Some compelling minimal synth moves from this Latvian New Wave crew who were apparently a very big deal in their native land and who reached the apotheosis of their eccentricity on this third album of theirs, a soundtrack to a staging of Alice In Wonderland that prompted a stripping back of their sound to a spare minimal synthiness with optional Wurlitzer organ rhythm pre-sets that really nails that elusive balance between pensive melancholia and perky quirk that often marks the best of this sorta stuff.
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ReplyDeleteSo, then you are a digger, eh? Good boy ...
ReplyDelete'Hercogiences Dziesma' was the precursor to 'Missing the Light of Day' by Air! Listen for yourselves.
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'Missing the Light of Day' by Air is heavily influenced by 'Hercogiences Dziesma'. This is just my opinion, not confirmed by Air, but the similarity is eery.
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible! Can't thank you enough for posting this.
ReplyDeleteAnyone have anything else by them?
Greetings from Latvia! It's interesting to find out every time about people listening to this band in faraway countries around the globe. E.g. I've been contacted by people from Brazil and Estonia, read comments from Sweden and the Netherlands, etc. And there's good reason too.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, all of their 80's albums have now been reissued on CD, and you should definitely go out and buy them if you ever get a chance.