The Minimal Wave Tapes, Vol. 2
- Various Artists
- Band Name: Various Artists
- Record Label: Stones Throw
- Release Date: Feb 28, 2012
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Jun 13, 201290As far as historic compilations go, this is an undeniable belter, successfully capturing music with a very particular energy worth celebrating.
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Jul 24, 201280The second set might not be as powerful as its predecessor, but the milieu it conjures is still engrossingly evocative. [May 2012, p.61]
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Jul 5, 201280Like it or not, the synths are here to stay, and The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume Two adds several more fascinating pieces to the puzzle.
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Jun 13, 201280The tracks are truly hidden gems, kept from mass appraisal via DIY distribution methods in the '80s, home-recorded cassettes and vinyl. Vasicka and Peanut Butter Wolf's efforts here revive and catalog some truly infectious would-be synth classics.
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Jul 5, 201270A wonky, Teutonic thing full of outré drama and should-be pop classics.
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Jun 13, 201267It offers no new narrative or stated focus and thus represents nothing more than the second gleaning of tracks from the cloistered minimal wave universe. Still, there's something undeniable here.
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Jul 5, 201260Enthusiasts will salivate over another uncovering of tainted treasure.
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Jun 13, 201260The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume 2 loses a bit of the first volume's vitality. Furthermore, by suggesting that this music can be replicated in any era, the collection betrays its former thesis that there was something particularly special about the historical circumstances that lead to all this music coming into being.