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Another unique compilation specializing in minimal synth by leading Belgian re-release label Walhalla Records. Following the widely acclaimed -- and sold out -- Underground Wave series, five albums released to this point, and counting, there is now Volume 6 with mainly Belgian bands, such as Onderbronders, White House White, Spleen, Tangible Joy, Blitzzega, with a strong international presence by Hades from Brazil and SS20 from France. Again a wealth of ultra-rare and previously unreleased material, deeply rooted in the electronic '80s. Also features Commercial Term, Sex Bizarre, War Tempo, Vitor Hublot, and Metal Thought. Includes insert; 180 gram vinyl.
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Schicksal is the alias of Rudi Huybrechts, one of Belgium's most adventurous electro and body beat artists, active since the '80s. 365 Days compiles his best work since 1982 until now. 36 years of experiment, changing gear from analog to digital and back, without ever changing his Leitmotiv: creating the perfect sounding body beat. After a few tracks were released on the famous Underground Wave compilation albums on Walhalla Records, now finally a full album by this fascinating artist, a mix of early and more recent work. An album worth discovering.
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2018 repress. Twelve tracks presented on 180 gram vinyl with insert. Underground Belgian Wave Volume 2 sold out quickly after its original release in 2010 and is since then a much sought-after and highly collectible gem. Tracks by Autumn, Tangible Joy, The Misz, Emotional Violence, Berntholer, Elisa Waut, Marcel Vanthilt, Secret Life, and Enzo Kreft.
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WH 90380CD
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Two-fer reissue of these early 70s Japanese underground rock albums. The Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travelling Band album was recorded in 1970. Includes massive guitar-work from Hideki Ishema, very much in the vein of Flower Travelling Band's catalog, with more of a progressive edge. Love Suki Daikirai released in 1972 is more straight-up dreamy psychedelia.
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Two albums in one CD reissue of the first two Kalevala albums from 1972 and 1975, respectively. Flared Finnish hard rock/prog extrapolation, somewhat infamous for the album title Boogie Jungle! "Kalevala was founded in 1969 by bassist Juha 'Lido' Salonen. The band's early line-up sported such would-be icons of no-nonsense Finnish rock as guitarist Albert Jarvinen and drummer Remu Aaltonen, and that's pretty much what their early material was, straight-ahead and aggressive guitar rock. Some of the songs on People No Names are closer to psychedelic than progressive rock in that they are still essentially grounded in the blues scale, especially during the vocal sections, but feature some compositional sophistication beyond the scope of ordinary rock music and long guitar solos over repetitive instrumental vamps. Boogie Jungle is much more straight-forward an affair than the first one was: gritty '70s hard rock with dual electric-guitars riffing and soloing over alternatively solid and vaguely funky rhythm sections. The new vocalist, 'Limousine' Leppanen, has a stronger voice than his predecessor and in fact reminds of Family's Roger Chapman, albeit without the monster vibrato. The ballad 'If We Found the Time' has an intricate guitar arrangement with layers of acoustic and electric slide, while 'Jungle' goes on a seven minute instrumental jam with throbbing bass, drums and spacey synth whistles over which Kurkinen spreads a smorgasbord of Jan Ackerman influenced guitar work and finally concludes the song on a rather anthemic note." -- Liner notes.
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