Dark Entries‘ second home must be Europe. San Francisco, California is where the hearth is, but label boss Josh Cheon has a deep-seated affection for […]
Tag: New Wave
Disco Volante / Christof Glowalla :: Double review (Medical)
This well of riches is primarily plumbed by US labels, the imprints sinking drill-bits deep beneath the crust to mine out the mascara rimmed gold […]
Drinking Electricity :: Overload + Singles (Medical)
Electronics and Post-Punk are the central sounds, but a spread of influences (and an inherent quirk) give the group an individuality. An obscurity dusted down […]
Stress / Borghesia / X Ray Pop :: 3view (Dark Entries)
Stress are emblematic of the New Wave sound and expertly deliver the anxiety and uncertainty of the 1980s through strings and synthesizers. Borghesia come from […]
Waves on Canvas :: Into The Northsea (Psychonavigation)
Into The Northsea is a colorful, rhythmically orientated dream pop ambient album which features a nice combination of micro-sounds, immediately recognizable melodies which positively embrace […]
Vocoder :: Cuadro Sinóptico (Dark Entries)
Josh Cheon has outdone himself with this re-release. The tracks sound as good today as when I first heard them coming across cyberspace care of […]
Subject / Human Dance :: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (EE Tapes)
EE Tapes peer down a number of avenues—looking at electronics, industrial, synth wave and more. For some twenty-five years the label has been releasing sounds […]
Smartguy Records :: Review batch
Since 1997 Smartguy Records has been releasing a veritable banquet of styles and genres. U.S. labels seem more comfortable releasing a spectrum of sounds. Don’t get […]
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