Mediafire/dead links/ New posts

Luckily Nightmares on Wax hasn't been hit to hard with the tight grip mediafire has began to take hold of on various uploaded files, especially if they have similar names to well known artists / album titles etc. A few things though have been dropped and have been brought to my attention, thank to everyone who left comments and or emailed me to inform me about this, I'll get the links back up as soon as possible.
Also expect some fresh posts soon..some experimental goth and darkwave stuff from the States and a few more out-of-print swirly shoegaze samplers from Bedazzled records.  I promise I'm not kicking this blog to the curb just yet, so thanks again to all of you who still check back from time to time and follow this shitty music blog ;)

Matador (Germany) 1982-1991

Matador was a female fronted German band founded in 1982 by Gudrun Gut, Manon P. Duursma of the cult band Malaria! and Beate Bartel of Liaisons Dangereuses. They spent the early years mostly focused on live performances and contributing to avante-garde films since all were still involved with their respective bands. In '87 they finally managed to put down some tracks and release A Touch Beyond Canned Love which is an intensive debut with just the right amount of experimentation and by far the darkest of their three albums. Songs like 'Komm' and 'Abortion' are ladened with sexy and icy vocals, booming thundering drums, bleak sampling and sequences and a haunted blaring Trumpet looped in the mix. You hear more of an influence from their previous bands in this first album which I think is far from a bad thing. Their second release Sun is steeped more so in a goth rock atmosphere with the use of more guitar and bass but still managing to use dark pop elements especially in their dooming but catchy version of 'Stop! in The Name of Love'. Then you have songs like 'Sun' that is just pure sexual black magic. Over all you can tell in this album the three stepped more out of their familiar elements they were use to in their previous bands and started to create more of a cohesive and specialized sound that is Matador. Their last and final release Écoute even though it was released in the 90's still managed to have that 80's feel with back to back tracks of gloomy and chilly synth pop which is most deliciously presented in the songs 'Memory' and 'Mother'. Matador was something that stood apart from the rest of the Trash Pop that was coming out in droves during this time in Europe. Their dark and unorthodox approach to pop and wave music kept them just under the radar, and sometimes that is not always a bad thing, music like this just doesn't burn and sizzle out it stays branded on the hearer and is easily not forgotten.

A Touch Beyond Canned Love (1987)

Komm

On The Boat

Abortion

Low

Release

Angel

Nite Time

You Made Me

Searose

 

Sun (1989)

Dancetrance

3 Coins

Hold Me

Smoke & Fire

Sun

Stop! In The Name Of Love

Red Light

The Man

Missing

Paradise

Écoute (1991) 

Pushing

Gumbo

Words

Frucht

Nobody Knows

Going Home

Tore Stadt

Schreiender Tag

Memory

Promise

Mother

Nan

Hello England !

So yet I have moved house once again and now to England, thus the reason for no new blog post the past few months. I promise I do have some delightful treats for you that are currently packed away..once I get myself settled and dig some things out I will get back to ripping again. I have some plans to re-rip a few lower quality albums that I have already shared up to 320 and reup new links. I also plan in between my new posts to share with you all 50 of my most favorite albums of all time. I have had a few people ask me this over the last few years I have been writing for this blog and I found it a rather good idea.

In fact, I'm rather interested in hearing what are your 50 top albums of all time.

Until then I just wanted to Thank each and everyone of our followers and for being patient in between my infrequent posts, and promises once I get my ass in gear Nightmares on Wax will be filled with more musical delights for your listening pleasure.

cheers ! and A Happy New Year to you all

Happy Birthday Adrian Borland

In honor of Adrian's Birthday today I offer you all one of my favorites out of his solo releases, 5:00AM. You can also grab some of his other work that has been posted on the blog here in the past just click on the 'Adrian Borland' or 'The Sound' Tags to bring you to the posts. So start listening and make this day a remembrance of one of the most underated musicians of our time.

Adrian Borland - 5:00 AM (1997) Earth Records


Stray Bullets
Dangerous Stars
Vampiric
Baby Moon
City Speed
Kissing In The Dark
I'm Your Freedom
The Spinning Room
Redemption's Knees
Between Buildings
Over The Under
Before The Day Begins

Shiva Burlesque (1987-1990) USA

Before there was Grant Lee Buffalo, there was Shiva Burlesque... the post-punk counterparts to the LA paisley underground. From the mastermind of Grant Lee Phillips, Shiva Burlesque is 'a psychedelically tinged, folky, punky, lyrical, spooky, melancholic musical brew' that managed to put out two of the most exquisite albums to come out of the late 80's Los Angeles indie music scene and have managed to be in my top 100 favorite albums of all time.

