war toys / practice tape 2-2-84 /

 war toys - practice tape 2-2-84 (tape c60 s/s self-released)
usually im gonna try to post only stuff with more info possible..here i should buy the Ian Glasper's anarchopunk book but i don't have any money to spend...(20 euro for an anarchopunk book it should be for free..). They were from North Devon and they belong to the anarchopunk scene. This tape is amazing...yea i like it a lot...Anarchopunk is really cool when they weren't play punk stuff but they experiments with other genre (just to think about Hit Parade, Annie Anxiety, This Bitter Lesson or Youth in Asia ..few names). War Toys were a charming post-punk band, great melodies and such emotional...They use a lot of melanconic guitar riff...and anthemic vocals in a goth way. 'Pain and Strife' is one of that track i could listen to death. And 'Pandean Pipedream'? the same...amazing..They remind me some U.S. skate-band with post-punk touch..(mc rad - weakness..sort of)...I will call this stuff Romantic-Anarchopunk...

seite A: 1. Pain and Strife, 2. The Short War, 3. Great Escape, 4. Pandean Pipedream, 5. Where's the Logic, 6. Golden Gate, 7. Unexcusable Situation, 8. In Perspective, 9. Outcry

find the tape here.

chris zygomalas / white-black / c30 / 1984

Χρήστος Ζυγομαλάς (Chris Zygomalas) - Άσπρο-Μάυρο (White-Black) (c30 1984)

From Athen, Greece this tape 1984 by Chris Zygomalas (vocals, guitar) and Mr. Simitis (vocals, synthesizers). Really obscure stuff here but very cool. Greece put out a lot of interesting stuff. This tape could be described as greek minimal-wave, with a little touch of ethnic sound and with superb synth-pop riff.

The a-side start with a drum-machine 'Τι νέα απ' τον πλανήτη' an electro ballad, quiet nice but maybe i don't have the right greek background...the second track got the same style in a gloomy ethereal way..and 'March' is a funny synth-rumental piece. On the b-side 'Άσπρο - Μάυρο' is another minimal-wave ballad..to 'Ode' without any doubt the best song here, the synth-line and the double vocals make this track one of deepest minimal-synth tune i've head in the last time. Then the b-side ended with 'Wind' based on a winded synth sound...



seite A: 1. Τι νέα απ' τον πλανήτη (What's new from the world ), 2. Μικρή θεά (Little goddess), 3.

Εμβατήριο (march)

seite B: 1.  Άσπρο - Μάυρο (black-white), 2. Ωδή (ode), 3.  Άνεμος (wind)

the tape could be find here. with some info about the project.