Cold wave #1

"Soul Jazz's insider knowledge knows few bounds. Cold Wave proves it, shining a light on below-radar electronic acts whose DIY ethos draws a line back to pioneers like Jacno, Marquis de Sade or Charles de Goal. This atmospheric first volume sets a template that lurches from the dubby dread oscillations of Brussel's Carcass Identity and sinister doom-mongering of Düsseldorf's Kreidler to the harsh, tense techno of Spain's Wang Inc. There's room too for peculiar pop, smuggled through the backdoor by Dutch masters De Ambassade and Paris producer Krikor Kouchian, whose "Niños Matadores" ia a bonsai garden of unexpected delights. Crucially, it all feels cohesive, the first finds of an extensive dig".