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Saturday, 4 November 2017

Nasmak ‎– "Indecent Exposure 1 & 2 (Music For Brass, Woodwind, Drums & Violins)" -(Self-released C60+C90) 1981

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Well!?...where does, or can, one start? Here we have part one of a triptych of double cassettes(a C60 and a C90!) by Dutch Post-Pun...
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Friday, 3 November 2017

Nasmak ‎– "Nasmak Plus Instruments, Instruments Plus Nasmak" ( Plurex Records ‎– Plurex 1800) 1980

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Rather excellent debut LP from electronic flavoured Post Punk band from Eindhoven in the Netherlands.For their short lifespan of just ...
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Thursday, 2 November 2017

Kiem ‎– "Kiem" (Plexus ‎– KMH 7090384) 1984

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Kiem are similar in style to Niew Hip Stilen,apart from the fact that they came from Rotterdam too....their group name as an acron...
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Niew Hip Stilen ‎– "Heartsounds & Murmur( + Extra's)" (Eksakt Records ‎– Eksakt 017) 1985

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Very interesting mid-eighties Jazzy Post-Punk experiments from Rotterdam's very under represented trio Niew Hip Stilen. This could h...
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Legendary Pink Döts ‎– "Basilisk" (Third Mind Records ‎– TMT 08) 1983

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Music-wise, I quiet like this Coil-Lite, dark fairground synth-pop; with a Syd Barret  tribute act singing on top, instead of a cherry.T...
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Monday, 30 October 2017

Legendary Pink Dots ‎– "Premonition" (Flowmotion ‎– FMC09) 1982

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I would gladly class these Anglo-Dutch neo-psychedelic Syd Barrets on casio's as Dutch; they are based there after-all?  I neve...
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Sunday, 29 October 2017

Rabbit Fun ‎– "Fatter Than Lydia Lunch" (Kaisettes 04) 1983

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If Twenty minutes of abstract Dutch lo-fi DIY-garde nonsense from some group called 'Rabbit Fun' is your cup of tea.....and i...
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MU ‎– "MU" (RTV Records ‎– RTV-300) 1971

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Yes there were many bands named 'MU', one of which we just discovered in the previous post was a post punk band from Rotterdam...
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Saturday, 28 October 2017

M.U. ‎– "Motion In Tune" (Backstreet Backlash Records ‎– BBR 010) 1981

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Avant Rock/post-prog improv rock band which included record label and record shop owner Peter Graute on guitar. There's something ab...
Friday, 27 October 2017

The Ex ‎– "Disturbing Domestic Peace" ( Verrecords ‎– EX 005, EX Records ‎– EX 004) 1980

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Not had enough preaching punk rockers yet?...No?... Well,If you thought The Rondo's were bad, their Anarcho-punk rivals are stil...
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Thursday, 26 October 2017

Rondos ‎– "Destroy The Entertainment" (King Kong Records KKR 008/009) 1978-1980

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There were two rival Dutch Crass's, and one of 'em was Rotterdam's very own Rondo's (The other one was obviously The Ex ...
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017

A Rotterdam Collection - Various Bands From Rotterdam" (Backstreet Backlash Records ‎– BBR 001) 1980

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Hmmmm, Rotterdam seemed like a rather groovy place in 1980, and here's a robust selection of local punkers and loonies from Hollands...
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Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Suspect ‎– "Tanz Auf Dem Vulkan" (LeBel Period) 1981

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More spacious,and suspiciously funky, Post-Punk from Dutch/German pre-Schlaflose Nächte group, Suspect.This time captured in an unknown ...
Monday, 23 October 2017

Suspect ‎– "Above Suspicion" (Backstreet Backlash Records ‎– BBR 002) 1980

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Before  Schlaflose Nächte were  Schlaflose Nächte, they were another Dutch/Kraut hybrid band, playing in a standard British Post-Punk...
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Sunday, 22 October 2017

