Founded by New York artist and radio DJ Veronica Vasicka in 2005, Minimal Wave is a label dedicated to unearthing rare and obscure recordings of futuristic European new wave from the 1980s. Over the past few years more than 20 albums of the era have been carefully remastered and reissued. Since 2008 Minimal Wave has a sub-label, Cititrax, which focuses on early US house and electro productions from that period.
Tracks on "Hot-Bip"
This Album is featured in Update #073:
The Best Albums of 2011
As the old year draws to a close, we recap the finest musical moments of 2011. For this update we have selected our favourite full-lengths of the year, and we are making all of these indispensable albums available to you for a special price until January 15, more...
This Album is featured in Update #067:
Secretsundaze, Roska, Fennesz, Little Dragon
We hope that you have escaped the grizzly northern European weather in time and will be spending your Monday morning at a sunny beach. But even if you'll be riding the subway to work instead, here is some of our favourite new music to keep you in a summer more...
Top 8 in Download Charts of Week #29
Top 3 in Best Rated Releases of Week #28
It is an essential album for this year. a jewel
Top 7 in Download Charts of Week #28
Picked!
NYC's awesome reissue imprint Minimal Wave collects some of the finest pieces by French all-round artist Philippe 'Hot-Bip' Laurent. Recorded between 1979-1988 the album features 10 priceless tracks of Dopplereffekt-style synth-wave electro-hop experiments. Essential.
Top 4 in Best Rated Releases of Week #27
Top 10 in Download Charts of Week #27