Various "Cold Waves of Color
Volume 5”  LP edition

 

Here is the long-awaited fifth volume of the well received electronic compilation series from the 1980's color tapes label. As with the other volumes you can find great examples of cold wave, minimal wave and synth electronics made by obscure British bands such as: Berserk In A Hayfield, Disintegrators, Lives of Angels, The Lord, plus a rare track by The good Missionaries, post Alternative TV.

"Great stuff. A worthy companion of the "Cold Waves : Minimal Electronics" and "Mutazione" cd's. Anyone who is a fan of Cabaret Voltaire/Human League/Throbbing Gristle/Robert Rental/Chris & Cosey/Coil era electronics will find something they love on this." - ★★★★★ Amazon review

"This retrospective is well overdue. As you might expect, much of the material sounds like a cross between early Depeche Mode, curious Italian coldwave and proto- EBM. Pleasingly all the material has been remastered by legendary engineer Denis Blackham, giving the original analogue sounds a whole new lease of life. Essential stuff" - Juno review.

"A must have collection of English post-punk rarities sourced from the legendary Color Tapes label" - Boomkat review
 
•Comes with poster insert and reproduction of Issue 4 of Color Tapes fanzine "Purple Twilight" from 1985

•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)

Import edition limited to 250x copies

Track list:
Void - Isotope
Echophase - Silent Sky
Berserk In A Hayfield - Berserk
Silicon Valley - Transit 6
The Lord - Production Line
The Good Missionaries - Bending A Border (Dub version)
Berserk In A Hayfield - August Haze
Echophase - Continental Drift
Lives of Angels - Golden Age
Modern Art - Colliding World
Lives of Angels - Pavilion

Soundcloud links to album samples:

echophase - silent sky
https://soundcloud.com/colortapes/echophase-silent-sky

modern art - colliding world
https://soundcloud.com/colortapes/modern-art-colliding-world

berserk in a hayfield - berserk
https://soundcloud.com/colortapes/berserk-in-a-hayfield-berserk

Catalogue number: Color LP 08
UPC: 778578999810