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September 7th, 2010

Nini Raviolette
Indicateur Ou Dragueur

Noisy synthpunk-influenced coldwave.

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September 6th, 2010

Fairmont
Darling Waltz

Post-minimalist late night cold motorway electronics.

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September 1st, 2010

British Standard Unit
D'ya Think Im Sexy

This brutally minimal mutantronica rendition almost compensates for Rod Stewart existing.

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August 28th, 2010

Nakion
Horse Track

Somewhere between a girlie D.A.F. and no-cuteness Takako Minekawa samples. Amazing maximalism.

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August 9th, 2010

Gavin Bryars
White's SS

Beautiful and minimal 20th century classical piece.

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July 27th, 2010

Implog
Holland Tunnel Dive

The dystopian story of our middle-class lives with an amazing harsh noise drop at 1min 15secs.

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July 24th, 2010

Elli et Jacno
Main dans la main

French minimal electronica ode to public displays of affection. True love indeed.

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July 1st, 2010

Robert Görl
Mit Dir

Produced by one-half of D.A.F., this is a beautiful as it is cold and minimal.

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June 25th, 2010

Tokow Boys
Swinging Pool

Decidedly un-sexy and coldwave ode to the artificial beach swimming experience.

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June 10th, 2010

Alexander Robotnick
Dance Boy Dance

Cold art sensibilities meets italo-disco.

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May 12th, 2010

Deux
Felicita

Angsty eighties minimal electronic french café culture midnight song.

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May 1st, 2010

Cosmetics
Black Leather Gloves

Awesome colder-than-thou minimal electronic/colwave fetish track.

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April 6th, 2010

Liaisons Dangereuses
Peut être... pas

Composed by one part D.A.F., one part Einstürzende Neubauten and a vocalist, they are the most well known group to come out of the Düsseldorf scene.

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March 18th, 2010

John Bender
Knuckles

Passive-aggressive minimal dystopian electronic music. Original record packaging was apparently dipped in plaster.

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March 16th, 2010

Williams
Ships in Hamburg

Static and engulfing minimal techno.

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