I'm pleased to offer up a classic cassette release by one of the most respected minimal wave acts, Oppenheimer Analysis. The band was formed by Andy Oppenheimer (painter, nuclear weapons specialist, vocalist) and Martin Lloyd (also active as Analysis) in the early 1980s, after the two met at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton, sharing a mutual love of Cold War propoganda and early electronic music. They began recording together in 1982, offering up but one official release, which has earned high cult status during the resurgence of minimal wave music in the new millenium. This has inevitably led to the re-pairing of Martin and Andy and the reactiviation of Oppenheimer Analysis. 
I'm pleased to offer up a classic cassette release by one of the most respected minimal wave acts, Oppenheimer Analysis. The band was formed by Andy Oppenheimer (painter, nuclear weapons specialist, vocalist) and Martin Lloyd (also active as Analysis) in the early 1980s, after the two met at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton, sharing a mutual love of Cold War propoganda and early electronic music. They began recording together in 1982, offering up but one official release, which has earned high cult status during the resurgence of minimal wave music in the new millenium. This has inevitably led to the re-pairing of Martin and Andy and the reactiviation of Oppenheimer Analysis. 
Back to the grind, ladies and gentlemen. Just recently married, I haven't had much time to think about posting, but now that the dust has settled, let's get this blog back up and running. I'm still aiming for a twice a week goal for now, so let's see how that goes.
Back to the grind, ladies and gentlemen. Just recently married, I haven't had much time to think about posting, but now that the dust has settled, let's get this blog back up and running. I'm still aiming for a twice a week goal for now, so let's see how that goes.
Here's a request of sorts for a classic minimal synthpop gem. Xex were a more experimental wave band, formed in South River, New Jersey. They were a mysterious affair, releasing one record in 1980 and disappearing soon after. The band "began" as a high school kazoo trio. Member Waw Pierogi's interest in science led to several unique delay and echo experiments in the early years, most of which were employed on the band's debut. However, though outfit had little musical technique, their trials and experiments yielded several songs, and after their first performance, the original trio of Waw, Thumbalina Gugielmo, and Alex Zander brought in two of their friends/fans to round out the lineup. Thus, after several experiments and debates, Xex was officially born in 1978. 
I am frustratingly hard-pressed to find a sufficient amount of information about today's artist, Christof Glowalla, a minimal synth/NDW outfit from Germany. I'm even having difficulty pinning down a proper image of the act, aside from various sketches in this vein. Though seemingly a one man outfit, the 'official' myspace page clues in on a few other collaborators, though their roles are undisclosed. Certain other records indicate one lone release, a 1980 7'' single limited to 1000 copies, but I've unearthed and uploaded a one disc collection of completed works, which include a handful of other tracks recorded throughout the 1980s, which most likely appeared on other under-the-radar 7'' singles. 
Snowy Red is mainly a one-man minimal wave outfit from Belgium, active throughout the 1980s. Though occasionally a band here and there (and featuring scattered collaborators during their tenure), Snowy Red was primarily an outlet for Micky Mike (real name: Marcel Thiel), who released four records (and two cover records under his proper name) before seemingly disappearing from the music scene in the early nineties. Though seemingly a one-off reunion, Snowy Red reactivated for a Belgian music festival in 2004 as a two piece.
Thanks for all the requests over the past few weeks, ladies and gents...I've been uploading them slowly but surely over the past few posts, and ideally, I shall attend to each one of them in the very near future. Today's request was for Camera Obscura's Horizons of Suburbia LP, a synth/wave gem from 1983. Well...not quite. These ten tracks were recorded fifteen years ago but remained unreleased until 2005. Previously, the only documented Camera Obscura releases were a 7'' single and a lone compilation appearance. 
Opus Finis is a currently active two man minimal wave outfit hailing from Miami Beach, Florida. They are part of the recent upsurge and rekindling of the minimal wave movement, and in cahoots with NYC's Wierd Records. Other information is hard to come by, as the band seems relatively new and underground. Perhaps their shroud of mystery is intentional... 
