Persona - Presque, Tout, Cassure (1989)

Coldwave band with some industrial/experimental influences. This project was a collaboration between two genious musicians: Marc Collin and Xavier Jamaux. If you're looking for sombre and weird pop music, then click Download.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Angst
02) Vogler
03) Emak Bakkia
04) Haiku
05) Moyoas
06) Spirit
07) Abadona
08) Portrait De Bela En Vert

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"Sacrilège" compilation (1991)

The first release of legendary label "Prikosnovénie". To me, it's a cult work compilation. Actually I think about this stuff as the coldwave's resign till the 2000's.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) A Gethsemani - Linconnsing Finalay
02) Cherche-Lune - Noir-Ciel
03) Dada's Noise - Maria
04) A Gethsemani - Aux Alcôves Divines
05) Persona - Analogie
06) Interim - Père Lachaise
07) Complot Bronswick - Any Kind Of...
08) Pro Memoria - Brûler Manchester
09) Anastoria - Sir Bottom
10) Dada's Noise - La Maladie
11) Vincent Legallo - Infiniment Petit

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Art Decade - Urban Line (1990)

Fantastic (and, sadly, almost unknown) coldwave project from France. I believe there was a Brigade Internationale guy on vocals.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) 1980
02) Game Over
03) α
04) Inferno
05) β
06) Art Decade
07) Γ
08) Waking Of Tears
09) Sans Titre
10) δ
11) Urban Line
12) Once Upon A Time
13) If I'd Tried
14) Hanging Around
15) Lies
16) Game
17) 1990

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"La Muse Vénale" compilation (1985)

An outstanding coldwave compilation from Marseille side.
Released by Exil in 1985 as the cassette.
There's only one act, which may be called "famous" (Martin Dupont), others are almost unknown.
If you're looking for Closed Session material, look here (and be thankful to Capa Nostra).
About Formes Nouvelles: according to discogs.com, they released a CD. I'm still searching for this one.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
Chapitre I:
01) Prelude
02) Vision Baroque - Mugarax
03) Vision Baroque - Send No Flowers
04) Vision Baroque - Le Goût Du Sang / The New
05) Corps Diplomatique - Sin Of Flesh
06) Corps Diplomatique - Puzzle Sheeps
07) Corps Diplomatique - Les Métamorphoses
08) Local Passion - Le Faiseur De Songes
09) Local Passion - Le Bouclier D'Athena
10) Local Passion - Nouvelle Histoire
11) Without Sense - Schizophrenia
12) Without Sense - Black Magic

Chapitre II:
01) Seventeen Steps - Melancholy
02) Seventeen Steps - Here Is To Her Smile
03) Martin Dupont - He Calls The Sky Hector
04) Martin Dupont - Accident Of Stars
05) Martin Dupont - Top Of The Pyramid
06) Closed Session - What Have You Learnt
07) Closed Session - Proctis Day
08) Formes Nouvelles - Present And The Lost
09) Formes Nouvelles - The Sun, He, Never Lies
10) Formes Nouvelles - Greece On The Morning
11) Outro

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Zero Divide - Ciné Club (1984)

A fantastic coldwave act from Paris.
They released only this 7inch vinyl.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Ciné Club
02) Scénario

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Bunker Strasse - Bunker (1987)

BunkerStrasse's first official release.
Released by Hayoon Limit? label.
Thanks to Hochmah for providing this K7.
If you ask me for the best place to start listening to french coldwave, then I advise you this stuff.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) My Own Way
02) Le Retour Du Roi
03) Mirror
04) Tears (Live)
05) Souvenirs (Live)

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Clair Obscur - Demos (1990)

Another rare demo-cassette from one of my all-time favourite bands, Clair Obscur.
This could be an official version of album "Rock" in 1990.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) La Terre
02) L'Etude
03) Downtown Part 1
04) Downtown Part 2
05) We Went
06) La Bourse Ou La Vie
07) Multiple
08) Showtime/Saint Joseph
09) Venceremos

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Da - Dark Rooms (1981) + Charge - Luxury (1982)

Da were an almost unknown punk/new-wave band from Chicago rock scene. It reminds Siouxsie And The Banshees a little. And... I'm still looking for their next work "Time Will Be Kind".
Charge were from London. "Punk turns into goth" or something like that. Their only studio LP can be found here.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
Da - Dark Rooms 7" (1981)
01) Dark Rooms
02) White Castles

Charge - Luxury 7" (1982)
01) Luxury
02) Madman In The North

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Cherche-Lune - Dun Amrys (1994)

Nice ethereal/neoclassical stuff, similar to Collection d'Arnell~Andréa and Rise And Fall Of A Decade.
First I heard them on an outstanding "Sacrilège" compilation, released in 1991 by french label Prikosnovénie.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Wolfgang
02) Shili
03) Y S
04) Circe
05) Berceuse
06) Waerda
07) Dark Eyes
08) Lettre A...

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Fatidic Seconde - Métropolis 7" (1985)

Touching and catchy "cold pop". Highly recommended to eurodance-music fans.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Métropolis
02) Le Feu De Perles

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Bunker Strasse - Live In Ronchin 24.09.1989 ("Espoirs Ephémères" festival)

Today's post is this rare live tape by genious coldwave band from the north of France. Getting some titles from this K7 was VERY hard, but I thank Didier Vendevilie, a Bunker Strasse musician, which helped me to get some knowness. And, of course, thanks Alex Flaying for this material!
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Intro/Rêve De Pierre
02) Les Amants Maudits
03) Mirror
04) Les 25 Pièces Sont Vides
05) For I Can
06) Folie Démence
07) Suicide
08) Senso
09) Feast
10) Crime

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L'An III - Untitled (1987)

Another french coldwave miracle.
Very impressive and melodic songs, similar to Neutral Project.
Enjoy!

Tracklist:
01) Suicide
02) Euthanasie
03) Utopie
04) Mise Au Point
05) Accident Mortel
06) Isanera
07) Pas Comme Ca
08) Konzentration Läger
09) Berlin
10) Déferlements
11) Erster Tod, Zweites Leben
12) Enjoy
13) No Way
14) Interdictions

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