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Oppenheimer Analysis - The Devil's Dancers
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Radiance
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Martyr
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Cold War
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Don't Be Seen With Me
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Modern Wonder
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Subterranean Desire
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Scorpians
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Oppenheimer Analysis - New Mexico
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Behind The Shades
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Oppenheimer Analysis - Men In White Coats
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Oppenheimer Analysis - You Won't Forget Me
For fans of minimal wave and DIY electronic pop, Oppenheimer Analysis's self-released 1982 debut cassette, New Mexico - little more than an extended demo cassette - has become something of a collector's item. While it has been reissued digitally since, it never received a vinyl release. In tribute to Martin Lloyd (the other half of the duo, alongside Andy Oppenheimer), who passed away recently, Minimal Wave has decided to make New Mexico available on wax for the first time. While the sound quality is appropriately dusty (it was badly recorded in the first place, of course), the music remains magical - bubbling, evocative, left-of-centre leftfield pop created with home-made synthesizers, modular hardware and little else. It's no wonder many consider it a classic album (even if was never officially released first time round).
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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 & Washington are two marvellous and catchy treats that you would only expect from the rediscovered talent of Andy Oppenheimer and Martin Lloyd. Remastered and presented on glorious 10'' black vinyl, 45 revolutions per minute of pure genius! A classic release!
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Pink Elln - Human Perc
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Karen Marks - Cold Cafe
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Disque Omo - Toujours L'Amour
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Vorgruppe - Mensch Im Eis
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Iham/Echo - Eagle
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Perfect Mother - Dark-Disco-Da-Da-Da-Da-Run
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Arvid Tuba - The Seasons Are Sitting On Chairs
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Subject - Don't Be Blind
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Denial - California Dreaming
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Unovidual - Dit Is Pas Het Begin
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Aural Indifference - Park
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Autumn - You Are You Are
Over the last two or three years, New York's Minimal Wave outpost has focussed on releasing plenty of new music that fits in line with their unashamedly 'cold-wave' approach, and this has opened them to a whole variety of listeners and DJs. However, in our opinion, where they truly shine is in providing the underground masses with compilations such as this latest The Bedroom Tapes: A Compilation Of Minimal Wave From Around The World 1980-1991, a glorious snapshot of all the very best slices of lo-fi that has largely gone unnoticed to the modern eye. Of course, the majority of these tunes are now expensive in their original formats, but we're taking about a small crew of Discogs sharks who are upping the prices. Here, you're able to properly - and peacefully - enjoy some of the very best minimal machine-drum soul from peeps like Karen Marks, Vorgruppe, Perfect Mother and Aural Indifference, among others. This truly is a feast for the modern digger. Excellent.
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Deux - Game & Performance
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Deux - Felicita
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Deux - Decadence
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Deux - Dance With Me
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Deux - Le Couloir
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Deux - Paris Orly
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Deux - Sex & Trouble
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Deux - Ministry Of Love
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Deux - Minimaliste
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Deux - Le Camion
Initially released in 2010, Minimal Wave's retrospective of obscure French '80s outfit Deux remains one of the label's most sought-after compilations. Here, it gets a deserved re-press, allowing a whole new generation of listeners to fall in love with the quirky works of the Lyon-based duo. The album's ten tracks, which were drawn from various obscure cassettes and seven-inch singles, effortlessly join the dots between moody electro, cold-wave, new wave and eccentric synth-pop, reflecting the pair's esoteric approach to wayward electronic pop. This second edition comes in a hand-numbered edition of 999 copies, with Minimal Wave's usual attention to detail present on the weighty packaging.
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