• Minimal wave is a broad classification of music that comprises obscure, atypical examples of genres such as new wave, stripped-down electronic or synthesizer...
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  • Vasicka, who coined "minimal wave", did so with the intent of tying together terms such as "minimal electronics", "new wave", and "cold wave" which had frequently...
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  • New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening...
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  • Minimal Wave Records is a New York City-based independent record label founded by Veronica Vasicka in 2005. The label was launched "to create a network...
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  • Indietronica Krautrock New wave Cold wave Dark wave Neoclassical dark wave Neue Deutsche Todeskunst Ethereal wave Nu-gaze Minimal wave Neue Deutsche Welle New...
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    such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure and Bauhaus. The band has a minimal, dark sound. Their songs have a signature light synth sound, deep bass...
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  • Martin Dupont (category Cold wave groups)
    2024 "Martin Dupont". Minimal Wave Records. Retrieved 16 March 2024 "Martin Dupont: The Complete Collection 1980-1988". Minimal Wave Records, 2018. Retrieved...
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    photographer, record label founder, radio and club DJ. She is the founder of Minimal Wave Records, a record label focused on obscure electronic music from the...
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    Andy Oppenheimer (category Minimal wave musicians)
    material, Oppenheimer Analysis, was the first release by the New York-based Minimal Wave label, with a release of the 1982 New Mexico album. 'The Devil's Dancers'...
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  • Vicious Pink (category English new wave musical groups)
    TV, Josie confirmed the band would release a new album, Unexpected on Minimal Wave Records before the end of the year and debuted a new song, "Not Your...
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    moving to London. The act were considered to be at the forefront of the minimal wave resurgence before their disbanding in 2013. After a stint in the short-lived...
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    Boy Harsher (category Minimal wave groups)
    can for recording." On the band's minimal instrumentation, he said: "I'm obsessed with how successful the minimalism is with 80s music. It’s really a masterclass...
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  • Post-punk (redirect from Crank wave)
    development of ancillary genres such as gothic rock, neo-psychedelia, no wave, and industrial music. By the mid-1980s, post-punk had dissipated, but it...
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    Marie Davidson (category Minimal wave musicians)
    has been labelled as techno and minimal wave, with AllMusic's Paul Simpson describing it as "cold, hypnotic minimal wave with analog synthesizers and drum...
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    anticipated contemporary post-minimal art practices, which extend or reflect on minimalism's original objectives. Minimalism's key objectives were to strip...
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  • Solid Space (category Minimal wave groups)
    Solid Space was a short-lived British minimal wave band, formed in 1980 by Matthew 'Maf' Vosburgh and Dan Goldstein. Vosburgh and Goldstein, who met at...
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    Young Marble Giants (category Minimal wave groups)
    2008 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 0-85112-579-4. "09/13/1980:...
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  • interest in Futurisk's music. In 2010, the New York City-based label Minimal Wave released a 30th anniversary retrospective full length vinyl of Futurisk's...
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    of followers. Cloud rap Dolewave List of lo-fi musicians Microgenres Minimal wave Noise pop Noise reduction Noise rock Skiffle SoundCloud rap Harper, Adam...
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    Molchat Doma (category Cold wave groups)
    guitar, synthesizer). Its style has been called post-punk, new wave, synth-pop, and cold wave. Molchat Doma self-released its first album, S krysh nashikh...
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  • Space Museum is the sole studio album by British minimal wave band Solid Space. It was released in 1982 by In Phaze Records through cassette, eventually...
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    Trio (band) (category Minimal wave groups)
    Großenkneten, Lower Saxony, West Germany Genres Neue Deutsche Welle new wave minimalism Years active 1979 (1979)–1986 (1986) Labels Mercury Past members Stephan...
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    In Trance 95 (category Minimal wave groups)
    Retrieved 2011-05-20. "Minimal Wave Records | Minimal Wave Artists". Minimalwave.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023. "Minimal Wave Records | Articles | 3 days...
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    Albums "The KVB – Immaterial Visions - Juno Plus". Juno Plus. "The KVB". Minimal Wave Records. "The KVB : rock malade et fascinant - Les Inrocks". "Minus One...
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  • The Normal (category Minimal wave musicians)
    The Normal Genres Industrial, synthpunk, minimal synth Years active 1978 (1978)–1980 (1980) Labels Mute, Rough Trade, Sire/Warner Bros. Past members Daniel...
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    John Maus (category Minimal wave musicians)
    John Maus (born February 23, 1980) is an American musician, composer, singer, and songwriter known for his baritone singing style and his use of vintage...
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  • has also been noted as influential, and a factor in the emergence of minimal wave music. Organisation and predecessor Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark...
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  • Fad Gadget (category Minimal wave musicians)
    avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured songs with mechanised experimentation...
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    Xeno & Oaklander (category Minimal wave groups)
    the key acts that revive and update the sounds of 70s and 80s' cold wave and minimal electronic bands, combining "crisp analog synths with poetic songwriting...
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