"Minimal Wave proudly presents Cities Of Steel And Neon, a compilation of early tape recordings by Greek electronic \r\npioneers In Trance 95. In Trance 95 was formed by Alex Machairas and Nik Veliotis when they were just 18 years old. \r\nFrom its inception, the duo shaped their sound using portable analogue synthesizers and drum machines, becoming \r\none of the first artists in the minimal synth / cold wave / EBM vein to come out of Greece in the 80s. They released two \r\nsingles, one 12_¢‚Ǩ¬ù, and one album as well as appearing on several compilations at the time. Now for the first time ever, \r\nsongs from their vast archive of unreleased 4-track tape recordings have been made available. \r\nCities Of Steel And Neon features material recorded between 1988-1989: the unreleased 4-track recordings, the highly \r\nlauded first single Desire To Desire / Brazilia, and a rare version of 21st Century European Temptation. The LP is pressed \r\non 180 gram black vinyl and housed in a matte sleeve with semi-gloss inner sleeve depicting 1989 video stills of the the \r\nduo. Special thanks to Peter Miles Studio for the sleeve design and Matthew Bakkom for supplying the cover image. 999 hand-numbered copies." - Minimal Wave.
After nearly a decade of false starts, multiple game plans veering off the rails, and a handful of shattered hopes and/or dreams, the odyssey is finally complete—the new Fusetron site is here.
This is the first phase of a multipart rollout that will span the next few months: the currently browsable stock includes miscellaneous new releases from the past 8+ months (we have a lot of catching up to do), plus approximately a third of our backstock. Note that we’ve reduced/slashed prices on many titles and will continue to do so in order to make room for new stock. We’ll also be expanding / tweaking / improving / debugging the site itself (for example, we still have work to do on the automated international postage system, not to mention the inevitable inventory discrepancies that come with transferring an ancient and massive database to a new system).
Over the next few months, as we take inventory, clean house, and delve into our storage, we will be uploading thousands of additional items, gradually, on a near-daily basis. This will include the majority of the LPs, as well as many titles, in all formats, once thought long-gone. Many currently “sold out” items are likely to resurface.
Finally, once our general backstock is up (probably in the next two or three months) we’ll begin making our extensive stockpile of rarities available online for the first time: tons of random out-of-print titles, "deadstock," warehouse finds, secondhand collectibles, etc., accumulated over the past few decades.
Frequent/returning customers will be getting early access to these items. Details to follow on how this will work (a priority mailing list? a 'frequent flyer'-like program?), but it will not be based on dollars spent. We want to reward those who consistently support us, especially in the discogs marketplace era (to those who show up trying to poach five copies of a one-off rarity, and nothing else, ever… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
So—we suggest you take some time to dig through the site—even we’ve been surprised by what’s been turning up, and there’s much more to come.
