The Minimal Wave label sprang from her weekly radio show of the same name.
In Aeternam Vale was the work (more or less) of one French dude called Laurent Prot, and his discography has been given new life in recent years thanks to the peerless Minimal Wave label.
This features on the second volume of Trevor Jackson's Metal Dance series of compilations which, like Veronica Vasicka's aforementioned Minimal Wave label, is a good starting point for exploring the more new wave and industrial-style tracks that used analogue synths to capture the same darkly magical feel of pre-CGI movies.
Minimal Wave, a label responsible for revitalizing lost or undersong early techno and industrial, helped bring back interest in Das Ding with their 2010 reissue of his album H.S.T.A. Since then, Bolsten has rediscovered recording that that were never formally released, and now Minimal Wave has announced a limited release of the best of these tracks "The Missing Tapes LP".
VERONICA VASICKA, the founder of the indie Brooklyn music label Minimal Wave, has been called a "vinyl archaeologist" for her obsession with excavating old records.
The Up Close column last Thursday, about Veronica Vasicka, the founder of the Brooklyn music label Minimal Wave, misspelled the first name of a musician whom she photographed.
STYLE The Up Close column last Thursday, about Veronica Vasicka, the founder of the Brooklyn music label Minimal Wave, misspelled the first name of a musician whom she photographed.
Since founding Minimal Wave, a seven-year-old label dedicated to re-releasing obscure electronic music from the 1970s and '80s, Ms. Vasicka has become an unwitting ambassador for the current synth revival, typified by so-called chillwave acts like Ariel Pink and Neon Indian.
If you're one of them, give yourself a break and sink your teeth into the label's newest project, minimal wave duo Essaie Pas.
With reissues becoming increasingly commonplace in electronic music, there's been a rise in labels like Dark Entries, Medical Records, Minimal Wave, and others, who scour crates, Discogs, and the internet for the next lost gem to reissue and repackage.
The genre was only officially recognized as Minimal Wave recently (2005), after the establishment of the New York City record label, Minimal Wave Records.
