Villa 21 - House Of The Damned (EP 12", vinyl rip). 1988

   Villa 21 was one of the biggest greek rock bands ever! See this post for an introduction to this unforgettable band. 

   After the first years of the 80's, when the group was into the dark wave, they started changing their musical direction to a more rock sound influenced by Stooges, Rocky Erickson and garage punk.

   

 This EP was released in 1988, right after the moment of change, the legendary LP "Electric Poison".

   Four tracks full of energy! Among them an excellent cover to Rocky Ericson's classic "The night of the vampire". My personal favourite is the 8 minute long "Back for more", a link between the old direction and the new garage sound.

  

 This is vinyl rip containing the cover and all the artwork with lyrics. The lyrics were not included in the record but the band had made a mini booklet sharing it hand to hand for anyone interested.

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Wipe Out! presents 12 raw greek groups (compilation, LP + single, vinyl rip). 1988.

                      (Re-upload)
   The legendary compilation of a legendary record label! 

   Wipe Out was one of the biggest independent record companies in '80's and '90's in Greece, as it released a lot of greek rock records (from punk and thrash tο electro and darkwave) by some of the greatest bands of that time.

   This compilation was released in 1988 and it contains 12 bands from all over greece (Lp plus a 7" single containing the last three bands). Psychedelic garage - punk is the predominant kind of music here - but not the only one!

   Some of the bands here are top class! Villa 21 (they play an excellent cover of Neil Young's classic "Hey Hey My My" which is ably mixed with Pink Floyd's psychedelic masterpiece "Set the controls for the heart of the sun"), Melting Ashes (fuzzy garage psych-punk), New Rose (with an almost Paisley Underground sound) and Flowers of Romance (their first appearance on vinyl with an unbelievable gothic punk elegy) are my favourites.

   Anyway the whole compilation is high quality hallucinating garage from the heart of the '80's!

  Tracklist
1. New Rose - Down to the riverside
2. Scoria - Man of the crowd
3. Brush - Obsession
4. Groupies - Lisa says
5. Panx Romana - Kykneio asma
6. Melting Ashes - The midnight bar
7. Hip T. Wah - Fear
8. Tripmakers - This little woman
9. Villa 21 - Hey Hey My My
10.Feedbacking the Grass - Evil Touches
11.Dreamrunners - Angie says
12.Flowers of Romance - Autumn kids

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The Reporters - Computer world / I wanna know (7" single, vinyl rip). 1982.

   This is the 4th release of legendary Creep Records. The Reporters were the side project of Kostas Pothoulakis who at the same time was playing for Villa 21. 

   Faraway from the raw dark sound of Villa 21, The Reporters were much more "new wave" - wide use of synthesizers and melancholic atmosphere. They released this single and an LP ("Bare Hands", 1983) both under the Creep label.
Kraut rock and english darkwave are the leading influences but the band managed to create a distinctive sound due to Kostas vocals and the use of synthesizers.
You can download the "Bare Hands" LP in this blog and i suggest you to do it now!

   Both records are dark synth/wave masterpieces with all the originality of the '80's.

 A magical single from a magical era!

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Παρθενογένεσις (LP, vinyl rip, 1980 recordings). 2012

   The outset of the greek punk and new wave music is pin-pointed in 1978 when Parthenogenesis were formed. It was the very first time that a greek band was introducing this new sound to the audience. The band was playing exclusively it's own material and the only exceptions were "The House of the rising sun" and "Wild thing". 

   They had a lot of live performances and their fame was growing big but unfortunately the band split up in early 1981, without having release any record. 

   Band's members created other importand bands of the greek new wave scene of the '80's, like Forward Music Quintet, Reporters, Villa 21, X-Mandarina Duck, Scoria, Statues In Motion.

   The band became a legend by the years due to their excellent songs and gigs and of course to the fact that they didn't have a record.

   But this year B-other side records released this document. Some recordings from a tape from summer of 1980 at "Katara" studio. The quality of sound of course it's not the best but at last anybody has the chance to listen to their songs, 32 years later! 

   I was amazed when i played the record and i keep playing it for hours now! These are excellent songs proving that the legend was justifiable!

The vinyl record was released in only 400 copies and you may still have the time to order your copy.

                                               
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