Laws is an almost lawless boarder crossing, skipping across state lines into a number of blurred genres. Synth wave, minimal pop and the darker side of the synthesizer has been the focus of Mannequin. Octavius aka William Marshall is no bright-eyed newcomer, an artist who’s been releasing since before the millennium. After nearly ten years of [...]
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Anna Logue / Mannequin :: 2011, a year for some collaboration
Too often labels become ego centric and lone projects. Both imprints have realised a common love of synth wave and minimal pop, the pair working together to achieve similar aims and getting out some great obscurities in the process. As the last days of 2011 close it’s a nice time to reflect on the year [...]
Martial Canterel + Tobias Bernstrup :: Strange Land (Mannequin)
A real marriage of style. Most interestingly there isn’t a single sound that dominates, rather this is an alignment of both that has created something new. Mannequin‘s first 7” for some time is enough to make any self respecting synth wave nut sit up in their seat. For this 45 RPM treat a formidable collaboration [...]
Mushy :: Faded Heart (Mannequin)
Faded Heart is dark, but not in a sinister way. It is definitely introspective, but not in a self consumed manner. The record permeated with honesty and, despite having a melancholic tone, is not devoid of hope. This is an album that aches, one overflowing with emotion and feeling. [Purchase] The world of electronic music is a [...]
//TENSE// :: Escape EP (Mannequin)
The Houston duo of //TENSE// are focusing on a sound that seems to have gotten much less attention during the second coming of minimal synth; that is EBM, New Beat and Industrial. Their sound is a bit cleaner than some of their predecessors, but not by much. All the tooth and nail grit of Absolute [...]
The Metronomes :: Ballad of the Metronomes 2LP+7″ (Mannequin)
These guys might be in the obscure folder, but their contribution to the development of wave music is unquestionable. Mannequin have done their homework on this one and produced a historical catalog of synth wave development, all through the sounds of one group. [Mannequin Shop] For one of its latest releases Mannequin comes to you [...]
Frank (just Frank) and Soviet Soviet :: Split 12inch (Mannequin)
“…Frank (just Frank) offer up a medley of synthesizer and strings with The Smiths echoing in the lyrics… Soviet Soviet are much more of the traditional band, that is guitar, bass and drums. Yet, it is their post punk and no wave edge that separates them from others…” (October 2010) I’ve always had a soft [...]