I can vouch for this, we got it at our radio station and there's not one
bad track in the bunch and quite a few that are awesome. One of the
coolest things we've gotten all year in a party-like-it's-1981 kinda
way. Many tracks appear elsewhere, like other compilations (on other
labels) but I think a few are special to this release on Stones Throw.
Lisa
Richard Hester wrote:
The only ones I recognize immediately from the list are Crash Course in
Science and Esplendor Geometrico. KFJC used to play Crash Course's
"Kitchen Motors" 7" all the time in the 80's - bent electro-pop.
kent williams wrote:
I guess it's no secret that once you hear certain Italo, Neue Deutsche
Welle, and No Wave tracks, it's clear what the direct percursors of
Detroit techno are. But this new comp on Stone's Throw is another
missing link:
http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/various/minimal-wave
"Crash Course In Science" by Flying Turns is Drexciya before Drexciya.
Other tracks sound like Adult, who have always worn their New Wave&
No Wave influences on their sleeves.
Now would be when Dave Walker pipes up and tells me that he bought all
this stuff when it came out in 1981 ;-)
