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Noise Reduction System: Formative European Electronica 1974-84

A year in the making, Noise Reduction System reaches out into the European mainland, taking in tracks from key figures on the electronica cassette label underground alongside early releases by ground-breaking innovators.

Enthralled by the mysterious synthesiser and inspired by the DIY ethos of punk, a quiet revolution took place across Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From Norway to Greece, the microchip and the affordable synthesiser inspired artists for whom guitars, drums and bass had become old hat, and in home studios and art spaces across the continent electronic musicians began to stretch the boundaries of sonic experimentation. Some wanted to dance, some to relax and others to confuse and confront – all are represented here.

Noise Reduction System explores every corner of this chapter in our musical history via over four hours of futurist, modern and sometimes challenging music. And who better to tell this story than the artists themselves - Noise Reduction System features sleevenotes from artists and their biographers, unseen photographs and an introductory essay by Sounds and Wild Planet legend Dave Henderson.

Tracklisting

DISC ONE

1. DIE GESUNDEN KOMMEN - Die Gesunden

2. PARTY TALK - André De Koning

3. SHE'S GOT BLUE EYES WOW - Pseudo Code

4. ICH WILL – D.A.F.

5. CLAXON - De Fabriek

6. CARAMEL - Cluster

7. INVALĪDU TRAMVAJS - NSRD

8. MARBLES IN THE GARDEN - Daniele Ciullini

9. KREMATORIEN - Universalanschluss -

10. NY NY - Truus de Groot

11. SPEAK & SPELL - Christina Kubisch

12. GLUE HEAD - Yello

13. TROR NOK JEG - Famlende Forsøk

14. EN GANG - Levde...

15. SECRET AFFAIR NO 2 - Borghesia

16. LUX - Schaltkreis Wassermann

17. C33H35N5O5 (ERGOTAMINE) – M.A.L.

18. UKAASI - Gagarin-Kombinaatti

19. DIE INTERNATIONALE - Saal 2

  DISC TWO

1. OHNNE TITEL - EMAK

2. TV TREATED - The Neon Judgement

3. HYMNE AU VER - BeNe GeSSeRiT

4. ZU TOT UM ZU STERBEN - Der Künftige Musikant

5. IMPERSONATOR - Carlos Perón -

6. POLAROID/ROMAN/PHOTO (INSTRUMENTAL FIRST MIX) - Ruth

7. SOVIET INVASION - Doxa Sinistra

8. LAST LIFT - Not Only Bones

9. BIRDS IN A CAGE - Stratis

10. GELD - Malaria

11. PETITE OTITE - Ericka Irganon

12. MULTITRACK SUGGESTION - Vangelis

13. LOVE YOU GENERATOR - Van Kaye and Ignit

14. MACHINE DANCING - Yuri Morozov

 

DISC THREE

1. GODOT WAS HERE - Human Flesh

2. GRADEATIA (EXTRACT) – Octavian Nemescu

3. P.I.E. (Versión) - Esplendor Geométrico

4. APRÈS LA PLUIE - Vox Populi!

5. ZITTERNDE LUFT - Giancarlo Toniutti

6. SEXUAL DISCIPLINE - Die Form

7. KARAVAANI - Aavikon Kone Ja Moottori

8. IL CASTELLO (DEDICATO A F. KAFKA) - Tasaday

9. SOLILOQUIO - Amok

10. VERMIFUGE - Mario Marzidovšek

11. FLANCO–DAMA - Diseño Corbusier

12. TROGLODYTEN - Asmus Tietchens

13. 1984 - Klaus Schulze

14. STONED (PART 1 EXTRACT) - Gunner Møller Pedersen

15. INDUSTRIAL TAPE TRACK 3 EXTRACT - Maurizio Bianchi

  

DISC FOUR

1. PRINCIPLES – Front 242

2. ALIEN - Ende Shneafliet

3. DEKA DANS - Njurmännen

4. RAID (DEMO) – Das Ding

5. WAT'S DAT? - Der Plan

6. BIOMUTANTEN - Les Vampyrettes

7. SON – Minny Pops

8. MORE FUN WITH KORG - Plus Instruments

9. TANZEN & SINGEN - Monoton

10. LIGHT - DDAA

11. PLANCTON - Walt Rockman -

12. SHAÏ HULUD - Bernard Szajner

13. TARZAN - Anar Band 

14. ROMANTIC - Cosmic Overdose

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