Cold Waves of Color Volume 5

Fifth volume of cold wave/minimal synth obscurities sourced from hard-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.

Cold Waves Of Color Volume 5 extends the cherry-picked selections of minimal and new wave with 11 more aces from the likes of Berserk 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 Berserk 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".

Track List:

• Void • "Isotope" • From Hidden World cassette EP • released 1983
• Echophase • "Silent Sky" • From Controlled Experiment cassette • released 1984
• Berserk In A Hayfield • "Berserk" • Previously Unreleased • 1983
• Silicon Valley • "Transit 6" • From Music For Public Transport cassette • released 1982
• The Lord • "Production Line" • Previously Unreleased • 1984
• The Good Missionaries • "Bending A Border (Dub version)" • Previously Unreleased • 1981
• Berserk In A Hayfield • "August Haze" • Previously Unreleased • 1984
• Echophase • "Continental Drift" • From Controlled Experiment cassette • released 1984
• Lives of Angels • "Golden Age" • From Elevator To Eden cassette • released 1983
• Modern Art • "Colliding World" • From unreleased Visions album • 1985
• Lives of Angels • "Pavilion" • From Elevator To Eden cassette • released 1983

CD and Digital only Bonus Track:

• 12. Void • "Transvision (Remix)" • Previously Unreleased mix • 1983