“He loved the intrigue that most of this music came from groups who recorded a few songs, released a 7″ and then split up before anyone noticed what they were doing. “I like the impossible romance you can have with a band when all you’ve got is a tape with three songs on it all in French, and a single black and white photograph.”

“Joe then made it his mission to search high and low to unearth the greatest gems of this synth sound in order to make a definitive retrospective artefact of the lost genre of music known as cold wave.

“In a fortuitous turn of events, Joe found himself in a New York club where he heard one of the tracks his friend had played to him. The DJ turned out to be Pieter, and as they began chatting it became apparent that Pieter had only given that track to one person, a friend of Joe’s friend. And so between four people, two years of solid research and love of an exceptional, underground scene, this unique collection was born.

“Containing songs that have only been available up to now on ultra rare 7”s, lost radio sessions and cassette tapes, as well as never before seen photos and extensive sleeve notes about the genre.

Tracklist:

1.  Absolute Body Control – Figures
2.  Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars
3.  Linear Movement – Night in June
4.  Opera Multi Steel – Ills S’eloigent
5.  Bal ParĂ© – Palais d’Amour
6.  Eleven Pond – Watching Trees
7.  The Vyllies – Babylon
8.  End of Data – Dans Votre Monde
9.  The Actor – Lights
10.  Ausgang Verboten – Consumer
11.  Jeunesse d’Ivoire – A Gift of Tears
12.  OTO – Anyway
13.  Ruth – PolaroĂŻd/Roman/Photo
14.  Stereo – Somewhere in the Night
15.  The Neon Judgement – The Fashion Party
16.  Land of Giants – Cannibal Dolls
17.  Days of Sorrow – Travel

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