Compilation of well known hits from our beloved genre, here presented under the artificial term Minimal Wave. But it is understood, that is not so easy to find the one-and-only genre term as back then there seemed to be none as well. Anyway, this is all simply about electropop (or synthpop, though this term has a more commercial touch) from the first decade of the 80’s when electronic instruments like synthesisers, drum machines, tape delays or vocoders were analogue and got into a price range that was affordable for the average person. People started to experiment and recorded their own music in their own small recording “studios” (often their bedrooms) – do-it-yourself was the motto of the day, definitely adapted from the earlier punk movement. Small editions were issued on cassettes or vinyls. The majority didn’t make it any further, unfortunately, described as being too synthetic, cold and lacking emotion, and, of course, not being commercial enough. Eventually the music was remembered only by a select few, through who the music lived on by vivid exchange of copied tapes, swapped vinyls, and later via digital formats. Already earlier compilations like “Zwischenfall – From the 80’s to the 90’s”, the brilliant Banshee CD series or the “Reminiscent” box as well as ‘CD-R bootleg’ series like Flexi-Pop took care of not letting this unknown music become totally forgotten. So this compilation is nothing new not all (for those already having been into it) and in no way the “first official” as claimed on the sleeve, but most probably can reach new listeners from other genres. Probably we don’t need ten volumes in this series, but it’s a great compilation for easy entry and convenient playback at your next synth party. So there’s really classic tracks on here ranging from 1980 to 1986 focusing on bands from Europe and North America, namely: LINEAR MOVEMENT, CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE, OPPENHEIMER ANALYSIS, MARK LANE, TARA CROSS, TURQUOISE DAYS, BENE GESSERIT, ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO, DAS DING, MARTIN DUPONT, DEUX, SOMNAMBULIST, OHAMA, and DAS KABINETTE. Due to renewed interest a good amount of bands from back then have reformed to record again and play live shows. This music is anything but dead. (AnnaL, 2010).

• “Way Out Of Living” Linear Movement
•  “Flying Turns” Crash Course In Science
•  “Radiance” Oppenheimer Analysis
•  “Who's Really Listening” Mark Lane
•  “Tempus Fugit” Tara Cross
•  “Blurred” Turquoise Days
•  “Mickey, Please...” Bene Gesserit
•  “Moscú Está Helado” Esplendor Geometrico
•  “Reassurance Ritual” Das Ding
•  “Just Because” Martin Dupont
•  “Game & Performance” Deux
•  “Things I Was Due To Forget” Somnambulist
•  “My Time” Ohama
•  “The Cabinet” Das Kabinette

• Hard Corps - Dirty
• In Trance 95 - Presidente
• Philippe Laurent - Distorsion
• Das Ding - H.S.T.A.
• Subject - What Happened To You?
• Ohama - The Drum
• Geneva Jacuzzi - The Sleep Room
• Antonym - Cinnamon Air
• Ruins - Fire
• Ende Shneafliet - Animals From Outer Space
• Felix Kubin - Japan Japan
• Class Info - Out Of Line
• In Aeternam Vale - Annie
• Aural Indifference - Theme