Various
"Cold Waves of Color
Volume 3 CD”
 "Those
out there who
have chased
super limited
editions of
Color
Tapes/Discs on
Discogs will
know how
special the
underground
label was for
the English
1980s...
Britishness
may seem to be
mentioned
often in how
these tracks
are talked
about, but in
a sense the
glorious
intuition of
Color Tapes
was to pick up
some of the
much more
European
undercurrents
in British
synth and
connect them
to other
countries,
scenes,
situations.
Listening to
this record,
you don’t hear
what we know
as the UK
sound of synth
or coldwave,
but something
else, a
rarefied,
joyously
experimental
scene filled
with ideas,
perhaps to be
picked up
now... Oh, and
you get an A5
photocopied
issue of the
Purple
Twilight
fanzine from
1985!" —Juno
Records (Best
Reissues and
Archival
Releases)
Out third
collection of
rare cold wave
from the Color
Tapes archives
also includes
a full color
reprint of
issue 2 of
Color Tapes'
own Purple
Twilight
fanzine from
1985,
featuring
articles on
bands such as
Bushido and
Mystery Plane,
plus The
Subway
Organization
cassette
catalogue from
1985. An
essential
document from
the 80's UK
cassette
underground
scene. The
majority of
tracks from
these UK
garage cold
wave bands
used
synthesizer,
drum machines
and sequencers
such as EMS
VCS3,
Minimoog, Korg
MS-20, Roland
Juno 6, SH-09,
TR-808, all
playing a
crucial part
in the
development of
electronic
music in the
UK. CD edition
comes with
three bonus
tracks not on
the vinyl
version!
Praise for the
series: "Must
have
collection of
English
post-punk
synth
rarities,
sourced from
the legendary
Color Tapes
label,
remastered by
Denis
Blackham, all
presented on
vinyl for the
first time!
It's highly
likely that
these tracks
have been
barely heard
beyond their
original 100
edition tape
pressings in
the early
80's, and
thusly this is
a bit of a
treasure
trove,
especially
when
considering
the quality of
the masters.
This is the
realest deal
for people
into minimal
wave, Dark
Entries and OG
wave music.
Don't sleep!"
- Boomkat
review.
•Cold wave,
electronic
synth pop, and
minimal tracks
from the Color
Tapes archive,
recorded
between
1981-1985
•Tracks drawn
from DIY
cassette
editions of
100 copies (or
less)
•36-page
booklet
reprint of the
second issue
of the Purple
Twilight
fanzine from
1985
•Digipack
edition of
only 500x
copies,
w/three bonus
tracks not on
the vinyl
edition!
Track
List:
01.
Duke Of Disrespect - You Tell
Lies (Banging Away)
02.
Silicon Valley - X-Cell
03.
The Lord - Universe
04.
Disintegrators - Oscillations
05.
Lives Of Angels - Green On
Black
06.
Silicon Valley - Holborn
Station 3 AM 3rd January 1982
07.
Stereo Machines & Kinesis
- Excerpt From Cassette No.7
08.
Disintegrators - Filter
Reactor
09.
Berserk In A Hayfield - Club
Paris
10.
Echophase - Destination
11.
Mystery Plane - When The Money
Runs Out
12.
Lives Of Angels - Red Suit
Bonus Tracks:
12. Modern Art - Opaque
13. Stereo
Machines & Kinesis - Excerpt
From Cassette No.6
14. Disintegrators
- Disintegrate (edit)
MP3 Samples:
01.
Silicon Valley - X-Cell
02.
Lives Of Angels - Green On
Black
03.
Dukes Of Disrespect - You Tell
Lies (Banging Away)
04.
Echophaze - Destination
Catalogue
number: COLOR CD 03/LION
UPC: 778578111328
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