Shiva Burlesque were :

Grant Lee Phillips - electric acoustic guitars and vocals
Joey Peters - Drums Percussion
Dick Smack - Bass
Jeffrey Clark - Vocals
Greg Adamson - Cello

Shiva Burlesque (1987) Nate Starkman & Son


Indian Summer
Two Suns
The Lonesome Death Of Shadow MortonThe Black ShipMorning Work The Rat Water Lilies Train Mystery Marysupermarket










Mercury Blues (1990) Fundamatal


Who Is The Mona Lisa? Nez Perzé Sick Friend Cherry Orchard Chester The Chimp
Mercury Blues
Do The Pony
Sparrow's Song Peace
At Last Our Flag Has Fallen










VA -Viva Los Angeles II


Shiva burlesque - Arabesque



you can grab it here over at the wonderful Phoenix hairpins blog

Fuck Your Dreams, This Is Heaven soundtrack featuring: Niki Mono plus members of Minimal Compact & Tuxedomoon

This is the original soundtrack from a video-film by Wonder Product, and a film which I have yet to see but was a must when I saw the contents. The soundtrack is filled with covers of Syd Barrett, The Yardbirds, Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane and Patti Smith, all done by members of Minimal Compact, Tuxedomoon and the very underrated Niki Mono. They manage to dissect these classics, drain them and turned these songs into strange and beautiful corpses. It may not be the best material from Tuxedomoon or Minimal Compact, but it's certainly quite fascinating just the same and possibly one of the best soundtracks I have heard in years. It's a must for fans of Minimal Compact and Tuxedomoon.

Fuck Your Dreams This Is Heaven original Soundtrack (1986)

Minimal Compact - Still I'm Sad
Niki Mono & Nikolas Klau - Flaming
Peter Principle - No Man's Land
Niki Mono & Minimal Compact - Marathon
Minimal Compact - Late Night
Nikolas Klau, Steven Brown, Peter Principle - Venus in Furs
Niki Mono & Berry Sakharof - Dancing Barefoot
Steven Brown - Coming Back To Me
Bruce Geduldig & Peter Principle - Ocean

Navastrau - Vergess Mir Nit 7" (1980) US

Navastrau were a duo from Chicago consisting of Rick Gallo(former member of The Cunts) and vocalist Gretchen Witte; who were also part of the Disturbing Records crew, one of the first punk labels in Chicago. The band was known for their post punk minimal sound and their reluctance to perform live. On August 4th, 1981 they finally decided to do a show at Exit, they billed it as "their first and only" before playing New York, the gig at the Exit sold out.
J. von Damen, one of the writers for The Coolest Retard liked their debut single so much he sent a copy of it to Ralf Hutter of Kraftwerk. Who was impressed by the single, but when seeing them was 'underwhelmed' by their live performance. Navastrau also came out with 1 more single in 1981 where a relatively unknown at the time Al Jourgensen would play bass for a few of the tracks.
The thing I really like about this single is that each song slightly differs in style, varying from minimal synth wave to NDW to erratic post punk funk with a blaring sax. While all accompanied by male and female vocals both in German and in English, but what stood out the most was the track 'Looking from an Airplane'. Thanks again to Jason Hall for providing the rip and the artwork.

Navastrau - Vergess Mir Nit 7" (1980)

A1. Vergess Mir Nit
A2. Navastrau Theme
B1. Looking From An Airplane
B2. Continental Welcome

The Justice League of America - Cupid In Reverse (1990) UK

Their 2nd release off Plastic Head Records (same label as Every New Dead Ghost ) this album is loaded with heavy guitar riffs thunderous bass, tribal drumming and less annoying samples then their 1st release Blackout. over all pretty kickass. Will appeal to those who like Killing Joke, Uk Decay and Theatre of Hate

JLA were:

Bass - James Connor
Guitar - David Bessel
Programmed By - David Bessel
Vocals - Phillip Yeadon

The Justice League of America - Cupid In Reverse (1990)

		Does Anybody Know Any Jokes?
		Curse
		Learn The Rules
		Too Many Movies
		Unleash The Censor
		Cut It Off
		Candidate
		Change Your Mind
		Gun
		Don't Bother Me Now **apologies the bit rate isn't the best*

Marilyn's Army - Golden Paradise (1990 ) Germany

This is the first full length from German band Marilyn's Army. I posted a few months back their first single ' Puppet's of a Broken Dream ', which had a bit more of a darker sound then this debut album. Some tracks on Golden Paradise tend to lean more on the indie pop side, which might turn a few people off but it is no reason to dismiss given it a listen, the self titled track alone is worth it ! Included in with the rip is scans of band info, history, and lyrics.

Mettle - Mettle (1982) Canada

Mettle - Mettle EP 1982

Not to much info could really be found, but Mettle was considered by some to be one of the first bands in Ontario to front the electro/minimal scene in the city and also were a support act for OMD. I really wouldn't go as far as labeling Mettle as minimal wave to me their sound is much more in the new wave/post punk vein. Many thanks to Jason Hall for sharing this 12"

ticket from the gig @ Centennial Hall, London, Ontario,
Tuesday March 9, 1982
(scan courtesy My life in Concert Blog )