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- Record Label: Cherry Red
- Release Date: Jul 28, 2017
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- Summary: A sequel to Close to the Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984, this four-disc box set expands to bands from other European countries such as Cluster, Front 242, Klaus Schulze, and Yello.
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- Record Label: Cherry Red
- Genre(s): Electronic, Industrial, Experimental Electronic, Post-Punk, Obscuro
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Aug 22, 2017Yello (Glue Head), Cluster (Caramel) and even Factory label signatories Minny Pops (Son) also make the cut, but the most effective entries tend to be the unfriendliest ones: PIE (Versión) by Esplendor Geométrico, redolent of filthy concrete blast walls and quasar radiation; Sexual Discipline by Die Form, robot-blank and remorseless; and Krematorien by Universalanschluss, a strobing migraine of dots and squiggles.
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Aug 22, 2017The approaches, from improvised noise pieces to concise electronic pop songs, are almost as numerous and far-flung as the represented outposts. A significant portion of the tracks appears on compact disc for the first time.
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UncutAug 22, 2017Here you'll find the French cool of Ruth's "Polaroid/Roman/Photo," the glacial "Romantic" by Sweden's Cosmic Overdose as well as the gorgeous minimalism of "NY NY" by Dutch musician Truus De Groot. [Sep 2017, p.52]
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Aug 22, 2017It’s a fascinating journey, presaged by Cluster’s 1974 shift from avant-garde to pop with “Caramel”, taking in the pulsing minimalism of Monoton’s “Tanzen & Singen”, the simplistic electropop of Die Gesunden’s “Die Gesunden Kommen” and the more sophisticated soundscapes of Yello, Vangelis and Klaus Schulze.