La Perle

just got back from paris, stockholm, barcelona, and london. going to post old lost stuff from all those places. here's paris - Les Visiteurs Du Soir by Mathematiques Modernes (1981)



Mathematiques Modernes - A + B = C
Mathematiques Modernes - Disco Rough

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food and shelter

Early 80s minimal synth/pop/tape collage group from LA. I think they were from Marina Del Rey, or at least their label was?

The album Square Dance (1984) came in a rad metal sleeve. "I Like Smog" comes from the Radio Tokyo Tapes vol. 2 compilation.

Food and Shelter - What is the Problem
Food and Shelter - Changing my mind
Food and Shelter - Nun With a Gun
Food and Shelter - I Like Smog

just because

tonight she will come back to show the world her special powers

Rebbie Jackson - Centipede


Rebbie Jackson - Centipede

visage

First album from Visage, 1980. The whole thing is grrrreeeeeeeaaaaaat. get it get it get it get it fade to grey

some tracks:

Visage - Blocks on Blocks
Visage - Moon Over Moscow

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dance program

move your body this weekend to more rad early 80s german stuff



Die Doraus Und Die Marinas - Tulpen und Narzissen
Der Plan - Hey Baby Hop

Take Away / The Lure of Salvage

Andy Partridge made this really interesting collage dub album in 1980 with scraps from XTC's Drums and Wires (1979). I bought this a while ago and have been meaning to rip it to MP3 to share but Mutant Sounds already did it. Go get it over there.

on top

Guyer's Connection, minimal synth from Switzerland, 1985.

Guyer's Connection - He Sabine
Guyer's Connection - Les Loupes

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about time

Passage About Time EP from 1979. 3 songs about time.

Passage - Taking My Time

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in celebration

Lucas Trouble - Miss Syphilis
Ultravox - Quiet Men

BECAUSE

John Maus is playing at Tiny Creatures tomorrow night

and there is a god

John Maus - This Is The Beat

null and void

Very european sounding minimal synth / new wave stuff from Orange County, 1980. Un Sedatif Ce Soir starts with prison fetish queerness - "I saw a guard in a gay bar, drinking water and gin, I saw him dancing with my boyfriend, he drove a volkswagon" - before turning into a faux-french darkwave dance track that is really really good.

From the Happiness and Contempt 12":

Null and Void - All The Old Humans
Null and Void - Un Sedatif Ce Soir

IN LUST

From The Dance's first album, In Lust, 1981. Eugenie Diserio's vocals on the first track remind me of Janet from Softboiled Eggies and vocals on the second song sound a lot like the B-52 girls.

The Dance - Breakout
The Dance - In Lust

play dead

weird out / dance party / german stuff from 1981. (die gesunden track is from 1982)

Die Tanzdiele - Strandgut
Die Kapazitat - Keiner Hort Auf Mao
Die Partei - Fohn In Den Bergen
Die Gesunden - Der Weg Zum Erfolg

Blame it on disco

Cristina's tropical mutant disco debut on Ze Records, 1980. Mostly written and produced by August Darnell, and you can tell too.

Cristina - Blame it on Disco

Click to download full album --> Cristina - Cristina

When you're a boy

you're hot. Released in 1979 as a publicity stunt, shortly before the original David Bowie version. Billy Mackenzie does it better.

The Associates - Boys Keep Swinging

das kabinette / the cabinet

Their only single, from 1983. minimal synth sex in a basement cigarettes, dart board covered in gay porn rain boots lying on the floor, why do i love/hate cold

Das Kabinette - The Cabinet
Das Kabinette - Fudge It

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oh no, it's you /

The Passions / Michael and Miranda / 1981

i don't know why they aren't more popular. barbara gogan has an amazing voice

songs

The Passions - Pedal Fury
The Passions - Oh No, It's You

full album

The Passions - Michael and Miranda

from other albums

The Passions - Skin Deep
The Passions - Africa Mine


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dance

shake it to the floor / bring it back up

Wibbley Brothers - Der Wawazawa
Can - I Want More
Matthias Schuster - Alles Auf Der Welt
Food and Shelter - I Like Smog

To use you back and front

Faux-misogyny and more more on this Passage EP from 1978. Very great.

Passage - Love Song / Competition
Passage - $lit Machine / New Kind of Love

talk with full mouth

Pizza! used to be the New Motherfuckers. The New Motherfuckers are now Pizza! They make nerdy playful hyper new wave, have two drummers, and play shows in the building I live in so sometimes I hear them from my bedroom.

Pizza! - Repress Yourself!
Pizza! - Houses
Pizza! - Hotlanta
The Avant-Garde Volkpenis (Pizza!) - Blue Moob

These are unmixed recordings from their Myspace, these songs sound better live.

Pizza! at Tiny Creatures last weekend:

It's so

From France, Martin Dupont with with what sounds a little like a subdued Mona Soyoc from KaS Product doing vocals on some tracks. From Sleep is a Luxury (1985):

Martin Dupont - It's So
Martin Dupont - You Are My Jail
Martin Dupont - I Met The Beast



From Spain, Ultima Emoción, very OMD with moments of Power Corruption Lies era New Order. With trademark Spanish lisp. Good but a little overly sentimental sometimes (their name serves as your warning). From Máquinas Románticas (198?):

Ultima Emoción - Máquinas Románticas
Ultima Emoción - Nada Cambiará
Ultima Emoción - La Ultima Fiesta