Synth

Eigen Boezem by Hessel Veldman Tucked away in the Dutch underground of the early 80’s a young Hessel Veldman created his own music world in the small industrial sea town of IJmuiden. It was a world recorded on tapes and reels. A world where things happened according to personal logic based on sonic exploration, electronic sounds and improvisation. The approach was intimate, at times light-hearted, but often following deep inner contemplation and total immersion in the creative process. Above all, music was made according to the Do-It-Yourself principle of the home-taping culture.  

"TRADEWINDS" THE WAVESAILING FILM by TRADEWINDSA pluck from the obscure like only Pacific City Sound Visions can. These guys tap in where other's tap out. Limited numbers, don't miss this truly unique LP. TIP!Alternatively titled: “Homoswavesailors”, Jack Cccoy’s 1984 film about the birth of windsurfing details, through the gaze of the sport as a pre-historic ancient ritual, the exploits of a few of the sports originators.   Backing up the clear 80’s blue visuals of waves white washed wind blasted FX, is a variety of original pop and synth music made by the films’ composer, Chris Eggleton. There are no song titles, rather each track is spiced-up with wind and wave sound fx, which were originally meant to act as sound accents for wave sail action in the film. The pop songs are beach-spiked hits, sounding like New Zealand’s flying nun rock, or blasted out prince chorus funk, but with added film sound fx, the essence of the silver screen begins to creep into the medium of audio disc! The synth music on Tradewinds sounds as if Tangerine Dream made inspirational beach movie tracks during the height of their “Firestarter” period. The mix is arranged by Pacific City, so that the summer doesn’t crash and burn. For the first time in history, Pacific City Sound Visions presents: the original motion picture soundtrack to “Tradewinds” on vinyl LP. 

Songs Of Earth And Sky / Jola Dool / Low Flight / The Conference Of Snakes by STROOM.tv A1 Dark Arts - Songs Of Earth And Sky(produced and composed by Stephanie Payne)Previously released by School For Barbarian music on ‘Something Once Whispered To Cava’, 1995 A2 Dark Arts - Jola Dool(produced and composed by Stephanie Payne)Previously released by School For Barbarian music on ‘Something Once Whispered To Cava’, 1995 B1 Minimal Compact - Low Flight(produced by Minimal Compact & Uri Barak. composed by Rami Fortis, Berry Sakharof, Malka Spigel, Max Franken and Samy birnbach)Originally released by Crammed Discs, as part of the Made To Measure series. on ‘Lowlands Flight’, 1987 B2 Minimal Compact - The Conference Of Snakes(produced by Minimal Compact & Uri Barak. composed by Rami Fortis, Berry Sakharof, Malka Spigel, Max Franken and Samy birnbach)Originally released by Crammed Discs, as part of the Made To Measure series. on ‘Lowlands Flight’, 1987

Houschyar - Lengua Universale (Mini-LP) by Houschyar 'Lengua Universale' is an attempt to transcribe the olfactory experience of walking down the busy, dark and narrow streets of Taksim in the night hours. A complex amalgam of dense, steamy aromas of soups and fresh mussels, of the rain on a hot summer evening, of the first logs of wood that have been thrown in the neighborhood's fireplaces. The construction of the entire EP contrasts with Houschyar's usual workflow. Instead of a a compressed expression extending over a small period of time, this selection of songs has been recorded over the span of 2 years (2018-2020). While all pieces have been imagined, composed and recorded in the studio in Houschyars living room in Tarlabasi, Istanbul, they reflect different moments and chapters, evoking situations from heated discussions on the dancefloor to lovesick daydreams on rainy Sunday afternoons. The title track 'Universal Language' is a ride through the green rainforest at night, with many different creatures appearing in the dark, an ode to the artist's love for language and culture, and a reminder that means of universal communication do exist. 'Umrumda Degil' is a love song recorded in 2019. It is about the feeling of being afraid of losing something precious, all the while running towards it.

Leftfield heroes Don't DJ and NWAQ (aka Newworldaquarium) nudge their own sonic boundaries on Fashion, a fantastic mini album for on Meakusma. The tracks were recorded live at Meakusma Festival 2019 and at a residency preceding the Belgian event and fuse weird percussive techniques, glassy synths and airy light house with abstracted techno sound. "The Tiger" (live At Meakusma) "Green Wolf" (live At Vanessa’s) "Central Bern/No Burn" (live At Meakusma) "Vanessa" (live At Vanessa’s) "Rabbits" (live At Meakusma) "White Lies" (live At Vanessa’s) "White Lies" (live At Meakusma)

Sam de la Rosa of the band Led Er Est, and with Karen Sharkey of The Coombe, is back on Mannequin Records with his third release with 4 stunning tracks blending the finest TR-606 driven electro cold wave with expressive spoken wordy minimal synth instrumentals. Who Are You Today? Slick People If You Can't Stop Repel

On Highway Hypnosis, their first album on vinyl, Spill Gold masterfully juxtaposes darkness and light, playfulness and control, enhancing the transcendental character of the material at hand. Beast Machine Alien Highway Hypnosis Ecotone Oyster Burning Ecotone Bird Soul

As one of the most important pioneers in synthesis and early computer music, Doris Norton's career is celebrated with a trilogy of reissues on Mannequin. Artificial Intelligence Machine Language Advanced Micro Music Sylicon Valley Juno 106 Software Norton Institute Norton Musik Research Oh Supermac Bit Killed Hertz JX-3P Software

Anthology of Stano’s productions spanning the start of his solo career in 1982 to his 1994 “Wreckage” LP. Featuring 18 tracks from the five LPs he released in that time span on double vinyl with extensive liner notes, it is a comprehensive look at one of Ireland’s more enigmatic musical characters. A1 Room A2 Emma Wild A3 Melting Grey A4 Dream and the Little Girl Lost B1 Majestic of Majesty B2 Kissing Trees B3 Yellow Canary Car B4 When Life Slips Away B5 Hayley (Journeys Outside My Body) C1 Fire Caught In the Rain C2 Ascendancy C3 Singular of the Dark C3 Cry Across the Sea D1 Brook D2 Bleeding Horse D3 Drain Puppet D4 Chaplin D5 When You're in Love (The Bathroom)