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V/A – BIPPP: French Synth-Wave 1979/85

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$20.00

What our staff has to say: “The little beep/boop drum machine that kicks off Marie Moor’s Pretty Day is my favorite sound.” – Cleo

2023 repress. Increasingly detached from the original punk formula, the modern and arty youth of the early ’80s set itself to jettison an art form that had lost much of the nihilistic and exhilarating energy of its halcyon days, stuck, as it was, in an endless and noisy regression. Disheartened but eager to experiment and create, a new wave of French musicians followed the beacon of Jacno’s seminal ’79 hit “Rectangle,” a visionary, digital coup de grâce, courtesy of a former punk which dealt the Rickenbacker and Fender-era a fatal blow. The cold and robot-like bips of analogic keyboards took over. Casio, Korg MS-10 and Arp Omni were the new paraphernalia of the new generation — the ideal conveyers of its retro-futurist elegance and self-professed cold arrogance. They were pinnacles and symbols which were just as potent as the electric guitar in the ’50s or the laptop in the ’90s. This compilation recalls the glory of a selected few, the cream of the crop of the shooting stars and cult bands that followed in the footsteps of Kas Product, Mathematiques Modernes or Charles De Goal. Featuring Ruth’s infinitely charming “Polaroid/Roman/Photo,” plus A Trois Dan Les WC, Act, Les Visiteurs Du Soir, Vox Dei, TGV, CKC, Marie Möör, Deux, Vitor Hublot, Visible and Casino Music.