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MINIMAL COMPACT - Returning Wheel (Classics, Remixes & Archives)

Format: 3 x CD Label & Cat.Number: Crammed Discs cram115 Release Year: 2010 Note: compilation with their classic tracks, but also 30 previously unpublished demos & experiments, as well as some remixes. 3 CDs for the price of one ! (originally released 2004, now re-issued!) Price (incl. 19% VAT): €14.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Klassiker, Seltenes und Remixe der wegweisenden israelischen Postpunk-Band: Sie sind eine der inspirierendsten Bands der 80er-Jahre und gelten mit ihrem Mix aus funkigem Rock,schneidenden Gitarren und Einflüssen ihrer nahöstlichen Heimat als Wegbereiter moderner Weltmusik. Minimal Compact landeten mehrere Underground-Club-Hits und haben sowohl in Europa wie auch den USA eine starke Gefolgschaft. 2004 erlebte die Musik der Israelis eine Renaissance, Titel wie "Next One Is Real" und "Statik Dancin" fanden sich plötzlich in den Plattenkoffern angesagter Rave-DJs wieder. Grund genug mit "Returning Wheel (Classics, Remixes & Archives)" die erste MC-Compilation mit allen wesentlichen Tracks auf drei CDs zu veröffentlichen. Inklusive 30 zuvor unveröffentlichter Demos und Experimente sowie elf Remixe von Künstlern wie Tiefschwarz, Kruder & Stereotyp, Optimo, Maurice Fulton, Fauna Flash, Krikor und anderen. / / Fronted by vocalist Samy Birnbach (aka DJ Morpheus, freestyle DJ extraordinaire and compiler of the Freezone series), Minimal Compact were one of the most inspirational bands of the '80s. They blended funky rock rhythms and incisive guitars with flavours from their native Middle East. The band were active from 1981 to 1988, and released 6 studio albums and a live album. They had a large and fanatic following all across Europe and the USA, where some of their tracks became underground club favourites. 20 years on, it started happening all over again as several leading DJs kept championing tracks such as 'Next One Is Real', 'Statik Dancin' and other Minimal Compact vintage favourites. Fifteen years after the band's split, Minimal Compact got getting together again at the end of 2003 to play a series of concerts, with their full original line-up including lead vocalist Samy Birnbach (aka DJ Morpheus), guitarists/ vocalists Berry Sakharof & Rami Fortis, bass player/ vocalist Malka Spigel and drummer Max Franken. This, the first and only Minimal Compact retrospective, is a triple-album boxed set which includes: CD1 - RETURNING WHEEL: Minimal Compact classics the first-ever compilation of their work, 14 seminal tracks and a previously-unreleased song CD2 - THERE'S ALWAYS NOW: Remixes & Remakes Minimal Compact revisited by top electronic music producers, selected -naturally- by DJ Morpheus: Tiefschwarz, Kruder & Stereotyp, Optimo, Maurice Fulton, Fauna Flash, Krikor, Volga Select & more. CD3 - MUSIC FROM UPSTAIRS: Archives 30 previously-unreleased songs and experiments The box also includes a booklet containing photos, texts and complete lyrics of all Minimal Compact songs." [label info] www.crammed.be