NEXT WAVE ACID PUNX DEUX - CHAPTER 1

TRACKLISTING


A1. Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams, P t. 2
A2. Marie Möör - Pretty Day
A3. Sad Lovers & Giants - Things We Never Did
A4. Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
B1. Big Aud io Dynamite - The Big V
B2. Cabaret Voltaire - Blue Heat
B3. Nitzer Ebb - Hearts and Minds (Mix Hypersonic)
B4. Clan Of Xymox - Obsession

C1. In Sotto Voce - In Sotto Voce
C2. Psyche - Prisoner To Desire (Single Mix)
C 3. Propaganda - The Murder Of Love
C4. DAF - Brothers (Gabi Mix)
D1. Book Of Love - Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes) (I Dream Of Jeanne Mix)
D2. Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See
D3. Absolute Body Control - Total Control


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INFO


Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX is the second compila tion for Eskimo Recordings compiled and curated by Berlin-based Musician and DJ Luca Venezia, aka Curses, to explore the darker side of club music. Spread acros s 3CDs and three 2LPs Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX features a mammoth 49 tracks that join the dots between early industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, EBM legends like Nitzer Ebb and the post-punk experiments of people like Malcolm McLaren and Big Audio Dynamite with some of the most exciting artists around today, such as Boy Harsher, Nuovo Testamento and Years of Denial.

Where the first N ext Wave Acid Punx compilation was a personal journey for Luca, a lockdown inspi red exploration of his record collection to find the thread that ran through the music that had soundtracked much of his life, DEUX is a celebration of that mus ic let loose on the world, the thrill of music performed live, the smoke and str obe filled clubs you'll hear it in and the artists you'll find on those stages.< br />
"After our enforced break, getting back out there and playing live ag ain really brought home to me so much of what I love about the scene I'm in but also just how important live music has been and is to club culture over the year s," Luca explains. "Too often we think of club nights and live gigs as these sep arate things, but throughout the years it's where the two meet, the friction tha t can cause, that you'll find the most vibrant scenes."

"There's an e nergy, an atmosphere that you get with live music, an unpredictability where at any moment something can go wrong or even better right in a way you never expect . I think about a live set we played at a Lebanese festival where our MPC drum m achine froze up because of all the dust and sand trapped in the pads. We had to improvise half our set, jamming bass and guitar and pedal FX and vocals, embraci ng this surreal environment and experience, something that could only happen in the moment."

"With Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX I wanted to celebrate tho se bands and artists, past and present who, to me, represent that spirit. Both f ull live bands and makeshift electronic duos alike, the kind of acts that you mi ght have found wedged between DJs back in the day at The Hacienda in the 80s, Tr ash in the 00s or today at nights like Berlin's MILK ME, EXBTN in Paris, Night T errors + SC&P in London, New York City's Synthicide or Ukraine's Worn Pop.

So I've put this compilation together much like my favourite kind of night , going out to see some bands play, hitting up a club where live music and DJs b lur together, before the serious business of the after party. On Chapter 1 you'l l find bands like Vicious Pink, DAF and Cabaret Voltaire, some of these acts are more obscure than others, some flirted with pop and even the charts but they we re all embracing new ways of working in the late 70s and 80s that both set them apart and set the scene for much of what we think of as club music.

C hapter 2 moves the night on, and this is the sound of the clubs I love to both p lay and just hang out in these days, clubs where the people involved put a lot m ore time into digging through the crates than working on their Instagram Reels. These are places where you're as likely to find a band on stage as you are a DJ, where 80's German electro pop by a band like Boytronic seamlessly flows into tr acks like Silent Servant's Non Fiction. Timeless music that can be romantic, dre amlike and ethereal one moment, then veer into dark, industrial sounds the next.

Then finally we get to that part of the night where you probably sho uld go home but if it's too late for good decisions there's still time for good music. Things are a bit wilder here, the drums a bit harder, the synths are more aggressive, tracks like The Hacker's Monopoly, Zanias' Tryptamine Palace or EVA 's Industrial Hope that don't let up, don't let you go, just subjugate you to th e beat and keep you there till you stumble out blinking into a new day."
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