Earlier in the year Detonic Recordings invited some of their favourite acts to contribute a track to a " Transglobal Synth-Punk Compilation".
Songs slowly arrived from all around the world - 12 tracks recorded especially for the LP and/or unreleased previously, these are not just remixes or demo out-takes - the record plays like a set of hit singles. Like a great Compilation should.
The final set includes Parisian noise-pop, Epic Coldwave from California and Bordeaux, Post-Chiptune Chaos from Tokyo, Riot Grrl No-Wave from Brighton, Kraut, Goth, EBM and Uber-Concrete Noise from Melbourne , a dozen disparate sounds and styles all united by a common disdain for the Guitar.
The final set includes Parisian noise-pop, Epic Coldwave from California and Bordeaux, Post-Chiptune Chaos from Tokyo, Riot Grrl No-Wave from Brighton, Kraut, Goth, EBM and Uber-Concrete Noise from Melbourne , a dozen disparate sounds and styles all united by a common disdain for the Guitar.
SIDE1:
1. VvvV - Slugs (FR)
2. Tuxedo Gleam - Fiction (US)
2. Tuxedo Gleam - Fiction (US)
3. We are enfant Terrible - 1to4get (FR)
4. Infecticide - Prehistronic (FR)
5. Jonny Telafone - I will ascend (AU)
6. Men Oh Pause - Graceville (UK)
SIDE2:
1. Diesel Dudes - Earthmover (US
2. Sashcloth and Axes - Ready to Die (US)
3. Wolf Shield - No more (AU)
4. Tripple Nippples - Masaka (JP)
5. Vulgar Fashion - Fatal Photographs (US
6. Dead Boomers - The Hammer (AU)
Heres the first reaction from Detonics' Vice President for Marketing (European Region) :
"As a compilation, this release is A-OK.Give it to any DJ in Le Klub or Bonnie and Clyde on Saturdays and the whole of the tracks would live through it - no worries. There is an interest in Paris now for cheap synth punk with a dark and twisted soul to it... we are starting to get tired with the wannabe classy new wave stuff so... the shit here is refreshing ... i like the EBM touch also, cheap EBM that is... you can dance to it AND feel dirty.... i dig that.
Now some guys in here i just couldn't get listen to and keep serious. You don't speak french do you ? Cuz nobody who can speak French could listen to Infecticide and keep serious. i laughed my ass so ferocious in the subway that i had to get out of the tube, people were staring at me and it was embarrassing... But there is no big deal. i am not sure those bastards want to be taken seriously anyway.
Some i like but i don't know why - it's crappy but it's cool and i love the fragility of it - Men oh Pause is like that, so is Jonny Telafone. Now some tracks have a potential for being MORE than just canon-fodder for DJs. VvvV is really catchy (that would-be-Marc-Almond-voice-mmmmmmh!), Sashcloth and AXes scared the shit out of me... and as for Wolf Shield, i would do him in a heartbeat !"