Hot Sox - Plaster Force 7" 1982

Hot Sox were an experimental new wave / post punk band from Finland. I don't know anything about them, but they released an excellent album called "Das kapital" which can be found on spotify and other streaming apps. Do not miss that album (and their fantastic cover of "Purple haze"). This is their last single before disbanding. Great plastic twist music!

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Knep & Knåp Cassette 1986

Another one of local organization 33-45 based in Malmö, Sweden. This is their annual report in 1986 showing a lot of great bands from the area. Ana Chron Sex also made one excellent goth single. Påskharen made one incomprehensible single and also appears on the newly released "Ingen våg"-compilation on Rundgång Rekords (check it out!). Page is silly minimal synth as usual. Dr Evil & the Boys From Below were an industrial band that also made a single at about the same time as this release. Sun Connections features Louise Epstein, now a famous radio host in Sweden. Anathema is great goth rock (also made a single). Arvid Tuba is, of course, the famous drum machine-poet from Falun. The rest is pretty decent rock from -86. All very obscure and intriguing.

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Liv - 108 LP 1984

The group Liv released two LPs in the middle of the eighties. For a long time I thought that this group was called "Oliv" but I suppose that's wrong. I have no information about this band. Perhaps they were from the area around Jönköping in Sweden? The music is a bit minimal synth pop wave. Perfect for the casual listener.

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Di Leva - The Single Man 7" 1982

As i understand this single was recorded with the same members as the previous Modærn art-single, but since Thomas turned the whole band to his solo backing band anyway they changed their name to Di Leva. This single was released on Billy Madden's Adventure Records and includes a beautiful cover of a Sinatra song. A classic!

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Communication - Communication LP 1982

This is a special one, since it's not really a concept album but a kind of rock-theatre-performance. With members of danish band Scatterbrain. The story is the traditional dystopian nightmare, like 1984 and feels a bit juvenile in some parts, but it's an interesting album with great music.

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