Brigade Internationale - Regard Extreme (LP, vinyl rip, 1984 recordings). 2009.

This is one of the best darkwave (or "coldwave") records that France gave to the world! 

Recorded in 1984 and published in tape, remained a legendary piece of art and very hard to find untill 2009, when the greek record label Ειρκτή records re-mastered the songs and released this wonderfull vinyl record (500 copies only).

The name of the band comes from the international revolutionary brigades that came to Spain to fight against fascists in the civil war (1936 - 1939). 

Brigade Internationale was an excellent band. Their music is based in bass and keyboards that create beautifull melancholic melodies. The use of trombone gives a specific character to the personality of the band. The result is cold and dark soundscapes that make this band special and this LP one of the best records of the so-called "coldwave" scene of France.

A true 80's diamond!

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Red Temple Spirits - "If tomorrow i were leaving for Lhasa i wouldn't stay a minute more..." (LP, vinyl rip). 1989.

Red Temple Spirits was a post punk band from Los Angeles formed in 1987. They created  hallucinating music influenced by 60's psychedelia and 80's dark wave! 

   You can easily trace Roky Erickson and Pink Floyd together with Cure and Savage Republic in their music but the personality of the band is strong enough to create their own wonderful style. This record ends with a breathtaking version of "Set the controls for the heart of the sun", the psych mastepiece of Pink Floyd.

Their genius mix of psychedelia and gothic rock was also melded with Native American (in their first record) and Tibetan mysticism (in this one).

  They had only two LPs ("Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon" in 1988 and "If tomorrow i were leaving for Lhasa i wouldn't stay a minute more..." in 1989), and one single ("New Land/ Exodus from Lhasa" in 1989) but these were enough to keep the legend of the band alive through the decades.

                                              Get ready for a real trip!

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Re-upload: Rehearsed Dreams - Trip (7" EP, vinyl rip, 1985 recordings). 2011.

The legendary "lost" EP by this great greek darkwave band from the heart of the '80's.

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Re-uploads: Stained Veil - Metro Decay - The Reporters

 Stained Veil - Livin on leavin (LP, vinyl rip). 1986.
 The legendary and rare LP by this excellent darkwave/punk band from Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Metro Decay - Ypervasi (LP, vinyl rip). 1984. 

The best greek "dark wave" -or whatever- LP of all times in my opinion. Taking the path of Joy Division and Durutti Column as far as possible, they create magical moments. No need to say more, this record has been re-released some times, this is ripped from the original vinyl, in 320 mp3.

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Metro Decay - Keimilia / Skies (7" single, vinyl rip). 1983. Their first vinyl release. The two best songs of this incredible band!

Ripped from the original vinyl to wav. 

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The Reporters- Computer world / I wanna know (7" single, vinyl rip). 1982. Greek new wave at its best! 

Ripped from the original vinyl to wav.

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

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   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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Greek darkwave - 5 vinyl singles from the past!

Into The Abyss - International Comedy - Clown - Fear Condition - Ding An Sich.
Some new - some re-uploads.

   Into The Abyss - La Soeur D' Icare / Banner of the fray (7" single, vinyl rip). 1994.
Into The Abyss was a greek/german gothic band active through the '90's and the '00's, based in Frankfurt - Germany. They released 3 excellent albums. The man behind the band was the singer and guitar player Yanis Kalifatidis (great voice!). Today Yanis Kalifatidis plays with Penny Dreadfull. This vinyl single was released in 1994 and contains two of their best songs in different version.

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 International Comedy - No Escape / It's obvious (recorded in 1985, 7" single, vinyl rip). 2012. Plus 3 songs from the 1984 compilation "Sounds and noises of the SKG". 

This is the hidden diamond of the greek dark scene of the 80's. 

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Clown - Clown / Lefka Kelia (7" single, vinyl rip). 1983. 

I guess you can find this in other blogs too, but i really love this single! It was the only record from this minimal synth trio, re-released by Ειρκτή records in 2012. Two anxious songs - a glorious moment of the past of the greek underground!

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Ding An Sich - And.../Wandering... (7" single, vinyl rip). 1989.

Ding An Sich is one of the best greek bands, active since the '80's. This single is their fιrst vinyl, released in limited copies in 1989.

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Fear Condition - One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Living in fear (1985 recordings, 7" single, vinyl rip). 2012.

The legendary 80's darkwave band from Thessaloniki. Two excellent songs. Sax and tribal drums!

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All the songs are ripped from the vinyl record to wav for better sound quality (except International Comedy which is mp3 - 320 bitrate). All the files contain all the artwork! Enjoy!

Catastrophe Ballet - Monologues of the past and the future ( mini LP, vinyl rip). 1991.

   This is the ultra rare first Lp by this excellent german band. Cut only in 1000 copies and mostly sold at concerts is now a legendary gothic record.

   Catastrophe Ballet formed at Pitburg - Germany in 1989 and after the release of this LP they started touring with great bands of the gothic scene (Shadow Project, Cassandra Complex, Die Krupps...).

   They added some electronic and industrial elements in their music later but this first record is guitar based first class gothic rock with the influence of Fields of the Nephilim mix with the influence of Bauhaus and Christian Death. The last song of this mini LP was a huge succes in the start of their career, one of the best gothic songs of that time.

Tracklist

01. Shadow Reich

02. Somnambulists

03. Trust myself

04. Der Taucher (Father Death - Mother Life)

05. Black Fire

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The Vietnam Veterans - Catfish Eyes And Tales (LP, vinyl rip). 1987.

   Take this unforgettable trip to the psychedelic world of The Vietnam Veterans! The french band revived the psychedelia of the '60's under the leadership of the genious Mark Enbatta. 
  
 They released six albums during the '80's and this is their last studio album. Mark Enbatta himself announces the end of the band in the inner cover.
  
 Here we have a great band playing long psychedelic anthems with the keyboards having the main role as they create stunning hypnotic melodies.

The record ends with an unbelievable version of the legendary psychedelic anthem "The days of pearly spencer".

  
 Some years ago The Vietnam Veterans reunited and they released an excellent album.

Tracklist
01. Dead breams don't bite
02. Southern Comfort
03. Maybe you think
04. Time is the worst
05. Crying
06. Catfish eyes and tales
07. Medley
(a. Distant drums
b. Sea horse
c. Days of pearly spencer)

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