Cold Waves Of Color Volume 5

Fifth volume of cold wave/minimal synth obscurities sourced from hard or impossible-to-find tapes originally issued in the early-mid 80s! Color Tapes again reveal a hitherto unheard slice of British garage cold wave recordings ranging from certifiable dancefloor aces to synth escape pods and integers between. "A dead faithful go-to for vintage wave compilations in recent years, Color Tapes’ Cold Waves Of Color Volume 5 extends the cherry-picked selections of minimal and new wave with 11 more aces from the likes of Beserk In A Hayfield, Modern Art, Lives of Angels and Silicon Valley, and including a natty rarity by The Good Missionaries, post Alternative TV.

All material this time spans 1981-1985… As with previous installments, Volume 5 impresses with its depth and quality of variety, sequencing crisp electronic dance tracks on the same page as grainy, melodic synth-pop and hard-working dubs in a way that makes total sense as both a historic education as well as a heavily satisfying, play-it-again record. On the front they add up Void’s punchy, bittersweet minimal wave jabber ‘Isotope' beside the soaring, romantic ‘tronics of 'Silent Sky' by Echophase and the supple swang of Beserk In A Hayfield, leading up to some real gems in The Lord’s warped chromatic wormhole 'Production Line,' and especially The Good Missionaries brooding beauty 'Bending A Border' [1981] which is pretty unmissable for fans of PiL or Officer! Flip over for more treats in the fluidly Chris Carter-esque electro dynamics of 'Continental Shift' by Echophase, a New Order-y turn from Lives of Angels, and the dubbed-out NRG-disco deviation of Modern Art ace, 'Colliding World'.”