of the band Kill Memory Crash, Circa Tapes explores the texture and aesthetic of tape recordings lost in today’s production techniques.
Lovers Revenge are a dark electronic band based out of Miami. Lineup consists of Chris Palma (lead vocals, programming, sequencing synthesizers) and Rachelle Letaw (synthesizers, backing vocals). The bands influences consist of venting out about relationships gone bad, mixed emotions of love and hate, and together combining them with darkwave like sounds.
Anna was offering AZURE BLUE’s debut album “Rule Of Thirds” in her mail order section when it came out which was special because it differed from the usual early 80′s or contemporary ‘minimal synth’ or ‘cold wave’ related releases sold there. But what was even more special was that Anna declared the album as “Best album of 2011″ which she never did before, or after. Why? Because this album was simply so special, so utterly beautiful, soft, sublime, emotional and touching. A warm melange of electro pop, new wave, shoegaze, or maybe simply termed dream pop as some like to call it, with incredibly strong, catchy yet deep pop songs throughout the album with no drop outs at all … when suddenly the follow-up album “Beyonds The Dreams There’s Infinite Doubt” was announced, with its first single “The Road I Know”, and Anna was blown away again, what a masterpiece of melancholic synth/dream pop so Anna couldn’t do otherwise than officially expressing her wish to release this on quality vinyl via Anna Logue Records, adding the debut album for a vinyl premiere, somehow like said and done, now. So, AZURE BLUE is the retro-modern synthpop project from Tobias Isaksson (Irene, Laurel Music and Hybris record label), from Stockholm, Sweden, co-produced by studio wizard and multi-instrumentalist Claes Björklund (playing with Travis and who’s recorded everyone from A-ha to Ron Sexsmith). On the ‘anna/logue’ side of things they used a beautiful list of gear on the new album, namely Korg MS-10, Moogerfooger, Oberheim DX, Roland Jupiter-4, Jupiter-8, RE-301 Chorus Echo, SH-101, RS-101 as well as Fender Jazzmaster, Telecaster and Vox Neumann U67, only parts of making that special sound. Releasing this music is a dream come true, and Anna thinks there is hardly a person with a beating heart that would not love AZURE BLUE, so do yourself a favour and get this high quality double vinyl package with beautiful high quality music. Listen here and order here. |
