NEXT WAVE ACID PUNX

TRACKLISTING


1 Borghesia - Z.M.R.
2 Gina X Performa nce - Kaddish
3 Suicide - Wild In Blue (2005 Remaster)
4 Demolition Group - You Better Stay Alive
5 A Split Second - Flesh
6 BPM AM - Come To Me (Vo cal Version)
7 Ted Milton - Love Is Like A Viol?nce
8 Front 242 - Funkhada fi
9 Colourbox - Fast Dump
10 Yello - Lost Again (Extended Dance Version)< br>11 Mystery - Mystery Girl (Club Mix Remastered)
12 In-D - Virgin In-D Sky' s
13 Judy Torres - No Reason To Cry (Instrumental)
14 Hard Corps - Porte B onheur (Lucky Charm) 2021

1 Moderna & Theus Mago - Francesca (Wild At Hea rt)
2 Middle Sky Boom feat. Eliezer - Slow With The Run (Il Est Vilaine Remix )
3 Tiempo De Maldad - Maxico (Alvee Remix)
4 Zombies In Miami - El Wild5 Moscoman - Fernandez
6 Juan Maclean feat. Fantastic Twins - She's Breakin g Up
7 Damon Jee & Darlyn Vlys - Kronos (Wild Mix)
8 Zakmina - Viral News< br>9 Radial Gaze - Totem Echoes (You Man Remix)
10 Paresse - Temple
11 Rin a x Benji x Megaphonim - Ani Cham
12 Modular Project - Electronic Disco (Curs es Remix)

1 Curses - Discipline
2 Chinaski - Hart Und Kalt
3 Shubos tar - AYA
4 Cornelius Doctor - Life In Chains
5 Mufti - Restrained
6 Am arcord - Spleen
7 Franz Scala - Shortwave Memories
8 Tronik Youth - Spirit Dancer
9 Cardopusher - Escape From Reality
10 Kendal & David Carretta - P astaga
11 Local Suicide & Skelesys - Faster Faster
12 Pablo Bozzi - Storm in Dallas





INFO


'Next Wave Acid Punx' is a 38 track journey across nearly 40 years of dark club music compiled and curat ed by Berlin-based Musician and DJ, Luca Venezia aka Curses. Inviting friends wi th a like-minded affection for an 80s rooted sound, and diving deep into his rec ord collection, Curses has put together a three CD/double vinyl set that takes u s from music by Colourbox and Suicide to EBM pioneers, Front 242 through to rece nt club hits from Zombies in Miami, and 12 brand new, totally exclusive tracks f rom the likes of Shubostar, Chinaski, and Curses himself.

Exploring the darker side of club music, 'Next Wave Acid Punx' traces decades of a musical passion and joins the dots between the EBM, New Beat, Italo and Acid House trac ks of the 1980s to present music of today.

"Putting together a compi lation like this is a strange experience. I've never been one to stay still too long. Whether as a musician, DJ, or producer I'd never wanted to tie myself down to one scene or one sound, always looking to move on before I'd maybe run a pro ject completely dry. With an album you create a snapshot of who you are during t hat time in life, with a DJ set maybe just that night, but this felt more like t rying to sum up a lifetime of musical experiences. A bit daunting! But in puttin g this comp together I did find a path that led from listening to FRONT 242 and Ministry cassettes in my bedroom when I was just 11, through to the music I make and play today.

What links these tracks together, is an attitude. It 's one I've been drawn to since I was a teenager, playing in punk bands, skatebo arding in NYC, hanging out at CBGBs, and following Sonic Youth around, to eventu ally raving every weekend at underground drum & bass and electro nights.
As a teenager I'd dig through the bargain bins at shops like Vinyl Mania and Bleecker Bob's where you'd find all these Freestyle, Italo and New Beat records . Straight away I zoned in on the "Dub" and "Extended Dance Mix" versions where the focus was on the drums and I could hear a link to bands I'd loved years befo re.

The first chapter takes early tracks from bands who came directly out of the punk and new wave scenes, that played a major role in forming my mus ical taste. The second chapter celebrates current music influenced by these earl y pioneers, while the third chapter comprises exclusive new music made for this compilation, with the passion for these genres in mind.

Some of these songs may have been written decades apart, but they all share an energy, a raw spirit, it's those massive drums and gated snares that you hear on both Demoliti on Group's 'You Better Stay Alive' from 1988, and Shubostar's brand new track, ' Aya'. This mix of electric and electronic sounds have been part of my make up ev er since I learned to play guitar accompanied by a DR550 drum machine.

After leaving New York, I found a scene that helped me realize I could combine all my own past influences into my productions, song-writing and DJ sets. Disco vering underground parties like Wrong Era, Cocktail d'Amore in Berlin, La dame N oir in Marseille, and of course A Love From Outer Space, made the pieces fall in to place for me. This is the sound of a community I love, a passion without sacr ifice, that I now want to share with you."

- Luca Venezia (Berlin, Fe bruary 2021)