Schlaflose Nächte ‎– "The Angel Will Not Come" (Kremlin ‎– KR 010) 1983

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By 1983, Dutch/Kraut combo Schlaflose Nächte, were well and truly victim of that 1983 Industrial Funk sound  popularised by 23 Skidoo an...
Saturday, 21 October 2017

Schlaflose Nächte ‎– "Flüstern / Move" (Armageddon Records ‎– AS 019) 1981

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Fittingly, James Last was the last German featured in the short Die Or DIY? trip around post-punk Germany......not that the King of S...
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Friday, 20 October 2017

James Last ‎– "Non Stop Dancing 1973" (Polydor ‎– 2371 319) 1972

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If there's one thing Germany does better than efficient transport systems, reliable cars, and......sorry, can't help it.....star...
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Thursday, 19 October 2017

Campingsex ‎– 1914! (Schmockstajn ‎– SH 1) 1985

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Unless it means something relevant in German, "CampingSex" is a fucking awful name for a group. Not a good start. They are a...
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Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Palais Schaumburg ‎– "Das Single Kabinett" (Zickzack ‎– ZZ 145) 1982

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Here's Palais Schaumburg's early singles on Zick Zack, all collected on to one convenient disc. Rarely for Germans, they look as...
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Palais Schaumburg ‎– "Palais Schaumburg" (1981)

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The thing about German groups is that they may have made some interesting experimental pop, but they never looked good. Sartorial indivi...
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Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Various Artists ‎– Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig (ZickZack Sommerhits 81) (Zickzack ‎– ZZ 45) 1981

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The ironically sub-titled "Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig (ZickZack Sommerhits 81)" on Hamburg based Zick Zack, has very little to ...
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Monday, 16 October 2017

Various Artists ‎– "Denk Daran!" (Überblick ‎– SM 001) 1980

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Well at least we know what Adolf and Eva got up to after faking their deaths and escaping to Argentina in a U-Boat; they recorded the op...
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Sunday, 15 October 2017

Various Artists ‎– "Das Ist Schönheit......Hamburg Mai '80 " (Art Records ‎– 1073) 1980

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  " Das Ist Schönheit" translates as 'That's Beauty', which this hand painted double 12" compilation is inde...
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Saturday, 14 October 2017

Pyrolator ‎– "Inland" ( Ata Tak ‎– WR 002) 1979

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Pyrolator appeared on one of those Klar!80 compilations didn't he?So here's his 'cult' debut album from 1979. This albu...
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Friday, 13 October 2017

Various ‎– "Klar! 80/82 Alles Oder Nichts" (Klar! 80 ‎– b/u 17) 1982

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There's some 'name' acts on this Klar!80 compilation cassette....they got S.Y.P.H., and Der Plan spin off electronic act, ...
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Thursday, 12 October 2017

Various Artists ‎– Der Klar! 80/81 Sampler (Klar! 80 ‎– buhuu 7) 1981

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More incredibly obscure German New Wave/post punk/minimal electronica from impossibly obscure German New Wave/Post Punk/Electronic group...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Various ‎– "Klar! 80 Sampler 2 - Sample And Hold" (Klar! 80 ‎– buhuu 11) 1980

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The same three bands who were on the "Massa" triple 12" release on Klar!80 can be found on this cassette compilation ...
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Blässe / EKG / Roter Stern Belgrad ‎– "Massa" (Klar! 80 ‎– Klar! I/1/2/3) 1981

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This 3x12"-set in printed dispatch box,like a teutonic cardboard version of "Metal Box" ,featured three groups from Du...
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Monday, 9 October 2017

Einstürzende Neubauten ‎– "2 x 4" [ROIR (Reachout International Records) ‎– A-133] 1984

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A bunch of live Neubauten recorded at various places during 1982, approaching the peak period for the group,and released on american ...

Einstürzende Neubauten ‎– "Stahldubversions" (Eisengrau ‎– Rip Off ‎– Rip 6) 1982

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Neubauten in dub, or New Buildings in dub; rather like a German reference to Pere Ubu's observations on housing in the United Kin...
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