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  • Null and Void, Happiness and Contempt, 1980 on M.A.O. Records.

    Null and Void, Happiness and Contempt, 1980 on M.A.O. Records.

    Null and Void were a self-described “early 80s SoCal synth wave band.” This was their debut EP, recorded at Devon Sound – it’s been reissued by Medical Records along with Montage Morte, their second LP from 1982. This may have been MAO Records’ first releases – catalog number MAO 1001 and 1980 release suggests so.…

  • Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace.

    Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace.

    Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology, 2020 on Ace. Compilation covering 1978-1984, really mostly focused on 1979-1982 – critical years in the early “new” synthesizer era: Human League, Soft Cell, The Teardrop Explodes, China Crisis, OMD – lots of gems here