Dalek I was an English electro/art-pop combo from Liverpool that released two albums and a clutch of singles between 1979 and 1983. Originally called Dalek I Love You — a space-age play on the phrase “darling I love you” — the band distilled from a late-’70s Liverpudlian conglomerate that would also yield future members of […]
KaS Product was a French post-punk/minimal wave duo that released two 1980 EPs on self-press Punk Records, followed by the 1982/83 RCA albums Try Out and By Pass and their 1986 swan song Ego Eye. Members: Mona Soyoc (vocals, guitar, piano), Spatsz (electronics, electronic drums, synthesizer) Background KaS Product assembled in January 1980 in Nancy […]
Jacqui Brookes is an English vocalist who cut a 1980 single with the minimal-wave trio Shox, followed by three 1981 singles with Siam. In 1983, she formed Intro with Fingerprintz mastermind Jimme O’Neill, who co-wrote her 1984 solo album Sob Stories, a demure art-pop set on MCA. Shox Jacqui Brookes formed Shox in 1979 as […]
Starter was a Swiss minimal-wave synth trio from Bern that released a 1981 self-titled album on Repertoire Records. A change in lineup yielded three 1985–87 singles on Bariton Records and a final 12″ on Atina Records in 1989. Members: Francis Foss (keyboards, vocals), Claudine Chirac (saxophone, keyboards, 1981-84), Jet Harbour (keyboards, 1981-84), Pauchard (1985-89), Reto […]
Silvia Nemanic is a German minimal-wave singer who cut a 1982 album under her forename, written and produced by Der KFC synthesist Tommi Stumpff. Credits: Rainer Assmann (backing vocals), Ferdinand Mackenthun [aka Käpt’n Nuss] (guitar), Sylvia Nemanic [aka Silvia Senff] (vocals), Tommi Stumpff (guitar, producer, synthesizer, vocals) Background Stumpff (b. Thomas Peters; February 1, 1958) […]
Ensemble Pittoresque was a Dutch coldwave band that made the 1983 album For This Is Past on Clogsontronics, followed by the 1984 Vip release Frequenz. In 2007, their 1982 forty-minute demo surfaced on the U.S. specialty label Minimal Wave. Members: Richard Neumöller (vocals, guitar, tapes), Paulus Wieland (synthesizer, piano), Marion Prinz (vocals, synthesizer, 1983-84), Le […]
Jeff & Jane Hudson are an American husband/wife minimal wave duo from Boston that cut two 1979 singles as The Rentals on self-press Rent/Rental. Under their own names, they issued two 1981 shortplayers on Manhattan small-press Infidelity. One further single and the 1983 album Flesh appeared on eponymous-press J & J Records. Members: Jane Hudson […]
Mekanik Kommando was a Dutch minimal wave band that released six albums between 1981 and 1988, starting with the Torso Records title It Would Be Quiet in the Woods If Only a Few Birds Sing. Members: Peter van Vliet (bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals), Simon van Vliet (drum machine, sampler, synthesizer, violin), Laszlo Panyigay (bass, vocals, […]
Ami Marie (stylized as ami Marie) was the German NDW minimal-wave artist behind the 1981 Ariola album Verrückt Nach Glück. Profile ami Marie emerged in Munich with an arsenal of Moog and Roland synthesizers, ARP string keyboards, and programmed percussion. He also used a Vocoder-Plus for processed voices, notably on “Wir sind zufrieden,” which paired […]
Iko was a Québécois coldwave trio that released the album ’83 on Manhattan-Formula in 1982. Members: Dax (synthesizer, vocals), U-Gen (synthesizer, vocals), Zao (rhythm programming, bass, vocals) Background Iko formed in Montreal by 1982 from the four-piece Androids, a 1981 stage group with Daniel “Dax” Laberge, Eugène “U-Gen” Delage, Jean “Zao” Décarie, and a fourth […]
